For the first time today, Gu Nian didn't work overtime. After clocking in at the appointed time, she hurried to her old home.
After all, I overheard Lu Qiming's big secret this morning about pretending to be ill. Gu Nian thought about it and felt that she should have a good talk with her elder brother.
First figure out his true inner thoughts, and then decide how to tell Lu Shiqian about this matter.
Lin Miao was helping her aunt cook in the kitchen when she heard the sound of the door closing and poked her head out, "Oh Niannian, it's so early today. She'll have dinner soon!"
"...Okay Aunt Lin."
Gu Nian finished changing her shoes thoughtfully and asked, seemingly unintentionally: "Aunt Lin, Dad...how is he doing today?"
When she mentioned the illness, Lin Miao obviously felt a little guilty and sighed without looking into her eyes.
"Oh...that's it. He won't listen to anything you say anyway."
She was so tired from acting!
I just hope these two young people can reconcile quickly!
"Um."
Gu Nian nodded thoughtfully.
After she changed her clothes and came down, the food was already prepared and placed on the table. In order to miss Lu Shiqian, she used the excuse of being hungry to finish her meal first and went to the study to find Lu Qiming.
call……
Standing at the door, she took a deep breath and raised her hand to knock on the door.
Lu Qiming inside coughed twice and said, "Come in."
There was an obvious lack of energy in the voice, and there was a sense of weakness and morbidity in the voice, which really sounded like someone who was seriously ill.
Gu Nian cursed, pretending to be quite similar...
She composed herself, pushed the door open and called out: "Dad."
"Nian Nian, why are you here?"
Lu Qiming put down the book in his hand, put his fist into the corner of his lips and coughed twice, "If you want to eat, you don't have to call me. I'm not hungry."
She nodded and stared at the respectful elder in front of her. She couldn't tell what she was feeling, and she didn't know where to start.
"Dad...how have you been feeling these past two days?"
"That's it." Lu Qiming smiled weakly, covering his heart with his hand, looking a little weak, "I don't feel much after taking the medicine. Don't worry, dad is fine."
Lu Qiming knew that this little girl looked innocent and easy to deceive, but she was actually very transparent at heart.
Fortunately, his acting skills are good, otherwise it would be really difficult to fool him. Even now, he has to act with great energy!
Gu Nian couldn't help but lower his head, feeling helpless.
If it hadn't been for overhearing their conversation in the morning, she would never have thought that Dad Lu, who was usually serious and steady, would pretend to be sick and act like this.
"Dad, actually I know everything about your body."
Lu Qiming froze for a moment, then coughed again, "What did you say?"
Gu Nian didn't want the atmosphere of the conversation to be too stiff, so she walked up to him, helped him move his back with a smile on her face, and said in a pretending relaxed tone: "I know dad is not sick."
Lu Qiming: "..."
He didn't expect Gu Nian to be so straightforward. He looked a little embarrassed and subconsciously wanted to retort, "Nian Nian, what did you say? My illness..."
Gu Nian interrupted: "Dad, actually this morning, I went out late and accidentally overheard you talking to Aunt Lin."
Lu Qiming breathed a sigh of relief on the spot.
Now the evidence is conclusive.
He felt a little embarrassed for a moment, after all, it was not very honorable to have a lie exposed by a junior on the spot.
But he really likes to care about this girl. If it weren't for her and Lu Shiqian's affairs, he wouldn't have to take such measures now that he's old!
well.
Lu Qiming sighed. He had already said this, and there was no need to hide it anymore.
"Nian Nian, Dad can't help it... At that time, you and Shi Qian were thinking about divorce all the time. I don't want to see you regret it! Don't be awkward, two people. Marriage is not a child's play. You can divorce as soon as you want."
"Dad, I understand your painstaking efforts..."
Gu Nian felt mixed emotions in her heart as she listened to his earnest words.
It turned out to be pretty much what she thought.
But what's the point of all this? She and Lu Shiqian just got together and deceived them in turn.
"Dad, no matter what, I know you are thinking about me and Lu Shiqian. Thank you for your good intentions."
This thank you is sincere, thanking him for his efforts in this relationship.
Although it is deception, it is also a helpless move.
But for such a long time, that man is still focused on Si Xue, doesn't that mean something?
A wry smile appeared on Gu Nian's lips, "But... Lu Shiqian and I really don't have any feelings anymore. Even if you keep pretending to be sick, we will still get divorced."
"Why?!"
Lu Qiming was really heartbroken!
He opposed their divorce. Besides liking Gu Nian, he also felt that these two were a good match. They were not without feelings!
But now Gu Nian told him personally that they had no feelings for each other? How could he accept this?
"Emotional things are very strange..." Gu Nian lowered her eyelashes and said softly: "If you don't like it, you just don't like it. It's hard to tell why."
Lu Shiqian didn't like her, so no matter what she did, she couldn't make him look at her again.
Then forget it.
She doesn't want to like him all the time either.
"That means...there is really no possibility for you and Shi Qian?"
Gu Nian felt suffocated and nodded: "Yes. Dad, I understand your good intentions, but we originally planned to wait for you to receive treatment and stabilize your condition... to get a divorce. Now it's just ahead of schedule.
I hope you understand."
Lu Qiming frowned, feeling even more sad than if he was really sick.
This daughter-in-law has a pure and kind personality, and he really treats her as his own daughter.
"well……"
He sighed heavily.
"It's all that bastard Lu Shiqian! He doesn't know how to cherish it at all!"
As the so-called bystander knows, how could he not tell whether these two people have feelings for each other?!
But now Nian Nian obviously doesn’t want to be with him!
Gu Nian felt uncomfortable in her heart. It felt so good to be loved by someone. Compared to Lu Shiqian, what she was more reluctant to part with was the warmth given by Father Lu and Aunt Lin.
But...this is not what she should be greedy for.
"Dad, now that we've said it, you might as well return our documents to us."
Since it will break sooner or later, it is better to cut it off as early as possible.
Lu Qiming looked at the determined expression on her face. It seemed that this girl had made up her mind.
"Nian Nian..." He moved the corner of his mouth, but eventually it turned into a sigh, "Dad, I hope you can understand that no matter what happens to you and Shi Qian, I will always be your dad, and you can come back to this family at any time."
Gu Nian's eyes were filled with soreness, and she couldn't hold back the tears in the end.
"Dad, since you are not sick and Lu Shiqian has gone to the company to take over his post, why don't you just rest at home and pay more attention to your health..."
The more she talked, the more uncomfortable she felt. She almost choked and could no longer speak.
"Hey! Dad is in good health."
Lu Qiming was also affected by her and his eyes burned. In order to cover up his gaffe, he lowered his head and rummaged in the drawer, trying to return the ID to her.
Gu Nian just wanted to go over and help him find it together.
At this moment, the study door was knocked open by a strong force and hit the wall behind with a "bang" sound.
The two people in the room raised their heads together.
Lu Shiqian's face at the door was gloomy, and the low pressure all over his body seemed to be tolerated to the extreme.