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Chapter 228: Chapter 228: What Goes Around Comes Around
Lu Sheng’s leg fracture required a cast for over two months.
In the blink of an eye, it was already late December in Jiang City.
The vast city cooled down, leaves rustling as autumn transitioned to winter.
In reality, Lu Sheng didn’t need the cast for so long, or even at all.
With a minor fracture like this, she could heal herself in minutes using Soul Power. But to avoid suspicion and match the healing timeline of a human bone, she had to let her body recover naturally.
However, apart from some inconveniences in daily activities, this wasn’t necessarily a bad thing for Lu Sheng.
After all, when she wasn’t injured, she’d still have to attend school daily, only to sleep during classes.
But during these two months of injury, she stayed home to recuperate, comfortably sleeping till she woke naturally every day, and in the evening watching the sunset in the courtyard, truly enjoying the comfort of the remaining daylight.
Ever since Lu Sheng was injured, all the attention at home had centered on her.
Jiang Ting used to enjoy going out to play cards, having afternoon teas, beauty sessions, shopping, and socializing with wealthy ladies.
But ever since she resolved her emotional conflicts with Lu Sheng, and because of Lu Sheng’s fracture that kept her from going out, Jiang Ting hadn’t been leaving the house much these two months.
She became passionate about cooking, especially researching nutritious recipes that aid bone recovery—making different dishes for Lu Sheng almost every day.
Jiang Ting indeed loved her daughter, otherwise she wouldn’t have adopted Lu Qianrou from the orphanage after having five sons, clinging on to the idea of having a daughter.
It was only after "that incident" that she realized the foster daughter she had doted on extremely for many years was actually cruel and heartless, while the stepdaughter she used to dislike turned out to be excellent, sensible, and kind.
Feeling guilty about the past, she wanted to make amends to Lu Sheng.
And the brothers need not be mentioned.
Sometime it became an understanding among the Lu Family brothers to care, love, and spoil their sister immensely.
These two months, Lu Jingyan mostly avoided evening engagements when possible. He would come home early and always brought something delicious for Lu Sheng, treating her like a little child.
Lu Siyan had moved back home since Lu Sheng’s injury, as it was more convenient to have a doctor at home for medical care and observation.
His previously overly tidy and somewhat cold room gradually gained more signs of daily life.
For instance, the money plant on the windowsill was gifted by Lu Sheng, and Lu Siyan meticulously cared for it every day after coming home.
Lu Ziye had been filming with a crew, but fortunately, the filming location was in Jiang City, making it easy for him to rush home whenever possible.
A few days ago, after completing the filming, Lu Ziye directly took leave and even declined invitations from various TV stations for New Year’s Eve shows, disappearing from the public eye once again.
Looking at the entire entertainment industry, other celebrities wouldn’t dare to be so capricious; they’d strive to maintain their popularity and visibility.
But Lu Ziye wasn’t one of those traffic-seeking celebrities; he was an actor with strength, awards, and high-quality work, and with the family’s wealth, he indeed had the capital to be capricious.
During these two months when Lu Sheng wasn’t attending school, her eldest brother didn’t hire a tutor for her.
After all, they had someone at home who was more knowledgeable than teachers.
Every day after school, Lu Youming would go to Lu Sheng’s room, and explain the day’s lessons she missed at school.
Every time he saw his younger brother tutoring his sister in her room, Lu Jingyan, being the eldest, felt very reassured.
But actually, Lu Youming was just making a show with the textbook.
He was a genius, and he knew his sister was too.
The high school curriculum was too simple for them.
Those math, physics, and chemistry problems that seemed boring and incomprehensible to other classmates, in their eyes, looked as simple as 1+1, and they could see the answers at a glance.
So, during each tutoring session, the two of them would just set aside their textbooks and play games together.
Sudoku, Go, Chess, and even Texas Hold’em.
Before Lu Sheng came, or rather from childhood, Lu Youming had always been playing chess alone in his room, silent and dull.
But now, he finally met an opponent who could match him in skill. Even in these games, he often found himself outsmarted by his younger sister.
Every time he lost a game, as he looked up, he would always see Lu Sheng pulling back her hand with a smile and gently say, "Fourth Brother, you lost again."
Far from feeling embarrassed, this only fueled Lu Youming’s competitive spirit even more.
This feeling of being unable to defeat his sister, no matter what, was truly fascinating for someone who had never lost since childhood.
Lu Youming spent his days playing games with Lu Sheng.
On the other hand, Lu Youye, who used to love playing video games and often drag Lu Sheng to play console games in the room, seemed to have changed his nature these past two months.
For a whole two months, he didn’t go out to surf the internet at all, which made Jiang Ting wonder if something was wrong with her son. 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝒑𝙪𝒃.𝒄𝒐𝙢
One night at 2 AM, Lu Jingyan saw the light still on in Lu Youye’s room and assumed his younger brother was up late playing games again.
But when he opened the door, he found Lu Youye had fallen asleep on his desk.
Next to his arm were textbooks and various notebooks, earnestly filled with notes.
It made Lu Jingyan stand there rubbing his eyes, wondering if he was hallucinating from recent fatigue.
These two months, not only did Lu Youye listen attentively in class, but he also secretly studied late into the night at home.
Because he found out Lu Sheng was planning to apply to Beijing University for the college entrance exam, Lu Youye panicked.
Before Lu Sheng arrived, Lu Youye never paid attention in class.
During exams, he would casually fill in the multiple-choice answer sheet and submit it, thus his grades were always at the bottom.
Though they were twins, one was perennially the top of the school, and the other was constantly at the bottom; despite occasional anonymous discussions on forums, Lu Youye truly didn’t care.
He just liked playing and disliked studying. He even thought about not going to college, taking over the family business right after high school.
After all, it was their own company, and his elder brother loved him so much that he would surely arrange a good path for him.
But after Lu Sheng arrived, Lu Youye’s mindset changed.
He truly loved his younger sister.
If Lu Sheng went to Beijing University and he stayed in Jiang City, wouldn’t that mean they would hardly see each other for the next four years?
Meanwhile, his brother Lu Youming could easily get into the same university as his sister, and they could meet every day.
Thinking about this, Lu Youye felt great regret and pain.
If only he had studied diligently before.
Now it was already the end of the semester, and the college entrance exams were in June the following year.
He had only six months left, yet he had to catch up with two and a half years of neglected studies.
Even now, driven to work hard, he wouldn’t be able to get into Beijing University; the best he could aim for was Beijing Aerospace University, which was the closest to Beijing University.
The old saying was indeed right; what goes around comes around, sob sob sob.
