First-Year Internship—And You Went to Site 749 to Contain Monsters?!

The reception staff led Qin Jinghao and Du Huaisheng away.

Lu Ding arrived before Yu Miaoyin, whose eyes were unfocused as she hypnotized herself into believing she wasn’t actually outside.

Seeing she wasn’t reacting, Lu Ding lightly tapped the tabletop twice.

Yu Miaoyin snapped back to attention and looked up to see Lu Ding.

She stood up and performed a salute with a natural expression. ”Yu Miaoyin of the Yu Family, greetings to Grand Duke Lu.”

Fear was one thing, but smart people never easily revealed their weaknesses.

Although she had hidden it quite well, Lu Ding still discerned some clues from her dazed, absent-minded behavior.

The dossier mentioned that this eldest daughter of the Yu Family was very intelligent but disliked going out.

Combining that with the current situation, with just a bit of thought, he concluded that Yu Miaoyin didn’t dislike going out—she was probably socially anxious.

If that was the case, then the reception hall had too many people.”Let’s go, we’ll talk in the office.”

Socially anxious people are very sensitive. Too many people is no good, and just two people is too few and also not good.

So, Lu Ding also brought Fu Xinghe.

In the office, Fu Xinghe poured tea for the two of them.

Lu Ding deliberately sat in a side position some distance away from her, avoiding letting his intangible pressure make her nervous.

There was no enmity or grievance between them.

Since he knew she might dislike certain things, as a normal person, courtesy and upbringing made Lu Ding understand he should respect others.

Sitting a bit farther away was no problem; he wouldn’t be uncomfortable.

Once the distance was created, Yu Miaoyin immediately relaxed considerably.

After Fu Xinghe finished pouring tea and stood beside Lu Ding, allowing her to see both of them at a glance, a sense of security washed over her.

A faint, almost imperceptible smile appeared on Yu Miaoyin’s face.

She stood up, bowed, and apologized. ”I’m sorry, Grand Duke Lu. Regarding the matter of my father, Yu Xiao, it was entirely my proposal and planning.”

”I had no intention of scheming against you. I just felt that my father... he probably needed to receive some punishment.”

”I apologize for my own selfishness. I’m sorry.”

She bowed again and naturally handed over the documents in her hand.

Lu Ding raised his hand, and the documents flew over.

He flipped through them page by page, remaining silent the entire time.

Only after reading everything, and with Fu Xinghe comparing them beside him against the bureau’s recorded information on the Yu Family—finding not only that everything was true but also discovering much that the bureau lacked, essentially filling in the gaps—did Lu Ding finally speak.

”Please sit down first.”

If there had been anything amiss in these documents today, Lu Ding would have had to be impolite.

Courtesy was his quality; impoliteness was his method.

Fortunately, there were no issues here. Yu Miaoyin herself, because of her ’social anxiety,’ was relatively clean. Some minor problems existed, but they were understandable minor issues.

Not a big deal.

Yu Miaoyin sat down again. After her heart rate slowed a bit, she spoke. ”My father is currently under detention.”

”His problems have been temporarily resolved.”

”But my problems have not yet been resolved.”

”I intend to use all of the Yu Family’s gray income and the portions involving tax evasion and avoidance for the urban construction of White Ridge, and for the repair and cleanup of the area related to the Luo Family.”

”To restore that area to its original, but not backward, state, which will be beneficial for re-tendering.”

”Additionally, I have prepared a report on the Yu Family’s legal income. I plan to allocate a portion from this for the renovation and sponsorship of the White Ridge 749 Bureau.”

The gray money is spent outside; that stuff isn’t legal.

The white money is spent inside; that stuff is legal and beyond reproach.

Although it sounds simple, the numerous factors involved are not that straightforward.

Lu Ding closed the documents and gave reasonable praise. ”They all say the eldest daughter of the Yu Family is intelligent and capable, able to grasp all matters big and small of the Yu Family and make the most appropriate decisions for the present moment without ever stepping out of the Yu Family’s gates. Seeing you today, the reputation is indeed well-deserved.”

No excessive modifiers, only the simplest, most distantly polite praise.

This made Yu Miaoyin feel very comfortable.

A subordinate who is neither subservient nor arrogant, and a superior who is courteous and proper—these are points that normal people appreciate and find comfortable to interact with.

