Dumped After Engagement, She Marries the Capital’s Prince
Dumped After Engagement, She Marries the Capital’s Prince Chapter 81

Chapter 81: If Only Jian Yao Was Still Here

The police escorted Lu Chengze out of the interrogation room.

Wu Yue, who had been sitting on a chair in the corridor smoking, extinguished his cigarette upon hearing the commotion and strode over, his eyes filled with worry. “Brother Lu.”

Lu Chengze didn’t respond.

Wu Yue didn’t expect Lu Chengze to engage in conversation at this moment, so he simply said, “You haven’t eaten since last night. You must be hungry.”

He pulled out his car keys. “Let’s go eat first.”

He deliberately avoided the topic of the company, and Lu Chengze didn’t ask. He followed Wu Yue out in a daze.

As they left the police station, a black Maybach pulled up at the entrance.

The door opened, and a butler dressed in a black tailcoat stepped out of the car. He stood in front of the car and, seeing Lu Chengze, didn’t approach to greet him. He simply nodded slightly and spoke in a fluent British accent, “Master Lu, the old master wants you to return home.”

Wu Yue’s hand holding the keys froze. He looked at Lu Chengze, his face pale.

That old geezer, why did he have to come back now, of all times!

Lu Chengze raised his eyes to look at the butler, his back straightening slightly. Finally, there was an emotion other than numbness in his eyes.

“I know.”

He finished speaking and, without changing direction, continued towards Wu Yue’s car.

The butler took a step forward, blocking Lu Chengze’s path.

“Master Lu, the old master is waiting for you at home.”

Lu Chengze’s brow furrowed slightly.

Wu Yue pressed his car key, and the car beeped. “I’ll drive Brother Lu back.”

The butler remained unyielding, a polite smile on his face. “Mr. Wu, this is a matter of the Lu family. You, an outsider, wouldn’t be appropriate to go.”

He smiled gracefully, his attitude respectful, but he was essentially telling Wu Yue not to meddle in things that didn’t concern him.

Wu Yue’s face changed. He stiffened his neck but couldn’t find the words to retort.

Lu Chengze gave Wu Yue a reassuring look. “You go back. I can handle this.”

He finished speaking and, without waiting for Wu Yue to object, got into the black Maybach.

Wu Yue stood there, watching the car disappear around the corner, wishing he could go back in time and slap his past self twice.

He was truly blind back then to think that Liu Yiyi was kind and understanding!

If he had known she was a viper, he wouldn’t have let her or her good-for-nothing brother enter Lu Corporation!

Wu Yue ran his hand through his hair in frustration and looked up at the sky. “If only Jian Yao was still here.”

At least, at this moment, Jian Yao’s identity would allow her to enter the Lu family openly and help Brother Lu.

The Lu family’s villa on the hillside.

Old Master Lu sat on the sofa in the living room, his expression restrained.

Outside the living room’s high-rise floor-to-ceiling windows, a dazzling display of fireworks erupted, their long, colorful trails resembling bamboo shoots after a rain, rising continuously without pause, accompanied by a constant crackling sound.

Old Master Lu slammed the cup in his hand onto the coffee table with a bang. “How many fireworks did the Jian family buy?”

They started setting them off from the moment the drama at the entrance of Lu Corporation unfolded, and they hadn’t stopped since. Instead, they seemed to be getting more and more intense.

Lu Madam, who was well-maintained, reached out and patted his back, glancing out the window. Her tone was mocking.

“I heard that since Jian Yao climbed the ladder to the Gu family, those troublesome relatives and shareholders of the Jian family have all calmed down. Jian Ning, that girl, is making drastic reforms at the company.”

“Young people, they’re full of ambition. It’s inevitable that they’ll act a little arrogant. What are you getting upset about?”

Old Master Lu snorted. “Do you think she’s setting off fireworks for the sake of the Jian family?”

He slammed his hand on the table, “She’s deliberately making a laughingstock of our Lu family!”

Ever since the news of the Gu family’s heir and Jian Yao’s engagement was announced, he had received countless calls from old men, all subtly mocking the Lu family for their poor judgment.

He was already fuming inside!

Mrs. Lu’s eyes flickered, and she gave her daughter a wink.

Lu Jingyi immediately understood, “It’s all my brother’s fault!”

Her lips, painted with lip gloss, pouted slightly, her face full of feigned displeasure. “The Jian family was already in our Lu family’s grasp. If Jian Yao had married into the Lu family, that little b*tch Jian Ning would have had to hold back even if she wanted to be arrogant, all for the sake of Jian Yao. Unfortunately, my brother went too far. Not only did he drive Jian Yao away, but he also forced her to marry into the Gu family!”

“We can slowly regain the Jian family, but offending the Gu family…”

“Enough!” Mrs. Lu pretended to scold her, “Is that something a young lady like you should be saying? No matter how many mistakes he made, he’s still your brother!”

Lu Jingyi was reprimanded by her mother and snorted, turning her head away in displeasure, fully embodying her spoiled and arrogant demeanor.

Hearing his daughter’s words, Old Master Lu felt a pang in his heart.

Although Jingyi was just complaining casually, her words weren’t entirely unreasonable.

He was a man himself, and he knew the power of pillow talk.

That girl Jian Yao, he wouldn’t say anything else, but her appearance and figure were one in a million.

No matter how outstanding Gu Zhiyan was, he was still a man after all. If he had any dissatisfaction with Lu Chengze because of Jian Yao, it could affect the Lu Corporation…

Old Master Lu straightened his expression, a hint of determination in his eyes.

It seemed like it was time to make a decision.

Meanwhile, at the Jian family residence, not far from the Lu family.

Jian Ning sat in a rocking chair on the second-floor balcony, taking a sip of red wine from the glass in her hand. “How’s the private acquisition of Lu Corporation’s shares going?”

Hearing the question, Secretary Li immediately retracted his grinning teeth. “It’s been going smoothly, but I don’t know what happened. Since noon, it seems like someone has been preempting us.”

“But…” Secretary Li paused, his tone turning cheerful again, “It’s not the Lu family anyway.”

As soon as he encountered resistance, he immediately verified it. The Lu family was also facing the same situation as them.

Jian Ning nodded happily, a rare glimmer of youthful vitality appearing on her usually serious face.

“That’s good.”

There was a sense of satisfaction that someone she disliked was finally being targeted.

As long as it wasn’t the Lu family, anyone would do.

The position she was sitting in was carefully chosen, with no other advantages except for the good view.

For example, right now, she could see the Lu family’s Maybach slowly approaching from a distance.

Jian Ning curled her lips and picked up the loudspeaker she had prepared beforehand. “Play it, everyone, let loose, I’m happy today, I’ll give you a raise after we’re done.”

Just as Jian Ning shouted through the loudspeaker, the Maybach passed by the Jian family’s gate.

The servants on the lawn nearby were also very observant and immediately burst into cheers, their emotional value at its peak.

Inside the black car, Lu Chengze turned his head to look at the lively Jian family.

Their door frame was even decorated with festive couplets, and the courtyard greenery was adorned with small red lanterns and wedding banners.

Everything about the Jian family suddenly felt familiar yet strange.

At this moment, the news of Jian Yao and Gu Zhiyan’s engagement and marriage finally became concrete in his mind.

Thinking of Jian Yao, Lu Chengze felt a sharp pain in his chest.

But he didn’t even have time to grieve.

Because the car had already stopped at the entrance of the Lu family residence.

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