Chapter 528: Chapter 511 Lu Jiajie Gets Scolded

Upon Lu Jiajie’s return, Lu Jiazong and Lu Shan hurried over, only to be met with grief instead of joy when they saw him.

Lu Jiajie tried to reassure everyone, “Being able to come back alive is already very fortunate. Give me three to five months, and I should be able to recover to how I was before.”

Lu Jiazong said, “Lao Wu, don’t go to such dangerous places anymore. Not for your own sake, but also for the sake of your two children. If they end up in the hands of the Ma family, what chance do the children have to survive?”

Lu Jiaguang looked at him disdainfully. How could he possibly let Ma Lili and the Ma family take the children away?

Second Sister-in-law Lu scolded him as well, “Can’t you watch what you say? If you can’t talk properly, then just shut up. Are we in the Lu family all wooden to let the Ma family just snatch the children away?”

Wang Xiaojie also said, “Last time Jiaxin came back and told us, in case Jiajie doesn’t return, she wanted us to take good care of the children, and she would be responsible for their expenses.”

In truth, even without Jiaxin’s words, they wouldn’t have let the people from the Ma family take the children. As for money, the fifty thousand yuan left by Lu Jiajie was more than enough to raise both children; there was no need to use Jiaxin’s money. Such words were said to let them know that Jiaxin was always concerned about the family’s affairs.

Lu Jiajie felt both moved and regretful.

Wang Xiaojie did not blame him, but simply said, “Learn from your mistakes, and just don’t do anything so dangerous again. By the way, have you called Jiaxin?”

Lu Jiajie shook his head, indicating that Lu Jiaxin was out, “The maid said she wouldn’t be back until the evening. I plan to wait until it gets dark before calling her. I owe this time to Jiaxin, otherwise, I would have died there.”

Lu Jiaguang said, “Jiajie, you’re thirty years old. Think about your family before you act.”

Lu Jiajie nodded repeatedly.

Around eight in the evening, thinking that Lu Jiaxin should be home by then, Lu Jiajie went to the study to make a call. The call connected, but there was silence on the other end for a long time.

“Jiaxin, Jiaxin, can you hear me?”

“If you have something to say, just say it.”

By the tone, he knew she was angry. Lu Jiajie spoke apologetically, “Jiaxin, I’m sorry for making you worry.”

There was no sound from the other end of the phone.

In a very low tone, Lu Jiajie said, “I came home today. My brother told me that the Ma family people came over in August wanting to take the children away but were unsuccessful. Last week, Ma Lili went directly to the school to find the children. The children didn’t want to live with her, so she said I was dead and if they didn’t leave with her, my brother and sister-in-law would seize the house and money I left behind. Fortunately, Qiangqiang didn’t trust her and went straight to my brother and sister-in-law after getting back from school. But both children thought I really died and cried every night. Afraid of being discovered by my brother and sister-in-law, they hid under the quilt and cried softly.”

Lu Jiaxin said with a cold face, “As long as you are alive, staying at my brother and sister-in-law’s place is just temporary residence for them; if you were dead, they would be orphans, living with them would mean depending on others’ charity.”

As for Ma Lili, better dead than alive! If the children really went with her, next thing she would demand the house and money! I used to think she was just brainwashed, but now I know she was rotten to the core.

Lu Jiajie ummed and said, “It won’t happen a next time.”

Lu Jiaxin spoke calmly, “Lu Jiajie, if there’s a next time, you can just wait for death alone! I won’t care.”

She wasn’t trying to scare Lu Jiajie. If he sought danger again, she really wouldn’t care. The reason she had someone find him this time was partly because she had agreed to the foreign trade business and felt slightly responsible, and partly that she didn’t want the two children to become orphans. If this happened again, death would be deserved and no pity necessary.

Lu Jiajie dared not, “For the rest of my life, I will just stay honestly in the country and go nowhere.”

In the domestic realm, if you get tricked, you can look for help. However, abroad, once you fall for a scheme, there’s no one to turn to, and you can only wait for death; my sister is powerful indeed, or else she would have surely met her demise this time.

Lu Jiaxin doesn’t believe his words; she agrees readily each time, but then forgets all about it. The Longhair area isn’t very peaceful, and she hasn’t been there until now.

Thinking that Longhair would break apart in four years, she felt she should do something. Hmm, next time Nie Zhan comes over, she’d definitely have a good talk about this, to see how she could sheer the most wool.

Lu Jiaxin didn’t wish to talk more with him, saying she had things to do and then hung up.

After finishing the call, Lu Jiajie went out and found Qiangqiang and Xiao Fengfeng waiting for him outside. He smiled and asked, “Did you finish your homework?”

The two of them nodded and said they had.

“Then hurry up and go to sleep.”

The siblings each grabbed one of his arms and said in unison, “Daddy, we want to sleep with you.”

Lu Jiajie had initially planned to talk to Lu Jiaguang, but seeing his children’s hopeful faces, he felt a sourness in his heart, “Alright, Daddy will sleep with you.”

As he slept with the two children, he fell asleep unknowingly as well. But in the middle of the night, he was jolted awake by Qiangqiang’s crying and yelling.

Qiangqiang suddenly sat up, shouting, “Daddy, don’t die, daddy, don’t die. Daddy, daddy, you can’t leave me and Fengfeng behind, daddy, daddy…”

Xiao Fengfeng woke up startled and started crying loudly too.

Lu Jiajie’s tears fell as he was overwhelmed with sadness, hugging and comforting one on each side. The comfort of others was useless, only his presence as their father could settle the children, and soon they fell asleep again.

Lu Jiaguang and Wang Xiaojie were also woken up by the children’s crying. Wang Xiaojie expressed her relief, “Thank goodness Jiajie is back, otherwise what would we do with these two kids?”

They could ensure the children were fed, clothed, and educated, but they couldn’t replace a father’s place in their hearts.

Thinking of Ma Lili, Wang Xiaojie found it hard to understand, saying, “Do you think her heart is black? How could she say such things to her own children, her own flesh and blood?”

Lu Jiaguang also detested Ma Lili deeply, “We can’t just let this go. I’ve already talked to Jiajie, he will settle the score with the Ma family.”

If it had been before, Wang Xiaojie would certainly have tried to stop him, since Ma Lili was the mother of the children, but after this incident, she felt that Ma Lili didn’t deserve the title of mother.

Lu Jiaguang didn’t want to discuss this unlucky woman, so he changed the topic, “Father used to say that the Lu Family’s future would depend on Jiaxin, and I wasn’t entirely convinced, but now it seems our father saw further ahead than us.”

Being able to find Jiajie even though he was sold to such a remote place showed Jiaxin’s power; the children would all have to rely on her in the future.

Wang Xiaojie spoke with a smile, “Everyone in my office is envious of me for having such a good younger sister-in-law like Jiaxin.”

The best housing among the leaders in their unit was just a modest quadrangle dwelling, nothing like the grand two-courtyard residence she lived in, which was aboveboard and fully legitimate.

Although the house was technically a gift, in reality, it was a form of compensation, but if Jiaxin hadn’t opened an antique shop in the Ancient Capital, her husband would not have been able to help her pull the right strings. He dared not accept perks for helping others, for fear of being reported later, but helping Jiaxin was worry-free.

Lu Jiaguang said with a smile, “Indeed, our whole family has benefited from Jiaxin’s grace.”