Chapter 77: Need surgery, dreamt of him
(Part 1)
As soon as Lu Anran reached home and entered the door, she could feel the tension heavily in the air. Lu Jianhao sat on the sofa with a tea cup in his hands as he heavily sighed. Uncle Lu stood behind Lu Jianhao as usual. With his head lowered, no one knew what he was thinking about. Lu Anwei sat on the right sofa and was reading a book with a light blue cover. Ji Rou also seemed to have just reached home. She has not changed her clothes yet and was seated next to Lu Jianhao with a face full of worry.
Lu Anran thought it through and could roughly guess the reason. On the other hand, Lu Anhu poked her with his finger and used his eyes to ask her. Lu Anran shook her head, motioning him to stay silent, she then walked directly in front of everyone with her schoolbag on her back, “Uncle Lu, what was the result of today’s health checkup?”
“Ah? Ah……” Uncle Lu must have been too immersed in his thoughts, and only lifted his head after Lu Anran called out to him once, “Eldest Young Miss? You are home?”
“What was the result of today’s health checkup?” Lu Anran asked directly.
“Ah? This……” Uncle Lu was stunned. He smiled and said, “Nothing much. The doctor said that other than blood sugar level being a little high, and asked me to pay attention to, the rest are all okay.”
“Bro Anwei, you tell me. I know that you wouldn’t lie to me.” Lu Anran was evidently angered and turned around to ask Lu Anwei directly.
“……” Lu Anwei who was named, was dumbfounded. He then lifted his head from his book, “The doctor said…… There seems to be a lump in his brain. We will find out exactly what it is when we go over and get the test report tomorrow.”
“A lump in the brain?” Lu Anhu repeated. Although he did not understand anything medical, he also knew what kind of illness this was ah!
“After tomorrow’s confirmation, just do the operation immediately!” Lu Anran said.
“Eldest Young Miss, I’m alright.” Uncle Lu smiled a little sadly and forcefully. “It’s probably a minor illness, no need for an operation.” His heart was extremely clear that it may be a tumour. The doctor has even said that there was 50% chance that it was a tumour. If he chooses to do an operation, then he must choose the eye extraction surgery that has a comparatively smaller risk. But no matter how small the risk was, there was still less than 40% chance of survival. In that case, he would rather stay by Old Master’s side for two more years than die on the operating table!
He initially intended to keep the matter from Lu Jianhao but Lu Jianhao asked Lu Anwei directly. Li Anwei repeated the original words once more and Lu Jianhao immediately decided to arrange for him to go abroad for surgery, but he refused.
If the operation fails, he would instantly die on that ice- cold operation table. In that case, he might as well live for a few more years, and continue to use his limited years to serve Old Master and take care of Young Miss. Anyway, he was getting old and could at most live for another 10 years or 8 years. There was no need to endure suffer such hardships, nor take the risk and waste money!
“You must go for surgery!” Lu Anran took on an unyielding attitude. As a person who lived for two lifetimes, she was very clear on what will happen if Uncle Lu does not have surgery! That inhumane suffering, Lu Anran absolutely does not want Uncle Lu to experience it again. Although she did not personally experience that feeling so she does not know, but she has seen countless of times, Uncle Lu banging his head against the wall, begging her to help him to end his life…… That kind of pain, it was agonising for Lu Anran to watch ah……
“Yes.” Lu Jianhao heavily sighed, and loudly knocked the tea cup against the tea table like a signal that he has made up his mind. “Xiao Rou, immediately contact Dr Steve Hicks and tell him that someone here needs a tumour resection operation. Ask him to arrange his schedule as soon as possible. It is best if tomorrow’s test report comes out and it is not a tumor, but if it is…… then fax the medical report to him right away.”
“Understood father!” Ji Rou stood up and went to arrange.
“This……” Uncle Lu looked at Lu Jianhao blankly, “Old Master, I’m alright, really.”
“Uncle Lu!” Lu Anran pulled Uncle Lu and said, “Just listen to me! Now that medicine is so advanced, the probability of death is very small! Dr Steve Hicks is also an expert in this field. It’s good that this was discovered early, if it was discovered too late, there might even be no point in treating it!”
“I’ll go with you to get tomorrow’s report! I’ll personally hear what the doctor says!” Lu Jianhao decided.
“This…… You mustn’t ah!” Uncle Lu hurriedly prevented him and said, “Old Master, I’m really alright. Perhaps the doctor misdiagnosed?”
“I’ve already made up my mind. You don’t need to say anything more.” Lu Jianhao took a deep breath. Uncle Lu has followed him for half of his life. Although he was a servant, Lu Jianhao has always treated Uncle Lu as a brother. No matter how much it costs, he must cure Uncle Lu.
“……” After serving Lu Jianhao for so many years, Uncle Lu understood Lu Jianhao’s personality very well. Once Lu Jianhao have decided on something, it meant there was no room for negotiation. He could only sigh. He was just a servant, what could he do?
