Chapter 269 Strategizing
"Uh... Mom, I have a bit of face blindness. I didn't recognize them at first. I only started to have doubts at the banquet today. If my younger brother hadn't come back and told me, I would have just thought they looked alike," Lu Minghe explained guiltily.
"Ha! Keep making things up..." Lu Mingning sneered.
"With your photographic memory, there's no credibility to your claim of face blindness."
"Big brother, it's understandable that I kept it from you, but it's unforgivable for you to lie to us!" Lu Mingyuan clenched her fists and grinned as she approached Lu Minghe.
Lu Minghe felt a chill run down his spine. He turned around, jumped over the sofa, and tried to run away, but was stopped by Lu Mingning and Lu Mingyuan. The two sisters tickled him skillfully.
Their eldest brother was always the "other people's child" that everyone talked about since he was a child, so outstanding that he made them pale in comparison.
The only downside is that he's covered in ticklish spots, and a few seconds of scratching can drive him completely crazy.
Lu Minghe kept begging for mercy, and Bai Jing, unable to contain her anger, stepped forward and punched him a few times. Lu Weiguo, while pulling Bai Jing, kicked her a few more times, still pleading for his boss.
"Honey, calm down, calm down. If you hurt our son, who will be responsible for my real estate company?"
Bai Jing rolled her eyes at him. He was so annoying, always trying to smooth things over.
But this old guy is full of bad intentions; he's a typical smiling tiger.
The family of five were playfully fighting, and the atmosphere instantly became harmonious and pleasant.
"I told you not to be too happy yet. After what happened last time, I broke up with her. Jiang Ruzhen really doesn't like me now."
Do you think that just because she used to be my girlfriend, she should forgive me, reconcile with me, and marry into my family again? She doesn't care anymore. She's already started a business with my aunt, and her future is limitless.
You thought victory was assured, but unfortunately, the current Jiang Ruzhen is not the same Jiang Ruzhen as before. She doesn't want to get back together with me now.
Lu Mingzheng ridiculed everyone, then sat dejectedly on the sofa, gazing at the sky with melancholy.
"Really? Jiang Ruzhen doesn't like you anymore? What can you do all day, you unfilial son? You even lost the wife you had in your grasp. You're so stupid." Lu Weiguo was the first to accurately criticize.
Bai Jing asked awkwardly, "You mean the time I pretended to be sick? Did Jiang Ruzhen really break up with you? Then Jiang Ruzhen's recent actions and all her disdain for me weren't just an act?"
"Tch~ Haven't you met her in person? Do you think Jiang Ruzhen is the kind of person who would have time to play along with your act? She's always in factories and branches in the south and north, where would she have time to play games with you guys?"
Lu Mingzheng completely absolved Jiang Ruzhen of any involvement in the matter, while also inflicting a further blow on everyone's morale.
"What? My idol also has factories and branches in the north? I thought she only had businesses in Hangzhou," Lu Mingning exclaimed in surprise.
"My goodness, what an amazing sister-in-law! How are her shops up north?" Lu Mingyuan asked curiously.
Lu Mingzheng spoke as if stating a fact, but also as if showing off: "My Ah Zhen is a born business genius. Her business in the North is the real money."
Her branches are almost everywhere in the three northern provinces, and she even has four in Beijing. Her properties are also scattered across the country; she owns three properties even in Hangzhou.
"Is she really that amazing? She started from scratch?" Bai Jing was filled with regret. She had truly failed to recognize a gem in a jewel.
"That's right, she built her business step by step on her own. And what you don't know is that her greatest ability isn't in business, you know?"
Lu Mingzheng smugly kept everyone in suspense.
"What? What other inside information do you know?" Seeing his youngest son like this, Lu Weiguo's keen political sense was awakened.
“Yes, her greatest ability is that she has connections everywhere. Even my superiors treat her with utmost respect.” Lu Mingzheng spoke mysteriously and evasively.
