Shocking! My Rugged Husband is the Hidden Tycoon in the 70s Novel-Chapter 371: Is the Lu Family Really That Rich?
This is really interesting.
Xu Qinghuan is happily watching the drama unfold.
Lu Mingqiu seems to be targeting her, and now the cousins are at each other’s throats.
Liu Qidong doesn’t dare to push Lu Nianying anymore. Firstly, she’s unexpectedly pregnant, and secondly, he recognizes Lu Nianying’s identity; these are the Lu Family’s affairs, and he, as an outsider, is in no position to interfere.
He helps Lu Mingqiu up; there’s a hole in the back of his head, blood gushing out. Liu Qidong is worried, "Xu Qinghuan, could you take a look?"
He’s aware of Xu Qinghuan’s love for money, so he adds, "As long as Lu comrade’s life is saved, no amount of money is too much."
Xu Qinghuan glances at him, then squats down beside Lu Mingqiu, takes a silver needle, and inserts it into an acupuncture point on Lu Mingqiu’s head, stopping the bleeding immediately. "Take him to the clinic to get the wound cleaned and dressed."
"Don’t treat her!" Lu Nianying said hatefully, "She deserves it; she’s deserving of death."
Xu Qinghuan is a bit curious, "If she dies, will you be able to live?"
"If I can’t live, I can’t live; who cares about living?" Lu Nianying laughed self-deprecatingly, blocking Liu Qidong’s path.
Liu Qidong said, "Lu comrade, the old man and your grandmother have always been thinking about you."
"Thinking about me?" Lu Nianying seemed a bit unhinged, "Would they think about me? I’m not their biological granddaughter. Would they think about me? Aren’t they thinking about Lu Mingqiu?
Even a Lu Family lackey like you knows to protect your little master, why didn’t you say you were protecting me just now?"
Liu Qidong’s self-esteem was hurt, his expression was unpleasant, "Lu comrade, I just... didn’t recognize you."
This was like stabbing Lu Nianying in the heart; she was supposed to be as glorious as Lu Mingqiu.
Liu Qidong is someone the old man is accustomed to using, running around the Lu Family for years, having watched her and Lu Mingqiu grow up, yet he claims not to have recognized her.
"I’ve been wronged and sent to the countryside by this vile person; did Grandpa and Grandma punish her?" Lu Nianying, full of tears, pointed at Lu Mingqiu and asked, "No? Why would they punish their own biological granddaughter for someone like me, a guest under the eaves?
I’m just something Lu Mingqiu used to trample on, and still, they talk about caring for me? Caring for me by leaving me unattended and throwing me into the countryside?"
Lu Nianying shouted loudly; she was completely crazy.
Liu Qidong saw her emotional disturbance and was about to explain, when she charged at Lu Mingqiu again, clearly intending to make life difficult for herself and Lu Mingqiu. Liu Qidong was shocked and ran away.
Lu Nianying ran a couple of steps, her belly aching; as she clutched her stomach, feelings of helplessness, self-loathing, and despair surged in waves, like sharp knives cutting at her heart.
She looked up and saw Xu Qinghuan, "Xu Qinghuan, seeing me like this, are you happy now? You’ve contributed significantly to my plight today!"
Xu Qinghuan smiled slightly, "Really? I think you’ve brought this upon yourself. The Lu family has been a mountain of grace to you; however bad, they raised you, didn’t let you wander like those stray cats and dogs, shouldn’t you be grateful?"
"Can you compare to Lu Mingqiu? Lu Mingqiu is a true daughter of the Lu Family, her mother is your uncle’s legitimate wife, what are you? You’re a child born from an affair, why should she call you sister? Isn’t being kicked to the countryside what you deserve?"
Xu Qinghuan glanced sideways at her, "Not knowing oneself, serves you right for becoming a laughingstock!"
After saying this, she walked away.
Behind her came Lu Nianying’s earth-shattering voice, "Ah!"
She shouted at Xu Qinghuan’s back, "It’s not just me who lacks self-awareness, Song Wanlin does too."
She thought she could use Song Wanlin to sting Xu Qinghuan, but she couldn’t.
Lu Mingqiu was slightly concussed, and upon waking, still felt dizzy and faint, but she saw Xu Qinghuan clearly, keeping in mind her mission, "Xu comrade, may I say a few words?"
In Xu Qinghuan’s eyes, this person was somewhat different from the Lu Family people, but not much.
She smiled and said, "You’ve just woken up, your head must be dizzy, shouldn’t you rest a bit?"
"The situation is urgent; I’m afraid of delaying my brother’s condition." As she spoke, tears rolled down her face, "Mingxu has been raised by me since childhood; he’s very fond of me, and in this world, he’s the closest to me."
If Xu Qinghuan hadn’t read the book, she might have believed these words, but she knew that when Song Wanlin was in the Lu Family, she doted heavily on Xu Mingxu, who was like a little overlord.
Lu Mingqiu might have treated Lu Mingxu well, but only to help Song Wanlin play out the drama of a kind mother and daughter, a harmonious sister and brother.
"You must understand, he is your brother, not my brother, let alone the closest person to me in this world." Xu Qinghuan said and prepared to leave.
Liu Qidong, however, blocked the door, "Xu comrade, would you listen to what Lu comrade has to say? It’s the most basic respect for a person."
A hand, strong as iron pins, clasped Liu Qidong’s shoulder from behind. Liu Qidong mustered all his strength, but it was too late; a gentle nudge moved him aside.
Liu Qidong stumbled a step, holding onto the wall to avoid falling.
"Going back?"
Upon hearing a voice that lingered in the mind countless times and was impossible to ignore, Lu Mingqiu shuddered all over. She couldn’t help but lift her head to glance outside, and coincidentally saw that solid, wall-like figure, but as in past memories, the person was standing in a protective posture beside Xu Qinghuan.
Xu Qinghuan felt that intense gaze. Understanding within, she smiled, then stood on tiptoe and kissed Jiang Xingye’s lips, "You’ve been fighting with someone again?"
Jiang Xingye was pleasantly surprised; even though he knew there were people in the room, he couldn’t resist capturing Xu Qinghuan’s chin, lightly biting her lips, and said hoarsely, "Going back?"
"Xu comrade, is my injury okay?" Lu Mingqiu sat up and asked, "Don’t you need to stay here and watch?"
She raised her hand to support her forehead, but her gaze involuntarily landed on Jiang Xingye.
He seemed taller and more robust than a few months ago, and there was a small deer in her heart colliding; she felt troubled.
Xu Qinghuan glanced at her with a mocking smile, "Since you’re able to get up, pay the medical expenses and go out first; just come back tomorrow for a change of medicine."
Lu Mingqiu paused in shock; she didn’t want to be driven away like this, "Xu comrade, we are unfamiliar and have to stay here for two days; could you lend us a place for one night at two yuan per person?"
"Stay here? That’s impossible; this is a clinic, not my home."
"No, stay at your home, is it possible?"
Xu Qinghuan smiled, "Do you think I’m so poor that I have to rent out rooms to make money? Besides, I’d rent it to you tonight, and you’d report me tomorrow, who could I reason with?"
Xu Qinghuan shook the medical kit in her hand, "The Lu Family has a lot of money? How much money? More than mine?"
