Re-engraving the Spring - Chapter 8

Unfortunately, Chi Xia, who had always been obedient, had someone she liked in this situation.

Seeing the two families getting closer, the parents were very dissatisfied with her boyfriends. Chi Xia was anxious, so she carried a bag to play the ‘elopement’ drama, not giving Lu Rongtian’s and Zhen Zhen’s side a step down.¹

Originally, without the marriage contract, what should be done was how to divide Elder Lu’s properties. Although Zhen Zhen was dissatisfied with Lu Ming’s share afterwards, she had no choice but to accept it.

Who would have thought that today, Lu Ming took Chi Qiu and stood in the old house, making it clear that he would replace her son Lu Yinliang.

Seeing that Elder Lu was in a stable mood, she did not move but instead pushed her husband at her side. She pressed her anger and couldn’t put a smile on her face.

Lu Rongtian saw the situation and cleared his throat: “Dad, a melon that is twisted is not sweet, I understand this principle. But Lu Ming, no matter what, brings a man back, it is simply too nonsensical…”

Master Lu raised his hand and interrupted him, telling him to stop.

“Dad!” Zhen Zhen said hurriedly after seeing this.

Master Lu knocked on the table with two fingers: “Okay, I won’t say a few words, I think it scares the child.”

Afterwards, he changed his usual seriousness and gently said to Chi Qiu. “Before, when the two families just contacted each other, Lanyan showed me your picture, saying that you were well behaved and sensible as a child. But she was so stingy with me that she refused to bring you here for me to meet.”

His tone was kind, so the nervous Chi Qiu could not help but relax a little.

Elder Lu suspected that Lu Ming was insensitive: “Lu Ming, what are you still doing? Xiao Qiu’s eyes are inconvenient. Please bring him over and come closer to me. ”

Lu Ming nodded, he held Chi Qiu’s hand and asked him to follow him.

“…”

Chi Qiu didn’t know what to say. As he walked up to Elder Lu, he politely called out, “Grandpa Lu.” This voice was as good as it got, and his appearance was as similar as his grandfather’s when he was young.

The number of people who could inherit such a similarity like Chi Qiu did was really few.

Suddenly, Elder Lu held Chi Qiu’s hand excitedly.

In fact, the light under his eyes had not faded from the moment he entered the door. In a trance, the old man said in a deep voice that he could only hear: “I thought… I would never see him again in this life.”

Chi Qiu was confused as he really didn’t hear it: “Grandpa Lu, what did you say?”

Elder Lu did not say it clearly; he could not say it clearly.

Chi Qiu was at a loss for words and shrank back.

It was only then Elder Lu patted the back of Chi Qiu’s hand with a particularly good temper, and said, “Don’t be afraid, Grandpa is not such an old-fashioned person.”

Once these words came out, everyone knew what the old man meant.

Lu Rongtian was anxious. He and Lu Ming were not on good terms; if the eldest son took the property, he would certainly have no part in it. He was even more anxious than Zhen Zhen, exclaiming: “Dad, they are obviously here for your money! How can they come as soon as Chi Xia runs away? And, Yinliang was raised by your side, you can’t do this!”

Elder Lu sighed coldly, he was so tired of this useless and lazy son.

Elder Lu had never been married in his life, and Lu Rongtian was the child he adopted from the orphanage. As a result, he was so busy with his career that he was too negligent about his adopted son’s education that he failed to discipline Lu Rongtian’s character and instead raised him with this kind of virtue.

Fortunately, Lu Ming’s character was very much like his biological mother and had not inherited Lu Rongtian’s shortcomings.

Elder Lu let go of Chi Qiu’s hand and heavily cleared his throat as Lu Ming sidled up and swept Chi Qiu back to his side.

“Lu Ming?” Chi Qiu called out to him timidly.

“It’s okay.” Lu Ming said.

Lu Rongtian was arguing endlessly, as if he wanted to spread out all the merits of Lu Yinliang all over again, and then he insisted on describing Lu Ming as an uneducated, ungrateful son who returned to China in order to cheat money.

The more Chi Qiu listened, the more angry he became, and the more he listened to it, the more something went wrong. He was too surprised. How could a father say that to his child? If this was a stranger coming, they would not even think that they were biological father and son.

