Chapter 992: It's Actually Lu Ding! I'll Go Notify Them, Hotpot in the Western Region! |
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The man took it. He wanted to see just what kind of situation this Lu Family young master, left behind in the Third Circle, was in.
He flipped it open.
He hadn't looked before, but now that he did, he was shocked.
In the information that met his eyes, two large characters reflected in the man's pupils, sinking deep into his mind, as if carved into his very soul.
Lu Ding!!!!
At that moment, no one could truly grasp the shock and disbelief felt by this leader of the Great Han.
How could it be Lu Ding!?
Why was it Lu Ding!!?
What was Lu Ding's current standing in the Great Han?
Sure, he was developing on his own in the new city, but in truth, the Great Han's high-ranking officials, from top to bottom, were all watching him.
This was the darling of the hawk faction, one of the Great Han's proudest young eagles in the making.
It wasn't that Lu Ding wouldn't bother the Great Han.
If he just called out for help,
Countless powerful experts across the entire Great Han would rush to do anything for him, ensuring his development.
An eagle soars beneath the blue sky, competing with all things, looking down upon the world.
Lu Ding needed his own experiences and processes of growth.
But that didn't mean he lacked a powerful backing.
The entire Great Han was his backing!
And now they were telling the Great Han that Lu Ding was actually a bloodline left behind by the Ji Continent Lu Family.
The man didn't believe it!!!
He looked at the birth date and time, the name, the location where he was left behind—all of it matched Lu Ding with not a single discrepancy.
Who else could it be if not him?
Even though the man was filled with disbelief, he still clung to a final sliver of hope. What if it was just a coincidence? The same name, the same Yunhai, the same birth date?
Such coincidences exist, right?
As they say, no coincidence, no story.
It wasn't entirely impossible...
He just couldn't accept that Lu Ding would be taken away by the Ji Continent Lu Family.
He was so radiant with brilliance, so full of promise.
The Great Han didn't want anything from Lu Ding, but he represented one of the Great Han's few peerless prodigies.
Each one was an existence that elevated the Great Han's ceiling.
But if Lu Ding's true identity was really like this, then the Great Han couldn't possibly stop him from returning to his 'home.'
The man fell silent.
It was precisely this silence
That made the old man from the Ji Continent Lu Family keenly pick up on something.
"Leader? Do you know my young master?"
Although the Great Han's momentum of development was terrifying, to put it bluntly, they simply hadn't had enough time. Even if fate was on the Great Han's side, it still couldn't compare to the Lu Family, a dominant power that had grown over the ages.
One was merely around a hundred years.
The other was an accumulation of thousands upon thousands of years.
A gap in development time of ten times, twenty times, or even a hundred times.
The man thought in silence. If it was true, then Lu Ding's development in the Great Han would definitely be inferior to returning to Ji Continent.
He was silent for a long time.
He really wanted to conceal the truth, but Lu Ding had never wronged the Great Han, and the Great Han couldn't wrong him either.
Even if Lu Ding ultimately chose to leave, it should be a friendly parting.
He nodded heavily, a look of pride on his face: "More than just heard of him, his name thunders in my ears! You're from out of town, but in the Great Han, there are people who don't know those two words, and quite a few at that, but even more know them."
The old man surnamed Lu was instantly excited: "Then... where is the young master now?"
He wasn't from the main branch, but he was deeply trusted by Lu Teng.
He also knew that, compared to a young master with poor talent, the Lu Family needed a young master of astonishing brilliance and exceptional talent!
Only then could his master prove that his choice to quietly start a family in the Third Circle without announcing it wasn't wrong!
The young master could also escape the Patriarch's punishment.
The story of the scattered, impure bloodline born of a mortal woman would also be changed, becoming a precious gem that the Lu Family had carelessly lost.
That was reality.
"Would you allow me to see him, to verify it myself?"
His words made the man holding the documents let out a soft sigh. "That's fine."
"Please wait a moment."
"I'll go notify them."
The man turned and left.
But he left people in the main hall to entertain the Lu Family members.
After he left,
The other members of the Lu Family who had come with the old man surnamed Lu were all extremely excited.
"To think the young master has already come up here! This saves us a lot of trouble!!!"
"I wonder how much hardship the young master has endured, to get from the Third Circle's Great Han to his current position all on his own, without the help of the master and madam. According to the information the master and madam gave us, the young master should be around twenty now."
"Twenty years old, alone, without relying on the Lu Family's power, this achievement is already very impressive."
"Once we take the young master back, the master and madam will be overjoyed, and the Patriarch probably won't say anything either. He most admires this kind of self-reliant Lu Family bloodline."
The Lu Family treated every clansman well.
But the Lu Family Patriarch's most frequent saying was, "If only you could achieve such success without relying on the Lu Family, solely on your own merit."
It was because of this saying
That although the Lu Family produced prodigies one after another,
Every Lu Family bloodline member who grew up on Ji Continent, who grew up in the Lu Family, no matter how talented, the Patriarch never showed any particular fondness.
Even with the recent incident of the Lu Family young lady, Lu Bing, who had left an indelible character 'Lu' at the top of the God Ascension Gate,
The Lu Family Patriarch only issued a proclamation, gave a generous reward, but did not appear himself.
It was worth mentioning that, a while back, the matter of leaving the 'Lu' character on the God Ascension Gate coincided with Lu Teng and Lu Bing's celebratory banquet.
This led many on Ji Continent to believe that the 'Lu' character at the top was left by Lu Bing.
Although Lu Bing had explained, in the eyes of outsiders, it was just modesty.
Later, as more voices of flattery and congratulations appeared,
Lu Bing grew tired of explaining and stopped.
But really, whether she was actually tired or was keeping silent, retreating in order to advance, deliberately misleading others, only she knew.
It was like in school when no one knew how to solve the last problem, and just by chance, one person got it right, but he just guessed.
Others ask him, 'You actually know how to solve this?' and he says, 'I don't.'
They say, 'But you got it right, didn't you?'
He then says, 'Well, I guess I do.'
He would never say he guessed, just like Lu Bing would never say that when she touched that 'Lu' character left behind, her spiritual avatar's finger was severed, and it took a long time to regain sensation. Good thing she didn't physically touch it herself.
Meanwhile.
After the man left, he came to Elder Shui's place to report the situation in person. Secretary Qiu was also present. After listening, under Elder Shui's silence, he dialed Lu Ding's number.
On the other side.
The new city.
White Ridge.
Back in the familiar farmhouse restaurant.
Joyful and harmonious, the room filled with laughter.
Hotpot, friends, fine wine, reunion.
Not a single thing was missing.
Yan Feifan, Fu Xinghe, Bai Hemen, Huangfu Lingyun, Wang Qingge, Wutian, An Ning, Zhou Chu, Zhan Tingzhou, Qin Jinghao, Zhou Chu, Shen Qixue, Qian Jin, Hou Dehai...
Everyone was there.
Lu Ding stood up and raised his glass.
"We can now be considered successful in our venture. The chaos in the western region has been quelled, the port is about to be rebuilt, and the west is about to get on the right track, entering a stage of rapid development."