Fu Zhi changed into a new set of clothes in her room. Very soon, someone knocked on her door.

  However, since she knew who was out there, she paid them no mind.

  She turned her head around and looked at her phone.

  There was a bright red dot on top of the WeChat icon. Suddenly, an authentication message popped up and two words appeared in her line of sight—Li Nanli.

  She used her WeChat for business purposes only, and it was full of people that she knew.

  She tapped the accept button. Then, she got up and went to take a piece of milk candy from a box.

  When she returned to her bed, her phone rang once more.

  The words “Love Addiction” appeared at the top, and the avatar was a close-up image of a hand.

  The hand was delicate, and the fingers were slender. The nails were neatly trimmed, and the flesh was pinkish.

  There was a green leaf in the center of the palm, and the slender fingers surrounded it, acting like some sort of vault that prevented the leaf from slipping away.

  Fu Zhi peeled her eyes away from the avatar and gazed at the dialog box. She realized it contained only one word: Zhizhi.

  She looked at her own WeChat nickname, which was Addiction. Then, she looked at Li Nanli’s WeChat nickname, Love Addiction, and she frowned.

  ‘Does he know that he’s going to become impotent soon? I’ve already forgiven him for being a bad-mannered kid, but how can he be so rude to his aunt?’

  With that thought in mind, Fu Zhi pressed her lips into a thin line. Just as she was about to remove Li Nanli from her friend list, five transaction messages, each amounting to 200,000 yuan, appeared in the dialog box.

  Fu Zhi accepted the money and replied, ‘Yes, I’m here, Xiao Li.’

  When she did not receive any response from Li Nanli, she sent another message to him patiently. She was his elder after all. ‘Do you need anything, Xiao Li? Just tell me and I’ll try my best to help you.’

  ****

  Meanwhile, in the Li Household……

  Li Nanli stared blankly at the dialog box. His heart was pounding in his chest, and his whole being was telling him to stay calm. After a long while, he decided to listen to his heart and got up from the chair. He went to the corner of the room and poured himself a glass of warm water before going back to his seat. He quickly gulped it down his throat. Only then did he feel better.

  He glanced down once again at his phone, the dark curls of his hair covering most of his eyes.

  “Fu Zhi.” Sitting on the couch, he chanted the name affectionately. He raised his eyebrows slightly, his eyes dancing with joy and gentleness that he could not hide.

  He tapped the screen a few times.

  ‘I miss you, Zhizhi.’

  Half a minute later, Fu Zhi replied, ‘Focus more on your work. Don’t think so much.’

  She typed very fast. As soon as Li Nanli entered a trance, she retracted her second message and said, ‘Your aunt is pretty busy. Is there anything else that I can help you with?’

  Li Nanli was speechless.

  ‘Anything else?’

  He contemplated Fu Zhi’s message inwardly. Then, he pressed his lips and replied begrudgingly with only one word and a full stop: ‘Nothing.’

  However, Fu Zhi did not notice the change in his tone and replied, ‘Alright then. You’re still recovering, so you need to rest well. Drink some warm water if you feel uncomfortable and take care of yourself.’

  ‘Fu Zhi, why do I feel like you don’t want to talk to me?’

  This time, he had sent a voice message, and Fu Zhi could clearly notice the change in his tone.

  As she looked at the word “Typing……” on the screen, Li Nanli sent another red envelope to Fu Zhi before she could finish typing her sentence.

  Fu Zhi deleted her sentence and sent him a new message. ‘Don’t think too much, Xiao Li.’

  Then, she accepted the red envelope.

  Li Nanli was speechless.

  He was seized by a violent coughing fit, and his throat felt very sore. His beautiful eyes were squeezed tightly shut, and his face was a mask of agony. He could barely hold his phone still and he grasped the glass of warm water so tightly that his knuckles started turning white.

  In the end, he heeded Fu Zhi’s suggestion and drank a large gulp of warm water. His tightly-pressed lips looked even redder now.

  Squinting his eyes, he replied, ‘Fu Zhi.’

  ‘Yeah?’

  ‘Can you please stop messing with me?’

  ‘?’

  ‘Forget it. Go and do your homework.’

  ‘.……’

  Li Nanli licked his lips and threw his phone aside. He stared at the ornamental plant on the desk, his Adam’s apple bobbing in his throat.

  He felt terrible right now.

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  Chapter 46: Eldest Brother Threatened To Break Zhizhi’s Legs

  After reprimanding Lu Yumo for his attitude, Xu Wei then sent him to check on Fu Zhi.

  He knocked on the door and waited for five minutes straight, but there was no answer from the room.

  He rolled up his sleeve, but just as he was about to knock on the door again, the door was opened and Fu Zhi’s head popped out. “Anything up?”

