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Chapter 43 White Hair

Chapter 43 White Hair
Summer is actually the off-season for dry cleaners.

The real peak season is in autumn.

When Lu Yao returned home, carrying a pile of clothes, he drove the X6 directly onto the sidewalk, driving over the curb and blocking a dry cleaning store called Jie Xin.

As it happened, Zhang Siyuan was there too. Seeing a car blocking the entrance to his store, he immediately walked out and saw Lu Yao getting out of the car.

"I rely on!"

Director Zhang stared at his childhood friend blankly with a classic Chinese curse, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.

Thousands of words come together into one sentence:
"Are you rich?"

Lu Yao rolled his eyes and pointed at the passenger seat:
"I've got a big job for your family, hurry up and help unload the truck."

Zhang Siyuan was confused, but he still opened the passenger door and saw two large plastic bags of clothes inside:

"What is this?"

"Clothes. Be gentle, the clothes inside are expensive."

"???"

Director Zhang was a little slow to react, and Li Liwen, who heard the noise, also came out.

"Yaoyao, whose car is this?"

"Aunt Li, my boss's car...can you help carry it? There are a lot of clothes."

At first, Li Liwen didn’t have the concept of “more” until she saw the boxes, plastic bags in the back seat, and the full trunk.

"This...what are you doing with all these clothes?"

As she spoke, Li Liwen picked out an item at random and saw the brand new Chanel tag and the price on it at a glance.

"Aunt, these are my boss's clothes. I took them. I'll dry clean those that can be dry cleaned, and wash those that can be washed. My boss only has one request, wash them clean."

"These are newly bought, and they are not dirty."

After Zhang Siyuan finished speaking, Li Liwen and Lu Yao looked over at the same time.

However, his mother’s eyes were full of “disgust”, and Lu Yao was speechless.

But no one paid any attention to him. Instead, Li Liwen nodded after hearing this:
"It should be. Don't worry, I will definitely take care of it for you."

"Well, you can calculate the price when the time comes."

As Lu Yao spoke, Li Liwen smiled.

At this moment, the counter and the floor of the dry cleaner's were filled with bags of these clothes.

Adults won’t talk too much about worldly topics with children, but... she roughly estimated the value of these clothes and knew... that they would at least be enough to cover her sales for two months, maybe even more.

"Yaoyao has really made great progress! ... Your boss is quite young?"

"Yes. Auntie, you have to wash a few clothes tonight. My boss needs them tomorrow. I'll come and get them early in the morning."

"No problem. I'll give you a lower price then."

"All right."

Lu Yao didn’t say anything about long-term cooperation, so it’s not worth it.

After answering, he turned to his childhood friend and asked:

"What are you doing here?"

"Wait for my mom to get off work... You're going to have to work overtime tonight."

Zhang Siyuan said with a bitter face.

But Li Liwen didn't think so. Instead, she took out two hundred yuan from the drawer:
"Go, go have dinner with Yaoyao."

"Don't……"

As soon as Lu Yao refused, Zhang Siyuan took the money and started winking at Lu Yao.

"..."

Fine.

Lu Yao responded:
"Then I'll drive the car back first, Auntie, we're leaving now."

"Go."

Soon, the X6 pulled out of the sidewalk, and Zhang Siyuan, sitting in the passenger seat, looked left and right...

“It’s my first time riding in a BMW.”

"You can eat by yourself later. My dad is back today."

"Ah?...Okay. Then how about hanging out after dinner? Let's go online?"

"I can't go. Something happened at home."

"Okay. Then you stop the car and I'll go directly to the Internet cafe to eat rice with toppings."

Fatty Zhang got out of the car with a look of regret on his face.

Unfortunately, it was my first time riding in a BMW and I got off after only a few dozen meters.

Lu Yao waved goodbye to him, drove into the community, parked the car, and went all the way back home.

As a result, before I even entered the house, I heard my mother's voice in the corridor:
"I'm telling you, Mr. Lu! If I say you can't go, then you can't go! It's not your turn to make the decisions in this family!"

Then came the father's voice:

"If I don't make the decision, who will? I can't even speak!"

"Try it and see if it works!"

"..."

Lu Yao was completely speechless.

After thinking for a while, he took out the key and opened the door.

As the door opened, the sound inside stopped.

After the door opened, Lu Yao saw his parents, one sitting on the sofa and the other standing in the living room...

The one sitting is the father Lu Yuanshan, and the one standing, pinching her waist is Ms. Chen.

When faced with their son's return, all the two could do was remain silent and stop arguing.

But his temper had obviously not subsided yet.

"dad."

Lu Yao shouted, and then asked:

"Where's Lu Qing?"

"Your sister went out to have dinner with her classmates."

After Lu Yuanshan finished speaking, he glared at his wife and said:

"Yaoyao is back, why don't you serve the meal? Do you want to starve your son to death?"

It’s true that mentioning people’s names really helps when you encounter trouble.

Even though Ms. Chen was extremely reluctant, she didn't want to let her son, who was tired after a day of work, go hungry. She glared at her husband and walked into the kitchen.

"Yaoyao, wash your hands and eat!"

"I got it, Mom."

Lu Yao glanced at his father who was sitting still, quickly washed his hands, and went into the kitchen to help serve the dishes.

Others are fine.

