Chapter 295 This Miss Lu Has a Backer
Ding Wenxi glanced at Shu Yu, then looked at the three indignant people.
He lowered his voice and asked, "Brother Zhang, the family you just mentioned, surnamed Lu, is that... Miss Lu and her family?"
"yes."
Ding Wenxi chuckled inwardly; he had been quite impatient earlier.
He thought these three were a joke. These young masters, who couldn't even manage their own businesses at home, were actually coming to him and asking him to do this and that.
It's another investigation into the Lu family uncle and nephew, demanding a severe lesson for them, and another about a missing jade pendant from the black market, asking him to help find it.
Who do they think they are? The people who come to the Ding family to talk to him on equal footing are at least their fathers or their elder brothers who already have real power over the family property, right?
These few people only know how to eat, drink, and have fun. They finally got a chance to do something serious in Jiangyuan County, but they still managed to lose the jade pendant. What face do they have to come to the Ding residence and make demands of him?
If it weren't for the fact that the two sides did have some business dealings, Ding Wenxi would have already turned against them.
He had just been looking for an excuse to send them away when Yuehua and the others appeared, interrupting the conversation and helping him out.
He patted Young Master Zhang on the shoulder reassuringly and said, "Okay, I know everything. Wait for me a moment."
After saying that, Ding Wenxi walked over to Shu Yu and nodded slightly, "Miss Lu."
"Young Master Ding."
"Brother Zhang said that a jade pendant went missing in the peach blossom grove yesterday, and that you stole it. I wonder if that's true."
Ding Yuehua immediately said, "Big brother, Shu Yu, she..."
Ding Wenxi raised his hand, signaling her to be quiet.
Shu Yu shook her head. "I've never seen any jade pendant, let alone stolen it. I did see the three young masters yesterday, but we were quite a distance apart. Besides, the yamen officials were there at the time. How could I, a weak woman, steal something in front of the officials? I'm not asking for trouble."
"Hmm." Ding Wenxi nodded, then turned to Zhang Gongzi and said, "Miss Lu said she didn't steal it."
Young Master Zhang looked at him in disbelief. "She says she didn't steal it, so you don't believe us, but you believe her?"
"Brother Zhang, please calm down." Ding Wenxi pressed his hands down and then said to Ding Yuehua, "Alright, leave this to me. You take the young lady back to your courtyard to rest."
As he spoke, a warning look fell on Ding Yuerong, "You go back too!"
Ding Yuerong shrank back in fright and dared not make another sound.
Ding Yuehua immediately took Shu Yu's hand and quickly left the front hall.
The three young masters, Zhang Gongzi and his companions, stared wide-eyed. Seeing that the women had actually left, they immediately rushed up to Ding Wenxi, their anger palpable. "Brother Ding, what do you mean? She's your sister's friend, and you're siding with her, completely disregarding the friendship between our two families?"
“Brother Zhang, you’ve misunderstood me.” Ding Wenxi pulled him to sit down beside him. “Come, come, let me explain things to you properly. You’re not from Jiangyuan County, so there are some things you don’t understand.”
"What's up?"
Ding Wenxi lowered his voice, "This girl Lu isn't just my sister's friend. Don't let her unassuming clothes and lack of fame in Jiangyuan County fool you; she seems to come from a humble background. But she has powerful backers. And they're powerful backers that none of us can afford to offend!"
(End of this chapter)
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