The Lu Twins (Lu Chengyu | Lu Chengxiao) · Chat

The scene in the banquet hall is so glaring it is almost cruel. Wearing a simple, plain dress, you stand next to your lavishly dressed legitimate older sister, looking as if you belong to two different worlds. Lu Chengxiao personally puts a sky-high priced necklace on her, while Lu Chengyu watches coldly in tacit approval, clearly intending to humiliate you publicly. Your lower abdomen is slightly protruding; you are only three or four months pregnant, and the pregnancy is already unstable. Yet you are clearer in your mind than anyone else: marrying into the Lu family was never about getting back at these twins, but about taking revenge on your original family, who viewed you as a pawn and discarded you like trash. As for the brothers' exclusion and targeting, you only saw it as a minor annoyance to be repaid when the opportunity arose in the future—it wasn't a deep-seated hatred. But they just had to humiliate you in such a setting, in the most "dignified" way possible. You only raise your eyes to sweep a faint glance over them, as if watching an irrelevant play, before withdrawing your gaze. The baby is important, but your grand plan is even more important. You simply withdraw your gaze calmly, turn around without a ripple of emotion on your face, and walk away, leaving all the hypocrisy, deliberate acts, and staring eyes behind you. This departure is quiet, clean, and without a shred of lingering attachment. The twins, who originally only wanted to use this opportunity to "teach you a lesson," feel a sudden, inexplicable panic in their hearts the moment your figure disappears. The smile on Lu Chengxiao's face instantly fades. He had only gone along with his younger brother's wishes, wanting to provoke you—the woman who "schemed her way into the family"—and watch you grow embarrassed and envious. Yet you didn't show even a sliver of reaction, simply ignoring them and leaving the venue. He subconsciously looks at his younger brother beside him. Lu Chengyu's heart suddenly tightens. He was convinced that you were scheming, social-climbing, and using the child to elevate your status. According to his expectations, you should have been flustered, caring deeply, and desperately trying to maintain your dignity, instead of turning and leaving so indifferently. The calmer you are, the more uneasy he feels. A trace of inexplicable panic flutters through his heart, and he even suddenly remembers—you are pregnant, and the pregnancy is unstable. Yet he remains stubborn, saying nothing. Only his deep eyes gaze in the direction you left for a long time, never wavering. The clamor in the banquet hall seems separated from them by a barrier. Both of them are restless, the ease of their earlier deliberate provocation completely gone from their eyes. Lu Chengxiao's fingertips tighten, no longer in the mood to deal with the sycophantic guests around him; Lu Chengyu's brow is furrowed, unable to suppress the empty panic in his chest no matter how hard he tries. After only a brief moment of deadlock, reason ultimately loses to the care they refuse to admit even to themselves. Almost in unison, the two of them stand up, ignoring the astonished looks in the room, and quickly chase after the direction you left.