”Thank you for your praise, Grand Duke Lu.”

”There are still many areas where Miaoyin is lacking, and I still need Grand Duke Lu’s guidance.”

Since they were on the topic, Lu Ding really did have something he wanted to say. There were no outsiders anyway. Some words are suitable for hinting at lightly, while others are suitable for stating clearly.

”Urban construction is fine, but there’s no need for the repair and cleanup of the damaged Luo Family area. It’s a waste of money.”

”Whoever gets that piece of land later can handle it themselves.”

”I wonder if Miss Yu would be interested in using the saved money to develop in the neighboring district.”

Hearing this, Yu Miaoyin’s pupils slightly dilated.

Her underground information network was cast very wide.

So she had received first-hand news about the neighboring district.

But she wasn’t entirely sure.

This matter was too big.

So she asked tentatively, ”Are you referring to the Path of Dry Bones?”

Lu Ding nodded. ”Exactly, the Path of Dry Bones. I don’t like the location of the Path of Dry Bones 749; it’s too remote. I want to move that 749 Bureau back to their original plot of land.”

”I wonder if Miss Yu would be interested in the reconstruction at that time.”

Yu Miaoyin was a smart person, and now she had also shown her attitude and sincerity. Lu Ding also understood why Yu Xiao had done such a foolish thing back then—offering up reasons himself, surrendering without a fight, making it impossible not to arrest him.

But that point was in the past; he should be sitting in prison until he rots.

With Yu Xiao, the inherently problematic person, gone, only Yu Miaoyin, who now held sole authority over the Yu Family, remained.

Then...

Lu Ding felt the reconstruction project for the Path of Dry Bones 749 could be given to her.

Yu Miaoyin also understood what a huge piece of cake this was.

Of course, it wasn’t about making money, but rather, as long as she undertook this project, it would represent that in this area from now on, the Yu Family would be under the protection of 749.

To put it simply, under Lu Ding’s protection.

Anyone who moved against the Yu Family would be opposing Lu Ding.

Yu Miaoyin found it somewhat hard to believe that such a matter could be handed to her so casually.

She had thought she would have to pay some price to secure a position of her own on this wave of opportunity.

She never expected it to arrive in this manner.

But this wasn’t what shocked her the most. What shocked her most was, judging by Lu Ding’s tone, the destruction of the Path of Dry Bones 749...

This answer, which surfaced without needing explicit statement, combined with the olive branch Lu Ding was now extending, caused an uncontrollable flicker of fear to rise in Yu Miaoyin’s heart.

As a fellow 749 Bureau, the Path of Dry Bones 749... he just wiped them out as he pleased...

At this moment, the shadow of Lu Ding in her peripheral vision seemed to infinitely expand and elongate.

The figure sitting calmly and upright outwardly displayed handsomeness, elegance, courtesy, and comfort.

But at a deeper level, it was a ferocious Sin Dragon, coiled in the darkness, waiting to devour its prey.

Although Lu Ding had never said anything like ”those who submit prosper, those who resist perish”—as long as you didn’t cause trouble or look for trouble, submission or resistance didn’t matter; if you kept your head down, who would bother you?—in Yu Miaoyin’s perception, it wasn’t like that.

What she saw was: the Luo Family was gone, the Zeng Family was gone, the Xiankong Town mine was redistributed, the local bully Zhao Family was gone.

And now, the Path of Dry Bones 749, which had previously been eyeing Xiankong Town covetously, was also gone...

This...

She carefully caught the olive branch Lu Ding threw. ”To be able to work for the Grand Duke, to be able to work for 749, Miaoyin and the Yu Family are immensely honored. However, the original plot of land for the Path of Dry Bones 749 has already been sold to the Pan Family.”

”My father is currently undergoing reform.”

”The Yu Family lacks high-end combat power. I’m afraid we cannot reclaim this plot of land.”

One must act within one’s capabilities. Without Yu Xiao, what right did the Yu Family have to challenge the Pan Family, who managed to buy the land where the original Path of Dry Bones 749 Bureau was located from under the nose of the Path of Dry Bones 749 itself?

They couldn’t handle it.

”It’ll be resolved immediately.”

As he spoke, Lu Ding took out his phone.

He called Qian Jin, who was currently on the street of the Path of Dry Bones, having just downed eighteen bowls of wontons in a row.