After Black Moonlight revealed her true feelings, everyone panicked.

Wang Ma said a few more words, her tone remaining calm throughout.

Lu Sijian hung up the phone, her brows furrowing slightly.

Wang Ma wouldn't suddenly abandon me for no reason, especially since my hand injury hasn't healed yet.

She glanced at the few people in the restaurant, her gaze finally settling on the bank card on the table.

The Lu family's employees all use gold cards issued by the same bank as their salary cards, and the cards all look the same, so at first glance you can't tell whose card it is.

Lu Sijian walked over, looked down at the salary card, and saw that the name on it was spelled "la mei wang" in pinyin.

Wang Lamei is the name of Wang Ma.

[This is Wang Ma's salary card. Why is it here?]

In the ensuing silence, Lu Lingjun spoke first: "Wang Ma just resigned."

Lu Sijian wasn't too surprised; she had guessed it was true, otherwise Wang Ma wouldn't have suddenly left without saying goodbye.

She looked at Lu Lingjun and, to appear more imposing, slammed her elbow heavily on the table.

"Why? Please give me an explanation. Is it because I fired the cook that you're forcing Wang Ma to leave? On what grounds?"

The housekeeper was so frightened that he didn't dare to breathe loudly, not expecting the brother and sister to clash like this.

“It’s none of my brother’s business.” Lu Lingchen was very dissatisfied. How could she slam her fist on the table at her brother?

"Are you going to disregard your elder brother for the sake of some arrogant servant?"

Lu Sijian was initially furious, but as if she had suddenly realized something, her expression softened.

"No, I'm used to Wang Ma taking care of me, I have to ask Wang Ma to come back!"

Lu Lingchen raised his eyes, his phoenix eyes sharp: "No, I don't agree!"

Wang Ma has openly challenged him. If he invites the person back, wouldn't that be slapping him in the face?

"If we're going to call Wang Ma back, we might as well call the cook back too, and Sister Ye back as well!"

Lu Sijian: "Third Brother, you're being completely unreasonable!"

"I think you're the one being unreasonable!" Lu Lingchen couldn't help but slam his hand on the table as well.

Lu Sijian suddenly looked at him with tears welling up in her eyes, her face filled with suppressed sorrow.

"Third brother, how could you do this to me? I'm your own sister, and I'm still injured..."

A flash of disgust crossed Lu Lingchen's eyes. "Lu Sijian, stop pretending..."

"Waaah!" Lu Sijian awkwardly covered her face with her bandaged hands, then turned and ran away.

He was running while inwardly pounding the ground and laughing wildly.

[This is great! I never knew this idiot could be used for this. If you had told me earlier, I would have asked you to help me.]

These past few days I've repeatedly tried to persuade Wang Ma to leave the Lu family, but she refuses. I'm even worried that she'll get involved in the Lu family's bankruptcy and end up in a bad situation.

[Now it's all good; Wang Ma left on her own, finally managing to perfectly avoid the plot.]

[Since that's the case, I should add fuel to the fire. It's time to guide public opinion and strike first.]

Lu Lingchen, who chased after him for a few steps, was speechless.

So she was just faking it all along!

He was so angry that he felt inexplicably outmatched in every aspect tonight.

But what did Lu Sijian mean by her last thought? Was she planning to harm the Lu family?

"Brother, did you hear that? She..." He abruptly stopped speaking when he saw the butler standing to the side.

Lu Lingjun said calmly, "I heard it."

His gaze fell on the bank card that Wang Ma had left on the table, his expression complex.

At first, he did suspect that Wang Ma might have been instigated by Lu Sijian to say those words on purpose.

During this period, the three brothers became close to Mu Liangyue, and even when Mu Liangyue was injured and hospitalized, the three of them took turns taking care of her.

It's perfectly normal for Lu Sijian to hold a grudge against Mu Liangyue because of this.

But now he's certain that Lu Sijian was completely unaware.

She didn't even know there was 600,000 yuan in this salary card, otherwise she wouldn't have let the card just sit there.

So the question is, why did Wang Ma go to such lengths for Lu Sijian?

She was just a maid, and the Lu family didn't treat her well at all. Her salary was the same as other ordinary maids, unlike Aunt Ye, who had been a housekeeper and therefore earned a much higher salary.

She wasn't in charge of purchasing or management, so she had no access to money and no way to make any extra money.

Six hundred thousand yuan was almost all the money she had painstakingly saved.

Lu Lingjun felt conflicted and couldn't help but utter his doubts softly, "Why is she so despicable, yet so many people treat her with genuine kindness?"

For three years, Miss Jiang has been quietly and persistently delivering local specialties. Even though she knows that Lu Sijian is still unconscious and can't eat them, she still wants to express her gratitude to her family.

She never even stopped his car.

Since he frequented that high school, the other party should be familiar with his license plate number, after all, he often picked up and dropped off his sister there, which was very high-profile.

If the other party is interested, it's easy to find out; by waiting patiently, you can always catch them in the act.

After all, even Mu Liangyue, who indirectly harmed Lu Sijian, moved into the Lu family and indirectly enjoyed some of the Lu family's benefits.

For example, Lu Lingchen took her on TV shows, and Mu Liangyue was the star of the university. She was the first to receive all the awards and competitions in the college, all because he had spoken to the dean.

He also recommended a great internship to Mu Liangyue.

If Jiang Ningning comes to him, he will definitely help her out to save face.

But the other party didn't do that; they quietly delivered the gifts and left, truly asking for nothing in return.

Lu Lingchen couldn't answer the question either.

He sneered silently to himself. He was emotionally detached, even putting on a show of brotherly affection for his two older brothers. How could he possibly understand the difference between sincerity and insincerity?

During this period, he acted as if he cared about his two older brothers, but when he learned that Lu Lingbo had gone mad... he was actually completely calm.

He used to think he treated his two older brothers differently, but now it seems there's no difference.

In this world, the only people who can truly evoke strong emotions in him, besides his father, are Mu Liangyue.

"Who knows? Maybe she'll brainwash you." Lu Lingchen shrugged.

They are siblings, equally cunning and adept at disguise, aren't they?

"Big brother, hurry up and eat your steak, it won't taste good if it gets cold," Lu Lingchen said with a smile.

He rarely cooked for his older brother, and he wanted to show his concern and curry favor.

Lu Lingjun picked up the bank card, lowered his eyes for a moment, and then said, "I'm not eating anymore, take it away."

Lu Lingchen was taken aback: "Big brother?"

Lu Lingjun ignored him and walked straight out.

Lu Lingchen stood still, his expression slowly returning to blank.

He picked up the plate of now-cold steak and dumped it directly into the trash can.

-

Lu Sijian had no idea that Wang Ma had left behind a card.

No matter how fierce the storm rages outside, she still goes to her classes with peace of mind.

Because of his hand injury, he could only listen to the lectures in a dry and unresponsive manner while sitting in class.

The class that day was a general education class, and she had only been sitting for a short while when she attracted several stares.

One gaze followed her even after class ended.

She was no stranger to this kind of gaze, after all, she had been subjected to this kind of harassment since she was a child.