Rebirth Counterattack with Space
Chapter 213 - 205: Gilding the Lily

Chapter 213: Chapter 205: Gilding the Lily

Lu Jinsheng quickly returned to his room and soon came back holding a small safe. After opening it and checking, the total of the savings book and cash inside was more than 4.23 million.

"Sis, just use it as you please. I still have several years left until I turn 18. I’ll keep getting New Year’s money, and I have pocket money for regular days too. I’m not worried about running out of cash," Lu Jinsheng said with exceptional generosity to Lu Yun.

"Your little bit of money isn’t even close to my spare change. Who would want it?"

Lu Yun sneered but felt very happy inside, her eyes smiling gleefully. Shitou’s annual dividends were also with her, and over the years, she probably saved more money than mom and dad, so she really didn’t see Lu Jinsheng’s money as anything significant.

Huh?

Then what was his sister asking him for the money for? Lu Jinsheng was dumbstruck.

Lu Yun took out 4 million, put the rest back into the safe exactly as it was, and pushed it back to Lu Jinsheng. "I’ll invest this money for you so that you won’t end up without a dowry in the future. But let’s get one thing straight, I’m not responsible if the capital is lost."

His sister going to invest for him?

Lu Jinsheng grinned, knowing that although his sister seemed tough on him, she genuinely cared about him. He flashed his neat white teeth and smiled widely, "No problem, you can do whatever you want with it. Even if it’s all lost, I won’t blame you."

"All right, all right, you can leave now. Just remember, never cross me in the future, or I’ll really let you lose everything, and you’ll have nowhere to cry."

Lu Yun threatened her brother with a smile. She was very adept at this sort of thing, having started when her brother was very young. Their parents didn’t really care, and even when they did care, they were terribly biased.

Lu Jinsheng had also grown accustomed to this, and even due to the parents’ intentional ’brainwashing’, he had become so accustomed to being bullied by his sister that he simply nodded honestly when he heard her, "How would I dare? It’s not as if I think my life is too long."

"Good to know," Lu Yun said, pinching his cheek with a sigh. "It’s not fun when you grow up; you were much more amusing when you were little."

Back then, if Lu Jinsheng got bullied, he would run to mom and dad crying, but they would just coax him and do nothing. Afterwards, he would be bullied even worse. Eventually, he wised up and stopped resisting or telling on her, at which point Lu Yun found it less fun and lost interest in bullying him.

Despite being bullied from a young age, Lu Jinsheng still had a great relationship with his sister and fiercely protected her. At a young age, he took on the role of a "knight," thinking that safeguarding his sister was his greatest responsibility.

"I’m going back to my room to cultivate spiritual power."

Carrying the safe, Lu Jinsheng shuddered and quickly wriggled free from Lu Yun’s clutches and made his escape. Wuu wuu, he didn’t like mentioning his childhood at all—what a nightmare. Mom and dad were far too biased. Only grandpa and grandma were nice; at least when they were around, his sister didn’t bully him.

"Now, you’re the only one who can pinch Lu Jinsheng’s face. Even if I try, he’d cry out and refuse to cooperate," Xia Yuan said sourly.

"Hahaha, it’s because I’m more willing to bully him," laughed Lu Yun. "It’s such a pity. It would be great if dad and mom could have another brother or a sister for me."

"We shouldn’t. The branch of your third uncle has already adopted someone from the clan, so the lineage isn’t broken. Your dad doesn’t want to have another child, and I also feel that having the two of you is enough. The number of children isn’t important, the main thing is to raise them well," Xia Yuan glanced at Lu Aiguo, and the two shared a smile.

"I have a daughter and a son already. Having both in this lifetime makes a good ’word.’ What more could I ask for? It’s better not to be greedy in life,"

Lu Aiguo smiled contentedly. Back then, when his parents told him that he and Xia Yuan could still have another child, and that child could be registered under the name of his third uncle—who was, in reality, his foster father and mother—he had been unwilling and had suggested adopting a suitable person from the clan instead.

Deep down, he didn’t want his own flesh and blood to tread the same "old path" he had, even if adopting meant the child would still be with them, raised by them. He still felt an aversion.

Moreover, at that time, he was also worried that Xia Yuan was getting on in years, and consecutive childbirths would affect her health. Even with the elixir from their daughter, he didn’t want to put his wife through the pain of childbirth again.

"Having a brother is enough. But I’m serious, those 30% shares, even if you want to give them to me, should wait for the future. As long as you can convince grandpa and grandma, you can even announce me as the primary heir of the Lu Family first, but let’s forget about transferring the shares. You know I’m not short of money. Even if I earn nothing for the rest of my life, I can still live a very luxurious life,"

Lu Yun sincerely said to them, "Dad, mom, I know you don’t want others to look down on me because of my status as a stepdaughter, but dad, if you want to be absolutely authoritative within the Group, you can’t just own 20% of the shares. That would diminish your authority. You can consider things on my behalf, but I shouldn’t be too selfish, right?"

Lu Aiguo and Xia Yuan looked at each other. After some thought, they realized that their daughter’s words made sense. The 30% of shares really were just icing on the cake for her, not that significant.

"Let’s put this matter aside for now. We’ll write a letter to Shitou and see what he says," Lu Aiguo didn’t dwell on it for too long. "Your grandparents are already aware of the Lu Group’s share issue. As for the matter of future inheritance, I indeed need to communicate with them first, to prevent any misunderstanding that Jinsheng is the true heir."

"Actually, it’s too early to talk about this now. Who knows, maybe in the future, one of my brother’s children will be a suitable candidate? Anyway, I’m not going to take over. I don’t even have enough time for alchemy," Lu Yun said with a smile, making her intentions clear.

"So you’re all treating the Lu Family like a hot potato, huh?" Lu Aiguo and Xia Yuan were a bit choked up.

"With my elixir, dad can at least be vigorous and work until he’s over a hundred years old. My more important task right now should be to develop the Genetic Serum, right? That’s the real stuff for extending life. Each level of Gene Medicine means an extra hundred years of life. Mom, dad, don’t you want to live a longer life together in this lifetime? If you really make me take over the Lu Group, it would be a loss,"

Lu Yun didn’t believe that her parents wouldn’t be tempted.

In this life, it had only taken her about a decade to successfully develop the second type of body-improving Elixir, which boosted her confidence immensely. As long as she developed the third type of improving Elixir, she could start creating higher-level Genetic Serums.

Indeed, after the successful creation of the second type of body-improving Elixir, she was finally able to turn the page of the Pharmacopoeia again. This new page introduced the first to third-grade low-grade Genetic Serums.