“How many times has grandma asked her for pills? She’s the one who keeps saying that she doesn’t have any medicine anymore, so why is there a bottle of pills in her room? Not to mention that the bottle is exactly the same as the one that I lost,” Lu Chuwan replied exasperatedly. “I lost my medicine, and she’s the thief. How could you still stand on her side? Have you gone out of your mind?”

  Lu Yumo did not want to waste his time arguing with her anymore.

  Each and every single one of Fu Zhi’s flowers cost nearly a million, so no matter what, there was no way his sister would steal anything from Lu Chuwan.

  “Where are you right now?” Lu Yumo asked. However, his question fell on deaf ears. After all, Lu Chuwan felt that she did not have the obligation to tell him her location.

  “If you have anything to say, leave it until I call the police. Also, help me take a message to Fu Zhi. Tell her that I won’t let her go easily, and I’ll certainly bring her to justice this time!”

  Fu Zhi had taken it too far this time, and Lu Chuwan swore to herself that she would not be lenient with her. After all, a bottle of anti-cancer drug was expensive, not to mention that it was related to the future of the Lu Family.

  When she thought of that, she started to regret that she had just laid waste to Fu Zhi’s door. She should have done more than that. She should have destroyed everything in her room so that Fu Zhi would know she should not mess with her.

  After a few seconds, Lu Chuwan started to exit the room. She thus hung up the call.

  Suddenly, a noise that sounded like the click of a tongue rang out behind her. However, she did not notice it, so she kept walking forward.

  She continued to pace forward until a series of footfalls suddenly entered her ears. Then, before she knew it, a male voice rang out. “You’re Lu Chuwan, right? Can’t you hear that I’m calling your name?”

  The breath that grazed past her ear was warm, wet, and tinged with the acrid smell of tobacco. Lu Chuwan had no idea why, but it reminded her of a gloomy and oppressive rainy day.

  The voice sounded unfamiliar. At the very least, none of the friends she knew would talk like this.

  It was a stranger.

  When the realization hit her, a chill crept down her spine as the hair on her back bristled.

  A human would get paralyzed when his or her life was in danger. After about two seconds, she jerked her head back, and the first thing she saw was a hand that went straight for her neck.

  The hand on her neck was bony, and the veins on the back of the hand were prominent. Her eyes traced along the hand, and a good-looking face rammed into her vision.

  It was a face that looked a lot like Fu Zhi’s. The eyes, the mouth, the nose…… Everything on that face, including the jawline, gave people the impression that the man was Fu Zhi’s doppelganger, and the only thing that set him apart from her was the stern and grim expression that was carved on his face.

  The hair in front of his forehead was long. It was draped over his foxy eyes, preventing Lu Chuwan from reading the emotion in his eyes.

  Even though she was in danger right now, she was so stunned by the sight that she could not come back to her senses. She forgot to scream for help, and she just stared blankly at the man in front of her.

  When he sensed her gaze, the man’s face grew harder and grimmer. He squinted his eyes, and it was only then that Lu Chuwan snapped back to reality. Realizing the gravity of the situation, she tried to take a step back, but Ye Jiu was not going to give her the chance.

  He tightened his grip on her neck as a menacing grin hopped onto his lips. “I just heard that you’re going to send someone to prison. Who is that person?”

  His voice was rather soft, but it did not fit his characteristics and whatever he was doing right now at all.

  ‘He’s crazy.’

  With that thought in mind, Lu Chuwan slowly shook her head.

  However, Ye Jiu was not buying her answer. He pressed on. “I’m talking to you. Are you dumb? Can’t you open your mouth and say something?”

  Lu Chuwan continued to shake her head as she tried to divert his attention. Her heart was pumping like mad as she secretly fiddled with the phone in her pocket.

  “Do you know how Zhou Tingting died?” Ye Jiu said as he pulled Lu Chuwan’s phone out of her pocket. Then, with a flick of his wrist, he threw the phone into the air. The phone drew an arc across the air before landing on the hard concrete, shattering into pieces that skidded across the ground like a bunch of wasted metal. “She died because of her stupidity and arrogance. She had plenty of chances to get rid of that little abomination, yet she chose to play around like a clown. Well, you behave a lot like her in this particular aspect.”

  Lu Chuwan’s teary eyes widened in terror. She did not want to rub the madman in front of her the wrong way, so she commanded herself to stand as stiff as possible.

  She suspected that the little abomination Ye Jiu was talking about was Fu Zhi. She thus stammered, “You…… You better not do anything stupid. There is a camera behind you. The Lu Family is rich, and I can……”

  “Stop it right there. If you think money can save you, then you’re terribly wrong,” Ye Jiu said. Then, he paused for a moment before adding, “Well, since you’re that little abomination’s cousin, perhaps you can try to beg me. If I like it, maybe I’ll give you a special discount and you won’t have to die today.”

  Lu Chuwan chided Fu Zhi internally when she heard Ye Jiu. However, she did not allow her true emotions to show on her face and quickly said, “Please, please don’t kill me.”

