Chapter 371 – Thank you for forgiving Daddy (1)

Zhouzhou was normally clueless. Perhaps he had noticed some things or perhaps he was still his ignorant self. But, as far as he was concerned, this was the longest time that Daddy had ever held him. His daddy had never let go of him since he was found.

As much as the incident was chalked up to a “misunderstanding”, the person in charge at the hotel still came and apologized. He further promised that they would beef up the hotel security in the future. Mr. Chen, the person in charge at the hotel, had an idea about the intricate relationships within the Lu family. It was not his place to opine on that as a business partner, but as a good friend for years, he still urged Lu Beichuan to be mindful of Lu Shaoyan.

He then turned and comforted Zhouzhou. “Hey, little kiddo, you shouldn’t walk away with just anyone in the future. What if they are bad guys? Your daddy was worried sick about you earlier.”

Zhouzhou, with his arms around his father’s neck, lowered his head shamefully and apologized again, “I’m sorry, Daddy. I won’t do this again.”

Lu Beichuan did not say too much and brought Zhouzhou home with him before the banquet was over.

Ye Zhen and Madam Lu were not home yet. Lu Beichuan handed Zhouzhou over to Nanny Yue, had her cook up something for Zhouzhou, and went into his study.

Three years. After planning in the dark for three years, Lu Shaoyan finally couldn’t wait any longer?

Lu Beichuan had an idea of what Lu Shaoyan had been doing behind his back. He had joined forces with the You family in bringing in the Shen family and also had Lin Zhan as the last resort. Were it not for the Shen family being nothing more than an empty shell and the You family being reined in by their board of directors, Lu Shaoyan just might be a threat.

So why did Lu Shaoyan decide to take the chance to do something as risky as kidnapping a child at the banquet today?

The Shen family was nothing to worry about. They were already on their last leg. That was also another reason why he hadn’t targeted the Shen’s over the years. In the eyes of the outsiders, the Shen family was still a family friend of the Lu family.

Things had changed ever since the day that Old Mr. Shen showed up at their board meeting. Now, from the perspective of an outsider, the Shen family was ill intentioned and attempted to persecute the Lu family through accusation. As optimistic as Old Mr. Shen was, the fact that the two families were in opposition of each other had already been established.

Lu Shaoyan might be friends with You Jing, but You Jing did not have a lot of pull within the You family. He might be heir of the You family on paper, but in reality, he was nothing more than a rich playboy. For Lu Shaoyan’s purpose, he could count on neither the Shen nor the You families. Neither one of them could pose a threat to Lu Beichuan.

As for Lin Zhan…

Lin Zhan might have been on the up and rising in the last few years, but in terms of networking, wealth, and total capital, he did not come close to Lu Beichuan.

So did Lu Shaoyan make the move that he did because he was running out of options?

Lu Beichuan spent a long time thinking this over until it was dark outside.

He could hear car honking coming from outside. Ye Zhen and Madam Lu were back. They were laughing and chatting about interesting things that happened today as they walked inside the door, but as soon as they walked inside, Nanny Yue was looking at them with a disturbed look.

Ye Zhen was curious. She smiled and asked, “What’s the matter, Nanny Yue?”

Nanny Yue pointed toward upstairs and said in a low voice, “Madam, Mrs. Lu, I have no idea what had happened during the banquet today, but Mr. Lu locked himself up in his study as soon as he got home and young Mr. Lu just waited outside of the study without saying a word. I couldn’t get him to leave at all.”

Ye Zhen and Mother Lu exchanged a look then. After handing their purses over to Nanny Yue, they went upstairs.

Sure enough, Zhouzhou stood there facing the wall outside of Lu Beichuan’s study. He rested his head against the wall and was still wearing the little suit that Ye Zhen had put on him from this morning. He seemed dejected.

“What’s the matter, Zhouzhou?” Ye Zhen quickly squatted down to check on him.

As soon as he saw Ye Zhen, Zhouzhou wrapped his arms around Ye Zhen and broke into tears. He was finally able to let out the grievance that he had been feeling. His voice broke as he said, “Mommy, Zhouzhou was a bad boy and made Daddy mad.”