Rebirth: Inheriting Millions In The Eighties
Chapter 356 - 354 Trouble at the Lu Family 7_1

Chapter 356: Chapter 354 Trouble at the Lu Family 7_1

Mr. Lu stared at her blankly, his eyes reddening involuntarily.

He should have known all along; his foster mother never loved him, not even a little bit. He had always thought he, as a grown man, had stopped caring long ago, but now, hearing these words, his heart still ached.

But perhaps it was for the best that their ties were severed. From now on, they had no relationship, and she would no longer stick around the house, nor would his wife constantly lash out at him anymore.

"Alright, go and have your last meal," Old Madam Lu said with disgust, glancing at him before quickly averting her gaze, as if afraid he would taint her eyes, "This place is full of bad luck; I need to take Huzi and get out of here quickly, lest we get tainted by it too."

Seeing her so mean-spirited and sarcastic, the official involuntarily frowned, unable to watch any longer, and quickly spoke up to remind her, "Old Madam, your son has been acquitted, not sentenced to death."

"What did you say!?" Old Madam Lu nearly fell over, staring incredulously at the official.

Wasn’t the evidence conclusive and wasn’t the prosecution about to proceed? How could it turn into an acquittal?

Are they messing with her?

The official explained, "I’m sorry, the previous signs indeed indicated that Dahai was involved in this matter, but we did not convict Dahai. It was the media that sensationalized the facts in the newspapers. Just recently, someone delivered convincing evidence proving that Dahai had nothing to do with this matter, that he is innocent, and that someone else was involved with the criminal gang."

"We have already published a clarification in the newspapers, and I estimate that within today, Dahai’s reputation will be restored, and his company can continue operating as normal."

"We have other matters to attend to, so we’ll be leaving now." After saying this, the officials left the Lu Family home.

After the officials left, Old Madam Lu collapsed to the ground, her face shifting between pale and flush, red and purple, as colorful as a palette.

Dahai has actually been released without charges!

The company will continue to operate normally, so does that mean the Lu Family won’t go bankrupt after all!

But she had just willingly severed ties with the Lu Family!

Oh, her dear mother!

And her money!

No, she couldn’t let the prey that was almost in her mouth slip away!

Knowing that her foster son had a soft heart, Old Madam Lu forced herself to shed two rows of hot tears, putting on a pitiable look, "Dahai! I’m so relieved you’re okay! Mother has been worried sick about you!"

As she shrieked sorrowfully, she suddenly lunged at Mr. Lu, hugging him tightly, demonstrating to everyone the art of changing faces in a second.

Everyone present was astonished.

How shameless.

One second she disparaged her son as a death row inmate causing her to lose face, and the next she was worried sick as a mother.

Heh!

Hypocrisy!

Mr. Lu had completely lost any affection for her, and now, with an indifferent expression, he pushed her away, "Please maintain some dignity."

"You little rascal, I am your mother, how dare you tell me to maintain dignity?" Old Madam Lu looked at him incredulously after being pushed away.

How could this foster son, who had longed for a mother’s love since childhood and would obediently listen to her like a trained dog with just a little kindness from her, have changed today?

Little did she know that her act of severing ties had utterly broken Mr. Lu’s heart.

"Old Mrs. Cuihua, are you senile? You’re not Dahai’s mother anymore, haven’t you forgotten that you just severed your mother-son relationship with my Dahai?" Mrs. Lu curved her lips, her gaze landing on the document of severance in her hand, and reminded her with a raised eyebrow.

"The bonds of blood are thicker than water; how could they be severed by a mere piece of paper?" Who would have thought, Old Madam Lu, shameless as she was, played dumb and even tore the document of severance into tiny pieces.

"Blood is thicker than water when you’re not even blood-related?" Xia Ningxing’s voice came through.

She walked over with a smile, glanced at the torn pieces of paper on the ground, and said to Old Madam Lu, "What does it matter if it’s torn? It’s already been notarized anyway."

After speaking, she affectionately hugged Lu Tingli’s arm, lifted her delicate face to look at him, and said, "Lu, you agree, right?"

"Mmm..." Lu Tingli affectionately stroked her head.

With their reminder, Old Madam Lu suddenly realized that the document severing the relationship had been notarized!

And the notary office even recorded a video.

If it were just an agreement privately drafted to sever ties, it wouldn’t have meant much; it could be invalidated simply by tearing it. But having it notarized made it a different matter altogether!

It now had legal effect.

How could she have been so foolish!

No, it wasn’t her foolishness; they had premeditated this scheme!

Seeing the supposedly "separated" Lu Tingli and Xia Ningxing together, Old Madam Lu had no more illusions and, trembling with rage, shouted hoarsely, "You dare conspire against me!"

Her aged eyes were bloodshot as she glared fiercely at the people in the room.

Indeed! They had put on a show for her.

It must be said, Old Madam Lu indeed had it all figured out!

But, unfortunately, it was too late!

After slapping her thigh in frustration, Old Madam Lu hastily grasped Mr. Lu’s hand, weeping and forcefully defending herself, "Dahai, I had no choice but to sever ties with you, it was all their coercion..."

"And how exactly did they ’coerce’ you? Did they maybe hold a knife to your throat?" Mr. Lu asked.

Even if Lu Tingli and the others had tricked her, if she truly had ever regarded him as a son in her heart, she wouldn’t have been so quick to sever ties and establish boundaries when he was in trouble.

Mrs. Lu opened her mouth to speak but took a good while to answer, "...No."

"Well then, that settles it. It was your own choice; you can’t blame anyone else." Mr. Lu got up and said indifferently, "You better get your things and leave. The Lu Family doesn’t welcome irrelevant people!"

"Dahai, you can’t treat me this way. After all, I raised you for so many years, you can’t be so ungrateful..." Seeing that playing the weak victim was useless, Old Madam Lu shamelessly attempted to guilt-trip him with moral blackmail.

Mr. Lu looked at her coldly, "I’ve been working for your house since I was five, and you kicked me out to fend for myself at fifteen. All the money I’ve earned every month has been given to you. Whether or not I’ve been ungrateful, you know full well, as do I."

Seeing his mind was made up, Old Madam Lu knew she had absolutely no chance of being a family with this foster son any longer.

If she hadn’t notarized the document severing their relationship, she could have gone to the media and accused him of neglecting his elderly mother, using public opinion to pressure him.

But now she was out of options...

Old Madam Lu clenched her teeth and had no choice but to leave the Lu Family home with her belongings, begrudgingly.

"Granny! You can leave if you want, but I’m not going anywhere! I’m staying at Uncle’s house!" Lu Dahu clung desperately to the Lu Family’s couch, refusing to leave.

His home was in the countryside, which couldn’t compare to the Capital City.

Plus, living in his uncle’s household, which was so wealthy, meant enjoying the finest of everything; he had grown accustomed to a life of luxury and couldn’t bear to return to the roughness of rural living.

Not to mention, Bao’er was still here!

He hadn’t won her over yet!