But for a family like the Lu family, which has stood strong for hundreds of years, just a few words revealed a lot of secrets.
"My God, I almost missed out on such a wonderful daughter-in-law, I deserve to die!" Bai Jing lamented, pounding her chest in regret.
Lu Weiguo and Lu Minghe glanced at each other simultaneously, stroking their chins in deep thought.
They tried to ask more questions, but Lu Mingzheng refused to answer, citing confidential information.
The whole family was itching to get back to work and couldn't sit still.
After a while, a group of people led by Bai Jing sat around Lu Mingzheng and actually started giving him advice.
They all chimed in, offering him advice on how to win back Jiang Ruzhen.
"If you ask me, you should just pester her relentlessly. Even a fierce woman can be won over by persistence. That's how I won over your mother," Lu Weiguo suggested.
“I did use this trick to win over Jiang Ruzhen before, but it doesn’t work on her anymore. I’ve broken her heart.” Lu Mingzheng looked at Bai Jing with a mournful expression.
Bai Jing felt as if her youngest son had stabbed her in the heart again. She felt as if every stab he had made today was aimed precisely at her.
It was just faking illness once, why hold a grudge until now? You're so petty.
"Then buy her all kinds of jewelry and accessories. Buy her whatever she likes. Don't all women like these things?" Bai Jing said.
"Mom, why do you always try to bribe people with money? You've had so many interactions with Jiang Ruzhen, when have you ever succeeded in bribing her?" Lu Mingzheng rolled his eyes inelegantly.
"That's true," Bai Jing reflected.
Every time she tried to bribe someone, it seemed to backfire, only causing Jiang Ruzhen to dislike her even more.
"If you ask me, little brother, you should just strip naked and seduce her. With your looks and figure, just drape a thin veil over yourself and fall on her, and I guarantee you'll be intoxicated by her fragrance," Second Sister Lu Mingning boldly advised.
Third Sister Lu Mingyuan's eyes lit up and she immediately followed up, "My second sister is so smart, little brother, with your looks, it would be a waste not to use your charm."
"Let me tell you, you need to let your sister-in-law see your pecs, then feel your abs with your hands, and see how she can resist."
"Let me tell you, you can also give him a muscle dance..."
"And another thing, you can ask her to go dancing, and with your strong arms, pull her into your embrace, letting her feel your boundless passion..."
"......"
The two sisters, one after the other, became increasingly agitated and their words increasingly explicit...
"Stop, stop, stop! You two, what kind of terrible idea is this? If I get arrested as a hooligan, are you going to bail me out?"
Although Lu Mingzheng had done it with Jiang Ruzhen many times, he still couldn't control his flushed body when talking about it in front of his family.
“Brother, this family is all unreliable. Why don’t you give me some advice?” Lu Mingzheng turned to ask Lu Minghe.
A calculating glint appeared in Lu Minghe's eyes as he snapped his fingers at Lu Mingzheng.
"Little brother, I think the best way to deal with women is through a self-inflicted injury."
You should deliberately stage a scene where you're a hero saving a damsel in distress, then step in to save your younger siblings at a crucial moment, get slightly injured, and deliver a heart-wrenching and sincere dying confession. That will surely move them to tears, and they'll pledge themselves to you.
Lu Mingzheng looked at Lu Minghe as if he were an idiot, "Big brother, you don't know how fierce Jiang Ruzhen is, do you?"
She dared to venture into Hangzhou's black market all by herself, escaping unscathed despite being surrounded and intercepted by the gang leader and his forty or fifty henchmen.
She also wiped out a gang that was selling cultural relics. Do you think she would be scared by a few petty thugs?
She'd excitedly grab a brick and rush over there, cracking their skulls open one by one, you believe it or not?
The family was completely unaware of Jiang Ruzhen's glorious achievements. Upon hearing Lu Mingzheng's account, they were all rendered speechless.
This Jiang Ruzhen is truly a hero!
She has connections in both the legitimate and underworld circles, what am I going to do?
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