Chapter 106: Lu Shan and Gu Jingyi

Chapter 106: Lu Shan and Gu Jingyi

Grandpa Lu looked at his granddaughter and his tone softened a bit. “I believe that the children of our Lu family would never do anything immoral. There must be some misunderstanding. I can see that you are in pain and suffering. You are almost thirty years old and you still haven’t resolved your personal issues. It’s impossible for you to say that you have no one in your heart. Tell Grandpa, what exactly happened?”

Grandpa Lu's words gave Lu Shan confidence and courage.

She composed herself and slowly began, "Last year he took me to meet his family, and I was planning to bring him to our home and introduce him to you, but..."

At this point, Lu Shan paused and solemnly addressed Grandpa Lu, "Grandpa, first of all, I apologize to you."

"Um?"

Lu Shan said, "I once accidentally saw a notebook and a photograph in your study..."

At this point, Lu Shan's expression hardened slightly, and he instantly understood.

He squinted at Lu Shan and asked, "You know about Gu Changgeng?"

"Yes," Lu Shan replied affirmatively.

Upon hearing this, Old Master Lu understood what was going on. "So, you broke up with Gu Changgeng's son?"

Lu Shan lowered her eyes and nodded again, "Mm."

“I think that his father is that kind of person, and our family would never accept him. You are a hero who survived the war, and you are so upright. How could you possibly agree to me being with the son of a deserter?”

If Gu Changgeng and his grandfather hadn't been in the same company, if they had been strangers, perhaps Gu Changgeng's story could have been told as just another tale.

At most, you could say he's a coward.

Gu Changgeng was a soldier in my grandfather's army. Because of his cowardice and escapism back then, his comrades were killed or wounded.

This is an unforgivable act for a veteran like my grandfather.

Lu Shan said, "Gu Jingyi said he wasn't a deserter, and he would prove it to me. Not long after, he went to the border to carry out an undercover mission..."

As Lu Shan spoke, tears welled up in her eyes.

He was trembling all over, filled with immense regret.

She shouldn't have said that.

She shouldn't punish him for his elders' mistakes.

Even if they break up, she should find a reason that he can accept.

But……

He loves her so much that he probably can't accept any reason for breaking up with her.

"Sigh." Old Master Lu sighed heavily, having finally understood the situation between Lu Shan and Gu Jingyi.

"You little brat, you've encountered such a big problem, why didn't you tell us? Don't you have any respect for us, your elders?"

"Grandpa, if I had told you back then that my boyfriend was Gu Changgeng's son, would you have agreed? Would you have imposed your prejudice against his father on him?"

Old Lu remained silent.

Will he hold a grudge against his son because of Gu Changgeng?

Would he truly accept his granddaughter marrying Gu Changgeng, that deserter, as his daughter-in-law?

He was stumped by the question.

Old Master Lu's silence made Lu Shan's heart sink slightly.

Old Lu looked at her and said earnestly, "Child, this is not your fault. He is a soldier. He went on a mission not only because of you, but also because of his duty and his sense of mission."

"You need to learn to make peace with yourself, try to move on, and stop torturing yourself like this."

"You need to cheer up and start your new life."

"Grandpa, if he doesn't come back alive, I will live with pain and self-blame for the rest of my life."

Lu Shan shook her head with a wry smile.

She can't get over it.

She will never be able to start a new life unless he comes back alive.

As long as he is alive, as long as he can come back, regardless of whether they are destined to be together again, she can get out of her pain and self-blame.

...

Lu Ye sprayed some medicine on his wounds upstairs, cleaned them, changed his clothes, and then went downstairs.

Just then, I saw Lu Shan wiping away tears as she came out of her grandfather's room.

"Sister, what's wrong?" Lu Ye was startled. "Is Grandpa's condition very serious?"

Lu Shan wiped away her tears, lowered her head, and tried her best not to let her younger brother see her disheveled state. "It's okay, Bai Zhi said it can be treated, and she prescribed some medicine."

"Then you..." Lu Ye looked at her with a worried expression and asked cautiously.

In my memory, his sister never shed a tear.

Why did I... when I came out of Grandpa's room today?

Lu Shan didn't answer him and went upstairs, ignoring him.

Lu Ye glanced sideways at Lu Shan's flustered back, his eyes full of suspicion.

When he got home in the morning, his grandfather said he wanted to find Bai Zhi to take his pulse and then have Bai Zhi take care of his health.

He did not agree to accompany them at the time.

Instead, he suggested that Lu Shan accompany him.

His sister previously distrusted Bai Zhi's medical skills and looked down on traditional Chinese medicine practitioners from the bottom of her heart.

Bai Zhi could sense her sister's prejudice.

Therefore, he hoped that Lu Shan could accompany her grandfather to express his attitude and dispel Bai Zhi's concerns.

Could it be that his sister had another conflict with Bai Zhi because of the difference in their understanding of traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine, and was criticized by his grandfather?

Just as he was lost in thought, Lu Hai came over.

"Cousin, what's wrong with my cousin?" Lu Hai asked curiously, craning his neck.

"It's okay, I'm just under a lot of work pressure and need to rest."

Lu Ye asked him, "What did you say when your second aunt went to the hospital?"

“Sigh, this is troublesome,” Lu Hai said. “The doctor said my mother has a difficult disease to treat. If the medicine she is taking now doesn’t control it, they don’t have a good solution. They told us to go to Kyoto to see a doctor. We’ve already delayed treatment for too long. If we don’t start treatment soon, the joint deformity will be even more difficult to treat.”

Today, while waiting in the hospital corridor, they saw many patients with the same disease.

Some have severely deformed fingers that resemble chicken claws, while others have bent and deformed knees and walk with a duck-like gait.

In any case, those patients with a long history of the disease that have not been controlled are particularly severely ill.

He was afraid that his mother would end up like that too, and then it would be all over.

His mother was also frightened today.

"Let's take my second uncle to Kyoto when he comes back."

After Lu Ye finished speaking, he knocked on his grandfather's door, and Lu Hai followed him in.

Grandpa Lu's eyes were filled with joy when he saw his two grandsons.

"Xiao Zhi took my pulse and prescribed medicine. She said she would take care of my health and I would feel better after taking it for a while."

Lu Hai was surprised that the old man was so hasty in letting Bai Zhi treat him.

He hesitated for a moment, then mustered his courage and spoke with a smile.

"Grandpa, it's not that I have a problem with my future sister-in-law, but she's too young. Is her medical skill reliable?"

Fearing Lu Ye's anger, Lu Hai raised his hand to declare, "I didn't mean anything by it. I just think you're getting old, and we shouldn't joke around with our health."

Old Master Lu replied seriously, "Of course it's reliable. Her maternal grandfather is the famous Doctor Ye. Your cousin-in-law has even treated patients and cured children."

Everyone trusts her medical skills, how can we, as family members, have any doubts?

"If you ask me, your mother's illness should also be treated by Xiao Zhi, but your mother is too fussy and doesn't trust Xiao Zhi's medical skills. I'm afraid she'll cause trouble for Xiao Zhi. You should take her to a big hospital instead."