After Reborn, I Became the Bigshots' Beloved-Chapter 377: Beijing, Shi Family

"...Hmm?" Lu Sheng was slightly taken aback.

She didn’t know why her big brother looked so serious and spoke in such a solemn tone.

Though puzzled, Lu Sheng didn’t ask further, she just followed behind Lu Jingyan toward the living room.

However, upon entering the living room, she found it was full of people.

Apart from Jiang Ting, You Ming and You Ye were also in the living room. Her second brother had somehow returned home from the hospital, and her third brother, who was filming out of town, had also come back, all sitting around the sofa.

Even Li Muchen was there. He seemed to have just arrived at the Lu Family too, standing by the sofa and exchanging a glance with her.

Yet, besides them, there was also a stranger woman sitting on the sofa.

This woman appeared to be under thirty, with well-defined features and quite beautiful.

She had deep brown shoulder-length hair, with a shiny pearl necklace around her neck. Her black and white color-contrast suit skirt had a great sense of design, and she wore six-centimeter block-heeled shoes. She looked very fashionable and elegant in demeanor.

As soon as she saw Lu Sheng following behind Lu Jingyan, her eyes lit up immediately.

She stood up directly and walked towards Lu Sheng, seeming eager to grasp her hand, her tone somewhat excited, "Shengsheng, are you Shengsheng?"

—Shengsheng?

Despite being a stranger, she called her so intimately.

Lu Sheng almost instinctively stepped back, avoiding the contact, and very slightly furrowed her brows.

The woman noticed Lu Sheng’s instinctive avoidance and was first taken aback. Then a trace of pain emerged in her eyes as she slowly withdrew her hand.

Lu Sheng lifted her eyes, speaking with politeness and detachment: "Excuse me, may I ask who you are...?"

Upon hearing this, the woman seemed to come to terms with such an outcome.

She took a deep breath, looking at Lu Sheng with tearful eyes, and said, "Shengsheng, I’m Shi Erya, I’m your aunt."

—Aunt?

Hearing these two words, even Lu Sheng was stunned.

She subconsciously glanced at Jiang Ting and Li Muchen, who apparently had already heard the purpose of the other party. Almost unable to intervene, they could only listen from the side.

"Shengsheng, I know seeing me and hearing what I said so suddenly must be very confusing for you."

"I don’t know if your mom ever mentioned our family to you before..."

Standing in front of Lu Sheng, Shi Erya’s tone was somewhat choked,

"But Shengsheng, I truly am your aunt; I’m your mom’s only sister."

"Do you know Chenshi Pharmaceutical? The founder of Chenshi, Shi Mingxiu, is your grandfather, and the current chairman, Shi Chengyun, is your uncle."

...Aunt, mom’s sister?

Shi Mingxiu, Shi Chengyun, grandfather, uncle?

What on earth...

Lu Sheng opened her mouth and after a while finally managed to say, "Miss Shi, you must be mistaken. My mother’s surname is Du, not Shi."

Hearing her say this, Shi Erya seemed to recall something sad, her eyes reddened again, and she hastily started to explain.

"No, your mom’s original name was Shi Xinlan. Du is your grandmother’s surname; she changed her name to Du Ran after leaving home all those years ago."

"It’s precisely because your mom changed her name and was all alone in a remote place cut off from information, that for so many years, my father and I couldn’t find a trace of her and didn’t know of your existence either."

"If it wasn’t for me accidentally seeing you on a TV report last time, noticing your face bore some resemblance to my sister’s, I wouldn’t have sent someone to investigate your background and then found your mom’s information in the public security system."

"If I hadn’t taken a closer look at the TV... I wouldn’t have known that my sister had already passed away and left behind a daughter, now living with the Lu Family in Jiang City."

Mentioning her sister’s death, Shi Erya’s tears immediately began to fall, and even her hands couldn’t help but tremble slightly.

Every word Shi Erya spoke was beyond Lu Sheng’s expectation, leaving her momentarily unsure of what the truth actually was.

"..."

Seeing Lu Sheng look somewhat confused, Lu Jingyan took a deep breath and said, "Miss Shi, sit down and explain everything to Shengsheng from the beginning. Your sudden revelations must completely challenge Shengsheng’s previous understanding."

Shi Erya seemed to realize her loss of composure due to excitement and thus sat back down on the sofa.

Lu Sheng glanced at her and also sat down opposite her.

As soon as Lu Sheng sat down, Li Muchen stood behind her, seemingly wanting to show her that, no matter what happened, he would stay by her side.

And on the sofa, her third brother also sat closer to her, holding her hand firmly, indicating that her family was there supporting her.

Shi Erya calmed herself down, with tears still in her eyes, looking at Lu Sheng, "Shengsheng, did your mom ever mention anything about our family to you?"

"...No," Lu Sheng looked at Shi Erya and shook her head.

"My mom only ever told me one thing, that grandma slit her wrists and committed suicide after finding out grandpa cheated. Mom couldn’t forgive grandpa, so she cut ties with him completely back then and came to Jiang City alone."

Shi Erya seemed not to expect that the only thing her sister ever mentioned to her niece was about their father cheating and their mother committing suicide by slitting her wrists.

She took a deep breath and said, "...The year your mom left Beijing, she was in her twenties, and I was only ten, but I already had memories."

"Her original departure from the family was indeed because she couldn’t forgive your grandfather. But the reason she ultimately left and never returned was... not that."

Lu Sheng was taken aback, "Are you saying..."

"The affair your grandfather had at that time was a setup. He got drunk at a class reunion, then his old flame entered his room, got into his bed, and plotted to have your grandma catch them at the right moment."

"In fact, nothing happened back then because your grandfather was too drunk to even... But that woman fabricated the situation, playing it up just to provoke your grandma into divorcing your grandpa so she could marry into our family."

"But she overdid the provocation. Our mother was a very strong-willed person and wasn’t in a good state mentally at the time; she wouldn’t listen to any of father’s explanations, believed he betrayed her, and then slit her wrists in the bathroom."

"Mother bled out and died directly in the bathroom, and it was your mom who discovered her first. The shock was so great that she fainted on the spot; that scene must have left a deep visual and psychological scar on her."

"Knowing why her mother committed suicide, your mom couldn’t forgive your grandfather, so she changed her name to Du Ran and came to Jiang City, where she met and married your father, and then divorced him. Later, your mom finally returned home once, but that night she had a fierce argument with your grandpa and ran away after two in the morning."

"I still remember, that night Dad and big brother were very worried and went out in a hurry to find her. My sister-in-law was also afraid your mom might do something rash in her emotional state, so she left Xiche, who was just born, and went out too."

"My sister-in-law was a very kind person, she cared deeply about us siblings after marrying into our family. Especially so with your mom, they were as close as sisters." novelbuddy.cσ๓

"She knew where your mom would go when feeling down and went looking for her. But then..."

Shi Erya’s voice suddenly broke off, making Lu Sheng’s heart leap in response.

An ill foreboding suddenly surged within her.

"But what? What happened after that?"

Shi Erya took a deep breath, "My sister-in-law tried to persuade your mom to go home; your mom didn’t want to, so she shook off her hand and pushed her."

"The push wasn’t actually forceful, but it happened to be raining that day, making the ground slippery. They were standing at the curb, and with that push, my sister-in-law lost her balance and stumbled out."

"However, at that very moment, a car was coming by. There was no time to brake, and the car... ran over my sister-in-law."