After Going Viral on a Dating Show, I'm Pampered by All-Chapter 231: That’s Because He Doesn’t Love Me, So He Doesn’t Care
Chapter 231: Chapter 231: That’s Because He Doesn’t Love Me, So He Doesn’t Care
The onlookers who had come to enjoy the spectacle suddenly increased in number, as if all of them were mocking Madam Lu’s impropriety.
Madam Lu could not help but have her face fall, about such matter behind closed doors no one dared to blame her, but out in the open, people would mock her at will.
Especially when her own husband stood on the side of others!
"He Shi, come over here at once, what are you doing standing on that lunatic’s side!"
"He Shi, come home with Dad. Dad doesn’t care whether you have money or not, I just want you to be happier, to be more like a man."
Mr. He clutched at his son’s hand, unwilling to let go. Ever since he heard about the Lu Family’s banquet today, he had been feeling uneasy.
"He Shi!" Madam Lu also stood on the stage, urging him persistently.
Listening to the never-ending calls of "He Shi" beside his ear, he gripped his father’s hand tighter, for the first time he defied Madam Lu.
"This is my father, for so many years I haven’t once visited him at home, only able to contact him through a mobile phone. Madam Lu, please don’t go too far."
"You..."
"You clearly know that Lu Jiao isn’t my child, at home she doesn’t even treat me like a father. The way she treated the Sang Family in the past, what good can come of her?"
All the grievances in He Shi’s heart seemed to find a vent, regardless of anything, he aired it all out in front of everyone.
In the Lu Family, even the servants would cut corners on his directives, what kind of status did he have in that house!
Lu Jiao caused trouble and offended Mr. Si. Mr. Si’s retaliation had to be borne by him. At the company, he was under pressure, and when he returned home he was put under pressure by Mr. Lu. He gave Lu Jiao a minor punishment by deducting a bit of her pocket money and she turned around and reported to Madam Lu.
Although Madam Lu didn’t blame him, she directly doubled Lu Jiao’s allowance. That was clearly a slap in his face!
"That’s not true, it has nothing to do with me..." Lu Jiao’s face went pale in an instant.
She had not expected such an incident to happen at her banquet as the darling Miss of the Lu Family, no wonder the Sang Family were at the scene, they were all waiting to see her embarrassment!
"He Shi, don’t be sad, Dad will take you home." Mr. He used his wrinkled hands to grip his son tightly, firm yet gentle as he took his son back home.
He Shi had been someone else’s work machine for the better part of his life, but only today, did he truly feel alive.
"He Shi, you’re not allowed to leave! If you dare to leave today, just you try!" Madam Lu panicked instantly, how could He Shi just walk away from such a big banquet.
"If you want a divorce, just send someone to bring me the agreement to sign." He Shi followed his father and walked away without hesitation.
This year he was forty-five, a rather significant age, but no year had required more courage than this one.
Because his father saw through all his pretenses and came to take him home.
"Although President Lu married into the family, he also has a temper. It’s impossible for him to accept someone else’s child, especially when the child doesn’t respect him or treat him as a human. How can he possibly accept that?"
"With President Lu gone like this, who’s going to manage the Lu Group in the future? It can’t be Mr. Lu at his old age, can it?"
"It’ll be Madam Lu herself, since she’s the one who annoyed President Lu away."
"Come on, giving Madam Lu money is one thing, letting her manage the company is another; I’m afraid she wouldn’t understand a thing."
"I say the Lu Family is really too much. President Lu has married in for so many years without a single share to his name, and even getting a few thousand dollars requires an application. Who can stand that? President Lu’s father is old, and Madam Lu goes around calling him a lunatic."
"So, does that Miss still acknowledge Lu Jiao?"
The whispers and comments of the surrounding people, when heard by Lu Jiao, made her feel utterly bewildered.
"Mom, what should we do now?"
Madam Lu’s face turned an iron blue with rage, glared at her daughter next to her, "I’ve told you before, you should have shown He Shi the respect he’s due. How could you not understand? He can’t have children, but if you had been nice to him, would he not accept you?"
"I... I..." Lu Jiao stammered, unsure of how to respond, but even the servants treated him that way.
After all, in the Lu Family’s home, it was only He Shi who was an outsider!
"Just look at the fine mess you’ve made, utterly humiliating!" Staggering over with the help of a walking stick and an assistant, Mr. Lu’s footsteps were unsteady, but his voice retained its power.
His daughter was just too spoiled, bad-tempered, and it was lucky that they had a man like He Shi, otherwise, who could bear her.
"Father..." Madam Lu, knowing she was in the wrong, dared not retort this time.
Mr. Lu glared at his daughter and then addressed the audience below with a conciliatory tone, "Everyone, please go home. Today’s banquet is over, we don’t have any Miss in the Lu Family."
On hearing this, Lu Jiao immediately became anxious. Did her grandfather mean to disown her?
She whispered softly, "Grandpa..."
Mr. Lu loved by extension, but he also considered the bigger picture, this time he would not indulge his granddaughter’s plea.
"Go coax He Shi back, arrange a villa for his father, and hire someone to take care of it."
"Me, coax He Shi?" Madam Lu frowned involuntarily. For many years of marriage, she had never lowered her head to him. He Shi’s anger would dissipate automatically the next day.
She had long been accustomed to being the one on top.
"And what else? Can I still manage the company now? Without He Shi, do you think you could have lived so comfortably all these years? If He Shi doesn’t accept Lu Jiao, then don’t acknowledge her—just give her the status of an adopted daughter and let her live at home."
Watching his daughter with frustration, as if to say she had brought steel to no temper, Mr. Lu started to think maybe he had been too harsh on He Shi after so many years of being a part of the family.
And yet, He Shi still had no real power.
Lu Jiao’s face turned even worse, again an adopted daughter, even though she was a blood-related daughter of the Lu Family, why couldn’t she receive a proper acknowledgment!
Back in the Sang Family, it was acceptable, but now in the Lu Family it was the same, why was her luck always just a little short!
Lu Jiao couldn’t accept this, "Grandpa, Mom, I will go apologize to Dad, and make him accept me, is that alright?"
Mr. Lu glanced at Lu Jiao, knowing she was a child with strong vanity, and remained silent.
He just sighed and looked at his daughter, "You’re not a child anymore, you should understand the weighing of pros and cons. All day you’re enamored with some little star, even another man wouldn’t put up with it, He Shi has given you so much freedom."
"It’s because he doesn’t love me, so he doesn’t care at all, but I will go and coax He Shi, you just relax, Dad." Madam Lu said this, with a sense of defeat welling up inside her.
"Mmm, I believe you are smart." Mr. Lu finally relaxed quite a bit and was helped away with his cane.
Madam Lu, thinking of He Shi, began to regret; she indeed pushed him too far this time.
Lu Jiao, completely oblivious to Madam Lu’s distress, fretted over her own fears and spoke timidly, trying to win favor, "Mom, do you really not acknowledge me then?"
