The weather in February and March is still chilly.
Lu Sibai was splashed with a bucket of dirty water while naked and almost froze to death in the toilet stall.
Fortunately, while schools are reluctant to openly intervene in conflicts between students—most of whom the school cannot afford to offend—they are even less likely to cause a death on campus.
So after the group of students had vented their anger, the school quietly released Lu Sibai.
Lu Sibai had already fainted from the cold by then. They quickly took him to the school clinic, where the school doctor provided first aid for frostbite. Then they called the Lu family to ask them what to do next.
You can't get through to Lu Minghai by phone; he never cares about these trivial matters, and his assistant or secretary usually transfers the calls.
In the past, they wouldn't dare to take any calls related to the two young masters, especially Lu Siyuan, lightly. But things are different now. Lu Sibai has been kicked out of the Lu family. They heard that Chairman Lu is thinking about making him change his name, so that he can't continue to use the surname Lu.
So, instead of reporting to Chairman Lu immediately after receiving the call, the assistant waited until Lu Minghai finished his meeting and his work was done before informing Chairman Lu.
Upon hearing this, Lu Minghai was indeed not very happy.
To be precise, he hadn't been happy since the engagement banquet at the Feng family last year. One mishap after another had occurred. Although the company had stabilized again, it had been torn apart by an unknown force and his old rival, the Bai family.
Thinking about how hard he works and how much he has to share with others, he can't even muster the same fighting spirit he used to have.
The family is in complete chaos now, and Lu Sibai is hiding someone of unknown origin behind him. If that person is simply trying to switch children so that his own child can enjoy a life of luxury in the Lu family, Lu Minghai absolutely cannot believe it.
How could he possibly have the means to switch the baby with so many medical staff? Why go through all that trouble and not also try to seize the Lu family's assets?
This is also the main reason why Lu Minghai was unwilling to keep Lu Sibai at home. With such a time bomb in the house, and a wife who couldn't think straight, he was afraid that he would be tricked by his family one day.
The only thing to be thankful for is that his own son, Ruan Bei, is truly outstanding. He is good-looking and has an excellent education. Although he studied a useless major, his original choice for successor was not his youngest son, so this became his strength.
The problem is that the child is too stubborn, and seems to have some of the arrogance of a young person. He absolutely refuses to go home with him.
There are all sorts of rumors circulating online, but fortunately, he reacted quickly this time, and his public relations department has also reorganized and regulated public opinion, placing the Lu family in the position of victims as well. So now the public opinion is still relatively good.
Lu Sibai saw the insults directed at him, but he didn't take it seriously. It wasn't the first time he'd been insulted; he'd been insulted when the recording first came out last year, hadn't he? He'd probably gotten used to it by now.
Anyway, it won't hurt him to curse him online. If he had revealed who his biological parents were earlier, I might have helped him out of our more than ten years of father-son relationship.
But he was determined not to say anything. Lu Minghai didn't show it on his face, but he was extremely displeased. He felt that Lu Sibai was an ungrateful wretch who still wanted to protect his biological parents.
Xiao Bei is kind-hearted; he never abandoned the Ruan family, who were so poor. He is a filial son.
When his assistant came to report that Lu Sibai was being bullied at school, Lu Minghai waved his hand impatiently: "He's no longer a member of the Lu family. Have the school contact his biological parents."
As everyone knows, netizens across the internet are searching for Lu Sibai's biological parents, but no one has been able to find out who they are, and the school is even less likely to know.
Lu Minghai's attitude clearly shows that he doesn't want to get involved.
The boss didn't care, so what could his subordinates say? The assistant immediately called back the school, which had been waiting for a long time, and conveyed Chairman Lu's message.
The school administrators waiting in the school clinic looked at the disconnected phone and exchanged bewildered glances, because there was more than one person present; they had put the phone on speakerphone, and everyone had heard it.
"How...how would we know..." The phone call they made was from when Lu Sibai registered for school; back then, who would have known things would turn out this way?
"How about we go ask them?" someone gestured towards the inner room.
"He wouldn't tell, would he? Didn't they say they couldn't even get anything out of the Lu family?"
"It's also possible that they really don't know."
"Who can say for sure? But it's none of our business. Since the Lu family won't get involved, let's just leave it at that."
"You make it sound nice, but look at the way those rascals act... If they keep doing this, and someone actually gets killed at school, we'll be the ones who have to take responsibility."
Upon hearing this, the men became even more worried and their heads balded.
"Tell me, even in his condition, why can't he behave himself and keep hanging around in front of those people? If all else fails, why not just change schools?"
"That's right. If we can't afford to offend them, we can't just avoid them. If they cause trouble, it's us who will suffer."
They couldn't afford to offend the group that bullied Lu Sibai, so they could only vent their anger and worries about the future on Lu Sibai.
If Ruan Bei were present, he would probably have said something about karma.
In his past life, when he was bullied at this school, he couldn't take it anymore and asked the school for help.
But the way that group treated him was similar to how they treated Lu Sibai now. The only difference was that back then, Lu Sibai was the perpetrator. He put on an innocent and harmless face, but he condoned or even deliberately encouraged his followers or admirers to bully Ruan Bei.
The cycle of karma is inescapable, and retribution is inevitable; this time, the same fate befell him.
What's even more ridiculous is that a large portion of the people who bullied Lu Sibai this time were his former followers turning against him. After all, there aren't that many scumbags who are so low as to like bullying and humiliating their classmates; most people would just ignore them or say some unpleasant things.
