After Reborn, I Became the Bigshots’ Beloved
Chapter 163: Big Brother Will Hold Up the Sky if It Falls

Chapter 163: Chapter 163: Big Brother Will Hold Up the Sky if It Falls

Lu Ziye seemed lackadaisical in tone.

It appeared nonchalant, but it was full of sarcasm — he was clearly angry.

Seeing the situation getting out of hand, with five sons looking worse than the other, Jiang Ting quickly said to Lu Jingyan: "That’s enough, your dad’s just drunk and talking nonsense."

"Sit in the living room and watch some TV for a while; your dad and I have more to discuss, we’re going upstairs."

After saying that, Jiang Ting took Lu Chengye upstairs directly.

Regarding the matter mentioned in Du Ran’s letter, she still needed to have a clear talk with Lu Chengye.

With Lu Chengye and Jiang Ting gone, Lu Jingyan finally took a deep breath and came over to comfort Lu Sheng: "Shengsheng, your eldest brother knows you’ve been wronged just now."

"Next time you hear dad say something like that, come straight to your eldest brother. As long as I’m here, you don’t have to be afraid of anything."

Indeed, there was nothing to fear.

Lu Sheng had come to realize that with her elder brother’s powerful defense, she felt extremely secure.

Her brother shouted to the kitchen, asking the servants to bring some fruit over, and Lu Sheng sat in the living room watching TV with her brothers.

Just then, her phone happened to ring. Lu Sheng looked down and saw it was a call from Old Mr. Fu.

As she picked up the call, Old Mr. Fu’s voice came through—it sounded much stronger and more robust than before; he seemed in good spirits.

"Nannan, it’s Grandpa."

"Grandpa Fu," Lu Sheng began, and immediately Lu Youye turned down the volume of the TV.

On the phone, Lu Sheng asked, "Grandpa, is there something you wanted to talk to me about?"

"That’s right, Nannan. Tomorrow is your grandpa’s birthday, and we’ve prepared a birthday banquet at home in the evening."

Old Mr. Fu said on the phone, "Grandpa hasn’t seen you for a long time, so would it be alright if someone picks you up tomorrow evening?"

Grandpa Fu’s birthday is tomorrow?

Lu Sheng had just learned about this.

If it weren’t for Old Mr. Fu, Lu Chengye would have never agreed to bring the original host from the countryside to Jiang City in the first place.

Had it not been for Old Mr. Fu’s immediate expression of fondness and importance towards her, she might have been sent back to the country by Jiang Ting within a couple of days of arriving in Jiang City.

So whether out of gratitude or respect, she definitely wanted to attend Old Mr. Fu’s birthday party tomorrow night to wish him well in person.

"Okay, Grandpa. I’ll be there tomorrow evening to celebrate your birthday," Lu Sheng said, "but there’s no need to have someone pick me up specially; I can just take a cab."

Old Mr. Fu sounded very happy upon hearing this: "Good, good. Then, Nannan, Grandpa will see you tomorrow evening."

After hanging up the phone, it was clear that Lu Jingyan and the others had heard Old Mr. Fu’s words through the call.

Lu Jingyan knew there was a birthday banquet for Old Mr. Fu tomorrow night, but the invitation was only to the elders in their families.

He had not expected his sister to have the clout to be personally invited by Old Mr. Fu himself.

"Big brother, can I go to Grandpa Fu’s birthday banquet tomorrow evening?" Lu Sheng asked Lu Jingyan.

"Of course, you can," Lu Jingyan replied, "since it’s Old Mr. Fu’s birthday banquet, we naturally need to prepare some high-class gifts. I’ll arrange for someone to handle it for you tomorrow during the day."

"No need, big brother," Lu Sheng said, "I can prepare the gift for Grandpa Fu myself."

The birthday banquet was scheduled for seven o’clock in the evening.

The next afternoon, just before six o’clock, Lu Sheng left the house and took a taxi to the nearest Huafeng Bank.

