Chapter 169 Mother-in-law and Daughter-in-law Join Forces to Clean Up the House
Meng Wan took Su Wantang's cold hand, turned around, and looked directly at the door of the ward with gentle eyes.
That door, at this moment, is like a dividing line, separating two worlds.
Outside the door were the anxious, regretful, and somewhat greedy faces of the Lu family's collateral branches.
Inside the gate lies the absolute authority of the Lu family's main branch.
"Jianjun, open the door." Meng Wan's voice was soft, but it carried an undeniable force.
Gao Jianjun had been holding back his anger for a long time, and upon hearing the order, he suddenly flung open the door.
The crowd blocking the door stumbled and almost fell inside.
As soon as Lu Wende and Lu Zongren, who were leading the group, entered the room, their faces instantly plastered with fawning smiles like chrysanthemums. Their change of expression was faster than turning the pages of a book.
"Sister-in-law! Oh, my dear sister-in-law!" Lu Wende rushed to Meng Wan's side, his face filled with heartache.
"It's all my fault! I was blind and my mouth just spouted nonsense! Please don't take those awful things I said to heart!"
As he spoke, he raised his hand, as if to slap himself in the face.
Following behind him, the clan elder Lu Zongren, in a dramatic display, forced a few crocodile tears into his cloudy old eyes and pounded his chest while wailing:
"Wan'er, it's Uncle Zongren who's gone senile! I... I was just too worried about my elder brother's health, and in my haste, I spoke without thinking. I deserve to die, I deserve to die!"
Others echoed his sentiments.
"Yes, yes, we all get confused when we care!"
“Niece Bai Shu… no, Divine Physician Bai Shu! Please be magnanimous and don’t stoop to the level of us roughnecks!”
For a time, the ward was filled with all sorts of hypocritical apologies and self-blame, which made Gao Jianjun feel nauseous.
Su Wantang stood beside Meng Wan without saying a word.
She watched quietly, handing over the stage and the power to clean house completely to the gentle yet powerful mother-in-law in front of her.
Meng Wan did not respond immediately, nor did she even look at them.
She simply lowered her head and gently stroked the back of Su Wantang's hand with her fingertips, as if comforting a frightened kitten.
Only when the noise in the ward gradually subsided and everyone's eyes were focused on her did Meng Wan slowly raise her head.
Her face still held that gentle, scholarly smile that belonged to a university professor.
But the smile didn't reach his eyes.
"Have you finished talking?" she asked softly.
Lu Wende and the others were taken aback, and then nodded subconsciously.
“Now that you’ve finished speaking, it’s my turn to speak.” Meng Wan’s gaze first fell on Lu Zongren.
“Uncle Zongren, you are the elder, let me speak to you first.”
“Just now, at the door of the emergency room, you pointed your finger at my daughter-in-law and said she was a ‘jinx,’ a ‘femme fatale,’ that she would kill the old man, ruin the Lu family’s reputation, and that you wanted to kick her out. Am I remembering correctly?”
Professor Meng's memory was astonishing; she repeated almost verbatim every single one of Lu Zongren's vicious words.
With each word he spoke, Lu Zongren's old face paled a little more.
"I...I was just talking nonsense..." he stammered in his defense.
Meng Wan didn't give him a chance at all, and turned her gaze to Lu Wende's face.
"Fourth brother, you just said that Jingyan is bewitched by a vixen and even said he wanted to clean house for the old man. Is that right?"
A layer of cold sweat instantly broke out on Lu Wende's forehead, and his legs began to go weak.
"Sister-in-law, I...I was just saying that in anger..."
"Sayings in anger?" Meng Wan's smile deepened.
"I think it wasn't just said in anger, it was what I really felt."
She abruptly changed the subject, her voice rising sharply, tearing away the veil of gentleness to reveal a chilling sharpness beneath!
"When Dad was critically ill, you, as his family, didn't think about how to save him, didn't show any kinship, but instead jumped out to frame and slander Jingyan and his wife!"
"What are you up to? Do you really think everyone else is a fool?!"