But Lu Sibai didn't think it was retribution. He lay on the hospital bed in the inner room of the school clinic, his eyes tightly closed, his hands under the blanket clenched so tightly that his knuckles turned white, and his nails dug deep into the flesh of his palms.
He hates it!
He hated that God was unfair to him, hated that his biological parents treated him badly, hated that the Lu family showed him no mercy, hated that Ruan Bei wouldn't obediently exchange his life for his, and hated that the Ruan family wouldn't just die!
A torrent of hatred erupted from his heart, sweeping in wisps of black energy.
Those outside who were attacking Lu Sibai suddenly felt a chill, a coldness that seemed to penetrate their clothes and seep into their bones, even though the school clinic had air conditioning and they were dressed warmly enough.
The students from Dongda and Dongliu, who were hanging upside down on the trees outside the school clinic to keep watch over Lu Sibai, were hit by the sudden gust of cold wind and almost lost their grip and fell off the trees.
The two ghosts were dizzy for a moment, then quickly stretched their heads out and pressed their faces against the window to look inside.
In just a short while, that black aura and eerie wind came and went just as suddenly as they had come.
Lu Sibai lay peacefully on the bed in the room, seemingly unchanged from before.
The two ghosts looked at each other, but neither dared to take the matter lightly. Dong Da was honest and straightforward, so Dong Liu told him to go back and report, while he stayed behind to keep an eye on Lu Sibai.
Dongda immediately went to find the smartest of the brothers, the third brother. After listening to Dongda, the third brother went with Dongda to take a look.
The brothers obtained a lot of Yin Qi Talismans from Ruan Bei, and they are much more powerful now, but he can't see any difference in Lu Sibai. He is just an ordinary person, just like before.
But he knew his brother wouldn't lie to him, and the probability of two ghosts misjudging each other was too small.
He dared not slack off and ran to tell Ruan Bei the news.
Ruan Bei and Qin Gu discussed it and concluded that if Dongda and Dongliu were not mistaken, then there must be something wrong with Lu Sibai.
However, without seeing it with their own eyes, they couldn't be sure.
The two of them called a car and went to the school to intercept Lu Sibai, wanting to see for themselves if there was anything wrong with him.
Lu Sibai left before get out of class ended. He was wearing an old down jacket that the school doctor had found for him, and he walked out with his head down and a sinister aura.
Although they didn't run up to him, Ruan Bei and Qin Gu weren't too far apart. The two stared at him for a while. Ruan Bei even tried to use the Qi Observation Technique he had learned to infuse spiritual energy into his eyes, but he couldn't see anything unusual.
“How could this be…” Ruan Bei murmured.
The ghost from the eastern suburbs wouldn't dare to lie to him, but there was nothing wrong with Lu Sibai.
Qin Gu lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then had an idea: "Let's give him a try."
"How do we try it?" Ruan Bei asked.
"Watch me."
Qin Gu pulled a thunder talisman from his bag, startling Ruan Bei who grabbed his hand: "You're going to use this?"
I hope they don't kill Lu Sibai.
“It’s not a Five Thunder Talisman.” He unfolded it for Ruan Bei to see. Ruan Bei could now see the difference. The lines on the talisman were significantly fewer than those on a regular thunder talisman, and it contained far less spiritual energy.
"This was left behind by a talisman master who failed in his practice of thunder talismans. He said it was called a minor thunder talisman." But that's not what they call it.
Ruan Bei looked at it over and over for a while, then asked curiously, "What's the use of this?"
"It's no use."
Qin Gu stacked the small thunder talisman using a special technique: "The effect is roughly the same as the kind of firecrackers that children play with."
Upon hearing this, Ruan Bei understood. He had also played with those kinds of firecrackers when he was a child. You could throw them hard on the ground and they would make a sound.
"Then this..."
"Even if it's useless, it's still a thunder talisman." Thunder magic is naturally the nemesis of all evil. If Lu Sibai really has a problem, throwing down this small thunder talisman will definitely produce a reaction.
As he spoke, he held a triangularly folded thunder talisman between his fingers, flicked his wrist, and tossed it onto Lu Sibai's back.
With a sharp crack, the two quickly hid, startling Lu Sibai.
A pedestrian cursed, "The Lunar New Year is over, and they're still playing with firecrackers, what a brat."
Qin Gu, the "brat," stroked his chin and frowned as he looked at Lu Sibai, who had kicked the curb hard: "No reaction?"
If Lu Sibai had practiced evil magic, no matter how well he hid it, if the small thunder talisman had been thrown at him, his body would have reacted before he even realized it, unlike now, where the small thunder talisman had truly become a firecracker.
"Let's ask Master." Ruan Bei liked the feeling of having a powerful backer, someone to support him, and someone to teach him what he didn't understand. If it were earlier, he would have been the kind of disciple who felt the strongest sense of belonging to the sect.
"Alright." Qin Gu watched Lu Sibai walk away steadily, feeling dejected. He realized that he was still too ignorant and shouldn't have focused only on talismans before.
Speaking of this, he thought of something else: "The exchange competition is starting soon this year, you need to prepare in advance."
He originally thought he would only need to consider Ruan Bei's participation in the exchange competition in a few years, but he didn't expect him to improve so quickly. He got the Special Affairs Bureau's certificate, which basically meant he had graduated. After all, the Special Affairs Bureau doesn't accept just any greenhorn; you have to have some skills.
Ruan Bei stood frozen in place: "W-what?"
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