Hong Ban was woken up in a daze, dreaming of something good, so he was a bit emotional.

"Dad, what’s going on, it’s so early in the morning."

"Are you familiar with Lu Shuai?"

"Which Lu Shuai, oh, that fool, how could I know such a brainless idiot." Hong Ban curled his lips, being dragged out of bed for such a trivial matter.

Slap~~~

Hong Yan swung his hand, a crisp slap directly woke Hong Ban up.

"How many times have I told you, do what you need to do well, you’re ranked third, are you happy now? Not as good as Yan Tianguang, not as good as Nalan, and now this! Can’t even judge people properly!" Hong Yan said coldly.

Hong Ban covered his face, any temper he had vanished. In the Hong Family, there was no rebellious phase during childhood.

"Father, don’t be angry, what happened?"

"Hmph, compared to him, you don’t even measure up to a single strand. Take a good look at this!"

Hong Yan threw the newspaper into Hong Ban’s face. Hong Ban awkwardly took it down. At first, he didn’t think much of it, just thought that fool Lu Shuai spent money to clean his reputation, but as he read his eyes widened, and he pulled down the newspaper, "Dad, is it real?"

Hong Yan sighed softly, "Things might not be that simple, but this boy is definitely something, with such ambition and strategy, no big matter is beyond him. You young ones should connect and build relationships well, also your judgment of women isn’t bad. Patir may be a bit flamboyant, but she’s kindhearted, I won’t oppose your liking her."

At the Nalan residence.

Nalan Jingguo looked at Nalan Potter, who was trying hard to appear calm but couldn’t hide his jealousy, "What do you think of Lu Shuai?"

"Grandfather, this plan can be called ’deceiving the heavens to cross the sea’, it fooled everyone. But to my understanding of Lu Shuai, this isn’t something he could pull off," Nalan Potter said.

"If it’s not him, then it’s even scarier, indicating someone is secretly supporting him. With the influence he has now, even I would have to call him Mr. Lu when I see him," said Nalan Jingguo.

Nalan Potter knew it’s not about how high the other’s status is, but because his grandfather was at a crucial point in the election, needing to lower oneself and gather all the support he could get. It could be said that Lu Shuai now had enough influence to shift the election balance, and with this move, he had taken the political legacy of Governor Luthor from the Potter Family.

Which was very disadvantageous to Nalan Jingguo.

"Feili, that girl is also foolish, no matter what, he is the only one from the Lu Family. When difficulties arose, instead of offering help, she distanced herself. When Lu Shuai sold his house, she not only refused but drew a clear line, and the house was bought by Patir, who even gave a year to repurchase it," said Nalan Jingguo gravely. At such a critical time, wasn’t this just making trouble?

Nalan Potter thought for a moment, "Grandfather, Lu Shuai is a smart person. I don’t think it’s a problem; I will increase the stakes."

Nalan Jingguo nodded, "The people of the Potter Family care too much about money. What they have today is thanks to Luthor. In life and work, one must understand how to pick and choose, without giving up, how can you gain?"

"Yes, Grandfather, I know what to do."

Nalan Jingguo watched his grandson leave, but he couldn’t feel happy, wondering who had such a grand plan.

At Marking Manor.

Patir got up early and completed her morning exercises under the warm morning sun, keeping her body flexible. Winning the first beauty contest just spurred her competitive spirit even further; she aimed to take the overall championship.

"Miss, Miss, something big happened! You need to see this!" Her personal maid rushed in with a newspaper.

Just seeing the newspaper made Patir anxious. She had recently done something foolish, buying Lu Shuai’s house, which had now become a hot potato. Feili occasionally hinted at it, making her feel stuck and worried the thing might be reported in the newspapers; that would ruin her image. If labeled as having a big chest but no brain... she lately didn’t even want to go to the Canon Law School.

She was actually quite satisfied with her chest, did she really need to reduce them?

"What’s the panic!" Saying there wasn’t panic, Patir was even more anxious; was it really exposed?

"Miss, Mr. Lu has a great sense of righteousness, genius, worthy of being a descendant of the Grand Governor. Look at this!" The maid was excited and almost danced with joy.

Patir was stunned, not about herself?

After reading the newspaper, Patir’s eyes reddened. Was it really possible like this?

"Miss, for buying his house, didn’t you contribute something too?"

"What buying, it was a loan. Buying was just an excuse to avoid embarrassing him. Do you think I’d care about that little money? I simply wanted to help!"

"Right, right, but the newspaper doesn’t know that yet."

"They will know." Patir smiled brightly. Just thinking about Feili’s expression made her even more eager, too bad, why didn’t she bring it up earlier?

In a safe house, Li Xin brought in a newspaper. Huerta was ecstatic, slapping his own thigh hard, slap slap slap, so that’s how it was.

"Boss, you’re okay now, haha, that’s great!"

But Lu Shuai wasn’t happy, "Brother Li, where’s Miss Tang?"

"I just saw the news too, she should be with the Night Patrol," Li Xin said.

Lu Shuai was already rushing out with the newspaper, Huerta wanted to follow but was stopped by Li Xin, "Don’t be the third wheel."

"Third wheel?"

"Nothing." Li Xin understood when he saw the paper; the truth published in the Citizen Daily caused a massive reaction like an earthquake in Dragon Capital.

He once told Kathy a story from a past life and strongly suspected this was Sister Kathy’s work. But Li Xin also had many questions. The Citizen Daily must have known since last night, but Aunt Fei didn’t inform him. The entire event should have been executed by the Shadow Owl; it was unlikely Tang Yinxiao completed it alone.

After thinking it over, Li Xin figured there was no other way. If the Night Patrol merely published to find a Great Alchemist to heal a sick child, probably no waves could be made, but there certainly were arrangements he wasn’t aware of.

Lu Shuai rushed towards Shadow Owl with all his might, his heart pounding, his spiritual ability fully unleashed, ignoring the gazes around him, running with all his strength.

Upon reaching Shadow Owl, Grandma Meng was still sitting at the entrance, no sugar cake, nor Miss Tang. On seeing Lu Shuai, Grandma Meng immediately stood up.

"Sister Meng, Miss Tang, where is she, has she returned?" Lu Shuai asked, panting heavily.

"Mr. Lu, please don’t worry. Tang Yinxiao returned but has left again. She has some words for me to pass to you," Grandma Meng said.

Lu Shuai looked up at the second floor, then at Grandma Meng, "Sister Meng, please tell me, I’m so worried."

"Mr. Lu, Tang Yinxiao said, ’thank you for not exposing her during such difficult times, giving her dignity,’" Grandma Meng said. At such times being criticized by thousands, anyone would think of passing the blame, but Lu Shuai didn’t, "Mr. Lu, a real man!"

Lu Shuai smiled bitterly, "Big sister, please don’t tease me, where did Miss Tang go, is she in danger?"

Grandma Meng’s eyes moved slightly, and she smiled, "There’s no danger. Miss Tang received orders to carry out a mission overseas, it’ll take about three to five years. You know the nature of the Night Patrol’s work, staying in Dragon Capital is more trouble, so this is the best arrangement. She couldn’t bid you goodbye."