The preference for sons over daughters is not uncommon.
What is uncommon is embezzling your own son’s compensation money and then driving out the only daughter of the family to take her school enrollment slot.
Even calling Lu Zhu an animal, who really is the animal here?
Lu Shao cursed his mother silently for being brainless; he should not have brought her here today.
They had agreed that once she arrived, she would speak less and just stand aside.
Seeing an old woman coming to look for her granddaughter, people naturally assumed Lu Zhu was in the wrong.
But provoked into making those remarks, they had suddenly fallen from the moral high ground.
Lu Zhu sneered coldly, untroubled.
"Just now weren’t you pretending to miss me so much that you wiped away tears? Why not keep up the act a bit longer?"
Hui Jinhong’s face also turned red with anger; she had initially thought Lu Zhu was in the wrong, but she hadn’t expected this family to be so outrageous.
"Bullying the family of a martyr, embezzling compensation money in a relative’s name, you parasites and rats will surely be punished." Hui Jinhong said righteously to Lu Zhu, "I will report this matter to my family, and if it’s true, someone will definitely come to investigate."
Lu Shao felt a chill in his heart; although he wasn’t part of the system, his work had some connections there.
It was evident that Hui Jinhong was someone with connections back home.
But the old Widow Lu cursed, "Who do you think you are? A little whore daring to meddle in others’ affairs."
Hui Jinhong ignored her and pulled Lu Zhu to go inside.
Lu Shao still wanted to make amends, "Xiaozhu, we’re here today because we care about you. How can a child like you live outside? Come back home and stay with us."
Yue Qingqing laughed, "Lu Zhu has been accustomed to living outside for so many years, you don’t need to worry about her."
Lu Shao’s expression finally could no longer be maintained. He watched with a grim face as several students entered the school gate.
Widow Lu was still cursing in the street, each word uglier than the last.
However, Lu Shao had an ominous premonition, "Mother, this could really bring trouble today. That girl’s family might be officials. They really might send someone to investigate."
That was also why they were so eager to bring Lu Zhu back home.
If Lu Zhu were at home, they could argue that they weren’t mistreating the child.
They could say the money was being saved for her university expenses; the events of that year would naturally remain hidden, and no investigation could unearth anything.
But with Lu Zhu outside, the accounts could be clearly settled, and their previous actions would definitely not stay hidden.
Widow Lu wanted to curse some more, but seeing her son’s abnormal expression, she also felt panic.
"What? What do we do then? No matter what, the one who died was my son, and I’m his mother; shouldn’t that money belong to me?"
Uncle Lu knew his mother was illiterate and talking to her was useless, so he pondered over a solution by himself.
"There’s no way we can deal with Lu Zhu now. After so many years, I see she absolutely despises us."
"Why didn’t she get hit and die by a car, that would have solved everything," cursed Widow Lu viciously.
Lu Shao would indeed have wished for such an outcome, but he didn’t have the courage to hire a killer, and at this juncture, someone was probably already watching, so any foul play would be discovered.
After a moment of thought, he said, "Let’s start with Zhan Zhenfang."
Widow Lu expressed her disdain, "That lowlife, I don’t want to see her, giving birth to such an animal of a daughter."
But Lu Shao thought more and more that this plan was good.
Unlike the prickly Lu Zhu, Zhan Zhenfang had a soft and pliable nature; otherwise, she would not have obediently left back then.
Lu Shao confidently said, "No worries mother, you can rest at home tomorrow; I’ll go and find her."
Widow Lu muttered, "You’re not going to let her return with you, are you? I don’t agree to that."
"If she doesn’t come back, Lu Zhu won’t either, and then what happened in the past will definitely be exposed."
Hearing her son say this, Widow Lu grudgingly replied, "Then let her sleep in the west storage room, and once the matter is settled, kick her out."