Zhai Bingfeng stared blankly at the figure of Lu Rao leaving.
His eyes slowly turned red.
The little girl was afraid that he would bring disaster upon himself by holding those pieces of evidence, so she had deliberately hidden them elsewhere.
Zhai Bingfeng hugged the stack of envelopes tightly, his heart filled with mixed emotions.
These things in his arms would become his protective talismans in the future!
“Little girl… don’t worry. The day your Lu family returns, I will personally go out of the city to welcome you!”
……
After leaving the bureau of educated youth assignments, Lu Rao turned a corner and went to the street office.
She brought the property deed of the Lu residence, intending to rent the house out.
This was the best solution she could think of for handling the Lu family mansion—it would prevent Jiao Shuxin from taking advantage of it and also avoid it being confiscated in the future.
If rented to the street office before anything happened, at least the house wouldn’t be smashed or destroyed, and it could be preserved.
Right now, Lu Rao had already eliminated several “tumors” in the Lu family like Lu Xiong, so the future impact on the Lu family would be much smaller.
Renting the house out now also meant there was still a good chance of getting it back later.
With Zhai Bingfeng’s help, it should be possible.
If not, she would think of another way.
In any case, the ancestral home of the Lu family had to be preserved.
Lu Rao did not ask Zhai Bingfeng to intervene in this matter, because she didn’t want him to get implicated and targeted by malicious people.
Let professionals handle professional matters—formal procedures were the safest.
The street office director looked at the deed Lu Rao handed over and was somewhat surprised.
Their office here in Chaoyang Gongguan had been expanding, and they were indeed worried about finding more space.
They had even considered the Lu residence before.
And now, the property had come knocking on their door?
The director coughed and looked at her seriously.
“Can you make this decision?”
Lu Rao directly took out the Lu family seal and looked at him calmly.
“I am still the heir of the Lu family right now. But after I return home, I won’t be anymore. The new heir probably won’t be so willing to rent this place out.”
“Sign the contract.”
The director immediately made the decision.
The Lu residence was rented for 25 yuan per month, with a term of ten years.
Two copies of the contract were made.
Lu Rao put away her copy and wrote down her address in the educated youth program.
“Please send the rent payments here in the future.”
If she refused the money, it would look like she didn’t lack it—and that would be a problem.
The director agreed readily. Although he was curious about the Lu family situation, he wisely asked nothing more.
After completing the registration of the property deed, he returned it to her.
Lu Rao handled everything calmly and efficiently.
After leaving Chaoyang Gongguan, she first went to a public telephone booth to make a call.
Then she found a deserted corner and took out a motorcycle from her spatial storage, riding straight toward Shanghai’s most famous newspaper office.
This motorcycle had originally been a birthday gift from her father—a domestically developed “Changjiang 750,” the first of its kind.
It had taken a lot of effort to order it.
But by the time she finally received it, her father had already been missing for years.
Now, riding it was no longer appropriate.
But who cared?
She was leaving for the countryside tomorrow anyway. Who was going to stop her from contributing to the nation?
Lu Rao put on a helmet and sped through the streets, the engine roaring as she headed for the newspaper office.
It stunned everyone she passed.
They had seen men riding motorcycles before—but a long-haired girl riding one this boldly was something else entirely.
Red armband patrols in the distance blew whistles and rushed toward her.
But Lu Rao simply rode straight into the newspaper courtyard, parked, and strode upstairs.
“Miss Lu.”
The journalist she had called earlier was already waiting.
Lu Rao handed over a roll of film and a handwritten statement.
“Publish this immediately. Thank you.”
“No problem. It’ll be published this morning. Don’t worry.”
Lu Rao nodded and turned to leave.
By the time the red armband patrols rushed into the building, she had already started her motorcycle again and roared away.
“Stop right there!”
They charged into the newspaper office demanding answers.
But the staff were too busy to care.
In the end, they could only leave angrily and continue searching for the woman on the motorcycle.
……
After leaving the newspaper office, Lu Rao rode to one of the Lu family properties, parked the motorcycle, and walked in.
Two adjacent single-courtyard houses stood in the south of the city.
She first entered the left one and checked the surroundings.
“Inn Inn, scan for surveillance.”
【Reporting, Master: no suspicious people nearby. However, the neighbor on the right seems curious about the noise.】
Lu Rao thought for a moment.
She remembered the neighbor—a kind woman in her fifties, quite friendly and harmless.
So she entered the main bedroom safely.
This property was one she chose because it had hidden rooms built inside the bedrooms.
She entered the secret room, arranged things briefly, took out supplies from her space, and then brought Lu Fengtang out and settled him.
“Rao Rao?” Lu Fengtang stirred weakly, confused as he was moved.
“Dad, you’re awake?” Lu Rao hurried over excitedly. “How do you feel now?”
“Much better… I feel like I could live another few decades.” He smiled faintly, licking his dry lips.
Lu Rao immediately went to get him water.
“Our Rao Rao has really grown up.” Lu Fengtang looked at his daughter, almost moved to tears.
When he was imprisoned, she was barely as tall as his leg.
“Dad, don’t get too emotional,” she said seriously after helping him drink.
Lu Fengtang quickly calmed down.
Lu Rao then briefly explained everything she had done over the past day and night.
He had no objections to how she dealt with Lu Xiong and the others.
When the topic turned to future plans, Lu Fengtang fell silent for a while.
“Going to the northeast for reeducation is fine… Dad—”
“Dad, go to Hong Kong,” Lu Rao interrupted immediately.
She knew he would want to follow her to the northeast.
But thinking of the unknown dangers there, she could not allow it.
She chose the northeast to deal with the traitor and Jiao Shuxin.
But her father’s current condition…
She couldn’t afford to lose him again.
Seeing her tearful expression, Lu Fengtang’s refusal stuck in his throat and could not come out.