Zhang Wei never ever thought in his dreams that one day he will lose Ming Fangsu like this. His sister came to him the next day of Ming Fangsu’s funeral with the intention of killing him, but she couldn’t. She let him leave as a punishment so that every moment of his life he could remember his sin and go through the pain of the woman he loved lost her life just because of him.
He would have been the same person and would have been committing the same mistakes but the day he saw Ming Rusheng devastated because of the engagement between Lu Qiang and Jiang Yuyan, he saw his old self in him, a drunk and broken Ming Rusheng. The worry covered his mind that Ming Rusheng might follow his path and might bring harm to others and to himself.
The fear of losing Ming Rusheng by letting him convert into the monster, changed him and he wanted to try everything that could have led Ming Rusheng on the better path.
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At the Lu Mansion...
After breakfast, when Jiang Yuyan was going back to her room as she had to get ready to go to the university, Lu Lijun called her.
"Yuyan!"
Jiang Yuyan stopped at the staircase and turned to look at Lu Lijun, who was standing behind her a few feet away. "Hmm!"
"Get ready faster, I will wait for you in the car." Lu Lijun instructed.
Nodding, Jiang Yuyan left. It was the routine that Lu Qiang dropped both of them at their places and they had the habit to head out together.
When Jiang Yuyan came out of the mansion carrying her bag, Lu Lijun was standing near the back passenger seat door. Seeing Jiang Yuyan, he opened the door as signaling her to seat inside. This is what Lu Qiang always did whenever she had to seat inside the car.
Without a word, Jiang Yuyan sat inside and Lu Lijun closed the door. He stepped on the other side door and sat in the back passenger seat with Jiang Yuyan.
"Suddenly acting like a big man, huh?" Jiang Yuyan commented seeing Lu Lijun acting like his brother.
"I need not act. I am always like this," Lu Lijun commented back.
"I see."
Though Lu Qiang was not there, his car and the driver were ready to do their job for these two. In some time, they reached the university.
"See you in the evening, Lu Lijun." saying, Jiang Yuyan stepped out of the car. On the other side, Lu Lijun stepped out too and called her, "Yuyan!"
"Hmm!" She looked at the little guy to know what happened. He went to her and standing in front of her, he signaled her to lean in front.
Looking at him questioningly, Jiang Yuyan leaned forward and the next moment Lu Lijun kissed her on the cheek. She was taken aback.
"What was this for?" she asked.
"Elder brother does this every day when he drops you here, as he is not here to do this, I don’t want you to miss him." Lu Lijun explained the reason behind his sudden action.
"I won’t miss him that bad but you need not do this. Also, you don’t like to get closer to others, so no need to make yourself uncomfortable for other’s sake," Jiang Yuyan said.
"You are not someone called ’other’ to me and I am not uncomfortable." His words surprised her and he continued, "Don’t be so overwhelmed, this is just till elder brother comes back."
Not giving Jiang Yuyan a chance to say a single word, Lu Lijun looked at the man in the black suit who was standing at the entrance of the university whom Lu Qiang appointed to guard Jiang Yuyan at the university.
"That man is there to guard you but if there is something, you can call me or brother Lu Feng." He instructed.
"You know him?" Jiang Yuyan asked.
"He is one of those who works for San Zemin and if a brother has kept him here, that means there is a need to do so."
"San Zemin? I never heard about him."
"You need not know about him then. I will come to get you in the evening so wait for me."
Lu Lijun sat inside the car and left, leaving Jiang Yuyan puzzled.
"This kid likes to act like his brother. Can’t be mad at him as he is so cute. Iceberg literally kissed me on cheeks, this day deserves to be noted in the diary, but who is San Zemin?"
As she murmured to herself, she heard someone. "You are getting showered with love from kids too, how lucky!"
That was Nixxxie who saw Lu Lijun and Jiang Yuyan when she stepped out of her car.
Jiang Yuyan left out a light chuckle. "Don’t be so envious. My brother’s love won’t make you feel lacking for the affection of kids."
"Hmm! That’s the truth." Nixxxie agreed.
In the evening, Jiang Yuyan was waiting for Lu Lijun at the outside of the gate of the university. As the car arrived, Lu Lijun stepped out of it and opened the door for Jiang Yuyan.
"The cute kid is there to look after you. You can go." Saying Nixxxie left to go to her car and Jiang Yuyan sat inside her car.
Jiang Yuyan didn’t like the way Lu Lijun was taking care of her as he was still a kid. In her opinion, it should have been the other way round. In the absence of Lu Qiang, she should be the one taking care of him and doing all these things for him, but this little iceberg didn’t give her a chance and always acted as an adult.