Chapter 812: Chapter 609: Tender as Water, Heart Like Black Iron (6000+)_2

"Big Brother, don’t mention him."

Wu Yu suddenly spoke up.

This statement made Wu Rong pause for a moment, "Why?"

"He’s a traitor cop, he’s happy, but I’m not."

"..."

Wu Rong’s expression was somewhat astonished. He glanced at Lu Ping...

Lu Ping lowered her eyes, saying nothing.

Indeed, Wu Yao carried the name of a traitor cop; though everyone in the family knew, Wu Rong never mentioned anything negative about Wu Yao in front of Wu Yu.

All these years, Wu Rong never heard Wu Yu express his views on his father.

Yet unexpectedly... the child had such great resentment towards Wu Yao in his heart.

"Ah Yu, if you say that, your father would be sad."

"He’s dead, what’s there to be sad about."

"..."

"Big Brother, drink your tea, Mom, you guys chat, I’m heading to my room."

After Wu Yu finished speaking, he got up and returned to his room.

Su Xiaomeng was hiding in Wu Yu’s bedroom at the time; she had vaguely overheard some of the conversation outside.

She looked at Wu Yu and felt this young man was quite extraordinary.

The words he said to Wu Rong, Su Xiaomeng certainly knew they weren’t his true feelings; he only said them to create some illusion of thought for Wu Rong.

Wu Yu and Su Xiaomeng exchanged a glance, walked over in silence, saying nothing.

It’s really stifling, Su Xiaomeng thought to herself.

Of course, it was best for the two to not make any noise in the room; outside wasn’t just Wu Rong, but also a top-notch investigative cop from the past. If he sensed anything...

Just thinking about it made Su Xiaomeng’s heart pound.

In the living room, Wu Rong sat there; after Wu Yu entered the bedroom, both fell into silence.

After a long while, Wu Rong finally spoke up,

"I didn’t expect the child to have such a big knot in his heart."

Lu Ping, who spoke little, now said even less due to the overwhelming amount of information she received that afternoon.

The man before her, was he genuinely kind-hearted, truly caring for her and her son as the "dearest" big brother...

Or was he the one described by Su Xiaomeng, who stopped at nothing for profit, whose actions over the years were just hypocritical?

"Ah Yao’s matter, I’m really upset..."

Wu Rong clasped his hands together, his brow furrowed, his gaze settled on the somewhat damaged porcelain coffee table in front,

"If he hadn’t replaced me for the mission back then, if he hadn’t been considerate of me, you and your son wouldn’t be so lonely all these years."

"..."

As Wu Rong said this, Lu Ping’s tender heart couldn’t bear the sudden surge of grief, and her eyes reddened immediately.

Tears began to flow...

"Many undercover cops were turned during operations, but I never thought even someone as loyal and honest as Ah Yao would be turned..."

At this point, Wu Rong sighed heavily and then said to Lu Ping,

"You mentioned earlier that Ah Yu wanted to apply to police school, right?"

Lu Ping nodded.

"You should persuade him more; this path is truly not easy to tread."

Wu Rong spoke as he glanced at the tightly closed room door, "Ah Le is a year younger than him, yet he can’t compare to Ah Yu in anything!"

"Big brother, what you say... Ah Le has his strengths; you can’t compare children to children like this."

"I’m only speaking the truth."

Wu Rong sighed, "My wife spoils him too much; he has the tantrums of a rich heir, and his grades are always maintaining in the middle at school, a whole two years behind Ah Yu who is only a year older. The results of his entrance exams... I can’t even bear to mention them."

"Didn’t he get into No. 2 High School?"

"No. 2 High School is still No. 2 High School, though it’s only one word different from No. 1 High School, their level and resources have quite a gap."

"..."

Lu Ping didn’t know what to say; maybe because Wu Yu never gave her worries, Wu Rong’s current troubles she couldn’t quite understand.

"My wife and I thought it through; now that he’s in high school he can apply for an exchange program; then send him abroad. We plan for him to attend high school and college abroad."

"...Okay." 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Lu Ping could only nod.

Wu Rong looked at Lu Ping,

"If Ah Yu wants to study abroad in the future, Xiao Ping, don’t hesitate to ask me."

Lu Ping smiled, saying nothing.

Wu Rong got up,

"Alright, it’s about time, I won’t stay longer."

"Oh? Aren’t you staying for dinner?"

Lu Ping rose politely, Wu Rong smiled,

"You want to keep me for dinner?"

"..."

Lu Ping quickly averted her gaze.

Wu Rong turned and walked to the entrance, Lu Ping escorted him there, ready to call out towards Wu Yu’s bedroom and ask him to come out to say farewell to his big brother.