Prodigal System in the Flourishing City
Chapter 111: Isn’t this too shameless? [Bonus - for 3000 recommendation votes]

Chapter 111: Chapter 111: Isn’t this too shameless? [Bonus Chapter for 3000 recommendation votes]

Lu Xiaobu gave Li Jin a meaningful look, and Li Jin instantly understood. He left his seat, went to the RV, and carried out the dumbass who was snuggled up and sleeping in the air-conditioned vehicle.

What, you say pets aren’t allowed in the café?

Take a look at the banknotes in my hand, and then answer my question.

Oh, so they’re just not allowed to run around.

That’s not a problem.

"Dumbass, I’m going to hit you."

Lu Xiaobu left the booth and went outside to speak to the dumbass.

This clever little devil has been trained by being around him.

He knows all the tricks of acting cute and charming.

Just by saying he would hit him, the dumbass would act pitiful.

A couple of days ago, the dumbass mischievously broke something in the house.

Lu Xiaobu was about to deal with him.

What a clever thing, it acted so pitifully.

That made the Lu family feel so sorry for it.

As a result, Lu Xiaobu ended up looking like the bad guy.

Sure enough...

"Ao?"

The dumbass lay on the ground looking aggrieved, its tail drooping, and wearing a pitiful expression.

It looked as if Lu Xiaobu had committed an unforgivable crime.

"Right, just like that."

Lu Xiaobu pointed at Lin Shu and said, "Go to her and maintain this posture."

"Ao?"

The dumbass was confused.

"Just go when I tell you, no backtalk. Be careful or I’ll really whack you."

Lu Xiaobu rolled his eyes.

The dumbass had no choice but to obey.

Then, Lin Shu, who had been puzzled, saw a pitiful little dog lying beside her.

"Ao..."

The dumbass let out a poor little whimper, its eyes fixed on Lin Shu.

Had it not been for its glossy fur and bulging belly, one might really have thought it hadn’t eaten for a while.

But even so, it still triggered Lin Shu’s maternal instincts to the max.

In an instant, she let go of her previous doubts.

"What’s wrong? Little dog?"

Lin Shu left her seat and squatted down, asking caringly.

"Phew!"

Lu Hongbin breathed a sigh of relief and gave Lu Xiaobu a nod.

That Xiaobu really did have a way about him.

The dumbass, meanwhile, continued to maintain that pitiful state, staring at Lin Shu.

It had no choice. The master hadn’t given the command, so it had to keep it up.

It melted Lin Shu’s heart.

She both fed it and spoke kindly to it.

But it was no use, she was so flustered and anxious.

Lu Xiaobu gave Lu Hongbin a meaningful look.

The Lu family’s secret signal.

Bip bip—

’It’s your turn.’

Lu Hongbin nodded and then also squatted down, saying gently, "Let me do it."

Lin Shu immediately asked in a hurry, "Do you have a way? Is the little dog hurt, or...?"

Lu Hongbin smiled and said, "Come, good boy, come here."

The dumbass, upon seeing Lu Hongbin speak, stopped pretending and immediately ran into his arms, wagging its tail.

Do you think acting pitiful is easy?

It’s exhausting, okay.

This scene left Lin Shu stunned.

What happened?

She had been fussing over it for so long to no avail.

And it went over to Hongbin just like that?

"I’m just naturally adored by little animals."

Lu Hongbin said with a smile.

But inwardly, he was thinking—using his own dog—the dumbass as a topic, wasn’t that a bit shameless?

"So you like little animals too."

Lin Shu immediately elevated her impression of Lu Hongbin a few notches.

With the help of the dumbass, the two of them smoothly bypassed the previous question and got back on track.

As they talked, Lin Shu, who was a teacher and also the headteacher, started talking about what had happened in her class today.

"Hongbin, you have no idea, there’s a student in our class who’s incredibly intimidating. You could even say terrifying."

Lin Shu said with a hint of fear.

"Terrifying?"

Lu Hongbin was surprised. Who could be terrifying in Xiaobu’s class?

"Yeah, that student looks all laid-back, but the moment he got angry, even I couldn’t help but shiver. His presence was just so domineering." Lin Shu continued, "I really don’t know how a mere student could be so frightening?"

"What’s his name?" Lu Hongbin furrowed his brows.

Now that Xiaobu and Lin Shu were both in Class 6, if there really was such a student, he might need to think of a solution.

"Let me think; I looked at the class roster after class."

Lin Shu thought for a moment and said, "It seems his surname is Lu, just like yours, called... called Xiaobu, right, Lu Xiaobu."

"Pfft!"

Lu Hongbin almost spat out his drink, quickly coughing to cover it up.

Lu Xiaobu? Terrifying? Presence? Domineering?

Lin Shu, oh Lin Shu, how did you even connect these words together?

That little prodigal son terrifying? Domineering? Having presence?

What kind of presence does he have?

Aside from the presence of a wastrel who squanders money freely, he has no other presence.

"What, you don’t believe it?" Lin Shu frowned, but then she let it go, "You’re right to be skeptical; after all, it’s hard to imagine if you haven’t seen that kid with your own eyes."

"Uh..."

Lu Hongbin suddenly didn’t know how to continue the conversation.

Seen with his own eyes?

He wouldn’t dare say it confidently, but watching Lu Xiaobu?

He sees him every day.

And he’s seen every bit of him inside and out.

Yet, he hasn’t noticed the domineering presence you’re talking about!

Oh, right, except for that time at the press conference when his presence was quite handsome.

But that wasn’t domineering!

Xiaobu, listening to this topic on the side, kept rolling his eyes.

Hey, you guys really...

Why bring up such a topic?

Why drag me into this?

No, this can’t go on.

If Big Brother keeps discussing him,

he’s sure...

Sooner or later, there’ll be a slip of the tongue.

Look...

Speaking of the devil.

"Really, that student, because of some incident, he got angry, and at that moment, the whole class went dead silent. He even said he would slap each student twice, and none of them dared to talk back. If that’s not being domineering, what is?" Lin Shu continued.

"That’s impossible, Xiaobu he..."

Lu Hongbin blurted out instinctively, then quickly covered his mouth.

Crap, he had let it slip.

Just as expected...

"Xiaobu? You know this student?"

Lin Shu asked, puzzled.

"This... that..."

Lu Hongbin was in a bit of a dilemma.

Because Lin Shu seemed to be somewhat indifferent to the offspring of wealthy families.

So, he had always pretended to be an ordinary white-collar worker around Lin Shu.

Now, if Xiaobu’s identity and his own were revealed, wouldn’t that be deceiving her?

This was a big problem.

And at that moment...

Buzz...

Lin Shu’s phone rang, and her brows furrowed once more, "Sorry, I have to go to the restroom."

"Phew!"

Lin Shu left, and the two brothers heaved a sigh of relief.

"Xiaobu, you have to tell me, what exactly did you do in the class today?"

Lu Hongbin hastily asked, "This conversation is about to go off the rails!"

"Don’t panic, don’t panic, let me think of something." Lu Xiaobu said, also frowning in thought.

Lin Shu is now his homeroom teacher, and if the conversation continues like this, even if they manage to change the topic temporarily, it will eventually come back to the school, back to him.

This is a bit tricky!

If his relationship caused his brother’s romance to crash, how could he bear it?

But by this time, Lin Shu had already returned.

Lu Hongbin began to sweat with anxiety.

Lu Xiaobu narrowed his eyes—damn it, if it’s come to this, then it’s time to play the trump card!