Chapter 38

What!

Hearing this, Lu Dashan finally snapped out of his daze. The news that Lu Chen was talking about borrowing money from them, especially knowing they had lent money to their in-laws, shocked him to the core.

After all, the amount they had lent the Wang family wasn’t a small sum—it was three hundred yuan!

If others found out about this amount, they would be shocked and start questioning the family’s financial situation, even doubting how they could afford to lend such a large sum.

Before, Lu Dashan simply knew that the Wang family was not short of a few hundred yuan and would definitely not make a fuss about it. That’s why he had lent it so easily.

But that didn’t mean others would be as indifferent about their family having so much money.

If the rest of the team, especially the brigade leader in charge, knew about it, the consequences would be absolutely disastrous…

Just thinking about this made a cold sweat break out on Lu Dashan’s back.

At that moment, he couldn’t care less about working and earning points for the day. He just wanted to go home immediately and teach that damn Lu Chen a lesson, so that he wouldn’t say anything nonsense when he got crazy!

Jiang Guihua, sharing the same thought, quickly stood up, and without a word, they both rushed home.

But just as they left, people began to gossip.

“Isn’t Lu Dashan’s in-law from the town? They’re quite wealthy. Why would they need to borrow money from him?”

“So what if they’re rich? Everyone faces difficulties sometimes. And of course, they asked Lu Dashan for help because they know he has money! Heh, looks like Lu Dashan isn’t just rich; he might have a lot more than we thought!”

After all, the fact that their city relatives were borrowing money showed that Lu Dashan’s family wasn’t poor.

Everyone started to wonder—how much money did Lu Dashan really have? After building such a grand house, how could he still have spare money?

Meanwhile, Lu Dashan and Jiang Guihua were hurrying home, barely managing to make it before their strength gave out.

Upon arriving, they found the scene just as Jiang Guihua had described. A few people were gathered at the door, and Lu Chen was holding a stone, seemingly ready to smash the door open.

Lu Dashan’s eyes nearly popped out when he saw this!

“Lu Chen! What are you doing? Have you lost your mind? If you dare break my door, I’ll never forgive you!”

That door had cost him a lot of money to custom-make, and if it were really damaged, he would hate to spend more money to fix it.

After saying this, he noticed his daughter, Lu Xiujuan, and Wang Chengwu standing nearby. Taking a deep breath, Lu Dashan couldn’t hold back and shouted at Lu Xiujuan.

“Lu Xiujuan! What is this? You’ve been here all day and still haven’t left!”

Not only had she not left, but somehow, she had let Lu Chen find out that they had lent money to the Wang family.

What kind of situation was this?

If he had known lending money would cause so much trouble, even Lu Dashan would have refused to lend money to the Wang family.

But now, with Wang Chengwu present, he couldn’t take back his words.

Lu Xiujuan, hearing this, lowered her head on her own without needing anyone to remind her. It seemed like she was ashamed, but only she knew the anger and disappointment that flashed in her eyes as she bowed her head.

She knew this was typical of her parents—whenever something went wrong, they would blame her without any regard for the truth of the situation.

Hmph, she was eager to see if they would still yell at her like this after everything settled.

After Lu Dashan finished speaking, Lu Chen finally turned around, his usual expressionless face now full of anger.

He coldly looked at Lu Dashan and asked, “Uncle, now that you’re back, it’s perfect timing. Could you lend me some money?”

“I don’t think you’d want to see me unable to get married, would you?”

“You are my only family. When Grandma and my parents were still alive, they must have asked you to take care of me.”

“Now, I just hope you can lend me some money. I don’t have any other requests.”

This was the first time Lu Chen had said so much, and his words were like thunder to Lu Dashan’s ears.

Lend money? How could he possibly lend him any money?

Not to mention that Lu Dashan didn’t have much money left, even if he did, he wouldn’t actually lend it to Lu Chen.

“Lu Chen, I know your situation, and I really feel for you, but I truly don’t have any money!”

Although Lu Dashan felt upset inside, the way Lu Chen looked at him right now was too alarming. With Wang Chengwu and the Meng siblings present, he had to suppress his emotions and spoke in a pitiful tone.

“If I had any money, I would lend it to you even if I had to leave myself with nothing! But I really don’t have anything left!”

He sounded so pitiful, even pretending to wipe away a tear.

As he spoke, he glanced meaningfully at Meng Yinyin and Meng Xuan.

“If things don’t work out in the future, I can help introduce someone more suitable for you…”

He had never liked Meng Yinyin, and now with all this trouble between her and her brother, he naturally disliked them even more.

The main issue was that Meng Yinyin was hard to control, and if Lu Chen really married her, who knew what kind of trouble might follow. It might be better to stop it now, before they were truly married, to avoid further complications.

Unfortunately, when Lu Chen heard this, he immediately countered.

“I only want her!”

Lu Dashan was so angry he nearly lost control.

This brat!

