Chapter 25 Chapter 25 (500 nutrient solution thanks for the two-in-one) ^…

Ah, it turns out that the newly adopted young master of the Lu family is not an illegitimate child.

When everyone first heard this news, they were quite surprised.

After all, the Lu family’s explanation to the outside world was too vague. They only said that he was Lu Ran’s twin brother and was kept outside because of poor health.

But the problem is that they all know very well whether Lu Ran has a twin brother or not. This person is simply created out of thin air.

Why would the Lu family do such a thing so deliberately? Isn't it because the new young master is not from a good background?

This is a fairly normal train of thought, so even though the Lu family held a welcoming banquet that day to invite the new second young master of the Lu family to make his debut, no one really looked up to him in their hearts.

Moreover, at the welcoming banquet, the new young master failed to seize the opportunity and did not even have a proper appearance, which made his identity even more embarrassing.

A pheasant is a pheasant; it can never become a phoenix even if it flies to a branch.

Originally, everyone had already made up their mind about the Second Young Master Lu and excluded him from their social circles.

I never expected that the real pheasant was someone else.

A hidden and playful gaze immediately fell on Lu Ran.

So... as a vested interest, does Lu Ran know about this matter?

The young master of the Lu family, who always looked down on others with his chin and was raised in luxury, now looked pale.

Shock, anger, and panic that he tried hard to hide.

So he knew.

I don't know who laughed in public.

Lu Ran glared at him fiercely.

Xie Wu did not boo him.

He didn't buy into Lu Ran's ideas in the first place.

The Lu family is a wealthy family with a deep financial foundation. Lu Ran is the youngest son, so the responsibility of inheriting the group does not fall on him. Therefore, his family does not have many expectations of him. He has been given whatever he wants since he was a child and has been pampered all his life.

But it was obvious that he was spoiled too much. Among Jiang Cheng's peers, no one had ever behaved like Lu Ran.

Except for Nie Ying, that one is a pure super male, and it is suspected to be a genetic problem.

"Lu Ran, didn't your twin brother agree to transfer to our class? Why didn't he come with you today?" Ye Chen asked curiously.

Lu Ran subconsciously wanted to sneer, but when he thought about what had just happened, the expression on his face became neither positive nor negative, and it looked extremely ugly.

"Student Lu Ji is not coming to our class. He will be transferred to Class 10." He Mingan spoke up, breaking the tense atmosphere. "He has good grades, so it's a good fit for him to go to Class 10."

"Why don't you come? Don't you want to come?" Ye Chen was still speaking.

"What does it matter to you whether he comes or not? Ye Chen, are you sick?"

"Yes, it's none of my business, it's your business." Ye Chen spread out his hands innocently.

"You..." Lu Ran was so angry that he was speechless. He looked at the other person hatefully.

[Master Zhen has had a pretty miserable life these years. His father is an alcoholic and gambler. Whenever he gets drunk he goes crazy and beats people up at home. He has suffered a lot since he was a child. 】

[Before he was brought home, there was already a child in the family, but when he was two or three years old, he had a high fever. At that time, he was drunk and unconscious. His mother was a nurse in the hospital and failed to reduce his fever in time, so he became deaf-mute and his intelligence was lower than that of an average person. 】

[So they named the fake young master Ji, hoping to share some of the pain with their child. 】

Lu Ran bit his lower lip and stared at Gu Yang, his pupils trembling.

What's going on? He, he's clearly not talking?

"It sounds quite tragic. This is too unlucky." Yu Bai typed silently in the group.

"What kind of person can this kind of family raise? It looks like the real young master is not that good. If the Lu family still wants Lu Ran, it will be difficult for the real young master to fight. There is also the emotional foundation of so many years."

"You can't say that. Anyway, the majority of the Lu family's money will definitely go to their eldest son Lu Zheng. The shares won't be divided, and the rest will just be dividends. In this case, there's no difference between raising one and raising two."

"How is there no difference? Isn't it bad enough to have this person standing in front of you? Think about it yourself. Someone stole your life as a young master and enjoyed it for you for so many years, but you are the one who has been tortured for no reason."

