Chapter 255: Desire To Collaborate

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However, after Zheng Dalong regained his composure, he frowned and wondered what Lu Yu was trying to convey when he said all this. With a puzzled look on his face, he asked, “What are you trying to say by telling us all this?”

“I am just recounting what I have achieved in this one year. I feel that it is necessary for us to collaborate further and become working partners.” Lu Yu said with a smile.

Chu Qinglin was right. If he was all alone in the capital, he would find it difficult to move around even if he were a War General. He would need a few strong allies in order to stand more firmly.

Zheng Dalong’s body shook momentarily. A glint of light flashed across his eyes as he spoke, “You mean, you want to become allies with our Zheng family?”

As Lu Yu smiled in a meaningful way, Zheng Dalong continued, “Your Lordship, you may be too idealistic. What value do you have in you that is worthy of our Zheng family’s investment? Moreover, our Zheng family are businessmen. We do not like to get involved in any messy trouble.”

Even Zheng Xiaochuan was also strongly convinced that Lu Yu was not proposing an alliance, but rather trying to hoodwink them into investing in Lu Yu without Lu Yu risking anything of his own.

Lu Yu shook his head without any concern and said, “My greatest value is my potential! You are also aware of my achievements within this year. In just one year, I have reached the level of Grade 9 Great Grand Master. Breaking through to the War General level is only a matter of time.”

“Perhaps a combat force at the War General level is considered an unnecessary excess for the Zheng family, but what about a War General with unlimited potential, or even a War General with the potential to break through to the War

Demigod level?”

Zheng Dalong had to admit that he had never seen anyone with Lu Yu’s talent. However, it might be too presumptuous for Lu Yu to proclaim that he could break through to the War General level in the future.

“With this kind of attitude, you are not only unable to show off your value, but it also made you look very stupid.” Zheng Dalong said disdainfully.

As was well-known, the number of War Demigods could be counted on one hand. Every one was equivalent to one entire military force. In fact, they could be considered a tower of strength in the country, and an entity capable of restoring peace. Breaking through to the War Demigod level was not so easy as Lu Yu made it out to be.

Seeing that Zheng Dalong did not believe him, Lu Yu saw no point in arguing further, so he simply said, “You can think it over regarding all these things I have just said. There is no rush to give me an answer. Gentlemen, please!”

With a wave of Lu Yu’s hand, the Illusionary Realm Kingdom disappeared. Zheng Dalong and Zheng Xiaochuan, too, left the place.

Lu Yu returned to the hotel where he made the reservation all alone. Giovanna, Lu Shan and Lu Shui had been waiting for a long time.

“Dad, you’re back!” When Lu Shui saw Lu Yu, she rushed over on tiptoes, her ten fingers interlocked tightly. Finally, she blurted out this sentence. “Erm…

Can I discuss a matter with you?”

“If there is anything, just say it. There is nothing to hide.” Lu Yu ruffled Lu Shui’s lovely hair in a doting manner.

“We are now studying in the capital. We are not familiar with the place or people, and there is no sense of belonging all this while. I was thinking we could buy a house in the capital. In the future, my brother and I and Mom can live together. If it’s convenient, we can even have Mr. Jiang join us as well,” Lu Shui said.

Giovanna got a big shock when she heard Lu Shui’s words. She gave her a knock on her head and glared at her as she said, “Lu Shui, don’t be unreasonable.”

She knew that property prices in the capital were exorbitant. Even a toilet cost several million, let alone a whole house.

Lu Yu, on the other hand, paused for a while. He thought that Lu Shui had a point. Having a house in any place would bring them so much convenience, whether in terms of living comfort or daily life. Such an expense would be well worth spending, no matter how much it cost!

He immediately agreed to the proposal.

“Long live Dad!” Lu Shui hugged Lu Yu’s neck and gave him a big kiss on the cheek.

“Old man, Lu Shui is playing the fool here. Why are you also playing the fool? I know you have some money now, but you can’t afford to squander it like this.” Giovanna grumbled, behaving just like a housewife worrying over her household chores.

Seeing this, Lu Shui smiled and said, “Mom, you are not aware. Dad has plenty of money.”

As a Count, with the whole Lunan City as his fiefdom, Lu Yu was indeed not lacking in a few hundred million dollars.

“Old woman, this card contains one hundred million. The password is your birth date. I’ll give it to you for safekeeping first. If it’s not enough, just let me know.” Lu Yu handed a bank card to Giovanna.

“How much did you say?” The hand holding the bank card was trembling.

Giovanna could not believe it, and doubted whether she had heard wrong.

She immediately connected the bank card to the phone to check the balance. When she saw the string of zeros, Giovanna’s jaw dropped. She did not recover from her shock for a long time.

Her husband had made a fortune, and it was a fortune way bigger than she could ever imagine. Giovanna, who had never seen so much money in her life, felt a sense of pride at that moment.

“Let’s go! Let’s buy a house!” Lu Shui and Lu Shan shouted, looking exceedingly excited.

Soon, they selected their property. It was situated in a wealthy area located near the Capital City University, so it was convenient for Lu Shan and Lu Shui to go to school later.

Just at this moment, Lu Yu received a message from Ying Mei’er. She indicated that she had some news about the task that was entrusted to her to investigate.

“Aqua Bar.” Looking at the two words in the text message on his phone, Lu Yu immediately used his phone to check the location.

It was located near the property he had selected, causing Lu Yu some consternation. It was such a coincidence that the place in which the woman from the Mu family had appeared in just before her death, was actually this very place.

As it happened to be nearby, after house-hunting, Lu Yu decided to make a convenient detour to conduct some investigation.

“I have a surveillance video clip here. Can you find a way to have it disseminated?” Lu Yu sent a video clip over to Ying Meier.

When Ying Mei’er saw this video, she gasped in shock. This was the surveillance video from the Southern Seas Hotel. Once the clip was publicized, the reputation of the Southern Seas Hotel would be seriously affected.

She herself could also be exposed by the Southern Seas Hotel, and her life would be in danger!

“I don’t keep useless bums with me. If you can’t do it, you’re on your own.” Ying Mei’er, who was hesitating, heard Lu Yu’s icy cold voice on the other end of the line, and her delicate body trembled violently.

This scumbag! This was not asking whether she could do it. He was simply coercing her to do it!

Ying Mei’er, who was mad with fury, cursed Lu Yu silently in her heart, but she still gritted her teeth and uttered one word, “Can!”

At the other end of the line, Lu Yu smiled with satisfaction, and then instructed, “Remember to clean up your tracks. Don’t let anyone catch on to what you are doing. I do not want to be implicated when you get caught.”

The Southern Seas Hotel repeatedly targeted him. If Lu Yu did not retaliate, they would think they could push him around and manipulate him in any way they liked. It was never in his character to submit meekly to humiliation. He would always pay back whatever others did unto him!

After mulling over it, Lu Yu contacted Zhou Zhongzheng. Zhou Zhongzheng, who was lurking in the Ying family, shuddered momentarily. After checking around to make sure no one was there, he then asked, “What is it?”

Lu Yu lowered his voice and whispered, “Help me dig for news of the Nie family.”

The Nie family was the long-time family friend of the Hu family, who owned the Southern Seas Hotel. Lu Yu was not so naive as to think that he need not be on his guard against the Nie family now that he had offended the Hu family..