Chapter 201 - You Don’t Understand Her Pride

I dare not?

Lu Chen glanced at Chen Qian, indifferently unlocked the screen, opened the address book, and searched for Su Daiwan’s number.

He has the private numbers of Li Murong and his wife, Li Mushi and Li Mubai.

This kind of bad-tempered and spoiled girl, it was right to return her as soon as possible.

Originally, Lu Chen didn’t want to expose Chen Qian, and was just playing along with her. But Chen Qian tried to play tricks with Lu Chen, so there was no need for him to be polite!

“Wuwuwu~.”

What Lu Chen didn’t expect was that just as he had found Su Daiwan’s number, Chen Qian suddenly burst into tears.

She cried like a pear blossom covered in raindrops.[1]

She cried and shouted: “You all bully me. My mother doesn’t want me. My father is a gambler. My sister…”

Chen Qian was crying so loud that her cries spread far in the confined space of the underground parking lot.

Lu Chen and Chen Qian were not the only one in the parking lot of Regent Hotel. Some people heard the noise and came over, while others looked their way.

Lu Chen shook his head helplessly, put down his cellphone and said, “Forget it, don’t cry…”

But Chen Qian cried even louder, as if to protest to him.

Lu Chen was so angry that he almost started laughing.

He asked, “Tell me, what do you want?”

Chen Qian cried for a little while, then suddenly jumped off the front of the car, opened the door and sat on it without saying a word.

She was in the passenger seat and said, “I want to go home.”

Lu Chen finally breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly got on the car and drove away.

If they didn’t leave, they would be surrounded by people!

After driving out of the underground garage and arriving at the road, Lu Chen asked, “Where do you live?”

Chen Qian wiped her tears and said resentfully, “Don’t ask where I live, just drive wherever you want, I don’t care where we go!”

Lu Chen couldn’t help getting angry in his heart.

To be honest, he knew a lot of girls but he has never seen such a capricious temperament.

It felt like everyone owes her something!

Ring ring ~.

Lu Chen was about to retort when his cell phone rang.

Because he was driving, Lu Chen directly pressed the Bluetooth button on the steering wheel to answer: “Hello…”

Su Daiwan’s gentle voice came through the car stereo: “Lu Chen. Is Xiaoqian by your side?”

Lu Chen looked at Chen Qian and said, “Yes, sister-in-law.”

Su Daiwan lowered her voice and said, “Lu Chen, Xiaoqian is still young and not very sensible.”

“Can you help your sister-in-law take care of her, and don’t argue with her if she’s naughty, will you?”

Su Daiwan was clearly aware that Chen Qian’s behavior in the evening was a little abnormal, so she was worried.

Lu Chen was silent for a moment and said, “Okay, sister-in-law.”

Chen Qian, you have a good elder sister!

Su Daiwan reminded Lu Chen of his mother, Fang Yun.

Fang Yun also once worried and stressed so much for him.

Lu Chen’s heart couldn’t help but softened a lot. After hanging up the phone, he drove on in silence.

Chen Qian didn’t speak either.

It was just that Lu Chen had been driving for almost half an hour, and she finally couldn’t help bear it, “Where are you taking me?”

Didn’t you say you don’t care where we go?

The corner of Lu Chen’s mouth curled up a small arc, and disdainfully said, “Afraid?”

Sparks appeared in Chen Qian’s eyes.

Lu Chen said faintly, “I’ll take you to a place.”

After driving for a few more minutes, Lu Chen found an empty parking space by the side of the road, parked the car, got down and swiped his card.

Chen Qian followed him, looking very bad and a little bit gnashing her teeth.

She wasn’t worried that Lu Chen would sell herself. This was a busy business district with a busy flow of people.

Lu Chen glanced at her and then walked on.

Chen Qian gritted her teeth and followed – She wanted to see what kind of trick Lu Chen was playing!

After walking along the sidewalk for more than a hundred meters, the two came to the exit of an underground passage. Lu Chen took the lead in walking down.

Chen Qian followed him into the underground passage.

The underground passage was very spacious, with bright lights and people coming and going. The walls on both sides were covered with various advertisements in light box[2]. The light of LED light box was projected into the passage through the colored poster, casting colorful lights and shadows.

On the right side of the passage, close to the wall, there were one or more performers at intervals.

Most of them were singers. Some of them were holding guitars and singing and there were also street bands.

This was the famous Xidan Underground Passage, which connects the subway and Xidan Underground Culture Square. It was said to have hundreds of long-time licensed singers.

Different from those street singers who have varying levels of skill and ability, those who could gain a foothold in the Xidan Underground Passage have some strength. Whether it was singing or playing an instrument, their level was remarkable. There was no lack of experts.

It was just that the passers-by were in a hurry. Only few people stopped for these hard-working singers.

Only a few singers with excellent performance were surrounded by a group of people, holding up their mobile phones to take pictures.

Lu Chen stopped at a corner.

There were also people performing here. It was a 30-year-old woman whose appearance was thin, dark, and ordinary.

Like most singers, she was holding a guitar, and placed in front of her was an open guitar case. There were a few coins and a few small banknotes scattered in it. Her harvest in the evening was obviously not very good.

