novelPossessing A Glib Tongue
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Song Yajing had a smile on her face while she replied, "That's right. Our Qingqing has good memory."
Ning Qing went forward and personally held onto 7th Grandpa."7th Grandpa, Qingqing has already ordered them to prepare a whole table of dishes. Everyone, quickly head into the dining table. Let us eat while we talk."
The crowd saw 7th Grandpa as their leader, and both mother-in-law and daughter-in-law Ning Qing could not have not known what they wanted, but neither of them were flustered at the situation; they were very calm. They welcomed them in, and even prepared a meal.
Everyone looked questionably at 7th Grandpa.
7th Grandpa's turbid eyes had an old scheming glow in them, and he started to laugh out loud before saying, "Sure, since we are all here, we will stay for a meal then."
The elders walked into the dining room, and they saw that the dining table was filled with delicious looking dishes and piping hot food. The helpers in the villa were busy and orderly, and it looked the same as usual.
Their behaviour was not out of the ordinary.
7th Grandpa gave the rest of them an expression with his eyes indicating that they should avoid making a fuss and acting frustrated. He then sat at the dining table.
The dining table was a rectangular shape, and normally when guests come over, the head of the family would take the chairman's seat. Today, however, neither Lu Shaoming nor Lu Dinghua were around, so Song Yajing was expected to take the seat.
Song Yajing smiled as everyone had their gaze on her, and she said to Ning Qing, "Qingqing, you have a seat here." She herself sat beside Ning Qing.
The second seat.
Everyone's expression froze. Was the Lu family allowing Ning Qing be the head of the family?
Heh. She was just a young gal who was merely 21 years old!
The helper took the chair out, and Ning Qing gracefully sat down. She curled up the corners of her lips and said, "7th Grandpa, all uncles present, it is a family banquet today; we don't have to be so formal. Come, let us have a drink."
"Sure." Everyone raised their glasses.
7th Grandpa took a sip of red wine, then placed his wine glass down. He cleared his throat and said, "Little Girl Ning..."
Ning Qing laughed coldly in her heart. Was he ready to jump straight to the point?
"7th Grandpa." Ning Qing placed her wine glass down and interrupted him to say, "7th Grandpa, it's great that you and all these uncles have come here today. Qingqing and the Lu family have met with trouble at the moment, and we are in the middle of not knowing what to do. I will ask everyone to think of a plan and help us."
Everyone has a spark in their eyes. 7th Grandpa responded with an, "Oh", and continued, "Little girl Ning, speak, what is the matter?"
"I think that everyone should know that Shaoming's private jet had some kind of accident above Lake Baikal, and the plane crashed in the middle of the lake, and we do not know about Shao Ming's status..." Ning Qing said this with a worried expression on her face, but she was silently observing everyone's expressions.
As she expected, everyone's expression was delighted, but they quickly pretended to have worry on their faces and said, "Little girl Ning, then have you ordered people to search for Shaoming? Have you found any leads?"
Whether they had leads or not, these vultures were even clearer than her on whether she had or not, and they were testing her.
Ning Qing shook her head and said, "Dad has already brought people along to look for Shaoming, and we still do not have any evidence."
7th Grandpa was satisfied inside his heart; this Ning Qing was not lying, and if she dared to lie in front of them, then she could not blame them for calling her out on the spot.
7th Grandpa secretly gave an expression to the elder that was sitting opposite him, and that person nodded his head silently.
"Little Girl Ning, I won't hide it from you; we did come here because of this matter. Don't worry. As long as we are here, even if Shaoming ends up in any trouble, we can guarantee that you would lead the rest of your life in luxury, but Little Girl Ning, " That uncle hesitated for a few moments and was in a dilemma as he said, "The Lu Corporation cannot go on another day without its leader. We need to quickly vote for the next president of the Lu Corporation."
After he said those words: Smack! Ning Qing slapped the dining table.
This slap by Ning Qing was too sudden, and everyone was taken aback. When they turned their heads back, they saw that the girl had jumped up from her seat, and she was stretching out her finger, pointed at that uncle, and in a loud voice, chided, "Uncle, what did you just say? Words that are so heartless and nonsensical! Uncle, how can you be not embarrassed to let them out of your mouth?"
"This..."
Everyone was shocked. This Ning Qing had changed her attitude way too quickly, and as for age and seniority, what right does Ning Qing have to speak like this?
With the situation at hand, where did she get her guts?
Ning Qing had a cold expression on her small face as she fiercely barked, "Uncle, you are not happy just because I said that you were both heartless and throwing a tantrum for nothing? Sure, I will break it all down for you to hear.
"You and Shaoming have the surname Lu, and everyone is actually from the same family. Shaoming is also your nephew. Now that he is involved in an incident, you no longer care about him, and upon opening your mouth, you speak of replacing him; are you not heartless?
"These few years, Shaoming's achievements in the Lu Corporations have been clear to the eye, and you all as shareholders — which one of you are not dependent on him for your prosperity? You are living off his glow, and now you are casting him aside with a single kick? Aren't you disloyal?
"Shaoming hasn't even been gone for 24 hours. Who could guarantee that he is dead or incapacitated? I respect you and address you as 'Uncle, ' but you also have to think on the behalf of the status that you have in this family. Our branch of the Lu family is the biggest shareholder in the Lu Corporation. The companies under Lu Corporation's management are all loyalists to this branch of the Lu family. You want to replace us just like that? Are you not being nonsensical right now?"
"This..." The crowd was at a loss for words.
Ning Qing shook her sleeve out, and snorted coldly, "The way that humans are different from lesser apes is because humans have emotions, and I hope that Uncle would not lower himself to be on the same level as an animal!"
The crowd: "..."
