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When Lu Wusui arrived, Jiang Huai was squatting beside the wheel of the car, with his head down, doing something unknown.
When Lu Wusui got closer, he saw Jiang Huai holding a small wooden stick and writing and drawing something on the ground.
He squatted next to Jiang Huai.
When Jiang Huai is painting, he is usually fully focused and is not easily disturbed by external sounds.
After looking for a while, Lu Wusui could vaguely see some outlines.
A man with a big belly.
Lu Wusui thought that Jiang Huai was painting himself, but upon closer inspection, it seemed that was not the case.
The man in the picture has a bigger belly than Jiang Huai’s, and the proportions are almost weird. Just when Lu Wusui thought that he wanted to use this strange proportion to highlight the weirdness of this man, Jiang Huai added a few more strokes on it.
With just a few strokes, the shape of the baby in the man’s belly was drawn.
The newborn baby has no gender, just a small ball, curled up in the father’s belly. The father looks much stronger than Jiang Huai, with muscles all over his body, as if he had just walked out of the gym not long ago.
The whole picture is weird yet warm.
Lu Wusui: “…”
Before he could speak, Jiang Huai finally noticed him, with a bit of embarrassment and discomfort on his face, and asked in a low voice: “Why did you really come?”
Lu Wusui made a “tsk” sound and said to him, “Do you think I am a person who doesn’t keep my word?”
Jiang Huai actually thought about it.
Jiang Huai seemed to sense danger in Lu Wusui’s gradually solidified gaze, and then he shook his head seriously, “No.”
Lu Wusui raised his eyebrows.
It means “that’s more like it.”
He asked Jiang Huai: “Why are you painting here? You can’t enjoy it for long, or passers-by will step on it and destroy it.”
”I just want to give it a try,” Jiang Huai said, “I want to see what it would be like if another man was pregnant.”
Lu Wusui asked: “What’s the result?”
Jiang Huai lowered his head.
He looked at the unfinished painting, his tone hard to tell whether it was depressed or confused, “It still seems very strange.”
Lu Wusui said: “Of course it will be strange.”
Jiang Huai instantly raised his head and looked at him.
Lu Wusui squatted down again, took the small stick from Jiang Huai’s hand, and made a few changes to his character.
Then he said, “The proportions of the characters are not even correct, it would be strange if they looked good.”
Jiang Huai: “…”
This sentence is nothing, but this scene is quite familiar.
It seems that he was the one who said that Lu Wusui’s basic skills had fallen apart last time in the manor… But Lu Wusui wouldn’t hold a grudge until now, right? No way?
As it turns out, Lu Wusui is still holding a grudge.
He said: “Your basic skills are not gone, but your mind is gone.”
Jiang Huai: “…”
Okay, it’s confirmed, this person is holding a grudge.
”When you keep staring at a certain part of a person, you will magnify that part,” Lu Wusui made a few more changes. “You have also looked up information about pregnancy, so you should know that I am not drawing randomly. He looks no different from a pregnant woman who is about to give birth, right?”
Jiang Huai took a look.
The man’s belly certainly didn’t get smaller, but the proportions had changed, and it suddenly looked much pleasing to the eye than before.
He seldom draws figures or portraits, but only draws them when he is in class or during exams. His grades in this subject are usually just above the passing line.
Plus, when he was drawing this character just now, all he was thinking about was pregnancy.
The whole picture looks a bit out of place.
Sometimes, magnifying your fear may cause such an imbalance.
Lu Wusui was not willing to talk to him about any profound principles.
So he lifted Jiang Huai’s chin and said in a deep voice: “If you stay away from the car, you will be roasted in a while, go in.”
Jiang Huai said “Oh”, and it was unclear whether he took his words into consideration or not.
After getting into the car, Lu Wusui switched seats with the driver in front of him, “You take the car I brought from the company home, I’ll drive this car first.”
The driver nodded.
The car that is usually used to pick up Jiang Huai is the safest car in the Lu family. It has a stable chassis, low noise, and complete safety equipment. It was the special car that the driver used to take Lu Wusui to the company.
After the two of them got in, Lu Wusui drove for a while before Jiang Huai realized that Lu Wusui did not intend to take him back to the Lu family.
Jiang Huai asked him, “Where are you going to take me?”
Lu Wusui pretended to be deep and said, “You’ll know when you get there. Sit down first.”
In fact, Jiang Huai’s mood improved a lot when he saw Lu Wusui.
Now that Lu Wusui was taking him out to play, his depressed mood was instantly forgotten, leaving only anticipation.
As a result, when the car stopped, Jiang Huai was disappointed.
He uttered an “Ah” and asked in a low voice: “Where is this? Why did you bring me here?”
The car stopped at a place where its origin was unclear.