"Now you've been taken back and are back on track, but the person who took advantage of you wants to share your life with you? Are you the reincarnation of a saint? Is there any difference?"

"Look how angry our big star is. It's a pity that you are not in school now. You don't see how funny the expression on Lu Ran's face is right now, hehe."

[When the Lu family found the real young master, his legs were broken and he was locked in a room. His wounds were festering and inflamed. 】

[It was just because the parents hoped that the real master would drop out of school after high school and work to save money for his deaf-mute brother's treatment, but he refused without hesitation. 】

[The Lu family brought the real young master to the hospital. Taking advantage of the buffer period during which he was hospitalized, they had been discussing how to make Lu Ran less resistant to learning the truth. 】

Yu Bai: ...

Wow.

As expected, behind every pair of real and fake young masters who hate each other, there is always a pair of parents who don’t understand.

No, your biological son has been forced to suffer for so many years due to some strange combination of circumstances, yet you put your fake son first. Can you accept this?

Master, you are so miserable.

[The Lu family was quite broad-minded. Even though they knew that the other family had been abusing their own son, they not only did not blame Lu Ran, but they also couldn't bear to let him go back to suffer and decided to raise both of them together. 】

[But if they knew that the child swap was deliberately done by Lu Ran's biological mother, and that they have actually been raising children for their enemy all these years, I wonder if they would still do it. 】

These words made Lu Ran subconsciously clutch his chest.

[The family was originally in business, but because of the Lu family, they went bankrupt and were burdened with debts. After they fell into despair, they became addicted to gambling.

[At that time, Lu Ran's biological mother happened to give birth to her children in the same hospital as Mrs. Lu, so she secretly replaced the two children. On the one hand, she wanted revenge, and on the other hand, she also hoped that her biological children could live a better life. 】

Wow, this is also such a classic.

"Gu Yang..."

Gu Yang, who was randomly looking for someone to show concern for, raised his head.

Lu Ran's face was pale, his hands tightly grasping his chest, and he looked like he was about to die at any moment.

"How are you?"

"How did I offend you?" Lu Ran forced a smile, "How could you, how could you treat me like this..."

There was a very obvious breath in his voice when he spoke.

Lu Ran has severe asthma and carries an inhaler with him every day. Everyone in Class 11 knows this.

So even if Lu Ran sometimes did something that made them want to hit him, they would usually hold back and not get angry.

The Lu family treats this baby of theirs like a treasure. If anything goes wrong, it will make it awkward for the adults from the two families to meet each other.

"Are you still holding a grudge against me for stealing your things at the last auction?" Lu Ran asked in a panic.

It was because Gu Yang clearly walked past him face to face without even saying hello that he added an extra 500,000 yuan to challenge the other party when he was bidding for an antique brooch.

How could this person be so petty! Just because of such a small matter, just because of such a small matter...

Lu Ran's breathing became more difficult, and he searched for the spray in his bag with trembling hands.

Everyone in Class 11: No, no, no.

He is not targeting you, Gu Yang is just shooting everyone equally.

They were so frightened while eating the melons that they were afraid that they would be the next ones to be eaten.

Gu Yang held his chin and looked at Lu Ran, trying to recall which auction he was talking about.

He was not taken away by mistake, but was switched intentionally.

If his parents and brother knew about this, would they still let him stay at home?

A father who is a gambler, a mother who is a caregiver, and a brother who is deaf and mute...

Is this his home?

No, he didn't believe it...

"Hey, what's there to hold a grudge about? If it's destined to happen, it will happen eventually. If it's not destined to happen, don't force it." Ye Chen had a smile on his face.

It seemed like they were talking about the auction, but Lu Ran could tell it was happening.

This is a mockery of him.

Ye Chen could hear it too.

Lu Ran looked around shakily.

They can all hear it.

"Xiao Lu, where is your spray?" He Ming'an keenly sensed that something was wrong, and he quickly stood up to rummage through Lu Ran's bag.

Xie Wu's expression also changed slightly, and he walked forward to help the person.

But Lu Ran’s eyes went dark and he fell forward.

Xie Wu glared at Ye Chen directly.

