Rebirth Counterattack with Space

It wasn’t until after three in the afternoon that everyone left the tour bus reluctantly to return to campus. The bus still stopped right at the school gate, where they said goodbye to Feng Sijia and Wu Xiuyu. As usual, Lu Yun walked back to her apartment near B University, where Xu Liang had already been waiting for a long time.

At home, Lu Aiguo and Xia Yuan were both there. Seeing her come in, they smiled and asked, "How was it?"

"Not bad, especially with the food you guys provided leading the way, I think I was one of the most popular people today. And after today, everyone will probably know I’m the daughter of the Lu Family, so there should be no more nonsense from people outside."

"What nonsense? What did they say about you before?" Lu Aiguo picked up on the implication in Lu Yun’s words with a sensitive ear and frowned.

"Xiaoyun has been so low-key, what else could people have to talk about?" Xia Yuan said with a look of confusion.

"Just some boring people," Lu Yun didn’t hide it and directly recounted the words Liu Jinli said to her face, her own counterattack, as well as the campus rumors about her she had heard from Feng Sijia and Wu Xiuyu.

"That’s utterly unreasonable." Xia Yuan trembled with anger, and Lu Aiguo quickly embraced her, patting her back to soothe her, "It’s okay, now everyone already knows, don’t they?"

"Mom, don’t get angry. Getting angry means using other people’s mistakes to punish yourself, and it’s not worth it. Besides, I’ve already taken care of the situation. I’m telling you this not to get you worked up."

Lu Yun also went over and took Xia Yuan’s hand, shaking it, "Today I also made two pretty interesting friends." 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

Lu Yun knew that Lu Aiguo and Xia Yuan had always been worried about her "homebody" characteristics, thinking it abnormal that she didn’t have any classmates or friends to socialize with.

So, she was very willing to share about her new friends with them. Sure enough, Lu Aiguo and Xia Yuan’s attention was quickly drawn to this, and they repeatedly said, "Bring them over to the house sometime."

Lu Yun couldn’t help but smile wryly and agreed readily. Bringing them home to play? She would do that once she truly approved of them.

After dinner, when she returned to her room that evening, Lu Aiguo suddenly said to Xia Yuan, "Xiaoyun’s eighteenth birthday is coming up soon. This year, let’s do it big and invite all her classmates too. I’ve been thinking, this would also be the perfect opportunity to announce the independence of ’Huayan’ and the Lu Family’s pharmaceutical business, listing them specifically under Xiaoyun’s name."

Although he had consoled Xia Yuan before, Lu Aiguo himself was still upset. He had been thinking that even if people knew now that Xiaoyun was the heiress of the Lu Family, her identity as a stepdaughter was never a secret—and he deep down didn’t want others to look down on her again because of her identity.

"’Huayan’ is the most profitable part of the Lu Family, and the future prospects of the Lu Family pharmaceutical business are foreseeable without even thinking about it. Without them, the Lu Group would drop from a first-rate company to the ranks of second or third tier. Are you really willing to do that?"

Xia Yuan had already seen his seriousness in Lu Aiguo’s eyes. She chuckled softly, and without waiting for Lu Aiguo to reply, she caressed his cheek and sighed, "I know you’re willing, but Xiaoyun would definitely not let you do that."

When the Lu Group was being named, Lu Yun insisted on naming it "Lu Family." She was glad to have the surname Lu and insisted on it. She said she hoped that the Lu Group would reach the pinnacle one day and become the richest in the world.

"But others don’t know, don’t we know? Without Xiaoyun, there would be no existence of the ’Lu Family.’ Furthermore, ’Huayan’ and the pharmaceutical business were completely reliant on Xiaoyun’s ability to exist."

Lu Aiguo became somewhat agitated. He knew in his heart that his proposal might not be warmly received by his daughter.

"Yuanyuan, I don’t want anyone to look down on Xiaoyun because of her identity ever again, and in a few more years, Jinsheng will be grown up and ready to marry. I also don’t want his future wife to presume that the ’Lu Family’ will just be Jinsheng’s."

"Aiguo, do you still remember the shares we initially set?" Xia Yuan asked Lu Aiguo in a gentle voice.

"Of course, I remember. At the beginning, we decided to give parents and second sister each five percent and you and Shitou each thirty percent, with you and Xiaoyun each having fifteen percent.

However, after parents found out we were giving them and second sister five percent each as well, they insisted we change it, ending up with only ten percent of ’Duo Duo Chips’ profits annually for them. When the Lu Group was registered, the final shares amounted to fifty percent under your name and fifty percent under Xiaoyun’s."

Lu Aiguo squinted as he reminisced. There had been a long dispute about this back then, recalling how his daughter said, ’How does it really matter how we divide now, a little more or less? When we have so much money in the future that we can’t even spend it all, the difference will be irrelevant.’ It was like it had just happened.

He suddenly smiled, "I seriously suspect Shitou had his eye on Xiaoyun even then. Looking back, allocating only fifteen percent of the shares to Xiaoyun was really taking advantage of her age."

"Heh, isn’t that true? At that time she was bullied for being young," Xia Yuan also laughed.

"It is definitely not appropriate to separate ’Huayan’ and the Lu Family pharmaceutical business. What I’m saying is that at the time, we’ll just transfer another thirty percent of our shares to Xiaoyun. We’ve been telling Jinsheng over and over since he was sensible that the ’Lu Family’ can only be his sister’s in the future, and he must go out and earn a family fortune on his own. We’ve left him twenty percent, so even if he doesn’t make anything of himself, twenty percent of the shares should be sufficient for his lifetime."

After thinking for a moment, Xia Yuan added, "Actually, I see that Jinsheng has no interest in business, just like Shitou. Publicly announcing now that the shares are for Xiaoyun also completely cuts off any future expectations his future wife might have."

"Okay, let’s go. Let’s call those two over now and make the announcement, to get it off my chest." Lu Aiguo almost did not hesitate and nodded, checking that it wasn’t too late and immediately going with Xia Yuan to knock on the doors of Lu Yun and Lu Jinsheng’s rooms.

Lu Yun and Lu Jinsheng were quickly summoned to the study.

Once Lu Aiguo and Xia Yuan explained, Lu Jinsheng shook his head without a care, "So it’s about this? I thought it was something serious."

"You brat, this isn’t serious enough for you?" Seeing Lu Jinsheng obviously not caring too much, Xia Yuan instantly relaxed and couldn’t help but chide with a laugh.