My Multiple Identities Revealed After Marrying the Bigshot-Chapter 504: No One Should Have It Easy

"Didn’t you hear what they said? Lu Youzhen took the initiative to pursue this opportunity," Lu Youxi said, "It was Lu Youbang who helped to pull the strings."

"Lu Youbang has been keeping close to Lin Jingshen at school, and he probably knows Lin Jingshen better than we do," Lu Youxi said with a faint smile. "Lu Youbang is Lu Youzhen’s biological brother, and he doesn’t think he’s pushing Lu Youzhen into a fire pit, so Lu Youzhen certainly doesn’t think so either."

"These two are only greedy for money, but not stupid. How could they not know whether Lin Jingshen is trustworthy?" Lu Youxi said, "The fact that they’re currently trying every possible way to get Lu Youzhen to register a marriage with Lin Jingshen already shows that they’re well aware Lin Jingshen is not reliable. If he were reliable, why would they need to scheme and resort to any means necessary?"

"However, the money of the Lin Family is more attractive to them. As for Lin Jingshen’s character, it’s obviously out of their concern," Lu Youxi said, "I’m afraid, Dad, that they understand what kind of person Lin Jingshen is even better than you do."

"So what you’re saying is..." I should stay out of it?

Lu Zhenguo did not finish his sentence.

He suddenly stopped, realizing what Lu Youxi meant.

How could he intervene?

If the siblings and Ge Guifen, their mother, didn’t mind, what could he say?

Thinking back, it was Lu Youbang and Lin Jingshen who slandered Lu Youxi together.

It showed that Lin Jingshen and Lu Youbang were cut from the same cloth.

"Lu Youbang is getting along well with Lin Jingshen nowadays?" Lu Zhenguo, walking in front of Lu Youxi and Zhou Shuyan, turned around and asked.

"Yes," Lu Youxi nodded, "Originally, when they were conspiring against me, it was just a partnership. They hardly met or had a relationship. But after the truth came to light, for some reason, whether it was a bond over shared difficulties or something else, they became especially close. They’re often seen together on campus. I heard that whenever Lin Jingshen has any activities, he would call Lu Youbang, and they appear to be very close friends."

"I don’t know how they became such good friends," Lu Youxi chuckled, "But probably because of this relationship, Lu Youbang successfully introduced Lu Youzhen to Lin Jingshen."

"However, since both Lu Youbang and Lu Youzhen think it’s not bad for Lu Youzhen to be with Lin Jingshen, Dad, I advise you not to try to persuade Lu Youzhen or Lu Youbang. Otherwise, they might think you are blocking their chance at wealth and don’t want them to be more successful than me."

Lu Zhenguo: "..."

But after being talked to by Lu Youxi, he could even picture the expressions of Lu Youbang and Lu Youzhen when they were saying these things.

"Lu Youbang is eagerly waiting for Lu Youzhen to marry into the Lin Family so he can invest in his entrepreneurship," Lu Youxi said.

Lu Zhenguo sighed deeply but still couldn’t help saying, "At first, I thought Youbang was dependable and motivated. After he framed you, I thought he had a poor character but was good in studies; at least his brain was excellent, and he certainly had abilities."

But now, Lu Zhenguo felt that Lu Youbang was too unreliable and probably limited in ability.

Lu Youbang clearly didn’t have a correct understanding of himself.

Lu Youxi originally went to Jing University with the hard-earned two thousand yuan.

That two thousand yuan wasn’t even enough to pay the tuition, yet Lu Youxi managed to turn it, along with scholarships, into a successful business of this scale.

In comparison, Lu Youbang went to school with ten thousand yuan collected by the entire family, plus occasional additional funds given to him later on.

However, Lu Youbang only knew how to squander money; he never earned a dime.

Yet, he still believed he could do better than Lu Youxi if he had the funds?

If that were the case, why didn’t he try with that initial ten thousand yuan?

Even after deducting tuition fees, he still had more than what Lu Youxi had.

"Ah," Lu Zhenguo shook his head again, "He thinks he can be better than you? He didn’t even get a scholarship."

Lu Youxi: "..."

Unexpectedly, even Lu Zhenguo now looked down on Lu Youbang.

"Don’t worry, I won’t interfere," Lu Zhenguo said, "Initially, it was well-intended, but it would just annoy them and make them think I have ill intentions towards them. I refuse to be the warm face chasing after their cold backsides."

Lu Zhenguo had grown wiser now, gradually unwilling to be the simple Mr. Nice Guy and the overindulgent good person he used to be.

Lu Youxi quietly heaved a sigh of relief.

Among the family, she was most worried about Lu Zhenguo.

Lu Zhenguo was soft-hearted and easily swayed.

Despite having suffered before, if he forgot about it after a while, he would start being soft-hearted again.

Like with the Lu Family’s elders.

That’s why Lu Youxi absolutely wouldn’t let Lu Zhenguo meet with the Lu Family’s elders alone.

But fortunately, something happened every time they went back to see the Lu Family’s elders, reminding Lu Zhenguo of the things the elders had done, making him wake up again.

But looking now, at least Lu Zhenguo was still willing to listen to reason.

It was a good sign that Lu Zhenguo, who used to be stubborn, was now open to advice.

And Lu Zhenguo had also become more perceptive, no longer naively thinking that people with higher education were necessarily good.

Free of rose-colored glasses, he had even started to disdain Lu Youbang.

Feeling embarrassed to be a third wheel around Lu Youxi and Zhou Shuyan, Lu Zhenguo said, "I better hurry back to help your mom and Aunt Xu. You two take your time, no rush."

After speaking, Lu Zhenguo quickened his pace and headed to Grandma Xu’s house.

After Lu Zhenguo walked a good distance away, Lu Youxi turned to Zhou Shuyan and said, "I didn’t tell Dad that before, when I took the staff of the Little Pink Book, Hexing Rice, and Youshu Real Estate to the KTV for a team-building event, I happened to bump into Lin Jingshen and his group as we were leaving."

"At that time, Lu Youbang and Lu Youzhen were together with Lin Jingshen. Lu Youzhen seemed to be quite cozy with Lin Jingshen, but it wasn’t to the point of being a couple. I guess at that moment, Lu Youbang and Lu Youzhen were already plotting on how to hook up with Lin Jingshen."

"I was afraid to tell Dad because I’m worried he’d blame me for having met them earlier and not warning Lu Youzhen in time about Lin Jingshen’s character issues," Lu Youxi said.

Zhou Shuyan nodded, "Let them be, Lu Youbang and Lu Youzhen will have their day of reckoning. Besides, I don’t think Lu Youbang and Lu Youzhen are the kind to have any scruples; it wouldn’t surprise me if Lin Jingshen ends up getting played by them as well."

"It’s mutual harm," Lu Youxi said with a smile, "Let them harm each other. It’s best if neither of them gets away with it."

Zhou Shuyan looked at Lu Youxi curiously, "Did they bother you recently?"

Lu Youxi had long stopped seeing Lu Youbang and Lu Youzhen as a threat.

Moreover, with Hexing Rice restraining them, Lu Youbang and Lu Youzhen didn’t dare to provoke Lu Youxi anymore.