novellhall Chapter 162 Begging for Forgiveness
Chapter 162 Begging for Forgiveness
Zhuang Qingxiang froze, looking at him with a puzzled expression: "What's wrong with you?"
Lu Congyue accused, "You only called out Yueyue and Chenglin's names! Donghua must be very upset."
He was also very sad. She seemed to love the children so much that he couldn't stop hugging her after a short while.
Zhuang Qingxiang remained silent.
What do kids know...?
Even so, Zhuang Qingxiang still picked up Xiao Donghua and kissed him a couple more times. Regardless of whether the child understood or not, she apologized to him, saying that she hadn't called his name just now, but she didn't mean to and didn't know he was home.
"Where could he be if he's not home?" Lu Congyue's voice rang out softly.
Zhuang Qingxiang wanted to glare at him again.
Sun Yongxian and Shi Peiran, who were watching from the sidelines, tried their best to suppress their laughter until Lu Congyue's deep gaze swept over them, at which point the two immediately said goodbye.
"Sister Zhuang, you must have had a tough time these past few days. Take a good rest. Pei Ran and I will head back now and come visit you again tomorrow." Sun Yongxian waved her hand and pulled Shi Pei Ran away.
Zhuang Qingxiang remembered how hard the young couple had worked to take care of the child, so she quickly put the child down and chased after them, saying, "Don't rush off. Director Lu got a wild pheasant; I'll stew it and we can eat it together later."
Sun Yongxian paused in her steps.
Shi Peiran grabbed her hand and pulled her outside, then turned to Zhuang Qingxiang and smiled, "No, no, we're both exhausted from taking care of the kids these past few days. We don't want to eat anything, we just want to go back and rest. Sister Zhuang, Director Lu, see you later."
Before he finished speaking, he had already left through the door.
Lu Congyue slowly walked out and coughed lightly: "I'll go clean up the wild pheasant. You spend some time with the children."
"No need." Zhuang Qingxiang pursed her lips. "It's not convenient for me to stay here. Before dawn, I'll take the child back to my parents' home."
After she finished speaking, she lowered her head and walked into the house. Lu Congyue's expression changed slightly, and he stepped forward to stop her: "Zhuang Qingxiang!"
"Get out of the way!"
Lu Congyue was furious. How could this person turn on him so quickly?
He grabbed her wrist directly: "Come with me, we need to have a serious talk."
"Let go, let the child see..." Zhuang Qingxiang immediately became nervous, afraid that Xiao Qianyue would run out and see.
Lu Congyue gripped her wrist tightly like an iron clamp, showing no intention of letting go. He turned and shouted into the house, "Yueyue, your mother and I are going to kill a chicken and cook. You stay inside and watch over your two younger brothers so they don't come out."
"Okay!" came the little girl's clear voice.
Lu Congyue forcibly pulled Zhuang Qingxiang into the kitchen.
Since he couldn't escape being a rogue, Lu Congyue started apologizing as soon as he entered the kitchen:
"Okay, I apologize. I shouldn't have investigated your background behind your back. I was wrong. You can be angry, but can't you forgive me just this once? I was just being too cautious back then. When a stranger suddenly comes to help take care of the child, I have to know what kind of person they are, right? Otherwise, how can I entrust the child to you?"
"I know you're angry, but you've been angry for so long, can't you calm down? Or tell me how you can calm down, and I can do it."
Hearing this now, Zhuang Qingxiang wasn't actually angry. These words only proved that it wasn't him who sent those two people to investigate her.
If it wasn't him, then it could only be someone from his family.
His family couldn't tolerate someone of her status being around him.
"I'm not angry." Her voice softened. "It's just that I... can't nurse Donghua anymore, I can't stay any longer..."
Lu Congyue was taken aback; he had never even considered this possibility.
Yes, she was locked up for so long, where would she find the milk to feed her child?
But he wanted to keep her, not to have her breastfeed the baby. Didn't she understand that?
Seeing her calm and composed demeanor, Lu Congyue panicked a little and hurriedly said, "You have every right to be angry! But you have to listen to my explanation. Before... you should have noticed that I was wary of you. Actually, it wasn't directed at you; I'm wary of any woman who suddenly gets close to me..."
"The things Lin Wei did, others have done to me before—drugding me, suddenly taking off my clothes, sneaking into my room at night… I don't want to say how many times, I just want you to understand that there's a reason I'm so guarded, do you understand?"
Zhuang Qingxiang was confused. What...what's going on? This is shocking!
Perhaps sensing her disbelief, Lu Congyue smiled wryly: "I won't go into the specifics, but I can say that some things were out of necessity during the mission, while others were done with the permission of my biological father and stepmother. I was too lazy to deal with them anymore and hid here, but Lin Wei also followed me here under the pretext of work, with her father's help. I didn't want to get married and have children, and I wanted to stay away from women and trouble, so I really didn't want to keep you here at the time."
"Later, if I wanted to keep you, I needed to be completely at ease, so I checked your background information..."
Lu Congyue's voice grew softer and softer as he spoke, finally leaning close to Zhuang Qingxiang and asking in a very low voice, "Is it really impossible to forgive? Otherwise, to be fair, I'll show you all my information, okay?"
Zhuang Qingxiang was somewhat tempted.
She already knew that he had a difficult childhood and adolescence because of his father's abandonment of his wife and children, and because of the malice of those around him...
After his mother passed away, he went to the capital to stay with his father. She was very curious about what happened to him after that, as it sounded like a very exciting story.
But she immediately calmed down. What did his business have to do with her?
He has had a very difficult childhood, and his future will only get better and better; he has a bright future ahead of him.
As long as you don't get involved with her, you will definitely be happy.
Zhuang Qingxiang lowered her eyes slightly, her eyelashes trembling gently, and said softly, "Don't worry, I'm really not angry, I understand."
Lu Congyue's heart was still hanging in suspense; he always felt that she still had a "but".
Sure enough, Zhuang Qingxiang continued, "But I'm serious about leaving, Director Lu. You can find another wet nurse or nanny to take care of Donghua. I'm also taking my two children back to my parents' home."
"Why?" Lu Congyue wanted to punch through the wall in frustration. "Zhuang Qingxiang, I...you...we..."
"We have absolutely no relationship!" Zhuang Qingxiang blurted out.
"You..." Lu Congyue grabbed her hand again, "Do you believe I'll drag you into the house right now and kiss you in front of Yueyue, then we'll see if you still dare to say such things! You're so irresponsible!"
Zhuang Qingxiang tensed instantly: "You dare?!"
Lu Congyue certainly wouldn't dare; if he really did that, Zhuang Qingxiang would probably hate him.
He was just bluffing, but Zhuang Qingxiang took it seriously, every cell in her body on high alert: "Lu Congyue, let me go, I want to go home!"
She wanted to leave, but he wouldn't let go. After a standoff of several minutes, Lu Congyue suddenly released her, saying in a deep voice, "Go home? Your family home? Is there anyone there who can be considered your family? Do you dare ask Yueyue if she wants to go back with you?"