Reborn As Lucky Star
Chapter 647 Money Is Cleaner Than the Human Heart

Chapter 647: Chapter 647 Money Is Cleaner Than the Human Heart

On the way from the school gate to the classroom, Hui Jinhong kept asking all sorts of questions, eager to know the specifics.

Lu Zhu, however, was not accustomed to discussing these matters with others and frowned tightly, too lazy to utter a word.

To Hui Jinhong, that expression looked like forbearance.

"Don’t worry, Lu," she said warmly, "Black can’t be turned into white, and in this new society, you will definitely get justice."

The assertive words reminded Yue Qingqing of the model plays she had listened to on the radio as a child.

There was no denying that Hui Jinhong was an enthusiastic comrade—no, classmate.

But Lu Zhu really couldn’t bear this kind of concern and only breathed a sigh of relief after Hui Jinhong returned to her seat.

Back in the dorm room, Qu Ruorui kept sneaking glances at Lu Zhu.

Whenever Lu Zhu looked up, her gaze darted away like a frightened rabbit.

Lu Zhu sighed, "If you want to ask, just ask."

Qu Ruorui immediately sat up, "Can I really ask?"

"If you don’t ask, you probably won’t be able to sleep tonight."

Qu Ruorui blinked and sneaked another look at Yue Qingqing.

Yue Qingqing smiled at her, and Qu Ruorui suddenly seemed a bit more emboldened, as if she now had a mountain to lean on.

"What was the deal with those two who claimed to be your relatives today?"

Qu Ruorui, having had her share of experiences, knew that some who are called relatives are actually worse than enemies.

Happy families are all alike, but every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

She was just a bit curious about what had happened to make Lu Zhu so different from the rest.

Seeing Lu Zhu silent for a moment, Qu Ruorui hurriedly said, "If it’s inconvenient to talk about, then forget it; I’m not that curious anyway."

"There’s nothing I can’t talk about, I just can’t be bothered to bring it up."

While speaking, Lu Zhu took the batteries out of the flashlight, bit them with her teeth, and then put them back in.

This way, the batteries could struggle on for another two days—it was a way to save money.

"As you probably guessed from what you’ve heard earlier, after my dad passed away, my grandmother took all the pension money and gave the free school admission quota to the eldest grandson. My mother and I, being of no use, were naturally kicked out," Lu Zhu explained.

Qu Ruorui gasped, "How old were you then?"

"I forget, probably just started junior high," Lu Zhu hadn’t celebrated her birthday in a long time, and sometimes even her own age was unclear, "My mother wanted to take me back to her family’s home, but her family wouldn’t accept her, let alone me, and so we were driven out once again."

Lu Zhu still remembered how she and her mother sat on a ledge by the roadside.

Back then, Lingguang seemed so vast to her, but why was there no place in such a big city for her and her mother?

Her mother, tears streaking her face, suddenly asked if she wanted to find dad and then took her to the riverside on the outskirts of the city.

Lu Zhu, who had already understood many things by then, held onto her mother, not letting her jump and asking her to wait there for her.

Then, Lu Zhu ran back to that family’s doorstep, knelt on the ground and repeatedly kowtowed, pleading that she needed to go to school, to survive.

She begged them to pity her and her mother for her father’s sake.

Lu Zhu knew that Lu Shao cared about his reputation and wouldn’t dare let others know what had happened.

As expected, they threw a few notes of "big solidarity" at her, crumpled into a ball that hit her on the head.

Lu Zhu wiped the blood from her forehead where she had knocked it, picked up the money, and walked away without looking back.

She swore to herself that this would be the only time she would ever ask for help; from that point on, she would never plead with anyone again.

She had kowtowed forty-two times in total.

She remembered each one in her heart.

Zhou Xitong once threw money on the ground and stepped on it a few times, thinking it would humiliate Lu Zhu.

But Xitong didn’t realize that Lu Zhu had already endured humiliations a hundred times worse, inflicted by those who were supposed to be her closest kin.

Money is clean, cleaner than human hearts. Lu Zhu would never disdain it.

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