Contentment with modest wealth

Chapter 163 As expected of my daughter
Lu Jie was taken aback for a moment, then put down his chopsticks: "Why can't I eat?"

Lu Jia snorted: "Your daughter is about to die! Why don't you hurry up and prepare her coffin and funeral clothes? Will it be too late?"
"You'd better hurry while it's still light, or the coffin shop will close!"

That’s what I said!

Lu Jie raised an eyebrow: "You're perfectly fine, aren't you? What's with all this talk about dying? Aren't you worried about bringing bad luck?"

"You actually know what bad luck is?"

Lu Jia braced herself on the table, snorting through her nose: "I see now, you don't want me to come back at all!"

"They'll agree to anything I say on the surface, but behind my back they're completely different!"
"I shouldn't have agreed to come back that day at my uncle's house."

"Although life outside is tough and people can't stand me, at least I have my mother to protect and love me. What do I have when I go back to the Lu family?"

"It's one thing for others to bully me, but you're secretly making things difficult for me too!"

Lu Jie felt increasingly itchy on his back as he listened: "Have you babbled enough? Have you eaten? If not, sit down and eat something with me?"

“I can’t eat this,” Lu Jia said. “I’m out here fighting the bad guys, and what are you doing? You know I’ve been framed, you know I’ve been bullied, and instead of helping me out, you’re trying to steal my boyfriend from behind!”

"Tell me, how can you face me after I didn't sleep a wink all night?"

"If I were you, I wouldn't even be able to swallow my saliva!"

Lu Jie rolled his eyes and pushed the bowl forward.

After two days, he already knew that this girl was just as quick-witted as his uncle, but he never expected that after going around in circles, she would come right up to him again!

He glanced at Yang Bonong beside him, whose expression was already hard to describe. At this moment, he quickly said, "I suddenly remembered that I have something to attend to, so I'll take my leave first."

After he left, Lu Jia slammed the door shut behind her: "Alright, now that there's no one else around, tell me, why did you intercept my people?"

Lu Jie said, "Whom did I intercept? Who did I intercept?"

"Are you still pretending?" Lu Jia straightened up. "Alright, let's not beat around the bush. Where did you hide Granny Du?"

Lu Jie frowned: "Who told you she's here with me?"

"Changfu said so!"

Lu Jie snorted, "Your Changfu has this kind of ability?"

Lu Rong had previously stated that Changfu was completely defenseless when they intercepted him, which shows that he was just an ordinary servant and did not know martial arts.

How could an ordinary servant tell who did the attack?
"The person was intercepted inside the manor, so it must have been done by someone in the manor. It wouldn't have mattered if anyone else had captured Granny Du. It was either the Madam or me."

“I had already gotten her in advance. If my wife had intercepted me halfway, she wouldn’t have just stood by and watched me fight back. She would have even turned around and crushed me.”

"Besides her, it can only be you. It can't be me, can it?"

Lu Jie raised an eyebrow: "Oh, so you were the one who hid her. Then why would I intercept her?" "To please your wife!" Lu Jia's voice rose, "Lord Lu, who listens to his wife without question, would naturally think of intercepting Granny Du to relieve his wife's worries in the current situation!"
"Once the person is back in your wife's hands, not only will the problems that have been troubling her be solved, and the dignity she has lost be restored, but more importantly, your wife will remember your kindness!"

As soon as Yang Bonong left, Lu Jia knew it was safe to speak. Lu Jie's study was a place where even Jiang Shi needed to be notified in advance before arriving, so she wasn't afraid to speak out loud!
Before returning home, he kept telling himself: Anyway, I didn't come back for the sake of this father-daughter relationship, but for revenge. What does it matter whether this father cares about his daughter or not? As long as there is fairness, I don't ask for anything else.

But how could he resort to underhanded tactics behind people's backs?

When people resort to such underhanded tactics, what kind of fairness is there to speak of?

Since he broke the agreement, isn't it only right for her to come and demand an explanation?

Good heavens, she's only been back at the manor for three days!
Is he finally able to suppress his own selfish motives?
This will get out of hand if this goes on for too long!
After listening to her rapid-fire speech, Lu Jie didn't get angry with her. After glancing at her a few times, he sat down instead: "Your mind works so fast, you're truly my daughter."

Lu Jia disagreed.

Lu Jie picked up the bowl of porridge again and raised his chopsticks: "You guessed right, I did intercept the person."

Lu Jia walked over to the table and sat down: "Where is she? If you hand her over to me, I will naturally trust you in the future."

“We’ll talk about the future later,” Lu Jie said, swishing the porridge in his bowl. “Let me ask you this: if you had Granny Du in your hands, what would you have done?”

Lu Jia withdrew her stance: "I naturally have my uses."

Du Pozi and Guo Lu were Jiang's two most trusted confidantes. She didn't have the ability to capture Guo Lu, and even if she did, Guo Lu and his entire family relied on Jiang to show off their power. The price of betraying Jiang would be too high, and he might not listen to her.

Therefore, Granny Du is easier to control.

If any one of Jiang's actions were exposed, it would be enough to cause her serious trouble. Du Pozi would be a powerful weapon for Lu Jia to strike at Jiang, and her role is extremely important.

However, Lu Jie has never inquired about or investigated why he disappeared under the Jiang family's control back then, so how could Lu Jia easily reveal his true purpose?

"Do you really think a servant can be of much use?"

Lu Jia didn't want to reveal the truth, but Lu Jie seemed to see through her thoughts and asked this question.

Lu Jia paused, staring at him as she pondered, "What do you mean by that? Do you know what I'm trying to do?"

"You don't need to worry about whether I know or not." Lu Jie put down the bowl of porridge he had finished drinking. "I just want to remind you that Granny Du is just a servant, her words don't carry that much weight."

"No matter what your purpose is, just getting her under your control is not enough."

"Not only her, but also the Du family, or any servant in the Lu family, they cannot control their own fate."

"Her voice carries little weight. Even if she could say something, it would be incredibly easy to overthrow her or even use her against you."

“The court reviews many cases every year. I have seen too many people turn against their masters at crucial moments, and in the end, innocent people are dragged into the quagmire and can't get out.”

"Among them were many talented ministers and experienced generals. Many of them had fought their way up through the imperial examinations, so they were not without talent. But in the end, they still couldn't help but fail."

Lu Jie looked at her and said, "Jiajia, what you want to do is right, and your father doesn't object to it. But you need to think about how to do it more carefully."