Chapter 31: Chapter 31: He Who Strikes First Gains the Advantage

Seeing Xia Wenmo walk away, the figure finally entered the hospital room.

She took out her phone, tapped on the message box, and walked straight to the bedside table, “Mom, I’ve arrived at the hospital. Call Xia Wenmo later and tell him I’ve left the stuff in the drawer.”

Xia Wenjin said this with a bellyful of impatience.

Her relationship with Xia Wenmo had never been good. She had thought he was stubborn and would rather die than have surgery.

But unexpectedly, he had a change of heart and actually wanted to come to a major hospital for surgery.

The Xia Family didn’t have much money to begin with, and now they had to prepare the money for his surgery.

The more Xia Wenjin thought about it, the angrier she became.

A sickly person still needing to read books in the hospital, what a pretense!

Fuming, she pulled open the bedside table drawer and was about to throw the book in when she saw the documents inside.

“Lu Zhaozhao?” Her eyebrows raised as she immediately recognized the photo on the documents.

She looked so much like her mother!

No, more precisely like Mother Xia.

She had suspected something when she had her blood tested at school registration.

It was just a pity she didn’t have the ability to investigate her own biological parents, yet Xia Wenmo seemed capable enough!

She picked up the documents and scrutinized them closely, her gaze landing on the section detailing information about her.

Lu Zhaozhao, aged 20, heiress to the Lu Group. Enrolled at Yuqing University, Sculpture Department…

As Xia Wenjin read about Lu Zhaozhao, her hands shook uncontrollably.

Heiress to the Lu Group?!

So her parents were wealthy!

She had heard about this Lu Group before, but she never imagined she was actually the true heiress of the Lu Family!

And this damned Lu Zhaozhao had been taking her place, enjoying the good fortune for so many years, while she had to live in poverty with the Xia Family!

Thinking this, Xia Wenjin searched through the documents and finally found the contact details for Mr. and Mrs. Lu, as well as… their home address.

She was going back to her own biological parents!

Let Lu Zhaozhao keep the Xia Family’s mess!

After photographing the address from the documents, Xia Wenjin quickly left the hospital.

As the evening approached, the sky gradually darkened.

A light rain drizzled throughout the night until it stopped the next morning.

Therefore, Lu Zhaozhao, who was originally planning to go to the Lu Family early the next day, had to postpone her visit.

When she arrived at the Lu Family’s, it was almost 10 in the morning.

She was shocked as soon as she entered.

Because at that moment, Cao Mei was hugging Xia Wenjin and crying her heart out, while Lu Dagui sat opposite them with an iron-green face.

She frowned slightly, her gaze inadvertently sweeping over the three of them.

Why was Xia Wenjin at the Lu Family now?

In her previous life, hadn’t she come back after two years?

Or was it that she had come back this early in her last life too, and she simply hadn’t noticed?

As Lu Zhaozhao was pondering, she saw Cao Mei wiping the tears from the corners of her eyes and gently pat Xia Wenjue. Only then did she look at her and say, “Zhaozhao, this is your distant cousin. She’ll be staying with our family for a while…”

“…”

Distant cousin?

Huh! Lu Zhaozhao let out a snort in her heart, thinking Cao Mei really was quite the actress.

She must feel she hadn’t yet achieved her goal, which is why she wasn’t planning to burn bridges with her just yet, right?

However, this incident instead made Lu Zhaozhao realize something–Xia Wenjue had indeed shown up early.

Given Cao Mei’s personality, once she found her biological daughter, she would not let her suffer hardships.

She would certainly arrange to keep her close at hand, just like now.

Lu Zhaozhao pretended to casually glance at Xia Wenjin and gently nodded at her, curling her lips slightly, “My cousin here looks unfamiliar, but observing her, she indeed resembles a Lu Family member–they have very similar eyes and brows.”

Lu Dagui and Cao Mei both tensed up at once.

If Lu Zhaozhao knew she wasn’t their biological child, she certainly wouldn’t help them wholeheartedly.

Cao Mei forced a smile and hurriedly said, “Many cousins look alike, just like you resemble your uncle more…”

Lu Zhaozhao, watching Cao Mei blather obvious lies, really wasn’t in the mood to keep beating around the bush.

Now that Xia Wenjin had come to the Lu Family, they would probably be even more ruthless.

Instead of that, she might as well take initiative.

Lu Zhaozhao forced a smile and said, “Then my cousin is truly a blessing for the Lu Family. Just as she joined the family, I received some good news here.”

As she spoke, she placed the contract and the check on the table.

Lu Dagui, upon seeing this, grabbed the contract to read it.

He could hardly believe his eyes, “President Song actually agreed to only lend money? Without investing?”

Everyone out there knew that the Lu Family’s overseas orders were doing well, and it was for this reason that he had the confidence to propose an investment deal with the Song Group.

But since an investment would definitely involve sharing some profits, he didn’t expect that Song Sinian would be willing to forego this piece of the pie and simply lend money to the Lu Group.

It was truly shocking.

Lu Zhaozhao’s gaze shifted slightly, stealthily glancing at Lu Dagui. She feigned ignorance and asked, “That’s what Mr. Song said yesterday, isn’t it good for the Lu Family? Should I go and ask Mr. Song again?”

“No need! No need!” Lu Dagui immediately stopped Lu Zhaozhao.

Such favorable terms–if he refused them, he’d be an idiot!

Thinking this, he immediately pulled out a pen from his pocket and signed his name on the contract.

After Lu Zhaozhao saw him keep the check, she continued with a smile, “Mr. Song also asked me a question earlier, but I wasn’t clear on the matter, so I didn’t respond.”

Lu Dagui’s brow furrowed slightly as he glanced at Lu Zhaozhao, “What did President Song ask?”

Lu Zhaozhao pondered for a moment, pretending to be thoughtful as she said, “He asked me whether the Lu Family was interested in bidding for something like no. 1 or no. 3, I didn’t quite catch the details…”

Lu Dagui’s heart suddenly skipped a beat.

Could Song Sinian have figured out his intentions?

Was lending Lu Zhaozhao this money a way to warn him?

His complexion turned serious instantly. With the funds he had on hand, he indeed couldn’t compete with the vast Song Group.

If the Song Group was set on acquiring the no. 1 and no. 3 Jade Mines, the money he had would be completely insufficient.

Seeing the perfect timing, Lu Zhaozhao then laid out the bait, “Mr. Song also said that if the Lu Family is interested, he wouldn’t bid on those two lots. He told me to let you know when I got home–he said you would understand…”

Upon hearing this, Lu Dagui’s brows knotted and he didn’t respond for a long time.

Lu Zhaozhao glanced at Lu Dagui and pretended to look uneasy, “That’s what Mr. Song said. I really don’t know what no. 1 or no. 3 are… Should I go and refuse him?”