After Reborn, I Became the Bigshots’ Beloved

Chapter 2: Chapter 2 Let’s Start the Strategy with the Eldest Brother Chapter 2: Chapter 2 Let’s Start the Strategy with the Eldest Brother After letting the phone ring several times, Lu Sheng finally pressed the answer button and put the phone to her ear. “Hello, who is this?”

“Didn’t save my number, huh,” the man on the other end sounded indifferent, “it’s Lu Jingyan.”

“Oh, it’s you, big brother,” Lu Sheng replied timidly, “sorry, I forgot to save your contact.”

“Alright,” the man clearly lacked patience, “the driver I sent to pick you up at the station said he couldn’t find you, and your phone was unreachable. Where did you run off to?”

“Sorry, big brother,” the young girl said softly, “my phone was dead earlier, and I thought no one came to pick me up, so I left the station on my own.”

“What?” Lu Jingyan furrowed his brows on the other end, “You grew up in the countryside, totally unfamiliar with Jiang City. Why are you wandering around alone? Where are you now?”

Lu Sheng looked up and saw a road sign across the street. As soon as she reported the road name, the person on the other end told her to wait there and hung up the phone.

Tsk.

Truly cold.

But it was normal for Lu Jingyan to be so cold. After all, in the eyes of the Lu Family, she had come to Jiang City to steal Lu Qianrou’s man and embarrass the family.

The Lu Family’s real rise to prominence started when Lu Chengye abandoned Du Ran, the original owner’s mother, and married Jiang Ting, the eldest daughter of the Jiang Family.

Over the decades, Old Mr. Jiang poured all the Jiang Family’s resources to support his only son-in-law, which led to the Lu Family’s current wealth and reputation.

Jiang Ting bore Lu Chengye five sons and later wanted a daughter. After searching all the orphanages in Jiang City, they adopted the most outstanding-looking five-year-old girl and named her Lu Qianrou.

Eighteen years ago, Lu Chengye once sought out Du Ran, who had left in despair for her rural hometown, and forcibly had relations with her that night.

Lu Chengye thought it was a secret that would be buried with Du Ran’s death from illness last month, but things didn’t go as he planned.

Before dying, Du Ran called Lu Chengye, saying that she conceived a daughter named Lu Sheng after that night.

She also mentioned that her mother had helped Old Mr. Fu from the Fu Family in Jiang City, and because of this, Old Mr. Fu arranged a marriage contract for Lu Sheng and his grandson, Fu Chen.

Upon hearing this news, Lu Chengye was dumbfounded on the spot.

He hadn’t taken precautions that night, so it was possible he left a child. But how could Du Ran, raised in the countryside, have helped someone as significant as Old Mr. Fu?

Moreover, if Old Mr. Fu arranged for Fu Chen to marry Lu Sheng—everyone in Jiang City knew Fu Chen was dating Qianrou—wouldn’t Old Mr. Fu be embarrassing the Jiang Family?

Yet, the fact was, Old Mr. Fu really did it.

Expensive engagement gifts were sent to the Lu Family as if flowing in, and Jiang Ting, thinking they were for Lu Qianrou, was overjoyed beyond measure, forcing Lu Chengye to reveal the truth.

Exposing that old scandal and learning her husband had cheated on his ex-wife enraged Jiang Ting, who was raised pridefully and pampered, prompting her to return to her parents’ home.

Later, unable to withstand Lu Chengye’s daily pleas and considering the reputation of her children and the Lu Family, she had no choice but to return.

However, the matter of Lu Sheng, the illegitimate daughter raised in the countryside, spread throughout Jiang City’s upper-class circles.

With Du Ran dead, someone had to take care of the underaged Lu Sheng. Moreover, since Lu Sheng’s existence was now widely known, and Old Mr. Fu kept pressing, Lu Chengye had no choice but to bring Lu Sheng to Jiang City.

The original owner did come, but not even an hour after stepping on this extremely valuable land, she was strangled and her body was dumped in an alley.

Besides Jiang Ting and Lu Qianrou, Lu Sheng couldn’t think of anyone who had such strong hatred and motivation to hurt someone she hadn’t even met.

At this moment, a shiny black Mercedes suddenly stopped in front of Lu Sheng, who was sitting by the roadside.

The car window rolled down slowly, and the man inside glanced at her with barely concealed disdain.

“…Big brother?” Lu Sheng’s eyes lit up with surprise as she stood up.

Lu Jingyan, the eldest son of Lu Chengye and Jiang Ting, and the current CEO of the Lu Group.

Dressed in an exquisite suit, handsome with an aloof demeanor. One had to admit, Lu Chengye might have been a bastard, but he had passed on good looks in his genes.

At this moment, sitting in the car, Lu Jingyan just felt a wave of nausea.

He expected someone raised in the countryside to be rustic at most.

But this young girl didn’t even show her appearance clearly, being so filthy. She sat boldly by the roadside, showing no manners at all.

Even though she shared half his blood, this Lu Sheng couldn’t even compare to their servants in terms of cleanliness and demeanor, let alone to Qianrou.

Lu Jingyan felt a throbbing at his temples and couldn’t help but rub the bridge of his nose.

– Just forget it.

At present, it was the crucial moment for a Lu Group Subsidiary to go public. Time was not right to offend Old Mr. Fu. Even if he despised the girl before him, he had to bear it for now.

“Are you alright, big brother? Are you feeling unwell?” Lu Sheng asked “concernedly.”

“No, just get in the car.” Lu Jingyan didn’t want to waste any words, intending to fulfill his duty as an elder brother by bringing Lu Sheng back to the Lu Family.

Silence prevailed.

Lu Jingyan clearly held no affection for this sister raised in the countryside and had no interest in understanding her.

He even seemed to feel she had an odor and opened the car window.

Lu Sheng observed everything, softly rubbing her fingers.

She needed the admiration and affection of humans to nurture her soul. Since her big brother currently loathed her, she’d start by winning him over.

The Lu Family resided in a detached villa in a wealthy neighborhood.

The gate opened slowly in anticipation as the car approached from afar. When they entered, servants stood in a line at the door to greet them.

As soon as he entered, Lu Jingyan immediately began introducing the household to Lu Sheng.

“Your second and third brothers are very busy and usually don’t live at home.”

“You Ming went abroad to participate in a math competition and isn’t home these days, either.”

“Mom, Dad, and You Ye went to watch Qianrou’s piano competition and won’t be back for another hour.”

Lu Jingyan glanced at Lu Sheng’s dirty clothes with a frown, “Take this time to shower. I’ll have the servant take you to the guest room bath, and you can wear Qianrou’s clothes for now.”

“Alright, I got it, big brother.”

The girl was more obedient than Lu Jingyan expected. She entered the Lu Family without looking around, appearing very compliant.

Seeing the servant lead Lu Sheng away, Lu Jingyan seemed to breathe a sigh of relief. He loosened his tie and sat on the living room sofa, browsing the stock market on his phone.

About twenty minutes later, he heard Lu Sheng calling for him. He habitually frowned and looked up, then froze in place.