When the dishes were served, there was one pair of chopsticks missing, one bowl missing, and one bowl of rice missing.

"Yaoyao, eat this braised pork."

Ms. Chen picked up a piece of fatty braised pork with chopsticks for her son, but ignored her husband who had neither chopsticks nor a bowl.

Lu Yao was speechless and glanced at his father with a look that meant "hurry up and serve yourself some food."

But Lu Yuanshan ignored Lu Yao.

If you don’t serve me food, I won’t eat.

Sit on the sofa with your arms folded, love whoever you want.

"Dad, let's eat."

He spoke again, and then stood up:

"I'll serve you some food." "Pah!"

Ms. Chen slammed her chopsticks on the table:
"Lu Yao! Don't you want to eat too?"

"..."

Lu Yao's mouth twitched.

"Mom, my dad hasn't eaten yet."

Before he could finish his words, Ms. Chen glared at him... Lu Yao immediately backed down.

As a result, I had no taste for the meal.

Obviously, because of dad's return, mom prepared a table of her specialties.

As a result, four people became two.

After eating, Ms. Chen changed her clothes and went for a walk.

No one cares about anyone.

Only after she left did Lu Yao dare to serve food to his father.

"dad."

"Ah."

Lu Yuanshan, who had been watching TV for a meal, responded and walked to the dining table.

"Drink?"

"Drink something, get a white."

"it is good."

Lu Yao took a bottle of Fenjiu that his father hadn't finished from the wine cabinet, poured him a glass, and asked:
"My mother still doesn't agree?"

"Ah."

Lu Yuanshan nodded, but said:
"We will keep your scholarship money for you and won't touch it."

"I mean that Lu Qing's first year's tuition will be paid from this money."

"..."

Lu Yuanshan paused while holding the cup.

After looking at his son, he shook his head:

"It's okay. There's enough money at home."

"My mom is actually mainly worried about you. She's afraid that you're under a lot of pressure. After all, driving a sports car is too tiring."

"Dad is fine."

Hearing this, Lu Yao thought for a moment and said:
"Dad, Lu Qing also said he doesn't want to go now."

"I don't know my own daughter yet?"

Lu Yuanshan shook his head again, his eyes full of relief:

"Your sister is sensible, and so are you. She made sure your mom and I don't worry... But since your sister has passed the exam, dad will feel like he owes her too much if she doesn't go... Have you decided where to apply?"

He changed the subject.

After Lu Yao hesitated for a moment, he said:
"It depends on which school offers scholarships."

Lu Yuanshan frowned:
"Can't I go to Qinghua?"

"Yes. But... the content of undergraduate studies is the same no matter which school you go to."

"It's different! It's Qinghua after all!"

"I can take the postgraduate entrance exam for Qinghua University, which is not difficult."

"No! If you can go to Qinghua, you must go! I don't need any scholarships or anything like that. Dad can support you!"

"..."

Looking at his father's emotion full of "resistance", Lu Yao thought to himself, okay, my mother rejected my sister, and you reject me.

Our family really does have a bright future.

At this time, Lu Yuanshan raised his head and drank.

Lu Yao was suddenly stunned...

"Dad, don't move."

"?What's wrong?"

Lu Yao's fingers were already on his father's hair.

"...Dad, you have white hair, and the roots of your hair are turning a little gray!"

He felt inexplicably sad, and his voice was trembling.

There is no way not to tremble.

Because in his previous life... when he discovered that his father's hair had turned white, Lu Qing had already started a family.

As for my father’s white hair, my mother just said, “It has turned white a long time ago. I dyed it for your father.”

An understatement.

At that time, his children had stable jobs and no longer drove long-distance buses. Instead, Lu Yuanshan found a job as a truck driver in the city and became idle.

So Lu Yao just felt that time was passing by and his parents were no longer young, but he definitely did not feel the same way as he does now.

My father...is only in his early forties.

His hair has turned white...

But Lu Yuanshan is used to it:
"It's been there for a long time. I discovered it when I had my hair cut last time... I'm old and I often stay up late, so it's normal for my hair to turn gray quickly."

"..."

The road is long and speechless.

After taking his hand away, he just looked at his father who was drinking and eating.

My father has become a lot darker recently.

I don’t know if it’s because I often go to southern Tibet and get sunburned.

He is very thin, and years of living in the open air have caused him to have chronic stomach problems. Although they are not serious, they are unavoidable.

In other words, almost all truck drivers have this problem.

His eye sockets were sunken.

Lu Yao was very clear about this state, which only occurs when one is overly tired.

Obviously, although I don’t know what time my father arrived home today, he should be... very tired.

Perhaps this is also the reason why my mother is so opposed to my sister studying abroad?
There is no reason why the mother cannot see the "fatigue" that even she can notice.

That's why her attitude this time is so tough.

So "inhumane".

Perhaps it was because his son’s eyes showed too much heartache, Lu Yuanshan looked at him and then put his hand on his son’s head.

Just like when we were kids, she touched his head and smiled.

All I see is the reflection of a man.

……

Early 9 o'clock.

Ms. Chen hasn't come back yet.

After taking a shower, Lu Yuanshan went into the house to sleep.

Not long after, Lu Yao heard snoring coming from the bedroom.

Lu Yao didn't watch TV.

Or rather, I have no intention of watching it at all.