Chapter 5 Before Rebirth (3)
The darkness of the night gradually faded away, and the sky began to turn pale.
The three of them drove to a high-end residential area in Jiang City.
"Mr. Xu, we're here."
Assistant Chen turned his head and whispered to Xu Zhiyuan, who was resting with his eyes closed in the back row.
"You wait here."
"Okay, Mr. Xu."
After leaving these words, he opened the car door and walked towards the elevator.
After returning home, Xu Zhiyuan casually glanced at the time on the watch on his left hand.
He leaned lazily on the sofa, took out a cigarette from the box, lit it, and took a deep breath. The stimulation of nicotine made him squint his eyes slightly.
In the huge living room, the smoke of cigarettes flickered, and the expression on his face could not be seen in the smoke, leaving only a little scarlet that was particularly conspicuous.
It's getting bright
The sound of dripping water could be clearly heard through the crack in the door from the bedroom not far away.
Xu Zhiyuan didn't rush to get up. He waited until the sound of water gradually died down and disappeared, then he slowly put out the cigarette in his hand.
“Cough cough cough…”
A middle-aged woman in a lace nightgown walked out of the bedroom and suddenly started coughing because of the smoke in the living room.
"Old Xu, what's the matter with you coming to see me so early today?"
When she felt a little better, she moved lightly and came behind Xu Zhiyuan, put her arms around his neck from behind, but her peripheral vision accidentally caught sight of the ashtray on the coffee table that was almost overflowing.
I suddenly felt something was wrong and was about to let go.
"Didn't I warn you that you could have fun as long as you didn't overdo it? You spent my money and now you want to mess with me. Tell me, who told you that I was going to give Lu Shinian to the Liu family? Huang Jianlin? Or that old bastard Zhou Xingsen? How much money did they give you? What benefits did they promise you? Why did you betray me?"
Xu Zhiyuan grabbed Lu Xue's hair, pulled her down on the sofa, and slapped her viciously.
"Ah - Lao Xu, what are you doing? Are you crazy? I don't know what you are talking about. Let me go."
Lu Xue panicked and struggled desperately, trying to break free from the grip, but the power gap between them was too big and all her actions were in vain.
"Okay, so you still won't tell the truth, right?"
Before he could finish his words, he slapped her hard in the face.
The force was so strong that Lu Xue's well-maintained face swelled up in an instant, and some blood could be seen at the corners of her mouth, which showed how ruthless Xu Zhiyuan was.
"Believe me, I really didn't do anything to let you down."
Lu Xue cried and begged for mercy in a low voice.
"You showed his grandmother the video of me and Lu Shinian, right?"
Xu Zhiyuan sneered and looked at the embarrassed woman in front of him with mocking eyes.
"You are so cruel. She is your own mother."
A woman’s face flashed through Lu Xue’s mind, and she gritted her teeth in hatred.
"No, she's not."
"I don't care if she's your biological mother or not. Fortunately, I held back this time, otherwise, you, a bitch, would have ruined my good fortune."
"ah--"
He kicked Lu Xue off the sofa and slowly straightened the hem of her clothes that had been messed up by her previous actions.
"Behave yourself during this period. If you can't get on with the Liu and Pei family's projects because of you, I'll throw you into the night."
Drop this sentence
Xu Zhiyuan strode out the door
He paid no attention to the person still lying on the floor of the living room.
Wait until Xu Zhiyuan's footsteps in the corridor outside the house become farther and farther away.
Lu Xue then tremblingly stood up from the ground, holding on to the coffee table.
She straightened her messy hair, covered her red and swollen face, and there was unspeakable resentment in her tone.
"Xu Zhiyuan, you are so cruel. I have followed you for so many years, so don't blame me for being ruthless. There are things I must do, otherwise..."
He limped to the safe.
She took out the large-denomination certificates of deposit that she had prepared long ago and some valuable jewelry that she had coaxed Xu Zhiyuan to buy over the years.
A bag of cash and a box of neatly stacked gold bars that had been hidden long ago were dug out from the empty cabinets that lined the wall.
Wear a hat, mask and sunglasses.
I deliberately changed into a set of loose casual clothes to disguise myself, which was very different from my usual look.
Looking up, people who are not familiar with her would not be able to recognize her at all.
Half an hour later
Lu Xue was in disguise, carrying a handbag in one hand.
With the other hand, he held up the phone and whispered something to the person on the other end of the line.
"Madam, Mr. Xu just left. Judging from the direction he was heading, he should be heading to the company."
A young man's voice came from the other end of the phone.
"Bring my mother's urn and come get me, same old thing."
Lu Xue calmly instructed the man on the other end of the phone.
"This... this is not good. How can I explain to Mr. Xu if he finds out?"
Lu Xue: "Don't forget who you rely on to get to where you are today, and don't forget how much you benefited from me."
"Okay ma'am, please wait, I'll be there soon."
soon
A van stopped beside her.
A man in a suit and tie hurried down from the driver's seat.
"Ma'am, I'm sorry..."
