"Dad, Mom, I came to bring Brother Lu Chi home with you!"
Lu Chi frowned.
[Who is this?]
Guagua: [Host, this is the fake young master who wants to harm you, Lu Jiyang!]
Lu Chi sneered. This Lu Jiyang really had picked his moment!
He was around 175 centimeters tall, with handsome features and fair skin.
He wore a white shirt with a gray vest over it.
Below that were gray casual dress pants and black leather shoes.
He looked every inch the well-behaved young master of an established family, not like some scumbag who would drive someone to their death!
"You must be Brother Lu Chi!"
Lu Jiyang glanced around, burying the contempt deep in his eyes, then rushed over in a few long strides and threw his arms around Lu Chi.
His voice choked up. "Brother Lu Chi, it's so wonderful that we found you! Do you know? Mom has grown gray hairs looking for you all these years, and Dad hasn't been able to sleep, night after night."
"Now that you're back, our family can finally be reunited!"
"Do you know? I've been looking forward to your return too. Now I'll have both a big sister and a big brother, and my life will be perfect!"
Lu Jiyang held Lu Chi tightly, pouring out sentimental words for ages.
When Lu Chi showed no reaction, Lu Jiyang rolled his eyes where no one could see, a venomous look creeping into them.
Hmph!
You want to fight me for the Lu family's fortune? Let's see if you live long enough!
Beside them, relief flashed through Lu Yuanqing's and Pan Feng's eyes as they watched the two brothers embrace.
Pan Feng linked her arm through Lu Yuanqing's and said happily, "Chi'er, this is your younger brother, Lu Jiyang. Our Jiyang really is such a good boy. When he heard we were coming to pick you up, he came along! He truly loves his big brother!"
Lu Yuanqing nodded. "Brothers fight tigers together, and fathers and sons march into battle together. These boys may not be blood brothers, but from the looks of it, they'll definitely be closer than blood brothers in the future! Our Lu family's business will rise to even greater heights!"
It was no wonder the couple were happy. Both sons had excellent grades. Their adopted son, Lu Jiyang, attended an elite school, while their biological son, Lu Chi, attended Guoqing Middle School, an ordinary high school.
But both ranked among the best students at their respective schools and had a strong chance of getting into prestigious universities.
Held tightly in Lu Jiyang's arms, Lu Chi did not push him straight off in front of the older couple.
When dealing with a green tea bitch, you had to play along and see the whole act through.
The next instant-
"Σ_(꒪ཀ꒪"∠) Bleurgh~"
Lu Chi's stomach churned.
He had been standing beside the chicken coop earlier and thought it stank, but even the chicken coop didn't stink as badly as the effeminate reek coming off Lu Jiyang.
The Lu couple had not noticed what was happening here. Lu Jiyang had naturally heard that retch and let go of Lu Chi without showing anything.
But suddenly!
"Oww!"
Lu Chi staggered back a few steps and fell flat on the ground, his limbs sprawled out.
Lu Chi looked utterly wronged. "Little Brother Jiyang, why did you push me?"
Hahaha! Take the green tea's path and leave the green tea nowhere to go!
Lu Jiyang: "Me? I pushed you?"
The Lu couple: "?"
Pan Feng hurried over to help Lu Chi up.
Lu Chi struggled to rise from the ground, clutching his lower back like an elderly man.
"Tears" shimmered in his eyes as he accused him, word by word. "Little Brother Jiyang, I know you don't want me to return to the Lu family, but don't worry. I won't compete with you for their affection.
"How about this? Give me some money, and I'll keep living here. I won't bother you!"
Lu Chi had not said this deliberately. It came from the heart.
[Rather than return to that dragon's pool and tiger's den of a Lu family, I'd be better off taking some money, dusting off my backside, and leaving. With money, I could live it up in this world.]
[Hurry up and give me money so I can take it and get lost! I'm not going to the Lu family with you. Today, you arranged for Scarface to slander me as a gambling addict. Who knows what mountains of blades and seas of fire you'll arrange for me next, Lu Jiyang!]
Guagua: "Exactly, exactly, Host! Why don't we take the money and run, and eat melons somewhere else? The Lu family will fall to ruin in Lu Jiyang's hands sooner or later anyway."
Clutching his aching back, Lu Chi crouched down again.
[Yeah, yeah, I'm not going, I'm not going... fuck! My ass hurts!]
"Chi'er, what's wrong?" Pan Feng's heart tightened, and she quickly crouched to help Lu Chi.
Naturally, Pan Feng and Lu Yuanqing had heard every word of Lu Chi's mental conversation with the system.
Though Lu Yuanqing found it rather baffling-by all rights, Lu Jiyang couldn't possibly have pushed Lu Chi-
The sight before him still made him somewhat angry.
"Jiyang, your brother hasn't even come home yet, and you're already pushing him like this. What on earth is wrong with you?"
Lu Jiyang looked terrified and shook his head like a rattle drum. "Dad, you know me. I'm overjoyed that Brother Lu Chi is coming home. How could I possibly push him?"
Pan Feng shook her head too. "Yes, honey, it's not as though you don't know what Jiyang is like. How could he push Chi'er? Perhaps he didn't mean to just now."
"Jiyang, I don't think you're that sort of person either. Hurry and apologize to your brother, and be more careful next time."
Lu Jiyang nodded pitifully and crouched down to help Pan Feng support Lu Chi.
"Brother Lu Chi, perhaps my foot accidentally tripped you just now. I'm truly sorry. I hope you'll forgive me."
Lu Jiyang was clever. He knew that continuing to insist it wasn't his fault would only backfire and make his parents think he was scheming.
It would be better to openly admit that his foot might have tripped Lu Chi, throwing the problem back to Lu Chi.
If Lu Chi kept pretending to be hurt, he would be going too far.
Lu Chi naturally understood his intention and waved a hand as he said:
"It's fine. Since Little Brother Jiyang didn't mean it, I won't pursue it." I'll only pursue it behind your back!
[Forget it. I'll go back to the Lu family first after all. They're a wealthy family, so how could life there be as hard as living in poverty outside!]
[Host, don't worry. Guagua will be with you.]
[Mm, thanks. You're a good melon.]
The couple exchanged a glance.
A deep sense of guilt welled up inside them.
Ah, poor Chi'er. He had lived away from home for too long, suffering countless instances of bullying and scorn.
Now he had grown so timid, always worrying that life with the Lu family would be bad.
Pan Feng hugged Lu Chi and said, her heart aching, "Don't worry, Chi'er. Come home with Mom. No one will dare bully you again!"
Lu Yuanqing also thumped his chest and promised, "Don't worry, Chi'er. Dad will protect you from now on. Whoever bullies you, Dad will deal with them!"
Confusion stirred in Lu Chi's heart.
[Huh, these Lu parents don't look stupid. How could they let the fake young master bully their biological son? I don't get it.]
[Oh, right, where's Scarface? Why is he gone? When did he run off?]
Guagua: [Host, back when Lu Jiyang hugged you, Scarface and his men quietly slipped out and ran away. Lu Jiyang came over specifically to distract everyone and let those men escape!]
Lu Chi felt displeased.
[How dare they slander me like that? Sooner or later, I'll go looking for trouble with them and beat them until they're searching the ground for their teeth.]
Guagua shook her head.
[Don't worry, Host. Old Master Lu already sent someone after them. Look, there's only one bodyguard left here.]
Lu Chi looked up. Sure enough, there had been two bodyguards here earlier, but now only one remained.
This bargain-bin dad was pretty shrewd.
He just didn't know whether he stood a chance of winning on this trip to the Lu family.