Chapter 46: Meeting the Parents — “As you can see, we’re a thing”
The assistant reacted first. He blocked the media behind the door and scolded the reporter who started taking photos and causing a commotion. “What are you shooting? Everyone out!”
Lu Feng gave him a lukewarm side-eye. The assistant shuddered and immediately changed his tone. “Our Chairman has matters to discuss with our Young Master. Friends from the media, please wait outside first.”
“Please don’t block the hospital corridor and cause inconvenience to others. We will definitely cooperate with interviews later.”
After shooing everyone away, the assistant looked at the situation inside. His long-dead ability to read the room suddenly revived, and he gently closed the door, leaving space for the three to talk.
Lu Feng walked forward slowly. He saw his “good grandson,” whom he had finally found after disappearing in danger, stand up and shield the Shen kid behind him like a hen protecting its chick, looking at him warily.
He immediately said grumpily, “Am I going to eat him?”
Lu Xunye wiped the moisture from the corner of his eye. His tone was cold, no longer pretending to be obedient. “Where is Lu Yan?”
Lu Feng knew he would ask this first. He comforted him, saying, “Don’t worry, that brat won’t hurt you anymore.”
“You…” Lu Xunye asked in shock, “You killed him?!” Could it be Lu Yan isn’t his biological son either?
The absurd guess had just arisen when it was shattered by Lu Feng’s next words.
“He is my son after all, the Vice President of Lu Group, and has a marriage alliance with the Wen family. I certainly can’t dispose of him casually and affect the reputation of the Lu family.”
Lu Xunye sneered. “Reputation is more important than human life, huh? Turns out you, old man, are far less noble and just than you appear.”
He finally understood why Lu Yan had tripped him up so fearlessly when the original owner was in the Lu family. Turns out he had a backer!
Bringing a group of media today was nothing more than for the Lu family’s reputation, to let people see how much Lu Feng doted on his grandson, and to improve the negative public opinion caused by his two incompetent sons.
No, there was another possibility.
Preserving evidence, threatening the Wen family…
Maybe not just the Wen family.
After all, under the gaze of everyone, the Lu family heir stepped forward to fight the kidnappers but fell into the sea and disappeared. All of this happened at the cruise banquet hosted by the Wen family.
How did a bankrupt man with a desperate dead-end and a large burn on his face evade layers of security to bring two living people in and tie them to the deck? It was very suspicious.
A small kidnapper could find out about the events of eight years ago to make Si Jinyan lose mental control, dragging both the Si and Wen families into the water.
Even if it really had nothing to do with the Wen family, the Wen family would still be blamed for negligence. Who would dare to discuss business with them in the future? One slip and you get “kidnapped.”
Lu Xunye was a little curious. In this series of events, including Lu Yan unknowingly untying the rope he had tied in a hard-to-find place, did the person in front of him have a hand in it?
Lu Xunye pondered for a few seconds and came up with a countermeasure. “After I disappeared, the Wen family must have been searching for me in secret too.”
“Stabilizing the guests to continue the banquet while painstakingly searching for a needle in a haystack—it must have been hard on Grandpa Wen’s old bones. Did you notify the Wen family of the good news that you found me today? I think the Wen family’s actions to maintain their reputation shouldn’t be any less than yours.”
Perhaps hearing his sarcasm, Shen Yunqian tugged at his sleeve from behind to remind him not to speak recklessly.
But Lu Xunye seemed not to feel it. Continuing to face Lu Feng’s suddenly hardened eyes, he put on a heartless appearance. “You brought a crowd of media here today for the Lu family’s reputation too, right?”
He pretended to be profound. “I have a better way to earn a good reputation for the Lu Group.”
Lu Feng hid the emotions in his eyes well. When he looked up again, his eyes were full of doting indulgence like an elder watching a junior make a fuss. “Let’s hear it?”
Lu Xunye spat out a short word: “Investment.”
Realizing what he was up to, Shen Yunqian’s furrowed brow relaxed, and he let go of the sleeve he was holding.
Lu Feng was interested. “Invest how?”
“You saw it when you came just now. Although the environment on the island is good, it is inconvenient in all aspects. Often, there is only one chance every few months to transport and sell goods to the outside world. The reason is that the previous investor lost contact without reason, and development was shelved.”
“The heir of the Lu Group was saved by fishermen after a disaster at sea. To repay the life-saving grace, the head of the Lu family fully supports the local government, invests in expanding the village, adds piers, develops education…”
Lu Xunye observed his expression and said slowly, “This charity gimmick will last much longer than the effectiveness of weeping bitterly after a normal family reunion.”
Lu Feng smiled with narrow eyes. “I am a businessman. Do you think I would do such a thankless task?”
Lu Xunye shrugged indifferently. “Anyway, I have no money, so it doesn’t count. At worst, I’ll just be labeled an ingrate.”
Lu Feng exposed him. “I think you want to repay the kindness.”
Lu Xunye admitted frankly, “That’s right, it’s me. There’s no harm to you either. Since you have to do charity anyway, isn’t it better to do one more and get praised by the government?”
He paused. “It’s just that you said before, Lu Yan is the Vice President and represents the reputation of the Lu family. I just don’t know if the Lu family heir can represent the Lu family’s face.”
“Fine.” Lu Xunye pretended to take a step back. “If you want to change the heir, that’s also possible. After all, who knows what ‘Lu Xunye’ looks like?”
