None of your damn business!

Lu Hongshen, who had just rushed over, took several steps back, covering his nose as he retreated to a safe distance.

The entire hallway reeked of cat shit mixed with insecticide.

Even standing off to the side, he was nearly knocked over by the stench. Qiao Xinyue, who was right next to Lu Junjia, had already covered her mouth and started dry-heaving.

"Mom, are you okay?" Lu Junjia looked deeply concerned.

"Don't..." Even though he was Qiao Xinyue's most beloved child, she wanted no contact with him at that moment. "Don't come near me. Ugh..."

Qiao Xinyue dry-heaved for a while and frantically waved behind her before Lu Hongshen finally came over to help her up. "Hurry, let's go. Ugh... Get out of here. Ugh..."

The couple left as hastily as they had arrived.

The servants at the stairway whispered among themselves.

"Did Young Master Junjia and Miss Xingluo really come to Young Master Li's room in the middle of the night to steal cat shit to eat?"

"Could this Kopi Luwak really be addictive?"

"I heard Kopi Luwak is freshly pooped out by cats. I really don't understand some of these rich people's tastes."

"What nonsense. Didn't you see Young Master Junjia throw up until he passed out last time? How could he possibly like it?"

"Then tell me, why did they sneak over to open Young Master Li's door so late at night?"

"They probably... probably..."

"Probably what? I think they were stealing cat shit. Young Master Li has always loved that fat cat of his. Young Master Junjia and Miss Xingluo sneaked over to open his door in the middle of the night and forced him to fight back with insecticide. Poor thing."

"What, you're still here? Want to stay for a late-night snack?" Li Yi looked at Lu Junjia, who seemed somewhat dazed after Qiao Xinyue had pushed him away.

"No... I don't." Lu Junjia scrambled up and scurried straight back to his room.

The smell of insecticide in the room was rather strong. Li Yi gathered his things and took Sheriff to the gaming room in his suite. He showered again before making do with the sofa bed inside.

Lu Junjia and Lu Xingluo already had murder on their minds. He could no longer leave Sheriff with the Lu family. Starting tomorrow, he would board Sheriff at a pet shop. Once he started college, he would rent a place nearby and take Sheriff with him.

As for himself, he would not leave the Lu family for the time being. It was not just because he had yet to receive his grandfather's inheritance, but more because he wanted to make the Lu family miserable from up close.

His grandfather's inheritance was his lifeline. During this time, no matter how much the Lu family disliked him, they would not dare do anything to him. If anything happened to him, the inheritance would be donated to the state.

Not only would the Lu Group lose over a billion overnight, but the family would also be driven out of Beicheng's wealthy elite.

Lu Hongshen would never be willing to bear such losses!

During this time, he would just have to "get along nicely" with the Lu family~

In the morning, apart from Lu Hongshen, who had to get up early for work and was eating breakfast in the dining room, none of the Lu family was around.

As he went downstairs, he heard from a servant that Lu Junjia had suffered an allergic reaction and was hiding upstairs, afraid to come out.

Served him right!

"Li Yi." Lu Hongshen stopped Li Yi as he came in for some water, his gaze scrutinizing. "Where are you going with that cat on your back?"

"None of your damn business." Li Yi picked up his glass and took a sip, making no attempt to hide the disgust in his eyes. "In the three years I've been with the Lu family, you've never shown me a word of concern. What gives you the right to interfere now?"

"The fact that I'm your biological father!" Lu Hongshen slammed his fork onto his plate, projecting an air of authority.

"Are you fit to be my father?" A cold smile appeared on Li Yi's lips. "I'd only been missing for a year when you brought Lu Junjia home. You gave him my name and my place.

"After I was finally found and spent three years with the Lu family, my surname was still Li. You never even considered making my identity public. My life in the Lu family was worse than a servant's."

"I'd say you've been living better than an emperor these past few days." Lu Hongshen showed no reflection whatsoever. Instead, he grew even angrier. "You're practically trampling all over your mother and me!

"What kind of child feeds their parents cat shit?

"It's simply unheard of!"

"Well, now you've seen one." Hearing not a trace of regret in his words, Li Yi could not be bothered to argue anymore.

Perhaps they truly had not a shred of familial affection for him and had only brought him back for his grandfather's inheritance.

After all, if they failed to find him within ten years, that inheritance would go to the state.

"You unfilial brat! That orphanage really did ruin you!" Lu Hongshen flew into a rage.

Li Yi's heart swiftly turned cold, but a smile appeared on his face. "Good thing I grew up in an orphanage. If I'd grown up in the Lu family, I might have picked up a taste for cat shit too.

"Tsk, tsk. Who would have thought a wealthy family as prominent as the Lu family would have such a hobby?

"It really is beyond anything ordinary poor people like us could imagine."

At his words, all the servants working nearby turned to look at them in unison, their eyes filled with shock and the excitement of learning a wealthy family's secrets.

"What nonsense are you spouting!" Humiliated and furious, Lu Hongshen picked up the coffee on the table, intending to hurl it at him.

Crash!

Li Yi beat him to it, smashing the glass in his hand at Lu Hongshen's feet. Shards scattered over his brightly polished leather shoes.

"Mr. Lu, I'm already eighteen and have full rights to personal freedom. You have no right to question anything I do, nor do you have the right to lay a hand on me." Li Yi stepped closer, his gaze darkening dangerously. "If you ever dare throw things at me again, I guarantee I'll crack your skull open!"

Shaken by Li Yi's suddenly chilling presence, Lu Hongshen took a step back.

He had never seen Li Yi display such a lone wolf's presence. It was as though, if he dared resist, Li Yi really would disregard their father-son bond and smash his head open.

Somewhere along the way, an obedient little puppy had actually turned into a fearless lone wolf!

Lu Hongshen reflected on what had happened at home lately. When had Li Yi begun to change?

It seemed to have started when he learned that his grandfather had left him a gift!

Who had told him about that?

Lu Hongshen's gaze darkened. He picked up his phone and sent his assistant an order to investigate Li Yi's recent whereabouts.

Most importantly!

He needed to see whether Li Yi had been in contact with a lawyer.

At present, the specifics of the old man's will were unclear. They only knew it included shares, but not exactly how many.

Lawyer Song had only told them that they had to find him within ten years, or the Lu Group would suffer devastating losses.

Meanwhile, the pet shop Li Yi had found for Sheriff the night before was closed today because something had happened in the owner's family.

After repeated comparisons last night, he had settled on this pet shop because its prices and environment seemed good, and it happened to be on his route to and from work.

Finding another one now would probably take quite a bit more time.

Yingjun had also sent him a message, urging him to come for breakfast.

Afraid of being too late, Li Yi had no choice but to carry Sheriff on his back to the villa in Wisteria Garden again.