After Reborn, I Became the Bigshots' Beloved

Chapter 255: Chapter 255: It’s Brother Who Scratched Himself

Juanjuan’s few words were so vivid.

Even Lu Sheng, felt as if he were there in that oppressive and terrifying moment.

When they first met in the restaurant, what did Chen Shu say to her?

He said, he and Juanjuan’s mother had mental illness.

He said that more than three months ago on a rainy night, Juanjuan witnessed her mother, stricken with illness, stabbing her father to death, and in her panic to flee, she accidentally made a noise.

He said her mother rushed over wanting to kill Juanjuan, and while being choked, Juanjuan struggled, accidentally slitting her mother’s throat with a dagger, then she disappeared the next day.

But now what Juanjuan says... it is entirely another version.

Whether her mother was killed by Chen Shu, Lu Sheng wasn’t sure.

But Juanjuan’s father, was definitely Chen Shu who slit his throat.

Lu Sheng frowned and continued to ask Juanjuan, "What happened after that? Why did your brother imprison you?"

Juanjuan took a deep breath and said, "My brother asked me what I saw, I dared not say anything and just kept crying. Later, while he turned around, I grabbed a stool from the ground and smashed it on his back."

"My brother was hit in the head, somewhat unstable at the moment."

"I took the opportunity to run into my parents’ bedroom, trying to call the police. Then I desperately found, there was no sound in the phone... my brother had cut the phone line."

"Just as I was trembling and putting the phone down, my brother suddenly appeared behind me. I threw down the phone wanting to run, but he grabbed my hand, looking at me with a very disappointed look."

"He looked at me and said, ’Christine, why aren’t you being good, weren’t you always listening to your brother?’... he also said, ’Everything brother is doing is for your own good, one day you’ll understand.’"

"No... I won’t understand," Juanjuan’s eyes filled with tears, "I saw with my own eyes brother killed our father, and mother too is dead. All of this was caused by brother, I will never forgive him."

"My brother picked me up wanting to take me back to the bedroom. I shouted and bit brother’s hand, drawing blood, yet he did not let go."

"For three days I was confined by my brother in the room, only a maid came to bring me food daily, my brother never came to see me."

"I don’t know what my brother told others about the cause of our parents’ deaths, but he certainly hid the truth."

"Later, I made a rope out of bed sheets and intended to escape out the window. The rope was not long enough, when I got to about the second floor, I had to close my eyes and jump down with gritted teeth."

"When I fell on the ground outside, I didn’t feel pain at all. I thought I was free, but the next second, my brother appeared."

"My brother looked emotionless, he ordered the servants behind him to take me back down to the Confinement Room to reflect on my mistakes." _{𝓷ℴ𝓋𝓅𝓊𝒷.𝒸𝓸𝓶}

"Later, I still wanted to escape, my brother locked an iron chain to my right ankle, I could only stay each day in that dark basement, probably for half a month."

"Until one day, just like the violent storm tonight, that maid who cared for me from childhood took advantage of the chaos to sneak in and unlock the chains on my feet, helping me escape."

"She used her money to buy me a ferry ticket to Jiang City, China, and risked the rain to get me on the ferry. By then, I no longer thought about exposing the truth, I just wanted to get far away from my brother."

"Only later... I didn’t expect that soon after I got off the ferry, I had that minor car accident, the driver hit me and just ran away. When I woke up, I was at the place where I first met sister."

Juanjuan had explained the whole situation to Lu Sheng.

After hearing all this, Lu Sheng felt Juanjuan’s experience was too heart-wrenching.

She is just a sixteen-year-old girl, first witnessing the death of her parents, then being imprisoned by her brother. Barely escaping to Jiang City, then having a car accident, later being kidnapped and locked up by a human trafficker.

It was really fortunate that nothing more severe happened.

"Sister... what should I do now?" Juanjuan’s eyes were red, her voice trembling, "Brother has found me again, and he wants to take me back, I don’t want to go back with him."

"My brother has changed...turned into someone I don’t recognize, I’m really scared of him. I never intended to cut him with the shard today, it was my brother who grabbed my hand and cut himself with it."

Lu Sheng sharply lifted her head: "What did you say?"

"I said, I didn’t want to hurt my brother, it was my brother who hurt himself, right when sister pushed open the door."

Lu Sheng took a deep breath.

...Why would Chen Shu hurt himself?

Could it be... could it be to get her to bandage him?

To have those few minutes alone with her while bandaging, was he willing to slice his own arm with the shard just for that?

What kind of madman would do such a thing.

The information received from Gu Siyu, and now the information from Juanjuan’s mouth.

Far from giving Lu Sheng any accurate understanding of Chen Shu, it made her feel that this man, beautiful as a deity, was insane and unfathomable.

Now that she knew Chen Shu came to Jiang City not only for Juanjuan but also for her, Lu Sheng felt that instead of guessing blindly here, she might as well confront Chen Shu in person.

She wanted to know what exactly Chen Shu wanted to do.

And no matter what, she could not let such a person take Juanjuan away.

"Don’t be afraid, Juanjuan," Lu Sheng looked at Juanjuan, "you can sleep here tonight, with me by your side, nothing will happen to you."

Lu Sheng said, "Tomorrow I will arrange a meeting with your brother, and if you don’t want to leave, I will talk to your brother."

"Really sister?" Juanjuan was initially surprised, then hesitated, "...but sister, are you really going to meet my brother? Could my brother do something to harm you?"

"No, don’t worry," Lu Sheng answered directly.

Whether it’s an act or not, Chen Shu has always been a gentleman in front of her. Plus, this is China, not in the territory where Suli has power.

Most importantly, even if Chen Shu really wants to do something, as long as she is alert with her Soul Power beforehand, a mere human could not harm her.

Hearing what Lu Sheng said, Juanjuan finally relaxed.

Lu Sheng glanced at the clock, it was already three in the morning. She got up to make the bed for Juanjuan, planning to meet Chen Shu after dawn.

However, Lu Sheng hadn’t noticed that ever since the first time she met Juanjuan, Juanjuan had been wearing a bracelet on her hand.

At this moment, hanging on the bracelet’s small round pendant, there was an added little black piece.

—A tiny listening device, the pinnacle of current technology.

Meanwhile, in the large study of the presidential suite, the man listening to the conversation removed his earphone only when the voices completely ceased.

Originally, his plan today to attach a listening device to Christine’s bracelet was to understand her a bit better.

But he hadn’t expected that Christine would suddenly recover her memories tonight and tell her everything.

...She said she would come to see him tomorrow.

Ah.

Chen Shu couldn’t help but take a deep breath.

A smile curved on his lips, a hint of excitement flashing through those beautiful pale green eyes.