Chapter 6: Chapter 6: Lu Youxi Says It, He Listens Chapter 6: Chapter 6: Lu Youxi Says It, He Listens The village chief called the police, and the officers arrived quickly to take the people away.
“Can I call your family now?” the village chief asked Lu Youxi helplessly, “Such a big incident can’t go unmentioned to your family.”
Although he knew that the Lu Family favored boys over girls, when a child was injured, the family couldn’t possibly ignore it.
Lu Youxi had been waiting for the driver to leave before letting her family know. At this moment, she nodded and gratefully said to the village chief, “Thank you, Uncle, please tell my family for me.”
“Alright.” Finally, the village chief breathed a sigh of relief. As he took out his phone to call the Lu Family, he thought to himself that Lu Youxi was really clever.
Lu Youxue sat beside the hospital bed, looking at Lu Youxi with eyes red, hesitating to speak.
After a while, he finally called out, “Sis, you…”
Unexpectedly, before he could finish, Lu Youxi had pulled him tightly into her embrace.
Clutching Lu Youxue tightly, Lu Youxi shed large tears that fell on his ears and neck.
Lu Youxue felt the warmth on his neck turn cool and heard Lu Youxi say, “Thank goodness you’re okay, I’m glad I made it in time.”
This time she had indeed made it in time, and Lu Youxue wouldn’t end up lame.
Lu Youxi had been tense up until now, but finally relaxed.
She hugged Lu Youxue for a while before letting him go.
Lu Youxue wiped the tears from his face messily, “I thought… you didn’t like me.”
“You’re my brother! How could I not like you?” Lu Youxi, with tears in her eyes, both crying and laughing.
Lu Youxue pouted, having always felt that Lu Youxi didn’t like him.
He knew the grandparents favored boys over girls, and even though his parents outwardly couldn’t contradict them, they still treated Lu Youxi well behind closed doors.
But that secret kindness was limited, and there were many things he had that Lu Youxi didn’t.
So, he also wanted to secretly share his belongings with Lu Youxi.
But Lu Youxi would refuse them; she was too heartbroken by her family, and that included disliking him.
After a long time, he knew that Lu Youxi disliked him and stopped trying to be close to her.
Now he realized that Lu Youxi had always liked him after all.
No matter what, he was her brother, and she still cared for him in her heart.
Lu Youxue thought, putting himself in her shoes, if he were Lu Youxi, he would dislike himself too.
“Sis, thank you.” Thank you for saving me.
“Sis, I’m sorry.” Sorry that you got hurt.
Lu Youxi hugged Lu Youxue again, sniffing, “It was my fault before; I owe you an apology.”
Lu Youxue, being hugged so tightly his ears turned red, felt a bit embarrassed. To cover up his awkwardness, he changed the subject dryly, “Sis, why didn’t you let Hu Zi and the village chief tell our family earlier?”
Lu Youxi let go of Lu Youxue and explained, “When I went out to find you, my second uncle and his wife were at our house asking our grandparents for money to cover my cousin’s tuition and living expenses.”
Lu Youxue pursed his lips and muttered, “Asking from the grandparents, but in the end, it’s still our family that pays.”
“Yeah,” Lu Youxi nodded, not expecting Lu Youxue to see this aspect, showing just how blatant and unguarded Zhenjia and his wife usually were. “Our family spent all the money to help get my cousin through school initially, what savings are left? I told dad that we can’t think only of my cousin, we have you too. So dad hesitated, and I guess he at least wouldn’t give the money to my second uncle’s family so readily today.”
That was why she dared to delay and not tell her family about her accident immediately.
Temporarily, she wasn’t worried about the money being demanded by Zhenjia’s family.
Besides, the family wouldn’t have that much cash on hand; they would definitely need to go to the credit union, which would take time.
Lu Youxi said, glancing toward the door.
There was a silhouette outside, hiding.
She had caught a glimpse of the color of the clothes of the person outside; it seemed like the village chief returning after the phone call.
He probably heard her talking, which is why he didn’t come in.
Good, Lu Youxi hoped that the village chief would hear what she was going to say next.
“The reason I didn’t let our family know about my accident immediately is to keep them from knowing that the driver had already compensated for my medical expenses. I wanted to wait until the driver had left before telling my family,” Lu Youxi instructed Lu Youxue without caring about the village chief outside, “When someone from our family arrives, no matter who it is, don’t let them know that my treatment has been paid for by the driver, including mom and dad.”
In the previous life, giving money to Lu Youbang had led to the family having no money for Lu Youxue’s treatment.
Although Zhenjia eventually managed to gather the funds, the delay in treatment had consequences for Lu Youxue’s whole life.
Fortunately, this time, such a situation wouldn’t happen again.
“Okay!” Lu Youxue nodded, he would listen to anything Lu Youxi said now.
Seeing that Lu Youxi seemed to have finished, the village chief entered.
Yet he couldn’t pretend he hadn’t heard and couldn’t restrain himself from saying, “Youxi, I heard everything you and Youxue were discussing.”
Lu Youxi looked at the village chief and didn’t speak.
Seeing this, the village chief said, “Youxi, although this is your family’s private matter, I must say, people shouldn’t be so stingy. You’re all one family, isn’t it expected to help each other? Besides, Youbang is the only university student from our village, and not just any university, but the best in our country, Jing University.”
“A talent like Youbang should be supported by any family to the greatest extent possible. If Youbang succeeds, your entire family will benefit,” the village chief kindly advised. “You should look at the long-term picture.”
Lu Youxi knew the village chief meant well, but he didn’t know that, in the past life, to support Lu Youbang, their family had given everything they had.
But in the end?
Even Lu Youbang’s own parents hadn’t received much help and had spent their entire lives in Hexing Village.
Instead, it was Zhenjia’s family who had moved into the city because of Lu Youxi, but they had never received any help from Lu Youbang.
“Village chief, I know you’re speaking for my benefit,” Lu Youxi started by flattering him.
Sure enough, the village chief smiled, clearly pleased that Lu Youxi understood his intentions.
“But you don’t know, our family has already drained all its resources for my cousin. We even paid for his four years of college tuition all at once when my second uncle’s family came asking for money. They said that they wouldn’t ask for money again after that, knowing our family really had no money left,” Lu Youxi said, “We’ve already provided for his four years of tuition, and I didn’t expect my second uncle’s family to come asking for school funds again today.”
“It’s true that family should help each other, but my cousin is my second uncle’s own son. If my uncle doesn’t contribute and keeps asking us for money, our family really doesn’t have any left,” Lu Youxi sighed, “And I haven’t mentioned this to anyone, not even our own family members. Since you are a good person and understand reason, I felt I could discuss it with you.”