She came back to her senses, and after a while she said in surprise: "Dad?!"
"Nian Nian!"
Lu Qiming's face was full of kindness and he smiled and said, "Dad, come and see you."
Gu Nian's eyes suddenly turned red. She couldn't hold it back anymore and went up to hug him. "You...why did you come here suddenly? Are you feeling better?"
After the last phone call, she originally planned to wait for this period of time before returning to China to see Father Lu, but she didn't expect that the other party took the initiative to come to see her first... She felt a little ashamed.
"Of course it's okay."
Lu Qiming patted her shoulder comfortingly, spread his hands and said, "Do you think I'm not fine now?"
"yes."
Gu Nian also smiled, "Okay."
Lu Qiming seems to be in good spirits. Apart from being a little thinner than before, he is still very much the same as he was five years ago.
She rubbed her nose, suppressed the sour feeling, and pushed aside to make way for the door, "Dad, let's go in first, so you don't catch the cold."
"good."
Lu Qiming nodded and calmly walked into this courtyard, which was similar to the one next door.
When they arrived at the living room, Jenny and the children were not there. They probably took them to play somewhere again. Gu Nian didn't pay attention. He asked Lu Qiming to sit down and poured him a glass of water. "Dad, have you had breakfast?"
"have eaten."
Lu Qiming waved his hand, "You don't have to worry about me, come and sit."
Seeing the expression on his face suddenly become serious, Gu Nian thought that he must have something important to say, so he sat obediently on the single sofa next to him, waiting for him to speak.
Lu Qiming glanced around the living room with his calm eyes, "Nian Nian, Dad has something to ask you."
"Dad, what's going on?"
"Do you have the seal of the Azure Dragon Totem?"
Lu Qiming believed in her character and asked directly without any hesitation.
Gu Nian never expected that he would ask such a question and tilted his head in confusion.
How could Father Lu know that he had a seal in his hand?!
Her surprise lasted for a while, and then she suddenly thought of Lu Shiqian.
Could it be that he told Father Lu about this?
If so, then it makes sense.
But why didn't he tell his father that the seal had been lost by Yaobao?
Gu Nian sat with her back straight, as if she were replying to her elders.
"Dad... he was indeed here before."
"But that thing should have been lost by now."
Lu Qiming frowned and said in a deep tone, "Lost?"
He didn't expect that today's trip would have such a result. He had just confirmed that the seal was really in Nian Nian's place, but he was told that the seal had been lost.
So she was the one who went to the cave yesterday?
Or is there someone else?
Gu Nian took a look at the expression on his face and felt more and more strange. She felt that things were not as simple as she thought. She asked cautiously: "Dad...what's wrong?"
Lu Qiming gave her a complicated look, and then spoke again. Instead of answering the question, he asked again: "How did you get that seal? Can you tell dad the truth?"
Asked about the seal again.
However, there was nothing to hide about this issue for Gu Nian. She said calmly: "That seal was given by a benefactor."
Lu Qiming's eyebrows flashed with thought, and he continued to ask: "Who is that person?"
Just as Gu Nian was about to answer, she heard footsteps coming up the stairs, getting closer and closer. She knew that he was coming down, so she raised her eyes to signal upwards.
Lu Qiming also followed her gaze and looked over.
l was woken up by the sound of children jumping on the rooftop. Now he yawned and came down. He didn't know that there were guests in the living room so early. He quickly walked to the sofa before stopping.
Lu Qiming turned around at this moment.
L's yawn has not completely stopped, and his wide-open mouth seems to have suddenly frozen, and his pupils are shocked.
Gu Nian looked at him and felt strange, "Get up so early?"
lIf he is used to sleeping in when he has nothing to do, it is really not like his style to do it so early.
lThe corners of my eyes were wet when I yawned just now, as if I couldn't hear Gu Nian's words, but stared at Lu Qiming for a long time, and shouted in surprise: "Mr. Lu!"
The sound almost startled Lu Qiming.
Lu Qiming looked at l inexplicably, looking shocked.
Why does Niannian live with an old man?
As far as he knows, since Professor Gu passed away, Nian Nian has no relatives in this world, and the relationship with her mother is also far away and very unfamiliar.
He has never seen this person before, so who is he?
Gu Nian was stunned when she heard what L said. Why was L more excited than her when she saw Father Lu?
And he even blurted out Mr. Lu.
"Do you know each other?"
Gu Nian looked at L and asked.
Lu Qiming's curiosity was also aroused at the same time. This man blurted out his identity and must have known him.
l's eyes froze, and he finally let out a long sigh.
He walked a few more steps to the sofa and sat on the other sofa next to Gu Nian. He smiled bitterly and said, "I didn't tell you something yesterday. I didn't expect that the person responsible for everything today would appear. It seems that I am the right one."
I can’t say it anymore.”
After saying that, l glanced at Lu Qiming, with guilt and helplessness in his eyes.
Gu Nian looked at him and then at Father Lu, her mind was turned into a mess and she had no idea what was going on.
"...Is there anything else you haven't said?"
l paused for a moment, with a look of regret on his face, and slowly said, "I, I'm sorry, Mr. Lu!"
He felt like an accomplice, and his head sank.
"I told you yesterday that I took the Huo family's very important seal and sneaked out, but what I didn't tell you was..."
He looked at Gu Nian, and then gave Lu Qiming a complicated look opposite him, "That seal actually belongs to Mr. Lu."
"It was the head of the Huo family who stole Mr. Lu's seal, fled to Country Y, stole the treasure, and then became rich and became the famous Huo family today..."
Gu Nian was frightened and in a daze after hearing this.
So...the seal belongs to Father Lu?
And everything in the Huo family now is equivalent to being stolen!
"But……"
She felt her throat was dry and moved before continuing: "Don't these have nothing to do with you?"
There was no emotion or anger on Lu Qiming's face, but the hands on his knees slowly tightened, and his menacing eyes fell on a certain place in the living room, and the memory was brought up in his heart.
l glanced at him and quickly looked away.
He really felt guilty for this master of the family, so he let everything be unintentional, but, "I have worked in the Huo Group for so many years, and I can be considered a half-accomplice. I really...have no face to see Mr. Lu.
"
Gu Nian pursed her lips and understood something in her heart.
She squinted at Father Lu's reaction. Her originally loving face was solemn and cold. She didn't know what she was thinking of, but there was a chill between her brows.