The smile on Ye Chen's face disappeared completely. He turned his face away and made a light "tsk" sound.

-In the hospital.

Amid the smell of disinfectant and the sound of instruments, Lu Ran slowly opened his eyes.

He looked around blankly, his eyes gradually focused, and he finally saw his parents and brother standing at the head of the bed looking at him.

No, not anymore.

When he thought of this, his chest began to tighten again.

"Ranran, what's wrong, Ranran? Don't scare your mother." Mrs. Lu was extremely anxious.

"I'm fine." Lu Ran said hoarsely and forced a smile at Mrs. Lu.

It would have been fine if she hadn't said it, but as soon as she said it, Mrs. Lu's eyes instantly turned red.

Her youngest son, whom she had doted on for more than ten years, had ever spoken to her in such a cautious manner.

"As soon as your mother, your elder and second brothers and I heard that you were admitted to the hospital, we immediately dropped what we were doing and came here." Mr. Lu sighed and said, "How old are you, kid? How can you not even take care of yourself?"

As soon as he heard the word "second brother", Lu Ran became stressed and screamed.

"I don't have a second brother, I only have one brother!"

At this time, the boy standing alone at the end of the bed with an indifferent expression raised his head slightly.

"What nonsense are you talking about, kid?" Mrs. Lu glanced at the boy subconsciously, "Didn't we agree that from now on, Xiao Ji is also your brother, and we are all a family."

"I don't want it. I don't have this brother. Let him go——"

The nurse outside pushed the door open and came in with a bad look on her face: "Bed 16 patient and family members, please keep quiet. There are other patients in the corridor who need to rest."

Lu Zheng nodded apologetically.

The boy finally couldn't help it, he said expressionlessly: "I'll wait for you outside."

Mrs. Lu looked at him and opened her mouth, but in the end she couldn't say anything to keep him.

After everyone left, the atmosphere in the ward was finally not as tense as before.

Mrs. Lu also secretly breathed a sigh of relief. She gave her husband a look and asked him to move the bed up, then she hugged Lu Ran with heartache.

Just now when Lu Ji was here, she was not in a position to do anything too intimate.

"You promised mom before you went to school that you wouldn't think too much." Mrs. Lu whispered sadly, "If I had known that you would get sick on the first day you returned, I would have let you rest at home for two more days."

Lying in the familiar warm embrace, Lu Ran's nose suddenly felt sore. He used to be most attached to this embrace, but why did everything change in just a few days?

Mr. Lu said, "Didn't we just have a checkup? The doctor said it was fine. How come it suddenly got sick again?"

"Ranran, did someone say something gossipy at school?" Lu Zheng was afraid of irritating his brother, who had many sensitive points, so he tried to ask in a gentle tone.

They did a good job of keeping it secret, and unless something unexpected happened, no ninth person would know about it.

Lu Ran didn't dare tell them, as the matter had already leaked like a sieve.

Not only did Gu Yang know about it, he also used some kind of sorcery, and it is suspected that the entire class heard about it.

Everyone knows that he is the fake one.

"Ranran, I have always told others that you are my, Lu Zhenxing's, son. This will never change. No matter what others say, you can always confidently tell them that you are the Lu family's child." President Lu promised solemnly.

Mrs. Lu then said, "Yes, Ranran, whether it's Dad, Mom or Brother, they all treat you as our biological son, but you became estranged from us first. Mom is really sad about you doing this."

"Also, when you were little, you kept making a fuss, saying that your brother never had time to spend with you, and asked us to give you another brother. We said, silly child, the only thing we could give you would be a little brother, and that's when you gave up."

"Look how good it is now. You really have another brother to spoil you." Mrs. Lu broke down the matter in detail and reasoned with Lu Ran to reduce his resistance. "Xiao Ji is not here to break us up. He is here to join our family."

Lu Ran said nothing.

Compared to the crying and making a fuss in the past few days, she seems to be more attentive now.

Mrs. Lu and the others couldn't help but feel relieved.

Ranran has indeed grown up and become sensible.

Lu Ran looked at them, looked at Mrs. Lu who was sitting on the bed hugging him, and Mr. Lu and Lu Zheng who were standing on the side, and suddenly felt a little strange.