  Lu Yumo knew this was what Fu Zhi would usually say when she did not want to talk. However, he paid her no mind. He pulled a long face, straightened his back, and declared, “I’m not an airhead like mom. I’ve inherited my father’s intelligence and I’m far smarter than you think!

  “I saw it! I saw clearly that the Volkswagen was not from Yu City. You’re not worth my time, so listen carefully. If I ever see you skip school to meet your boyfriend again, I swear to God that I’ll break your legs!”

  Fu Zhi had been looking at her phone. It was only when Lu Yumo finished speaking that she lifted her head from the phone.

  “You’re right.”

  After a short pause, she then asked calmly, “Then what about Zhou Tingting?”

  Lu Yumo was stunned.

  “We’re now talking about you, not me! Don’t simply change the topic!” Lu Yumo couldn’t care less anymore. He gave up his big brother act. He raised his hand to reach out and poke her cheek. However, before his finger could touch her face, it was swatted down by Fu Zhi.

  A sharp slapping sound was released into the air in the process, and Lu Yumo screamed out in pain, “Ouch!”

  Water began to fill his eyes as he said, “That’s rude, Fu Zhi! How could you hit your own brother?”

  ‘Hmm? That sounds familiar. Where did I hear that?’

  Fu Zhi then asked, “Why did you get so exasperated?”

  “I’m not! What’s wrong with having a girlfriend? Carrying on the family line is my responsibility as a descendant of the Lu Family!”

  Fu Zhi replied, “Alright then.”

  Lu Yumo was stumped, but he composed himself soon.

  With a dark expression, he said, “What’s with that face? Do you think I’m wrong? Or are you trying to disclose my secret because I told mom that you have a boyfriend?”

  Fu Zhi shot a glance at him.

  “Zhizhi, daddy’s home. Come downstairs when you’re done, alright?”

  Xu Wei’s voice rang out from the stairwell on the second floor.

  Before Fu Zhi could reply, Lu Yumo pulled her arm and pushed her back into her room. Then, he closed the door.

  “I’m warning you! Don’t even tell mom that I have a girlfriend when you go downstairs!”

  Fu Zhi did not reply. She pressed her lips firmly as she stared at the red weal around her wrist.

  Lu Yumo knew that his sister had the goods on him, and the situation right now demanded immediate action.

  After all, he would be doomed if his mother found out that he had a girlfriend.

  Thus, he steeled himself and decided to strike first. He placed his hand on Fu Zhi’s shoulder and grabbed her tightly. Then, he began speaking, emphasizing every single syllable of his sentence. “If you dare say a single word to mom, I’ll kill myself in front of you!”

  Fu Zhi looked at her WeChat. The “Killing Order” that Shen Cizhou had sent to her was still sitting obediently at the top.

  Lu Yumo looked at her dialog box but could not see it clearly because he was nearsighted. After threatening Fu Zhi, he turned around and attempted to go downstairs.

  Fu Zhi followed him.

  Xu Wei loved to see all her children get along with each other. She rested her chin on Lu Jingqing’s shoulder and whispered into his ear, “Told you. They need space.”

  Lu Jingqing nodded.

  Then, Xu Wei approached Fu Zhi and asked, “What were you and your big brother talking about? It took you two really long to come down.”

  Lu Yumo’s heart somersaulted inside his chest. He involuntarily turned his head to look at Fu Zhi.

  Fu Zhi was looking at him as well.

  There was no expression in the young girl’s eyes. She gave Lu Yumo an affirmative nod as if she was telling him, ‘Don’t worry, brother. I won’t let you die in front of me.’

  As Lu Yumo heaved a sigh of relief, he heard Fu Zhi tell Xu Wei in her apathetic voice, “He said he wants to break my legs.”

  “!!!”

  Lu Yumo’s entire body shook as he continued to look at Fu Zhi.

  ‘Holy f*ck! What the hell is wrong with you? What’s the difference between saying this and letting me die?’

  Xu Wei loved Fu Zhi more than anything else.

  In the end, Lu Yumo was not allowed to join them for dinner at the farm.

  Before they left, Xu Wei stared daggers at her eldest son before getting into the car with her daughter.

  “Dad, I feel terrible right now.” Lu Yumo, who was upset, was frowning as he complained to Lu Jingqing.

  Lu Jingqing glanced at him and answered, “You’ve been given too much freedom. That’s why you don’t feel right when you’re chained up in the house.

  “You’re already an adult, so make use of this time to get used to it. Alright, enough talking. I have to take your mother, sister, and brother to dinner. Bye, son. Take care of yourself.”

  Lu Yumo was speechless.

  The Mysterious Heiress: Researcher In Disguise