  Ye Jiu looked at her grimly. “You are so ugly.”

  He paused for a moment, then gave her a manic grin before he continued. “Since you’re so ugly, sweetie, I’m going to take back my words.”

  *

  As soon as Fu Zhi got in the car and prepared to go home, Lu Yumo called her.

  She was at the post office right now, as Du Min had just sent some seeds to her. When she noticed the nervousness in her brother’s voice, she said, “What have you gotten yourself into again?”

  She sounded firm, and Lu Yumo’s expression darkened. Then, a surge of embarrassment flooded his heart. However, when he thought about the mess in Fu Zhi’s room, he set aside the embarrassment and said, “Erm…… Zhizhi, can you go to the market and buy some remedies for your flowers?”

  “Remedies? What are you talking about?”

  Fu Zhi frowned when she realized something was amiss. “What’s happened?”

  “You…… stay calm and listen to me first. Actually……”

  Lu Yumo told Fu Zhi the whole story. After he finished telling Fu Zhi everything, he added, “Are the flowers on your desk expensive? Is it okay if I buy a new one for you? I promise you I’ll help you take care of your flowers in the future.”

  He did not want his sister to get angry.

  Fu Zhi unbuckled her belt.

  The atmosphere in the car suddenly nosedived and became oppressive. Her teammates had been chatting this whole time, but they all fell silent when they noticed something was wrong.

  Lu Yubai shot her a concerned look.

  “No,” Fu Zhi replied. Her voice was flat, so Lu Yumo did not know whether she was angry or not. “You can’t buy those flowers because nobody is selling them.”

  One of the flowers on her desk was known as the Valerian Root. She had been growing it for the past three months, and she’d intended to make it into a perfume sachet for Lu Yushen to cure his illness after the flower bloomed.

  Lu Yumo’s eyes went red around the rims as he cried, “Then what should we do now?”


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  Chapter 252: Ending The Business Relationship With The Dong Family -1

  Fu Zhi thought it was not a big deal.

  “Don’t cry,” she told Lu Yumo. Then, she opened up her WeChat and contacted Shen Cizhou. “I’m going to place an order now, and she won’t bother us anymore in the future.”

  ‘Place an order?’

  Lu Yumo asked, “Are you hungry? I’ve learned how to make sweet and sour pork ribs. Do you want some before you go to settle the score with her?”

  “You are still young, so you won’t understand. Go wipe the tears off your face first. Don’t forget to put a warm towel on your eyes afterward.”

  Fu Zhi was not going to tell Lu Yumo about the “Who do you want to get rid of?” order. One reason was because Lu Yumo was still young, but the main reason was that she had nearly issued the same order as well.

  Well, to be honest, Fu Zhi’s worry was totally uncalled for. Considering Lu Yumo’s intelligence and airheadedness, he might not understand even if she told him everything.

  Fu Zhi hung up the call.

  The temperature in the car dropped below zero. Nobody dared to say anything as she communicated with Shen Cizhou.

  Ten minutes later, Shen Cizhou replied with a sigh, “Well, it seems like someone has already helped you teach her a lesson. Before I could do anything, Lu Chuwan was sent to the hospital with a comminuted fracture in her right hand.”

  Shen Cizhou suspected that Ye Qi had done it. After all, out of the nine second-generation test subjects, Ye Qi was relatively docile and gentle compared to his brothers. He liked to play games and he abstained from killing.

  Holding a cigarette in between his lips, Shen Cizhou added, “Lu Chuwan should’ve seen his face. I think you’re going to be accused of bullying again, sweetie.”

  Fu Zhi could notice the jubilation in his voice.

  She did not really care if they were going to accuse her of bullying or not. There was one thing she was going to confirm first, so she said, “Tonight, you and I will go and follow up on this matter properly.”

  *

  Those flowers were important to Fu Zhi. Lu Chuwan had gone way too far, and Shen Cizhou could sense that Fu Zhi was truly angry this time.

  He was a little envious of his employer for being so nice to an autistic person. However, when he thought deeper, he surmised that the reason she did not treat him nicely was that he was not a person with disabilities.

  Fu Zhi kept silent on the way home.

  Xu Wenhao was genuinely terrified as he watched Fu Zhi get out of the car. It was only now that he realized why some of the students said Fu Zhi was the last person one would want to offend.

  She was as gentle and harmless as a rabbit normally, but when she was in danger, she would turn into one’s greatest fear.

  Lu Yubai followed Fu Zhi into the house. Mama Zhang was taking her plants downstairs. The flowers were in poor shape, and she was helping Fu Zhi bury all the fallen leaves and flowers in the soil.

  Fu Zhi took the flowers and looked at them.

  The flowers had grown from specially cultivated seeds. They were fragile, and they required extra care when growing.

  She only needed a glance to know that these flowers were beyond hope.

  “There are cameras in the Lu Household. I’ll ask Mama Liu to get them for you.”

