After Black Moonlight revealed her true feelings, everyone panicked.

Zhu Jinming: "What do you mean?"

Sheng Yunchao placed a document on the table. "This man in the leather jacket is called Zhang Qiang, but his real boss should be He Jinhuan."

Zhu Jinming was stunned for a moment, then picked up the documents and started flipping through them. He read faster and faster as he went on, his face turning pale.

Based on the information, it is speculated that not only Zhang Qiang was He Jinhuan's man, but his partner in running the dogfighting arena was also He Jinhuan's man.

No wonder he wanted to recruit He Jinhuan and offer her a share of the profits, but she declined. It turns out that she was already the boss behind the scenes.

Zhu Jinming's voice was somewhat hoarse, "Did Zhang Qiang call me on his own initiative to deliberately expose me?"

In this way, even if something goes wrong, he will be the one to take the blame, and He Jinhuan will not be implicated.

What a brilliant scheme! It turns out he's been used as a pawn all along.

Sheng Yunchao: "You're not too stupid."

Zhu Jinming suddenly realized something and turned to look at Old Master Zhu, "Is rabies real?"

Grandpa Zhu didn't speak, but his eyes told him the answer.

Zhu Jinming slumped into his chair.

He vividly remembered that incident from back then, because he was bitten by the prince, and He Jinhuan reminded him to get vaccinated and also gave everyone a brief introduction to rabies.

At the time, He Jinhuan also said that he was very curious about how rabies is transmitted. He joked that we should go find a sick dog and try it.

Later, the Lu family accused him of letting the prince contract rabies so that he could bite Lu Lingbai. He was furious and thought that the Lu family was deliberately slandering him.

Looking back now, what a coincidence!

What he didn't expect was that He Jinhuan was already so cunning and scheming against him at that time.

The thought of He Jinhuan's refined and gentle appearance sent chills down his spine.

"What exactly do you want to do?" Old Master Zhu asked in a deep voice.

He didn't believe the young man was entirely well-intentioned.

Sheng Yunchao frankly stated his intentions: "I want to deal with the He family, and naturally I don't want you people who don't know the truth to blindly take sides, as that would cause me a lot of trouble."

He paused, then added, "Of course you can continue to side with the He family, but if He Jinhuan finds out that you already know about his scheme..."

He didn't say anything more, and Old Master Zhu couldn't help but sigh, "This young man has some good skills."

This is a perfectly legitimate and aboveboard strategy.

The He family has always been powerful and domineering, so the Zhu family inevitably had to weigh the pros and cons and choose sides.

But now that the Zhu family knows about the He family's scheme, siding with the He family again will likely not bring them any good. Rather than that, it's better to completely sever ties with the He family.

Sheng Yunchao stood up: "Actually, you should thank Lu Sijian. If it weren't for her forcing Zhu Jinming to go abroad, I'm afraid the Zhu family wouldn't be able to extricate themselves now."

The door to the private room opened, and he took one last look at Zhu Jinming before leaving.

It is precisely because they are young that they have the opportunity to correct their mistakes.

If Zhu Jinming hadn't been sent abroad, he probably would have committed a terrible crime long ago.

He didn't expect gratitude from the other party, but if they still dared to hold a grudge against Lu Sijian, then they shouldn't blame him for being impolite.

-

Lu Sijian was unaware that Sheng Yunchao had gone to the Zhu family.

Lu Lingchen told her to get lost, and she left without hesitation.

As a villainous female supporting character, it's normal for her to act cold-blooded, which fits her character and helps to continuously increase Lu Lingjun's level of dislike.

On the way, she checked the progress of the mission.

[Lu Lingchen's favorability has been cleared, and Lu Lingjun's favorability has also dropped to a precarious 3%. With a little more effort, it will be cleared as well.]

When she flipped to Lu Lingbai's character panel, she suddenly paused.

[System, why can't I check Lu Lingbai's favorability rating anymore?]

System: [The target's current emotions are unstable; changes in favorability cannot be detected.]

Lu Sijian paused for a moment: "[I remember his favorability rating has been fluctuating, it hasn't been completely cleared. If that's the case, won't I be unable to complete my mission?]"

System: [What?]

Is this the point?

Lu Sijian said matter-of-factly, "Of course that's the key point! He can't go crazy yet; he has to clear all his feelings for me before he can!"

The system had a bad feeling: [What are you trying to do?]

Lu Sijian smiled, "Why should Lu Lingchen tell me to get lost? What is he now? His favorability rating has been wiped out, he's completely useless now, isn't he?"

-

Inside the ward, Lu Lingbai had already been given a sedative and fallen into a deep sleep.

Lu Lingjun tucked the blanket around him and suddenly spoke, "You can hear A-Jian's thoughts, right?"

Lu Lingchen was stunned for a moment, then quickly realized, "Big brother, you..."

Lu Lingjun shook his head slightly at him, and Lu Lingchen immediately realized that Lin Yuxi and the others were still outside.

The He family just spoke with Lu Lingjun and proposed a condition that surprised the Lu family.

He Jinhuan likes Lu Sijian. If the two can get engaged immediately and get married within the year, the He family can let bygones be bygones.

Lu Lingchen's first reaction upon hearing this condition was that it was impossible.

Although marriage between wealthy families is commonplace, this situation is quite different. The He family has added a condition: Lu Sijian must get pregnant and give birth before they can get a marriage certificate.

In return, the He family was willing to help the Lu family gain a foothold in the capital.

Families who truly love their daughters would never agree to such a request, not even if the He family offered concessions. It would be an insult to Lu Sijian.

The Lu family is especially different. Lu Ting even agreed to Lu Sijian's request to break off the engagement with the Lou family. He dotes on his daughter to the core. How could he possibly agree to such an absurd condition?

Besides, Lu Sijian is family after all, and her older brother wouldn't agree.

The two brothers stood on the balcony, gazing at the city's night view, both feeling somewhat heavy-hearted.

“Big brother, A-Jian has the ability to foresee the future. She couldn’t possibly not know the exact timeline of Second Brother’s madness,” Lu Lingchen analyzed. “But not only did she not say anything, she also took Second Brother there, pushing things forward.”

Lu Lingjun lowered his eyes; this was the source of his anger.

Others might be able to say that the severity of unpredictable situations is a concern, but Lu Sijian is different; she knows everything.

Having all the information, it's understandable that she wouldn't say it, since people might not believe her anyway.

She helped Sheng Yunchao avoid his fate, but she refused to help her own brother when he was dying. No, what's even more terrifying is that she pushed them toward their predetermined destiny.

Perhaps due to some emotional fluctuations, Lu Lingjun suddenly clutched his stomach and frowned.

Lu Lingchen said with some concern, "Big brother, please take care of yourself."

Lu Lingjun waved his hand, "I'm fine, it's just a stomach problem, I'll be fine after taking the medicine."

He paused for a moment and then explained, "In Ah Jian's mind, I will get cancer and cough up blood, and live until the very end, only dying when my life force is exhausted."

He figured his death was imminent, so he wasn't in a hurry. But he never expected his second brother to go mad so suddenly.

"But she doesn't seem to know what kind of cancer I have," he added casually.

Lu Lingchen: "Could it be stomach cancer?"

“I don’t know.” Lu Lingjun said indifferently, “But she once tried to take a bottle of stomach medicine from Liang Yue.”

Lu Lingchen grew anxious: "She wants to let your condition worsen..."

“But she didn’t succeed. Liang Yue didn’t give her the medicine; she gave it to me instead,” Lu Lingjun added.