The maid heard the summons and entered the house, avoiding Su Rou's blocking eyes and telling the truth.
At the end, he added: "The young lady managed to maintain her health with great difficulty after giving birth, and now she is suffering this for no reason..."
"Shut up and get out." Su Rou shouted.
The maid was startled and quickly retreated.
The room was silent, but Lu Mingke's heart was like a raging ocean tide. He looked at Su Ju with a sad look and said, "I have made you suffer again."
Su Rou shook her head: "I'm fine. I'll be fine tomorrow after sleeping one night."
Lu Mingke was so guilty and distressed that she could not speak, and wanted to go and talk to Mrs. Lu.
Su Rou stopped him and said: "It is the mother-in-law's duty to educate her daughter-in-law. The matter has already passed. If you continue to annoy mother at this time, it will only damage the relationship between mother and child and make mother even more displeased with me. This is a terrible crime." It’s all in vain.”
After hearing this, Lu Mingke felt heavy and frowned.
Su Rou comforted him and said, "I just knelt down for a short while and it won't affect my body."
"As long as you treat me well, I won't feel wronged."
Su Rou said, raising her hand to gently stroke Lu Mingke's brow.
It doesn't matter whether you want this 'justice' or not. What matters is that Lu Mingke knows it well.
When Lu Sui'an saw it, he also imitated Su Rou's behavior, caressing Lu Mingke's face with his soft hands, and muttered something in his mouth.
"Dad...Dad."
Su Rou was slightly surprised: "Sui'an will call you daddy."
In the past two months, she and Lu Mingke often taught Lu Sui'an to call his father and mother. Lu Sui'an had only recently learned to call out single words, and today was the first time he called out a complete word. Although there was a pause in the middle and his speech was unclear, it did not affect their joyful mood at the moment.
Especially for Lu Mingke, his gloomy and depressed heart became clear because of the word 'Daddy', and a smile finally appeared on his face.
"Sui'an is so good, call me daddy again." Lu Mingke nuzzled Lu Sui'an's soft face, making Lu Sui'an chuckle.
"Sui'an, it's not fair to call her daddy instead of mother. Be good, call her mother..." Su Rou also shook Lu Sui'an's little hand and teased her, with a look of anticipation on her face.
The night breeze blew into the house gently, and the candlelight fluttered gently, casting the shadows of the three people on the ground, making the room full of warmth.
After teasing Lu Sui'an for a while, Lu Mingke went to see Lu He and reported to him on the progress of the food collection. Finally, he went to sit in Lu Xingyuan's courtyard for a while.
Although he hated Shen Qingrong, Lu Xingyuan was innocent, and he was his first child and eldest son, so Lu Mingke naturally loved him.
"Father, I have learned a few more lines of the Three-Character Sutra, and I will recite it to you." Lu Xingyuan's tone was brisk and somewhat expressive.
Lu Mingke put down the tea cup and said, "Okay, you carry it."
"If it's not polished, it's useless..." Lu Xingyuan stood in front of Lu Mingke, shaking his head seriously.
However, when I recited the last two sentences, I suddenly got stuck. I thought about it with a grimace for a while but couldn't remember it.
"Dear teacher and friend, learn etiquette." Lu Mingke added slowly, patted his head and praised: "Xingyuan is already very good."
Lu Xingyuan's eyes were bright as he stared at the snacks on the table and said, "Can I have another snack?"
They were not allowed to eat snacks before bed or meals, but Lu Xingyuan was not yet five years old, so there were times when he couldn't help but get greedy.
"Eat." Lu Mingke brought the snacks to Lu Xingyuan.
Lu Xingyuan picked up a piece and ate it happily.
Lu Mingke looked at him and prepared to leave after he finished eating.
When the last bite was left, Lu Xingyuan stuffed it into his mouth. He ate a little too hastily and choked a little.
Seeing this, Lu Mingke picked up the tea he had just drank and fed it to Lu Xingyuan.
Lu Xingyuan took a sip, swallowed the cake, pushed the tea cup away and said, "I can't drink it."
