However, with the support of the Lu family, her future is bright, and she is not afraid of not finding a suitable partner.
Thinking about this, Jiang Yanqi looked forward to her future life even more.
*
Lin Yusheng was awakened by the sweet and pungent sea breeze.
She felt a splitting headache, and her hands and feet were still tied up, making her body feel sore and weak.
"Awake?" Lu Jing's cold and hoarse voice rang out.
Having already broken off all pretense of civility, Lin Yusheng didn't put on a friendly face.
She surveyed her surroundings; she was now on a makeshift dock, with the distant sound of ship horns.
Lin Yusheng was startled. She looked at Lu Jing and asked, "Are you going to send me out to sea?"
"To be more precise, I'm sending you to the Island of the Dead Slaves."
"The relationship between me and Lu Zhengye has already broken down, so it's a waste of your time to try anything with me."
Lu Jing scoffed, "He promised me that as long as I don't hurt you, he won't appear in court for seven days."
Lin Yusheng's mind went blank. Her nose stung, and she suddenly felt like crying. She also wanted to curse Lu Zhengye. Was he an idiot?
She looked at Lu Jing with hatred, "Then sending me to the Island of the Dead, does that count as a breach of contract?"
"Hahaha, you have to be ruthless when it comes to doing things. My grandson is too powerful, I have to be careful."
Aren't you afraid that he doesn't care about me at all?
Lu Jing paused for a moment, then said, "Anyone who wants to achieve great things must first become a gambler. Only by daring to gamble can one have a chance to win."
"And I'm confident I can win the bet."
Looking at the face in front of her, Lin Yusheng really couldn't reconcile it with the Grandpa Lu she knew.
“Lu Zhengye only sees you as family. Don’t you feel guilty for pressuring him like this?” Lin Yusheng said, tears streaming down her face.
Although Lu Zhengye hadn't mentioned Lu Jing to her much, Lin Yusheng knew that he harbored no resentment towards Lu Jing and had even found a sense of kinship in him.
Lu Zhengye clearly trusted Lu Jing, but Lu Jing's actions were truly hurtful.
Lu Jing didn't show it on his face, but his eyes were already red. He sighed and said, "The Lu family cannot be destroyed because of him. I have hinted to you, but you have made up your minds. I can only protect the honor of the Lu family in my own way."
Lin Yusheng smiled, even though her hands and feet were bound and tears smeared her hair on her face.
But she didn't lose any of her charm; as the eldest daughter of the Lin family, she still stood tall and straight.
"Now I know why everyone in the Lu family has such warped values. It turns out that if the upper beam is crooked, the lower beam will be crooked too. It's a good thing that A-Ye didn't grow up in the Lu family, otherwise he wouldn't have reached his current position. Mr. Lu, even without A-Ye, the Lu family's path is nearing its end."
Lu Jing kept exerting force with his cane, but he quickly relaxed and laughed.
Lin Yusheng was terrified, but she didn't show it.
She always felt that Lu Jing had a backup plan, and that it was aimed at Lu Zhengye.
Moreover, she had a feeling that Lu Jing wouldn't hide anything from her in order to win completely.
As expected, Lu Jing coldly said, "After you go to the Island of the Dead, I will hand you over to Lu Zhengye's enemy. If he doesn't come to save you, you will only have one way out: death. If he does come to save you, then the two of you will die together."
Based on what Xu Yifan had told her before, Lin Yusheng had a guess in her mind.
"You know Ah Ye's status and position on the Island of the Dead Slave."
Lu Jing laughed, "That's right. He offended a lot of people in order to unify the Island of the Dead, while I don't have to do anything. I just need to give them some weapons and money, and they will become my pawns."
Lin Yusheng looked on incredulously, "When did you start planning all this?"
"You want to ask me when I started to be wary of Ono, right?"
Lin Yusheng tacitly agreed.
The Island of the Dead is no ordinary place. It's not that easy to transport money and weapons there and keep it from Lu Zhengye.
Lu Jing said, "I don't need to hide it from you anymore. I've been on guard against him ever since he returned to the Lu family. When Yuqiong sent his mother away, he already had his memories. I'm not sure if he still remembers, so I'm taking precautions."
Lin Yusheng trembled with anger, feeling nauseous. "You're so meticulous. You tacitly approved Xie Yuqiong sending Aye's mother to the Island of the Dead."
"right."
Lu Jing admitted it directly.
Lin Yusheng completely broke down. She tried to rush forward, but was held down firmly. She roared, "Lu Jing, all of you members of the Lu family will die a horrible death!"
"Hahaha, but the fact is, you are the ones who are going to die."
Lu Jing's eyes turned completely cold, like a venomous snake. "My grandson was harmed to this place by you. I should take your life myself, but you are still useful, so I will let you live a few more days."
Lin Yusheng laughed loudly, "Lu Zechuan deserves this fate. With a grandfather like you, it wouldn't be a pity if he died a hundred times."
"Oh, right, I misspoke earlier. There are good people in your Lu family besides A-Ye, namely your eldest son. He was truly doing a service to the people by poisoning you. It's a pity that such a scourge has survived for a thousand years and has not been able to kill you. It's truly unfair of God."
Lu Jing's greatest pain in life was his eldest son, Lu Jitong.
The Lu family butler kicked Lin Yusheng hard in the back.
That kick was really hard; Lin Yusheng could even taste the metallic sweetness in her throat.
Lu Jing spoke up: "That's enough. She's deliberately trying to provoke us. It seems I made the right bet. You and he are truly deeply in love. Even at the risk of your lives, you're still thinking of each other."
"It's a pity that one wrong step leads to another. The Lu family is not so easily bullied."
Lin Yusheng looked up at him with deep resentment.
The injury to my back caused my stomach to ache as well.
An old fishing boat was moored at the dock.
Lin Yusheng felt nauseous from its fishy, pungent smell.
Lu Jing said coldly, "Butler, send Miss Lin on her way."
"yes."
A white towel was placed over Lin Yusheng's mouth and nose, and a pungent smell kept flooding into her nasal cavity.
She quickly lost her strength and lost consciousness.
Lin Yusheng relied on willpower to dig her nails deep into her palms to keep herself awake.
She felt herself being lifted up and thrown into a confined space filled with the smell of fish.
What followed was endless wandering and swaying.
*
After seeing Lin Yusheng off, Lu Jing did not return to the Lu residence.
Instead, he found a secluded factory nearby and settled down there.
Lu Zhengye has not appeared in court, and public dissatisfaction is growing.
But there has been no news of him at all, and even the media can't find him.
The onlookers split into two factions: one supporting Lu Zhengye, claiming that the Lu family had used underhanded tactics to force Lu Zhengye to not appear in court.
The other faction sided with the Lu family, saying that Lu Zhengye orchestrated and starred in a play to remove the label of illegitimate child.
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