"I advise you not to speak in absolutes right now, or else I’m afraid you’ll regret it soon!"
Chen Feng hooked his mouth up, smiling as he spoke.
"Heh, regret? I, Lu Xiaoyun, have never known the meaning of the word ’regret.’ I’m really curious to see who you could possibly bring to plead your case!"
Lu Xiaoyun said with a disdainful smile.
So it went, for about five minutes.
Someone knocked on the hospital room door from the outside.
Hearing this, Lu Xiaoyun spoke impatiently, "Who is it? What’s with the knocking—come in if you have something, get lost if you don’t!"
An angry voice came through the door.
"Damn it, I’m your father!"
Lu Xiaoyun thought the person outside was cursing him and cursed right back.
However, just after he finished cursing,
He realized something was off.
Why did that voice sound so much like his father’s?
Thinking this, Lu Xiaoyun frowned and was about to ask.
But just at that moment, the door to the hospital room opened, and two figures entered the room.
One was an elderly man and the other a stunningly beautiful half-blood woman.
It was none other than Old Master Lu and Lori.
By all accounts, Lori would be the one to catch everyone’s attention wherever they went.
But when Lu Xiaoyun saw Old Master Lu, his face paled in an instant, and he was completely stunned.
"Honey, we haven’t arrived too late, have we?"
Lori walked over to Chen Feng’s side, wrapped her arm around Chen Feng’s, and asked with a smile.
"Not at all, just in time!"
Chen Feng replied with a smile.
After speaking, Chen Feng turned his head to look at Old Master Lu and said, "Grandpa Lu, it really troubles you to make this trip personally!"
"Xiaofeng, don’t say that. I’ve failed in teaching my own son. I’ll take care of this matter now!"
Old Master Lu said apologetically.
After that, Old Master Lu turned around, his face darkened, and he walked toward Lu Xiaoyun on the hospital bed.
Seeing this, Lu Xiaoyun was stunned for a moment, looking at Old Master Lu and asking, "Dad, why are you here?"
However, Old Master Lu didn’t respond to Lu Xiaoyun. He walked up to the bed and without another word, raised his hand, and slapped Lu Xiaoyun’s right cheek.
A crisp sound of a slap rang out.
A blood-red handprint immediately appeared on Lu Xiaoyun’s right cheek.
Despite being close to sixty, Old Master Lu still had quite a bit of strength in his hands!
Lu Xiaoyun was already bewildered by Old Master Lu’s arrival in the hospital room. Now, after being slapped by Old Master Lu, he was even more confused.
"Dad, why did you hit me?"
Lu Xiaoyun looked at Old Master Lu, utterly baffled.
"Hmph, don’t call me ’Dad.’ Didn’t you just say you were my father? Should I start calling you ’Dad’ now?"
Old Master Lu snorted angrily.
"Dad, listen to me, that was all a misunderstanding, I thought it was someone else yelling at me, I didn’t mean to do it!"
Lu Xiaoyun, upon hearing this, hastened to explain.
Despite his arrogant and unreasonable behavior in front of others,
He was absolutely filial and respectful to his father, Old Master Lu. He could even be considered a dutiful son.
This was evident from the huge luxury villa he bought for Old Master Lu.
"Hmph! If you don’t do guilt-inducing things, would anyone scold you? You deceitful thing, you’re really going to disgrace me!"
Old Master Lu glared fiercely at Lu Xiaoyun and said.
"Dad, listen to what you’re saying, how am I not trustworthy? You can’t wrongly accuse me!"
Lu Xiaoyun said with a face full of grievance.
"Wrongly accuse you? Then let me ask you, what’s the deal with your company and Xiaofeng’s? Xiaofeng had already told me everything, you clearly signed a contract with his company, so why didn’t you show up for his company’s press conference?"
Old Master Lu gave Lu Xiaoyun a disdainful look and asked.
"Dad, there was a reason for that!"
Lu Xiaoyun’s expression changed as he spoke.
"What crap of a reason! Did you or did you not sign a contract? Once you’ve signed a contract, you must honor it! I’ve taught you from childhood to keep your promises and be a person of integrity, but now with the contract signed in black and white, you’re lying here shirking your responsibilities, is this how you honor your promises to me?"
Old Master Lu poked Lu Xiaoyun’s head with his finger while lecturing him.
Regarding this matter, he completely took Chen Feng’s side.
Not to mention that Chen Feng was his life-saving benefactor, even if he had been anyone else, he would still side with reason over kin!
"But that contract was a gratuitous one; it would have me endorse their company for free for life. With my current value, wouldn’t that be a huge loss?"
Lu Xiaoyun said with a mournful expression.
Facing his father’s admonition, he dared not argue at all.
"Hmph, don’t give me any excuses. Why did you sign a gratuitous contract? Xiaofeng has told me everything; it was all because of your own doing. It’s your own fault; you can’t blame anyone else!"
Old Master Lu said coldly.
"Dad, who is your son after all? Why are you still taking his side?"
Lu Xiaoyun, at a loss for words, could only express his aggrievement.
"I’m not taking sides; I’m simply speaking my conscience. Now, get up and go to Xiaofeng’s company for the press conference!"
Old Master Lu commanded directly.
Lu Xiaoyun wanted to say something else.
However, Old Master Lu didn’t give him a chance and interjected, "No buts, if you still recognize me as your father, get up this instant to attend the press conference. Otherwise, you won’t have me as your father anymore!"
Having said that, Old Master Lu flicked his sleeve and turned, walking straight out of the hospital room.
Lu Xiaoyun looked at Old Master Lu’s retreating figure with a helpless shake of his head and sighed, then turned to Chen Feng, gritting his teeth as he said, "Mr. Chen really has some tricks up his sleeve, even able to get my dad involved and speak for you . I’m truly impressed!"
"You flatter me. May I know if the great star Lu is now willing to come back with me?"
Chen Feng said with a slight smile.
At these words, Lu Xiaoyun trembled with anger.
He really wanted to refuse outright, but Old Master Lu had just laid down his ultimatum; if he didn’t go, it would mean severing father-son ties.
And in Lu Xiaoyun’s heart, Old Master Lu was of utmost importance.
Naturally, he also didn’t dare to contradict Old Master Lu’s words.
With no other choice, this time, Lu Xiaoyun had to swallow his pride.
Lu Xiaoyun took a deep breath to suppress his temper, then turned to Qiao Yue and said through gritted teeth, very reluctantly, "Go and handle the discharge procedures for me; we’re heading back to Tianfeng Security!"