My Multiple Identities Revealed After Marrying the Bigshot
Chapter 113: Character Collapse

Chapter 113: Chapter 113: Character Collapse

Lu Youbang felt this was a good sign.

He should be able to talk to Lu Youxi about Lu Zhenjia’s situation.

"I’ve been busy all summer, didn’t have time to contact you," Lu Youbang made an excuse, "I only got back last night, was afraid of disturbing your rest, so I came to find you today."

"It’s okay, even if you didn’t come home for the summer, it doesn’t matter. Aunt Lin and Youxue were there to handle the farm work. Youxue may be only 12, but he’s pretty adept at the tasks. As our family’s university student, Grandpa and Grandma wouldn’t have let you do such work anyway. I didn’t need you to pick me up when I came to the Imperial Capital, carrying my luggage and taking the subway was quite convenient," Lu Youxi said loudly.

Lu Youbang: "...."

The people around them were whispering.

"His sister is visiting the Imperial Capital for the first time, and he didn’t even bother to pick her up, how busy can he be?"

"There’s farm work to be done at home, and he doesn’t go back, letting their 12-year-old brother do it, how admirable of him."

"I heard from a senior in our college that Lu Youbang said his family was from Fengnan City, why would they need to do farm work?"

"He must have lied. Lu Youxi said herself that they are from a rural area and financially struggling. They scraped together some money just for Lu Youbang. How could he possibly be from Fengnan City?"

These new students had heard all about Lu Youbang from Lu Youxi since military training began.

And Lu Youxi, having fully absorbed Aunt Lin’s gossip experience from Hexing Village, knew well that one should not spill all the gossip at once.

Otherwise, after the excitement of a few days, people would tire of it, stop discussing, and gradually the gossip would fade.

So, Lu Youxi released a little bit each day, making the gossip one of the conversation topics with her classmates, continuing until the start of the term.

Then at today’s entrance ceremony, she dropped a bombshell.

Lu Youbang, hearing these murmurs, appeared troubled.

He leaned in and said in a low voice to Lu Youxi, "Youxi, if you have something to say, let’s talk in private."

"What? You want me to let Uncle go? I haven’t done anything to him," Lu Youxi suddenly exclaimed loudly.

Lu Youbang’s face twisted in anger.

It would be an insult to one’s intelligence not to see that Lu Youxi was doing this on purpose by now.

"Cousin Youbang, it’s Uncle who committed the crime, and the country has laws. I didn’t write the criminal code, no one is above the law. How can it be something I can just undo?" Lu Youxi laughed, "If I had that much clout, would I still not have the money even for school fees and need to apply for a student loan? If I had that much clout, would I not have a penny to my name when you asked my family for money?"

"Lu Youxi, that’s enough, I didn’t say that!" Lu Youbang roared, defending himself loudly, "Don’t spout nonsense!"

But Lu Youxi spoke earnestly, "Brother Youbang, Uncle got arrested by the police for a crime he committed. He made a mistake, and naturally, the law will judge him, the police won’t falsely accuse an innocent person. You said you wanted to take the civil service exam and didn’t want Uncle’s imprisonment to affect you. But this is beyond my control, it’s not something you can fix just by approaching me. In fact, as long as Uncle behaves well in there, he can still make a new start after getting out. And you, a talented student from Jing University, don’t have only the civil service as a career path."

"Lu Youxi!" Lu Youbang yelled, unable to contain his anger, "Don’t accuse me falsely!"

He looked around frantically at the other students, protesting, "What she’s saying isn’t true!"

However, seeing the contemptuous looks from the students around, it was clear they didn’t believe him.

"Youxi, let’s sort out our family’s issues in private, and we can resolve them," Lu Youbang pleaded earnestly, "Family members shouldn’t hold grudges overnight. We are a family; we came to the Imperial Capital to study, supported by our family. Now it’s only us siblings here, we should support each other even more. Only then can our family improve. Family members shouldn’t hold grudges overnight."

"Let’s do this, there’s a café on campus, let’s go there and have a proper talk," Lu Youbang exhaled, regaining his composure, and spoke to Lu Youxi with a smile, "You haven’t tried coffee before, right? Come on, it’s my treat."

"No need," Lu Youxi stepped back, pursed her lips, and said to Lu Youbang, "Coffee is quite expensive. Brother, you took half of my parents’ lifetime savings, causing them to not even be able to afford my tuition fees. Dad was almost driven to sell his blood, luckily I stopped him. So... I’ll pass on the coffee. If you have money for coffee, can you repay the money you borrowed from my family first? Even a little would do."

Lu Youxi put on a pitiful expression, "I just want Youxue to at least be able to have lunch at school, so he doesn’t have to run home from town every day at noon."

Lu Youbang’s face turned beet red; he had not expected Lu Youxi to pull this on him!

He had thought, being family, any dissatisfaction could be resolved privately.

Even if Lu Youxi was angry, privately lashing out at him was what he had anticipated.

But he had never imagined Lu Youxi would make a scene in public!

And she wasn’t listening to anything he said.

He talked; she raged.

Right now, Lu Youbang felt his mind was in chaos, surrounded by the chatter and disdain of the students.

His brain throbbed with a blank haze, completely unsure of how to respond.

But if he turned around and ran now, wouldn’t that just prove his guilt?

Lu Youbang was caught in a dilemma.

No matter how he responded, it seemed wrong.

Even if he tried to defend himself, no one would believe him.

Just as he felt cornered and unsure how to respond, his cellphone rang.

Lu Youbang took out his phone and saw it was a call from Huang Mengyao.

His heart leapt with anxiety.

He was worried if Huang Mengyao had heard anything.

Lu Youbang answered the phone, "Mengyao."

"Youbang, are you free right now?" Huang Mengyao’s voice sounded unenthusiastic over the phone.

"Yes, where are you? I’ll come to you," Lu Youbang replied immediately.

"I’m off-campus," Huang Mengyao said, "at Shangpin Café."

"Okay, I’ll come to you," Lu Youbang hung up the phone, relieved to have an excuse to leave without looking like he was fleeing in panic.

He hung up and pretentiously told Lu Youxi, "Youxi, something came up and I must go now. I’ll find you later to have a proper chat. Youxi, remember, we are all family."

Lu Youxi looked troubled but ultimately nodded and said, "Okay."

Once Lu Youbang left, the students present indignantly burst out.

"How can he still have the nerve to come to find you!"

"He didn’t come back during the summer, staying in the Imperial Capital, yet he pretended not to know when you first came here, waiting until school started to come looking for you."

"All that talk about ’we are family’ when in truth it’s all for money, to keep his dad out of trouble."

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