novelkee Chapter 544
Chapter 544
In the second year after Lu Wensheng left, Mrs. Lu was finally discharged from the hospital.
The year-long pain and torture almost consumed all her energy.
Lu's father divorced her, and the Lu family was completely bankrupt because of Lu Qingtang's deliberate revenge. During this year, apart from paying medical bills, Lu Xiuyuan never came to see her.
Without the title of a wealthy lady, Mrs. Lu was left with only a place to stay after being discharged from the hospital.
She returned to the villa that had been blown up by Lu Qingtang in anger, but was later repaired for some unknown reason.
Away from the unpleasant smell of disinfectant in the hospital, Mrs. Lu finally breathed a sigh of relief.
She lost both of her daughters, but she still has a son.
As long as Lu Xiuyuan is still alive, it is impossible for him to really ignore her.
Mrs. Lu's life finally calmed down.
But after everything was over, she began to think of Lu Wensheng frequently.
When she walked into the kitchen, Mrs. Lu kept thinking about how she had called Lu Wensheng to trick him back in order to save Lu Erya...
That seemed to be the first time, and the only time in her life, that she got through to Lu Wensheng...
There was panic in Mrs. Lu's eyes. She turned around and hurriedly fled the kitchen.
She came to the living room and saw the dining table, then she remembered that it was at this table that she served Lu Wensheng a bowl of soup.
But she made that bowl of soup according to Lu Erya's taste, and she even added medicine into it...
But even so, Lu Wensheng took the bowl of soup with a smile, and she even said thank you to her gently...
Tears welled up in Mrs. Lu's eyes and she fled the hall trembling all over.
She returned to the room, looked at the empty surroundings, and thought about her current situation.
Her daughter died, her son hated her, and her husband didn't want her anymore. She was left all alone.
The whole villa was eerily quiet...
Mrs. Lu was afraid of such silence. She picked up the phone tremblingly and wanted to call Lu Xiuyuan.
However, the phone only rang once and then was hung up.
Mrs. Lu stared blankly at the number that was hung up without mercy. She looked at the phone call that had remained unanswered for the past year, no matter how much she cried, admitted her mistakes, or repented. Tears welled up in her eyes.
When did it become so difficult for her to even see her son?
It was after Lu Wensheng's death...
There had never been a moment when Mrs. Lu realized so clearly that Lu Wensheng was dead.
Her daughter died...
From the moment she learned that Lu Wensheng and Lu Youyou were two different people, all the evil, violent and cold images of Lu Wensheng in Mrs. Lu's memory disappeared, leaving only the gentle, quiet, fragile and kind girl.
For the sake of a vicious Lu Erya, she killed her gentle and kind daughter...
Mrs. Lu broke down and cried bitterly.
Days like this repeated themselves day after day, and the more Mrs. Lu tried to forget, the more she couldn't.
Lu Wensheng was like an unforgettable nightmare, engraved in Mrs. Lu's memory.
Every day when she opened her eyes, she thought about how Lu Wensheng had been taken back to the Lu family for such a long time, but she had never been kind to her. When she ate, she thought about the bowl of soup with medicine that she had personally handed to Lu Wensheng. Even in her dreams, Lu Wensheng's figure was everywhere...
Quiet, well-behaved, sensible, kind...
All the details that she had ignored in the past year appeared clearly in her dream.
Mrs. Lu blamed herself again and again. Why didn't she choose to believe her daughter when Lu Wensheng told her that the servants of the Lu family were bullying her? Instead, she helped those vicious servants to hurt her?!
Why, after learning that Lu Erya had done so many heartless things to Lu Wensheng, did she still choose to protect Lu Erya and insult and hurt Lu Wensheng again and again?!
Why would she send her own daughter to die for a vicious Lu Erya?!
Mrs. Lu fell into endless regret and self-blame, and cried every day.
Finally, she could no longer endure such mental torture and ran back to the Lu family mansion crying.
She wanted to find some of Lu Wensheng's belongings to comfort her. After her daughter returned home, she might have had a moment of joy and happiness...
However, Mrs. Lu searched the Lu family mansion inside and out, but was horrified to find that there was not a single thing related to Lu Wensheng in the entire mansion.
The huge Lu residence was filled with traces left by Lu Erya, but there was nothing about Lu Wensheng.
She never bought a piece of clothing for her own daughter, never cooked a meal for her, never paid attention to her preferences, and never spent the slightest bit of thought on her...
She gave all her care and love to Lu Erya.
All that was left for Lu Wensheng was endless cruelty and insults.
So she left, leaving nothing behind.
Mrs. Lu stood in the deadly silent garden, tears streaming down her face.
There were footsteps coming from the front. Mrs. Lu raised her head and saw Lu Xiuyuan walking in with a frown.
Lu Xiuyuan frowned as he looked at Mrs. Lu, who looked haggard and listless.
Just when Lu Xiuyuan thought that Madam Lu would say something to admit her fault or that he was unfilial, she stumbled over and grabbed his arm as if grabbing the last straw, "Xiuyuan... do you have anything for Shengsheng?"
"Have you ever... bought her anything?"
Lu Xiuyuan looked at Madam Lu's aged and gray face. He stared at her eyes filled with extreme longing. After a long moment, he said, "When I held a birthday party for her, I bought her a gift..."
Birthday party?
Mrs. Lu subconsciously began to think in her turbid mind.
Yes, Lu Wensheng was only seventeen when she was taken back to the Lu family, but now she is eighteen, and it is time for her coming-of-age ceremony...
A girl’s coming-of-age ceremony is very important.
Lu Wensheng's coming-of-age ceremony should be done well—
Just as Mrs. Lu reached this point in her thoughts, another dark memory came flooding back.
She froze in place, finally remembering what happened on Lu Wensheng's eighteenth birthday.
On Lu Wensheng's 18th birthday, she refused to let him in after he was kicked out of school by Xu Jiaying and nearly suffered humiliation. She devoted herself to celebrating Lu Erya's birthday, which led to Lu Wensheng suffering from bipolar disorder...
It was also from that day that Lu Wensheng completely left the Lu family.
Despair welled up in Mrs. Lu's eyes. She looked at Lu Xiuyuan with tears in her eyes, trembling a little, and asked expectantly, "Then when you celebrate her birthday...she must be very happy, right?"
"Did she ever smile..."