Mr. Bo, Madam Is Pregnant!

Chapter 424: Chapter 424

Despite both brothers being thoroughly confused by their own romantic troubles and feeling some friction between them, resulting in them hardly speaking to each other,

at this moment, they shared a silent understanding as they glared angrily at Bo Jingshen!

"Who are you calling ’bro’?"

They exclaimed in unison.

Su Lu quickly tugged at Bo Jingshen’s sleeve.

Unperturbed, Bo Jingshen smiled, took Su Lu by the hand, and walked away, not forgetting to wave at the two brothers. "First uncle, second uncle, see you next time!"

Su Lu hurried the troublesome man out of there until they were out of the hall, then finally she couldn’t help but say, "You really have no idea how to read the room, can’t you see the mood is off?"

"Huh?" Bo Jingshen blinked, "Off? What’s off? Where is it off?"

So it turned out he was only sensitive to whether Su Lu was unhappy or uncomfortable.

Mentioning ’First Uncle, Second Uncle,’ he actually didn’t care much about the two of them, so he really couldn’t see what was wrong.

"Never mind." Su Lu resigned herself to leading him away.

"Where’s the boy?" asked Su Lu.

Bo Jingshen: "Oh, I had Cheng Yan take him."

"..." Su Lu weighed up Cheng Yan’s job responsibilities, "Cheng Yan really has it tough."

"Yeah. If it weren’t for our Xiao Le being a sweet-talker, constantly calling him ’Uncle Cheng’, Cheng Yan might have resigned by now. Sigh." Bo Jingshen remarked.

Then Bo Jingshen asked, "Why do you think Song Boyuan won’t be a problem?"

At this, Su Lu couldn’t help but turn her head to look at Bo Jingshen, "Speaking of which, do you actually know what’s going on between Xiao Qiao and Song Boyuan?"

Bo Jingshen thought carefully, then shook his head earnestly, "Not the details, just the general gist." noveldrama

Su Lu was left speechless, "How general?"

"Just... the rumors around Beijing, and what Jing Su has told me," Bo Jingshen said.

Su Lu furrowed her brows, "So... you only know one side of the story!"

Bo Jingshen opened his mouth, speechless for a moment before saying, "Well, you could say that..."

"I’ve never seen a brother like you."

"Uh, not every older brother is like Su Zhe and Shen Xun to you. The Jing family doesn’t operate that way. According to the Jing family’s original cutthroat upbringing, it’s a wonder Jing Su, Jing Ruo, and Jing Qiao haven’t killed each other. Besides..." Bo Jingshen’s voice carried a hint of resolve, "After all, I carry the name Bo. I am Bo Jingshen, not some Jingshen from the Jing family."

Bo Jingshen had his own position and reasons.

Su Lu pursed her lips, realizing how fortunate she was to have Su Zhe and Shen Xun in her life.

"And..." Bo Jingshen paused for a moment before continuing, "Jing Su and I...we really aren’t good at being brothers, so we knew Jing Qiao was having a tough time, perhaps even how tough it was, but we didn’t want to rip open her wounds and repeatedly ask her just how bad it was? What were the bad details? If Jing Qiao wanted to speak, we would listen, but if she didn’t want to share, with the temperament of Jing Su and me, we wouldn’t press her."

Su Lu found this reasonable and could only sigh lightly, asking, "What about Jing Ruo?"

"Jing Ruo...," Bo Jingshen hesitated for a moment, seemingly considering his words, then added, "Jing Ruo is fortunate. Perhaps because she saw what Jing Qiao went through, whether it was Jing Su or me, even Jing Qiao herself, we all protected her."

"Jing Su and I have resolved what we could, so Jing Ruo won’t follow in Jing Qiao’s footsteps and is now carefree in Beijing, getting along famously with a male celebrity, without having to worry about being intertwined in marriage or being sold off in exchange for business deals."

"This is how Jing Su and I protect her, and Jing Qiao’s protection comes at least from not letting Jing Ruo know about her own dark past, there’s no need to drag those dark times before Jing Ruo’s eyes. People are probably like that..."

Bo Jingshen paused here and gave a shallow smile, "The more darkness one sees, the more one wants to protect what is bright and unsullied."

That was simply the logic of it.

Su Lu nodded.

Then she saw Bo Jingshen’s sarcastic curl of the lip, "We try our best to protect her, and she goes off getting cozy with a male celebrity... Tsk."

Su Lu thought to herself, don’t underestimate male celebrities; they earn a lot these days.

Of course, now was not the time to discuss this topic.

"So what you know about Jing Qiao’s situation is merely one-sided," Su Lu said, "The reason I was sounding out Song Boyuan just now is because I feel, he seems to really, really love Jing Qiao."

Su Lu looked into Bo Jingshen’s eyes, "When I say really, really love, I mean like how you love me."

Bo Jingshen’s brows knitted together, "Jing Qiao indeed hasn’t told Jing Su or me much about her affair with Song Boyuan, not the details, so perhaps we do know just one side of the story. But darling, you should know..."

Bo Jingshen’s voice lowered, "After being together with Song Boyuan, both of Jing Qiao’s legs and her right arm were broken, and now there are four internal fixation plates and over twenty screws in her legs, all imported materials which don’t need to be removed. Yet, considering her youth, they really should be removed, but because her body was too frail at the time, that surgery hasn’t been done yet."

Su Lu opened her mouth, at a loss for words.

Bo Jingshen continued, "Jing Qiao used to be a ballet dancer, as you’ve seen, she’s tall and has long legs, with excellent body proportions. Logically, if she continued, she could have made significant achievements in this field but was completely ruined. All this happened after being involved with Song Boyuan. Not only that, she was admitted into a Psychiatric Hospital, you also know how severe the side effects of psychiatric drugs can be, her physical health collapsed, her mental state deteriorated, she even tried to slit her wrists with a sharpened spoon... Originally, her hands were broken along with her legs, and then cutting her wrists, her hand tendons were severed too, and as she used an uneven sharp object, the damage was difficult to repair, affecting the function of her hands."

Bo Jingshen looked at Su Lu, "You say my knowledge is perhaps only partial, this is the partial I know. But from what I know of this partial, how can I believe, how can I feel, that Song Boyuan loves Jing Qiao? How am I supposed to love you like he loves Jing Qiao? I wouldn’t even need Su Zhe and Shen Xun to lay a hand on me; I’d rather kill myself first."

Su Lu pondered for a moment. She had something on her mind that she hadn’t said yet.

What she wanted to say was, this is merely how we outsiders see it, the affairs between Jing Qiao and Song Boyuan, this is just what we, as outsiders, feel is excessive.

Like, from an outsider’s view, they sensed that Bo Jingshen pushed her away numerous times, especially when she needed him the most, he wasn’t there for her.

At that time, from an outsider’s perspective, they also believed that their relationship surely couldn’t continue.

But actually, what truly mattered to Su Lu was that unless those harms were inflicted by his own hands, what she cared about wasn’t just the suffering her body endured due to fate, she cared only about... him not wanting her anymore.