  A normal family would install cameras in its house for security purposes, so it went without saying that a rich family like the Lu Family would do the same.

  Keeping her head low, Fu Zhi withdrew a small bottle of remedies out of her bag and sprayed the Valerian Root. Then, she told Mama Zhang, “Can you help me move the flowers under the sun in the yard?”

  Mama Liu nodded.

  She had changed the pots, but she had left the soil untouched. She knew the soil Fu Zhi used was expensive, as it was specifically used to raise this kind of flower.

  As much as Fu Zhi wanted to help Lu Yushen, she remembered that her first depressed patient had developed a phobia and autism after being discharged from the hospital.

  Therefore, she knew mind therapy did not work.

  As she was picking up the leaves from the table, she sent a message to Li Nanli. “Does the Dong Family have a business relationship with the Li Family?”

  Li Nanli replied, “Yes, but we can pull out. What do you want me to do?”

  “Pull out then.”

  After saying that, she sent a one-dollar red packet to Li Nanli through WeChat and said, “I’m immensely proud to have raised a dutiful and understanding nephew like you.”


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  Chapter 253: Ending The Business Relationship With The Dong Family – 2

  Li Nanli took the money. He knew this was Fu Zhi’s way of expressing her gratitude, so he did not say anything.

  He turned to Liu Mi and asked, “I remember that the Dong Family still owes the Li Family 200 million yuan?”

  “To be precise, it’s 245 million yuan. They promised to settle the debt this year, but Old Master Dong came to find Old Master Li a few months ago and cried to him……”

  ‘Oh…… So that’s how it is…… It turns out that my grandfather is a saint.’

  However, Li Nanli was his grandfather, and he was not going to tolerate the Dong Family. He said, “Inform Du Min and ask him to go collect the debt from them.”

  Liu Mi was quick and hastily went away to do this bidding.

  Holding his phone, Li Nanli took two screenshots of the transaction notices—both this time and the last time when Fu Zhi had transferred 5 cents to him—and posted them on his WeChat Moments with a prideful text that read “Gifts from my sweetheart”.

  Gu Yanqi was the first one to make a comment. [Daddy, is it 5 cents for a million? Please look at me, daddy. I’m the unworthy son that you left on the riverbank!]

  On the other side, Old Master Li noticed the post as well and gave the post a like with a relieved grin on his face.

  Since Fu Zhi had given Li Nanli money, did that mean that she had started to acknowledge him and the next step would be getting a room with him?!

  When he thought of that, his face flushed in embarrassment. Then, he replied, [Don’t forget to bring your identity card when you’re going out.]

  Otherwise, regular hotels might deny him check-in!!

  Three minutes later, even though plenty of people came to like and comment on his post, Li Nanli realized all of them were asking him for money. His brows were furrowed, as he was not happy with their response.

  “Hmph! What a bunch of senseless people!” Li Nanli chided them and began deleting those people from his WeChat. Then, he saw a comment that made him lift his eyebrows.

  [I can sense how much President Li’s girlfriend loves him from across the screen. Argh, I’m so jealous of them. Anyway, may happiness find the two of you today and always, and I’ll be looking forward to hearing the patter of tiny feet!]

  The comment had been left by Mr. Liu, the head of the logistics department at his company. Li Nanli was happy with his comment, so he replied, [I’ll double your bonus this month.]

  After seeing Li Nanli’s comment, other employees also joined the fray.

  [This is the greatest love story I’ve ever seen!]

  [My wife asked me why I was kneeling before my phone. It’s because I was moved to tears by this pure love!]

  [Your girlfriend must love you very much, President Li. She must have engraved her feelings for you on her heart. That’s why she’s willing to give all of herself to you!]

  *

  Lu Chuwan”s arm had been put in a cast, and a nurse was helping her clean the caked blood on her face.

  Even though she had just broken her arm, she still needed to stay in the hospital. When Lu Chuwan came out of the operating room, her face was grim and her heart was still pumping fast.

  The man that looked like Fu Zhi had wanted to kill her, and if he hadn’t suddenly vomited blood and fallen unconscious, she would have been a goner. Then, after Ye Jiu had fallen unconscious, another man who looked like him had shown up. Before he’d carried him away, the man had broken her arm.

  Lu Chuwan was so stunned that she still felt like everything that had happened was a dream. She had not expected that someone would actually have the audacity to commit murder in broad daylight.

  Her neck was bruised, and by the time she came back to her senses, she found a shop and called the cops.

  After the initial shock and fear vanished, anger slowly rose from the depths of her heart.

  She was certain that Fu Zhi must have ordered that man to take her life.

  Lu Chuwan’s face was as dark as the night sky, and she found no way to vent the anger in her heart. She borrowed a phone from the nurse and called Madam Lu.

  “Grandma, I can forgive Fu Zhi for stealing my pills. I can forgive her for not caring about your health. I just want to protect myself by using the legal route, but how could she get her relatives to break my arm? Does she not know how important hands are to a pianist? How am I going to play piano in the future?”


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