"We Are Both Guilty" - Chapter 56: The Pandora's Box

"No, how dare they?" Lu Jue suddenly felt like laughing. He remembered when he was in elementary school, because he was thin and small, like a little bean, he was always bullied by a few bad boys in the neighborhood. That's why Lu Ying learned grappling techniques.
She said that if he was bullied again, she would help him bully back.
And she did it.
It was probably around fifth grade when Lu Jue was in elementary school. Every time he went out alone, he would be stopped by a few bad boys from the same neighborhood.
One person would mock him for being short, another for being thin, or they would shove and push him to steal his pocket money and snacks.
At first, Lu Jue endured it all and never told his family about it. He had been used to it since he was a child. He felt that no one would really care about him, feel sorry for him, or support him, so he silently endured everything.
One day, someone accidentally scratched his face. When he returned home, Lu Ying discovered the wound and immediately became indignant, insisting on avenging him.
However, Lu Qingye and Ye Xingyue stopped them, saying that the matter was over and they couldn't fight back. They would go and negotiate with the parents of those children first.
The end result was that the parents brought their children to apologize to Lu Jue, but this made the bad boys even more disgusted with Lu Jue, and they kept calling him a tattletale behind his back.
Originally, Lu Jue didn't care about any of this. He didn't care what others said, and he didn't want to make any friends.
More than half a year later, those bad boys approached Lu Jue again, saying that they saw he had too much pocket money and couldn't spend it all, so they wanted to spend some for him.
The reason was old-fashioned and childish, and Lu Jue didn't want to pay any attention to it. But several people surrounded him and wouldn't let him leave. They pushed and shoved him, knocking him to the ground several times.
Lu Jue resisted during this time, but those people were all overdeveloped chubby kids, and he couldn't beat them or push them away. It wasn't until Lu Ying realized that he had gone out to buy things and hadn't come home for a long time that she came out to look for him.
As soon as he stepped outside, he found those bullies harassing him again. Without saying a word, he tied his skirt in the middle, making it look like pants. Then, using the grappling techniques he had learned for half a year, he kicked each of the bullies to the ground. He then proceeded to beat them one by one with punches and kicks until they were bleeding from their noses before he stopped.
Afterwards, the two were also educated by Lu Qingye, who said that problems should be solved through proper means, not by violence like idiots. The purpose of learning grappling is to save oneself when necessary, not to use it to retaliate against others.
As an outsider, Lu Jue could only obediently listen, but Lu Ying wouldn't buy it. Not only did she not buy it, she also started lecturing Lu Qingye.
She said that others had bullied Lu Jue time and time again. Her father, being a rational person, went to those parents to demand an explanation, but those parents did nothing and acted recklessly. Afterwards, they still let their children run wild. As an adult, you shouldn't argue with children, but as an older sister and peer, I should argue with them properly because some people just won't back down until they see bloodshed.
Besides, her younger brother is well-behaved and sensible, and only she can bully him. No one else is allowed to do so, not even Lu Qingye or Ye Xingyue. Otherwise, she will turn against him.
Despite her young age, she managed to leave Lu Qing speechless with just a few words. In the end, she couldn't teach Lu Ying a lesson and was instead told, "I won't offend others unless they offend me."
However, after that, Lu Ying, who was originally recognized as a little lady, also earned the title of a female tyrant, causing the boys who originally had a crush on her to keep their distance from her. This is probably why, even though she has grown more and more beautiful over the years, no one has dared to openly pursue her.
"Who hit you?" Lu Ying reached out and touched the bruise on his cheek, feeling very uncomfortable.
“I hit someone.” Lu Jue grabbed her hand and comforted her, “Last night when I went out to buy something, I was targeted by some thugs and got into a fight with them. I didn’t suffer any losses.”
"Really?" Lu Ying was somewhat skeptical.
“Of course it’s true.” Lu Jue rolled up his sleeves, showing Lu Ying his biceps. “Do you believe I can let you swing on my biceps?”
"Pfft..." Lu Ying smiled when she saw this, but quickly put on a serious face again and asked, "So what did you do today? Don't tell me you were playing games at Jin Shize's house. I asked him and he said you left a long time ago."
Lu Jue sighed and took out a gym membership card from his pocket. "I signed up for a gym membership to do some strength training and build some muscle."
