novellhall Chapter 136 Wanting Uncle Lu to be a Father
Chapter 136 Wanting Uncle Lu to be a Father
My heart, which had been at peace all afternoon, became chaotic again because of Xiao Qianyue's words.
Zhuang Qingxiang put down the needle in her hand and smiled at Xiao Qianyue: "Who told you that?"
"I overheard it from the kindergarten teacher!" Xiao Qianyue said anxiously. "Mom, is it true? What will we do if Uncle Lu leaves? Where will we go?"
Xiao Qianyue loves this place. This is her favorite home, along with the kindergarten and Teacher Sun, and of course, the little brother named Fang Donghua. She loves them all and doesn't want to leave.
Zhuang Qingxiang sighed softly as she listened to Yueyue repeatedly say that she didn't want to leave home. She pulled Yueyue onto her lap and whispered, "This is Uncle Lu's house, not our house, Yueyue. We'll have our own home someday, Mom promises you."
Little Qian Yue burst into tears.
As soon as Lu Congyue entered the courtyard, he heard the little girl crying. He quickly walked over and asked, "What's wrong? Why are you crying so sadly? Who bullied our Yueyue?"
Seeing Lu Congyue made Xiao Qianyue even more heartbroken. Thinking of what her mother had said, she sadly buried her head on her mother's shoulder.
"What's wrong with her?" Lu Congyue asked, puzzled.
Zhuang Qingxiang didn't want to say much, so she just smiled and said, "The child has something on her mind. I'll just comfort her and that's fine."
Lu Congyue wanted to ask what troubles this little kid, but Zhuang Qingxiang didn't let him talk to Xiao Qianyue and took Xiao Qianyue into the inner room.
Lu Congyue could only hear her softly coaxing the child; her voice was very low, and he couldn't tell what she was saying.
Little Qian Yue's crying gradually stopped.
After a while, Zhuang Qingxiang came out of the house and saw Lu Congyue still standing in the outer room. She said in a low voice, "It's alright, don't worry. I'm going to the kitchen to cook."
Lu Congyue went into the inner room with some concern and saw Xiao Qianyue sitting on the kang (a heated brick bed) with red eyes, playing with the two little babies, but looking listless. He couldn't help but smile and say, "What's on Yueyue's mind? Why don't you tell Uncle Lu?"
When he usually coaxes the little girl, she rushes over to him for a hug and keeps praising him.
But today, Xiao Qianyue just looked at him with red eyes, then lowered her head and ignored him.
Lu Congyue: "..." Could it be that he offended the little girl somehow?
"What's wrong? Are you angry with Uncle Lu? Is it because he hasn't picked up Yueyue from school these past few days?" Lu Congyue asked, sitting down on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed).
Xiao Qianyue shook her head.
Mother told her not to ask Uncle Lu, saying it was Uncle Lu's own business.
But she was so sad.
She thought Uncle Lu was the best person in the world, better than her father, and she wanted to stay in this family forever.
But her mother said this wasn't their home; it was Uncle Lu's home. She told her to be clear that they were just people who had nowhere else to go and were staying at Uncle Lu's house.
Her mother forbade her to talk about it, and Xiao Qianyue was feeling very uncomfortable.
When Lu Congyue came over to coax her again, she rolled her eyes, glanced at the door, and then said to Lu Congyue in a serious tone, "Uncle Lu, Chenglin is my brother, and Donghua is also my brother, right?"
Lu Congyue raised an eyebrow: "Of course."
"But Donghua isn't actually my brother... Can he be my brother?" Xiao Qianyue asked eagerly.
Lu Congyue couldn't help but pat her little head, wondering what was inside, and her questions were all very roundabout.
"Yueyue, Donghua is the same age as Chenglin, they are both younger brothers."
Xiao Qianyue said earnestly, "But actually, Donghua isn't like that. But I like him a lot too. I can be his older sister. I will love him very, very much, even more than I love Chenglin."
As he spoke, he gestured with his hands to indicate that there were many, many.
It was really funny to see the child looking so serious. Lu Congyue suppressed a laugh and said, "Alright then, you'll be in charge of taking care of him from now on."
"No way!" Xiao Qianyue shook her head dejectedly, "He's not my brother..."
"Little girl, what exactly are you trying to say?" Lu Congyue chuckled. "Even Uncle Lu can't understand you."
Little Qian Yue was so anxious that she kept rubbing her feet together, her two little toes almost tangled together.
Finally, unable to resist, she glanced outside one more time, then leaned forward and whispered, "Uncle Lu, I like you so much, I like this family so much, so can you be my dad?"
Lu Congyue: !!!
"My dad is bad to me, my mom is good to me, Uncle Lu is good to me, if you were my dad, you would all be good to me..."
Although the little child's expression was not very accurate or fluent, he managed to say it, and Lu Congyue understood.
He was overjoyed, but he had to suppress his excitement and whispered, "Yueyue wants to be Uncle Lu's daughter?"
Xiao Qianyue nodded vigorously.
Lu Congyue looked troubled: "That requires your mother's consent, but your mother..."
"Mother will definitely agree!" Xiao Qianyue said confidently. "You're good to Yueyue, and you're good to Mother, so why wouldn't Mother agree?"
Lu Congyue thought to himself, "What does this little brat know? If your mother had agreed to marry me, I would have been your father long ago."
"Sigh... I don't know either. Why don't you go ask your mother? As long as your mother nods, I'm your father, your real father!" Lu Congyue said cheerfully.
Xiao Qianyue was about to get off the kang (a heated brick bed) to ask, but Lu Congyue quickly stopped her: "No rush, no rush, you can ask when I'm not around."
Xiao Qianyue didn't understand why, but she was willing to obey and was in high spirits. She felt that she was about to have a home, a home where her parents loved her very much, and then no one would call her a bastard.
Lu Congyue was in a good mood, hoping that the little girl could help him push for marriage and get Zhuang Qingxiang to agree to marry him.
So, in order to make time for his girlfriend to urge him to get married, he said he would work overtime after dinner and went straight to the office, calculating when it would be appropriate to go back.
As he expected, as soon as he left, Xiao Qianyue became attached to Zhuang Qingxiang.
Zhuang Qingxiang originally wanted to embroider a few stitches, but the child was clinging tightly to her, and she was afraid that the needle would prick the child, so she could only put down and listen carefully to what she was saying.
"Tell me, what does Yueyue want to tell her mother?"
Little Qian Yue hugged her neck, gave her a quick kiss on the cheek, and said sweetly, "Mommy, I like it here, I like Uncle Lu, I like Brother Donghua, can you let Uncle Lu be my daddy?"
Zhuang Qingxiang was taken aback by the question. After a moment, she pushed the little girl aside, made her stand properly, and said sternly, "Yueyue, you can't just say things like that!"
Little Qian Yue had never seen her so "fierce" before, and her eyes welled up with tears, but she still stubbornly insisted, "Is it not okay? I want Uncle Lu to be my father, Mom, why won't you agree?"
Zhuang Qingxiang gritted her teeth: "Why are you suddenly asking this? Did Uncle Lu say something to you?"
Xiao Qianyue quickly shook her head, saying that this was her own idea and had nothing to do with Uncle Lu.
Mother is so fierce; we can't let her be mean to Uncle Lu.
"Uncle Lu didn't say anything. It was my own thought. If Uncle Lu became my father, he wouldn't leave, and we could still live here. We would have a home. Mom, am I right?" she asked, sobbing.