“Big brother, no—” The expression on Lu Liangwei’s face changed as she reached out to grab the sword.
Long Yang was alarmed and he quickly pulled her hand away.
Lu Hetian went green with anger as he roared, “You rascal, that’s your mother…”
He wanted to run forward to block that swing of the sword, but his movements were slowed by the stab wound on his chest.
Madam Lin snorted coldly as her head bent backward, evading his lethal swing of the sword.
However, the sharp energy of the sword still managed to slice off a portion of her hair.
Lu Tingchen was stunned upon hearing Lu Hetian’s roar. He wanted to pull back his sword, but it was too late.
When he saw Madam Lin averting the attack, his handsome face had already turned pale-white from the shock. His face was covered in sweat as he stared blankly at Madam Lin.
Madam Lin stood up straight and looked at him with a small smile. “You’re exactly like your father, always acting so rashly!”
Lu Hetian, “…”
Why did the blame fall back to him when their son was the one who attacked?
Although, that clenched feeling in his heart finally relaxed when he saw that Madam Lin was unscathed.
Lu Tingchen stared at Madam Lin, looking stunned. It took him quite a while to pull himself together, “You’re my mother?”
Madam Lin was a little annoyed. Her son had intended to kill her and if she had not reacted quickly enough, her head might have moved to a different place by now.
How could she not be upset?
Lu Liangwei pulled at Lu Tingchen’s hand and said in a slightly shaken tone, “Big brother, you acted too rashly. It was lucky that Mother was quick to react and she’s fine. Otherwise…”
She gave him a punch as she said this, and turned to Madam Lin. “Mother, big brother was at fault here. I’ve already hit him.”
Madam Lin was rather amused as she looked at her daughter. She was not really angry at her son.
That was her son, after all.
When she had left, the boy was just a child, only a few years old and unsure of the world. He might easily have already forgotten about his mother.
She sighed and reached out to touch Lu Tingchen’s face. “Chen.”
Lu Tingchen’s body stiffened. He could vaguely remember from his blurred memory that only his mother would call him by that name when he was young.
His good-looking eyes turned slightly red. It took him quite a while before he managed to call out hoarsely, “Mother…”
“Yes, I’m here,” Madam Lin replied. Her long eyelashes battered gently, hiding the misty look in her eyes.
Lu Tingchen could not hold back his happiness. He forgot himself as he grabbed Madam Lin for a hug. “Mother?”
Madam Lin was slightly embarrassed. She wanted to push him away, yet did not want to at the same time.
“Mother?”
“Yes?” Madam Lin had no idea whether to laugh or cry as she looked at him.
They might be mother and son, but getting hugged by her son under public scrutiny did embarrass her slightly.
Lu Hetian watched his son with jealousy.
All he wanted to do was to kick that rascal to the side and take his place in that embrace.
What right did he have to hug Lihua so openly?
Lu Hetian was madly jealous, loathing Lu Tingchen to the core.
The boy wanted to snatch Weiwei away from him, and now that his mother was back, he was snatching her too.
Long Yang was standing close to Lu Hetian, and in addition to that, he had powerful internal strength, so he could clearly hear the Grand Duke grinding his teeth.
He could not help smiling as he suddenly realized that these few members of the Lu Family were quite the comical bunch.
Although, now that Madam Ling had returned, Lu Hetian’s attention would no longer be fully locked down on Weiwei.
As he recalled how Lu Hetian had put up a strong defense against Long Yang all this time, Long Yang could not wait to get rid of Lu Hetian to a far-off place, preferably if he could never return.
He was nothing but a meddling old man!
It was a good thing that Madam Ling had returned. Otherwise, Long Yang did not doubt for a moment that Lu Hetian would make up various excuses to enter the Palace and interrupt his life with Weiwei after they got married.
At the thought of this, the expression on his face became friendlier as he spoke to Madam Lin, “Madam, if you are not willing to return to the Grand Duke Mansion, please allow me to arrange another place for you to stay. You and Weiwei have finally reunited after all this time and she must be unable to bear for you to leave. Why don’t you stay and accompany her for a few more days?”