Snowstorm: I'm Super Rich in the Apocalypse-Chapter 207 - The Base Commander Lost a Son

Chapter 207: Chapter 207: The Base Commander Lost a Son

Chapter 207 -207: The Base Commander Lost a Son

Lu Jianguo heard this and his eyebrows knitted together so tightly, they could have killed a fly, “This beast, always causing trouble.”

After saying this, he apologetically turned to Gu Pan and said, “I will definitely give you an explanation for this matter, and thank you for coming to me without making a big fuss. Let’s go over now.”

It had to be said, this Base Commander was actually not too bad, except for not keeping a closer eye on his own nephew.

As he spoke, Lu Jianguo instructed his secretary to prepare a car.

Gu Pan followed them downstairs, where they met Secretary Wen and exchanged greetings.

Getting to the ground floor, Gu Pan rode her motorcycle at the front while Lu Jianguo’s car followed behind, with Li Shukang naturally joining them, of course, without secretaries, as this was a private matter.

They quickly arrived at Gu Pan’s house.

Gu Pan opened the door, and as they walked in, the open living room door revealed Ruiming who, seeing Lu Jianguo arrive, felt like dying but was not foolish enough to not start accusing immediately, “Uncle, this family has been stealing from the base’s finances and exchanged for contribution points. After I discovered it, they bit back…”

Before he could finish, Lu Jianguo strode into the room and slapped him across the face, “Lu Ruiming, you really are becoming more and more presumptuous.”

He knew what his nephew was like, just as undisciplined as his own half-brother, Lu Jiancheng. If it weren’t for the apocalypse, times of life and death, he would not bother with the affairs of the third branch. But now, with the Lu family’s scant lineage, only this one boy remained of the third generation. The old master had threatened with his life to make him take care of this nephew, so he had no choice.

This nephew was truly inept, accusing these people of stealing base supplies? They had just made a significant contribution to the base, and the matter of the Breeding Eggs was being discussed at the highest levels, with the central base preparing to present them with awards. Furthermore, they hadn’t been home in the past few days, only returning last night. Stealing and exchanging for contribution points? Were they in need of contribution points? The base itself owed them.

However, at that moment, Ruisheng was stunned by Lu Jianguo’s outburst of “Lu Ruiming”. Was this a coincidence?

Gu Pan looked at her husband, and as their eyes met, both understood each other’s thoughts: watch the situation first and keep quiet about it. This was not a matter to be handled carelessly.

Li Shukang, however, had not noticed this. After all, he did not know about Ruisheng’s affairs and didn’t find the similarity in names any cause for concern, and quickly stepped forward to comfort and restrain Lu Jianguo, “Old Lu, let’s talk things over calmly.”

Leaving the station, now that it was a private matter, Li Shukang did not use formal titles, instead using their more familiar names.

Lu Jianguo took a deep breath and said to Old Li, “Old Li, I have unspeakable troubles. You know how our family’s old master is…”

Li Shukang nodded understandingly, “I get it, I get it.”

Lu Jianguo continued, “Regardless of how this turns out, I have to give your nephew and his wife an explanation. I will deal with this justly—those who should be sent to the bureau will go to the bureau. This kind of child needs to be scared until he learns his lesson, or who knows what he could do in the future.”

After finishing his words, he turned to Gu Pan and Ruisheng, “Do you have any other thoughts? Feel free to speak up.”

Ruisheng said, “We will follow the Base Chief’s arrangements.” He was not about to utter any empty pleasantries about making big issues small and small issues smaller.

Base Chief Lu looked at Ruisheng, suddenly feeling a sense of familiarity. Why did this young man look so familiar?

He declared, “Then we will proceed according to regular procedure. I will not show favoritism or engage in fraud.”

The intern in public security, scared to death, quickly said, “Base Chief, actually, we didn’t really intend to go that far, we just wanted to scare them a bit.”

Lu Jianguo glanced at the intern, “Scare? Using public office to scare citizens? Do you even deserve to be called a public servant?”

The intern was now in despair; not only would his permanent position not come early, but he might also lose his job.

At this point, Ruiming was frightened too and could only play his trump card, “Uncle, grandfather only has me as a grandson, you don’t want to anger him to death, do you?”

Lu Jianguo, veins bulging in fury, retorted, “As long as you’re alive, I have an explanation to give. You, behaving like this, won’t get straightened out unless you’re locked up for a few days. I really don’t know how your parents raised you. Before, we didn’t associate with one another, and I didn’t know what you were like, but now that you’re in front of me, I have to set you right.”

Gu Pan and Ruisheng watched Lu Jianguo from the side. This didn’t seem to be an act for their benefit, and what did he mean by ‘not associating’? They didn’t quite understand, but they continued to listen. Speaking of which, they were both very interested in the matters concerning the Lu family.

Ruiming said, “Then send me to the central base. I want to go to grandfather.”

Lu Jianguo replied, “With the way you are, you could agitate the old master to death in two days. Unless you straighten up, don’t even think about leaving.”

Saying this, he picked up a broom from the wall corner and pointed at Ruiming, “Kneel down.”

Ruiming defiantly replied, tilting his head back, “I won’t kneel. You lost your own son and now you want to take it out on me, not a chance.”

The expressions of Ruisheng and Gu Pan, who had been watching the drama unfold, were shocked. Lu Jianguo’s son was missing—could it be related to what they were thinking?

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At this moment, Lu Jianguo had already pinned Ruiming to the ground, beating his back with the broom, causing Ruiming to howl in pain, the sound comparable to undergoing torture.

Li Shukang, as an elder, had to make a show of pulling at Lu Jianguo, “Old Lu, you’re not young anymore, don’t get too worked up, look after your health.”

Panting heavily, Lu Jianguo said, “If my own son hadn’t gone missing, he would have been a hundred times better than this thing. I really don’t know what my father was thinking back then…”

He didn’t continue. These issues, whenever remembered, nearly suffocated Lu Jianguo, but he could not speak of them.

What could he say? It was all family shame.

His own mother had only been dead for a year when his father remarried Ruiming’s grandmother, who had brought her son Lu Jiancheng to the marriage. Though claiming publicly that Jiancheng was a stepson, he was actually the old master’s biological son, evident to anyone in the family who was not blind.

Over the years, Lu Jianguo and his younger brother Lu Jianshe had not been close with their stepmother, stepbrother, and stepsister. If not for their father threatening them with his death, he would not have taken this mother and son into his care, thinking that since Jiancheng had died, they would not dare to be too excessive. But who could have foreseen that they would become so lawless? Who gave them such courage?

His father’s goodness was undeniable, having served on the battlefield and done much for the country and the people, but he had wronged his wife and their brothers, an unforgivable mistake in the eyes of Lu Jianguo and Jianshe.

Gu Pan and Ruisheng, hearing Lu Jianguo again mention the loss of his son, felt their hearts tighten.

Knowing about Lu Jianguo’s missing son, Li Shukang quickly tried to console him, “Old Lu, don’t get agitated. Take a seat.”

Then he turned to Gu Pan, “Panpan, get some water for Base Chief Lu.”