"Tsk tsk tsk, did you realize your small frame couldn't handle it after a fight?" Lu Ying felt relieved and teased him on purpose.
"?" Lu Jue raised an eyebrow, and without saying a word, he took off his shirt, showing off his muscles, and then asked with a question mark in his eyes, "I can't? If I can't, then who can?"
Lu Ying looked at the expanse of white flesh and Lu Jue's chocolate-like abs, and her face instantly turned bright red. "Put your clothes back on. How come you've suddenly started taking your clothes off? It's only because it's me. If it were anyone else, I would have already pounced on you."
"Really?" Lu Jue moved closer to her, his voice seductive. "Why don't you give it a try, sister? Let me see if a girl who knows grappling can take me down?" He meant that even someone who knows grappling might not be able to take him down, let alone an ordinary girl.
"I...I...!" Before Lu Ying could finish speaking, Lu Jue pinned her against the wall.
"Why don't you touch it, sister? And then tell me if you want to try it?" Lu Jue took her hand and pretended to put it on his chest muscles.
Lu Ying exclaimed in surprise, her ears turning red.
"Shh..." Lu Jue covered her mouth with his hand and whispered in her ear, "Don't shout too loudly, it's not good if the neighbors hear."
Lu Ying couldn't accept Lu Jue's somewhat lewd nature for a moment, but her eyes couldn't help lingering on him. However, she said with righteous indignation, "What you're doing is wrong!"
"Heh..." Lu Jue chuckled and released her. "I was just teasing you. Why are you so easily teased? We've been completely honest with each other since we were little. Why are you so shy now?"
Lu Jue spoke as if it were the most natural thing in the world, and his face was full of honesty, which made Lu Ying doubt herself. Was it really because she was not honest enough that she was like this?
However, what she didn't know was that Lu Jue's real purpose in doing this was to test her bottom line and stimulate her ability to accept things, because sooner or later, they would still treat each other with the same sincerity as when they were children, even touching skin to skin, each other in the other.
Everything he's doing now is simply giving her a heads-up.
...
The next morning, Lu Jue left early again. Lu Ying was a little surprised. Even if he was going to the gym, he didn't need to get up so early. She couldn't understand it, but it was Lu Jue's own business, and she had no reason to say anything.
However, the two of them rarely do things separately like they do now, so she is a little bored at home by herself.
After reviewing her lessons online, Lu Ying had no idea what to do, so she simply started cleaning the house.
The part-time housekeeper they hired only came three times a week, and all of those times were when they were at school; she never came on weekends.
Lu Ying thought that since the housekeeper couldn't clean many private things, she might as well clean them herself. So she put on a dustproof coat and hat and started cleaning every nook and cranny.
When cleaning her parents' bedroom, she deliberately avoided some private areas, such as storage bed frames and bedside tables.
I only swept and wiped the corners of the room, and then swept the area under the bed that I don't usually sweep. As a result, I not only swept up some dust, but also found a small metal box.
The small tin box was rectangular, thin, and very light in the hand.
Lu Ying shook it and heard a rustling sound inside, which should be the sound of paper rubbing together.
Driven by curiosity, Lu Ying opened the box.
Inside were indeed something resembling letters.
She pulled one out and looked at it, only to be stunned by what it contained!
It was a blackmail letter printed in lead type. The gist of it was that the sender had evidence of Lu Qingye's extramarital affair and knew that Lu Jue was his illegitimate son with another woman. The sender was short of money for some reason and if Lu Qingye did not want his affair to be exposed and his wife Ye Xingyue to find out about his affair and illegitimate child, he should put 200,000 yuan in cash into the trash can next to the carousel in the children's amusement park on June 1st.
This passage suddenly reminded Lu Ying of when she was five years old, when Ye Xingyue took her and Lu Jue to the Lake City Children's Park. She clearly remembered that when she and Lu Jue were riding the carousel, Ye Xingyue was standing below, but for a period of time, as the carousel turned, Ye Xingyue completely disappeared from her and Lu Jue's sight.
However, she had no recollection of Ye Xingyue behaving inappropriately, or even of Ye Xingyue carrying a backpack that could hold 200,000 yuan in cash.
