Chapter 2599 - 2535: Maintaining Appearances

"What’s up?" she asked.

Zhu Shun laughed and said, "That time, her schedule was set long ago, but unexpectedly, the weather didn’t cooperate. It rained for two whole days before she went, and the road outside the village was turned into a muddy mess by the rain. Cars couldn’t drive through; the wheels would get stuck. People could walk, but they’d be covered in mud by the end."

So what?

"Miss Lu wanted to maintain her image; she couldn’t change the time for her charitable act just because the road was difficult. So, the Lu Family urgently sought help from the Pingzhou Alliance, and they sent a team overnight to lay gravel and bricks on the road. By dawn, it was at least drivable."

He couldn’t help but laugh, "In the end, Miss Lu went there by car that afternoon. Unexpectedly, a small section of the road in the village was even worse. An old man had raised a lot of chickens and ducks, and the ground was covered in their droppings, which were washed into a terrible state by the rain. Miss Lu couldn’t hold it and vomited like crazy. Later, the Lu Family told others it was because Miss Lu was worried about the elders in the small village, fearing that two days of rain might cause leaks in their house, leaving her sleepless for two nights. Then, after traveling on such a difficult mountain road, she got carsick and vomited. Hahaha, the fakery is so funny it could kill me."

Uh...

Chiang Xiao’s mouth twitched.

"Maybe she really was carsick?"

"Come on," Zhu Shun waved his hand, "Others might not be able to tell, but I surely could. I was sent to help lay the road back then, happy to do something for the village. After working on it, we were all tired and rested by the village entrance when Miss Lu’s car went by. I saw her sitting in the car, chatting and laughing with someone; she was all smiles, not at all like someone who was carsick. When she got out, she energetically called us over to help move things. Once there, her face visibly changed just looking at the ground. I saw it all clearly!"

So, here he was, saying that Lu Shuangshuang was a wealthy girl pretending to do charity, who ended up needing a team of Supervisor Guard to pave the way just for her.

But he wasn’t the type to gossip, and if it weren’t for someone he trusted, he wouldn’t have shared anyone’s mishaps anyway.

So, that’s the kind of person Lu Shuangshuang was back then. How much could she have changed for the better now?

The reputation for kindness must have been something the Lu Family meticulously crafted for her.

However, this made Chiang Xiao a little curious and brought to mind a previous question from Meng Xinian.

If the Lu Family put so much effort into grooming someone like Lu Shuangshuang, why let her wait for the nearly impossible return of Sixth Young Master Jiang, rather than finding a suitable political marriage for her?

It’s really a curious thing.

What on earth could Sixth Young Master be worth that makes them willing to spend so much effort and time?

If it was for the Jiang Family, during Sixth Young Master’s twenty-year disappearance, they should have had other opportunities and means to dismantle the Jiang Family and gain some benefits. The Jiang Family hasn’t been solely reliant on Sixth Young Master in these twenty years.

So perhaps, their true goal wasn’t the Jiang Family, or the Jiang Family was just an incidental target; the real objective was Sixth Young Master.

What is it about Sixth Young Master?

"Sister-in-law? Chiang Xiao?" Zhu Shun waved a hand in front of her face, seeing her a bit lost in thought.

Chiang Xiao snapped back to attention.

"Brother Shun, in that case, Lu Shuangshuang isn’t as good as the rumors outside say?"