After Black Moonlight revealed her true feelings, everyone panicked.

"What's the difference? I think they're both sick." Sheng Lan, who was walking behind, sneered.

She had deliberately lagged behind to eavesdrop on Sheng Yunchao and Lu Lingbai's conversation.

This is truly shocking. How could anyone think that way about their own sister?

To be honest, Lu Sijian does have a rather strong temper, unlike the gentle and virtuous persona portrayed in legends.

But what's wrong with that? When dealing with a jerk who comes knocking on your door, if you don't slap him in the face, are you just going to wait to be attacked head-on?

When she was younger, she would have been even more unforgiving.

Sheng Lan couldn't hold back any longer: "Instead of helping their own people, they're siding with outsiders. Are they out of their minds?"

Turning to look at Xia Youyou, he said, "If you ask me, your family is pretty stupid. Do they really think they can gain some good reputation? Do they think stepping on you makes them seem superior? Don't be ridiculous. We're all family, what's the difference? People will only laugh at them for degrading themselves."

Uncle Ling: "Miss is right."

Although his eldest daughter has a bit of a princess complex, it has its advantages; at least she can protect her.

When Sheng Lan was young, her family suffered a great tragedy. Her parents and brother and sister-in-law passed away one after another. As a pampered young lady, if she had been even slightly weak-willed, she would have been devoured alive.

Fortunately, she was fierce enough to subdue a group of people with ill intentions.

Although she disliked children and left the young master to the nanny and housekeeper all the time, she still knew how to protect him from being bullied by outsiders.

Uncle Ling then turned his gaze to Lu Sijian. No wonder the young master liked this Miss Lu; he had been trying to steal her away every day when she was still someone else's fiancée.

This Miss Lu is not only beautiful, but also intelligent and insightful; not only intelligent and insightful, but also exceptionally capable of handling things!

The family is a bit of a mess, but that's okay, their heartless young master will take care of it!

Xia Youyou's face turned green: "..."

Lu Sijian: "Didn't you just say not to get angry over idiots?"

He paused for a moment and then said, "However, Ms. Sheng is right. Your family is not trustworthy. They might sell you out at any time. You should plan ahead and cut ties with them in time."

Xia Youyou nodded thoughtfully, believing that Lu Sijian must have her reasons for saying that.

Lu Sijian looked at her and sighed silently.

[In the original storyline, with just one order from Lu Lingjun, the Xia family could marry her off to an old widow in the countryside for a dowry, showing that they didn't love their daughter at all.]

[Lu Lingjun said he was worried that Xia Youyou would lead me astray, but who knows what his real motives were? Maybe he was upset that Xia Youyou bullied Mu Liangyue, or maybe he was upset that Xia Youyou dared to have designs on him.]

[He's willing to completely destroy someone if he's unhappy; isn't that true tyranny? Why doesn't Lu Lingbai criticize his own brother for being vicious?]

Sheng Yunchao suddenly understood why she had become so close to Xia Youyou.

So this is how Xia Youyou's ending was.

His gaze suddenly shifted slightly, noticing the person eavesdropping from the corner of the wall.

So you're still following me because you haven't given up?

Sheng Yunchao smiled and said, "Not only Miss Xia, but you too, senior. I don't think the Lu family is trustworthy either. You should plan ahead and cut ties as soon as possible."

In the corner, Lu Lingbai's breath hitched slightly as he waited for his sister's answer.

Lu Sijian politely declined: "Thank you for your suggestion, but I think it's better not to."

Upon hearing this, Lu Lingbai breathed a sigh of relief, but he realized that he had let his breath off a little too soon.

[I don't need to cut ties with them. Aren't they already slowly distancing themselves from me? Why should I rush things?]

From the moment I woke up—no, from the moment I fell and went into a coma—didn't they already begin to sever ties with me?

[They didn't even want to act anymore. When I woke up, everyone used being busy as an excuse to stay far away.]

Lu Lingbo stood frozen in place, watching the group of people walk away, a growing sense of panic creeping into his heart.

Moreover, how could my elder brother treat Miss Xia like that?

They bribed her family to marry her off to an old widow in the countryside? That's incredibly cruel.

-

Lu Sijian guessed that Mu Liangyue's injury must be quite serious, and sure enough, it was.

Cars in the parking lot usually drive very slowly, but there are very few parking spaces in the hotel's surface parking lot, so that car was in a hurry to grab a space and drove a bit fast.

To make matters worse, Mu Liangyue fell right into a drain, where a section of the steel mesh was damaged, and a protruding piece of steel pierced her back. It wasn't until she was pulled up that people noticed blood flowing down the drain.

The three men of the Lu family stopped hiding it and went to the hospital at the same time.

Lu Sijian looked at the empty villa, completely unaffected, and went to bed peacefully after washing up.

Her phone beeped, and when she opened it, she saw a message from Sheng Yunchao informing her that the surgery had gone smoothly and the metal plate had been safely removed.

She shook the blanket and lay down, turning off her phone before going to sleep.

When I woke up the next day, I found several missed calls on my phone.

She sighed. Making so many calls at 1 a.m. must mean something very urgent.

Lu Sijian immediately called Lu Lingjun back: "Brother, you called me around 1 a.m. last night, was it something urgent?"

Lu Lingjun: "Jian, do you know that Miss Mu was in a car accident?"

"I know." Lu Sijian thought for a moment. Lying at this point would be useless; Lu Lingbai knew she knew.

"What happened? How is Liangyue now? Is she alright?"

Lu Lingjun: "...It's alright for now."

"That's good. You scared me. I was so worried about her last night," Lu Sijian said. "I have class at 8 a.m. today, so I have to go now. Bye."

Outside the hospital's VIP ward, Lu Lingjun frowned slightly as he looked at the phone that had just been hung up.

"See? I told you she didn't want to come at all." Lu Lingchen stood not far away.

Last night, Mu Liangyue developed a high fever and kept crying and calling out Lu Sijian's name in her dreams.

They tried various methods in turn but couldn't soothe her. Finally, unable to bear seeing her trapped in this nightmare any longer, they decided to call Lu Sijian over.

But Lu Sijian's phone was turned off.

She found out about Mu Liangyue's accident less than an hour later, but she didn't ask a single question and even went to sleep peacefully.

"Brother, she's probably overjoyed that Liangyue is in trouble, how could she possibly come to visit out of kindness? She's been secretly targeting Liangyue all along..."

Lu Lingjun raised his hand to stop him, "That's enough."

Lu Lingchen paused for a moment, then followed his gaze to the ward door, where he could vaguely hear movement coming from inside...

The two brothers' faces changed, and they hurriedly pushed open the door and went inside.

On the hospital bed, Mu Liangyue was deeply slumped in the white sheets, but her face was even paler than the sheets.

She seemed trapped in a terrible nightmare from which she couldn't wake up; tears kept flowing.

Lu Lingchen rushed over, "Xiaoyue!"

Lu Lingjun sat on the edge of the bed, turning his head to listen to her ramblings.

"Miss Lu, I really didn't intentionally seduce Mr. Lou..."

"Mr. Lou loves you, he has always loved you..."

"Please don't scold me, I'm so sorry..."

She trembled as if she had seen something utterly terrifying, and her heart almost stopped beating.

"Call the doctor quickly!" Seeing that things were not going well, Lu Lingjun pressed the call button by the bedside.