When Lu Mingke heard this, he glanced at the tea in the cup and asked in confusion: "What's wrong?"
Lu Xingyuan said word by word: "Mother said, I can't drink tea to honor my father."
Tea to honor your father? He can't drink? What did mother say?
When Lu Mingke heard these words, he keenly sensed something was wrong.
He looked at the tea cup in his hand and asked quietly, "Did mother give this tea to Xingyuan?"
Lu Xingyuan wrinkled his face and said tangledly: "Mother said she couldn't tell father."
In one sentence, Lu Mingke understood everything.
With a cold light flashing in his eyes, Lu Mingke suppressed his emotions and said with a straight face: "It doesn't matter, I won't tell my mother. Then Xingyuan promised me not to tell my mother, okay?"
"Okay." Lu Xingyuan nodded.
If the father doesn't tell, and he doesn't tell either, then the mother doesn't know that the father knows.
Lu Xingyuan thought this was the best.
"It's getting late. It's time for Xingyuan to wash up and go to bed." Lu Mingke called the maid and took Lu Xingyuan to wash up.
After Lu Xingyuan followed the maid, Lu Mingke put the remaining half cup of tea into his sleeve, stood up and left.
Lu Mingke did not go back to the hospital to rest, but went to see the doctor.
After the doctor examined the tea and tea leaves, he frowned and looked very solemn.
"What's the problem?" Lu Mingke asked.
The doctor said: "There is a drug in this tea, it should be mixed with the tea leaves."
What?
Child-breaking medicine!
Lu Mingke suddenly stood up and asked in a cold voice: "Are you right?"
The doctor solemnly said: "This villain has been practicing medicine for decades and will never make a mistake."
When Lu Mingke heard this, his heart instantly fell into the ice cave, his whole body was cold, and the veins on the back of his fists bulged.
Duanzi, Duanzi... what a Shen Qingrong!
Borrow Lu Xingyuan's hand and make him die in the name of filial piety!
Seeing that Lu Mingke's face was extremely ugly, the doctor understood clearly and asked cautiously: "Where does this tea come from, Master?"
Lu Mingke didn't say anything, but asked the government doctor what the medicinal properties of this drug were? Possible solution.
The doctor took a breath and said with a serious expression: "This is a chronic poison. If you only take it for a few days, it will have little effect. But if you take it for a month or two, it may be difficult to cure."
"The person who poisoned it was very clever. The drug has no smell at all, and it was mixed in the tea leaves. It was covered by the smell of tea and no one, no matter how careful, could detect it."
Lu Mingke clenched his fists and his finger bones creaked. He was so angry that he wished he could kill Shen Qingrong immediately.
He never thought that Shen Qingrong could be so vicious.
We have been husband and wife for six years and have slept together for six years. It is only today that we can see her face clearly.
Lu Mingke was filled with hatred and anger, and his face was distorted with anger, which was very scary.
The doctor stood aside in panic, not daring to express his anger.
After a while, Lu Mingke calmed down and told the doctor not to reveal anything about what happened tonight to anyone.
The doctor nodded repeatedly and responded solemnly. After Lu Mingke left, he raised his sleeves and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
The night fell like water, and Lu Mingke walked quickly in the back garden, heading towards Shen Qingrong's yard angrily.
Halfway through, he suddenly stamped his feet.
After thinking for a moment, Lu Mingke turned around and went to the main courtyard.
Mrs. Lu finished serving Lu He and was about to go to bed to rest.
The couple were surprised to see Lu Mingke.
"Father, mother, I have something to tell you."
Lu He and his wife looked puzzled: "What's the matter?"
Lu Mingke said: "My father's illness is strange. I suspect it is not an accident, but man-made."
"What did you find?" Lu Hechen asked.
Lu Mingke pursed his lips and said, "Not yet, but I have a plan to lure the snake out of its hole."
After listening to Lu Mingke's words, Lu He was silent for a moment and nodded in agreement.
Before leaving, Lu Mingke asked Mrs. Lu to calm down and not to scare the snake.