The female singer sat on the ground, her legs curled up unnaturally, with a crutch beside her.

When Lu Chen and Chen Qian came over, she was singing a classic folk song called “Pencil Box”. Her guitar fingering was very skillful and sophisticated. Her slightly hoarse voice was very pleasant to listen to, and her singing skills were not inferior to those of ordinary professional singers.

In Beijing, a city with 30 million people, there were many talented but unknown people. There were countless singers drifting in Beijing, and only a few of them could stand on the real stage.

Lu Chen quietly listened to her playing the guitar and singing, and then put a prepared bill into the guitar case.

The 50 denomination surprised the female singer. She looked up and said, “Thank you!”

Lu Chen smiled and said, “Sister Sun. Long time no see. How have you been?”

The female singer immediately smiled with surprise: “Little Lu?”

She instinctively wanted to stand up.

But this simple action was not easy for her to complete.

Lu Chen immediately walked over, bent down to give her a hug and said, “Don’t get up, sit down.”

Sister Sun held the guitar in one hand and patted Lu Chen on the shoulder with the other.

She smiled and said, “You are getting more and more handsome now. I saw you in the newspaper. Haha!”

Lu Chen helped her to sit down again.

Sister Sun looked curiously at Chen Qian standing on one side. She asked, “Is she your girlfriend?”

Lu Chen shook his head. “My friend’s sister. How have you been?”

Sister Sun said, “The same as always. I can still adapt. Everyone takes good care of me…”

She said with emotion: “Someone once mentioned you, saying that you are now a big star!”

Lu Chen said with a wry smile, “What big star ah? I’m more like a small artist. When walking on the streets, not many people can recognize me.”

Lu Chen said this with a bit of modesty, but just now, along the way, no one really recognized him.

Sister Sun said with a smile, “Even if you’re a little artist now. I’m sure you’ll be a big star in the future. I’ve sung several of your songs. You’re so talented!”

Lu Chen smiled.

Sister Sun said, “I’m really glad you came to see me. You must be busy, right? No need to come here specially.”

She looked at Chen Qian again and said, “You go. I’ll go back later.”

Lu Chen nodded: “Then I’ll go, Sister Sun. If you need anything, call me. My number hasn’t changed.”

After saying goodbye to Sister Sun, he took Chen Qian back the same way they came.

When they arrived at the car, Chen Qian couldn’t help asking, “What do you mean by bringing me here and letting me see her…?”

Lu Chen said faintly, “Sister Sun came to Beijing seven years ago. She brought her husband to Beijing for medical treatment. But in the end, he didn’t get cured and died. She still owed a lot of debt, so she continued to work in Beijing to earn money.”

“But not long after, she got into a car accident. While she was crossing the pedestrian lane, she was hit by a speeding car running a red light and broke her leg. Then, the driver ran away after the accident. And because the car had a fake license plate, the driver was never caught. There was also no compensation.”

“Sister Sun’s was crippled like this, and she lost her previous job…”

“Later, she borrowed money from others to buy a guitar and speaker. She taught herself how to play the guitar and sing. Part of the money she earned is used to pay off debts and part of it is sent to parents back home to support her children.”

Chen Qian was shocked.

She didn’t expect Sister Sun’s life experience to be so pitiful.

Lu Chen stopped and said to her in a deep voice, “I brought you here and let you see her because I want to tell you…”

“Don’t think that everyone owes you, everyone has wronged you, the whole world should revolve around you…”

“your greatest luck is to have a good sister!”

“if we really make a comparison, you can’t even compare with one of Sister Sun’s fingers!”

Chen Qian bit her lips so tightly that they turned white.

She still looked stubborn. She stared at Lu Chen without showing weakness and asked, “Then why don’t you help her? You’re making a lot of money now, right? A song of yours could sell hundreds of thousands of yuan. Are you not ashamed giving her only 50 yuan just now?”

She obviously has a good understanding of Lu Chen.

Lu Chen sneered: “I only give 50 yuan, because Sister Sun does not need other people’s sympathy and charity. She can support herself and her children. Someone has raised money for her before, but she donated it to charity later!”

“You don’t understand her self-esteem and pride, because all you do is ask your sister for money and squander it!”

Lu Chen’s rebuke was like a sharp knife that instantly pierced Chen Qian’s psychological line of defense.

It was so painful!

The most painful thing was that what Lu Chens said was true. She squandered a lot of her sister’s money.

Chen Qian had nothing to say in reply. Ashamed, she wanted to open the car door and escape.

Click!

Lu Chen has quick eyes and hands[3], and he immediately locked the car door.

He said faintly, “I promised your sister I would take you home.”

Chen Qian pulled the handle hard but failed to open the door.

She covered her face and started crying softly. He could tell that she was really sad.

Lu Chen felt that this Little Witch of Meilan Road could still be rescued.

It was just that he had no interest in continuing to be a doctor.

[1] 梨花带雨 – pear blossom bathed in the rain — a weeping beauty

[2] LED Light Box is like this: HERE or similar to the one where movie poster is place in a cinemas.

[3] 眼疾手快 – Chinese idiom which describes cleverness, alertness, agility and quick response