He was just about to explain
"Okay, where's the stuff?"
Then Lu Xue interrupted impatiently
"It's in the trunk, do you want to check it first?"
Lu Xue: "No, it's bad luck. Let's go and pick someone up at the Moonside."
Then he threw two bags to him.
"Here."
He opened the back door and sat in.
The man could only get back into the driver's seat, start the car hurriedly, and drive towards the moon.
"Madam, did you take your mother's urn to the Moon Bank to secretly give it to Master Lu?"
The man in the driver's seat spoke hesitantly.
"Don't ask questions that you shouldn't ask." Lu Xue looked at the man through the rearview mirror with an expressionless look.
"Yes." He was suddenly startled.
"Help me do something later. I'll give you 500,000 yuan after it's done. You can take the money and leave Jiang City."
"Five hundred thousand? No problem. No matter how hard it takes, I can definitely get it done for you."
There was a glimmer of greed in the man's eyes, and he couldn't wait to agree.
Waiting for the Moonside Villa
The bodyguard guarding the gate had long disappeared.
The car drove smoothly to the door of the villa. Lu Xue opened the door and strode into the villa.
"Take the stuff in the trunk and follow me."
The man did not dare to delay, so he got out of the car quickly, took his things with him, and followed Lu Xue closely.
"Ma'am, is it still the same as before?"
He looked at the empty villa and asked with a little confusion.
Lu Xue: "You will know soon."
The two came to the door of Lu Shinian's bedroom
The bedroom door in front of me no longer looks like it was broken.
She pushed it open
"I have brought something that may interest you greatly. Will you not come and have a look?"
Lu Xue looked at the young man who seemed to be asleep on the bed with his back to her and said
"You really don't want to take a look at your grandmother's urn?"
Before he finished speaking
Lu Shinian, who had just been lying on the bed without saying a word, suddenly turned over and sat up.
"Where?"
He spoke with emotion.
Without waiting for Lu Xue's order
A man standing nearby holding a box took a few steps forward and handed over what he was holding.
Lu Shinian looked at the box in front of him and carefully reached out to take it. When he slowly uncovered the white cloth covering it, revealing the small black and white photo on the box, his eyes gradually turned red and tears flowed uncontrollably.
He stared at Lu Xue, his eyes filled with sadness.
"You can go now. I won't tell Xu Zhiyuan that you gave it to me."
Lu Xue: "I'm not here just to give you this."
Lu Shinian: "What do you want? I have nothing to give you."
Lu Xue: "No, you still have something most valuable."
"What?"
Lu Shinian really couldn't think of anything valuable he might have on him.
"If you promise, I can give you your grandmother's urn."
Lu Shinian: "I promise you."
"Come with me."
"Take him to the old place."
Lu Xue tilted her head and gave instructions to the man standing beside her.
*
Lu Shinian was taken to an abandoned unfinished building.
"Go and scratch his disgusting face for me."
Lu Xue's nonchalant tone startled the man next to her.
"Ma'am, this isn't good, is it?"
In the past, it would have been fine to cut off limbs and reattach them, but he couldn't bring himself to destroy Lu Shinian's face.
"I'll give you another 500,000."
"this.."
"One million and a half million. If you can't do it, there are plenty of people who can."
Lu Xue continued to increase the stakes, but also gave the man an ultimatum.
"I'll do it."
Without any hesitation, he stepped forward and pointed the knife at Lu Shijian's face.
"I'm sorry, but I had no choice."
The knife stabbed fiercely into the picturesque face, and blood spurted out, spraying on the two men.
Lu Shinian struggled frantically holding the box in his hands, but he could not break free from the man's grip. Blood covered his eyes and flowed down his neck to the ground, which was a shocking sight.
Through the blood-stained crowd of men, Lu Shinian looked straight at Lu Xue standing beside him with bloodshot eyes, his lips slightly opened as if he wanted to say something.
Seeing that face being scratched beyond recognition, Lu Xue's expression turned grim and she let out a crazy laugh.
"If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for having a face that's almost exactly the same as hers. Now that he's coming back, your face shouldn't exist in this world. Tsk tsk tsk, you still don't know it now? Your biological mother died a long time ago, and your father doesn't even know you exist. Isn't it pathetic? You deserve everything!"
a long time.
The man put away the knife and casually wiped the blood that splattered on his face.
"Let's go, take this money and leave Jiang City."
Lu Xue threw a check to the man without even looking at Lu Shinian lying on the ground, nor did she care how hurtful those words were to Lu Shinian.
"Thank you ma'am."
The two of them drove away in a hurry.
Only Lu Shi Nian was left lying in a pool of blood.
He stared blankly at Lu Xue's leaving back with his eyes tearing up.
Blood mixed with tears blurred his vision.
In a trance, he seemed to see Grandma Lu smiling and waving goodbye to him.
"Grandma, don't go! Don't leave me."
However, Lu Shinian's desperate shouting did not keep Grandma Lu.
Her figure gradually disappeared from Lu Shinian's sight.
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