Chapter 369 - The Favor from the Jiang Family (1/2)
Zhou He paused for a few seconds and began to make a scene as soon as she came to her senses.
“Who do you think you are? You can kill people casually without any responsibilities? Come on and shoot me! I don’t believe you have the guts!”
Lu Tao also felt uncomfortable inside, thinking his mum was an elderly, whatever she said. And Jiang Rui was too impolite. So he just stopped persuading Zhou He and said to Jiang Rui, “Officer Jiang, we can talk about it calmly. We can’t achieve a good result when being so impulsive.”
“Haha!” Ying Cheng laughed all of a sudden, “Mr Lu, do you forget that my brother has privileges and that he has the right to shoot anyone who breaks into his home?”
Lu Tao’s face turned pale immediately. Jiang Rui did have that privilege.
“What?” Zhou He still couldn’t understand it. Lu Tao stopped his mother and said, “Mum, calm down. Officer Jiang can shoot anyone while being at home.”
She should have understood it by then. But Zhou He already lost her senses and just tried to take Lu Qi away with her.
“I’ll call your grandpa.” She took out the phone. But her expression got even worse when she heard what Jiang Min said.
Jiang Rui laughed and said, “You couldn’t have forgotten that we had agreed that the Lu family could ask the Jiang family to do one thing. You are so stupid that you have already used the chance.”
“Mum?” Lu Tao was shocked, “What have you done?”
Jiang Min had been framed when he was young and the Lu family had come out to attest on his behalf before the court. Then Jiang Min had promised that the Lu family could ask the Jiang family to do one thing. The Jiang family would do it no matter what it would be.
“Mum…” Lu Tao looked at Zhou He in disbelief, “You said that Officer Jiang agreed to protect Qiqi, which was by using the favor from the Jiang family?”
God! Lu Tao felt that he was about to become crazy, “Why didn’t you even discuss with me over such an important thing? Did my father know?”
“Of course not…” Zhou He said unconfidently.
Lu Tao felt his forehead, “Mum, do you think my father will forgive you when he learns of this?”
“So what if he doesn’t forgive me? He’ll divorced me?” Zhou He said certainly, “It was just a favor. You can talk with Grandpa Jiang and pretend I haven’t used it.”
Lu Tao thought his mother was too stupid that he stood up angrily and said, “I’ll go home to find grandpa, will you go with me?”
“Right!” Zhou He said with his words, “Find your grandpa and let him talk to Old Master Jiang!”
“Huh, why would I have such a stupid mother? If it affects my right of succession, I won’t recognize you as my mother.” After Lu Tao finished his words, he just turned around to leave. Zhou He was so scared that she ran after her son while ignoring her daughter.
Ying Cheng shut the door and said, “Do you think old Master Lu will be angry enough to spit blood?”
Even if it wasn’t the case, it would be close to that…
Lu Tao went directly to the old residence of the Lu family. After he described the whole thing, the Lu family burst into a heated discussion.
Old Master Lu was almost eighty years old that year. He raised his crutch and wanted to hit Zhou He with it. Zhou He thought her son would protect her from it, but indeed Lu Tao wanted to strangle her with his own hands at the moment.
“Ah!” There came a scream which was like the sound of murdering a pig. Zhou He covered her arm and lay on the ground.
The second brother of the Lu family said ferociously, “Dad, the three of us brothers promised that we would use the favor together. Now the stupid woman wasted the chance. Big brother has to give us an explanation.
“I’m your elder sister in law. How could you scold me?” The make-up on Zhou He’s face had already faded. She sat helplessly and awkwardly on the ground.
“My sister in law? Huh, you want to stay in the Lu family after you did such a thing…”
The eldest brother came back since he heard the news. Zhou He cried even harder the minute she saw him coming in. But before she could say a word, Lu Youwei slapped her face, “Damn it, you idiot. Take your things and get out of the Lu family.”
“Youwei!” Zhou He was in a blank. She didn’t expect it to be so serious. She thought that since the Jiang family would give the Lu family such a big favor, it would be nothing to help them a little. But now, even her husband wanted to get rid of her.
Lu Youwei didn’t care about her. He walked directly to his father and said, “Dad, the Jiang family also has some responsibilities in this. Old Master Jiang accepted such a request from Zhou He, which was obviously a trick.”
“Nonsense!” Even Lu Zhenhai’s voice trembled, “I would accept that too if I were him.”
The Lu family’s status had declined those years, while the Jiang family was on top in the capital because of Jiang Rui. It was a big bargain for the Lu family to get a favor from the Jiang family. They had planned to ask Jiang Rui to get a five-year right of purchasing for them when the military purchasing would start the next year.
Then the Lu family could maintain a status in the capital for at least ten years. Alas…
“Dad, should we find old Master Jiang?” The third son of the Lu family suggested.
Lu Zhenhai shook his head knocked his stick on the floor with a distressed expression, “Don’t even think about that. The Jiang family used this chance to get rid of us on purpose.”
“Then they are being unreasonable!”
“Unreasonable? Lu Zhenhai was too angry to stay calm, “We created the chance for them ourselves, and it would be foolish not to make use of it.” He pointed at Zhouhe who was crying while groveling on the floor, “If you have a solution to this, you can still be a half daughter of the Lu family. Or Youwei will divorced you right away.”
Zhou He stood up in tears. She looked at her husband and her son, both of whom ignored her sight. She could only cover her face and run out.
Lu Qi didn’t know what happened to her mother. When she found there was no noise outside, she picked up her phone again and called Zhou He. But Zhou He didn’t answer the phone, so she called Lu Tao next.