Ever since he was told that he was not a child of the Lu family, he suddenly felt that something had been taken away from him.

The confidence that he had always had was gone.

He was afraid, and that fear followed him wherever he went, whether he was sitting at the dining table, on the sofa, or even in his room.

The first time he got scared, he jumped into his room and didn't come out for three days.

In the end, that person could only awkwardly pretend to be his twin brother.

The second time he was scared, he stopped taking his asthma medicine out of anger and was taken to the hospital by ambulance in the middle of the night.

It would be best if that person couldn't be in the same class with him and get in his way.

This method is useful.

But if, if it was really as Gu Yang said, that she was switched in order to take revenge on the Lu family, she would know that her own child had been deliberately tortured for so many years.

By then, will the love of his parents for him still be the same as before?

He started to get scared again.

Seeing that Lu Ran's condition and mood had stabilized, Lu Zheng suggested going out to eat and come back later because it was already past one in the afternoon and Mrs. Lu had stomach problems and had to eat on time.

As soon as he saw them about to leave, Lu Ran immediately grabbed Mrs. Lu's hand.

Lu Zheng, who was still contacting the hotel, glanced at his younger brother.

He glanced at his mother who immediately sat back down, then glanced at his father who quickly asked if he was feeling unwell again, and seemed to want to say something.

But what he said turned into: "It's troublesome to go out and find a place to eat. I'll ask my assistant to bring some in."

Lu Ran didn't want them to leave in the first place, so he nodded hurriedly when he heard this.

He knew that they would have to take the man outside with them when they left.

When Lu Ran thought of them having a happy meal together, he felt as if someone had stabbed him in the heart.

He now clearly realized that there can only be one between the two of the Lu family.

Otherwise his fear would never stop.

-If you stay in there any longer, you won't be able to breathe.

When Lu Ji walked out holding the door, the anger that was stuck in his heart finally slowly eased away.

His leg bones began to ache again.

It takes a hundred days to heal a broken bone, and the doctor said he needs to rest.

The people who came to his house and claimed to be his biological parents quickly opened a single room for him and told him to have a good rest.

It was a private hospital he had never been to before.

He couldn't even imagine how much money it would cost to stay here every day.

Did even God feel that he was too unfortunate and finally had mercy on him?

The gentle and beautiful middle-aged woman hugged him in her arms and cried with heartache when she saw him for the first time.

The tears fell on my clothes, like the best painkiller, and even the festering leg bones didn't hurt so much.

It was great. This was the first time in his life that someone cried for him.

Standing on one side was a well-dressed, gentle and elegant middle-aged man and a young man who looked quite smart.

This was the control group for the hell he was in now, and it was so beautiful it felt like a dream.

It was just a dream.

Lu Ji smiled self-deprecatingly and closed the door for the family inside.

"Isn't this classmate Lu Ji?" A voice came from the side, and Lu Ji glanced over indifferently.

The person who spoke to him was a boy of the same age in school uniform.

He'd seen it once before.

In order to help him transfer to a new school, the Lu couple took him to visit a family.

When Lu Zhenxing was introducing him, he could feel the boy sitting opposite him giving him an ambiguous look.

He was very sensitive to other people's gazes, and immediately felt the distant scrutiny hidden under that gentle appearance.

I don’t know what medicine I took wrongly, but his attitude suddenly became much closer.

Lu Ji had no interest in other people's mental journey, and just nodded in response.

"It's been more than a week since then. Have you completed the student registration process?" He Mingan asked with concern.

"Okay." Lu Ji responded stiffly.

"Then you can enroll this week. The overall learning atmosphere in Class 10 is very strong, and it should be very suitable for you. We will all be classmates in the future. If you have any questions, you can come to me." He Mingan said with a smile, and the next sentence naturally introduced the person sitting next to him.

"This is Gu Yang, from Class 11 like me." As he spoke, he paused Gu Yang, who was playing games on his phone with both hands, and signaled him to look up.

Gu Yang nodded perfunctorily.

"This is classmate Lu Ji." He Mingan mentioned the name again.