Lu Feng’s probing gaze fixed on his face, finally turning into a long sigh. “Fine. Do what you want.”
He turned the conversation to Shen Yunqian. “Now can you tell me what’s going on with you two?”
Shen Yunqian’s hand hanging by his side suddenly clenched white. Suddenly, a hot palm found him accurately, gently prying open the fingertips digging into his palm.
Fingers interlaced with his domineeringly and forcefully. Then, caught off guard, his hand was pulled high by a force, and even his body was pulled out from behind Lu Xunye.
Lu Xunye’s tone was calm, showing off their tightly clasped hands as he made a bold declaration: “As you can see, we’re a thing.”
Lu Feng: “…”
His pleasant face instantly collapsed. “Say that again?”
Keenly sensing the grip on his hand tightening slightly, Lu Xunye said to Lu Feng with dissatisfaction, “You scared him.”
Lu Feng: “…”
Lu Xunye ignored the sharp gaze that wanted to bore a hole in his back. He pressed Shen Yunqian to sit on the edge of the bed and handed the food back to him. “Eat quickly, it’ll get cold in a bit.”
He leaned close to the young man’s ear and whispered, “Wait for me to come back.”
Shen Yunqian’s eyelashes trembled, and he nodded obediently.
Little did he know that in Lu Feng’s eyes, Lu Xunye was serving food and water to another man, and flirting intimately with him right in front of his face.
Head of the Lu family, whose health had always been decent, felt for the first time that he couldn’t take it anymore and might need a quick-acting heart pill.
While his chest heaved violently with anger, Lu Xunye straightened up over there, walked past him leaving a sentence: “Let’s talk outside.”
Then, without looking back, he pushed the door open and left.
Lu Feng and Shen Yunqian stared at each other—small eyes against big eyes. He pointed at Shen Yunqian: “You, you, you…”
He stammered for a long time without saying a complete sentence. A knock came from the door; it was Lu Xunye urging him from the doorway. Lu Feng became even angrier, snorted coldly, and slammed the door with a thunderous sound.
Shen Yunqian stared at the food in the bowl in speechless silence.
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Corridor Corner
Full of anger, Lu Feng slapped at Lu Xunye, but Lu Xunye squatted skillfully and dodged it easily.
He asked in disbelief, “You dare to dodge?”
“If you were the one being hit, would you dodge?”
Before he could get angrier, Lu Xunye said innocently, “I didn’t see it was you. I was afraid someone was trying to kill me from behind. What if I got a concussion and got amnesia?”
Suspected of making false countercharges and striking first, but Lu Feng had no evidence.
“How did you end up with that kid? Are you all trying to rebel?!”
Lu Feng denounced him bitterly. “Your father liked both men and women, leading a life of debauchery. Are you going to learn from him too?”
His impulsive emotions gradually calmed down. “When did you two get together?”
“What do you mean ‘get together,’ that sounds so ugly!” Lu Xunye corrected him. “Haven’t I been listening to you all along? I’m the one sacrificing myself selflessly without complaint, so why are you unhappy?”
Lu Feng was stunned by his words and opened his mouth to refute. “How did I let you…”
Before he could finish, he was cut off by Lu Xunye.
Lu Xunye put his arm around his shoulder like a buddy and helped him recall. “Didn’t you tell me to seduce him?”
Every wrinkle on Lu Feng’s face seemed to be written with shock and confusion.
Lu Xunye could only add: “At the Duming Clubhouse.”
“…” Lu Feng almost couldn’t catch his breath. “I told you to gain his trust!”
Lu Xunye pretended not to understand. “Is there a difference?”
“Listen to my sophis—ahem—analysis. Is a lover relationship not closer than a friend relationship?” Lu Xunye sighed. “And he also lost…”
The old man currently only knew that Shen Yunqian had forgotten Si Jinyan. It was better not to mention the amnesia.
Lu Feng swatted away the disrespectful arm on his shoulder and pressed, “Lost what?”
“Lost… his family.”
Lu Xunye’s brain spun, and he continued to hoodwink him.
“You also know that after the Shen family went bankrupt, he was imprisoned by Si Jinyan for several years. His previous friends and relatives all drew a line with him. He is very guarded now.”
“You don’t know how many times I was ruthlessly rejected by his cold words in the beginning.”
As he spoke, whether it was because of the cold or something else, he actually sniffled, appearing quite sincere, with no trace of acting.
Lu Feng, who still held suspicions, had half of them overturned by this “true revelation of feelings.”
Who knew, Lu Xunye wasn’t acting at all. Remembering the past events, his defense really broke. Recalling the past from the perspective of someone who had been through it actually brought out a kind of relief after suffering.
Lu Feng pondered for a long time before opening his mouth. “What do you want to do?”
Lu Xunye put on a serious face. “Shen Yunqian hasn’t completely let his guard down with me yet. The revolution still needs effort.”
Lu Feng: “…”
Couldn’t you just say ‘don’t break us up’ and be done with it?
He had no patience to listen to the other party’s rambling and said straightforwardly, “No, I don’t agree.”
Lu · Famous Unfilial Son for Ten Miles Around · Xun · Personally Neutered His Own Dad · Ye: “Tsk.”
With no other choice, he shifted the topic to the other party’s ultimate goal—destroying the Si family—which naturally involved one person: the current head of the Si family.
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