Auntie Is No Human, Jiaojiao, Kneel Before Your Brother

Li Hu was dragged away by a group of people, and wave after wave of pitiful howls rang out. From where Lu Yuan stood, he could just see a large pool of blood on the ground.

"M-Mr. Lu, has your anger subsided a little?" Yang Tianba looked at Lu Yuan, his face full of fear and unease.

Lu Yuan nodded. "Mm, I'm very satisfied!"

Wang Meiqi stared at Lu Yuan in astonishment. Was this still the Lu Yuan she had known back then? She couldn't help feeling a surge of worry.

"Lu Yuan!" Wang Meiqi said worriedly. "How did you end up on this road of no return? In your line of work, you must have done your share of crimes, haven't you? You should turn yourself in as soon as you can!"

"And stay away from these shady people..."

Lu Yuan was baffled. "How did I end up on a road of no return? You're saying they're shady?"

Young Master Cong rubbed his forehead and said awkwardly, "Sister-in-law, let me introduce myself. I'm the youngest son of Chairman Wang of the Yida Group. People in Magic City call me Young Master Cong!"

"I'm Young Master Qin of Magic City. Sister-in-law, you can just search for Qin Fen on Baidu!"

"Sister-in-law, we're all respectable people. We just come to bars for entertainment and to relax once in a while..."

Only then did Wang Meiqi put her worries to rest. At the same time, she was astonished. She hadn't expected Lu Yuan to know so many important people.

Lu Yuan smiled. "Don't worry, old classmate. I haven't done anything illegal. I'm a law-abiding citizen."

"Where do you live? I'll take you home," Lu Yuan said gently.

Wang Meiqi shook her head. "I don't have anywhere to live yet. I'm going to teach at a high school in Magic City. I was originally planning to live in the school dorms, but the staff dormitory building is full. I was going to find a hotel to get through tonight, then look for a place near the school tomorrow!"

After listening, Lu Yuan asked her, "Which high school?"

"International Bilingual."

International Bilingual? As Lu Yuan recalled, the school was also near Tomson Riviera. He invited her, "You don't have a place yet? Why don't you come to mine? I should still have some vacant apartments there. I can rent you one."

"Okay!"

When Lu Yuan brought Wang Meiqi back to Tomson, the sales office lobby was still lit up.

To curry favor with the new chairman, the sales manager had deliberately stayed after work, keeping an eye on Zhang Jiaojiao and her mother. As a result, even though it was late at night, they were still kneeling there.

"Chairman! I've been watching them the whole time. They said their knees hurt from kneeling and wanted to stand up and rest for a while. I told them straight out that if they dared stand up, they could wait for you to come back so I could tell you. Only then did they stay here and kneel obediently!"

Lu Yuan nodded and said with concern, "All right, thanks for the hard work. I'll give you a raise tomorrow."

Zhang Jiaojiao looked aggrieved, her face miserable. "Brother, I've been kneeling here all day. C-could you rent us an apartment..."

Lu Yuan looked down at the mother and daughter and asked coldly, "Have you learned your lesson?"

"Y-yes, I have. Boo-hoo, Brother, please forgive me... I'll never dare do it again." Zhang Jiaojiao's face was full of regret.

"All right, you two can get up," Lu Yuan said calmly.

His aunt breathed a sigh of relief. "Thank you, nephew!"

Zhang Jiaojiao said, "Thank you, cousin!"

Lu Yuan lectured her. "It doesn't matter how highly educated you are. No matter how many qualifications you have, first learn how to conduct yourself. If you can't even do that, what's the point of getting into the most prestigious high school or university? Your family may indulge you, but society won't!"

"When you recklessly cause trouble outside, you drag down not just yourself, but your mother too. You wouldn't want her to be dragged down by you again someday and have to kneel before someone alongside you, would you?"

His cousin Zhang Jiaojiao lowered her head, filled with guilt. "Brother, I'll be a better person from now on."

At that moment, his aunt asked quietly, "Nephew, how much is it per year?"

Lu Yuan raised his eyes to look at his aunt and didn't press her any further. He sighed. "All right, forget about the money. Today, I was just helping you teach your daughter a lesson."

"There's no need to rent. I'll have our manager transfer an apartment to you in a moment. You can live there without worry. Jiaojiao, study hard and get into a good university. If I find out there's a problem with the way you conduct yourself, then I'm sorry, but I can only take the apartment back," Lu Yuan said with a benevolent expression.

Zhang Jiaojiao and his aunt were both taken aback. They looked at Lu Yuan in surprise. "You're not charging rent? You're giving us an apartment?"

A sunny smile spread across Lu Yuan's face. "Mm, that's right. I'm giving you one!"

Hearing this, his aunt burst into tears and slapped herself hard across the face. "Lu Yuan, I've wronged your family all these years. I'm no human, I'm a good-for-nothing. I'm sorry!"

"Jiaojiao! Kneel before your brother!" his aunt shouted, looking at Zhang Jiaojiao.

Thud! Both knees hit the floor. This time, there was no resentment in her kneeling; she did it willingly. Tears streamed down Zhang Jiaojiao's face, and she was overcome with guilt. "Brother, I'm sorry. I'll surely repay your great kindness in the future. Thank you for teaching me a lesson and making me realize how wrong I was."

The two of them had targeted and humiliated Lu Yuan at every turn. If they were in his place, would they have let the two of them off just like that? Was kneeling for a day excessive? In his place, they might have done even worse.

Yet Lu Yuan had ended up giving them an apartment. Who else could be as magnanimous as Lu Yuan? At that moment, they were so moved that they had thoroughly repented.

Lu Yuan pulled her to her feet. "All right, let's turn the page. It's in the past, so don't bring it up again. We're still family from now on."

"Oh, and don't tell my parents that I'm the chairman of Tomson for now. They have heart disease, and I'm afraid such a shock might be too much for them all at once," Lu Yuan reminded them.

The sales manager said sincerely, "Chairman Lu, you're truly so magnanimous. They humiliated you like that before, yet you're still giving them an apartment to live in... You really are someone worthy of respect."

Lu Yuan smiled. "There's no eternal hatred in this world. People should always have some magnanimity."

"The person beside me is my classmate, Wang Meiqi. Arrange an apartment for her too while you're at it, and charge her a thousand a month in rent!" Lu Yuan didn't charge more, mainly because of their past friendship.

When Wang Meiqi heard this, she hurriedly refused. "No, Lu Yuan, that's too low. A thousand in rent at Tomson Riviera? How is that any different from giving it away?"

Lu Yuan said gently, "You helped me plenty in the past. You stood up for me and defended me against injustice time and again. If I weren't worried you'd feel uncomfortable living there, I wouldn't want a penny in rent. After all, isn't our friendship worth an apartment?"

Lu Yuan's words made Zhang Jiaojiao and his aunt feel guilty once again.

What a deeply loyal person he was, one who knew kindness from enmity! Yet they had bullied him like that before. They were hardly worthy of the human skin they wore.

The sales manager said awkwardly, "Well, Chairman, with the recent back-to-school rush, quite a few parents have come to rent apartments. We only have one left here. If we rent it to your classmate, then your cousin's family..."

Lu Yuan frowned. "I see. Then rent my current apartment to my classmate. I'll find somewhere else to live!"

Wang Meiqi tugged at Lu Yuan. "Don't. I... I can share an apartment with you, live together..."

"Huh? Aren't you afraid I might not be a gentleman?"