Rebirth Counterattack with Space

"I have it,"

The instant that phrase escaped, Lu Jinsheng immediately knew the girl before him was deadly serious, and without hesitation nor understanding why, he felt a sourness in his nose and nodded promptly.

"Okay, you’ll give the money right away. But could you give me a few days, let me wait until my grandfather’s surgery is over and he’s slightly recovered, then I’ll go with you—is that okay?" Zhao Xuan pleaded.

"Uh... I’m not a human trafficker, so as long as you’re willing, you can stay by your grandfather’s side and take care of him," Lu Jinsheng replied, choking back with an air of helplessness.

"Really? You... you’re really a good person."

Zhao Xuan was briefly overjoyed, then bit her lip and forcefully swallowed the question she wanted to ask the man before her—what he intended to have her do—ultimately managing to choke out this sentence.

Having plummeted from heaven into hell in a matter of days, she’d experienced the extremes of human warmth and coldness she’d never encountered in her previous twenty-one years, and her innocence had long since vanished.

Though the person before her didn’t seem like a bad guy, appearances can be deceiving, and having sunk deep into doubt about her own judgment of character, she had lost all confidence in her own discernment, so she dared not ask. She was afraid that once she asked, she wouldn’t be able to fight the urge to back away.

But her current situation left no room for retreat—what would become of her grandfather if she did?

Remembering her grandfather lying in the ICU, recalling she had no other kin since childhood, and how her grandfather had raised her single-handedly, shielding her from the harshness of the world, her eyes welled up, and tears cascaded down once again.

This time, it was her turn to shield her grandfather from the storm—

In her eyes, nothing and no affair was more crucial than saving her grandfather.

Lu Jinsheng: "..."

Why is she crying again? I’m really not a bad person. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

For the first time in his life, receiving praise for being a good person, he didn’t quite know what to say, his mind preoccupied with why she didn’t continue to question who he really was, his intentions, what he wanted her to do.

Wouldn’t it have been natural for him to explain everything if she had just asked?

Should he consider her indifferent for not asking, or is it just indifference?

Cough cough, what should one call such a naive young woman? No wonder she was so easily deceived before; why isn’t she afraid he might ask her to do something she can’t accept?

Hopefully, she hasn’t really started to see him as a bad guy.

Lu Jinsheng shuddered at the thought, deciding it would be best to be upfront with the young lady. Thus, he took hold of Zhao Xuan’s hand, "Let me introduce myself. My name is Lu Jinsheng, a researcher. However, I can’t tell you where I work or the specific field of my research—not now, and probably not in the future either. My parents live in Capital City, you know the Lu Group, right? That’s owned by our family. This time, I’m on vacation to, uh, go on a matchmaking..."

Lu Jinsheng, upon reaching this point in his speech, suddenly found it difficult to continue. He felt that the plan he was about to propose was indeed quite "despicable," almost like taking advantage of someone’s vulnerability.

Originally, back in the grove, he had felt entirely justified, believing that what he was scheming would be a good thing for the girl before him, after all, it was a matter of mutual benefit. If he hadn’t discreetly intervened at the time, the person in front of him might have been bullied miserably by those scumbags.

Feeling righteous and that it was a win-win situation, now under the gaze of the girl’s round, wide eyes, Lu Jinsheng inexplicably started to feel guilty.

"You’re a scientific researcher? The Lu Group really belongs to your family?" Zhao Xuan was taken aback upon hearing this, her heartbeat accelerating. Could she dare to believe such good fortune had befallen her?

The Lu Group was something she could not possibly be unaware of; even someone like her who usually had no business dealings knew the name well. If her family’s and the Bai Family’s businesses were akin to a small yacht, then the Lu Group was a world-class super-luxury cruise ship.

The CEO of Lu Group, Lu Aiguo, and his wife Xia Yuan only had a son and a daughter, and none of them were willing to join the family business. The daughter’s husband’s family was also in business, and reputed to have an extraordinarily strong background that nobody dared to provoke easily. Consequently, the Lu Family’s standing soared, with no one daring to look down upon them. As for the son, what he ultimately chose to do wasn’t clear, only that he was rumored to be uninterested in business... Zhao Xuan remembered her grandfather gossiping about this.

Zhao Xuan’s gaze towards Lu Jinsheng grew more fervent, the more she looked at him, the more she felt that he exuded a masculine charm unique to men. If the person before her truly was the sole heir of the Lu Group, then his previous words were not empty boasts; he indeed had the means to provide her grandfather with the best medical treatment and save her family’s business, and she wouldn’t have to worry about this man asking her to do anything against her moral principles.

"Why would I lie to you?" Lu Jinsheng was slightly overwhelmed by Zhao Xuan’s intense gaze and decided to get to the point in one go.

"The reason I sought you out isn’t because of anything else but being driven nearly insane by my mother forcing me on blind dates. But frankly, I’m at the age where I should indeed get married. To avoid my mother constantly setting up five or six blind dates for me in a single day, I think I’d rather settle this once and for all and quickly find someone to marry."

"Do you mean that you want me to enter into a sham marriage with you?" Zhao Xuan’s heart skipped a beat as she cautiously sought confirmation.

"There’s no such thing as a fake marriage. If we marry, it’s going to be a real one," Lu Jinsheng became serious all of a sudden, looking at Zhao Xuan with earnest eyes, "I think you’re quite suitable to be my spouse. So, if you’re willing to consider me, let’s establish our relationship now, get married, and from then on, your family’s troubles will become mine."

"What?"

Zhao Xuan felt like her head had been struck by a massive jackpot, feeling dizzy and wondering if she was hallucinating. She stared blankly and stuttered, "Re-really, marrying you, you, with, with me?"

"If you’re not willing, it’s okay, I’ll still give you the million."

It could be considered as doing a good deed for the day, after all, he had plenty of ’pocket money’. That year, his sister took all his allowance to invest to protect him in case he had no money to find a wife in the future, resulting in earnings that multiplied a thousandfold to this day...

Moreover, he wasn’t one to spend much money anyway. Once he joined the research institute and everything was covered, he had even less use for money. In truth, a million to him was no different from a hundred. If giving it to Zhao Xuan could save her grandfather’s life, why hesitate?

But Lu Jinsheng misinterpreted Zhao Xuan’s reaction, thinking she couldn’t accept it, and felt somewhat disheartened. He touched his own face, which he thought looked quite good in the mirror. Why was it so unattractive to others?

Once confident in his appearance, Lu Jinsheng began to wonder if he had been overconfident and his charm had decreased.

"I’m willing."