Lu's family gathering is very extravagant. This lunch has everything from mountains and seas to birds and animals.

Even the heads of the small families below may not be able to eat such a sumptuous meal in ordinary times.

Lu Meng had been in the frontier for so long. Although he was a teacher, but because of the harsh environment of the frontier, the food was not very good. It was not bad to be able to eat green vegetables.

But at noon that day, what he ate tasted like chewing wax.

When Lu Meng followed Ning Zhe to the frontier, he was only a battalion commander of an independent battalion. At that time, he was elated. Because he could return to the military world, he was so excited that he couldn't sleep for a few days.

Today, he has become a school officer, a mercenary division commander, and the highest military chief of Wugu City.

Compared with his original goal, his current status has climbed several levels.

However, he was not happy.

In the past six months, Lu Meng's edges and corners have been smoothed out, and he has gradually seen the reality clearly.

If you want to climb inside the chaebol, hard work is useful, but hard work is useless.

He has been promoted all the way from the mercenary unit to the position of the third-in-command of the MI Division.

But again, his career ended there.

Lu Tianhe made it very clear that if Lu Meng continued to be tied to Lu Linhuan, it would be almost impossible for the other party to try to operate his promotion.

If he didn't obey the family's arrangements, Lu Meng would be like this for the rest of his life.

His third-in-command of the MI Division was the end point, while Lu Tao, the deputy commander-in-chief of the Northern Military Region, was only the starting point.

Facing such a gap, is Lu Meng envious?

In the past, he could say without hesitation that he was not envious, but today he asked himself, but he couldn't get the answer he wanted.

...

While Lu Meng was eating the delicacies of the mountains and seas, Ning Zhe hid in the dark in a bush outside Lu Tianhe's mansion, nibbling on the corn cake in his hand, his eyes constantly swept across the manor in the distance.

As one of the elders of the elders' association, Lu Tianhe had a high level of security around the mansion, and even Ning Zhe was not sure that he could sneak in.

Because the inner city was heavily guarded, Ning Zhe did not let the guards in, but only led Lin Bao in.

Lin Bao swallowed the dry food in his hand, took out the water bottle around his waist and took two gulps: "Brother, you are here to solve the problem for Lu Meng, but we haven't seen Lu Meng until now, and we have also I can't get in touch with those who help him arrange work, how can I help him?"

"You don't understand, I'm not here to help Lu Meng clear up the relationship."

Ning Zhe responded: "The fact that Lu Meng can be transferred back to Daosui City means that his path has been paved. As long as we ensure that Lu Meng can take office smoothly, the purpose of this trip will be achieved, not necessarily. If we have to do something, or in other words, if we can do nothing, it is the best result."

...

After the luncheon at noon that day, there was an intra-family meeting in the afternoon, but Lu Meng did not attend, nor did he greet anyone, and directly asked Hu Lang to drive him to the mansion where Lu Linhuan lived.

Although Lu Linhuan was the third person of the Lu clan and was already a very noble official, he lived a very frugal life, living in the simplest environment among all the elders of the Lu clan.

Of course, this is only relative. Although Lu Linhuan is the most thrifty elder, his life is extravagant enough to exceed 99% of the people in this world.

After Lu Meng arrived at Lu Linhuan's mansion, he was not released smoothly, but was ordered to wait at the gate.

In the reception room outside the residence of Lu Mansion, Hu Lang looked at the heavily guarded guards of the mansion, and whispered beside Lu Meng: "Fourth Master, this situation is not quite right, you came to see Duke Huan today, obviously you have made an appointment in advance. , but why are these people making us wait here? Could it be that something unexpected happened?"

"Impossible." Lu Meng shook his head decisively: "I was able to get to where I am today, thanks to Duke Huan's single-handed support. He has no reason to not see me. Maybe he encountered some unexpected situation. After all, Duke Huan is in a high position. Anything that can shock him is more important than mine."

The two waited outside the door for half an hour, and then Lu Linhuan's secretary rushed to the reception room and nodded to Lu Meng: "Lu Meng, Duke Huan wants to see you, but he can only see you alone. "

"You are waiting for me here."

Lu Meng didn't think there was anything wrong with this matter, so he threw a word at Hu Lang, and immediately walked behind the secretary to the depths of the yard.

The secretary took Lu Meng to the second floor, stood outside the door of a room, and said to him, "You only have five minutes to go in and see Duke Huan. Calculate the time by yourself. When the time is up, you will come out and remember. live?"

Lu Meng responded: "I have a lot of things to talk about with Duke Huan. It's only five minutes, I'm afraid it's too late."

The secretary replied with a cold face: "Then make a long story short, pick up the important things and talk about it, remember, you only have five minutes."

Lu Meng didn't understand this rule: "Why?"

The secretary opened the door: "You'll know when you go in."

Lu Meng walked into the room with doubts. After seeing the scene inside, his eyes suddenly widened: "Master Huan, you..."

Inside this room was a huge hospital bed, and Lu Linhuan was lying on the bed at the moment.

Two tubes protruded from Lu Linhuan's chest and were connected to a transparent box~lightnovelpub.net~ The box was full of blood, and it was still bubbling.

"Come and sit." Lu Linhuan glanced at Lu Meng with a sallow face, and took the initiative to explain: "In this box, there is a mechanical heart developed by Guanghui Company, it is just a test product. Everyone agrees, the success rate of replacement is 3%, I'm quite lucky, hehe."

The corners of Lu Meng's eyes twitched a few times: "Master Huan, what's wrong with your body?"

"Actually, I died three days ago." Lu Linhuan was breathing heavily: "It was a death in the physical sense. At that time, someone from Guanghui Company happened to talk to me about the matter and gave me this kind of mechanical organ. The transplant surgery was a success.

This mechanical heart has replaced my broken heart, but it is difficult to be like the original heart. According to the other party's estimate, under this situation, my life expectancy will be at most fifteen days. In order to ensure that my body adapts to this heart , I can't communicate with people for a long time, I must get enough rest, but for a dead person, it is a luxury to gain even one second of life.

Lu Meng, the time I have left to help you is running out. You have to finish everything in the time left, understand? "