Dingbei Hou's doctor brother

Chapter 194 Childhood Fragments

The buildings on both sides of the river were brightly lit. Lu Ziqing stood on the shore, staring blankly at the cruise ships on the river.

Xiao Yan retracted his gaze, looked at him sideways, and whispered, "I'm sorry, I made you unhappy. I didn't know that it was..."

"My Lord, you never have to apologize to me." Lu Ziqing's eyes did not move.

"You once said you would bring my senior sister to me, and you really did. I hope my senior sister and I can meet again in my lifetime. That was my wishful thinking. I owe you another favor, Lord Marquis."

"What are you talking about? I owe you anything." Xiao Yan said, "You and your senior sister are still destined to be together. You often say it's God's will, and this is God's will. I'm just a middleman. As for you..."

He said cautiously.

"Your mother, I don't know what's going on between you two. You might think I'm wrong, but... from what I've seen of the senior, she doesn't seem like the type to abandon her husband and children. Besides, your most trusted senior sister also said so. Maybe there really is some misunderstanding here. We can just unravel it later."

Lu Ziqing was immersed in the cold wind and did not respond. His hair gently touched his cheeks and he felt a little cold.

After a while, he whispered, "I want to drink."

Seeing that the slap marks on his face had disappeared, leaving only a faint red mark, Xiao Yan said, "Didn't you drink two pots of wine during the meal?"

"That's because you are considerate, Lord. I drank two pots of water." Lu Ziqing said, "Tonight, I don't want to go back home."

Xiao Yan hesitated for a moment, then patted him lightly on the shoulder. "Okay, wait here for a moment, I'll be back soon."

Only after everyone left did Lu Ziqing dare to turn around and look at the back of the person who was walking away in the crowd of light and shadow.

He always knew what he was like, but ever since he met Xiao Yan, he had been in a trance for a while, and wanted to erase some things for a moment.

I delusionally thought that as long as I did this quietly, it would slowly fade away. Then, would I be able to advance a little further into the class that I couldn't cross?

But God's will always surprises and delights people. It brings the person who has been forgotten for a long time to his presence, as if to remind him to never forget the difference between a clear pond and a muddy swamp.

At this moment, Lu Ziqing regained consciousness and saw very clearly that he was so incompatible with everything here, and the worldly affairs would only subtly drag him into the abyss.

For more than ten years, he thought he could face it calmly, but he didn't expect it to fall apart.

a long time……

He slowly said to himself, "My mind cultivation is unstable, and my body cultivation is stagnant. Master, I still have a long way to go. When will I be able to truly achieve freedom from desire?"

The wind on the river is so cold that it can refresh your heart and make you feel clear-headed.

Lu Ziqing walked slowly along the shore, deep in thought. From time to time, he heard noises around him. The next moment, he felt his body tilt and was pushed sideways a few steps, knocking down a child next to him.

The child was sitting on the ground crying loudly. He quickly helped the child up and apologized to the child's mother repeatedly.

However, the group of drunken young men, who were arm in arm, were still laughing and chatting happily.

"Brother Qu, look at you. You still...you still say I'm drunk, but this guy is even drunker than me. He can't even...walk. He knocked someone's child down. Look at me again."

The man pushed Mr. Qu away and staggered in place, trying to steady himself.

"Look, am I… steady? I can still drink three… three pounds, hehe…"

Mr. Qu also let go of the young man beside him and looked at him and laughed.

"Come on... come on, Brother Tang, look at the way you're walking... what do you look like? Like a... monkey... monkey trying to steal some fine wine."

The young masters laughed out loud in confusion.

Lu Ziqing was just about to cause trouble for them, but unexpectedly, Mr. Qu, who was drunk, suddenly put his arm around his shoulders and said with an indecent smile.

"Brother, let me tell you, if you can't hold your liquor well, just... give in. It's good to be a cuckold. Look at the kid you bumped into. He's crying so pitifully. He has to use candy to comfort him."

The young masters laughed again. Brother Tang walked towards the child's mother and said jokingly, "I think... this little girl needs to be coaxed too. Come, brother, let me coax you."

The child's mother struggled in fear, and the child hugged his mother's legs and cried loudly. Several young men nearby gathered around and laughed.

Lu Ziqing pushed Master Qu away, slapped Brother Tang back with a slap, and staggered a few steps before falling to the ground.

The noise sobered up the other men and they gathered around. Master Qu angrily asked, "What are you doing? You want to fight?"

Brother Tang stood up, rolled up his sleeves, and continued, "How dare you hit me, kid? Do you know who I am?"

Lu Ziqing stared at them and said, "You were drunk and bumped into people first, then molested the girls. Beating you is the least of your punishment. According to the laws of Daning, you should be arrested and taken to the government office."

"Law?" Master Qu snorted and laughed, pointing at Brother Tang. "To tell you the truth, this is the son of the Dali Temple's Junior Official. How do you want to sentence him?"

"So what?" Lu Ziqing remained calm. "The emperor is subject to the same punishment as the common people if he breaks the law."

Just as Master Qu was about to speak, the young master behind him suddenly patted him and whispered in his ear.

The next moment, Master Qu and the others behind him took a step back and looked up and down.

Lu Ziqing was confused and asked, "What? Are you scared?"

Mr. Qu did not answer this question, but laughed with everyone.

"Who am I talking about? Isn't this Lu Nanxing? After more than ten years of separation, I never thought we would meet again in the capital. This world really is a small place."

Lu Ziqing was stunned, staring at the dandy faces of several people. For a long time, a trace of resentment flashed in the fragments of memory.

Several boys pressed another boy into the mud, stepped on his head, and called him a bastard and a lowly son of a lowly woman.

Every day, the classmates would wait at the intersection leading to the school, throwing stones and dog shit wrapped in paper at the boy, often beating him until he was bruised and swollen. They would put bugs in his water bottle and use him as a toy for fun.

He was always laughed at by his classmates as a fool, and by his neighbors as a motherless person. His teacher scolded him for being a bad student and having no manners, and kicked him out of school. In the eyes of other parents, he was also a negative example for educating their children.

His brother and father scolded him as the disaster of the family. Because of him, no matter what their family did or where they went, they felt ashamed and were ostracized.

Only that frail mother, who shed tears every day, did not despise him and was willing to spend money to take him to see a doctor and buy medicine...

He couldn't survive there, and even more wanted to die to put an end to it all. Finally, he accepted the ridicule and contempt around him, accepting that he was a stain on the world. If he could completely disappear, he could end the endless pain...

Taking advantage of a deserted rainy night, I ran away from home with injuries all over my body. I don’t know how long I walked or how long I was hungry.

When the pain woke him up again, he felt a foul odor all around him, mosquitoes and flies were flying around, and several wild dogs were biting him.

Lu Ziqing stared at those people, gnashing his teeth and calling out to each of them, "You are Qu Lin! Fu Tong... Ao Xin!"