That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 1362 There was an older brother who was very loyal.
"Would it be better if he were dead?"

Upon hearing Li Ye's words, Lu Jingyao's face immediately flushed with anger.

She asked herself if she had been very restrained and reasonable today, but after hearing Li Ye's words, she still felt her blood rush to her head and was filled with grief and indignation.

Even if Lu Zixue is a terrible person, he is still her own younger brother and her father's own son. Even if she is willing to watch Lu Zixue die at a young age, she cannot let her father, Lu Ruichang, outlive his son.
And before you say such things, Li Ye, shouldn't you take a look at yourself first?
Back in the day, you, Li Ye, were a notorious "lawless hothead" in Qingshui County. Even with your uncle protecting you, you were still arrested and imprisoned several times. If it weren't for your grandfather's extensive connections in the county, you would definitely be in jail.

But now you're saying my brother deserves to die? Does that mean you don't deserve to die either?
Thinking of this, Lu Jingyao wanted to argue with Li Ye for a bit.

Before she could utter a single word, Wen Leyu rattled off a string of words that rendered Lu Jingyao speechless.

"What? Is Li Ye wrong? Your brother used sweet words to deceive Gao Xiaoyan, got her pregnant with your Lu family's child, and then abandoned her, forcing her to have an abortion and break up with him."
If Gao Xiaoyan hadn't sought help from Li Ye, the result would have been the deaths of both mother and child. Shouldn't such a heartless, despicable, and shameless scumbag have met a terrible end?

"After your younger brother went to university, he forced you to take him abroad to study. He lied to your father time and time again, and in the end, he caused your father to have a car accident. He almost never woke up again. Doesn't such a scoundrel son deserve to die?"

"After your brother goes abroad, he'll ask you for money, and if you refuse, he'll use your and Jonina's names to scam you."

"If you hadn't discovered it quickly, settled the matter peacefully by paying a huge sum of money, Ms. Jonina would have been implicated by you and your brother. Shouldn't your brother, a lawless scoundrel, deserve to die?"

"In the past two years, your brother has been using the pretext of fighting for custody to repeatedly extort money from Gao Xiaoyan. If Gao Xiaoyan hadn't learned her lesson, who knows how badly he would have exploited her."

Even his own sister was swindled out of her living expenses by him, and almost ended up in debt.
What's the point of living if someone treats their own son like a cash cow and pushes their sister into a fire pit?
Wouldn't it be better for the three of you if someone like him died? So what's wrong with what Li Ye said?

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Lu Jingyao was stunned, and so was Li Ye.

Just a few days ago, Wen Leyu said that she was "only focused on Lu Jingyao," and what did everyone else matter?
But now listen to this, Wen Leyu has even exposed Lu Zixue's dirty secrets!
Both Gao Xiaoyan and Lu Jingqi's faces turned red.

A man who is so close to them is a complete scumbag. Just imagine what they think.

Should I find a crack in the ground to crawl into?
Lu Jingyao was stunned for a long time before her voice was dry as she said, "Sometimes, I do think that way. If he died, it would be better for all of us, but it's still a human life."

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At this point, Lu Jingyao's younger sister, Lu Jingqi, said with a sob in her voice, "We had no choice! My father suffered a brain injury. If he knew that my brother was hung up and beaten, and that they even slashed his face with a knife, he wouldn't be able to bear it."

Li Ye raised an eyebrow: "If you don't tell your father, how will he know?"

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Lu Jingqi was stunned. Tears welled up in his eyes several times before disappearing eerily.

I held back my tears.

This girl, who had just turned twenty, suddenly had a bold idea.

Is it a good idea if we don't say anything, or wait until my father dies to say something?

It is important to know that from a very young age, Lu Jingqi suffered from the bullying of her older brother Lu Zixue and experienced the bitterness of the preference for sons over daughters.

When Li Ye took back Lu Zixue's Phoenix bicycle, he had no choice but to walk home from the county middle school. Late at night, his mother asked Lu Jingqi, a little girl, to pick him up in the dark.

