Steam Era: The Lord of 'Puluo'-Chapter 686 - 466 This is Lu Dongliang_3

"Old Xu, once the medicinal materials arrive, I’ll deliver them to your home."

Old Xu waved his hand. "There’s no need for that. I was actually planning on taking a stroll around town these next few days."

Qiu Zhiheng invited Old Xu to eat, but Old Xu politely declined, turned, left the Medicine Shop, and approached the Rickshaw Puller. "Take me around for a couple of loops."

The Coachman set off immediately, ferrying Old Xu around Li Gou.

Old Xu asked, "People from Medicine King Valley are here again, with formidable cultivation levels. Aren’t you going to run?"

The Coachman snorted. "No need to ridicule me. If I have to run, I’ll run without hesitation. But I reckon this person won’t stay in Medicine King Valley for long."

...

When Qiu Zhiheng returned home, he touched his wife’s cheek and smiled. "Did you really want to take on Lu Dongliang just now?"

Bamboo snorted. "Can’t you tell? That wasn’t Lu Dongliang at all!"

Qiu Zhiheng was stunned for a long moment; he truly hadn’t noticed.

Bamboo said, "He actually got scared when he saw I had lost weight. How could Lu Dongliang be scared like that? Doesn’t he know what Taoist Sect I’m from or what my cultivation level is?"

Qiu Zhiheng felt Lu Dongliang’s earlier reaction was quite normal. "He probably didn’t expect you would actually confront him."

"You still don’t believe me? That really wasn’t Lu Dongliang!" Bamboo snorted. "Haven’t you read the newspapers these past few days? The news has spread everywhere!"

Indeed, Qiu Zhiheng hadn’t read the newspapers for the past few days; he had gone to buy medicinal materials.

Bamboo handed the newspaper to Qiu Zhiheng. "Take a good look. It’s clearly written here that someone is impersonating Lu Dongliang, deceiving people everywhere. At first, I didn’t believe it was true, but now that I’ve encountered him myself, I truly believe it."

"An impersonation?" Qiu Zhiheng was still somewhat disbelieving. He had followed Lu Dongliang for so many years, and that person just now hadn’t shown any flaws in front of him.

Bamboo took another newspaper. "The news is in all the papers," she said. "The one impersonating Lu Dongliang has a high cultivation level and commits all sorts of evil. He even violated a man in front of his own wife! Is this something a human being would do?"

"Violated a man in front of his own wife?" Qiu Zhiheng was certain this man was definitely not Lu Dongliang. Although Lu Dongliang was a womanizer, he hadn’t stooped to such a level.

"That person just now is no simple character," Qiu Zhiheng put down the newspaper. "He must have come for Chunying and Old Qi. I must make a trip to Greenwater City; I can’t let this person stir up trouble."

Bamboo sat on Qiu Zhiheng’s lap, looking at him with feigned annoyance. "Are you going back to be the Lu Family’s steward again?"

Qiu Zhiheng shook his head, smiling. "Don’t worry. I’m not selling my life to others anymore, just earnestly managing our own home."

...

「Late at night, Greenwater City.」

The newspaper boy was dozing at the street corner, still holding three newspapers; he could only go home after selling them all.

Lu Dongliang approached the boy and bought a paper. Upon seeing the news, he sneered.

Someone impersonating Lu Dongliang and scamming people? Who let the information slip?

Lu Dongliang casually tossed the newspaper aside and headed for a small courtyard on Han Yuan Street.

Lu Maoxian had passed away, his assets reclaimed by the main family, and his children had all gone their separate ways.

Lu Dongchun lived alone in this small courtyard, rarely receiving visitors and seldom leaving the house.

Hearing someone enter the courtyard, Lu Dongchun lit an oil lamp and walked out of her room.

Seeing Lu Dongliang in the courtyard, Lu Dongchun’s face was devoid of expression, but the hand holding the oil lamp trembled.

"Big brother, is it really you?"

"If it’s not me, who else could it be?" Lu Dongliang smiled.

Lu Dongchun couldn’t believe it. Yet, after a careful look, she felt she shouldn’t be skeptical. Caught in her indecision, the oil lamp in her hand continued to shake.

Lu Dongliang looked around the simple courtyard and sighed. "A young lady of the Lu Family shouldn’t live in such a place. Pack your things. I’ve bought you a new house; you’ll move tomorrow."

"Big brother, I am no longer a member of the Lu Family." Although there was no fluctuation in Lu Dongchun’s tone, one could hear the sadness within it.

"Who says you’re not?"

"The Lu Family Head, Lu Chunying."

Lu Dongliang frowned. "Does the Lu Family have another Family Head?"

"But now..."

"No ’buts.’ I only ask you, does the Lu Family have another Family Head?"

"No." Lu Dongchun no longer wavered, her answer firm.

Lu Dongliang smiled. "I’ll come pick you up tomorrow."

As he turned to leave, Lu Dongchun suddenly embraced him from behind.

"Don’t go, Big brother, don’t leave..."

Her face showed no emotion, her tone even, yet Lu Dongliang could hear her longing and attachment.

It seemed he couldn’t leave tonight. It seemed the affection between these siblings wasn’t ordinary. Lu Dongliang was truly unprepared. But it also seemed some things didn’t require much preparation. It was just... Garment Cultivation. How was one supposed to do that?

...

In Qi Qiu City, Lu Yuanxin was growing restless.

"Miss, that fake Lu Dongliang is hosting banquets in the family compound every day and has even publicly announced the restoration of Lu Dongchun’s status within the family. We should go to Greenwater City and take a look."

Lu Chunying asked, "What does Lady Duan say?"

"According to the information we’ve received, Lady Duan hasn’t taken a stance yet, and the fake Lu Dongliang hasn’t returned to the Lu Family Mansion."

Lu Chunying said, "We’ll stick to what Brother Seven said: as long as that impostor hasn’t entered the Lu Family Mansion, we don’t need to concern ourselves with him."

Lu Yuanxin said, "But I’m worried..."

"Yuanxin, you need to trust me," Lu Chunying said with a smile. "I have a plan."

Did Lu Chunying really have a plan? So far, she had no good one. If she returned to Greenwater City, Lu Dongliang would invite her out. Then, in front of the entire clan, he would announce he was taking back the position of Family Head. How could Lu Chunying possibly resist? Fight? She certainly couldn’t win. According to Li Qi’s speculation, this fake Lu Dongliang’s cultivation level was Above the Clouds. Not only could she not defeat him, but even Li Qi couldn’t.