Grandma's Illustrious Past! The Legendary Shanghai Lu Family!

"A billion?!"

Yue Xiaofei nearly dropped his jaw when he heard the figure!

He worked himself to the bone every day and could not even bring himself to pay two yuan for an air-conditioned bus.

Yet his family had been hiding a treasure worth at least a billion!

Good thing Lin Xiaolu had turned off her livestream.

Otherwise, the viewers would have put on "Spring Court Snow" and exclaimed—

[Bro, open the doors wide!]

[The Forbidden City has one, and so do you. The Forbidden City's doesn't have a cover, but yours does!]

"Miss Lin, are you sure it's real and not a replica?"

Yue Xiaofei still found it hard to believe.

"I'm not an expert, so I can't guarantee it, but I'm seventy to eighty percent sure! Yue Xiaofei, your grandmother must have been someone important back then, right?"

Lin Xiaolu looked intensely curious.

Who was Grandma, really?

Yue Xiaofei had a theory of his own.

Could Grandma have been the daughter of a wealthy capitalist?

How else could she have had such a valuable dowry?

He suddenly remembered something his grandfather sometimes muttered: "Your grandmother was the moon in the sky, and she fell into a mud pit like me..."

Just then, Lin Xiaolu's gaze fell on the gold key.

Between the scales of its dragon-shaped design was a tiny engraving—

Three waves surrounding a vault.

Below it was a serial number: 001.

"This is... the Modu Vault's mark?!"

Lin Xiaolu's voice shot up an octave. "My dad's company has an account in Modu. I've seen that logo!"

"Number 001 belongs to a top-tier safe!"

She hurriedly pressed the key into Yue Xiaofei's hand. "You should go to Modu. Then you can find out who your grandmother was!"

"Modu?"

Yue Xiaofei recalled a yellowed photograph in his grandfather's old album.

In it, a woman wearing a qipao stood before the clock tower on the Bund.

"My grandmother's name was Lu Lanxin. She was from Modu," Yue Xiaofei said.

"Her surname was Lu?!"

Lin Xiaolu's eyes widened in disbelief.

"Could she have belonged to the Shanghai Lu Family?"

Lin Tiejun and Lei Zhen were stunned as well.

"What's that? Are they a big deal?" Yue Xiaofei asked curiously.

"A big deal? They're practically legendary!"

Lin Xiaolu launched into an explanation, her face alight with excitement.

"Back in the day, the Lu family was known as 'Half-City Lu.' Half the businesses in Modu had ties to them!"

"You know Lujiazui, the most prosperous part of Modu?"

"That prime stretch of land originally belonged to the Lu family!"

"Even today, the Lu family is a giant in finance, shipping, and real estate. If they stomped a foot, the whole business world would shake!"

Yue Xiaofei stared at her, dumbfounded.

He had never imagined his grandmother's family might be so powerful.

"Impossible. Absolutely impossible!"

Lin Tiejun shook his head and laughed.

"Those wealthy young ladies back then were proud as peacocks. Why would one of them marry a rough soldier?"

"Besides, the old Regimental Commander spent his life fighting from one battlefield to the next. War was all he knew. What pampered young lady would give him a second look?"

Lei Zhen nodded too.

"Old Lin has a point. The phoenix crown is certainly valuable, and it might have some other history. But a connection to the Lu family? That doesn't seem likely!"

"Why not?"

Lin Xiaolu refused to back down. "What do status and standing matter when it comes to love? Maybe Grandma Lu fell for Grandpa Yue's bravery!"

She turned to Yue Xiaofei. "All you have to do is visit Modu to find out who Grandma Lu was! My dad has a branch office there. I can go with you and show you around!"

Well...

Yue Xiaofei gripped the gold key tightly, his thoughts in turmoil.

The Shanghai Lu Family...

Yue Xiaofei murmured the name, his eyes burning with determination.

Go to Modu!

Find the Lu family!

Open the vault!

Find out who Grandma was!

Yue Xiaofei looked at Lin Xiaolu gratefully. "Thanks for offering! I'll definitely go, but not right now!"

In a few days,

it would be the first anniversary of his mother's death!

He wanted to visit her grave and talk to her.

His mother had worn herself out caring for this family all these years. He could not leave now.

"All right. There's no rush. Just get in touch whenever you want to go to Modu!" Lin Xiaolu nodded.

Then Yue Xiaofei turned to Lin Tiejun and Lei Zhen and bowed deeply.

"Old Lin, Uncle Lei, thank you so much for today! Without you, I don't know what the Gao Family would have done to me!"

"Child, there's no need to say that."

Lin Tiejun quickly helped him up and waved a hand. "Your grandfather shed blood for this country. It's only right that we look after his family!"

"Exactly!"

Lei Zhen smiled and nodded. "Your uncle Yue Zhangkong was the pride of the Azure Sword. Protecting his nephew is our duty too!"

Looking at Yue Qinhu in his recliner, Lin Tiejun suddenly suggested, "Xiaofei, your grandfather is getting on in years, and he has dementia. Why not let him move in with me? It'll be easier to care for him."

Yue Xiaofei hesitated, then shook his head.

"Old Lin, thank you for offering! But my grandfather doesn't like moving. His memory may be failing, but he's lived here his whole life and can still take care of himself. He wouldn't be comfortable anywhere else."

"All right. That's the old Regimental Commander for you!"

Lin Tiejun sighed and did not press the matter, but added, "Then let me assign a guard to your grandfather. If anything happens, he can send word right away. I'll come by to see him often too."

"And I won't give up on the matter of your father. I'll help you get to the bottom of it!"

Yue Xiaofei's eyes grew hot. "Thank you," he said again.

"Xiaofei, have you made up your mind?"

Lei Zhen patted him on the shoulder. "Want to come with me and become a pilot? Carry on your uncle's legacy and soar through the skies. Now that's a life for a real man!"

"Uncle Lei, I need more time to think about it," Yue Xiaofei said.

"All right! I'll get you the compensation owed for your uncle Yue Zhangkong as soon as possible. If anything else comes up, call me anytime!"

With that, Lei Zhen prepared to leave.

After all, he commanded the Azure Sword and had been away for most of the day. Headquarters was probably frantic by now.

Yue Xiaofei then exchanged contact details with Lin Tiejun, Lei Zhen, and Lin Xiaolu.

"Old Lin, Uncle Lei, Xiaolu, I won't walk you out any farther."

Standing at the gate, Yue Xiaofei waved to them.

"Old Regimental Commander, I'm heading off. I'll come see you again in a few days!"

Lin Tiejun was reluctant to leave.

Yue Qinhu seemed to hear him and gave a vague reply, still humming that off-key military song.

Before long, the three of them and the guards drove away, and the little courtyard grew quiet again.

But Yue Xiaofei knew his life would be turned upside down because of what had happened today!

The gun the God of War had given his grandfather!

The heroic deeds of his two uncles!

The mysterious identities of his father and Uncle Zhao!

And the billion-yuan phoenix crown his grandmother had left behind!

All of it pointed to one thing: the Yue Family was far from ordinary. And he might have seen only the tip of the iceberg!