From Folly to Fortune：I Rewrite My Life After Rebirth!-Chapter 863 - 859: At Most, Not Hating

Chapter 863: Chapter 859: At Most, Not Hating
Lu Yuanfeng held Mu Shuangshuang’s leg carefully and placed her foot on his knee, then he picked up Mu Shuangshuang’s towel and carefully wiped the water droplets from her foot.
His movements were gentle, as if he was holding a treasure.
With one wrong move, the treasure might shatter.
Mu Shuangshuang felt a warm feeling in her heart and kept staring at Lu Yuanfeng.
Watching his gentle actions, watching how good he was to her.
After wiping her foot, Lu Yuanfeng carefully tucked Mu Shuangshuang into bed, spreading the blanket over her.
It was late at night, and Lu Yuanfeng felt it was time for him to go back.
Reluctantly, he said, "Shuangshuang, it’s late, I... have to go."
Mu Shuangshuang nodded blankly, and just as she saw Lu Yuanfeng lift his foot, about to turn to leave, she suddenly called him.
"Fengzi, come here."
Just as Lu Yuanfeng turned around, Mu Shuangshuang crawled out from under the blanket and gently kissed his cheek.
A light kiss, but Lu Yuanfeng’s heart felt as if a feather had brushed across it, tickling him, making him moved.
"Hush! Don’t say anything, soak your feet when you get back tonight, you don’t have to get up so early tomorrow, I’ll save breakfast for you."
Mu Shuangshuang said softly.
Lu Yuanfeng nodded heavily, then left Mu Shuangshuang’s room with a silly smile.
Little Yuanbao was already waiting in the yard. Seeing Lu Yuanfeng smiling foolishly like that, he started smiling foolishly too.
"Second Brother, tell me, when can you marry Sister Shuangshuang?
Every day we have to run so far just to have a meal, if only Sister Shuangshuang lived with us directly, it would be great."
Stepping on the uneven muddy ground, Yuanbao pouted as he asked Lu Yuanfeng.
Lu Yuanfeng slightly restrained his smile and answered seriously, "Soon, as soon as Second Brother earns enough money, I’ll marry your Sister Shuangshuang."
"Alright, then Second Brother needs to earn money quickly, waiting is truly painful." Yuanbao’s chubby face showed a look of grievance mingled with youthful maturity, creating a comic effect.
However, it was dark now, and Lu Yuanfeng didn’t see it.
"It won’t be painful, don’t think about waiting, just think that with each passing day, you’re one day closer to Sister Shuangshuang moving in, and you’ll feel happy." Lu Yuanfeng, in a rare good mood, comforted Yuanbao.
Yuanbao drooped his head, trying hard to think as Lu Yuanfeng said.
But he was still anxious.
"Second Brother, I think never mind, I’ll be happy once you marry Sister Shuangshuang!"
One tall, one short, they headed home in the whistling north wind.
At home, the first thing Lu Yuanfeng did was to heat the bed, in the kitchen he warmed it up well.
Yuanbao sat on the bed, waiting for Lu Yuanfeng to fetch water for him to wash, and suddenly he looked up and saw Old Lady Lu standing at the door.
Ever since Lu Yuanfeng and the Old Lu Family severed ties under the witness of the village head, Lu Yuanfeng didn’t let Yuanbao go to the Old Lu Family anymore.
Yuanbao, being obedient and understanding, didn’t want to make his big brother awkward, so he hadn’t gone to find Old Lady Lu.
Actually, Old Lady Lu was nice to Yuanbao, giving him tasty food.
The ones truly bad to Yuanbao were Gu Jiulian and Yuanbao’s father.
But ever since Lu Yuanfeng returned, they couldn’t harm Yuanbao anymore.
"Grandma, why... why are you here?" Yuanbao looked dazedly at Old Lady Lu.
"Good boy, Grandma brought you roasted sweet potatoes, didn’t you used to love them? Grandma made them for you, they’re still warm." Old Lady Lu said, taking out a sweet potato wrapped in cotton cloth from her pocket.
Before Lu Yuanfeng returned, Yuanbao was always craving for food, but back then, the good things in the house were controlled by a few daughters-in-law.
Freshly harvested sweet potatoes from the field, before Old Sir Lu and Old Lady Lu could take them, were moved to each daughter’s-in-law’s house.
During meals, they would only symbolically take out a little rice for Old Lady Lu to cook.
"Grandma, don’t give me food anymore, keep it for yourself! There’s never enough food at home, Yuanbao is raised by Second Brother, we don’t worry about food and clothing." Yuanbao said in his childish voice.
Old Lady Lu’s eyes were wet, if she hadn’t made a rash decision then, not stopping them from selling the eldest daughter-in-law, things wouldn’t be like this now.
"It’s alright, Yuanbao eat, Grandma... has enough food." Old Lady Lu wiped away her tears and pulled Yuanbao into her arms.
Lu Yuanfeng, having heated the water, came out of the kitchen and saw this scene.
He didn’t go to disturb them, nor did he make Old Lady Lu leave.
Standing in the cold wind, watching Old Lady Lu and Yuanbao.
Towards Old Lady Lu, Lu Yuanfeng could at most not feel hate, he couldn’t forgive.
At least not until his mother was found, he couldn’t do it.
Lu Yuanfeng’s mother was a renowned beauty in the village area, blind at the time, choosing Lu Yuanfeng’s father.
Only after marrying Lu Yuanfeng’s mother did it get worse, with gambling intensifying.
The family’s land was sold off, even the house was used to pay off debts.
The family was completely impoverished, not a single tile was their own.
Such a person, dragging the family down wasn’t enough, eventually even selling the daughter-in-law to pay debts...
Old Lady Lu held Yuanbao for a long time, and when she calmed down, she saw Lu Yuanfeng standing outside.
Hurriedly, she said, "Fengfeng, Grandma wasn’t trying to disturb your life. Just this period, I haven’t seen Yuanbao, I didn’t know how he was doing, so... just came to check.
Don’t be angry, Grandma will leave!"
As Old Lady Lu spoke, she hurried out.
Yuanbao, seeing this, felt a sour nose and quickly grabbed Old Lady Lu’s hand.
"Grandma, don’t go, sleep with Yuanbao tonight, Yuanbao is scared at night!" After finishing, Yuanbao started crying.
"Grandma doesn’t want to leave either, but your Second Brother here." Old Lady Lu also started crying, tears and snot coming down.
Lu Yuanfeng frowned.
He said, "Old Lady Lu, back then... when my mother was being sold by you, did she beg you like this?"
Old Lady Lu’s body stiffened, her grip on Yuanbao loosened suddenly.
In her mind, she recalled Yuanbao’s mother crying heartbreakingly, kneeling at the courtyard gate, her head bleeding, but a few men still deciding to sell her.
Because if she wasn’t sold, Lu the Elder’s debts couldn’t be repaid, and he might have been chopped to pieces.
A daughter-in-law could be married again if lost, but a son gone meant really losing everything.
Plus, Lu the Fourth was anxious to get married, so back then, regardless of how much Yuanbao’s mother pleaded, no one in the Old Lu Family relented.
"Fengzi, Grandma is going home first, you... please take good care of Yuanbao for me.
Your mother’s situation, back then I made a mistake, I didn’t stop it, Grandma doesn’t ask for your forgiveness, just hopes you’ll live happily, so whatever Grandma can do, she’s willing."
Old Lady Lu’s words went into Lu Yuanfeng’s ears word by word, yet they felt unusually harsh.