Chapter 17

Meeting room.

Lu’s Group.

There were several directors sitting rail straight, looking at the patriarch of the Lu family with a mixture of emotions spreading over their faces. The group staff knew that Chairman Lu had been half sober and half muddled over the last two years. Nobody could guess what weird things he would bring up today.

Seated in the middle of the conference table, the patriarch was hale and hearty. There were wrinkles all over his weathered face as if carved by a knife. His eyes were bright and deep, brimming with radiating vigor.

“Ladies and gentlemen, I have called you all here today to make an announcement.”

When speaking, he was full of energy, with the calmness and introversion that formed through his life experiences.

“Five years ago, I have signed a marriage contract with the Tang family. When Tang Mengyu, the first daughter of the Tang family, graduates from college, she will marry to Zhengnan. Now, they are officially and legally married. According to the regulations, men in the Lu family will get a certain amount of equity as a reward after marriage. I will transfer the corresponding equity Zhengnan deserved to him.”

His speech made the directors upset, for Lu Zhengnan would undoubtedly interfere in the business of the group if he received the equity.

Initially, the patriarch was determined to make Lu Zhengnan his successor, who was at that time, a healthy and capable elite. The directors had also believed that Lu Zhengnan could do an excellent job in the business of the group, so they supported the patriarch’s decision.

Unfortunately, Lu Zhengnan became lame and blind after a car accident, even lacked necessary life skills as well. How could they be relieved to support such a cripple being the president?

The directors all frowned and whispered to each other head to head to discuss the countermeasures. They had only one core purpose: to prevent Lu Zhengnan from being the head of Lu’s Group.

“Given Zhengnan’s physical condition, it’s not advisable that he overworks himself. I suggest him to assist Zhengbei as the vice president. What do you think of this arrangement?”

As soon as the patriarch finished his words, the directors breathed a long sigh of relief and accepted the proposal with one voice.

“I agree!”

“I support it!”

The patriarch slightly narrowed his eyes, glanced at them indifferently, and declared in an overbearing manner, “Now that everyone agrees, it is decided!”

“Great!”

For a moment, the noise of approval was overwhelming.

In Lu Zhengnan’s office.

Zhao Shu stood respectfully in front of Lu Zhengnan, holding several pieces of A4 paper full of characters.

“Young Master, here are the investigation results about Young Mistress!”

“What did you find?”

The tone of Lu Zhengnan was calm and emotionless, neither a hint of joy or anger.

“The truth about Young Mistress is just as what we have seen, the background of simple life experience. The Tang couple were unable to have children for several years after their marriage, so they adopted Young Mistress from child welfare. Unexpectedly, shortly after adopting her, Xue Zhupei, her adoptive mother, was pregnant and smoothly gave birth to their daughter, Tang Mengxue.”

“In fact, Young Mistress is quite pitiful. After the birth of the biological daughter of her adoptive parents, she lost the love from them. The Tang family treated her as a maid instead of raising her as a daughter. For those years, she had experienced a hard time. Fortunately, she was forbearing and obeyed her adoptive parents, thus lived a somewhat steady life.”

Zhao Shu sighed slightly. When he saw Lu Zhengnan’s face harden and lips draw into a straight line, he quickly changed his tone from pity to mere description.

“Young Master, although Young Mistress had gone through a tough time, she has received good grades at school since she was young, absolutely an example of a good student! In college, she majored in advertisement design. She passed several rounds of interviews after graduation and entered an advertisement company as a trainee.”

After hearing Zhao Shu’s report, Lu Zhengnan’s eyebrows drew together, forming three deep lines across his forehead.