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But the moment he saw Lu Mingfei, he felt that beneath that wretched look in his eyes lay a lion, its roar only buried deep in the mire of life.
In short, he just liked the kid and wanted to help him out.
"Uncle Liu... this... this really isn't appropriate, is it?"
Lu Mingfei turned his head, his voice trembling with unease, to meet Liu's father's resolute yet smiling profile.
Without saying much, Liu's father extended his large, fan-like hand forward, firmly supporting Lu Mingfei's lower back, and gently pushed him into the warm indoor entryway.
"What do you mean by appropriate or inappropriate! You call me Uncle, so it's only natural for me to help you!" Liu's father said loudly, his voice filled with pride.
Lu Mingfei tried to refuse, shrinking his neck and glancing furtively toward the door, but was interrupted by Liu's father's deep voice as soon as he opened his mouth.
"A real man should stand tall! Don't hunch over all day like a wilted seedling!"
Lu Mingfei subconsciously straightened his slightly hunched back and straightened his shoulders.
Although thin, he suddenly appeared taller.
"Hey! That's more like it!"
Liu's father nodded in satisfaction, laughed heartily, and patted Lu Mingfei's shoulder firmly with his warm hand.
"That's what you call spirit! Mingfei, what do you think of this place? Is it still to your liking?"
"Satisfied! Very satisfied!" Lu Mingfei nodded vigorously like a chicken pecking at rice, his eyes getting a little hot.
Mr. Liu's smile grew even brighter. "That's great! I think there's no time like the present, so you can move in this afternoon! I'm free this afternoon, I'll take you there!"
"This...this is too much trouble for you, Uncle Liu! I can manage on my own..." Lu Mingfei's voice weakened as Liu's father pressed down on his thin shoulders.
Liu's father's smile faded, and he looked sharply into Lu Mingfei's eyes:
“Mingfei, you still don’t understand.”
"You need to tell them that it's not that you can't leave that nest of bloodsucking parasites! It's that you can live just as well without them!"
His tone carried a certain allure and irresistible power:
"I, your Uncle Liu, just like you today. I want to stand up for you, give you courage, and help you curb that family's arrogance!"
With Uncle Liu having said all that, could Lu Mingfei possibly refuse?
Refuse? That would be truly ungrateful!
Uncle Liu, who is willing to "stand out" and "make him look good," is a kind of support that many people would rather die for!
If you don’t steam the steamed buns, you’ll lose your reputation!
For Uncle Liu's sake, Lu Mingfei had to stand tall and proud! He absolutely couldn't let Uncle Liu lose face!
"Thank you, Uncle Liu!" Lu Mingfei said softly, his eyes moist.
Liu's father patted Lu Mingfei on the shoulder, "Let's go without delay!"
……
A BMW 320, fully loaded with goods, was driving under the scorching sun.
No one spoke inside the car; the atmosphere was somewhat oppressive.
After parking the BMW in the underground garage of the residential complex, the engine was turned off.
"Mingze, go get the watermelon from the trunk!" Auntie instructed Lu Mingze in the back seat.
"Okay!" Lu Mingze opened the car door, went to the back of the car, opened the trunk, and took out a large watermelon in a plastic bag from a foam basket.
My uncle and aunt also got out of the car and stood at the front of the car.
At that moment, the "angel eye" headlights lit up in the dimly lit underground parking garage; it was a black BMW 740Li.
The black BMW moved quickly and stopped opposite my aunt's BMW 320.
Lu Mingze was carrying a watermelon, while his aunt and uncle were talking about something.
Lu Mingfei, inside the black BMW 740Li, subconsciously rolled down the window, wanting to explain to his aunt that he was moving out.
My uncle's voice drifted in through the crack in the car window.
Lu Mingfei's fingers froze, and the car window remained at a crack.
“That’s not good!”
"What's not good?" a sharp voice rang out.
Uncle frowned. "I mean, it's not good for us to go out to eat without inviting Mingfei!"
"What do you mean? I'm ostracizing him?" My aunt was as explosive as ever, like a powder keg ready to explode at any moment.
"That brat vanished without a trace this morning! How are we supposed to take him with us?"
My uncle frowned. He would have backed down at home, but he was a proud man and absolutely could not lose face as the head of the family in public.
