Chapter 418 Water Plants in the Pond
Chapter 418: The Waterweed Family in the Pond
Looking at the tooth mark that had faded, Lu Yuanqiu instinctively curled up his five fingers beside Chi Caocao's head and clenched them into a fist. He frowned tightly, and his mood was truly broken at this moment.
To be honest, after being reborn, he has lost a lot of the youthful vigor and energy he had back then, and he no longer has the mindless impulsiveness he had back then. Yes, Bai Qingxia is changing, and he has changed too. Now he only cares about Bai Qingxia.
It's strange, it seems that the more experiences I have, the less willing I am to meddle in other people's affairs.
So when he heard Chi Caocao's story yesterday, he did feel sympathy, anger, and pity, but he was not willing to do anything desperately for this little girl.
But now, he remembered what he said when he first discovered the injuries on the little girl's body during military training.
Some things can be managed, some things cannot be managed, and some things must be managed at all costs.
"What's wrong?" Bai Qingxia's voice suddenly came from the side, and she leaned over.
Lu Yuanqiu's hands trembled, and he quickly grabbed the little girl's ponytail and played with it around her neck, while smiling, "It's okay, it's okay, this ponytail is really beautiful."
Logically speaking, the little girl should have resisted instinctively when Lu Yuanqiu did this, but at this moment she just looked at Lu Yuanqiu and Bai Qingxia obediently, as if she understood what Lu Yuanqiu was covering up for her.
The cell phone rang at this time, and Lu Yuanqiu quickly said to Bai Qingxia: "Let Cao Cao and grandma eat noodles quickly."
"Is there one for me too?" Grandma asked in surprise.
Lu Yuanqiu smiled and said, "I brought you an extra portion anyway."
After he said that, he took his cell phone and left the ward, closing the door. The person who called was Liu Wangchun.
Liu Wangchun: "Where are you now?"
"I'm in the hospital. What's wrong?" Lu Yuanqiu came to the window in the corridor. He looked at the scenery outside the window. The midday sun shone on his body, making him feel warm.
"Is Xia Xia next to you?"
"No, she's in the ward with Cao Cao. I'm coming out. Are you looking for her?"
"No, I'm looking for you. My father came to Pearl City. He told me that he would mobilize all his connections to investigate that man. He would also hire the best lawyer and sentence that man to the highest sentence. But the prerequisite is that Cao Cao must personally testify that it was her stepfather who did it. Otherwise, it will be a bit troublesome."
Lu Yuanqiu nodded: "I'll find a way to deal with this... By the way, do I need to ask my third uncle to intervene in this matter?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a thunder-like sound suddenly came from the other side of the phone. It was Liu Chengye's voice.
"Looking for shit!! What I, Liu Chengye, want to do! Who I want to do! There is nothing I can't do! You guys from the Lu family stay away! Don't fucking interfere in my business! I'll take care of this matter!"
Lu Yuanqiu was stunned for a moment: "So Uncle Liu, you are here."
Lu Yuanqiu could actually imagine why Liu Chengye was so angry. If it were his three uncles, they would probably feel the same way because they all had daughters.
"Also, Liu Wangchun, I saw a tooth mark on the back of Cao Cao's neck..." Lu Yuanqiu sighed and said with his hands on the window sill.
Liu Wangchun didn't speak for a long time after hearing this. There seemed to be a quarrel on the other end of the phone. After Lu Yuanqiu waited quietly for a moment, Liu Wangchun answered the phone again with a trembling voice, crying with a bit of determination: "Lu Yuanqiu... My father said that he will find an hour today so that we can meet that beast alone. Do you dare to come?!"
"I dare!" "Okay, I'll pick you up at the school gate at 7pm."
Lu Yuanqiu put down the phone and stood for a long time with his upper body leaning on the windowsill. He closed his eyes and raised his head to greedily enjoy the sunlight in 2011.
From this moment on, he became more determined to protect Bai Qingxia and prevent her from being contaminated by any darkness in the world.
Rebirth is really a magical thing. Lu Yuanqiu looked at the blue sky reflected on the high-rise buildings opposite and repeated this sentence in his heart more than once.
After a long time, he walked into the ward and saw Chi Caocao lying on the bed and sleeping. She was sleeping very well and peacefully. Bai Qingxia and grandma were sitting beside the bed, talking in a low voice.
Seeing Lu Yuanqiu coming in, Bai Qingxia turned around with a smile and waved to him. Lu Yuanqiu, who was sitting next to her, also whispered, "What's wrong?"
He stretched his head and saw that it was his grandmother who was showing Bai Qingxia a photo stored on her mobile phone. At this moment, it happened to be a photo of Chi Caocao's competition award certificate.
Grandma kept flipping her fingers. The old lady’s photography skills were not good, so the photos were crooked and she didn’t seem to know how to delete them, so she took a lot of photos until the angles of the photos became more and more standard. It can be seen that Chi Caocao is really the pride of her grandma.
"What a wonderful child." Grandma had a kind face and said with an undiminished smile. Lu Yuanqiu and Bai Qingxia sat close to each other, quietly watching grandma flipping through her phone with her dry fingers.
Suddenly, grandma's hand stopped and she turned to a photo of a man holding Chi Caocao.
The man's eyes are very similar to Chi Caocao's and he smiles brightly. Chi Caocao in the photo seems to be just over one year old and chubby.
Grandma suddenly spoke in an old voice: "That year, there was an accident at the construction site, and he passed away at such a young age..."
She didn't say anything else. Lu Yuanqiu pursed his lips and squeezed Bai Qingxia's shoulders. He could feel Bai Qingxia leaning towards him. Perhaps the little girl was also thinking of many memories about herself at this moment.
Grandma continued to flip through her phone, and a piece of composition paper appeared on the phone. The angle of the photo was very standard.
Grandma explained: "This was taken by Cao herself with my phone when she was packing up her things more than a month ago. It was a composition she wrote in first grade. She said she wanted to keep it forever using grandma's phone."
Lu Yuanqiu took it, looked at the childish words on it, and suddenly laughed: "First grade? It looks a bit like it. The title is "The Water Plant Family in the Pond". Once upon a time, there was a pond. There lived many creatures in the pond, including water plant father, water plant mother, water plant baby, handsome Mr. Frog, angry Ms. Octopus..."
The composition is several pages long. It is a short story with immature writing style, but it is very heartwarming to read. A six-year-old child really has a wild imagination.
Lu Yuanqiu thought for a moment and said, "Grandma, let me leave you my phone number."
"Okay, okay, I won't keep it. Young man, help me get it." The old man said quickly.
Lu Yuanqiu added his grandmother's contact and sent the pages of composition from his grandmother's phone to his own phone.
Grandma suddenly started talking: "It's this composition. She wrote it in the first grade that year. I still remember that she was praised by the teacher in public after she finished it hastily. She took it home to show her mother. I forgot why, but the woman was angry and tore her composition paper into pieces. She came to me crying, and I glued the pieces back together."
Lu Yuanqiu did see a lot of adhesive tape on the paper.
"By the way, where can I pay the child's medical expenses? I don't quite understand... Can you take me there?" Grandma suddenly stood up and took out a red plastic bag folded into a square from her waist.
Just as Lu Yuanqiu was about to say "I'll pay for you", Bai Qingxia had already held down her grandmother's hand and said gently, "I've already paid."
(End of this chapter)