Facing such a “devoted” Lu Chen, Meng Xuan, however, remained as cold and unfeeling as ever.

“If you want to be with my sister, fine. Show me your sincerity.”

Clearly, he was trying to get Lu Chen to pay up!

Lu Dashan couldn’t help but feel these siblings were completely obsessed with money, and sadly, he could see that Lu Chen was oblivious, as if blind to their motives.

Hearing Meng Xuan’s words, Lu Chen turned to Lu Dashan, pleading, “Uncle, please lend me the money.”

Lu Dashan was nearly driven mad.

“I really don’t have any money!”

Lu Chen just looked at him.

“But you just lent the Wang family three hundred yuan.”

He stated this fact coldly.

Lu Dashan’s expression shifted, and he awkwardly replied, “I just lent it, so I don’t have anything left.”

But Lu Chen stuck to his words.

“I don’t believe you.”

“You, you, you, there’s nothing I can do if you don’t believe me. My family just has no money!”

Lu Dashan was furious. Why wouldn’t he listen to anything?

Seeing the conversation returning to square one, Lu Chen suddenly spoke up.

“I want to go in and take a look. If I see with my own eyes that there is no money, I will give up.”

When Lu Dashan heard this, he looked at him in disbelief with his eyes wide open.

“What did you say? You want to go in and look? Look at what?”

Lu Chen didn’t answer his foolish question but instead picked up a stone, as though ready to smash the door if it wasn’t opened.

Lu Dashan:!!!

This Lu Chen was truly insane!

Lu Dashan didn’t believe Lu Chen would actually go through with it, but just then, a loud crash rang out, and Lu Dashan nearly dropped to his knees in shock.

He quickly came to his senses and saw a dent appear on his front door.

Lu Chen had actually gone through with it!

In the midst of his shock, Jiang Guihua screamed.

“Lu Chen, are you crazy? Do you know how expensive that door is?”

Lu Chen turned his face, responding coldly and expressionless.

“Will you lend the money or not?”

Jiang Guihua trembled in anger.

“Ahh! Lu Dashan, hurry up and stop him! Our door!”

What could Lu Dashan do?

He had known Lu Chen was crazy, and now, with all the trouble surrounding Meng Yinyin, he could see Lu Chen was even more enraged, ready to do something irrational at any moment!

He could go to the brigade leader for help, but who knew where the brigade leader was at this moment? By the time he got him, his house might already be destroyed by Lu Chen!

Right now, the most important thing was to calm Lu Chen down!

Lu Dashan’s mind raced. While he felt heartache over his door, he knew he couldn’t scold Lu Chen, or he might make things worse.

“Lu Chen, calm down. We can talk about this. Uncle can help you figure it out!”

But no matter what he said, Lu Chen only repeated the same line.

“Will you lend it?”

Lu Dashan: “…”

Ahhh! This was driving him crazy!

Seeing that Lu Chen was about to take action again, he shouted out.

“I really don’t have any money left!”

Lu Chen had been waiting for that moment and immediately said, “I don’t believe you.”

“Don’t believe me? I’ll show you!”

Lu Dashan shouted, then suddenly realized what he had just agreed to, his mind spinning.

But Lu Chen was already staring at him seriously, saying, “Fine, take me inside. If you really don’t have money, I won’t bother you again.”

Lu Dashan’s words of regret stuck in his throat, and he couldn’t swallow them down.

“Heh, Lu Dashan, you’ve really gone to great lengths to stop your nephew and my sister from being together. You’re even telling lies like this. Lu Chen, you really believe him, don’t you?”

“I’m telling you now, if you can’t get the money, I will never allow my sister to be with a penniless person like you!”

Lu Dashan’s attention was immediately drawn to Meng Xuan.

“Meng Xuan, what do you mean by that? Do you think I would lie to Lu Chen? He’s my nephew, and I want nothing more than for him to do well!”

“I think it’s you and your sister who have ill intentions. You know Lu Chen has no money, yet you keep tormenting him!”

“Haha, who knows if you deliberately said you had no money.” Meng Xuan still had that infuriating sneer on his face.

At this moment, Lu Dashan was extremely grateful that he had lent the money to Wang Chengwu before. When he heard Meng Xuan say this, he simply gritted his teeth.

“Fine, let’s go look then. Everyone, come with me and see for yourselves!”

After all, there wasn’t much money left in the box. If showing it to everyone could solve this situation, it would be worth it!

He said that, then took out the key, gave Meng Xuan a glare, and opened the door, walking inside.

“You all wait here. I’ll go get the money box.”

“Hold on, we’ll go in together. Who knows if you’ll hide the money halfway?” Meng Xuan spoke coldly from the side.

Lu Dashan froze. His first reaction was of course to refuse. Who would want to show others where they kept their money?

But just as he was about to speak, Lu Chen, who had been silent, suddenly spoke up.

“Uncle?”

As he spoke, he couldn’t help but fiddle with the stone in his hand.

Lu Dashan: “……”