Chapter 154 If you dare touch her, I will destroy the Lu family.
"Heh..." Lu Rensheng's voice came from behind, "It must be that poisonous woman Wang Meihua's doing! She hates that I took a concubine, so she wants to destroy the most promising member of the Lu family!"
He suddenly stood up, walked around the desk to Lu Zheng, and stared at his son's tense profile with a complicated look in his eyes: "Zheng, I know you are filial. But you are an adult now, you should know which path is the right one."
The tone shifted abruptly: "That country woman is definitely just like Wang Meihua! They only want to ruin you!"
Lu Rensheng's voice was sinister: "I'm your father, I'll take care of this for you—"
"You dare touch her!"
Lu Zheng never expected that Lu Rensheng would actually have murderous intentions!
A chill ran from his feet to his head, and Lu Zheng's eyes instantly turned bloodshot, like a lone wolf driven to the brink of despair.
Lu Zheng's heart felt as if it were being gripped tightly by an invisible hand.
Since meeting Qianqian, he has known what home is, what it means to be cherished. This man actually wants to destroy his only light?
He slowly turned his head, his eyes suddenly freezing into icy shards, his facial features as cold as if carved by a knife and axe.
Upon seeing this, the butler outside the study broke out in a cold sweat. The young master's gaze was even more terrifying than the Black Wind Pass during the mine collapse years ago! His palms were covered in sticky sweat, and the butt of his gun was practically dripping wet from his grip.
Just then, Lu Zheng suddenly laughed.
The smile didn't reach his eyes; instead, a pale, angular grin stretched across his lips, like a demon king crawling back from the deepest hell to claim his life.
The bodyguard standing guard at the door felt a chill creep up from the soles of his feet, and his hand holding the gun trembled uncontrollably.
“Lu Rensheng,” he said, emphasizing each word, “if Xia Qianqian were to lose even a single hair—”
He paused, his gaze sweeping over Lu Rensheng's face. His voice was as soft as a sigh, yet it carried a devastating ruthlessness: "I will make your family business, reputation, those concubines and illegitimate children in Hong Kong... all vanish into nothingness!"
The air seemed to freeze into ice.
Lu Zheng sneered inwardly, "Don't you care most about the Lu family's business? You want to destroy what I cherish? I'll destroy what you value as your life."
I'd like to see how you choose this time.
Looking at his son, Lu Rensheng's eyes revealed a complex mix of pride.
As expected of Lu Rensheng's son, he seized his Achilles' heel with a single move! This ruthlessness, this subtle threat, is exactly the same as his younger self.
What a pity... If it weren't for that woman Wang Meihua leading them astray, the business world of Hong Kong would have been theirs long ago!
Lu Rensheng's gaze met Lu Zheng's, and the air seemed to crackle with the light of swords.
"You have quite the nerve," Lu Rensheng finally spoke, his voice laced with a cold laugh of anger. "If you were in charge of the Lu Group right now, your words would carry some weight."
He looked Lu Zheng up and down, his contempt almost overflowing: "What do you have now?"
“Lu Rensheng.” Lu Zheng met his gaze, his eyes showing no sign of backing down, but rather a smile that was almost cruel. “You’re welcome to try.”
He paused, each word seeming to have been pulled from an ice cellar: "You think I wasted those years in Xiangyang Village?"
Lu Zheng's eyes suddenly sharpened like a hawk's, and a chilling smile appeared on his lips. Over the years, he had been through thick and thin in the army and had been lying low in the mountain village. The cards he held in his hand were far more than Lu Rensheng had imagined!
Lu Rensheng's heart skipped a beat when he was stared at, and he felt a chill creeping over him for no apparent reason.
This son seems to be more terrifying than he imagined.
Just then, a knocking sound suddenly rang out on the door.
"Lu Zheng! Lu Zheng, are you there?!"
Lu Zheng's pupils contracted sharply. That voice belonged to Qianqian?!
He turned sharply to look at the doorway. How could this be? How did she find this place?
A few hours ago, in Xiangyang Village.
Xia Qianqian's heart was in her throat after hearing Lu's mother's words. Who was Lu Rensheng? He was a ruthless character who would even scheme against his own son! For Lu Zheng to go to see him alone was like a lamb entering a tiger's den!
"No, I have to go!" She stood up abruptly, her eyes burning with anxiety.
Seeing the military green jeep parked in the corner of the yard, Xia Qianqian gritted her teeth, her mind racing as she recalled Lu Zheng's driving movements—shifting gears, pressing the accelerator, turning the steering wheel…
There were also comments from experienced drivers in the live chat saying things like "start slowly" and "don't release the clutch too quickly."
She took a deep breath, got into the driver's seat, and turned the key—
The jeep, like a raging wild beast, suddenly lurched forward, nearly crashing into the corner of the woodshed wall!
Xia Qianqian turned pale with fright and frantically steered the car, leaving it swerving in a crooked S-shape on the dirt road.
Before Lu's mother could finish speaking, the military green jeep crashed through the wooden door and sped up the village road, kicking up dust.
Xia Qianqian gripped the steering wheel tightly, her palms sweating profusely. She had never learned to drive before, relying entirely on her memory of Lu Zheng's gear shifting actions and the prompts on the screen, driving like a drunkard, nearly plunging into the roadside ditch several times.
What gave her the most chills was that she hadn't learned how to brake yet!
Fortunately, we didn't encounter any other cars along the way, but when we were still three miles away from that blue-brick villa, the front of the car suddenly lurched and stalled.
"Out of gas?" Xia Qianqian looked up and saw the faint outline of a villa halfway up the mountain in the distance. She gritted her teeth and took out a bicycle from Peach Blossom Spring.
She hopped on the bike and pedaled for another half hour before finally seeing the villa covered in ivy.
Xia Qianqian clenched her fists and pounded on the door until her knuckles went numb, but the villa was as quiet as a tomb.
Seeing the barrage of comments flooding her screen, she gritted her teeth, took a deep breath, and abruptly flung open the carved wooden door—
The door hinges emitted a piercing groan.
In the study, Lu Zheng's mind went blank for a moment, forgetting everything about the gun muzzle and Lu Rensheng!
He shoved the butler who was blocking his way and ran wildly toward the door.
"Qianqian!"
As soon as Xia Qianqian rushed into the front hall, she bumped into a familiar embrace. But before she could even feel the warmth of the embrace, she caught a glimpse of a dozen men in black suits lined up at the end of the corridor, holding guns.
The dark muzzle of the gun gleamed coldly, like a dozen venomous snakes flicking their tongues, all aimed at Lu Zheng's back—no, at himself who was about to fall into his arms!
Just as Xia Qianqian was about to lead Lu Zheng into Peach Blossom Spring, she heard Lu Zheng's warm breath brush against her ear: "Don't be afraid, they're just bluffing."
Before he could finish speaking, Lu Zheng shielded Xia Qianqian behind him, turned to face the group of armed bodyguards, and said with a piercing gaze, "Get out of my way!"
The sound was like cold iron, so powerful that the group of people instinctively lowered their arms.
Lu Zheng then turned to look at Xia Qianqian and saw a thin layer of sweat on her forehead, with a few strands of hair sticking to her flushed cheeks. The fierce look in his eyes was instantly melted away by the hot sweat.
He reached out and gently wiped the beads of sweat from her temples with his fingertips, his movements incredibly tender, his eyes filled with a warmth so gentle it seemed like you could squeeze water from them.
"Why are you here?" His voice was tight, hoarse with lingering fear.
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