Lu Jiyang clutched his face, his complexion turning purple with rage.
"Lu Chi, you dumbass! How dare you hit me?"
Lu Chi took two steps closer and slapped the other side of Lu Jiyang's face, the side he wasn't covering.
Lu Chi had figured it out. Since Lu Jiyang was destined to go on a killing spree after his rebirth, there was no avoiding him.
He might as well take the initiative, create every opportunity he could, and drive Lu Jiyang out of the Lu family as soon as possible!
Then all the Lu family's wealth would be his!
La la la~
Just thinking about it felt wonderful!
"Yeah, I hit you. What about it? Fight me one-on-one if you've got the guts!" Lu Chi taunted.
After taunting him, he secretly took out his phone and turned on the audio recorder.
Lu Chi had already had Guagua scan the place. There were no surveillance cameras anywhere in the Lu family's mansion.
So even if he hit Lu Jiyang, no one would know.
The servants had seen it, but they would never tell the truth, because offending either of them wouldn't end well.
"Lu Chi, don't think you can do whatever you want just because you're the Lu family's biological son and you're back. Let me tell you, anyone who isn't loved is trash. Today, I'm going to teach you a proper lesson and show you what a real young master is!"
With that, Lu Jiyang lunged at him viciously.
Lu Chi narrowly dodged Lu Jiyang's attack.
Deliberately sounding "aggrieved," he said, "Little brother Jiyang, I didn't come back to the Lu family to fight you for anything. I just longed so desperately for familial love,
so I wanted to be with Dad, Mom, and our sisters, just to enjoy the warmth of family. Don't worry, I won't fight you for anything. Please don't hit me!"
Lu Jiyang was somewhat puzzled by Lu Chi's sudden change in attitude, but that tiny bit of doubt was soon swallowed by anger.
There were no surveillance cameras in the Lu home. Having been reborn, he naturally knew that.
He hated Lu Chi to death and had wanted to beat him up for ages.
Judging by how things had played out in his previous life, Lu Chi was no match for him at all.
He had only needed to casually frame him a few times for everyone in the Lu family to loathe and despise him.
In the end, he had even tricked him into going to his death.
As for why Lu Jiyang himself had died, after Lu Chi's death, Zhang Yong, who had already become his eldest sister's husband, had plotted against him. After securing the right to inherit the Lu family's assets, he had only enjoyed a few happy years before being dismembered in a foreign land.
And after many twists and turns, all the Lu family's assets had ended up belonging to Zhang Yong.
So the first thing Lu Jiyang needed to do now was destroy Lu Chi and strip him of his right to inherit the Lu family's assets. After all, he was currently his biggest rival.
The second was to stop Zhang Yong from getting together with his eldest sister, Lu Sangning.
As luck would have it, Lu Sangning had discovered Zhang Yong cheating with his secretary, Zou Nana. The lovebirds had broken up without him even having to lift a finger.
Wonderful!
Now, he only needed to focus entirely on dealing with Lu Chi and keep an eye on Zhang Yong. Once he had control of all the money, he would find a way to kill him.
At that thought, the hatred on Lu Jiyang's face grew even more apparent. He hated Zhang Yong!
And he hated Lu Chi!
Because Lu Chi was a stumbling block on his climb to the top.
Since I've been reborn in this life, anyone who stands in my way or obstructs my dream of getting rich...
Deserves to die!
Die!!!
Lu Jiyang sneered at Lu Chi. "Ha! Weren't you acting all high and mighty a moment ago? What, scared now? Let me tell you, I'm going to beat you up today, and when Dad, Mom, and our sisters come home, I'll turn the tables and say you hit me first.
"Oh, no, you actually did hit me first!"
As he spoke, Lu Jiyang lunged at him.
He remembered that in his previous life, Lu Chi had always been a spineless loser, desperately trying to please everyone in the Lu family every day.
He hadn't even dared fight back when he was beaten.
Lu Chi had been acting a little different these past few days, but that was only because he was relying on the fact that he had just returned to the Lu family and everyone didn't hate him that much yet.
