Chapter 210: You Apologize

Chapter 210: Chapter 210: You Apologize

And with that, the visitor’s identity was clear.

Su Wan hadn’t expected Mr. Lu to come in person.

She hesitated for only a moment before turning and calling into the house, "Lu Zhengchuan, we have visitors."

Since Mr. Lu clearly didn’t like her, she wasn’t about to kiss up to him. She went straight over and scooped up Tuantuan, who was trying to crawl off the blanket on the ground. Then, she picked up Yuanyuan with her other arm, stood up, and headed into the courtyard first to put the two children back on their small beds in the room.

Mr. Lu was infuriated by her attitude. He pointed a finger, sputtering with anger, "Zhou Yu, you see that? You see her attitude?"

"A junior like her dares to give me such a look?"

Zhou Yu quickly reached out to pat his chest soothingly. "Old Lu, don’t lower yourself to her level. It’s not worth getting worked up and harming your health. The doctor said if your breathing becomes too rapid, you must take an Emergency Pill and be sent back to the sanatorium immediately."

"I know, I know. Just go knock on the door."

Zhou Yu felt helpless. The old master was actually a good person, just ill-tempered. Back then, Zhou Yu himself had nearly been sent down to the countryside, and it was the old master who had helped him out. So naturally, Zhou Yu was on his side.

Just as Zhou Yu reached the door.

Lu Zhengchuan, having heard the commotion, came out. He was still wearing an apron. Seeing the cloth blanket on the ground, he bent down to pick it up.

His domestic appearance completely stunned the two people outside the gate.

Mr. Lu, sitting in his wheelchair, was even more incensed, saying with shame and anger, "Outrageous! Truly outrageous!"

Hearing the voice, Lu Zhengchuan frowned and looked up at him, asking uncertainly, "Old Sir Lu?"

"You should call me Fifth Granduncle," Mr. Lu said, displeased as he corrected him.

Lu Zhengchuan just said, "Oh," with no intention of changing how he addressed him. "Mr. Lu, are you here to see me?"

"If I wasn’t here for you, do you think I was just out for a stroll?" Mr. Lu realized that this couple, Lu Zhengchuan and Su Wan, would be the death of him.

Neither of them had a pleasant thing to say.

"Aren’t you in poor health? Shouldn’t you be resting at home?"

"I wanted to see you, and you didn’t come, so this old man had to come in person." It was clear that Mr. Lu’s spirits were low. His hair was gray and his lips were pale, but this sick old man had still stubbornly come out.

Lu Zhengchuan sighed. He knew he couldn’t avoid this, and he didn’t want the old man to have an incident at his doorstep, so he had no choice but to let them in.

Zhou Yu quickly pushed the wheelchair inside and gave Lu Zhengchuan a grateful smile, terrified that the two would start arguing again. It would be terrible if Old Lu was truly angered into a health crisis.

"Old Sir Lu, please have some water. It’s healthy." Lu Zhengchuan poured him a glass of warm water.

Mr. Lu nodded with grudging satisfaction. At least the boy knew to look after his health; he wasn’t completely disrespectful of his elders.

"Zheng Chuan, take a look at this photo and you’ll understand." With a trembling hand, Mr. Lu took out an old black-and-white group photo from his coat.

Lu Zhengchuan didn’t take it. He stood up abruptly and said politely, "Old Sir Lu, please wait a moment. I’ll go get my wife so we can host you together."

Mr. Lu’s wistful, melancholy mood was instantly shattered. His mustache twitched, and he had to take two deep breaths to keep from erupting in anger.

Watching from the side, Zhou Yu’s heart was in his throat.

But Mr. Lu just laughed. "He’s just like that boy, Lu Tingyan."

Lu Zhengchuan soon returned, leading Su Wan by the hand. She had changed into clothes suitable for receiving guests—a pale yellow silk dress that had been among the things Lu Tingyan had sent back from abroad.

Su Wan walked to the sofa and sat down next to Lu Zhengchuan. Mr. Lu sat opposite them, still in his wheelchair.

’Looking closely, Su Wan noticed his leg would twitch from time to time. His condition seems quite serious, and yet he insisted on coming to see Lu Zhengchuan. I hope nothing happens, or we’ll get a bad reputation.’

’I wonder why he was so determined to see Lu Zhengchuan.’

"Now can we look at the photo?"

Mr. Lu handed the photo to the two of them.

Lu Zhengchuan gestured for Su Wan to take it.

Su Wan knew he was trying to bolster her standing in front of his elder, so she played along and took it. It was a group photo of over twenty people.

In the front row was an elderly couple, and behind them were younger couples. Su Wan only recognized Mr. Lu and, further back, Lu Tingyan and his wife.

Mr. Lu said, "This photo shows the five branches of our Lu Family, and all our descendants. Of those of us still alive... there’s only me, this old man... and Lu Tingyan... and Lu Tinghai from the second branch."

"Zheng Chuan, you are the only confirmed living grandchild of the Lu Family. I am entrusting the Lu Family to you. I hope you can find your missing father and reconnect with your third cousin-uncle, Tinghai."

’A missing father?’

’Could it be that Mr. Lu doesn’t know that Father Lu is alive?’

’But that’s not surprising. The news was concealed by the higher-ups. Mr. Lu has his own connections, but even he wouldn’t be able to get his hands on such confidential information.’

"You want to acknowledge me?" Lu Zhengchuan stared at him in surprise. "Are you sure about that, old sir? I won’t just obey you because you’re an elder. I’ve always been on my own. I may respect my elders, but I won’t blindly obey them."

Mr. Lu’s face darkened, and he gasped for a few breaths.

"Don’t worry, I won’t have much chance to meddle in your affairs. Once I’ve passed the Lu Family into your hands, this old man can pass on in peace. I just hope that a future generation will be there to light incense for my brothers."

Hearing what sounded like a last will and testament, Lu Zhengchuan frowned. "You’re sacrificing a lot, old sir. Aren’t you afraid I won’t light incense for you?"

"You wouldn’t dare! Your own grandfather’s memorial tablet is in the ancestral hall of the old residence. You can’t possibly not even pay respects to your own grandfather."

Su Wan suddenly felt that Mr. Lu was rather unlucky to have a rebellious grandnephew like Lu Zhengchuan.

"Stop provoking him. Don’t say things that will upset him." Su Wan tugged on Lu Zhengchuan’s sleeve.

Mr. Lu rolled his eyes. "I don’t need you to speak up for me. This is men’s business. It has nothing to do with you women."

"Hmph. Just like Zhang Qingqing back in the day. Look at how she managed that boy Lu Tingyan. A complete disgrace to us men."

’Criticize me all you want, but why drag Mother into it?’

Su Wan decided she shouldn’t have felt any sympathy for this old man.

"Old Sir Lu, the dead deserve respect. Please show some respect for Mother," Su Wan said, her expression turning grim.

Mr. Lu’s eyes widened in a glare. "Back then, even Zhang Qingqing wouldn’t have dared to speak to me like that! You girl, you’re even more unruly! Lu Zhengchuan, look at the kind of wife you’ve married!"

"Unruly? I married Lu Zhengchuan, I wasn’t sold to him. Even if you were an elder of my Su family, I wouldn’t give you any face if you acted so disrespectfully for your age."

"Apologize to Mother," Su Wan demanded, her lips pressed into a thin line.

Stared at by her furious gaze, Mr. Lu’s own anger burst forth. "Apologize to Zhang Qingqing? In your dreams! If it weren’t for her back then, Lu Tingyan wouldn’t have disappeared, and the Lu Family wouldn’t have fallen apart!"