It’s called a residence, but it has a gate like a factory. It’s called a factory, but there can’t be nothing in front of it, right? This is too weird.
Lu Wusui stretched out his hand towards Jiang Huai, “Do you want to go?”
Jiang Huai didn’t think much about it and subconsciously gave him his hand.
If he didn’t know that Lu Wusui would not harm him, it would seem as if he was going to take him to the factory to be weighed and sold.
When you enter the gate of the “factory”, the first thing that comes into view is several slides.
His eyes suddenly lit up.
This place looks simple, but actually, could it be a hidden playground?
After walking a few steps, several children rushed out from the innermost building.
While a little leader was still muttering, “Brothers! Follow me to the castle! Today we have to defeat the princess and rescue the dragon!”
Jiang Huai’s eyes lit up, “Princess and Knight?”
Lu Wusui frowned, “Shouldn’t they be in class at this time? Why are there children here?”
Jiang Huai asked: “How do you know?”
Before Lu Wusui could answer him, a middle-aged woman came out. She looked to be in her fifties, not tall and slightly thin, but she had a kind look and was easy to like at first sight.
When she saw Lu Wusui, her eyes lit up, and at first she seemed a little hesitant to recognize him.
After getting closer to see Lu Wusui’s appearance clearly, he said, “Isn’t this Xiao Lu? How come you have time to come here today?”
Lu Wusui held Jiang Huai’s hand and said, “This is my lover Jiang Huai. Jiang Huai, this is Dean Mei.”
Jiang Huai stammered, “Hello, Dean Mei.”
”You are Xiao Lu’s lover?” Dean Mei smiled happily. “Look at me. You got married before, but the hospital was too busy. Xiao Zuo happened to have a fever, and I was watching Xiao Zuo in the hospital while he was on IV drip. I really couldn’t spare the time. I hope you don’t mind.”
Jiang Huai nodded and asked curiously, “Who is Xiao Zuo?”
”Xiao Zuo, that’s the naughty kid just now, the leader,” Dean Mei pointed, “he was dumped at the gate of the yard two years ago. He’s weak and sickly since then. Even though he’s in poor health, he has a naughty personality and is not enough to make you angry.”
Jiang Huai seemed to sense something.
He looked in the direction of Lu Wusui, who put his arm around his shoulders and whispered, “This is an orphanage.”
Jiang Huai was stunned.
Lu Wusui spoke close to his ear, and Dean Mei didn’t hear it.
She was still smiling at first, until she saw the “Xiao Zuo” she was talking about lost his balance on the slide and almost fell. Then her face changed and she said hurriedly, “You two can play here as you please. I really can’t spare the time and can’t entertain you…”
Lu Wusui said: “It’s okay, go ahead and do your work.”
Dean Mei breathed a sigh of relief, ran over quickly, pulled Xiao Zuo off the slide and began to scold him, “Why are you so disobedient? Look at your body, is there any healthy flesh left after falling recently?”
Xiao Zuo chuckled.
As he was smiling, Jiang Huai noticed something was wrong.
It seems that one of Xiao Zuo’s eyes is not very sensitive, which is particularly obvious when he makes expressions, and it is almost unable to move.
Lu Wusui added: “When she was thrown into the orphanage, that eye was already blind. Later, I funded her surgery and replaced her eye with an artificial one.”
Jiang Huai was surprised: “Artificial eye?”
He seemed to have rarely heard of such things.
Next, he discovered that it was not just Xiao Zuo.
There were also a few kids who came out to play with Xiao Zuo, all of whom had some problems to varying degrees. Some of them had no problems, but it was not clear whether they had any internal problems or not.
”Look at them, don’t they seem a bit strange?” Lu Wusui asked quietly, “It seems like there is something wrong with each of them. Each of them is different from normal. They seem to be outliers in the crowd.”
Jiang Huai was a little angry, “No, why would you think so?”
He pushed Lu Wu Sui.
After thinking for a while, he added: “I just think they are cute. This is called special, not weird.”
Lu Wusui looked at him with a smile and said nothing more.
At this time, Jiang Huai didn’t think there was anything wrong with the conversation just now.
I just feel like it seems familiar.
The two didn’t chat for long.
After Dean Mei finished teaching the child a lesson, she turned her attention to the two of them and said to them, “You guys are not in a hurry to leave, are you? If you are not in a hurry, can you help me watch the yard for a while? The children’s textbooks have arrived, and I have to go get them. The new teacher can’t control these brats, so I can be more at ease with two more people.”
Jiang Huai didn’t understand the situation and quickly looked at Lu Wusui.
Based on his understanding of Lu Wusui, he should be very averse to such things, after all, Lu Wusui doesn’t like children.
However, this time Lu Wusui just nodded.