He lowered his voice and said, "Then why didn't you bring him when we went out to eat the previous few times?"
"Lu Gucheng, you're even bringing up old grievances like that brat? Fine! You Lu family are all of one mind, ganging up to bully an outsider like me!"
"Mom..." Lu Mingze was about to say something when his aunt turned her head and glared at him, which scared him so much that he quickly shut up.
My aunt directly used her inherent skill of "contradiction transfer" to escalate the problem.
"So you mean everything he said last night was right? I bullied him and ostracized him!"
"Then let me ask you, I provide him with food and shelter, what more do you want from me? To treat him like an ancestor?"
"That's all money his parents gave him!" The uncle's anger flared up immediately after being humiliated like that by his wife in public.
"Yes, yes, yes! It's all his parents' money! I'm destined to be a nanny, I deserve to be his nanny for the rest of my life!" The aunt started crying and throwing a tantrum.
"Why don't you say he's useless, and his parents spent so much money on him..."
My aunt was interrupted by my uncle before she could finish speaking.
"His parents gave him so much money, how much of it did you spend?"
This sentence ignited her anger, and she roared loudly.
"I spend money on Mingze for our family's future. Otherwise, when you get old, will you be picking up trash on the street?"
"Are you still going to ask me if I spent money playing mahjong? Huh? Didn't you, Lu Gucheng, spend any money? You were the biggest spender!"
"Everyone says that prostitutes should still pretend to be chaste, but you, a man, are doing this too!"
"Does Lu Mingfei deserve it? A good-for-nothing who's always at the bottom of the class, does he deserve that kind of money?"
"He still dares to lay a hand on me? If he's really that capable, he should get out of this house!"
Auntie's roar echoed through the underground garage, immediately catching the ears of the neighbors.
After the camera confirmed that it was the showy Lu couple, the onlookers exchanged knowing glances.
In the nearby neighborhood, this family's "wealthy" image and their daily chaotic lives have always been the top choice for gossip after meals.
Now, with a free "live broadcast" happening, it's impossible not to eat this juicy gossip.
Lu Mingfei sat expressionless in the back seat of the black BMW.
This aunt and her family are two-faced.
It made him feel nauseous and want to vomit.
He instinctively wanted to shrink his neck, but then he remembered Uncle Liu's words.
He couldn't let Uncle Liu down.
Otherwise, Lu Mingfei would truly be a worthless scoundrel!
Liu's father, who was in the driver's seat, naturally heard these words. He didn't say anything, but stepped on the gas and braked suddenly, and the BMW stopped abruptly next to his aunt's family.
The sudden turn of events startled Lu Mingze so much that he dropped the watermelon in his hand, which shattered into several pieces and spilled out of the plastic bag.
My aunt's family had never seen anyone drive like that before; it was as if they were there to run them over.
Liu's father nodded to Lu Mingfei, who was equally astonished, and Lu Mingfei understood.
The two opened the car door together and got out of the BMW.
Father Liu's gaze swept over his aunt's family, revealing a disdainful expression.
"nausea!"
Chapter 8: Can we stop acting?
Lu Mingfei straightened his back and stood next to Liu's father.
Although he was thin at that moment, his spirit was still very strong.
When he's alone, it doesn't matter if he embarrasses himself; it's not like he hasn't done it before. He's already used to it!
But he absolutely cannot back down now, or he will embarrass Uncle Liu.
Uncle Liu's family treated him so well and helped him so much.
Although there are systemic helpful components in it.
But Lu Mingfei still subconsciously felt that Uncle Liu and Aunt Liu were really good to him.
[Side Quest: Save Father Liu's Face]
[Task Reward: Piano Level 10 Trial Card (1 hour)]
[Mission Failed: Sending You to Heaven!]
The system is truly something else; it seizes every opportunity to torment him to death!
Lu Mingfei felt a chill run down his spine.
"Lu Mingfei?!?"
My aunt's family gasped in surprise, then fell into an eerie silence.
What's going on? Why did Lu Mingfei get out of that BMW?
Lu Mingfei and BMW are completely unrelated!
The aunt was about to lash out, but after glancing at Liu's father next to Lu Mingfei and the BMW beside them, her momentum instantly vanished.