As soon as Lu Chuanbai entered, Wang Chengxiang immediately closed the door. He was still carrying a chair in his hand and looked at Lu Chuanbai warily.
"What are you doing here?"
Lu Chuanbai's gaze fell on his stepmother, who was kneeling on the ground with a pale face. A sarcastic smile curled up on his lips.
"Good that you're here. I don't have to look for you then."
Lu Chuanbai's words made his stepmother's heart skip a beat. She wiped the cold sweat off her forehead, supported by Chen Zhen, and got up from the ground.
"What are you doing here?"
"How did my mother die? What tricks did you play?"
Hearing Lu Chuanbai's straightforward question, the stepmother's legs went weak and she almost fell to the ground again.
Wang Chengxiang, who was standing behind Lu Chuanbai, raised the chair high and was about to smash it on Lu Chuanbai when he heard that Lu Chuanbai had discovered this.
Lu Chuanbai was well-prepared. He dodged quickly and punched Wang Chengxiang in the stomach.
This punch carried all of Lu Chuanbai's pent - up anger and strength. It hit Wang Chengxiang hard in the abdomen.
Wang Chengxiang spat out a mouthful of saliva violently and curled up in pain. The chair in his hand also fell to the ground.
Lu Chuanbai didn't show any mercy. He directly picked up the chair and smashed it on Wang Chengxiang. The chair was smashed to pieces.
Wang Chengxiang was beaten so badly by Lu Chuanbai that he couldn't even stand up. His whole body twitched.
Seeing this, Chen Zhen knew that things were going to be bad today. She pulled the frightened stepmother up from the ground.
"What are you still standing there for? Run!"
Saying that, Chen Zhen pushed the stepmother out. Seeing Lu Chuanbai pick up another chair and approach them step by step, her voice trembled, "Go quickly. You know there's a back door in our house!"
Since Wang Chengxiang sometimes lent money at usury and there would be people coming to make trouble at home, a small door was dug at the back of the villa.
The stepmother finally came to her senses. She hugged the bronze ware and ran away at full speed.
"Come back here!" Lu Chuanbai's eyes were fierce. With a killing intent pervading his whole body, he threw the chair in his hand at the stepmother. It hit the ground behind her.
Chen Zhen gritted her teeth and rushed in front of Lu Chuanbai, spreading her arms, "As long as I'm here, you won't be able to touch my sister today!"
The stepmother was the hope of their family. As long as she could escape successfully and sell the bronze ware, their family could make a comeback!
"Get out of the way!" Lu Chuanbai pushed Chen Zhen away forcefully. Just as he was about to chase after the stepmother, the door was smashed open from the outside.
Two policemen came in. They saw the blood on the ground, Wang Chengxiang wailing in pain, and Lu Chuanbai holding a chair in his hand.
"Raise your hands! Hand over the bronze ware!"
These two policemen were plain - clothes officers who had been following Wang Chengxiang for some time. They received instructions from Wang Lide today to retrieve the bronze ware. They didn't expect to stumble upon a fight scene.
The room was in a complete mess. Wang Chengxiang was lying on the ground twitching, with blood flowing from his head.
There was also a woman kneeling limply in front of a young man holding a chair. The young man exuded a fierce air, comparable to a criminal who had committed a serious crime.
No matter how you looked at it, it seemed like a heinous incident such as burglary.
Lu Chuanbai finally stared fiercely at the direction where the stepmother had escaped. He threw the chair in his hand down and raised his hands unwillingly.
Damn it! He was so close to catching the stepmother and finding out the truth!
Forget it... Anyway, he already knew the fact that the stepmother had paid someone to kill. There would be plenty of time in the future. He would surely make the stepmother pay the price she deserved!
"Officer, a woman took the bronze ware and ran out through the back door. You may still be able to catch up if you go now."
Lu Chuanbai directly exposed the stepmother.
But the two policemen didn't quite believe him because of Lu Chuanbai's fierce look just now. "She can't get away with you guys here. Come with us."
The stepmother didn't dare to go back to the Lu family's car while holding the bronze ware. She was afraid that Lu Chuanbai was waiting there. She ran all the way to the community entrance and hailed a taxi to find her son.
Since Lu's father thought he had neglected Lu Fenglin last time, he had transferred Lu Fenglin to the head office.
Lu Fenglin was planning the reform of the Lu Group. He hoped to replace the people inside the Lu Group this time and put his own people in. Then it would be easier for him to take control of the Lu Group.
Lu Fenglin's secretary saw the stepmother running in from the outside like a madwoman, holding a black - looking thing in her arms. There were several security guards chasing after her.
"Stop! You can't enter the company without an appointment!"
"I've already said that my son is the boss here. Why are you stopping me!" The stepmother shouted angrily at the security guards chasing after her while running.
The secretary recognized the stepmother as Lu Fenglin's mother. She quickly stopped the two security guards. "She is really Mr. Lu's mother. She can come in even without an appointment. Go back quickly."
Hearing the secretary's assurance, the two security guards holding steel forks still murmured unhappily.
"She rushed in like a madwoman without saying a word. Who could recognize that she is Mr. Lu's mother!"
"If you talk too much, be careful that Mr. Lu fires you."
The secretary sent the two security guards away with a cold face. Then her expression softened. She poured a cup of hot tea for the stepmother. "Mr. Lu is very busy now. He just told me that no one is allowed to go in and disturb him. Madam, why don't you wait outside first?"
Hearing that she had to wait, the stepmother directly knocked the hot tea out of the secretary's hand. The cup fell to the ground.
The hot water splashed on the secretary's calf covered with flesh - colored stockings. She let out a scream in pain.
"It's so hot!"
While the secretary was bending down to wipe the water off her calf, the stepmother bypassed her and rushed into Lu Fenglin's office without even knocking on the door.
"What's wrong with the secretary and security guards in your company! I just wanted to see my son, but one asked me for an appointment and the other asked me to wait!"
"You should fire them all and replace them with some more sensible people!"
The stepmother also took out her anger on the secretary who had just defended her.
Lu Fenglin, who was working on the plan, was suddenly interrupted by his stepmother. He looked up at her unhappily. The stepmother was standing against the light, and the wrinkles on her face cast shadows, making her look very terrifying.
"Mom, what do you want to see me for?"
Only then did the stepmother remember that she came to Lu Fenglin to save her life. Her nose twitched, and her eyes were filled with tears. She looked like she had suffered a great injustice.
The stepmother put the bronze ware in her arms on Lu Fenglin's desk and began to tell her story tearfully.
"I don't know why. I was just talking with your aunt at her home when Lu Chuanbai suddenly burst in and said he was going to kill me!"
"Your uncle was beaten to the ground by Lu Chuanbai with a chair in order to protect me!"
"Fortunately, there's a back door in your aunt's villa. Thanks to your aunt holding Lu Chuanbai back, I was able to escape!"
Hearing his stepmother's one - sided story, Lu Fenglin first cared about whether she was injured.
All his anger from being interrupted by the stepmother disappeared. With deep concern on his face, he got up from behind the office desk and walked around to the stepmother, looking her up and down.
"Mom, are you okay? Are you hurt?"