After Black Moonlight revealed her true feelings, everyone panicked.

"Xiao Chen, why haven't you left yet?" Lu Lingbo asked. "Don't keep A-Jian waiting."

Lu Lingchen: "I have a live broadcast task for promoting the drama, and my older brother said I don't need to go."

After a pause, he added, "My brother also said that A-Jian doesn't need to go; he'll just send his assistant with a gift as a token of his appreciation."

Lu Lingbo was taken aback: "Didn't you say you absolutely had to go?"

He read the messages in the group chat, and realized that his sister must have her reasons for saying that.

That's exactly what Lu Lingchen wanted to say: "You really think you absolutely have to go to a child's first birthday party? Why should you?"

For these kinds of banquets, apart from close relatives and particularly important business partners, there's basically no need to make a special trip.

The Lu family and the He family are not related and have no cooperation at the moment. In addition, they are both young people, so there is no need for them to be so attentive.

"She'd rather go to the He family's house to join in the fun than visit Xiaoyue in the hospital."

Lu Lingchen didn't want to say anything, but his second brother was too easily deceived and soft-hearted, so it was better to let him see his sister's true colors sooner rather than later.

"Besides, have you forgotten that her reputation as the top socialite originated from the He family?"

If it wasn't a deliberate publicity stunt, how could she, at such a young age and not even an adult, become the number one socialite in Yuncheng?

Those young ladies and wealthy women in their prime, who among them isn't stunningly beautiful?

Lu Lingbo was a little confused. "Don't talk nonsense. A-Jian isn't that kind of person. She hasn't been to the He family for many years."

In the two years before she fell into a coma, she never set foot in the He family's home again.

Only the eldest brother and Xiao Chen occasionally attend the He family's banquets.

Lu Lingchen's eyes were calm: "That's right, that's why she is so eager to attend the He family's banquet and integrate into the social circle. After all, she has been out of touch with society for too long and needs social interaction even more."

More terrifying than being hedonistic and carefree is being cunning and profit-driven.

"When it comes to this kind of ability, I'm afraid all three of us brothers combined can't compare to our sister alone."

Lu Lingbo was silent for a moment, then said, "I'll go check why my takeout hasn't arrived yet."

This is a VIP ward. Entry to the entire floor is prohibited. Food delivery is not available, so you can only pick up your meals downstairs.

Lu Lingbo picked up his meal and had just entered the hospital building when he saw a girl walking towards him.

"Excuse me..."

Lu Lingbai quickly became alert. After all, Lu Lingchen was a popular idol with many fans. Although this hospital was a private hospital with good privacy, and Lu Lingchen basically stayed in the VIP ward, who knew if he would run into fans?

He pretended not to hear and quickened his pace toward the VIP elevator.

Unexpectedly, the other person chased after them instead. "Wait a minute, I'm sorry, I'm not a bad person. I... I wanted to thank you for saving my life!"

Lu Lingbo breathed a sigh of relief, but his doubts remained. "What life-saving grace?"

"That was the stabbing incident that happened at this hospital a few months ago. I was stabbed several times in the stomach by an assailant who broke into the treatment area..."

Li Xuan clutched her stomach; she had walked so fast that even her wound seemed to ache slightly.

She still remembers the pain when the knife pierced her stomach. The extreme fear caused her to freeze, making her unable to react or even call for help.

The assailant originally intended to finish the attack, but upon hearing the sound of the fire door being pushed open, he abandoned his plan and hurriedly ran towards the clinic.

Li Xuan handed over what she was holding, saying, "I melted down the gold lock that my family gave me when I was little and made this hairpin myself. I hope you like it, Miss."

Lu Lingbo realized that he was a victim in the case.

"This won't do, this thing is too valuable." The hairpin is antique and exquisitely crafted, showing that a lot of thought and effort had been put into it.

Lu Lingbo knows that with the rise of traditional Chinese culture, many intangible cultural heritage bloggers have emerged. He occasionally watches videos and knows that these crafts are very time-consuming and extremely rare.

“How could that be? It’s nothing compared to the debt of saving my life,” Li Xuan insisted.

Lu Lingbo: "Liangyue has always been helpful and never asks for anything in return. She's just happy that you're safe and healthy."

So Liangyue secretly went to rescue someone? When exactly did it happen? Why didn't she tell me?

But that doesn't make sense. Didn't Liang Yue arrive after the incident, just like me?

Li Xuan looked hesitant. "Miss Lu doesn't seem to have that name. I meant Lu Sijian, your sister Lu Sijian."

Lu Lingbai: "Huh?"

He was a little dumbfounded and couldn't help but take two steps back. It wasn't Liang Yue, but his younger sister?

"Are you sure you're not mistaken?" he asked hastily.

“It was Lu Sijian! She saved my life!” Li Xuan said with certainty. “If she hadn’t chased after the thugs and stopped them, not only would I have died, but many others would have died.”

That person once muttered that killing one person was not a loss, but killing two was a gain. He was completely blinded by rage and had become so insane that he wanted to drag more people down with him.

Lu Lingbai remained stunned for a long time. He asked in a hoarse voice, "But perhaps the criminals were provoked by her to commit such a massacre?"

"What are you saying?" Li Xuan looked at him in astonishment. "I won't allow you to talk about her like that! Do you know that if she hadn't rushed into the ward and taken a knife for my mother, she might have died!"

Her mother was receiving treatment in the clinic at the time, and when she saw the assailant rush into the clinic, her heart sank.

"My mom said she saw Lu Sijian use her own arm to block the knife. Is her arm okay?"

Although she thought her mother might be seeing things, and that it was impossible for someone to be stabbed without bleeding, her mother swore to heaven that she had seen it with her own eyes.

Lu Lingbai was in a state of turmoil. In a flash, he suddenly remembered Lu Sijian's fingers almost cramping at the time, and her heartfelt words about how painful it was and the side effects.

At the time, I thought it was a side effect of slapping someone, but it turns out it was because she had blocked a knife?

This is outrageous! What is she doing?! That's a knife! Isn't she afraid?

No, that's not right. This isn't the first time she's taken a knife for someone. During the hostage situation back then, she took a knife for Mu Liangyue in the same way, and then dragged the assailant off the building.

My chest felt swollen for a moment, as if it were full, and then it felt empty for a second, with no place to settle.

Lu Lingbo took a deep breath, about to say something, when a thought suddenly flashed through his mind.

Since my sister isn't the kind of cold-blooded person, why doesn't she come to visit Mu Liangyue?

She would even risk her life to save a stranger, so how could she be what Xiao Chen said—that she was a heartless hedonist or a scheming, profit-driven person?

Something was going to happen at the banquet tonight. In that instant, his intuition told him with certainty.

The phone suddenly rang; it was Lu Lingchen calling. "Second brother, why did it take you so long to get your takeout?"

"Xiao Chen, I'm going to find A-Jian." Lu Lingbo's voice trembled slightly. "You can ask the nurse to order your own food. I'm leaving."

After saying that, he hung up the phone and shoved the takeout into Li Xuan's hands, saying, "Here you go."

Then he ran outside; he needed to get there quickly.

Li Xuan looked at the takeout in her hand: "..."

I was planning to give a thank-you gift, but instead I was given dinner as a gift?

This restaurant isn't cheap; it's a well-known local private kitchen restaurant that I've only heard of but never actually visited.

She sighed; this family was just too kind.