Pampered By All In Different Planes-Chapter 40 - After Fleeing, the Disabled Tycoon Stops Pretending 2

Chapter 40: Chapter 40 After Fleeing, the Disabled Tycoon Stops Pretending 2

“Yo—look who we have here! Isn’t this our dear little Master Lu?” The newcomer’s hair was slicked back with plenty of gel into a Mohican style, and though he was wearing a suit, he looked more like a spoiled second-generation heir. He started with mockery, “Lu Peijin, the young master of the Lu Family. If you’re disabled, you better stay at home instead of wandering around. It took some effort to save one leg; be careful not to break the other in an accident.”

“You—” The secretary, following close behind Lu Peijin, immediately wanted to retaliate. He clenched his fists but was stopped by Lu Peijin.

“Yo yo yo, what’s this?! Wanna hit me? Come on, hit right here!” The arrogant heir sneered, sticking his head forward, “If it were before, I would respectfully call you uncle, but you’ve been disabled for so many years, it’s about time you stepped down!”

“The old man may not like me, but he wouldn’t care for a cripple either. If you had a child, maybe the old man would reconsider, but alas, some people just don’t have such fate!” The heir gloated.

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He rambled on and on, but Lu Peijin showed no reaction.

“The last person who dared to talk to me like that, seems to still be lying in the hospital this month,” Lu Peijin said casually, as if he was merely discussing what he had for breakfast. He flipped a page of the newspaper as he spoke and calmly looked over when he saw the other man was still not leaving.

Although he said nothing, and his gaze was calm, anyone who knew him understood this was a prelude to Lu Peijin’s brewing storm.

Lu Ming, the illegitimate son of the Lu Family who had just mocked him, suddenly quieted down, giving Lu Peijin a fierce stare. Guilt made his voice much louder, “You wait! Even if you’re the young master of the Lu Family, what of it? Once my brother takes over your position, you’ll just be kicked out of the house!!”

The so-called lackeys behind him listened to the exchange but dared not utter a word; instead, they cautiously observed both parties, keeping their heads down and making themselves as inconspicuous as possible.

Afterward, Lu Ming left with his entourage, fuming.

“Mr. Lu?!” The secretary, not loud but clearly frustrated, called out to him, “Why don’t you just get rid of him once and for all? He’s just an illegitimate child, yet he dares to provoke you like this. You could easily take care of him!”

“A mere jumping clown, no need to take such direct provocations seriously,” Lu Peijin finished flipping through the newspaper, folded it neatly, and laid it on the table. Looking up, he saw Su Zhiruan hard at work, and gestured with his finger, “Call her over.”

The secretary followed the direction of his finger and spotted Su Zhiruan.

Thinking that Lu Peijin might have something to say, the secretary stood up and went to call Su Zhiruan.

Su Zhiruan saw Lu Peijin’s secretary coming out, then standing still in front of her.

“Miss Su, please come with me. Mr. Lu would like to see you.”

The other waitstaff working nearby exchanged glances, then all of their eyes landed on her.

“Me?” Su Zhiruan originally thought that outside, Lu Peijin would pretend not to recognize her, but since he was calling her over now, there might be something he needed to instruct her to do. She let her thoughts wander for a moment, then dried her hands and followed the secretary inside.

Upon entering the cafe, the first thing Su Zhiruan saw was Lu Peijin seated in his wheelchair.

The whole sight of him with the wheelchair seemed mismatched. Lu Peijin was tall with long legs and impeccably dressed in a black suit; his broad shoulders and narrow waist outlined a commanding figure. Su Zhiruan also overheard the recent mockery; there seemed to be something wrong with his legs.

With that thought, she even felt a bit of pity—such a model-like figure, yet confined to a wheelchair at such a young age.

It’s rude to stare at someone’s wheelchair, Su Zhiruan retracted her gaze and dutifully stood before him, “Mr. Lu, you wanted to see me?”

“You’re working here as a waitress?” Lu Peijin observed her waitress uniform, his long fingers tapping on the table surface, producing a series of crisp sounds. He paused for a moment before saying, “You’re in need of money.”

It was a statement.

Su Zhiruan did not demur but nodded emphatically, “In need.”

“Your grandmother, I have already arranged for someone to take care of her,” Lu Peijin suddenly mentioned, his gaze falling on her. He appeared to be observing her thoughts, yet Su Zhiruan maintained a calm and collected demeanor. He continued, “Why are you in need of money, and since you need money, why didn’t you ask me for it?”

“I am very grateful that Mr. Lu could arrange for someone to save my grandmother. If I relied on earning money myself, I certainly couldn’t have saved her,” Su Zhiruan lowered her eyelashes. One of the original host’s compromises was a time she almost missed the treatment deadline for her grandmother. Her grandmother nearly left this world, and at that time, she couldn’t scrape together even a single bill, her heart and eyes filled with despair. She continued, “I will certainly fulfill my obligations, but for now, I should not accept rewards without having done any work. I still hope to have my own source of income.”

Lu Peijin hadn’t expected her to say that. His throat moved as if he wanted to say something but ended up saying nothing, then picked up his phone from the side, “Contact information, I forgot yesterday.”

Actually, the information he obtained already included all the girl’s details, but at this moment, he wanted to add her contact information in person.

Su Zhiruan scanned it, and what popped up was a plain white profile picture with a very hasty WeChat name, just a period.

After Lu Peijin added her as a friend, he put away his phone and instructed his secretary to bring out a card. He pushed the card on the table in front of Su Zhiruan, “Take this as a part of the twenty million you’ll receive upon the successful completion of the matter.”

“No—” She started to refuse.

Lu Peijin calmly added, “Deliver the child safely, and the twenty million will be yours. This card only has one million. Use it to visit your grandmother more often and get yourself some new clothes and jewelry.”

For the current Su Zhiruan, money was indeed very much needed.

Before Lu Peijin sought her out, she had nearly run out of money, having spent almost everything. To afford medical care, she had moved out of the decent apartment she had rented into a disreputable shared house, sold everything she could, all in the hopes of gathering enough for medical expenses as soon as possible.

Now, her clothes were from several years back when she was in college, and she hadn’t bought any new clothes since then.

“Thank you, Mr. Lu.” Su Zhiruan accepted the card, then remembered her task.

She felt the task of bearing a child seemed relatively simple this time.

In the previous realm, Shen Qi was averse to women and was completely uninterested in visiting the harem, but this time, it was the child of the realm who sought her out, proactively proposing to have a child.

She didn’t need to do much, nor did she need to strategize. As long as she followed the plot and Lu Peijin’s wishes, gave birth to his child, she could complete the task and then live a comfortable life with her grandmother and the money.

The system had said this realm would be somewhat difficult, but so far, she hadn’t encountered any difficulties yet.

“Tonight, after you bathe, come to the 28th floor.”