Song Yajing saw that Ning Qing was able to successfully control the crowd. She opened her mouth quickly and pretended to be displeased with Ning Qing."Qingqing, these are all your elders here! No matter how angry you are, you cannot go overboard with your words; quickly apologize to everyone here."
Ning Qing kept her angry expression for a minute, then bore a polite expression on her face. She raised her glass of red wine and personally refilled the glass of red wine for the uncle before saying in a gentle voice, "Uncle, Qingqing is still young in age. I don't know much. I was way too emotional just now, and I was reckless with my words. I hope that Uncle would not blame me for it."
The uncle had an embarrassed smile as he said, "It's nothing much. I..."
"Uncle does not need to apologize. You also do not have to be regretful. I believe what Uncle said just now was because you are in a state of blur; you were overly worried about Shaoming, hence you said those words."
The elders: "..." I did not intend to apologize, everything was all as you believed to be so!
The elders looked concerned, and all of his words were blocked by Ning Qing. He could only give a subtle look to 7th Grandpa
7th Grandpa subtly nodded his head and wanted to open his mouth.
Ning Qing saw everything that was going down between them, and she subtly turned her body sideways, then refilled more red wine for 7th Grandpa. She had a pitiful expression on her face, and she opened her mouth hurriedly."7th Grandpa, now that Shaoming has met with an accident, our family needs to gather and work together. 7th Grandpa is an elder; you are almost the leader of our family. You can be the decision maker of our family.
"Although this uncle was in a state of blur just now, we can't guarantee that those heartless and shameless thieves would take the chance to strike us at this opportunity. Those with evil intentions, I think that everyone present here would not be such a person. 7th grandpa, what do you say?"
7th Grandpa was instantly at a loss for words. Could he reject her?
Song Yajing held her red wine glass up and said with a smile, "Qingqing, you don't have to worry. This 7th Grandpa has specially brought everyone present here all the way from America to help us contain our angst. We all should raise our glasses, and thank everyone here for their goodwill."
Ning Qing nodded her head, and she lifted her glass."Come, 7th Grandpa, uncles gathered here, I thank all of you for flying all the way here from America. Let us say cheers."
The crowd forcefully curled up their lips into a smile, and they looked on the edge of tears."It's nothing much; it's nothing much."
Ning Qing had a sip of red wine, and her bright gaze did not lose its spark as she scanned everyone who was present at hand, "7th Grandpa, uncles gathered here, going back to the conversation, Shaoming has merely been gone for a day, and there is a seven day window to save victims in disaster. One out of seven days has not even passed. The possibility of Shao Ming ending up dead is slim; we needn't worry.
"Shao Ming has gone through thick and thin throughout these years as the president of Lu Corporation. Let me ask; which time did Shao Ming not return back safely? As for Lu Corporation, if there are truly some rogues who have their eyes on the things that belong to Shaoming, then I can only advise them to take it easy. Don't even think about stealing the roots that Shao Ming has planted throughout these years in the Lu Corporation. He has a strong bout of influence that is still present. Furthermore, my father-in-law is still around. I have given birth to a son for Shaoming, and as long as my little Young Master Lu is still around, then those people should see who they are and what they are more clearly.
"To word it nicely, while Shaoming is not around, I have noted down who has helped us before, and to word it not so nicely, who has had evil intentions before. I, Ning Qing, have a good memory. I note every single person's actions, and after Shaoming returns, I will guarantee that those people will not be able to eat and live comfortably!"
Ning Qing added emphasis on the words, "eat and live comfortably, " and her voice was crisp and clear. It was definite and confident, and the people who were listening on while they were drinking red wine all froze in their actions.
Everyone channelled their gazes to look at 7th Grandpa, and they only saw 7th Grandpa gritting his teeth together. His expression was dark as it could be.
"Come. You needn't be polite; let us eat our meal quickly." Ning Qing had a smile at the end of her speech.
...
After they finished the meal, those elders went out of the main door of the Lu home.
After they boarded their vehicle, 7th Grandpa shook his sleeve and said, "Hmph, such a Ning Qing. I treated her as a 21 year old girl, but I did not expect her to have such scheming thoughts. Every word that she said was full of force and conviction, and she was able to make all of us speechless. In the future, we should not underestimate her."
"7th Grandpa, what should we do then? This is such a good timing; we cannot pass up this opportunity."
"Good timing? Pfft, let me ask you; what are we going to do if Lu Shaoming hasn't died? These 31 years, we have been waiting for Lu Shaoming to end up in some kind of accident, but every time he was able to emerge out of it unscathed. Do you want to have a look at his abilities?"
Everyone heard his words and were very afraid. They shivered and went towards the back. Lu Shaoming was able to carry out his tasks with vigour and drive. He was firm and strict towards personal and company's interests, and he was never soft.
They were also afraid that they would not be able to take advantage of him, and rather, they would end up tortured by him.
7th grandpa gritted his teeth and said, "Forget it, we will wait for another seven days more. After the seven day window has passed, if they are still unable to find Lu Shaoming, then we will start our operations and engage in our plans."𝘧r𝗲𝘦𝒘𝘦𝙗𝚗ove𝙡 - 🅽🅽novel
"Okay." Everyone agreed.
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Ning Qing stood before the French windows to look at the numerous luxurious vehicles leave, and she heaved a sigh of relief.
Song Yajing was carrying Little Young Master Lu in her arms as she said, "Qingqing, I don't know how much time are they going to give us."
"Mum." Ning Qing gave her a smile and comforted her saying, " We will definitely have seven days time. For these seven days, we can have some peace."
"But, what about after seven days have passed?"
Ning Qing's long lashes that were like a butterfly's wings fluttered once. The prime time to rescue a survivor is gone after seven days. Before thinking about what those old scavengers would do, the probability of Lu Shaoming being alive would be extremely slim.
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