Chapter 453: Torment

Mr. Zhou left the house infuriated; nobody else knew where he went after.

“Rongzhen! You have got to do something with that awful temper of yours!” Du Shihua was exasperated. Lu Xingzhi was on the verge of granting them an audience with the Divine Doctor, only for his own sister to ruin the whole show.

“I thought she was Weiqi’s woman! How should I know that Lu Xingzhi and she are related!” Mrs. Zhou was crying and she buried her face in her hands. “It was her who shoved Ning earlier in the day at the charity auction!”

“I saw Old General Liang and General Chen in a conversation with that woman at the auction today. They seem to know each other very well. Plus, she’s also friendly with Chen Xuyao; she’s definitely not the person you’re thinking of. Lu Xingzhi auctioned off a hair pin with a ridiculous price just for her. If I am to guess, she’s either his fiancée or his wife.” Du Xingzhi concluded. He was sure that his guess was very close to the truth, yet, the closer it was, the more he hated his sister for her tendency to put her foot in her mouth.

Assuming that the woman really was Lu Xingzhi’s spouse, why would Lu Xingzhi agree to help the Du family, after Du Rongzhen’s numerous insults against the girl? Knowing Lu Xingzhi, it was a miracle if he decided not to take retribution against the Zhou family.

After some time on the road, Jiang Yao finally tugged on Lu Xingzhi’s clothes and asked, “Who were you calling just now?”

“An old friend.” Lu Xingzhi answered bluntly as he was still in a crummy mood. “There is no reason for my wife to receive insults again and again! I will never let that happen!”

He felt calmer after saying it out; turning toward Jiang Yao, he asked, “What are the two conditions you had in mind?”

Jiang Yao straightened her back and laughed wryly. “Two conditions. The first is to have Mr. Zhou publish a notice on all major newspapers in Jindo city declaring his severance of a father-son relationship with Zhou Weiqi. As for the second one, you know it’s not easy doing a surgery, so I would like some payment as gratitude.”

“Surgery?” Lu Xingzhi sneered. “We are only agreeing to connect them with the Divine Doctor. Nobody said anything about fixing Du Chen’s leg.”

Jiang Yao looked at Lu Xingzhi. From the beginning, he did not plan for Jiang Yao to operate on Du Chen. Was this all part of his scheme to trap the Zhou and Du families?

What a wicked man!

Yet, she loved this devious personality of his.

“I’m not stopping you if you want to do it. You can make Du Chen stand for a couple of years and then back to the wheelchair he goes. See? Give them hope and crush them mercilessly. Hey, that’s a pretty good idea!” Lu Xingzhi was pleased with his ideas. “This is even worse than not giving Du Chen a chance to stand up at all.”

So, this was how his nickname of ‘Hades Lu’ came about?

Little wonder that every single person in the platoon knew that the only person they could never afford to offend is Lu Xingzhi.

He usually let things slide but once he had targeted a person, he would do everything he could to take them down.

The Purple Orchid Garden was a massive and age-old traditional Chinese compound. According to the legends, it used to be a general’s residence centuries ago. Throughout the years however, the current owner took ownership of it and it became the Purple Orchid Garden that was known today.