Fire After Rebirth - Chap 111
　An Jing was stunned for a moment, then she couldn’t help but chuckled, “I finally found someone.”
　　He walked quickly to Lin Qingyan, looked at the person in front of him with concern, and asked in a gentle voice, “What’s the matter? You can tell me about anything unhappy.”
　　”It’s nothing…” Lin Qingyan’s eyes couldn’t help but dodge for a moment, he didn’t expect that An Jing not only didn’t blame him, but also came to look for him with concern.
　　He lowered his eyes, his thick eyelashes concealed the emotions inside, and said softly: “I’m sorry, I’m just a little unhappy because… my family didn’t come. I’m fine now. I’m sorry to make you worry.”
　　How could An Jing fail to understand that Lin Qingyan’s words were an excuse, “It’s okay, everyone is in a bad mood.” He patted the boy’s shoulder comfortingly, “Come back with me, Lu Yuqi is looking for you too.”
　　”En.” Lin Qingyan walked out beside An Jing, hesitated for a while, and then said: “Mr. An, can you not let Master Gu know about this, I don’t want him to worry.”
　　”Well, keep it a secret for you.”
　　The two met Lu Yuqi on the way. He looked Lin Qingyan up and down, and glanced at An Jing warily, “Why are you crying? You can tell me whoever bullies you.”
　　Lin Qingyan smiled, “No one bullies me, I’m fine now, let’s go back.”
　　Lu Yuqi let out an oh, and didn’t ask any other questions.
　　The three of them went back to the dormitory together. Seeing Lin Qingyan’s pitiful look with red eyes, Lu’s mother immediately felt sorry for him and asked what was wrong. Lin Qingyan still smiled and said it was all right.
　　After hesitating for a moment, he finally walked up to Song Shuman, lowered his eyes slightly, and called out to his aunt in a hoarse voice, “I’m sorry, I wasted the cake you made by yourself.”
　　A trace of surprise flashed in Song Shuman’s eyes. She looked at the thin young man in front of her, with lowered brows and eyes meekly, her eyes and nose were red, she must have cried, and she looked very well-behaved. Distressed.
　　”It’s okay, there’s more here, Auntie.” Song Shuman smiled at him, with tenderness between her brows and eyes, it was just a trivial matter, and she couldn’t care about the child in front of her.
　　”Thank you, Auntie.”
　　Looking at him at such a close distance, Song Shuman’s feeling of kindness in his heart became stronger, maybe it was because of the child’s appearance.
　　Nothing special happened next. Lin Qingyan walked the red carpet with Lu Yuqi and Lu’s mother. They walked in front, and when they sat down, An Nanyi also appeared.
　　Wearing a long white dress, Song Shuman walked in the middle. Her appearance and temperament revealed gentleness and elegance. There was a faint smile on her face, and her eyebrows and eyes were slightly curved. Those who didn’t know thought she was a female star.
　　An Nanyi stood beside her in a white suit.
　　Both of them are dressed in the same color, just like parent-child outfits. Their expressions are intimate and their movements are natural. In the eyes of others, they are a pair of mother and son who have a good relationship.
　　As if being abused, Lin Qingyan’s eyes followed them until they signed the signature board, and then sat down next to each other.
　　An Nanyi was talking to Song Shuman, the distance was a bit far away, Lin Qingyan couldn’t hear what they were saying, but they both had smiles on their faces, and they seemed to be having a good chat.
　　Lin Qingyan opened his eyes unobtrusively, but couldn’t help but clenched his hands on his lap. It was as if a hole had been opened in his heart, and the cold wind kept pouring in, making him numb from the cold.
　　It’s okay, he told himself over and over in his heart, it’s okay.
　　After walking the red carpet, there are still some procedures. There are games, and some people come on stage to perform, sing, dance and even do magic tricks.
　　Lin Qingyan was sitting among the crowd, as if three souls had lost seven souls, completely ignorant of what the host on stage was talking about, he was exceptionally quiet today, and Lu Yuqi next to him quickly noticed.
　　Lu Yuqi touched his arm with his elbow, and asked in a low voice, “What’s wrong? You’re not quite right today.”
　　”Is there?” Lin Qingyan smiled with her lips curled up. Perhaps the lights at the scene were too dazzling, and those extremely moist peach blossom eyes were shining with light, bending into crescent moons.
　　Obviously it was such a pleasant smile, but Lu Yuqi felt that Lin Qingyan was extremely uncomfortable at the scene. It must be because of An Nanyi’s tricks again. Lu Yuqi said coldly: “If you are not happy, don’t laugh, it’s ugly.”
　　”It’s ugly.” Lin Qingyan whispered, “It’s obviously pretty.”
　　After that, Lin Qingyan didn’t get distracted anymore, he laughed when he should laugh, moved when he should be moved, and when the cue came to him, he also seriously interacted with everyone.
　　After all the procedures were completed, it was already ten o’clock in the evening, and the family members of the contestants left one after another.
　　Lin Qingyan and Lu Yuqi sent Mama Lu to leave together. When they got downstairs, Lu Yuqi went to the bathroom, so he stood there with Mama Lu and waited.
　　”Yan Yan, I think you are not happy today, is it because your parents didn’t come?” Mother Lu looked at the boy in front of her tenderly, like a mother caring about her son.
　　”Hmm…” Lin Qingyan couldn’t explain the reason, so he admitted it. He looked at Lu’s mother’s kind and gentle eyes, his heart was slightly touched, and he said tentatively: “Auntie, can I ask you a question?”
　　”Of course you can, just ask.”
　　”If… I mean if.” Lin Qingyan said nervously, “If one day you find out that Yu Qi is not your biological son, what will you do?”
　　After a pause, he added: “Just assuming, it doesn’t matter if you don’t want to answer.”
　　”It’s an interesting question for you to ask.” Mother Lu didn’t think there was anything wrong, but started to think seriously. After a while, she replied:
　　”Well… Auntie should continue to treat him as her own son. Although Lu Yuqi sometimes deserves a beating and is not obedient at all, he has been dragged to death since he was a child, but who made him be raised by me… Even if there is no blood relationship, after so many years of getting along, there is still a deep relationship.”
