Volume 4: A New Era Chapter 612: Equivalence and Gambling
"You can't say... you don't even trust your fiancée, right?"
Lu Zhong showed a triumphant smile. This was his final means of winning over the person's heart. Since you said that the evidence I provided was insufficient, then you should prove your innocence.
"You are quite good at blaming the victim..."
There was a hint of murderous intent in Wang Bing's eyes when he looked at Lu Zhong. Lu Zhong was determined to prove that he had killed Lu Ci.
However, Wang Bing soon shifted his gaze to Lu Huan. Coincidentally, Lu Huan also cast his gaze over at this time. To be honest, Lu Huan was also very curious whether Wang Bing would allow him to search his soul.
The relationship between the two is... a little complicated.
On the surface, the two should be considered husband and wife, but this kind of marriage is also a family-alliance marriage, with no emotional foundation at all.
But it would be a lie to say that there is really no emotion at all.
After all, the two have been together for such a long time. It cannot be said that they can understand each other 100%, but they can still understand each other's temperament to some extent.
As for Lu Zhong's intention, Lu Huan was not stupid and naturally knew that the old man was trying to sow discord between them.
But reason told me that Wang would not reject me. After all, this guy had a lot of things in his mind that he couldn't show to others.
"Okay, but you can't just say it's a waste of time."
Wang Bing's voice suddenly rang out, startling everyone present. Wang Bing looked at everyone in the Lu family and said, "If it's Lu Huan, it's not impossible, but..."
At this point, Wang Bing looked at Lu Zhong and said, "I really don't like what you just said . Your victim-blaming theory is annoying. If Lu Huan's extracted memory proves that I didn't kill Senior Lu, Lu Zhong, what will you do?"
Wang Bing has made it very clear that he wants me to cooperate with the investigation, but...
If nothing is found, what you are doing is a bit of an insult to the Wang family. This behavior is undoubtedly offending people to death.
"What do you want?!"
Lu Zhong also knew that at this point, it was impossible not to check Wang Bing's memory. If he didn't, he would lose face and would basically have no chance of becoming the head of the Lu family.
"It's very simple. If the memory I found can prove that I didn't kill Senior Lu, then you..."
Wang pointed at Lu Zhong and said word by word: "You will lose the qualification to inherit the Lu family and demote your branch to a side branch forever. How about that?"
What!
After hearing what Wang Bing said, many people from Lu Zhong's branch couldn't help but look at Wang Bing angrily. Was he going to kill them all?
In this case, if Lu Zhong loses the bet, then the descendants of their lineage will never have the chance to become the head of the family.
"What? Don't you dare?"
Wang Bing sneered at Lu Zhong and said, "You've already come up with the bad idea of searching my brain, shouldn't you pay an equal price? Ding Shiman, please judge for yourself, is there anything wrong with my request?"
“…”
Ding Shimaan touched his chin, closed his eyes and frowned, thought carefully for a while, then looked at Lu Zhong and said, "This request is reasonable."
“…”
As soon as Ding Shimaan said this, the scene suddenly became quiet.
Of course, there are rational people in the Lu family, and in their opinion this request is indeed reasonable.
You are about to search the brain of the future head of a family. The position of head of a family is not a position that can be occupied by just anyone, let alone a thousand-year-old family.
The family's secrets or unique skills will definitely be inherited by future heirs.
In other words, someone is betting their family secrets with you on your rights as an heir, and this deal makes sense.
But they are members of the Lu family after all, and it is impossible for them to speak for outsiders, so they simply remain silent.
After seeing the scene calm down, Wang Bing raised his lips and slowly walked to Lu Zhong, looking down at him and said, "Why? You, the great master of the Lu family, don't dare to gamble with a junior like me?"
However, there was a hint of triumph in Wang Bing's eyes.
Ever since he killed Lu Ci, he had considered that such a situation would occur, so when he was on Wangjia Island, Wang Bing also considered relevant countermeasures, but he did not expect to use them so soon.
Of course, Wang Bing also noticed Lu Huan's expression below. Seeing Lu Huan's puzzled eyes, Wang Bing couldn't help but shook his head. This girl must have misunderstood.
Thinking of this, Wang Bing lowered his head and whispered in Lu Zhong's ear: "Do you feel caught between a rock and a hard place now? Senior Lu Zhong, if you give up, you might be able to save some money. If we really investigate further and find that it has nothing to do with me... Hehe, I'm afraid it will affect more than just you."
That’s right!
Wang Bing is right!
Now, Lu Zhong is facing the situation of "giving up with a small loss" and "investigating with a big loss".
A drop of cold sweat ran down Lu Zhong's forehead. He was indeed a little unsure of Wang Bing's approach.
If, in the end, it is proven that the king did not kill his father, his family will never be able to turn things around, and he will be the sinner of their family.
If he stops here, at most he will not be qualified to inherit the position of the head of the Lu family, but there is still hope for his descendants.
Thinking of this, Lu Zhong looked at Wang Bing. After seeing the confident expression on Wang Bing's face, Lu Zhong suddenly realized that Wang Bing was not trying to deceive him. What Wang Bing said just now was hinting that he should choose to "give up the small loss."
Humans are, after all, animals that seek profit and avoid harm. When a person realizes that what he does will ultimately cause him to suffer losses, he will instinctively think about how to reduce the losses and how to make up for the loss, rather than waiting until the losses are really impossible to make up before taking action.
It sounds like there is nothing wrong with fraud, but there is a problem.
That is, the king might be bluffing himself. You must know that the two options of "giving up and suffering a small loss" and "investigating and suffering a big loss" are two results based on the premise that "the king did not kill his father."
But, what if...
If Wang Bing really killed his father, then his so-called "huge loss from investigation" would be a false proposition .
What Wang Bing wants to do is to induce himself to choose "give up the small loss", which shows that Wang Bing is actually guilty!
Fortunately, he thought about it a little more, otherwise he would have been fooled by that little bastard Wang Bing.
"Haha, little brat from the Wang family, are you still trying to trick me into giving up the investigation now?"
Lu Zhong showed a cold smile and continued, "But I won't do what you want. Since you said I dare not gamble, then I will gamble with you!"
"What? You really want to bet?"
"Calm down, Dad!"
"Yes, Grandpa, there is absolutely no need for us to go this far..."
When they heard that Lu Zhong wanted to gamble with Wang Bing on this game, the members of Lu Zhong's branch instantly became anxious. Lu Zhong was actually gambling on the fortune of the clan!
