Rebirth Counterattack with Space
Chapter 230 - 222 Surprise

Chapter 230: Chapter 222 Surprise

Zhang Min took a deep breath and asked Lu Yun, "If your grandfather was the brigade leader, didn’t your family have enough to feed your dad? Why did he also have to go up the mountain to find food?"

"Yeah? Could it be that your grandfather had so many children he couldn’t support them all? It shouldn’t be the case though, right?" Prompted by Zhang Min’s question, even Ding Luoluo became extremely curious.

"There’s a long story behind this, and it can’t be explained in a short while, but to put it simply," Lu Yun blinked, looking at the two of them with their curious gazes fixed on her, and couldn’t help but smile wryly.

"My dad had a tough time when he was young, he was swapped into my third uncle’s family and became their child. My third uncle passed away early, my third grandmother was sick and unable to work. She also didn’t want my dad to be too close to my biological grandparents and wouldn’t allow him to take their charity. Having no choice, my dad, from around ten years old, had to figure out ways to feed the two mouths at home by himself."

"Is that really how it was?"

Ding Luoluo was obviously very surprised and extremely curious, deciding that she must take the time to have Lu Yun tell the whole "story" thoroughly when there was a chance.

Zhang Min pondered, "The finest sword is forged in the hottest fire, the sweetest scent of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold. Since ancient times, only those who endure the hardest trials achieve great success."

"That’s right, my mother was an ’educated youth,’ and later when my mom and dad got married and returned to the city, Shitou also came with us. From Haicheng, the two of them step by step developed the Lu Group to what it is today. So, in the Lu Group, Shitou shares the same amount of stock as my dad."

Lu Yun revealed a slight smile that faded as quickly as it appeared, "I’m actually not my dad’s biological daughter. I was already six years old when my parents got married, at that time Shitou was fourteen. Later my parents had a little brother, but mom and dad still loved me the most."

Zhang Min and Ding Luoluo both seemed somewhat surprised, unable to help but take a few more glances at her. Lu Yun didn’t show any signs of feeling out of place or uncomfortable, allowing them to look her over. These things couldn’t be kept secret forever, it was better for her to reveal them herself sooner rather than later.

In the end, it was Zhang Min who stopped and asked doubtfully, "How could Shitou have the same amount of shares as your dad? Didn’t he go to college at nineteen? Didn’t he go to school before that?"

Ding Luoluo also waited, puzzled, for Lu Yun to explain.

Getting into university was not an easy feat, especially trying to get into Capital City from outside, Zhang Min and Ding Luoluo both knew this. Calculating by this, Shitou would have been seventeen or eighteen years old when he went to college. After that, being far away, and later on entering a research institute, he surely couldn’t continue to get involved in the Lu Group’s business. Also, there were problems with him following them to Haicheng? If he didn’t go to school, how could he take the college entrance exam?

"Exactly, exactly?" Ding Luoluo was too curious to stand it. She already sharply sensed that the story here could go on for days and nights without end.

"Except for university, Shitou never really set foot in a classroom since he was little."

With that revelation, Lu Yun dropped another bombshell, leaving the two in front of her completely stunned, with a cloud of question marks floating around their heads. How could he take the college entrance exam without ever being in a classroom? Self-study? Just as their bellies were full of questions and they were about to continue their interrogation, Lu Aiguo and his entourage arrived.

Zhang Min, Ding Luoluo, and Lu Yun were standing in a very conspicuous place. Lu Aiguo drove around and easily found them.

Lu Aiguo, Xia Yuan, and Lu Yun’s second uncle and his wife all got out of the car, greeted each other, and began to size up one another.

Before they could exchange more than a few words, the Pei Family’s car to pick people up also arrived, a red flag sedan. Wen Sheng, Pei Qingyuan’s driver, drove by himself, quickly found the group, got out of the car, and respectfully bowed to Zhang Min.

Lu Aiguo, Xia Yuan, and Lu Erbo and his wife were a bit bewildered at first, but then it seemed to make sense—considering Shitou’s background as told by his first foster father, if his grandparents were still alive, wouldn’t it be very likely that they were wealthy, and it made sense for someone with a family fortune to become even richer, right?

The group split into two cars, and although there was still room for one more person in Lu Aiguo’s car, it was a bit cramped, so Zhang Min and Ding Luoluo enthusiastically invited Lu Yun to join them in the red sedan.

Lu Yun didn’t have time to signal to Lu Aiguo and the others, and could only give them a look before getting into the car. The red sedan led the way, with Lu Aiguo following closely behind in his car.

The two cars drove on, one after the other.

In the car, Xia Yuan asked with concern, "This family seems to be of no low status, right? If Shitou really is their child, I’m worried they might look down on Xiaoyun’s background."

"What does high or low status matter? Don’t you know Xiaoyun’s situation? Your worries are unnecessary." Lu Aiguo said with a proud look, as if his own daughter would be the one looking down on them—it would be their good fortune if they didn’t look down on her.

"You—" Xia Yuan, sitting in the passenger seat, gave Lu Aiguo an annoyed glare, amused yet irritated, "to you, our daughter is the best in the world. We know what our daughter is like, but the rest of the world might think she’s reaching too high."

"No need to worry, just with Xiaoyun’s master and her own abilities, there’s no talk of her reaching too high for anyone."

Lu Erbo, sitting in the back seat, also brimmed with confidence. Ever since he experienced the effects of the herbal bath for himself, he no longer looked at Lu Yun with the same eyes as before.

It seems that the rumors about the legendary blind master of Yushu Village, although they spread so miraculously indeed due to the Lu Family’s influence, were not completely unfounded.

"Your dad is right. Don’t worry, Xia Yuan. Besides, could Shitou really end up mistreating Xiaoyun?" Lu Erbo’s wife’s mind always aligned with Lu Erbo’s thinking.

"Yeah, I really did worry a bit too much." Xia Yuan began to smile, truly proud of her own daughter, "But I do hope that they are Shitou’s real relatives. As long as they truly value Shitou and are high-ranking, everything else aside, at least Xiaoyun’s elixir will see the light of day much sooner."

"Yes... I’m really looking forward to that." Lu Aiguo nodded while keeping an eye on the road ahead.

In the car ahead where Lu Yun was riding, Ding Luoluo’s face was filled with curiosity, "Lu Yun, how come your grandparents and your parents all look so young? Especially your grandparents, how old are they? They look at most just over fifty and don’t even have a single white hair."

Even in their family, although Zhang Min and Pei Qingyuan usually took good care of themselves, they seemed a generation older compared to those two.

"I remember my grandfather just celebrated his seventieth birthday the year before last." Lu Yun recalled only the birthdays of her grandparents; she really didn’t know the exact year they were born.

"Cough cough cough..." Ding Luoluo choked on her own saliva and after a long bout of coughing, looked incredulously wide-eyed, "Your grandfather is really over seventy? Are you sure you didn’t remember wrong? If he went out and said he was forty-five, I bet people would believe it."

Even Zhang Min and Wen Sheng, who was driving, showed expressions of surprise.