HLnovel Chapter 255 is to protect you
Chapter 255 is to protect you
It was Brother Chu who brought it up.
Wait, that's not right.
Brother Chu called Hua Lan to the intensive care unit last night.
An Xiaoyue immediately had a bad feeling.
"Has something happened to Grandma Chu?"
An Xiaoyue's reaction surprised Hua Lan; Xiaoyue had never been so flustered before.
Xiaoyue probably doesn't know about Grandma Chu's passing yet.
Grandma Chu and Xiaoyue must have a good relationship.
Hua Lan's chin trembled. "Grandma Chu passed away last night."
An Xiaoyue's breath hitched.
Grandma Chu passed away last night, and neither she nor Fu Shengyang knew it.
"Hualan, I probably won't be able to have lunch with you. You should eat something and go back to school to rest."
An Xiaoyue said this and prepared to leave.
She was the one who brought Grandma Chu back to the hospital, and she was the one who performed CPR all the way there.
People can just die so easily these days, and she feels incredibly depressed.
Chu Xiao must be feeling terrible too. Did he call Sheng Yang?
Funeral arrangements are complicated, and since Chu Xiao calls her sister-in-law, she and Sheng Yang will definitely have to go and help.
Hua Lan grabbed her hand, her eyes pleading earnestly:
"Xiaoyue, take me with you. I'm also worried about Chu Xiao. You know he's the one I like. I won't do anything or cause any trouble. I'll just watch him from afar."
An Xiaoyue was in a dilemma.
Brother Chu didn't bring Hua Lan with him last night, he probably didn't want her to appear at the funeral.
However, Brother Chu also arranged for Hua Lan to meet Grandma Chu, which means that the Chu family had already met Hua Lan.
Should we bring Hualan along?
Putting herself in his shoes, she would definitely want to be by Fu Shengyang's side if anything happened to him.
Similarly, Fu Shengyang will also need her company.
An Xiaoyue, with a soft heart, asked, "Hua Lan, who did you see last night?"
"I'm not sure, but I think it's Grandma Chu and Chu Xiao's father."
"No one else?"
Hua Lan shook her head. "No."
No, it means that Brother Chu's stepmother and stepsister do not know Hua Lan.
"Let's go together."
Hua Lan nodded vigorously, "Mmm-hmm."
An Xiaoyue called Fu Shengyang to tell him about Grandma Chu's passing.
"Sheng Yang, what are you busy with?"
Fu Shengyang's voice was low and somber. "I'm at the city funeral home. Grandma Chu has passed away."
"I'll be there right away."
"Okay, I'll wait for you." Fu Shengyang's voice was deep and full of anticipation.
The perceptive An Xiaoyue immediately realized that Fu Shengyang needed her now.
It was probably Grandma Chu's passing that made him think about Grandpa Fu's health.
With the arrival of autumn dryness, Grandpa Fu's cough symptoms worsened dramatically, and the sound of his cough was heartbreaking to hear.
Fortunately, Grandpa Leng has been taking care of his health.
An Xiaoyue set up the navigation, started the car, and set off.
An Xiaoyue drove the car the whole way.
Hua Lan sat in the passenger seat, seemingly wanting to say something but hesitating.
She wanted to speak, but was worried about disturbing Xiaoyue's driving, so she just analyzed the situation quietly by herself.
Suddenly, Chu Xiao was not the Chu Xiao she knew.
She felt empty inside, a sense of loss as if Chu Xiao had been taken away from her.
Chu Xiao and Xiao Yue's husband grew up together. Does that mean Chu Xiao's family is also very wealthy?
And last night, the smiling old man in the ICU heard Chu Xiao call him Director Ma.
Grandma Chu still lives in a single room, and the Chu family probably knows many people.
When An Xiaoyue looked in the rearview mirror, she noticed that Hua Lan seemed to have something to ask, so she said:
"Since Brother Chu has told you that you know me, feel free to ask me anything you want to know, it's no problem."
Hua Lan swallowed hard. "What do you mean by saying Brother Chu's family is complicated?"
Brother Chu told her everything, which probably meant he tacitly approved of her telling Hua Lan everything.
She didn't hide anything and told Hualan everything she knew.
"I know the general idea. You can have a proper chat with Brother Chu about the specifics when you have the chance later."
"Okay, sure." Hua Lan nodded, she unconditionally believed everything Xiao Yue said.
