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Chapter 148: Chapter 148: Third Brother Enters the House to Kill Lu Sheng
Upon hearing this, Lu Jingyan almost gasped in shock, only then remembering that tonight, Lu Sheng was wearing a red dress.
How could it be such a coincidence that the lights in the house would inexplicably explode and cause a power outage, and that Lu Sheng would just happen to be wearing a red dress tonight?
But now was not the time to think about that.
If Lu Ziye had been locked in his room before, judging by the state of the door, he must have had an episode by now.
What would happen if he went up to the fourth floor during his episode and entered Si Yan’s room to see Lu Sheng in a red dress?
Lu Jingyan couldn’t care about anything else and rushed towards the fourth floor: "Quickly, go upstairs, hurry!"
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Treating Lu Youming’s wounds had taken a lot out of Lu Sheng.
So when Si Yan carried her upstairs, she felt somewhat groggy and didn’t even notice the figure hiding in the dark at the stairway on the third floor.
She was tired and needed to sleep to regain her strength.
Lu Sheng lay on Si Yan’s bed, closing her eyes. Soon after her brother left the room, it seemed the door was opened again.
The power had not yet been restored, only a small battery-operated night lamp by the bed emitted a faint light, illuminating the entire room.
Hearing the noise of the door, Lu Sheng thought Si Yan had come back to fetch something and called out, "Second Brother..."
However, when she opened her eyes, the person standing at the door was not Si Yan, but Lu Ziye.
"...Third Brother?"
Lu Sheng frowned slightly, puzzled, not understanding why Lu Ziye would suddenly come to a room on the fourth floor.
But as she looked up, she froze—Lu Ziye stood at the doorway, appearing very strange, his face gloomy without any expression.
His eyes seemed to be fixated on her, glaring with what seemed like murderous intent. Looking further down, in his right hand, he was actually holding a dagger gleaming coldly.
"Third..."
Lu Sheng’s pupils dilated in shock.
Before she could even utter ’Third Brother,’ Lu Ziye had already raised the dagger in his hand and lunged at her on the bed!
Almost in the blink of an eye, with a ’pu-chi’ sound, the sharp dagger had deeply pierced into the pillow under Lu Sheng’s head.
If Lu Sheng had delayed her evasive action by even a second, the dagger would now be embedded in her head!
"Third Brother, what’s wrong with you? You..."
As she dodged, Lu Sheng quickly climbed up from the bed.
She tried to communicate with Lu Ziye, but he seemed to not hear her at all.
His eyes looked hollow, his actions more like they were unconscious, as he directly pulled the dagger out from the pillow and then thrust it at Lu Sheng again.
Lu Sheng dodged while taking a deep breath, frowning deeply.
Why would this happen...
Since the first time she met her third brother, he had always been smiling and affectionately gentle with her, how could he suddenly charge into her room in the middle of the night to kill her with a knife?
Something must have happened, something unknown to her likely occurred.
But what should she do now?
The sound insulation of the Lu family was so good that the noise from the third and fourth floors couldn’t be heard in the living room on the first floor.
No one was likely coming to help; she had to handle it alone.
If it were someone else trying to assassinate her in the middle of the night, Lu Sheng would undoubtedly strangle them without hesitation.
But the person in front of her was her third brother.
The third brother who had embraced her fondly and called her little sister the first time they met, who had secretly sent her money after receiving a gift at the welcome party, who didn’t like crowds but was willing to sing at Shengjing for her sake.
Not to mention retaliating, Lu Sheng simply couldn’t bring herself to harm Lu Ziye, even though for some unknown reason, he rushed in determined to kill her.
"Third Brother, please calm down.
Do you know who I am? I’m Shengsheng, your little sister."
"Third Brother, look at me—!"
While trying to get Lu Ziye to regain his consciousness, Lu Sheng finally seized the opportunity to snatch the dagger in his hand, and in the next second, she pressed the dagger forcefully towards the window.
The window glass shattered with a crash, and the dagger also fell outside. Yet without the weapon, Lu Ziye didn’t give up but instead rushed over attempting to choke Lu Sheng.
Lu Sheng, unable to dodge in time, was swiftly pressed against the wall by Lu Ziye.
Lu Ziye’s right hand tightly gripped Lu Sheng’s neck, his exceptionally beautiful peach blossom eyes appeared hollow, his originally delicately handsome face now looking horrifying.
...Third Brother really was trying to strangle her.
That distinctively knuckled, slender right hand kept tightening, making it increasingly difficult for Lu Sheng to break free, as her breathing became more and more strained.
She might really be strangled to death if she doesn’t resist, having no choice, Lu Sheng had to use her Soul Power and fiercely flung Lu Ziye to the side.
