Lu Qi's house was situated in a small town. He switched trains, moved onto different roads, and after a million turns, he could finally see the familiar scenery from his memories. The roads were filled with human activity, with many motorcycles and bicycles, and the occasional car that would cause a traffic jam.
Lu Qi packed quite lightly, and was only tugging along one piece of luggage. His aura was very different from his environment, but he did grow up here. A place that he considered a weight that held him back, that he desperately attempted to break away from. But it's impossible to break away from a place that is tied to you by blood.
The design of the building wasn't great, and the stairways were dim and narrow. The walls were filled with advertisement posters, and the steps themselves were very narrow to step on. There were also corners that had excrement, likely from an animal like a cat or dog.
Lu Qi's 3 steps were like a normal 2 steps. He tugged his luggage quickly up the stairs and just bumped into Lu Yuan who was heading out,
"Ah, why are you back so quickly? Didn't we agree that I'll pick you up at the intersection?"
Lu Qi avoided Lu Yuan's attempts to grab his suitcase and pushed her shoulder aside as he went in,
"It's not like I don't remember the way back."
The interior design of the Lu family home was very different from the grey dusty hallway outside. The inside had wood flooring, the wallpaper held a faint elegance, the windows clear and clean, and no matter what season, the fake flowers always bloomed in their vases. There was even a Pearl River piano which took up most of the living room.
The two siblings almost scared the busy person inside the kitchen when they entered the house. The chopping sounds stopped, and a beautiful elderly woman poked her head out of the kitchen to take a look. Her full black hair was tied into a ponytail with a rubber band, and the shape of her eyebrows gave her a gentle warm aura, as if she was as feminine as a pearl, making it hard to guess her age.
"Oh, Ah-Qi has returned!"
Mama Lu smiled,
"Come in quickly. Help me cook, I'm dying from all the work."
Internally, Lu Qi really wanted to refuse, but he still took off his cotton padded jacket and placed it on the back of a chair. His body was lean and was not inferior to a celebrity's physique.
"I can't cook. It's not like you don't know that."
Mama Lu chopped with force, face melancholic, voice chatting nonstop.
"You go thousands of miles away to the capital, and learn nothing after attending university."
"I'm going to C University, not to the New Oriental education school2."
When he said that, both women in the house laughed. Lu Yuan pushed him out of the kitchen, saying with disdain,
"Ok ok, you've come back a long way. Go have a good nap. I knew we couldn't count on you. It's always up to me when it's a critical moment."
The Lu family home wasn't considered big. Two rooms, one living room, one bathroom and one kitchen. When they were small, Lu Qi and Lu Yuan would sleep on a bunk bed in the same room. When they grew older, they separated with Lu Yuan sleeping with Mama Lu, and Lu Qi had his own room.
No matter how long it has been since he had returned home, his room was never covered in dust. You could see the care and dedication used to sweep his room everyday. In the middle of the room, there was a bed. Opposite of that was a desk with a simple bookshelf, full of study materials and books from elementary to high school, plus one thick notebook.
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Don't be a Kept Man
RomanceIn this world, there is always one type of man who does not want to improve themselves. They care only for themselves, by whatever means possible. They make their life goal to be kept as a lover, and they will use their lovers up until they have no...
