After Reborn, I Became the Bigshots' Beloved-Chapter 14 - Im Not Very Good at Lying

Chapter 14: Chapter 14 I’m Not Very Good at Lying

Chapter 14 -14 I’m Not Very Good at Lying

Lu Jingyan’s mind snapped back to the present as he looked at Lu Qianrou, who was in pain in his arms, “What’s wrong? Did you say your heart feels uncomfortable?”

“Yes…” Lu Qianrou clutched her chest and said with teary eyes, “Big brother, I think my illness is acting up, what should I do…”

Lu Jingyan took a deep breath, his focus completely shifting to Lu Qianrou.

Lu Qianrou contracted myocarditis following a high fever when she was eight.

This disease wasn’t particularly severe, but once it flared up, it could cause disordered heart rhythm and chest tightness at best, and life-threatening heart failure or shock at worst.

Over the years, the Lu family had a private doctor help manage Lu Qianrou’s condition, preventing any recurrence of the illness.

Unexpectedly, it relapsed just like that.

This was not a joking matter, and Lu Jingyan naturally became immediately serious.

“Alright, Qianrou, don’t move; let your big brother take you to the car to rest first. If it doesn’t get better, we’ll head straight home.”

Saying so, Lu Jingyan lifted Lu Qianrou in his arms and headed towards the back door of the venue.

However, Lu Qianrou wasn’t actually having a myocarditis recurrence at all.

She was just choked with anger by Lu Sheng, and not wanting her brother to focus on her, she thought of pretending to be ill.

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The tactic was indeed quite effective.

Being held by Lu Jingyan, she saw the anxious look on his face which made her eyes redden even more: “Big brother, it hurts…”

She clung tightly around Lu Jingyan’s neck, her whole body almost sticking to him, making her appear even more fragile and pitiable.

Lu Sheng couldn’t be bothered to expose her.

If it were an actual heart attack, Lu Qianrou wouldn’t have this kind of reaction.

But since they had to play up the dramatic sisterly affection, she had to follow and pretend to show concern.

However, just as they reached the backyard, Jiang Ting, who had been chatting with other ladies, also suddenly followed.

“What happened? Qianrou, are you feeling unwell?” Jiang Ting pulled Lu Sheng back and stepped up to Lu Qianrou.

Lu Qianrou sniffled obediently, “Mom, I’m fine. My heart just feels a bit uncomfortable. Big brother is taking me to rest in the car.”

“Heart discomfort?” Jiang Ting immediately took a deep breath, “What’s going on? How can you suddenly fall ill like this?”

Before Lu Qianrou could respond, Jiang Ting fiercely turned her head and glared at Lu Sheng.

“Qianrou hasn’t been ill for so many years, and the moment you return, she falls ill. Did you upset her?!”

“And who allowed you to dress so flamboyantly for the banquet? Where is the dress I picked for you?”

“Also, going off on your own to tell the Fu family that you had prepared a piano performance, all this must have been your plan, right?”

“A daughter born from a bitch is also a bitch, so scheming at such a young age. You really need a lesson!”

—

When Jiang Ting spat out the first sentence, the man in the wheelchair not far behind them furrowed his brows, his gaze darker than ever.

Dressed in a suit, Chen An leaned over and whispered in Li Muchen’s ear.

“Boss, it appears as I investigated before, Mrs. Lu doesn’t actually welcome Miss Lu Sheng’s return.”

“I retrieved surveillance from the area you encountered Miss Lu Sheng last night and found a man dragged her into an alley.”

“Five minutes later, the man hurried out with a rope, but Miss Lu Sheng didn’t follow.”

“I suspect, someone from the Lu family probably wanted to do something to Miss Lu Sheng, but didn’t succeed. Miss Lu Sheng then met you after coming out.”

Chen An glanced toward Lu Sheng, “Boss, should I go over and give Miss Lu Sheng a hand?”

“…Not yet,” Li Muchen raised his gaze, “I want to see how she’ll respond.”

——

Jiang Ting became increasingly furious as she continued to berate.

While speaking, she actually raised her hand, ready to slap Lu Sheng across the face.

Jiang Ting had long wanted to hit Lu Sheng.

Every time she thought about how Lu Sheng was the result of Lu Chengye cheating on her with Du Ran behind her back, and how Du Ran must have seduced Lu Chengye that night,

Jiang Ting wished she could tear up the face of the girl in front of her, who looked so much like Du Ran, and spit on her face.

However, as she fiercely swung her hand down, Lu Sheng squinted her eyes, slightly tilted her head, and dodged the slap.

“How dare you dodge——??”

Jiang Ting was taken aback to see how easily Lu Sheng had dodged, then gritted her teeth in anger, “You really don’t know your place!”

As Jiang Ting was about to slap her a second time, suddenly Lu Sheng said, “Mrs. Lu should remember that Grandpa Fu wants to meet me after the banquet, right?”

Jiang Ting was startled, she looked up and saw the expressionless girl speaking, unable to discern any emotion in her tone.

“If I meet Grandpa Fu with a swollen face, he will probably be very concerned.”

“I’m not very good at lying. If Grandpa Fu asks what happened, I could only tell the truth.”

“You…”

Hearing this, Jiang Ting’s belly full of words choked up, and the hand she was about to slap with froze mid-air.

She had only been focusing on venting her anger, forgetting about this matter.

Old Mr. Fu had never seen Lu Sheng, and he had been looking forward to meeting her after tonight’s banquet.

If he saw that Lu Sheng’s face was swollen, he would definitely ask who hit her and seek justice for her.

After all, Lu Sheng is now the granddaughter-in-law recognized by Old Mr. Fu; hitting her would be akin to hitting the Fu Family’s face.

“Mom!”

At this, Lu Jingyan took a deep breath and said, “You can say what you want, but how can you just hit someone? Especially since this is at the Fu Family’s place!”

“The piano performance incident was just a misunderstanding, Qianrou’s heart discomfort has nothing to do with Lu Sheng, why are you blaming everything on Lu Sheng right away?”

Lu Jingyan remembered the previous moment when he was alone with Lu Sheng, she had said she knew that the Lu Family actually all disliked her, that look in her eyes was truly heartbreaking.

It was no wonder Lu Sheng would think this way; not only did his mother hit her at someone else’s home, but she did not give her any respect.

Lu Jingyan thought about how the entire Lu Family, even the whole of Jiang City, was unfamiliar territory for Lu Sheng who had just come from the countryside.

His own mother and sister, Lu Qianrou, were not related to Lu Sheng by blood, and his mother held a grudge against her because of her background.

If he, as her older brother, did not protect her a bit, who else would protect her? Her days in the Lu Family were only going to get harder.

Thinking this, Lu Jingyan directly put Lu Qianrou down and spoke coldly.

“It seems Qianrou is also alright, if mom is worried she can take her home first, the driver is waiting outside anyway.”

“As for Lu Sheng, I’ll go back to the auction with her first, mom and Qianrou can come back later if there’s nothing wrong.”

After saying this, Lu Jingyan directly grabbed Lu Sheng’s hand and led her towards the venue.

“… wait a second, big brother!”

Lu Qianrou never expected things to turn out this way.

Just a moment ago, her big brother was still looking at her with concern, afraid something might happen to her, but now he walked away without turning back, holding Lu Sheng’s hand.

Lu Qianrou panicked, hurriedly calling out a few times, but Lu Jingyan did not respond.