"Uh..."
This force was too strong, sending Lu Ziye flying into the wardrobe, causing a loud banging noise. His head hit the cabinet hard, knocking him out cold.
However, the large and heavy wardrobe was shaken by the impact and began to topple over.
Seeing it was about to fall on the unconscious Lu Ziye leaning against the wardrobe, Lu Sheng’s pupils contracted and she threw herself over to protect him without any hesitation.
As Lu Jingyan and the others rushed over, they witnessed a shocking scene—
The room was in a mess from the fight, the window glass was broken, and feathers from the pillows were scattered all over the bed.
The wardrobe had fallen over, and underneath it, Lu Sheng was holding the wardrobe up with one hand and tightly protecting Lu Ziye in her arms with the other.
"Shengsheng!!"
"Lu Sheng!"
"Shengsheng, baby!"
Everyone was stunned and hurriedly scrambled to lift the wardrobe, not knowing what had happened, let alone how the frail girl managed to hold up such a heavy wardrobe with one hand to protect her brother.
However, once she was free of the fallen wardrobe, Lu Sheng’s first reaction was to look at Lu Ziye in her arms.
First checking the back of his head to ensure the impact hadn’t caused severe consequences, she then relaxed slightly.
"What in the world is going on here?" Han Jing was completely dumbfounded.
It was supposed to be just a normal gathering that hadn’t even started yet, first the living room lights suddenly exploded, followed by a power outage, then Lu Youming getting injured, and now this utterly baffling situation.
How could there be signs of a fight in the room, could it be that Lu Ziye went upstairs to fight his sister in the middle of the night?
"Jingyan," Lu Sheng looked up at Lu Jingyan and took a deep breath before asking, "What happened to Third Brother?"
Lu Jingyan, true to being the head of the family, still managed to keep his composure during this time.
He turned directly to Han Jing, Lan Yu, and Yao Xuantong, saying, "Sorry, this gathering was hosted by our family, and we were supposed to entertain you guests properly, but..."
Without needing Lu Jingyan to finish, Han Jing and the others already understood that the Lu family must be dealing with something they shouldn’t know about.
So immediately, Han Jing said, "It’s okay, Jingyan, you guys handle your family matters. Lan Yu and I will head back first."
Lan Yu also bid farewell.
But Yao Xuantong did not want to leave.
Yao Xuantong followed up and looked at Lu Ziye, as if she had found out some incredible gossip—
Lu Ziye must be hiding a secret that the public doesn’t know, which she happened to encounter tonight!
Yao Xuantong really wanted to stay and find out what was going on, but a piercing look from Lu Jingyan made her reluctantly say, "Then I’ll leave too..."
Once everyone outside of the Lu family had left, Lu Jingyan carried the unconscious Lu Ziye to his room to rest, then he said solemnly to Lu Sheng, "Shengsheng, come with me."
Over the next twenty minutes, Lu Sheng learned about Lu Ziye from Lu Jingyan.
...No wonder she saw scars from self-harm on Third Brother’s arm that day.
In the eyes of Jingyan and his second brother, Third Brother had been cured by a psychologist since he returned from the sanatorium as a child.
But actually, he wasn’t.
Whether it was the well-mannered demeanor of his childhood or the seemingly nonchalant demeanor now, it was all a facade to reassure his family.
Third Brother must never have truly forgotten those terrifying memories; he had never truly stepped out of the haunting childhood shadows.
The electricity finally returned to normal.
Late at night, Jiang Ting, Lu Jingyan, and Lu Siyan stayed by Lu Ziye’s side, Lu Youye guarded by Lu Sheng’s room where Lu Youming was.
Lu Sheng stood alone in the corridor, taking a deep breath.
Everything was bustling before, yet now Third Brother and Fourth Brother were both lying in bed, unconscious, and she herself was almost stabbed to death by Third Brother with a dagger.
This is not right.
Everything is wrong.
Why would the lights suddenly explode? Third Brother was originally in the hall, why was he in the room when the power went out, and why was the room’s door locked?
Red dresses triggering uncontrolled attacks from Third Brother, why was she coincidentally wearing a red dress? Was this dress truly sent by Li Muchen?
And Lu Qianrou, was Lu Qianrou too quiet tonight, barely speaking a word from start to finish, wasn’t that too abnormal?
At midnight, Chen An received a call from Lu Sheng, "Sir, President Li went to Suli tonight suddenly, if you have..."
"I’m not asking about that," Lu Sheng spoke into the phone, "Chen An, did Li Muchen send someone to the Lu family tonight to deliver a dress to me?"
"...Dress?" Chen An on the other end was confused, "...What dress? No."