Gu Yang's distracted look finally changed.

Lu Ji's expression also changed.

Because he was forced to accept the boy in front of him looking at him carefully from head to toe without any concealment.

Finally, he couldn't stand it anymore and asked, "Have you seen enough?"

So this is Lu Ji.

In this melodramatic novel, Lu Ji is the second biggest victim and pure vengeance besides Song Yinxing.

Considering that in the original work, the protagonists, top and bottom, were able to put aside their past grudges and have a happy ending after experiencing so many completely irreconcilable hatreds, it is enough to give us a glimpse of the core tone of this book.

That’s right, it’s a happy ending.

In the world of novels, there are two types of happy endings.

One is that after experiencing a lot of hardships and countless separations and deaths, the couple finally achieves their goal and everyone has a happy ending. This is the happy ending that everyone loves to see.

There is another type where the plot is very fierce in the early stages, and the protagonist has endured a lot of frustration, and conflicts of all sizes arise, but in the end a reconciliation is forced, and everyone looks at each other and smiles and puts aside their past grudges. This is a happy ending that disregards the death of the audience.

Obviously, this book belongs to the latter category.

Gu Yang stared at Lu Ji's waist thoughtfully.

He had touched Song Yinxing before and confirmed that the other person's body parts were not damaged yet.

But if nothing unexpected happens, Lu Ji will be missing a kidney soon.

A biting chill swept over Lu Ji. He frowned and looked at Gu Yang in horror.

What happened to this person...

He felt that he was attacked by the gloomy atmosphere of the other party.

Before I could start to daydream, the door of the ward opened.

Mrs. Lu poked her head out and looked at Lu Ji gently: "Xiao Ji, we plan to order something to eat, and then accompany your brother. You go check your brother's phone and tell him if you want to eat something, okay?"

Lu Ji’s body froze.

This feeling comes again.

There's no way you can fit in. No matter how friendly and accepting you are, you're always giving away the fact that you're an outsider.

Because you are an outsider, you need to accept this step.

Lu Ji absolutely didn't want to stay here anymore.

He didn't want to feel the happy atmosphere of the family while eating anymore.

"I remembered that I have something else to do, so I won't stay here for now. I'll just eat anything when it's time for dinner." Lu Ji said with a stern face.

He really didn't know how to get along with this gentle yet unfamiliar woman.

Mrs. Lu heaved a sigh of relief: "In that case, I'll ask Cao Zhu to take you home after delivering the meal. Xiao Ji, don't leave yet, you don't have the key to the house..."

The woman's words did not stop Lu Ji. His steps were still unsteady, but he walked decisively without a trace of attachment.

Mrs. Lu smiled shyly at the two people next to her: "Ranran's illness was sudden this time. Thank you two for sending him here and waiting here. He just woke up. Do you want to come in and talk to him?"

"I'm glad you woke up. We're relieved that Lu is fine." He Ming'an said gently, "It's getting late. We have to go back to school. We won't stay here for now."

"Don't be in a hurry to leave. It's already this late and we just need to eat. You can stay and eat with us." Mr. Lu also came over and said, but He Mingan just shook his head and declined.

"It's good that he woke up and nothing happened. We can rest assured." He Mingan asked with a smile, "Let's go eat first. Do you want to find something to eat on the way, or go back to the school cafeteria to eat?"

Gu Yang really wanted to say that he didn't want to eat, but he knew that this suggestion would definitely be refuted by He Mingan, so he had to say, "Let's eat back at school."

Just as they were about to take a taxi back, they ran into someone and stopped.

A middle-aged man who was drunk and spoke with a heavy dialect accent asked Fang Lan at the nurse's station which bed she was staying in.

One of them asked, "Who are you to her?"

The man sneered, "I'm her man! Which bed does Fang Lan live in? I have something to talk to her about!"

Several nurses looked at each other. This guy didn't look like a husband at all. He was clearly here to seek revenge.

Although the speech was not very standard, the name Fang Lan and the shadow of her could be vaguely seen in the man's fat features.

Gu Yang recognized it.

What a coincidence.

Isn’t this Song Yinxing’s drunkard and gambler’s father?