Re-engraving the Spring - Chapter 5

RES Chapter 5

“Mom, you are here.”

Lu Ming walked quickly into the villa and put the rose aside.

Hearing Lu Ming’s voice, Chi Qiu hurriedly let go of his hand and lowered his head to wipe away his tears carelessly. He did not hesitate in this action, and Chi Lanyan felt distressed.

Chi Lanyan turned sideways and pressed the tone to round up her son: “Chi Qiu is a little uncomfortable, you take good care of him. I still have some business at the company, so I’ll go back first.”

Lu Ming didn’t keep her, he politely sent Chi Lanyan to the car.

Chi Lanyan got into the driver’s seat, and before closing the door, she deliberately called, “Lu Ming.”

Lu Ming bent over slightly and listened with respect.

“Be good to Chi Qiu, if you’re just pretending, I think Elder Lu is not a fool.” She meant what she said; obviously what Chi Qiu said just now did not fully convince her. After she said this, she did not continue, but Lu Ming had already understood it.

Lu Ming’s voice was low: “You have misunderstood. The company is indeed a bit busy these six months. It’s my fault for neglecting his feelings.”

Chi Lanyan smiled coldly in her heart. To be honest, even when Lu Ming apologized, he still had a blank expression on his face. She was not sure whether Lu Ming was really sick or not, nor could she tell whether Lu Ming was telling the truth at the moment.

She was slanderous in her heart, but her face showed some gentleness of being an elder: “That’s good. You need more communication and understanding between partners. Because of his eyes, Xiao Qiu grew up with low self-esteem and has been introverted. But he made a lot of efforts and changes to get me to agree for him to marry you.”

It was the first time that she spoke to Lu Ming and explained this clearly: “Since you have accepted him like this, don’t let him down.”

As soon as Chi Lanyan left, Lu Ming walked into the villa again.

Only to see Chi Qiu, who had just cried a while ago, had sorted out his emotions, and now, he was pursing his lips and gently touching the roses on the table with his hands. The fresh petals touched the temperature of the fingertips and the fragrance of roses was richly scattered in all directions. Chi Qiu’s wet eyes were stained with smiles.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, he hurriedly curbed his smile and retracted his hand.

He turned around in the direction of the door, and asked in a small voice: “You bought flowers?”

“En.”

“What kind of flower? It smells like roses.”

“It’s rose.”

Chi Qiu was looking forward to it, but he was not sure, so he asked, “Why did you suddenly buy roses back?”

Not getting Lu Ming’s answer at the first time, Chi Qiu was afraid that Lu Ming would notice his intentions and misunderstand him for being affectionate, so he followed up by saying, “It’s for decoration, right?”

He remembered that Aunt Zhang would always buy some bouquets of flowers and put them in the villa, saying that it was for decoration so that the cold villa would become softer. In this way, Chi Qiu who smelled the flowers would also become in a better mood.

“Once spring arrives, all the flowers in the front yard are in bloom. Aunt Zhang rarely buys flowers these days. I was about to call her to buy some, but you bought them back.” He fumbled forward. After six months of familiarity, he could already tell exactly how many steps he needed to take in this villa to get to where Lu Ming was standing.

He found it accurately because Lu Ming had already met him.

Lu Ming said, “Be careful. You call me and I will come over.”

“Have you forgotten?” Chi Qiu held Lu Ming’s hand behind his red ears; it was warm. He smiled, “My right eye can feel hazy light and shadows after the previous treatment.”

He pointed at Lu Ming slightly, and said with a little triumph: “You are here, I know you are here.” His tone was determined, completely ignoring that his eyes were still red.

Lu Ming saw this and did not answer.

Chi Qiu thought it was Lu Ming who was tired, so he reached out to touch Lu Ming’s face and touched some stubble, not much, but it felt piercing. Lu Ming held his hand and took it away: “Wait a minute.”

He let go of Chi Qiu’s hand and went over and picked up the bouquet of roses. The sound of wrapping paper was clear as the bouquet left the table. Lu Ming brought the bouquet of roses to Chi Qiu and took the initiative to hold Chi Qiu’s hand, letting him touch and hold it.

“The roses are for you.” Lu Ming said, “Not for decoration.”

Chi Qiu was stunned and hugged the bunch of roses tightly. For the first time in his life, he received a bouquet of flowers.

The florist shop trimmed all the thorns on the rose. If not, he might be stabbed with such force.

