After Black Moonlight revealed her true feelings, everyone panicked.

An hour later, in the small private room, Lu Lingbai lowered his head to drink water, trying to hide his true feelings.

Although his sister disagreed, he still insisted on coming along, planning to ask Mu Liangyue about the stomach medicine later.

Lu Sijian clearly didn't welcome him; her gaze towards him remained cold and distant.

To break the silence, Lu Lingbo cleared his throat: "Jian, I've been watching a lot of hospital documentaries lately..."

He suddenly fell silent when this was brought up.

He originally went to see a documentary about people in a vegetative state, and was deeply shocked after watching it. He never imagined that rehabilitation for people in a vegetative state was so difficult, with them falling down and getting up again and again. Many people simply cannot endure this painful process and end up in wheelchairs for the rest of their lives. Many more are like a lump of rotten flesh, lying paralyzed in bed waiting to die day after day.

That desolate and hopeless look in his eyes chilled you to the bone.

He used to think his sister was very lucky, but how many lucky people in the world are there?

Her greatest fortune was that she had a strong enough will.

"And then?" Lu Sijian finally gave him a look.

"I just think you're amazing, that you can stand up on your own." Lu Lingbai's eyes were a little moist, and he quickly lowered his head.

[Beep, a change in character's favorability has been detected; dislike value -3.]

Upon hearing the system announcement, Lu Sijian nearly snapped the chopsticks in her hand.

She glanced at Lu Lingbai's legs, thinking sinisterly, "It would have been better to break his legs, lest he get all sentimental again."

Lu Lingbai trembled, forcibly suppressing the surging emotions in his heart.

I'll just treat it as a dream, but I still don't dare to move when I wake up.

-

Downstairs, after dropping off his younger siblings, Lu Lingjun told the driver to turn around.

This was the old town, with narrow streets and slow driving. Soon his gaze fell on the girl in the crowd.

Mu Liangyue also noticed the car. Although she didn't recognize the brand, she remembered that it belonged to the Lu family.

There was a traffic jam ahead, so the car stopped, and she walked over and knocked on the window.

"Ms. Lu, good afternoon..."

Her voice trailed off when she saw the face revealed after the car window rolled down.

"I'm sorry, I didn't know it was you..." Mu Liangyue explained awkwardly, then paused and asked, "How's your stomach lately?"

"Very good." After Lu Lingjun finished speaking, he rolled up the car window, and the car began to move slowly again.

"Young Master, Miss Mu seems to be in trouble..." The driver glanced at the rearview mirror and exclaimed in surprise.

Suddenly, several cyclists appeared from the alley next door and knocked Mu Liangyue to the ground.

"Are you blind and can't you see where you're going?" the other person cursed, then strode away.

Mu Liangyue was completely helpless.

Even though she deliberately moved aside, the other car still rammed straight into her.

This wasn't the first time; even she, slow to realize, understood that someone was deliberately targeting her.

She fought back tears as she got up and bent down to pick up the items scattered on the ground. Suddenly, she heard a scream, and the voice sounded somewhat familiar.

Lu Lingjun was very accurate. When the other person rode up to him, he suddenly grabbed the handlebars and pulled, causing the other person to fall to the ground with a thud.

The man got up cursing and was about to make a move when the driver ran over.

"Young Master!" Lu Lingjun's driver was not only a driver but also a bodyguard, a burly man who looked like he could fight.

The man didn't dare say another word, picked up his bicycle, and rode off quickly.

"Young Master, thank you!" Mu Liangyue hurriedly caught up without even picking up her things.

Tears welled in her eyes as she was moved by Lu Lingjun's timely help.

Lu Lingjun paused slightly, "Why are you crying?"

"No, I just think that the young master is such a gentle person." Mu Liangyue paused for a moment after saying that.

The young master was originally a very gentle person... but everything changed after the kidnapping incident.

People who were once as gentle as a spring breeze have suddenly become cold and cruel.

The cars next to them were honking, reminding them to move quickly and not block the road.

Lu Lingjun didn't say much, turned around and got into the car.

"Young Master, remember to take the medicine I gave you!" Mu Liangyue shouted towards the car.

Those were pills she made especially for him. She had worked for free for a month while learning massage and acupuncture from a doctor at a traditional Chinese medicine clinic before he taught her.

The main ingredient in this pill is *Euphorbia hirta*, which happened to be the same ingredient her family used to treat stomach ailments when she was a child, and it was very effective. That's why she felt comfortable giving it to Lu Lingjun.

I hope the young master's stomach ailment will get better soon.

-

Lu Sijian had already finished a piece of cake before Mu Liangyue arrived.

"What's making you so happy?" she asked knowingly, since she had just gone to the restroom and seen what was happening on the street from upstairs.

"It's nothing." Mu Liangyue instinctively didn't want to talk about Lu Lingjun.

"By the way, Miss Lu, these are my works. You can take a look; I hope they will be helpful to you." Mu Liangyue took everything out of the canvas bag.

Despite her impoverished background, she possessed exceptional artistic talent.

I got into the law school through hard work, but later I accidentally wandered into an old courtyard on campus and was grabbed by a strange old man who helped me draw for half a day.

She later learned that she was born with a good sense of color and her eyes could distinguish many colors that ordinary people could not see.

The other party paid her wages and asked her to come back next time, so Mu Liangyue was forced to work.

Three years later, her painting skills improved by leaps and bounds. Only then did the old man suddenly tell her that he was Professor Wu Qingfeng, an art master, and that he wanted to take her as his last disciple.

Mu Liangyue refused. She was struggling with law and had no interest in pursuing a second major. She was worried that she would be doomed if she didn't get her diploma.

However, it could help Lu Sijian. After all, Lu Sijian has to go to school, and it's unrealistic to expect her to take the college entrance exam at this time. Instead, she could consider pursuing an art career.

After all, Lu Sijian had studied ancient painting for many years and had won awards before.

Lu Sijian: "Thank you, Liangyue."

She suddenly picked up a piece of paper with a hideous ghost face on it and the two big, bright red characters that read "Go to hell."

Mu Liangyue's expression changed upon seeing this, and she hurriedly snatched it, tore it up, and threw it into the trash can.

"Have you encountered any difficulties?" Lu Sijian's expression became much more serious.

Mu Liangyue shook her head: "That's not true."

"You don't need to cover for bad people. If you speak up when something happens, people will help you."

Mu Liangyue hesitated for a moment before smiling helplessly, "It was just a prank, nothing serious. I'm an adult and can handle it myself."

Lu Lingbai was looking down at texting and didn't see the paper, nor did he pay it any attention.

[What kind of prank is this? Is the He family messing with her?]

Although the plot of the He family banquet has changed, and I'm no longer on the He family's side, the trouble that was bound to come knocking still came knocking.

Hearing this, Lu Lingbo became anxious, coughed lightly, and said, "Liangyue, you must say what you have to say!"

"I'm really fine!" Mu Liangyue shook her head again.

She already owed Lu Sijian a debt of gratitude for saving her life, and she didn't want to owe her any more.

Besides, this wasn't the first time that man had caused her trouble. Today, when he bumped into her, he even whispered something.

"—You slut, who gave you the right to covet someone else's fiancé?"

For some reason, her heart skipped a beat, and Lou Xiao's face immediately popped into her mind.