The world is broken, the cubs mend it

"..."

Chen Yan's brain was starving of oxygen, tears flowed from the corners of her eyes, and her whole body was shaking.

She couldn't see any sign of joking in Lu Zheng's fierce eyes.

There was no love between Lu Chao and her at all. At most, it was a sense of indebtedness and pity, and he was used to having someone like her serving him.

She doesn't get jealous, doesn't interfere in his private life, and occasionally helps him deal with those difficult women outside.

Normally, when she had conflicts with Lu Zheng, Lu Chao would symbolically protect her face.

But if she was really strangled to death by Lu Zheng, Lu Chao would definitely cover up the matter. In his eyes, the interests of the Lu family always come first.

At this moment, a small figure suddenly flashed in from the door of the storage room, looked up at the scene in front of him, and seemed to be frightened.

Lu Zheng had never thought of strangling Chen Yan to death. When he saw the child come in, he immediately let go: "Why are you here?"

"I came to see you..."

Yuanyuan looked at the corridor, quickly closed the door of the storage room, stood on tiptoe to reach the door handle and locked the door from the inside.

"Dad, no one saw it."

"..."

Chen Yan was lying on the ground gasping for breath. She was really scared and her whole body was limp.

Looking at the girl in front of him who looked similar to Lu Zheng, a chill rose in his heart.

This father and daughter are both demons. How could a normal child's first reaction when encountering such a thing be to lock the door?

"Do you know what I'm doing?"

Lu Zheng lowered his eyes and looked at the child. She seemed to learn bad habits very quickly. He couldn't help but worry that she would learn his behavior just now.

"I know, Daddy is pinching her..."

Yuanyuan is different from other children of the same age. She has been very good at reading adults' expressions since she was young.

She didn't understand why her father pinched the aunt, but he pulled her into a corner because he didn't want anyone to see her.

"Then why are you still closing the door? Aren't you afraid?"

Lu Zheng squatted down and looked at her with a frown. He really didn't know whether it was good or bad for the child to be like this.

Children have a shallow sense of good and evil, and are in the stage of temptation about many things.

If it is stopped in time, people will realize that they should not do this.

If she is indulged, she will feel that there is nothing wrong with doing so and that she can do so.

Part of the reason why newborn calves are not afraid of tigers is that their concept of good and evil has not yet been formed.

They are unaware of the differences between people, and many things are in the trial stage. They have no worries and are therefore fearless, so they need even more guidance from their parents.

"I'm not afraid, Dad won't pinch me..." Yuanyuan shook her head, with a bit of innocence in her ignorant eyes.

"save…"

After Chen Yan recovered, she immediately shouted for help, but before she uttered one syllable, someone covered her mouth tightly.

"Chen Yan, this is my last warning to you. Don't provoke me again, or else it won't be as simple as today."

Lu Zheng waited until she calmed down before letting go of her hand. He stood up, stared at her coldly, and left with the child in his arms.

"..."

Chen Yan sat slumped in the storage room for a long time, her whole body in great fear.

In the past, no matter how angry Lu Zheng was, he would never fight with her.

This time he was like a madman. She suspected that if the child had not come in, he would have taken his own life.

Lu Zheng held the child in his arms and found a secluded place, put her on the ground, and stared at her condescendingly.

"Yuanyuan, you have to understand what is right and what is wrong. You must not help the evildoers. Do you understand?"

He doesn't think he is a good person, but the child is still young and must not develop wrong views.

"What does it mean to help the evil?"

Yuanyuan looked up at him in confusion, her brain a little overloaded.

"It means knowing that I have done something wrong, but still making the same mistake with me."

Lu Zheng gave a brief explanation and didn't look at her well.

"Dad is not wrong, it's others who are wrong."

Yuanyuan felt that her father must have his reasons for doing this.

Children unconditionally favor those who are good to them.

"What did you say?"

Lu Zheng raised his hand to his forehead in anger. He had never understood what those idol-chasing female classmates meant by "toxic fan".

But now he seems to understand that this child is his fangirl!

"Yuanyuan, even dads make mistakes. You shouldn't cover up for dad when he does something wrong, understand? You should be a righteous child."

Yuanyuan looked at him and nodded, "I understand!"

Lu Zheng: "What do you understand?"

Yuanyuan: "I will protect you!"

"..."

Lu Zheng almost vomited blood. Only now did he realize that anger and happiness can appear at the same time.

"You can't protect your father, nor can you protect someone you have a good relationship with. Wrong is wrong, right is right. You can't confuse right and wrong just because you have a good relationship with them. This will only hurt yourself."