His expression could even be described as gentle. “Just go ahead.”
Dean Mei seemed to be very confident in him. He held the key in his hand and pushed the little brats with their heads hanging down forward. “You guys, listen to your uncle obediently, okay?”
The children nodded sparsely.
Dean Mei took the key and walked out of the yard.
”Actually,” Lu Wusui whispered into Jiang Huai’s ear again, “The strangest person here is Dean Mei.”
Jiang Huai has a lot of good feelings towards Dean Mei, whom he has just met for a short time.
Hearing this, he became even more unhappy, “How can you say that about others?”
”Isn’t it?” Lu Wusui asked in surprise, “She started running this orphanage when I was a child. When I first met her, she was almost in her early twenties, a prime age. She didn’t work, didn’t get married, and had children. She just stayed in this orphanage every day. She has been single for more than 20 years until today. Everyone thinks she is weird, don’t you think so?”
Jiang Huai was really angry this time.
He said, “Lu Wusui, if you keep saying that, I won’t talk to you anymore!”
Lu Wusui asked: “Are you angry?”
Jiang Huai said: “Angry!”
Watching the two kids flirting in front of them:… huh?
Lu Wusui smiled and held Jiang Huai’s hand, but when facing these children, he changed his face and said, “It’s class time now. Dean Mei, who likes to protect you, has left. Now that you don’t have a backer, shouldn’t you just be obedient?”
He really has an inexplicable deterrent effect on children.
The children who had just been acting naughty towards Dean Mei now looked at each other, then fell silent and ran into the building holding their toys.
They were running in front, and Lu Wusui was holding Jiang Huai’s hand, walking slowly behind them.
Walking into the building, it’s a completely different scene.
Everything here is in order, clean and bright, and it feels like a school.
In the two houses in the center, there were actually children and teachers taking classes.
The naughty children just now returned to this small classroom one after another. After they returned, as soon as Lu Wusui stood by the window of the classroom, a child recognized him.
”Mr. Lu!”
”Wow, it’s Mr. Lu. Mr. Lu is here today.”
Amidst these calls, Jiang Huai belatedly realized something – it was Lu Wusui who funded this place, so why did he want to slander the dean and the children here?
Those words seemed to be directed to him.
Lu Wusui really didn’t like children very much. After waving to these children and making a hushing gesture, he actually wanted to drag Jiang Huai away.
Jiang Huai was even more shocked, “You promised Dean Mei that you would help look after the yard.”
”I just told her to go without worry. When did I agree?” Lu Wusui asked back.
Jiang Huai: “…”
It seems, it seems to be really like this?
Jiang Huai felt that something was wrong, but he couldn’t put his finger on it.
He said, “But you clearly agreed. What if something happens?”
Lu Wusui was just about to say no.
The teacher over there might have finished class early, and the children immediately became excited. Some of the older-looking ones immediately ran out and said to Lu Wusui, “Mr. Lu, you haven’t been here for a long time. The last time I saw you was last year.”
Lu Wusui nodded, “Yeah, I’m usually quite busy with work.”
When the children heard this, their eyes were immediately filled with admiration.
Lu Wusou’s attitude towards them was not enthusiastic, but it was not perfunctory either. He answered every question seriously, and even Jiang Huai was inevitably asked a few questions.
By the time the two of them got away, the teacher finally showed mercy and rang the bell for class.
As the children returned to their seats, more problems inevitably emerged.
Some children’s hands and feet are not particularly flexible, some children have no hands and feet at all, and some children always huddle in the corner, like mushrooms unable to move in the dark, and moving their eyeballs from time to time is their greatest activity.
But their lives are more difficult.
But I still live a relatively positive life.
Except for a few naughty children, everyone else listened attentively and never slacked off as soon as the teacher started the class.
Jiang Huai subconsciously touched his belly.
Unique, he seemed to understand a little bit what Lu Wusui meant by this word.
Although he is not disabled, he is the same as the other children here. They all have “characteristics” that others do not have. These characteristics make them special and unique.
Even Dean Mei, who doesn’t have any disease.
In the eyes of the world, it is special and unique enough.
And how did he feel when he heard those seemingly slanderous words Lu Wusui said to him just now?
Jianghuai suddenly became clear.
Seeing Jiang Huai’s brows relax, Lu Wusui’s mouth corners also raised a little.
He said to Jiang Huai: “How is it? Can we go now?”
Jiang Huai shook his head, “I still want to spend some time with the children. When I look at them, I seem to be able to feel what our baby will look like. Can you stay a little longer?”
Lu Wusui, who couldn’t wait any longer and wanted to escape, said: “…”
It seemed like he had nothing else to say except good.
This orphanage may not look big, but it is actually quite big when you walk around it. It has everything you need including a cafeteria, a supermarket, and teaching buildings, as well as auxiliary equipment for special groups, making it very suitable for these children to live in.
