The male protagonist of a sweet romance novel went on a killing spree in the world of angst novels.

Chapter 36 A true prodigal son can never turn back

On the day Yan Ting was taken away from the cruise ship by Chen Xiao, Lu Huai's face showed no trace of a smile, nor any sign of anger or resentment. He simply said in a detached tone, "Go back!" These three simple words revealed a sinister and unyielding edge.

Upon hearing this, Yan Xun raised an eyebrow and asked in a surprised tone, "Brother Huai, then these hundreds of millions will just go down the drain, right? It can't be that bad, can it? Just because of a goose—" Before he could finish speaking, he saw Lu Huai glance at him sideways, then turn around and leave the deck without saying a word.

"..."

Yan Xun narrowed his eyes, and couldn't help but click his tongue, his voice slightly sarcastic: "Scared of your self-esteem?"

He didn't think Lu Huai was angry because he liked Yan Ting. If he really liked her, he would have gotten married to Yan Ting long ago, instead of waiting until now without any progress.

Given Lu Huai's naturally cold-hearted nature, let alone women, even his brothers might abandon him one day for personal gain.

To put it bluntly, there's no such thing as genuine feelings in this circle; love and friendship are all bullshit.

The young ladies and gentlemen on cruise ship number 71 originally planned to take this opportunity to have a great time, but who could have imagined that something like this would happen.

What bad luck.

For a time, many people felt that Yanting was a source of trouble.

As for Sheng Yuanze, he became increasingly interested in that Miss Yan.

Of course, the main reason was that her exquisitely beautiful face perfectly matched his aesthetic preferences.

The lotus flower standing tall atop the snow-capped mountains certainly evokes a desire in men to conquer it.

Among all the kept women in Sheng Yuanze's past relationships, there were actually beauties similar to Yan Ting.

Unfortunately, each time it melts from an iceberg into a hot spring in less than a month or two, leaving only a sense of emptiness after the desire has been completely burned away.

Sheng Yuanze is not only handsome, but also rich, powerful, and generous to his mistresses. His only flaw is that he is too promiscuous, falling in love with every woman he meets, and his private life is notoriously licentious.

He was a notorious playboy known to everyone in the elite circles.

It's not that no woman harbors fantasies, feeling that she is special in Sheng Yuanze's heart, hoping that he will settle down because of her.

For example, there was a woman who wasn't considered very pretty in this circle full of beautiful women, but what attracted Sheng Yuanze the most was her cleanliness, innocence, and obedience.

At that time, Sheng Yuanze had just gotten tired of eating rich and heavy dishes, so he wanted to try something lighter and tried barley porridge.

So he started keeping that seemingly well-behaved girl as a mistress.

But no one expected that this seemingly well-behaved girl would later use every means to get pregnant with Sheng Yuanze's child, hoping to achieve her wishful thinking of marrying Sheng Yuanze in this way.

After discovering her thoughts, Sheng Yuanze coldly scoffed in a seductive voice, "Baby, the premise of a prodigal son returning home is that the prodigal son is a fake prodigal son, while a real prodigal son will never return." From then on, this obedient girl completely disappeared from the circle.

Sheng Yuanze can be truly affectionate when he's feeling deep love, but he can also be truly heartless when he's feeling cold-hearted.

Sometimes he was even more cruel and callous than Lu Huai.

……

Lu Zhai.

In the study.

"We'll send someone to personally cancel this marriage alliance between the Yan family and our Lu family when we have time." Old Master Lu had a fiery temper. Without waiting for his grandson's rebuttal, he made the judgment directly: "A fickle woman like Yan Ting is not good enough for my grandson."

Lu Huai's lips tightened slightly, and a shadow flashed in his dark brown eyes as he sat silently at his desk.

At this moment, the old butler serving next to Master Lu suddenly spoke up: "Young Master, I think Master is right. After all, Miss Yanting is no longer the true eldest daughter of the Yan family, so her status is naturally different from before."

"What you need is a capable wife whose family background and abilities are a good match for yours."

Grandpa Lu nodded.

His grandson is so outstanding, so naturally he should be matched with a lady from a respectable family of equal social standing.

Marrying a woman like Yanting would only be a burden to his grandson.

"Grandpa." Lu Huai tapped the table with his index finger and finally spoke, "There is a reason for this."

Upon hearing this, Old Master Lu narrowed his hawk-like eyes. He looked at his beloved grandson across from him and said coldly, "I'm not so old and blind that I can't see faces clearly. Yan Ting is such a womanizer; she's not going to be a dutiful wife."

As he said this, a subtle change indeed flashed across Lu Huai's face.

After a two-second silence, he resumed his usual expression: "Grandpa, you don't need to worry. I won't do anything to harm the interests of the Lu family."

Grandpa Lu was naturally relieved.

Compared to his only good-for-nothing son, his grandson has been much less of a worry for him since he was a child.

"By the way," although Old Master Lu had transferred the business to Lu Huai over the past three years, it didn't mean he was completely oblivious to what was going on around him. "I heard that there's been some trouble with the technology you recently bought in Yuzhou?"

When it came to serious matters, Lu Huai was always arrogant, and his tone was indescribably cold: "There has indeed been a problem."

"The chip technology we bought from Lanco has a slight defect. If no one on the team can fix this flaw, then the technology will be rendered useless in the later stages."

Now that things have come to this, Lu Huai is clear that he has been tricked and manipulated by Yuzhou Lanke Group.

The billions of dollars invested could very well be lost entirely as a result.

What he couldn't understand was why Kobe did this.

Lu Huai knew very well that there was no grudge between the Lu Group and Lan Ke, so there must be another force stirring things up behind the scenes.

Just as Lu Huai was pondering this, there was a knock on the door: "Knock knock—"

"Come in."

The study door was pushed open, and someone walked in.

Old Master Lu put down his teacup and asked in a calm tone, "How's the investigation going?"

The man bowed his head respectfully and said, "The information is all here."

Grandpa Lu did not immediately take the documents, but looked at Lu Huai and said, "Take a look."

Lu Huai took the documents and looked down at them.

The information in the document is very limited, and no important information can be found at all.

"Is that all?" Lu Huai asked the man.

The man immediately replied, "We've investigated this man named Chen Xiao many times, and this is all we could find."

The information above shows that the man they were investigating, named Chen Xiao, was actually just a peasant from a small town.

How can it be?

For a moment, Lu Huai's eyes were as deep and unfathomable as a still pool.

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