Chi Qiu was afraid that Lu Ming would be sad, and moved closer to Lu Ming. He felt Lu Ming’s hand and held it with a worried expression on his face.

Lu Ming still didn’t care, his face was indifferent, and there was no extra expression at all. Looking at his biological father, Lu Ming didn’t say a word and instead waited for Elder Lu to speak. This was the most direct way to stop Lu Rongtian.

If Chi Qiu could see, he would see a terrifyingly calm Lu Ming.

And Lu Ming’s feelings were as hard as a piece of ice that hadn’t melted for many years, and the coldness penetrated into his bones. Even if Lu Rongtian died on the spot, Lu Ming would never shed a tear or show any expression.

From the moment Lu Rongtian took away Lu Ming’s mother’s life, Lu Ming removed him from the father position from the bottom of his heart.

Suddenly, something flashed through Lu Ming’s mind.

His hand shook unconsciously, and his palm hurt as if it had been pierced. Soon, Lu Ming calmed down, because his hand was firmly held by Chi Qiu.

Chi Qiu rubbed the back of his hand vigorously, as if comforting him.

…..

In order to stop Lu Rongtian’s humiliation, Chi Qiu, who had been good and quiet, couldn’t help but open his mouth, “We, we’re not doing this for money.”

No one expected Chi Qiu to speak.

The silent atmosphere around the room made Chi Qiu gulp.

“Lu Ming and I met ten years ago, and we already liked each other at that time. He came back to me because of our agreement, not for this money.” He took a deep breath, saying while nervously grabbing Lu Ming’s clothes, his whole body was about to hide into Lu Ming’s arms.

Chi Qiu blushed in hindsight realizing that this was a disguised public confession. He was embarrassed, but he did not care about anything.

‘Hot love’² pledge, Chi Qiu couldn’t take care of his own face.

He just wanted to protect Lu Ming.

“When Lu Ming came back to me, Xiao Xia had no boyfriend at all. She also listened to her family and tried to get along with the second Young Master Lu. If Lu Ming was doing it for the money, he could have waited for Xiao Xia to leave before returning to China, there was no need to come to me at that time.”

Besides, one of the reasons Lu Ming returned to China was to take care of the company his grandfather and uncle had left to him.

Chi Qiu cleverly didn’t mention this point. After all the words were said, his shoulders trembled slightly, and his dazed eyes closed unconsciously. His ears were hot, he couldn’t wait to burn a hole in Lu Ming’s jacket.

“…”

A trace of shock flashed through Lu Ming’s heart, and a moment later, he patted Chi Qiu’s back.

Chi Qiu shook his head, embarrassed to speak again.

But how could Lu Rongtian tolerate a youngster refuting him. Unfortunately, as soon as he opened his mouth, Elder Lu knew what he was going to continue to say and said directly, “Shut up.”

Chi Qiu mistakenly thought he was talking about himself and hurriedly shut his mouth tight.

This action actually made Elder Lu happy.

He looked at Chi Qiu with surprise on his face and liked it very much. Chi Qiu’s frankness was very much like Chi Qiu’s grandfather’s appearance when he was young; lovely and timid, but also a little tiger.

Elder Lu’s heart rejoiced, as if he had seen his old friend, recalling the old days of drinking and talking about ideals. He did not allow Lu Rongtian to say anything else and directly answered the marriage of the two.

…

Thinking about it, Chi Qiu let out a long breath with uneasy thoughts.

If it was just that Elder Lu missed them and called them back to simply sit for a while, it was fine. He was afraid it was Lu Rongtian and Zhen Zhen who were making mischief, using the old man’s name to forcefully call them to meet those elders of the Lu family.

This kind of behavior was nothing if it was put on an ordinary partner…

But they were not the same.

Chi Qiu’s eyes were not good, and he was a man, so he and Lu Ming would inevitably be pointed by relatives behind him.

Due to the face of the old man, everyone was friendly in person, but the older generation was mostly conservative. In their eyes, same-sex couples were actually not the partners that could be blessed.

For this reason, the two people’s wedding was held in a low-key manner under Chi Qiu’s proposal, and only close relatives and close friends were invited to attend.

The author has something to say:
Avoid misunderstanding! Spoilers for a very small point, Chi Qiu’s grandfather is definitely a straight man ha!

T/N: Chi Qiu’s grandpa is straight but who knew about Lu Ming’s grandpa lol