Huafeng Bank specialized in providing safety deposit boxes for valuable items such as gold jewelry, gemstones, and cultural artifacts, with a strong focus on privacy and security.

Proof of owning assets over ten million would qualify one for a safety deposit box here, the identity of the box owner was strictly confidential, and only the owner knew the password to the safety deposit box.

To retrieve the items from her safe deposit box, all she had to do was report her box number to the bank staff. After being led to the locker by an employee, inputting the password would allow her to take her belongings.

The bank staff recognized the password but not the person; as long as one had the right password, they could retrieve the contents.

This was also why Lu Sheng, when she was still Bai Qiang, stored a portion of her wealth here.

She had opened this safe deposit box a few years ago.

Since her rebirth in Lu Sheng’s body, she had never once touched the assets from her previous life.

If she had tampered with the money in Bai Qiang’s bank account, she might have been traced by You Yi.

But just coming here to open the safe deposit box shouldn’t be a problem.

Beep beep beep beep...

After entering a twelve-digit password, followed by a long "beep", the door of the safe deposit box opened in response.

Inside were many boxes of varying sizes. Lu Sheng sifted through them, eventually pulling out a simple, unadorned square wooden box.

She opened the box to look inside and saw that everything was as she had left it before.

Thus, Lu Sheng closed the wooden box, put away her belongings, and casually placed the items into her handbag.

She was mainly attending the birthday banquet to celebrate Old Mr. Fu’s birthday, so Lu Sheng did not spend much effort on her attire.

A simple and elegant pale green evening dress, with a satin lining paired with a light green tulle skirt, the front adorned with striped ruched design, and a waistband embellished with a flower decoration in the same color range.

Her makeup was light, complemented only by a delicate necklace around her neck, and matched with a handbag. Seemingly understated and casual yet refined and ethereal, she exuded an effortless beauty.

After closing the locker door, Lu Sheng left Huafeng Bank.

She thought that taking an item from this safety deposit box would be known to no one.

However, not long after she left, in a vast apartment somewhere in Jiang City, a black-haired man in a light white robe received a phone call.

Upon hearing from the person on the other end of the line that someone had taken something from Bai Qiang’s safe deposit box, You Yi’s expression turned solemn, and a gleam flashed in his eyes.

Ever since the last time the Death Seeking Plate detected a massive surge of Soul Power from Bai Qiang and pointed to her general whereabouts in Jiang City, he had come all the way from abroad to Jiang City.

But ever since his arrival in Jiang City, there had been no sign of Bai Qiang.

The enormous Soul Power that she had forcefully conjured, likely in response to some kind of emergency, had not been used by her since that incident, preventing him from tracking her location with the Death Seeking Plate again.

Fortunately, he had kept all of Bai Qiang’s known assets under surveillance.

And half a year ago, he had acquired the number of Bai Qiang’s safe deposit box from an insider at Huafeng Bank.

For more than a year, there had been no activity in any bank accounts under Bai Qiang’s name.

He had thought she really abandoned those billions in assets, but today, someone suddenly went to Huafeng’s safe deposit box to take something.

That person who went to take the items must be Bai Qiang.

"I understand," You Yi inhaled deeply to steady his breath and said to the person on the phone, "Look at the surveillance footage and send me the image of the person who took the items."

About twenty minutes later, You Yi received a photo on his phone.

However, as he looked clearly at the person in the image, a frown involuntarily formed on his handsome and refined face.

The girl captured on surveillance had a body and appearance quite similar to Bai Qiang’s, but she was not her.

Moreover, the age didn’t match; this girl looked only seventeen or eighteen years old, while Bai Qiang was thirty-three this year.

But even if this girl wasn’t Bai Qiang, since she knew the password to Bai Qiang’s safe, she must have some connection to Bai Qiang or know her whereabouts.

Thus, You Yi studied the photo of the girl for a long while, then sent out another message: [Help me check, who is this girl in the surveillance footage.]