Rebirth 1983: Building My Business Empire-Chapter 621 - 604 Threat

Huang Xiaoyu knew he wouldn’t agree, but she didn’t expect him to be so rude: "So, you’re not going to help me with this?"

Lu Hongjun said dismissively: "Get out quickly, and don’t come back in the future."

Huang Xiaoyu dropped her ingratiating expression and looked at him, saying, "Lu Hongjun, my lifelong wish is to go to Hong Kong. If you can send me there, I will treat you like my own father. If not, life won’t be good for me, and you and Lu Jiaxin won’t have a good life either."

Lu Hongjun found it amusing and said, "I’m curious to see what you can do to make life bad for me and Jiaxin."

Huang Xiaoyu said, "That batch of antiques you gave Lu Jiaxin, do you really think no one knows? Each of those antiques is a rare treasure, and you two stole them and sold them to foreigners in Hong Kong. If this gets out, not only you but Lu Jiaxin will have your reputations ruined and be despised by the public."

She didn’t know what those antiques were, but she was sure they were priceless. After all, ordinary items would not catch the eye of someone like Lu Hongjun.

Lu Hongjun’s face changed drastically: "What nonsense are you spouting?"

Seeing his expression, Huang Xiaoyu laughed: "I know you don’t have the ability to get me to Hong Kong. Contact your precious daughter! I believe she will agree."

Her previous words were just to test Lu Hongjun, but she didn’t expect them to be true. Perfect, her dream would soon be realized.

Of course, Lu Hongjun denied it: "Our family doesn’t have any antiques. The two good things I found were sold by your mother to support your brother."

Huang Xiaoyu sneered: "My mother told me that Lu Jiazong said you gave a batch of priceless antiques to Lu Jiaxin, and they argued over it. Lu Hongjun, my demand isn’t high, just send me to Hong Kong. It’s not difficult for you. Otherwise, you won’t be able to bear the consequences."

Lu Hongjun was so furious he was panting heavily.

Huang Xiaoyu didn’t care: "I’ll come back at this time tomorrow. If the result isn’t what I want, Uncle Lu, don’t blame me for disregarding our past relationship."

After saying this, she picked up her bag and left.

It took Lu Hongjun a long time to calm down. He went inside and saw Tang Sufen, drunk like a dead pig, and felt like strangling her. But killing is illegal, so he left angrily.

When he arrived at Lu Jiaguang’s house, he immediately called Lu Jiaxin. The phone connected, but it was still the steward who answered.

Lu Hongjun said, "Tell Jiaxin this matter is urgent. If not handled properly, both I and her reputation will be affected."

Steward Meng said, "The boss is abroad. I’ll inform her as soon as she returns."

Every time Jiaxin goes on vacation, she instructs Susan and Chen Ming that if there are urgent matters in the company, they should go to Nie Zhan. But she didn’t leave instructions for household matters, and Steward Meng didn’t dare to overstep by asking Nie Zhan to handle them. Knowing what Lu Hongjun was like, and without knowing the specifics, Steward Meng wasn’t keen to meddle. Claims about affecting the boss’s reputation—who was he trying to scare?

Lu Hongjun was almost frantic: "Where did she go? This is really urgent."

The steward replied politely: "I’m sorry, sir, I don’t know which country the boss went to, nor do I know the hotel’s phone number."

Facing a steward who knew nothing, Lu Hongjun hung up in frustration. He feared Huang Xiaoyu might report him, leaving him no choice but to find Lu Jiaguang.

After hearing him out, Lu Jiaguang was stunned: "How does Huang Xiaoyu know?"

Lu Hongjun sighed and said, "When I stayed at Jiaxin’s place, Tang Sufen had her suspicions, but she didn’t have concrete evidence at the time. It was the loose mouth of the second one that leaked."

"Huang Xiaoyu has wanted to go to Hong Kong for three years. She believes it’s a land of gold where she can strike it rich. To get to Hong Kong, she even compromised herself to a forty-something Hong Kong businessman. But that businessman was just toying with her and never planned to take her to Hong Kong."

"Huang Xiaoyu is so obsessed with going to Hong Kong that if we don’t satisfy her, who knows what lies she will concoct. Jiaguang, quickly contact Jiaxin and have her figure out a way to send this lunatic to Hong Kong."

Lu Jiaguang silently said, "Third Uncle, Jiaxin won’t agree."

"How can you know she won’t agree without even calling?"

Lu Jiaguang chuckled bitterly; it was really quite simple logic that Third Uncle somehow couldn’t see through. Maybe he wasn’t unclear; maybe he knew how capable Jiaxin was and wanted to push the matter onto her. The problem is that Jiaxin has long since distanced herself from him; apart from ensuring his retirement is secure, she won’t bother with anything else.

"Say something!"

Lu Jiaguang sighed and said, "Third Uncle, I won’t make that call, or Jiaxin might end up cutting ties with me."

"Third Uncle, stop troubling her. If Huang Xiaoyu reports it, let her. At most, it’ll uncover some past misdemeanors. Even if it leads to jail time, it’s likely to be short."

He speculated on where Lu Hongjun got the money to collect those antiques. Given his position at the time, secretly selling some materials on the side could earn him a fortune. It was illegal, but with Jiaxin around, surely there’s a sense of respect that would lead the higher-ups to go easy.

What does ’even if jail time is short’ mean? He’s at an age where if he enters prison, he might not survive. Lu Hongjun asked, "Jiaguang, are you going to make that call or not?"

Lu Jiaguang said he wouldn’t. Given Jiaxin’s current status, how could she possibly fear threats from Huang Xiaoyu? Even if she reported, it wouldn’t harm Jiaxin one bit.

After thinking it over, Lu Jiaguang said, "Third Uncle, you should voluntarily go to the Supervisory Committee. I’ve heard that if you do, they’ll be lenient."

Lu Hongjun was angry enough to hang up, but the last shred of reason made him restrain himself: "Jiaguang, Third Uncle has treated you well over the years, please help me just this once and call Jiaxin."

Lu Jiaguang said helplessly, "Third Uncle, it’s not that I won’t call Jiaxin, but calling won’t help; she won’t intervene."

"How can you know without asking her? Besides, having a father in jail is embarrassing. I believe she won’t ignore it."

The secretary knocked and entered, saying the leader needed him; he’d tried calling but couldn’t get through. Lu Jiaguang said, "Third Uncle, my leader needs me, let’s discuss this when I’m off work."

Lu Hongjun could only hang up the call reluctantly.

Back home, Lu Hongjun saw Tang Sufen still on the bed and, in a fit of anger, swung his cane down on her. Using full force, Tang Sufen awoke in pain.

Seeing him looking like he wanted to devour her, Tang Sufen was scared out of her wits: "Old Lu, Old Lu, let’s talk this out, ah..."

He struck her several times, making Tang Sufen scream bloody murder until the noise outside prompted someone to knock on the door, and he stopped.

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