Chapter 900 Punishment...
Lu Lijun went to the garden while others thought to have a little chat while enjoying a calm night breeze.
Jiang Yuyan excused herself and went to her room. No-one stopped her, thinking she must be tired after work.
The family wanted to spend more time with grandma and bring back the smile on her face, so everyone wished to put all the effort.
Lu Lijun, who sat in the gazebo, saw everyone coming to the garden but noticed one person was missing. He looked at the Mansion, but the place he looked at was dark.
Just as he was about to avert his sight, the lights in the one-room switched on, and he kept looking at it, but no one could be seen.
Lu Feng went to Lu Lijun and noticed he was looking at Mansion. It didn't take him much time to know what he was searching for, but Lu Feng preferred not to show it.
Lu Lijun averted his sight from Jiang Yuyan's room, seeing Lu Feng, and then Lu Han, too, joined them.
"What are you three doing there? Come join us," elder Lu shouted from where he was standing.
The three agreed and went to the family members.
"We should have called Yuyan too," Ning Jiahui suggested.
"If we had insisted, she would have been here but unwillingly," Grandma said, "Leave her alone. She must be tired too."
"I feel bad that she is always alone though we are this huge family," Ning Jiahui looked sad.
"I feel the same, but we should not pester her for something that she doesn't want," Lu Jinhai added.
"Till how long she would be isolated like this. I want to see her smiling like before when she came to our family and married Lu Qiang," Ning Jiahui couldn't control herself, and her eyes turned moist.
Everyone felt the same and wished for Jiang Yuyan to be like before.
"With Lu Qiang, she lost her soul too," Elder Lu spoke in his shaky voice, "That child has gone through so many things, and It's sad we can't do anything for her but to leave her alone."
Lu Feng, who heard it, went to his grandpa, "Don't worry, grandpa. Let her take the time she needs."
Lu Lijun heard it and again looked at the gallery of Jiang Yuyan's room to even get a glimpse of her shadow.
He wished to hate her, but things were turning otherwise, and he could feel a soft corner developing for her but then shook his head to discard his thoughts.
The entire family sat in the garden and talked about so many things. In between, Lu Lijun's sight kept wandering towards the Mansion. Out of so many failed attempts to see her, he got success at least once.
Jiang Yuyan came to the gallery and looked like she was on the call with someone. Lu Lijun didn't know why he felt suddenly so relieved, but it was as if he got something he wished desperately.
In a while, Jiang Yuyan went inside, and he sighed a little in a disappointment.
After spending happy time together, everyone went back to their rooms.
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Su Hui asked her daughter-in-law Qin Xiu to come to her room to talk about something.
"Mother wishes to talk to me?" Qin Xiu asked as she stood in front of her mother-in-law, who was facing the window.
"Hmm."
"Anything serious, mother?" Qin Xiu asked.
Su Hui turned to look at her, "I want to talk about why you and Lu Han don't want to have a child. More than ten years passed by, isn't it enough to have a child now?"
"Mother, that…." Qin Xiu didn't know what to say.
"If you have any difficulty in conceiving a child, you don't need to worry. We can visit the doctor," Su Hui instructed, "Nowadays, there are so many treatments."
Qin Xiu felt like fish trapped in a net where she didn't see way out as she knew her mother-in-law wouldn't let this slide so easily, but just then, someone came to save her.
"No need for that, mother," Lu Han entered the room as he stood beside his wife, who stood her head lowered down.
"Why not Lu Han? It's time for you…."
"Your son can't have a child," Lu Han interrupted his mother.
"It's not…." Qin Xiu tried to speak, but Lu Han held her hand, instructing her not to say a word.
"What do you mean?" Su Hui asked, feeling puzzled.
"Mother can draw whatever meaning she wished to, but I don't want this topic to be raised again after this. We won't have a child, and this is final," Lu Han declared and took Qin Xiu with him, leaving his mother shocked.
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Lu Han's room.
"Why did you say to your mother that you can't have a child. What will she think about you?" Qin Xiu asked as she sat on the couch beside Lu Han. she looked utterly heartbroken.
Lu Han was calm, "Doesn't matter to me. It was the only way to make her not ask for it again. You know we have decided not to have a child ever so…"
"Why not. So many years have passed. Isn't it enough for the punishment?" Qin Xiu asked as she held her husband's hand, looking at him pleading sight.
"If we know, we can get out of the punishment after few years, then there is no use of regretting and punishing yourself," Lu Han added.
"But…."
"I have betrayed my brother, who lost his life. No punishment ever can be enough for me."
"It's not like you harmed him. It was just about giving some information about the project, and you knew Lu Qiang would never fall for it."
"Still, we can't deny I betrayed him, and I went against the teaching of this family," Lu Han countered. "I didn't even get the chance to apologize to him.
Qin Xiu had nothing to say, and Lu Han leaned back on the couch, regret evident in his eyes, "If I had made it hurry and informed him about their plans, he might have been alive today."
Tears rolled down Lu Han's eyes as he remembered about Lu Qiang. On the day of the accident, he planned to go with Lu Qiang and inform him about the plan, but he didn't know they planned it the same day.
He wished he had known it, and he had stopped Jiang Yuyan from going in the car. He wished for so many things, but there was no turning back.
Seeing her husband shedding the tears for the same thing even after so many years, tears rolled down Qin Xiu's eyes.
"I am sorry. I don't want us to have a child. Just don't cry," Qin Xiu said in her crying voice.
Lu Han looked at her, "I told you at that time you can divorce me. I don't want to take away your right to be a mother."
"I want only you. Don't talk about divorce," she said, trying to hold back her tears. "I am sorry."
Wiping her tears, Lu Han spoke, "I should be the one to apologize to you."
Not being able to say a word, Qin Xiu hugged him as she buried her face in Lu Han's chest.
"I just want you to be with me always," she spoke, not being able to stop crying.
Lu Han patted her head and hugged her back. "How can I go away from someone who loves me this much."
"You Dare," she warned while sobbing, and Lu Han smiled slightly, to know how adorable his wife was and how much she loved him.