Chi Qiu was excited in his heart. He lowered his head and sniffed lightly, and slowly, the smile at the corner of his mouth finally no longer needed to be hidden.

Roses represented love, Lu Ming gave him roses, proving that Lu Ming liked him.

But he knew that Lu Ming liked him a long time ago, and Lu Ming had always liked him very much.

Chi Qiu was so happy that he almost “strangled” the bouquet of flowers. After the surprise, he reacted again and again, before loosening his grip and stroking the flowers nervously.

“Thank you, I really like it!”

After a long while, Chi Qiu thought of something.

“I have to talk to Aunt Zhang, otherwise she will only make dinner for me.”

He hurriedly walked in the direction of the kitchen, and in a hurry, he almost fell. Fortunately, Lu Ming grabbed his waist from behind.

Chi Qiu subconsciously apologized: “Sorry, I accidentally messed up.”

“Be careful.” Lu Ming did not blame him, much less get angry with him.

Lu Ming was different from Chi Lanyan, his temper was so good that it was like he had no temper with Chi Qiu.

With the flowers in his hands, Chi Qiu said in frustration: “I used to be able to walk into the kitchen without using a blind cane before.”

In order to take care of Chi Qiu, the home furnishings were never moved, and usually there were even less obstacles placed on the ground. Aunt Zhang would make the hourly cleaners pay more attention to these, and she herself also paid attention to them in normal times.

Lu Ming didn’t say much, He grabbed Chi Qiu in his arms, “I’ll go and say it myself.”

Chi Qiu was much lighter than Lu Ming. Although he was a grown man, Lu Ming did not struggle to carry him. Chi Qiu’s head pressed against Lu Ming’s shoulder and he rubbed it lightly.

Noticing Chi Qiu’s small movements, Lu Ming paused, then steadily put Chi Qiu on the sofa.

Aunt Zhang, who was in the kitchen and heard a commotion outside, came out to take a look— Chi Lanyan had gone back and Lu Ming had returned.

She was so happy that her tone of voice became cheerful: “Mr. Lu is back, do you want to have dinner at home? I bought a lot of fresh vegetables this morning.” She thought that Chi Lanyan was going to stay for dinner, so the amount of dishes prepared was also a meal for two.

After asking, she took a look and saw the rose in Chi Qiu’s arms and couldn’t help but smile even more.

Lu Ming replied, “En.”

“Then I’ll go on and prepare.” She didn’t want to be a light bulb.

“Aunt Zhang!” Chi Qiu called out to her, “Can you help me put the roses in the vase first?” He was afraid that the roses wouldn’t live long and wanted to raise them quickly.

“Ai, okay. Where do you want to put them, sir?”

“In the bedroom.”

If Lu Ming’s roses accompany him to sleep, Chi Qiu thought it would be a good night’s sleep.

But Lu Ming refused: “Put it in the living room.”

Aunt Zhang didn’t know who to listen to for a while, but after careful consideration, she followed Lu Ming. She nodded and said towards Chi Qiu: “Sir, it is not advisable to put plants in the bedroom. Don’t you always like to drink tea and listen to novels in the living room ? You can smell it better if you put it here..”

“Okay.” Chi Qiu didn’t think of this just now, and he was quietly happy in his heart——even this was thought.

But Lu Ming and Chi Qiu hadn’t talked much when the work phone call came.

Lu Ming went to the study to deal with the work. He promised Chi Qiu: “It will be done in half an hour.”

Chi Qiu counted the time. Xiao Yan should also come back at that time, so he gladly said to Lu Ming: “You go quickly, do not delay the work.”

Sure enough, less than ten minutes after Lu Ming entered the study, Xiao Yan came back with two cups of milk tea.

“Sir, this cup on the left is your full sugar, and this cup on the right is Mr. Lu’s one-third sugar.” Xiao Yan asked, “Do you want to drink it now? I’ll insert the straw for you.”

“No, there’s nothing else to do today, you can leave work first. Thank you for your hard work.”

With Lu Ming at home, Chi Qiu didn’t want to go anywhere, so naturally he didn’t need Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan understood his mind and obediently ‘retired early’.

After confirming that the door was closed, Chi Qiu’s hand did not settle down. He touched two cups of milk tea, paused, and deliberately took the one-third sugar cup on the right, and drank it slowly. One drink was half a cup.

Looking at this posture, Chi Qiu had no intention of leaving Lu Ming the one-third sugar milk tea.