Su Yunian, whose thoughts had been exposed, said, "...Huh? Was I looking? I wasn't!"
Han Xiaoran said, "But your eyes are still fixed over there right now!"
Su Yunian: "..."
"Yunian, Xiaoran, you're eating here too? What a coincidence."
As Su Yunian and Han Xiaoran were talking, Lu Jiyang walked over carrying a tray.
The slap mark on his face was still red and swollen, but whatever he had applied to it had made it fade considerably.
Su Yunian said icily, "This is the cafeteria. If I don't eat here, where am I supposed to eat?"
Lu Jiyang smiled awkwardly. "I got two extra chicken drumsticks. I can't finish this much anyway, so I'll give them to you."
Su Yunian looked up in Lu Chi's direction and said icily, "No need."
Han Xiaoran hurriedly pushed her tray in front of Lu Jiyang and said with a grin, "Jiyang, if she doesn't want them, you can give them to me. Chicken drumsticks are my favorite!"
Lu Jiyang had deep pockets, and he had bribed Han Xiaoran plenty in his pursuit of Su Yunian.
"All right. Since Yunian doesn't like chicken drumsticks, you can have both."
Having gotten two big drumsticks at once, Han Xiaoran smiled until her eyes narrowed to slits.
As the foil to campus belle Su Yunian, Han Xiaoran stood 1.6 meters tall but weighed 60 kilograms.
Her favorite thing to do every day was eat.
Eat, eat, eat, without stopping.
Most of the snacks Lu Jiyang brought to win Su Yunian over ended up in her stomach.
It could be said that Lu Jiyang deserved plenty of credit for her weight.
After eating in the cafeteria, Lu Chi put his tray at the [Tray return].
At nine that evening, the Lu Family's drivers arrived outside the school on time to pick up Lu Chi and Lu Jiyang.
Once again, the Rolls-Royce and Bentley were parked side by side, and jealousy nearly set Lu Jiyang's heart ablaze.
When they got home, everyone was back except the eldest sister, Lu Sangning, and the second sister, Lu Qingru.
Lu Yuanqing was holding a family meeting.
Seeing Lu Chi and Lu Jiyang, Lu Yuanqing beckoned to them. "You two, come here."
The two obediently walked over and stood beside Lu Yuanqing.
With a solemn expression, Lu Yuanqing looked at Lu Chi, then at Lu Jiyang.
He said earnestly, "You're both my children. From now on, you need to get along. Don't keep targeting each other at the drop of a hat and make us a laughingstock for outsiders.
"Our Lu Family has vast wealth and businesses. Many people admire us, but many also want to step on us to climb higher. If you brothers don't get along, others will laugh at us, and they might even exploit that opening and use you to bring our family down.
"So you must get along from now on. I don't want what happened today to ever happen again. Understood?"
Lu Yuanqing turned toward Lu Jiyang.
"Jiyang, you especially need to keep a level head. Chi suffered out there for so many years. Now that he's back, it's only natural for everyone to show him a little more love.
"Don't keep feeling slighted and doing all sorts of things to target him. You're brothers. You need to support and rely on each other in the future. You can't act like you did today again. Understood?"
Lu Jiyang felt deeply upset, but on the surface, he still pretended to be obedient and nodded.
He said, "Dad, I understand. I won't do it again."
He turned to Lu Chi. "Brother Lu Chi, everything today was my fault. I won't target you again. I hope you can forgive me."
Since Lu Jiyang was putting on such an act, Lu Chi would seem unreasonable if he didn't make a gesture himself.
"It's fine, it's fine. Little Brother Jiyang only targeted me because he was worried he wouldn't be loved. Let bygones be bygones. But I'll tell you this today, in front of Dad and our sisters.
"If you keep targeting me, I absolutely won't put up with it again. I'll slap your face hard enough to swell it into a pig's head!"
Lu Jiyang said, "You..."
Lu Chi said, "Don't get angry, Little Brother Jiyang. I'm only telling the truth."
Lu Jiyang said, "I'm not angry..." Fuck you!!!
Pan Feng also said to her two sons, "You're both Mommy's good boys. Get along from now on, understood?"
Both nodded at the same time.
Lu Jiyang said, "Understood, Mom." Hah! The Lu Family's assets can only be mine! I'll make sure Lu Chi dies!
Lu Chi said, "Understood." [If no one offends me, I won't offend them. If someone does, I'll beat them until they're searching the floor for their teeth!]
Although she knew the two children couldn't truly reconcile, she believed time was the best medicine.
Once the two children had spent enough time together and developed some affection for each other, they probably wouldn't target each other anymore.
Pan Feng told them, "All right, you two, go upstairs, wash up, and get to bed. You still have school tomorrow morning."
Just as Lu Chi was about to head upstairs, he heard a commotion outside the door.
A young woman and Auntie Wang came in, supporting his eldest sister, Lu Sangning, who reeked of alcohol.
Lu Sangning held a bottle of 1979 Lafite, her hair hanging loose, looking utterly disheveled.
"Let go of me! I can still drink!"
"Drink!"
Her best friend Xiao Wen supported her and said worriedly, "Sangning, slow down, slow down~"
Auntie Wang also struggled to support Lu Sangning. "Oh dear, why did our eldest young miss drink so much?"
Seeing Lu Sangning reeking of alcohol and looking utterly haggard, Lu Yuanqing felt anger surge up inside him.
He hated that scumbag Zhang Yong and ached for his daughter, who had been deceived.
Pan Feng and the other three daughters hurried forward and held Lu Sanglin in their arms with concern.
Not wanting to get involved with a drunken lunatic, Lu Chi turned to go upstairs.
His foot had just landed on the stairs when he heard Lu Sangning call out to him. "Lu Chi!"
Lu Chi: [Can't hear you, can't hear you, can't hear you...]
Lu Sangning's voice rang out again, eight notches louder.
"Lu Chi! You stop right there!"
Lu Chi felt puzzled.
[What's wrong with this dumbass woman? I didn't do anything to her. She comes home drunk out of nowhere and starts going on a drunken rampage at me.]
Hearing Lu Chi's thoughts, Lu Sangning shouted again, "Lu Chi, how dare you insult me! Get over here! Do you hear me?"
Lu Chi reluctantly stayed where he was and said impatiently to Lu Sangning, "Big Sister, I'm going upstairs to sleep. I still have school tomorrow."
Eager to show off in front of Lu Sangning, Lu Jiyang hurried over and reached out to support her.
He said, "Big Sister, he won't pay attention to you, but I will. I'm right here. It's your little brother Jiyang."
Lu Sangning shoved Lu Jiyang away. "Get away!"
Lu Jiyang: "..." What's wrong with Big Sister?
Has she been bewitched? Doesn't she love me anymore?
Lu Sangning pointed at Lu Chi again. "Are you a human or a ghost?"
"How do you know about my affairs? How do you know?"
"Tell me! Tell me right now!"
Lu Chi: [What is this crazy woman freaking out about? What affairs? What the hell does that have to do with me? Pah!]
Then Lu Sangning pushed everyone aside and staggered toward him.
"Huh? Answer me! Are you human?"
"You're the one who isn't..."
Unable to dodge in time, Lu Chi hadn't even finished speaking before Lu Sangning knocked him to the floor.
"Ow!"
The collision left his backside throbbing.
He was just about to curse at her.
But Lu Sangning began sobbing loudly.