"You're just trying to use this as an excuse to shake Jingyan's foundation, attack our main lineage, and seize that pitiful bit of power for yourselves!"
These words, like a sharp scalpel, precisely dissected their most sordid schemes, leaving them nowhere to hide!
Lu Wende and the others looked ashen-faced, suffocating under the pressure of that powerful aura.
"We don't..."
"No?" Meng Wan sneered and gave Gao Jianjun a wink.
Gao Jianjun immediately took out a document from his briefcase and strode forward.
Meng Wan took the document, didn't even look at it, and directly raised her hand, slapping it hard across Lu Wende's face!
A crisp "snap" sounded!
The documents were scattered all over the floor.
"Look at this for yourself! Your son, Lu Ming, is using the Lu family name to run rampant, embezzling public funds to cover his losses from reselling permits! A whole 50,000 yuan! Are you planning to make this old man risk his life to fill this hole for you?!"
Fifty thousand yuan!
In this day and age, this is an absolute fortune!
Looking at the account details and bank statements scattered at his feet, Lu Wende felt a sudden darkness before his eyes, his body swayed, and he collapsed to the ground.
It's over.
It's all over.
He never imagined that Meng Wan would find out everything about what he had done so secretly!
Meng Wan looked down at him, her voice devoid of any warmth.
"For Dad's sake, and for the sake that we all share the same surname 'Lu,' we, the main branch, will cover this hole for you."
Upon hearing this, a glimmer of hope flashed in Lu Wende's eyes.
Meng Wan's next words plunged him into utter despair.
"However, there are conditions."
"From today onwards, your entire family is to immediately move out of the military compound and return to your hometown. For the rest of your lives, you are never to set foot in Beijing again!"
This is exile!
It was a complete and utter expulsion!
For Lu Wende's family, who were used to lording it over everyone in Beijing, this was worse than being killed!
"No... Sister-in-law, you can't do this! I'm his own brother!" Lu Wende wailed.
"His own brother?" Meng Wan laughed. "His own brother who was thinking about how to climb to power over his corpse when he was on the verge of death?"
Seeing this, Lu Zongren, still trying to rely on his seniority, stepped forward shakily:
“Wan’er, no matter how wrong Wende is, he’s still your brother. What you’re doing is too heartless! When your brother wakes up, I…I’m going to have a word with him!”
"Okay." Meng Wan nodded, her tone eerily flat.
"Jingyan's father will be back from a meeting at the military region soon. Uncle Zongren, do you want to talk to him now, or would you like to wait and talk to the military law department directly later?"
Military Law Department!
These three words, like three towering mountains, crashed down with overwhelming force!
Lu Zongren shuddered in fright and instantly fell silent, unable to utter a single word.
Talk to Lu Zhenguo? Talk to the military law department? He wouldn't dare even if he had ten times the courage!
After dealing with the two leaders, Meng Wan's gaze slowly swept over the remaining silent and trembling relatives.
Everyone she saw instinctively lowered their heads, not daring to meet her gaze.
"I'm putting my words here today." Meng Wan's voice echoed throughout every corner of the ward.
"From this day forward, the Lu family will revise its clan rules. Anyone who disrespects the main branch, tarnishes the family's reputation, or harbors ill intentions will be expelled from the Lu family genealogy and all protection and resources provided by the Lu family will be revoked!"
"Did you all hear me clearly?!"
Everyone trembled, not daring to utter a single word of objection, and nodded frantically like chickens pecking at rice.
"I...I heard you clearly!"
"Understood!"
As Su Wantang watched this scene unfold before her, seeing how she single-handedly suppressed this group of demons and monsters, a warm feeling welled up in her heart.
This mother-in-law is a woman of great wisdom. Today, she is not establishing her authority, but clearing away all obstacles within the Lu family for her returning daughter-in-law.
This is what it feels like to be protected.
very nice.
Just then, from the bed in the inner room of the ward, came a call that was extremely weak, yet still carried the authority of someone who had long held a superior position.
"Wan...Wan'er..."
Everyone was startled and looked over.
"Let...let that child in."
Grandpa Lu is awake.
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