Snowstorm: I'm Super Rich in the Apocalypse-Chapter 208 - Father and Son

Chapter 208: Chapter 208: Father and Son?

Chapter 208 -208: Father and Son?

Gu Pan quickly regained her senses and rushed to pour water for Lu Jianguo and the others, adding a bit of honey in case Lu Jianguo was about to faint from anger; he needed some energy replenished.

Lu Ruisheng was still in a daze. His mind was really in chaos. He wanted to verify things, but he didn’t know how to start. The matter should be quite complicated. He had been waiting for so many years without a clue, and now that he had one, he suddenly didn’t know how to ask.

Gu Pan handed the glass of water to Lu Jianguo, “Base Chief Lu, we can see that you are not a man of partiality, so regarding the handling of Lu Ruiming, we won’t be nitpicky. We don’t want it to affect your authority at the base or disturb the peace of the base’s people. We understand your stance now and we can let it go at any time, as long as Lu Ruiming doesn’t cause more trouble. Of course, if he does come again, you won’t mind if we have to handle him harshly.”

Listening to Gu Pan’s words, Lu Jianguo suddenly smiled, “You talk quite interestingly, young lady. I’ve always heard them talking about how capable Shukang’s nephew and niece-in-law are, and I have always wanted to meet you. I never expected it would be under these circumstances. I really feel ashamed.”

Gu Pan said, “Actually, we used to have some prejudices against you, Base Chief Lu. We thought that anyone who spoils their nephew like that must have a questionable character… Well, there seems to have been some misunderstandings.”

Base Chief Lu smiled and said, “It’s okay for you to think that way, I would think the same. Honestly, I’m not familiar with this nephew at all. I can’t say much about these family disgraces, but I assure you, I will never let Lu Ruiming go out and cause trouble again.”

Gu Pan replied, “Alright, with Base Chief Lu’s word, we also feel reassured.”

After speaking, Gu Pan hesitated for a moment but still asked, “Base Chief Lu, you mentioned that you lost a son; may I presume to ask, what is your son’s name?”

She had doubts in her mind and had thought of investigating secretly, but now she had a good impression of Lu Jianguo, so she didn’t mind asking just the name, which wouldn’t raise any suspicions.

Lu Jianguo looked at Gu Pan, somewhat puzzled, but still answered, “My son is named Lu Ruisheng, using the characters for ‘wisdom’ and ‘prosperity.’ He was just one year old when he was lost. I’ve been looking for him all these years but never found a clue.”

“Lu Ruisheng?” Li Shukang’s voice was so loud that it could penetrate a two-story beam.

Lu Jianguo looked puzzledly at Li Shukang, “Old Li, why are you so shocked?”

Li Shukang looked at the pale-faced Lu Ruisheng, “Lu Ruisheng, the same name and characters as yours? What a coincidence, huh?”

Gu Pan had already moved to her husband’s side, gripping his hand tightly.

Base Chief Lu was also so shocked he couldn’t speak, staring intently at Lu Ruisheng, his lips trembling a few times, but no words came out.

Gu Pan felt her husband’s hand turn terribly cold, and she gently squeezed it, encouraging him to relax a bit.

Lu Ruisheng took a few deep breaths, then looked at Lu Jianguo, “When I was thrown into the orphanage, I had my name and birthdate with me. The orphanage worried my family might be encountering difficulties and had left me there temporarily, so they didn’t change my name.”

Gu Pan pulled a piece of paper from her pocket, which contained these important details in the ‘Space’. She handed the paper over.

Lu Jianguo looked at the name and birthdate on the paper, his hands trembling more and more.

He stood up, holding onto the back of a sofa, walked over to Lu Ruisheng, grabbed his hand, rolled up his sleeve, and saw a red flame-shaped birthmark on the inside of his forearm. Next to that was a burn scar from a cigarette the size of a fingernail. Though not very distinct anymore, it was still visible. His breathing grew more rapid, then he fainted outright.

Lu Ruisheng caught Lu Jianguo, then turned to Gu Pan, “Quick, drive him to the hospital.”

Li Shukang said, “Our car is outside, let’s use that one first.”

Gu Pan responded, “You go by car; I’ll follow on a motorcycle.”

Lu Ruiming and that trainee policeman saw them in disarray and quickly took the opportunity to sneak away.

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Lu Ruiming wanted to rush back and talk to his mother about this matter. Now that his identity as the sole heir of the Lu Family was about to be lost, how could this be allowed to happen? How could he continue to wield this identity to lord over the Lu Family in the future? He was aware that the old man pampered him precisely because of this.

Gu Pan saw them running away but didn’t chase after them. Lu Jianguo knew about the situation, and they would be punished later anyway; whether they ran away or not didn’t really matter.

She locked the door, mounted her motorcycle, and followed Lu Jianguo’s car to the hospital.

At the emergency department of the hospital, once the doctors knew he was the Base Commander, they rushed Lu Jianguo into a private emergency room and asked everyone else to wait outside. After all, being the Base Commander, even in a place like a base where resources were scarce, certain privileges still applied.

Li Shukang looked at Lu Ruisheng, “This matter, really, no one could have seen it coming.”

Lu Ruisheng just nodded and remained silent because he really didn’t know what to say—it truly was too much to accept and too sudden.

Gu Pan held his hand, “The Base Commander must have been overwhelmed by urgency. It shouldn’t be anything serious.”

Li Shukang also hurried to reassure, “Yes, yes, Old Lu is in good health. He should be fine.”

It seemed like he had just mentioned that Old Lu was getting older and should take care of his health, but he didn’t even know what he was saying anymore—the day had truly turned chaotic.

Shortly after, a doctor came out and said to them, “He’s not in serious danger. He was just overwhelmed by shock. We’ve given him an injection, and he’ll be awake in half an hour. Just leave one or two people here to watch over him.”

Lu Ruisheng quickly entered the emergency room and stood in front of Lu Jianguo’s hospital bed, gazing at this stranger who was his biological father, feeling a tumult of emotions.

Gu Pan turned to Li Shukang, “Uncle, you should go back to work. Both of you are senior leaders. It’s not good for neither of you to be away for too long. We’ll take care of things here.”

Li Shukang indeed couldn’t do much more there, so he said his goodbyes and left. He really couldn’t have anticipated so many things happening in one day—it was just too unexpected, and at this moment, he felt very disoriented.

As he was about to leave, he turned back to Gu Pan, “If you need anything, come to me.” He was so bewildered himself, let alone the two kids—he was still worried, hence the reminder.

Gu Pan nodded, “Understood. Could we possibly be formal with our uncle?”

Hearing her refer to him as ‘uncle,’ Li Shukang laughed, “Okay, I’ll head back to work then.”

Gu Pan saw Li Shukang off, then quickly returned to Lu Ruisheng’s side.

Lu Ruisheng suddenly hugged Gu Pan, “Is it really true?”

Gu Pan patted her husband’s back, “At least we know you weren’t abandoned, you were lost. Although we don’t know the details yet, it certainly isn’t because your parents didn’t want you.”

Lu Ruisheng’s chin rested on his wife’s head, “Right, I wasn’t abandoned, but who exactly threw me away? Why? Did they offend someone? Have enemies?”

He really wanted to know what was going on; after all, being harmed and turned into an orphan was a score that bothered him more than finding his relatives.

Gu Pan said, “Once Base Chief Lu wakes up, we should have some answers.”

“I wonder what my mother is like.”

“We’ll soon find out everything.”