All she remembered was that when the carousel came back to Ye Xingyue, Ye Xingyue was talking to the cleaning lady at the children's playground. She was smiling the whole time and seemed perfectly normal.
Looking back now, the cleaning lady was probably the letter writer in disguise. Because surveillance wasn't as advanced back then, and the letter writer requested that the cash be treated as trash and placed in the trash can, the only person who could reasonably obtain the "trash" would be the cleaning lady.
But that's not the scariest part. The scariest part is that the extortion letter was clearly meant for Lu Qingye, but in the end, it was Ye Xingyue who personally handled the matter.
Therefore, Ye Xingyue actually knew Lu Jue's true identity a long time ago, but she never mentioned it all these years.
Although Ye Xingyue sometimes forgets some of Lu Jue's habits and preferences, she has never mistreated Lu Jue. He eats, dresses, and uses the same things as her, and she has never used any means or reasons to "torture" Lu Jue.
Thinking of this, Lu Ying felt a pang of pain in her heart. It turned out that her mother had known all these years, but she had been trying to hide it from her, fearing that if her mother found out the truth, the family would be torn apart and she might even hate Lu Jue.
Tears suddenly welled up in her eyes, and Lu Ying was overwhelmed with mixed feelings, not knowing what to do for a moment.
After calming down for a while, she took out another card from the box and looked at it.
It's a paternity test report. The match between Lu Jue and Lu Qingye is 99.99%, confirming that Lu Qingye is Lu Jue's biological father.
Lu Ying took a deep breath and looked down. There were several negatives, which turned out to be bed photos of Lu Qingye and Qin Shuli.
Seeing this, Lu Ying quickly folded the paper and put it back on the film. At this moment, she was in a state of utter confusion.
She never expected that her mother would endure this for more than ten years and even silently clean up Lu Qingye's mess.
How incredibly stupid is she?!
In fact, Ye Xingyue's family was considered quite well-off in Hucheng. Lu Ying vaguely remembered that before her maternal grandparents passed away, her maternal grandfather had been running a small business. Although it wasn't large-scale, the family was quite well-off, and a net income of three or four hundred thousand yuan a year was not a problem. Moreover, Lu Ying's maternal grandparents' family was a scholarly family, and her maternal grandmother was a retired senior teacher with a considerable pension.
In her memory, before Lu Qingye became wealthy, he almost always relied on the Ye family, both in terms of connections and funds. When she was about five years old, her family could come up with 200,000 yuan in cash. Not to mention Ye Xingyue taking it herself, even if Lu Qingye were to take it, he could.
Because at that time, Lu Qing had already started his own small business, relying on the Ye family's connections and funds.
Ultimately, it's just that he has some skill and luck. If he were completely hopeless, even with these advantages, he wouldn't have made a name for himself and might even have ruined the Ye family's fortune.
However, if we were to say something, Ye Xingyue was actually marrying down in terms of family background.
The Lu family was considered a scholarly family. Lu Ying's grandparents were both teachers and were colleagues with Lu Ying's maternal grandmother. Their salaries were meager, and they couldn't save much money in their lifetime.
However, because of this relationship, Ye Xingyue, who was three years younger than Lu Qingye, could see Lu Qingye from time to time when she was young. Later, when she reached marriageable age, she got married with the help of her parents.
Perhaps Ye Xingyue genuinely liked Lu Qingye. Otherwise, why would she marry him even though she knew he had feelings for Qin Shuli, and why would she still follow him devotedly for over a decade even though she knew he had cheated on her during their marriage and had an illegitimate child?
However, Lu Ying still couldn't understand why her mother could endure it for so many years.
Because if it were her, the more sincerely she liked someone, the less she could accept such a betrayal.
After calming herself down, Lu Ying resealed everything back into the iron box and stuffed it under the bed. She decided to pretend nothing had happened for now. Since Ye Xingyue hadn't made any moves all these years, she couldn't very well bring this up directly.
But after glancing at the photos of her father's infidelity, a feeling of disgust lingered in her heart and wouldn't go away.
Moreover, now that it has been officially confirmed that she and Lu Jue are indeed related by blood, for some reason, her mood has become even heavier.
She sighed, left her parents' bedroom, and, feeling conflicted, even considered drinking some alcohol to release the pent-up emotions in her heart.

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