Not long after, Dean Mei came back.
Jiang Huai looked at her, a thin woman, who brought back almost a cart of books.
Moreover, she didn’t feel tired at all. She was full of energy and worked very enthusiastically.
Jiang Huai originally wanted to help, but was stopped by Lu Wusui. In the end, Lu Wusui and Dean Mei did the work, while he chatted with Dean Mei on the side.
Dean Mei was not surprised to hear that he was pregnant. Perhaps because she had seen too many strange diseases, a man giving birth was not considered a disease at all. She just sighed and said, “Really? How many months?”
Jiang Huai was still a little shy, “Four months.”
”Oh, I really can’t tell,” Dean Mei said, “Your belly is relatively small. When my sister was pregnant with my niece, her belly was only four months old, but it was already bulging out.”
Jiang Huai blinked, “Did your sister give birth to a daughter?”
”Yes, that’s right,” said Dean Mei. “Her child is a daughter, but yours looks more like a son to me.”
Jiang Huai froze.
He uttered an “ah” and restrained himself, “How did you know that? It’s all feudal superstition, right?”
”Hey, don’t disbelieve me,” Dean Mei said unconvincedly, “I could tell at a glance whether my sister gave birth to a son or a daughter. The things left by our ancestors must have special meanings.”
Jiang Huai: “…No”
”Look, you still don’t believe it.” Dean Mei was also aroused by his competitive spirit. “Come on, dear boy, let me show you.”
Jiang Huai was terrified and somewhat resistant, “I don’t think this is necessary…”
”It’s necessary, it’s necessary.” Dean Mei stepped forward and held his belly. “Huh? Just now I saw that his belly was pointed, but now it feels round again, as if he is a big girl.”
Jiang Huai immediately said: “The things left by our ancestors are indeed very special.”
Lu Wusui on the side: “…”
Looking at Jiang Huai’s expression, he obviously wanted to know but didn’t dare to know.
It’s because I’m looking forward to it too much, so I’m hesitant and cover my ears to try to stop the bell and say “I don’t want to listen, I don’t want to listen”.
In fact, if someone really said to Jiang Huai, “This baby of yours must be a girl.”
Jiang Huai would definitely congratulate that person: One hundred and eight good births.
A smile flashed in Lu Wusui’s eyes.
This matter was not particularly important. Lu Wusui shook his head and laughed, then didn’t take it to heart. However, Jiang Huai started chatting with Dean Mei again.
”Aunt Mei, how did you and Lu Wu…Mr. Lu know each other?”
It’s obvious that Lu Wusui doesn’t like children very much.
With his status, it is even more impossible for him to come to such a place.
Dean Mei was still a little dazed. After thinking for a long time, he patted his head and said, “Look at my memory. My brain is not working well as I enter middle age. I found your Mr. Lu at the gate of this courtyard. Now that I think about it, it is really fate.”
Jiang Huai was stunned.
Lu Wusui, at the door of the orphanage?
”It was probably because of that incident that Xiao Lu saw so many children suffering here and felt sorry for them, so he turned around and said something to the old lady. The old lady was also a good person. She sponsored our small courtyard for more than ten years, which allowed these children to have what they have today. But later her health was not good, so Xiao Lu came here instead.”
The Lu family has so many assets.
This orphanage is just a small piece of goodness.
”At that time, my yard was almost unable to run and I was in debt. I was going to find a good family for the children I had, but I didn’t expect to find a child at the door. I felt like God was playing a joke on me.”
Dean Mei remembered something, “But Xiao Lu didn’t look like a lost or abandoned child at the time. He was dressed neatly and didn’t have any illness. He was very calm and asked me for water.”
Jiang Huai felt that he couldn’t even imagine that scene.
In his eyes, Lu Wusui’s most miserable time was probably when Mrs. Lu passed away, and the day he ran away.
But there were times when Lu Wusui couldn’t drink water.
Dean Mei’s voice gradually became lower, and she said indignantly: “It’s all because of his damn father.”
”Ah?” Jiang Huai was stunned for a moment, “Is it, is it Uncle Tang?”
”Uncle Tang?” Dean Mei frowned. “I don’t know what Xiao Lu’s father’s name is, but I know that when he got lost from his father, he walked to the gate of my yard by himself. His father is not a good person.”
Jiang Huai wanted to refute.
He thought of the pocket watch that was still in Lu Wusui’s hand, and always felt that Tang Pingjian was not such a person. But Tang Pingjian had caused Lu Wusui to get lost before. Was this a good thing or a bad thing?
”By the way, Xiao Lu,” Dean Mei remembered something, “your father came here some time ago.”
Lu Wusui frowned slightly.
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