Rebirth 1983: Building My Business Empire

Chapter 46: Chapter 44 Reason

Lu Jiaguang asked when she would return, or if she said she wouldn’t go back at all.

She definitely had to go back to her hometown. Treasure hunting was the main reason for coming to the Ancient Capital, but finding the traffickers to avenge her original self was equally important. However, when to return was something she needed to discuss with Gu Wenfeng and the others.

Lu Jiaguang said, “Third Uncle knew you went back to the old house, so he sent Jiajie to find you. He arrived home last night.”

Lu Jiaxin scoffed coldly, “The daughter is lost, and he only instructs others to search for her. He doesn’t rush at all and even goes about his work as usual. Big brother, do you think I’m really his biological daughter?”

The so-called doting of his daughter was fake. In Lu Hongjun’s eyes, the real power in his hands came first, followed by the pleasure of warm fragrance in his arms, and his daughter came last.

Lu Jiaguang was stopped short by her question and promptly changed the subject, “Xinxin, the traffickers are not only cunning but also extremely vicious. Don’t try to act tough and hurry back.”

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How could Lu Jiaxin possibly listen to him? “Big brother, hurry and call the Red Light Brigade to tell Fifth Brother that I’ve been held up by something and won’t be returning to the old house so soon.”

“Then when do you plan to return to the old house?”

She had to return to Feng County, she said, “I’ll go back in a few days.”

“Can he handle it alone?”

“Certainly not alone. When the time comes, I’ll leave someone to take care of him.”

Lu Jiaguang felt this arrangement was quite good, “Call me before you come back, and I’ll have Jiajie come pick you up.”

After hanging up the phone, Lu Jiaxin returned to the rental house and called Gu Wenfeng in to tell him about returning to Feng County.

Gu Wenfeng said, “Let Zhao Dajun accompany you back. I’ll stay here. Don’t worry, I’ll buy the house before you return.”

The situation was complicated and he was worried that Zhao Dajun might not handle it properly, so it was more reliable for him to stay. As for the traffickers, they would report directly to the police in Feng County, where the many men of the Lu Family could certainly protect her well.

Lu Jiaxin looked at him and asked, “Brother Gu, are you hiding something from me?”

At first, she didn’t think much of it, but now she felt something was off. For someone like Gu Wenfeng, just helping to buy a house and hunt for treasure would be enough, as long as the price was right, he wouldn’t refuse. But with Sun Xun’s gambling and neglect of the household and his wife struggling day by day with six children, Gu Wenfeng’s enthusiasm wasn’t normal.

“You mean in what respect?”

Lu Jiaxin said, “Sun Xun’s gambling and neglect of household matters. If I buy Sun Xun’s house, he’ll definitely take the money to continue gambling. His wife and six children will then have nowhere to live. With your disposition, you should be opposed to this.”

Gu Wenfeng retorted, “If you know that without the house, Liu Xiaoyue and the six children may well end up on the streets, why do you still want to buy this house?”

Lu Jiaxin thought for a moment and decided to tell the truth, “I won’t let them end up on the streets. I’ll deal with Sun Xun first, then give her some money to buy another house; additionally, I’ll suggest that they set up a stall, as it’s profitable and can support six children.”

She planned to deal with these matters after returning from her hometown, so she hadn’t mentioned them to Gu Wenfeng.

Gu Wenfeng was surprised that this was her plan, and after a moment of silence, he said, “Sun Xun owes more than nine hundred yuan. He is planning to sell the twins to pay off the debt.”

Lu Jiaxin was somewhat astonished. She knew that gamblers had no bottom line, but she was unaware that they could be so shameless as to sell their children to settle gambling debts, “Brother Gu, you didn’t tell me last time.”

Gu Wenfeng explained, “I was afraid that telling you might frighten you. Miss Lu, this time he can sell the twins to pay off gambling debts, next time it might be another child, and in the end, he might even sell his wife. A scum like that doesn’t deserve to live.”

However, getting his hands dirty for such a person was not worth it. So, he was planning to let the creditors force Sun Xun to sell the house and then take the opportunity of the government’s crackdown on public security to put him in jail.

Sun Xun had racked up a lot of gambling debts outside. If he hadn’t settled his debts before being caught, Liu Xiaoyue, a weak woman, wouldn’t be able to hold onto the house. By then, the house would definitely be sold off cheaply, so it would be better to sell it to Lu Jiaxin, who could at least pay a fair amount. He hadn’t planned to tell Lu Jiaxin these things, but he didn’t expect her to be so perceptive.

Lu Jiaxin, with a frown, asked, “What about Liu Xiaoyue’s family? Why would they allow Sun Xun to bully her like this?”

“The Sun Family had a bad social status, and no girl from the city wanted to marry him. So, Mr. Sun had someone look for a bride in the countryside. Liu Xiaoyue was from the mountains, dirt poor, with three older brothers who had no money to marry. To get a daughter-in-law for their son, they married Liu Xiaoyue to him.”

To say it was a marriage was just a nicer way of putting it. Mr. Liu and Mrs. Liu clearly sold her to the Sun Family, so she had no status at home at all. Fortunately, before Mr. Sun died, he had transferred Liu Xiaoyue’s household registration to their family; all six children were born with urban residency and entitled to food rations, or else they would have starved to death long ago.