Chapter 77: Need surgery, dreamt of him
(Part 2)
This matter was settled in this manner. After dinner, Lu Jianhao went to his study and was accompanied by Uncle Lu as per usual. Lu Anran returned to her room. It was just the first day of school, so there was not much homework. After half an hour, Lu Anran finished all her homework and began to edit a feasible decoration plan on her laptop. According to Ji Rou’s design, Lu Anran first proposed several requirements of the building materials, then she attached the drawing design with a text description. After three hours of editing the decoration plan, Lu Anran sent it to Ji Rou’s email instead of sending it directly to Lu Jianhao. At this time, Ji Rou was using her computer to look up some information. After receiving an email notification, she carefully looked over Lu Anran’s proposal once before going to Lu Anran’s room to point out some unclear and irrational areas. Lu Anran listened and earnestly edited the plan once more.
Ji Rou sat at her side, giving her pointers from time to time, even the formatting and other key elements of the plan were amended together. It took another three more hours for Lu Anran to come up with a proposal that was up to standard, before she finally sent both the plan and proposal to Lu Jianhao’s mailbox.
When she was done, it was late at night and was time for bed. Lu Anran massaged her sore shoulders and neck, said goodnight to Ji Rou before going to take a hot bath. It was only after doing one round of forward stretches to loosen up her muscles, did she then sit back in front of her desk to record in her diary today’s happenings and her feelings. When she placed her diary back in her drawer, her fingers touched something cold, astonishing Lu Anran. Taking out the silver box that was in her drawer and opening it, in that silver box was a half face mask that appeared vividly before one’s eyes. It was exquisitely crafted and lavishly styled. Lu Anran reached out to caress the decorative pattern on the mask and a pair of tender and affectionate eyes emerged before her eyes again. Her thoughts could not help drifting away……
Who on earth was that guy?
“No!” Shaking her head firmly, she threw the image of that guy out of her mind. Why did she think of that guy again? She placed the mask back into the box and into the drawer once more. Lu Anran angrily slammed the drawer shut. Hasn’t she already decided? To never believe in love or whatever anymore. She only needs to protect the Lu Corporation and that’s good enough for her!
“Sleep! Sleep!” Muttering as though she was hypnotising herself, Lu Anran switched off her lights and buried herself under her quilt. Perhaps she was indeed too tired, Lu Anran slept soundly after three to five minutes. In her dream, she dreamt of that guy again. The two were dancing amongst the music. Both of them gazed into each other’s eyes. Lu Anran could not see his face as he was still wearing a mask. Once the music ended, as she reached out to touch his mask, the guy retreated a few steps and silently shook his head.
“Oi! Who on earth are you ?” Lu Anran wanted to know the other party’s identity but he did not give her a chance to ask further. He was looking at her, but his image was moving further and further away, and was fading away until he completely disappeared in front of her eyes.
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When the alarm from her mobile phone rang, Lu Anran was roused suddenly from her dream. Sitting up, she rubbed her eyes and her somewhat swollen temples. She seemed to have dreamt of something, but she could not remember what it was…… No matter how she tried to recall, she could not remember……
After taking a deep breath and stretching lazily, Lu Anran flung back her head and decided to ignore it. After showering, she changed into sports clothes. Lu Anhu will begin to teach her self- defence starting from today which she has been looking forward to.
By the time she reached the courtyard, Lu Anhu has already completed his one-hour of warming up. When he noticed Lu Anran arrival, he said, “Let’s warm up first.”
Lu Anran nodded and begin to exercise starting from her neck. After about 10 minutes of warm-up, when she felt her body has indeed started to heat up, Lu Anran nodded to Lu Anhu indicating that she was ready.
Lu Anhu then began teaching officially, “Let’s start from the basics! The military training in our school teaches the most basic of military boxing. Generally, military boxing is a combination of punching, kicking, knife grabbing and other fighting movements. I have been practicing since I was a child and think that it is relatively basic. At this age, you have already missed the best timing to learn martial arts so it’s better to teach you something more acceptable.”
“Anhu, what else have you learnt other than military boxing?” Lu Anhu curiously asked.
“My brother and I mainly learnt Ba Ji Quan1.” Lu Anhu said, “But it is too early for you to learn that, you should learn military boxing first!”
1 Ba Ji Quan (八极拳) or ‘Eight Extremes Fist’ is a martial arts boxing move
“Mm.” Lu Anran nodded.
“There are three sets of military boxing. Our military training only teaches the first section of the first set. The first set of military boxing has some use in self- defence. Its movements are relatively basic and are all fixed routines that are made up of basic combat movements and can also strengthen the body. I’ll teach you this first!”
“Okay!” Lu Anran agreed and began to seriously learn each and every move.
A one- on- one explanation by an instructor and personally guided with past experiences of Lu Anhu made learning undeniably quicker than the school’s military training. In just one morning, she has already learnt all 16 moves in the first set. Although the moves were not up to standard, and were inconsistent, but it was quite good progress for the first day of training.