After Reborn, I Became the Bigshots' Beloved-Chapter 41 - She Had Already Left When He Returned
Chapter 41: Chapter 41 She Had Already Left When He Returned
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Chapter 41 -41 She Had Already Left When He Returned
“Do you want me to come back with you?” Lu Siyan asked, standing up immediately after seeing Lin Yi get up.
Although he was a rather cold person, Lin Yi was his only good brother since childhood, so Lin Yi’s matters were his as well.
“No need, isn’t your sister still asleep? You should stay here and watch over her,” Lin Yi said, putting on his jacket as he spoke to Lu Siyan.
The night outside was growing even denser, and Lu Siyan watched from the doorway as Lin Yi hurriedly drove away.
He looked down at his watch. It was already almost 9 o’clock.
He needed to get something to eat.
He hadn’t had dinner yet, and when the girl woke up, he couldn’t just send her away on an empty stomach.
Lu Siyan went to a nearby supermarket and returned about half an hour later with a bag full of fresh vegetables and meat.
The food at Lin Yi’s place consisted of nothing but instant noodles and various kinds of fast-food snacks, all full of additives and devoid of any nutrition.
He never touched that stuff, preferring to make his own food – at least that was clean and healthy.
But when Lu Siyan opened the door to the apartment and returned to the living room, he stood still, slightly startled.
The girl who had been sleeping on the couch was gone.
Only the soft white blanket remained, neatly folded.
Lu Siyan furrowed his brow and walked over to the sofa. There, he found a note left on the coffee table next to it, with a necklace placed on top.
[Sorry, I woke up and didn’t see anyone around, so I left first.]
[Thank you for bringing me here to rest. I don’t have any cash on me, and I can’t do a transfer because I lost my phone, so I can only leave this necklace as a thank you.]
[Sincere thanks, thank you again.]
Lu Siyan took a deep breath, put the note down, and picked up the necklace to take a look.
A fine silver chain with a circular pendant encrusted with a ring of brilliant small diamonds, and Cartier’s LOGO engraved on the back – it was very exquisite and beautiful.
Lu Siyan wasn’t knowledgeable about jewelry, but he knew that a diamond necklace from this brand would be priced at over $40,000, and even selling it second-hand could fetch at least $10,000 to $20,000.
Didn’t they say this Lu Sheng came from the countryside and had always lived a very poor life?
It seemed that this was the only valuable thing she had, yet to express her gratitude, she left the necklace behind without hesitation.
Having $10 and being willing to give that $10 to show gratitude versus having $10,000 and being willing to give $100 to show gratitude – these were not the same.
Even though the girl was short on cash, she placed repaying kindness above money.
This actually gave Lu Siyan a bit of a good impression of this not-yet-formally-met sister.
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Twenty minutes earlier.
When Lu Sheng woke up on the couch, it was pitch-black outside.
There was no one in the apartment, and it was so quiet she could hear her own breathing.
She didn’t know where she was, only vaguely remembered bumping into a very good-looking man when she was about to give in to exhaustion, and then she had fallen asleep right away.
This must be that man’s home, she reasoned.
She checked herself and found no unusual marks on her body, and a blanket was covering her, which she figured must have been put there by him.
She felt her pockets – no cellphone. It had probably been lost while staggering along earlier, she had no idea where it could have fallen.
Lu Sheng took a deep breath.
By a normal schedule, she should have finished her exam and returned to the Lu family by 4 o’clock in the afternoon, but now the clock’s hands were pointing past 9 o’clock.
She hadn’t expected that the Soul Power restoration would make her sleep for so long.
Being out of contact since the afternoon, Jiang Ting, Lu Chengye, and Lu Qianrou might not mind, but Lu Youye would definitely be anxious if he couldn’t reach her.
So, she needed to hurry back to the Lu family.
Lu Sheng looked around the living room, found paper and pen, and wrote a few lines. After that, she took off the necklace Lu Youye had bought for her two days ago.
No choice; it was the only valuable thing she had left on her.
It looked like she really needed to start carrying some cash when going out.
Once Lu Sheng left the apartment, she hailed a taxi. In reality, she had no money on her and thought about asking Black Bean to bring some money out once she arrived at the Lu family’s place.
However, as soon as the taxi stopped in front of the Lu family’s villa, someone ran over. Lu Sheng looked up to see Lu Youye, his forehead beaded with sweat.
“…Brother?”
Lu Sheng paused, just as she opened the taxi door to step out. Before she could speak up, she was enveloped in a strong embrace by the tall and handsome youth.
Luke’s voice was undisguised with anxiety, “Where did you go? You wouldn’t answer calls or texts, do you know how worried I was?!”
Luke gave the taxi driver $100, and after the driver drove away, he hugged Lu Sheng even tighter.
Lu Sheng could tell that he was genuinely worried about her, so she let him hold on without resisting, “…I’m fine, don’t worry, brother.”
“How could I not worry? A girl out late at night, not coming home, what if you were targeted by bad men, where did you go?”
Now, Lu Sheng realized.
Lu Youye’s brother complex was fully unleashed; he now thought all men other than himself were untrustworthy and bad, all with potential designs on his sister.
And just like a big dog, he was very clingy.
Lu Youye asked Lu Sheng where she had been, but she couldn’t very well explain that she had been sleeping at a strange man’s place until now.
Lu Youye would probably explode.
So, Lu Sheng said, “I just went out shopping, then lost my phone, and have been looking for it since.”
Hearing her explanation, Lu Youye finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Still, he couldn’t help but scold her, “If you lost your phone, just let it be lost. Why bother looking for it for so long? We bought several spare ones last time, just come home and change to a new one.”
“I got it, brother, don’t be mad,” Lu Sheng pinched Lu Youye’s hand.
Hearing the girl’s coquettish tone, Lu Youye’s heart melted in an instant.
The concern and anger that had preoccupied him vanished in a flash, and he took Lu Sheng’s hand directly, “Let’s go, come home with your brother.”
After returning to the Lu family, Lu Youye took Lu Sheng straight to her room, set up a new phone for her, and then, in high spirits, pulled her to watch anime together.
It was while watching anime that Lu Sheng casually mentioned that she had been admitted to Shengjing.
“Really?” Lu Youye’s eyes lit up, and he couldn’t help ruffling Lu Sheng’s hair, proudly saying, “That’s my sister, so now you’ll be in the same class as your brother.”
Lu Sheng wanted to say she was actually in Class A, but was too lazy to explain why she would be in Class A, so she just kept quiet.
The two of them curled up with potato chips, watching anime until almost midnight, and neither of them checked their phones.
So, they had no idea that a video from an intersection earlier in the afternoon was quickly gaining popularity on the short video platform at around 8 or 9 o’clock in the evening, causing a sensation across the internet.
