A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)
Chapter 1158 Misfortune among the Powerful

"I have been suspended and am not allowed to be promoted within the next ten years! Are you satisfied now? Are you happy now? Does this make you feel good?"

Lu He's furious resounding voice kept echoing throughout the room like thunder.

Outside the room, all members of the Lu family waited without daring to come close or interrupt.

However, everyone in the family trembled when they heard what Lu He said.

Despite Lu Cang-Qiong's old age and experience, he turned pale in shock as he shivered.

"He, what do you mean? You...you got suspended? How could that happen when you weren't involved at all? You didn't even know about it. How could they punish you for it? Let me talk to Li Hong-Ze and see if anything can be done. I don't care what they do to punish me, but they can't suspend you. You are the family's future, so you must succeed."

The moment Lu Cang-Qiong heard Lu He was suspended, he panicked.

Almost the entire Lu family counted on Lu He.

If he ended up implicated, the family would lose its protection. In the future, their reputation in the capital would get affected.

In other words, if Lu He was ruined, the entire family was done for.

Hence, Lu Cang-Qiong instantly stood up and walked out demanding to see Li Hong-Ze. He wanted to ask that Lu He not be punished and wanted to take full responsibility for his own actions.

"Enough! Haven't you caused enough trouble? Our country has decided. Do you think the punishment will change because of you? Moreover, do you even know who you offended? You committed such a huge mistake. Do you really think that you alone is enough to shoulder this problem?" asked Lu He angrily.

Lu He was expecting to get promoted this year.

If he could get promoted, the Lu family will become more powerful.

However, everything had been ruined by his own father.

Even though Lu He knew nothing about the matter, Lu Cang-Qiong was his father. How could he escape punishment now that his father had committed such a mistake?

The suspension was already far lighter than Xur Hai-Sheng's punishment.

Lu Cang-Qiong finally halted in his steps.

"He, I'm so sorry..." Lu Cang-Qiong felt so guilty that he apologized to his son despite his pride.

"Dad, you didn't just let me down, you also did injustice against the entire family! In three days, our higher-ups want us to move away from our ancestral home in Yanjing and move into the suburbs."

What?

Lu He's words came as a huge blow to Lu Cang-Qiong.

Lu Cang-Qiong's face twitched, and he stood frozen to the ground.

He stared straight at his son with his eyes nearly popping from their sockets.

"M-Move from our home? H-how can they make us do that?"

This old residence was given to Lu Cang-Qiong by the country at no cost owing to his incredible military achievements.

This old residence was Lu Cang-Qiong's glory, which the country gave him as a reward for his accomplishments. When they wanted their family to move out and take back the honor they gave Lu Cang-Qiong, it meant that their family would no longer be a part of the central forces in Yanjing.

Lu Cang-Qiong never dreamed that his impulsion would end up bringing such disaster upon his son and the entire family.

He didn't foresee that the negligible seeming young man from Jiangdong would end up digging their graves.

His face was overwhelmed with regret as he raised his head to the sky and sighed bitterly.

Tears fell from his face amid his tragic words.

Lu He was right. Lu Cang-Qiong was the one who did injustice to the family and ruined his son's future.

PFFTT!

The old man shivered and coughed blood amid his regret and anger.

Under the dim lights, the blood on the ground seemed particularly striking.

Thud!

Lu Cang-Qiong fell onto the ground, and no one knew whether he was dead or alive.

That very night, Lu Cang-Qiong was sent to the hospital.

Meanwhile, everyone in the Lu family started to pack. The next day, they left their ancestral property one after another.

Despite their reluctance, they had no other choice.

Since the old residence had been assigned to their family by the country, the Lu family only had the right to use it but not own it.

Now that the Lu family's actions had offended their higher-ups, they had to pay the price.

Ye Fan and the battle of two of the elite families in Yanjing came to an end with this.

However, barely anyone knew about this incident in the capital.

All relevant news was contained.

After all, Ye Fan wanted to stay low-key about being made supreme grandmaster. Even He Lan-Shan and Han Dong-Min were given orders to suppress the news.

The Lu and Xur families certainly wouldn't go around spreading the word.

Why would anyone go around talking about their family scandals?

Even then, the mishap which the Lu and Xur families encountered didn't go unnoticed.

Many of the people started to gossip when they saw the Lu family moving out.

"Have you heard? The Lu family is moving to the suburbs."

"Huh? The Lu family? Which Lu family?"

"Which other one could there be? The one who is one of the most powerful families in the capital. Why did they suddenly move? I even heard that they moved overnight. Did they offend some big shot?" "Impossible. Their family is so powerful, and Old Master Lu is so highly respected that they fear no one. Who could possibly feel offended by them? I think Old Master Lu is probably getting on his age and prefers to enjoy some peace and quiet, so they're moving to the suburbs."

"That sounds likely too."

Such gossip spread throughout China.

However, no one put too much thought into it and assumed the Lu family was a willing party.

After all, no one else could make a family as powerful as theirs submit to anyone else.

But considering Yanjing's size, there were enough intelligent people capable of noticing something amiss with the move.

Other than the Lu family's move, a lot of major changes had taken place among the other powerful families in the capital. Old Master Xur had died, and his son had been thrown into jail.

"The Lu and the Xur families almost experienced their crises at the same time. Was it a coincidence? Or did they both offend someone important?"