Is the Azure Alliance the Lu Family's Dog?

"Young Master Zhong, are you sure?"

Third Master Du forgot all restraint and seized the phone. "The Lu family vanished decades ago! How could they have an heir?"

"I've checked thoroughly!"

Young Master Zhong sounded certain.

"Yue Xiaofei's grandmother is Lu Lanxin, the eldest daughter of the Lu family!"

"After the Lu family's downfall, she hid her identity and married Old Master Yue!"

"And now Yue Xiaofei is the Lu family's sole heir!"

"Lu Lanxin..."

Third Master Du repeated the name under his breath, his face turning deathly pale.

He remembered seeing Lu Lanxin from afar when he was a child—

She had stood outside the Lu family mansion in an exquisite qipao, elegant yet unmistakably commanding. Even his father had bowed his head to greet her.

As the shock subsided, an expression of painful complexity surfaced in Third Master Du's eyes.

Fear. Dread. Horror...

"Third Master?"

When the Hall Masters below received no response from him, one of them called out cautiously.

They had followed Third Master Du for years and had never seen him lose his composure like this.

Even before financial magnates or Modu's mayor, Third Master Du had always remained calm. Yet a single name had reduced him to this!

"Whew..."

Third Master Du snapped back to his senses and drew a deep breath. "All of you, get out! No one comes in without my orders!"

"Yes!"

The Hall Masters dared not ask questions and hurried out.

Third Master Du was left alone in the vast hall.

He picked up the phone again, his voice grave. "Young Master Zhong, why are you telling me this?"

"Why?"

Young Master Zhong sneered. "Because I want you to understand that you're not helping me. You're helping yourself!"

"The Azure Alliance may look powerful now, but back then it