But Lu Jingqi was only eleven years old. He was afraid of the dark when he got to the village and dared not walk any further. He could only wait for others under the only street lamp in Liuqiao Township.

When Lu Zixue arrived, he showed no appreciation for his sister's concern and instead called Lu Jingqi "a useless thing."

If Lu Jingqi never leaves Liuqiao Township, he might resign himself to his fate and accept his brother's oppression, since Lu Zixue is the only son in the family.

But now that Lu Jingqi has been taken abroad by Lu Jingyao to study, his horizons have suddenly broadened, and he has even come into contact with Western feminist ideas. So the "killing his brother to sacrifice to the heavens" thing doesn't seem so outrageous anymore.

On the contrary, Lu Jingyao, the eldest sister, always wished Lu Zixue dead, yet in the end, she couldn't bring herself to be ruthless. So, even after being rebuked by Wen Leyu, she finally said in a deep voice, "I'm sorry for troubling you both. I'll handle my own affairs."

Li Ye shook his head indifferently, then turned and left.

However, Wen Leyu lagged behind and delivered two more blows to Lu Jingyao.

"Lu Jingyao, Lu Zixue said you could come up with 20 million in ransom. Is he just talking nonsense? Or is he treating Jonina's money as yours as well?"

Even if Jonina is kind, she still adheres to Western values. She might disown her parents, but she won't disown money. So, I advise you not to take other people's money for granted. Westerners don't have the virtue of repaying evil with good.

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Lu Jingyao was stunned for a moment, then gritted her teeth and said, "Don't worry, I'm not that shameless."

"That's good"

Wen Leyu nodded and was about to leave when she suddenly remembered something: "Oh, right, don't just focus on rescuing Lu Zixue and forget the dangers you're facing. My suggestion is that you hire a few bodyguards first."

This is Ukraine, in their eyes, young women are just commodities to be sold for money. You wouldn't sacrifice your sister for a brother who's worse than a dog, would you?

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The three women, Lu Jingyao, Lu Jingqi, and Gao Xiaoyan, all turned deathly pale at the same time.

Yes! If Lu Zixue, a grown man, was kidnapped, what about the three women from foreign countries? Could they be kidnapped as well?

After Wen Leyu left, Lu Jingqi asked Lu Jingyao worriedly, "Sister, what are we going to do? We're in an unfamiliar place, and there are three of us women here."

Gao Xiaoyan said, "Sister Jingyao, why don't we call Jonina and ask her to recommend some reliable security personnel for us?"

Lu Jingyao shook her head and said, "We can't let Jonina know about this anymore. Her two children were very unhappy about what happened with Lu Zixue last time. Let's ask the local Chinese for help!"

Lu Jingqi grinned and said with disdain, "I was scammed twice after I went abroad, both times by fellow countrymen."

Lu Jingyao waved her hand and went to knock on Comrade Wang's door again.

She found this Comrade Wang through several old classmates who were assigned to the diplomatic department. Although he was restricted from helping her rescue Lu Zixue due to regulations, it shouldn't be a problem to inquire about which Chinese person was capable and reliable.

But a few minutes later, Lu Jingyao walked out looking helpless.

Lu Jingqi immediately said, "What do you think, sister? Don't you have any reliable candidates? Why don't we go back to Britain first?"

Lu Jingyao said quietly, "Ukraine has the Dongshan Chamber of Commerce, which is said to be very powerful and loyal."

"The Dongshan Chamber of Commerce... those are our fellow townsmen! That's wonderful!"

"The eldest brother of the Dongshan Chamber of Commerce is Jin Peng."

"Jin Peng? Which Jin Peng?"

"Which other Jin Peng is it? It must be Jin Peng from our Qingshui County, right? I heard he was doing business in Su'e when I was back in my hometown, I didn't expect he also had influence in Ukraine."

"That's great! At least Jin Peng won't lie to us, and he certainly won't betray us."

Looking at the overjoyed Lu Jingqi and Gao Xiaoyan, Lu Jingyao didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

After going through countless twists and turns to escape Qingshui County, when he needed help the most, the most trustworthy people turned out to be those same few acquaintances from Qingshui County.

(End of this chapter)