"I don't protect others, I only protect my father."

"Thank you so much!"

Lu Zheng was really a little overwhelmed, and even swore at the same time.

Yuanyuan: “TF!”

Lu Zheng: "Don't swear!"

Yuanyuan covered her mouth: "I won't tell you!"

The child's personality is a bit stubborn, just like when he was a child.

Lu Zheng felt that it was useless for him to just talk. Next time, he must not do bad things in front of the child, let alone swear in front of her.

Because she learns so fast!

The servant came over and called the father and daughter to the living room to eat. Mr. Lu also came downstairs and sat in the main seat waiting for them.

After three years, Mr. Lu's hair has turned completely white and his face looks increasingly haggard.

"Ah Zheng, come and sit down."

He pointed to the two empty seats beside him, which were specially reserved for the father and daughter.

"grandfather!"

Seeing a smile in his eyes, Lu Zheng sat down beside him holding the child.

"Is this the child? What's his name?"

Mr. Lu cast his gaze upon the little girl in his arms. She indeed looked very much like his grandson.

"Call me Yuanyuan. Yuanyuan, this is your great grandfather."

"Hello, great grandfather!"

The little guy greeted him, being a little shy as it was their first meeting.

"Hello, come here and let Grandpa take a look."

Grandpa Lu looked at the child's chubby little face and couldn't help but think of Lu Zheng's appearance as a child, which was similar to what he looks like now.

Yuanyuan jumped off Lu Zheng's legs, ran to her great-grandfather, and grabbed his skinny fingers with her little hands.

"Grandpa, you are so thin. You need to eat well."

Mr. Lu, who was originally thinking about how to get closer to her, looked at her with eyes full of love.

"Okay, this is the gift that Grandpa prepared for you. Do you like it?"

Mr. Lu handed her a small square box containing a gold and jade longevity locket, which he had drawn himself and had also asked a master to bless.

"like!"

Yuanyuan took out the longevity lock from the small box and handed it to her father to put it on her.

Mr. Lu heard everything Lu Chao said about the child, so he didn't ask any more questions.

For him, being able to hold his great-grandson in his arms before he died was enough to satisfy him.

At the dining table, Chen Yan was wearing a silk scarf to cover the bruises on her neck caused by Lu Zheng's pinching.

Looking at the way Lu Yuanyuan was trying to please Mr. Lu, she clenched her hands tightly in the dark.

She showed Lu Chao the scar on her neck, but he didn't show any concern and told her to cover it up so as not to upset the old man.

Lu Chao doesn't love anyone, he just likes novelty. She knows it but still can't help feeling pain.

"Where's Orange Star?"

Mr. Lu asked casually when he saw that there was one less person at the table.

"He made some mistakes. I asked him to reflect on it upstairs."

Lu Chao gave the servant a few words, and he immediately went upstairs to call Lu Chengxing down.

The child's eyes were red, obviously he had been crying. He called out "Hello, Grandpa" and then sat aside without saying a word.

Mr. Lu finally came back and didn't understand what happened. Seeing his grandson sad, he asked, "What's wrong with you?"

"I..." Lu Chengxing was about to complain to his grandfather when he heard Lu Chao whisper in his ear, "Answer me properly. If you keep crying, I'll beat you to death."

Lu Chao is the only son. Although he is emotionally irresponsible, he is very filial to his father and does not want his son to spoil the old man's interest.

Lu Chengxing swallowed the words back immediately and revealed a smile that was uglier than crying.

"Grandpa, I'm fine."

Mr. Lu saw everything but said nothing.

The little guy kept picking up food for his great-grandfather. Grandpa Lu, who had had little appetite in recent years, forced himself to drink half a bowl of porridge more.

Halfway through the meal, Yuanyuan supported the table with one hand and struggled to push the turntable on the dining table with the other hand.

"What do you want to eat? I'll get it for you."

Seeing her awkward look, Lu Zheng patted her shoulder and motioned her to sit down.

The Lu family has very strict table etiquette, and it is very unseemly for her to have most of her body leaning over the table.

"Yuanyuan is still young and needs someone to teach her. It would be bad if she accidentally knocks over the plate and gets hurt."

Chen Yan's words seemed to show concern, but in fact she was saying that the child was uneducated.

"Don't worry about it!"

Lu Zheng glanced at her and supported the child's body with one hand, worried that she would fall.

Turning the dial to the right position, Yuanyuan clapped her hands and looked at Lu Chao: "Grandpa, you drink the pork rib soup."

She just saw her grandfather trying to get some soup, but it was taken away and she didn't get to drink it.