Chapter 433 - She Was Someone Elses Daughter (2/2)

She reached her hand out and squeezed Chu Lui's arm.

”Mom, is your hand hurting?”

Song Wan shook her fingers and answered truthfully, ”Yes, it hurts. Son, don't you hurt?”

Chu Lui touched his arm. ”A little.” His skin was thick, and his flesh was chunky so he could take on a little more force.

Song Wan sighed. She finally believed that this was her son of blood and flesh and knew pain. She thought he wouldn't know what pain felt like.

”Manni is still not back yet?”

”Mm.” Chu Lui continued eating. He seemed like he didn't like the question.

”Let her stay at the Li household longer. As long as her mood is good, my grandson will grow up fine.”

The word 'grandson' made Chu Lui's grip on his chopsticks tighten.

”I saw Ruoxin today.” Song Wan recalled her afternoon and said without thinking through. ”She was carrying a child, around three to four years old of age.”

Chu Jiang's eyes widened instantly. Three to four years old?

”Not ours.” Song Wan knew what her husband's expression meant, but this wasn't a TV drama where a pregnancy panned out after a divorce. Their house wasn't lucky enough to encounter a situation like this. A drama was a drama, and this was reality.

”Then?” Chu Jiang was legitimately disappointed. He thought that he would be able to carry a ready-made grandson, even though he was about to have one. However, he would be happy with an additional one, too, and a ready-made one at that. A white and delicate grandchild.

”It could be the child of the man she found.” Song Wan assumed. ”That's good, too. She's sterile and won't be able to have children. At least in the future, she'll have a child by her side.”

”True.” Chu Jiang's heart was more at ease now, subconsciously.

The two of them chatted in their own world. They didn't notice Chu Lui's eyes darken and drown in pain.

”Dad, Mom, I'm done eating.”

Chu Lui put down his chopsticks. ”I'm going back to my room.” He stood up and strode forward. His footsteps seemed heavier, and the heavy thuds on the ground seemed to match his heartbeats.

”This child…” Song Wan was still worried about her son. After all, Xia Ruoxin was the one he had set his sights on since he was young, but a mistake was a mistake. Now, they both had their own families. Nothing could happen now no matter what.

”Don't worry.” Chu Lui patted his wife's shoulders. ”Ah Lui is not a child anymore. He knows what he can and cannot do.”

”That's what I'm most worried about.”

Song Wan rested her fists on her knees. She had a bad premonition. She was scared he would have a bee in his bonnet and never escape these thoughts, exactly because of his character.

The Xia Ruoxin now was his kryptonite. Just a light touch would cause him immense pain.

”Trust him.” That was all Chu Jiang could say to console his wife. However, he knew his son well. No matter what situations he encountered, Chu Lui was still Chu Lui. He would never bend.

Chu Lui drove away from his parents' house. No matter how late it was, he still wanted to go back there. Not because there was warmth, not because someone was waiting for him, but because that was his home. His father's was loving and successful, but his was a failure.

He returned home, opened the door, and turned on the lights.