Let's see how long you can keep strutting around!
Lu Chi coldly watched Lu Jiyang charge at him and slipped his phone, still recording, into his trouser pocket as he lunged.
He didn't need video right now. An audio recording would do.
Clenching both fists, Lu Chi hammered Lu Jiyang's body from left and right as he charged, landing a barrage of thumping blows.
As he hit him, he "begged," "Ah! Little brother Jiyang, stop hitting me! If you keep hitting me, I'll fight back!"
Lu Chi was the same height as Lu Jiyang, both over 1.8 meters tall, but his build was somewhat stronger.
On top of that, while living in the slums, he had gone out to exercise with his adoptive father every day, so he already had a very solid foundation.
Lu Jiyang, who had been pampered since childhood, couldn't possibly beat him.
Lu Chi put brute force into his blows and continued thrashing Lu Jiyang.
He avoided the face, though. If their parents and sisters saw marks there when they came home, they might easily feel sorry for him.
Lu Chi targeted only places on Lu Jiyang's body where the injuries wouldn't easily show.
Every punch landed solidly on flesh as he beat the other boy, yet he himself howled like a ghost, "Ah! It hurts, it hurts, it hurts!"
"Little brother Jiyang, please stop hitting me. I'm not fighting back out of consideration for Mom and Dad, but if you keep hitting me, I'll fight back!"
His green tea behavior infuriated Lu Jiyang.
"Lu Chi, you fucking scum! Today, either you die or I do!"
Lu Chi said, "Little brother Jiyang, if you keep hitting me, I'm going to fight back!"
Lu Jiyang: "..." Haven't you been hitting me this whole time?
Lu Chi said, "Ow! That hurts so much! I'm really going to fight back!"
Lu Jiyang said, "...You fucking green tea bitch! Bastard! Trash!"
The two went back and forth, locked in a furious fight.
No, it was mostly Lu Jiyang getting beaten.
The servants couldn't bear to watch any longer and hurried forward to pull them apart.
Unfortunately, they couldn't separate them even after trying for a long while.
Auntie Wang hurriedly called Lu Yuanqing and asked him to come home.
Lu Chi was really getting into the beating when the system, Guagua, shrieked.
[Host, host, bad news! Auntie Wang called your dad, Lu Yuanqing, home. He'll reach the door in ten seconds.]
Lu Chi hurriedly stopped.
He kicked Lu Jiyang away, then punched himself in the nose as Lu Jiyang watched, dumbfounded.
"Hiss..."
Lu Chi covered his nose, the pain making him see stars as blood flowed out.
So hitting himself hurt this much too.
Being a young master wasn't easy!
Not only did he need acting skills, he also needed a hands-on spirit.
And he had to be able to be ruthless with himself.
The moment Lu Yuanqing walked through the door, he saw Lu Chi sitting lopsided on the floor, his clothes askew and torn in one spot.
Pointing a trembling right hand at Lu Jiyang, he was accusing him:
"Little brother Jiyang, before I even returned to the Lu family, you hired people to frame me. After I came back, you kept targeting me in every way. Since you hate me so much, I'd better just leave the Lu family.
"I'll tell Mom and Dad right now that I want to go back to the slums. I'd rather live there all by myself, eating my fill one day and going hungry the next,
"growing old alone, suffering all kinds of bullying from thugs, and being called a child with no mother or father, than stay here and suffer this abuse."
Lu Jiyang: "..."
Lu Chi really had spent some time as a minor actor. His performance was utterly convincing.
Seeing the scene before him and hearing Lu Chi sound so pitiful, Lu Yuanqing...
Almost couldn't hold back his tears.
His poor son had been lost out in the world since childhood, suffering endless bullying and grievances.
They had finally found him and brought him home, only for him to be targeted by Lu Jiyang in every way.
At that thought, Lu Yuanqing's fury instantly blazed eight feet high.
He rushed forward and, without asking what had happened, delivered a hard kick straight to Lu Jiyang's stomach.