"Brother Chu lost his mother when he was young. Uncle Chu thought that the child needed someone to take care of him, so he married his secretary. Later, they had a daughter named Chu Ci, who is now married."
As An Xiaoyue spoke, she drove the car smoothly and safely.
"Uncle Chu has been busy with company matters. From what I've heard from Sheng Yang's conversations with Brother Chu recently, I think Uncle Chu must be having a tough time keeping the company running. The Chu family's company is called Jianda Medical Equipment Company."
Hua Lan knows the name Kinder.
The name "Kinder" is on many of the school's experimental equipment, practical course instruments, and tools.
"Uncle Chu has limited energy and doesn't have much time to take care of Brother Chu, which led to him being starved and locked in a dark room. Uncle Chu didn't know this, and probably still doesn't know."
Hua Lan felt heartbroken upon hearing this.
Chu Xiao was locked in a dark room!
The children are growing, but they're not being fed.
Chu Xiao is so pitiful, and his stepmother is so awful!
"Uncle Chu is determined to get a divorce this time because Grandma Chu is being abused by Brother Chu's stepmother, and she also recognizes the current situation that only Brother Chu can help Kinder get out of his predicament."
Hua Lan clenched her fists, cursing Chu Xiao's stepmother in her heart, "What a bad person!"
"Also, when Grandma Chu fainted on the roadside, my mentor and I went to pick her up and take her to the hospital."
Hua Lan suddenly remembered that Xiao Yue had told her about a very pitiful old man some time ago.
"You mean the elderly person you mentioned who can't find their family and only has a watch?"
An Xiaoyue nodded, "Yes."
Hua Lan was certain that she wasn't seeing things that day; she had indeed seen Chu Xiao.
No wonder Chu Xiao suddenly asked her, 'How is life in Beijing?' It's because Chu Xiao wants to live in Beijing.
Wait a minute, Chu Xiao wants to live in Beijing, why would he need to ask her opinion?
Could it be that even Chu Xiao sometimes has moments of indecision?
Before she could figure it out, An Xiaoyue's car had already arrived at the entrance of the city funeral home.
Hua Lan looked at the large characters on the door and read, "Chu Xiao, I'm here."
"Hua Lan, just say you're my friend, don't say you know Brother Chu."
"why?"
"You know about Brother Chu's family situation. In the face of interests, life is insignificant. Brother Chu let you meet Grandma Chu, but he didn't bring you to Grandma Chu's funeral in order to protect you."
Thinking about what happened to the previous generation of the Fu family, An Xiaoyue was unsure whether Brother Chu's stepmother and stepsister would do something as crazy as Fu Wantang.
Since Hualan was brought here by her, she has an obligation to protect Hualan.
Those TV dramas, novels, and real-life news reports all say that wealthy families are full of troubles, so listening to Xiaoyue is definitely the right thing to do.
"Anyway, you're smarter than me and know more about the Chu family. I'll listen to you. I'll just follow you and say that you were in a hurry to come, so you brought me along."
An Xiaoyue nodded, "Okay."
Brother Chu has been very busy lately, talking to Fu Shengyang on the phone every day.
He's already overwhelmed with work, and if he were to bring along Hualan, who needs to answer and explain everything, he'd probably be even more exhausted.
Fortunately, Hua Lan is very obedient and can distinguish right from wrong; she will listen to whatever you say.
That's quite reassuring.
An Xiaoyue parked the car and walked towards the auditorium with Hua Lan.
The road in front of the gate was already filled with wreaths and elegiac couplets. Judging from the signatures, they were all friends and business partners of Chu Jinhuai.
Under the shroud of mournful music, everyone spoke in hushed tones, and the atmosphere was filled with unspeakable grief.
From afar, An Xiaoyue saw Fu Shengyang and Chu Xiao standing together, facing a man with a completely bald head.
Judging from their expressions, they were probably talking about work.
Only Chu Jinhuai, dressed in black, stood at the door with his hands at his sides, welcoming the guests who came to pay their respects.
He looked as if he had lost his soul, and even the smile on his lips was extremely difficult to manage.
An Xiaoyue scanned the auditorium but did not see Huang Xiu'e.
Why wasn't she, as Grandma Chu's daughter-in-law, present at Grandma Chu's funeral?
Not only Huang Xiu'e, but even Chu Ci was nowhere to be seen.
An Xiaoyue suppressed her doubts and walked towards Chu Jinhuai, "Uncle Chu."