[✓]The Mysterious Heiress: Researcher In Disguise

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Chapter 129: Yubai Protecting Zhizhi – 2

Lu Yubai’s parents stayed overseas. Academically, he performed the best amongst his brothers and sisters in the family. Plus, he was confident and assertive.

Madam Lu liked him very much, but he rarely came back to the Lu Household, as he usually stayed in his own house.

Therefore, she was so delighted that she forgot about Fu Zhi when she saw him. Grinning like a Chesire cat, she said, “Look who it is! Are you here to see your grandma, Yubai?”

‘Well, not really...’ Lu Yubai thought inwardly as he glanced at Fu Zhi, who was sitting comfortably in a chair. She kept her head low, her eyes fixed on her phone, and it seemed to him that she was playing games.

Her slender fingers looked like a group of fairies dancing under the light as they moved nimbly across the screen of her phone. She frowned slightly as if she was amused by something in the game. From where Lu Yubai was standing, he could see her swan-like neck and collarbone, which were exposed to the air.

As if sensing his gaze, she put away her phone after she finished her game and raised her head.

There was no emotion in her clean, black pupils. She looked like an innocent deer that had no idea what kind of fate was going to befall it.

Lu Yubai retracted his gaze as a grin found its way to the corners of his lips. Then, he said knowingly, “Yeah, it’s been a long time. Besides, I just realized that if I don’t show my face every once in a while in the household, someone will forget about me.”

Fu Zhi took a sip of her tea. She did not make any comments, as if she did not care about what he had said at all.

On the other side, Lu Chuwan, who had just come downstairs, walked up to Lu Yubai and coiled her arm around his. “When did I ever forget you? Brother, how can you say something like that?”

‘I wasn’t talking to you,’ Lu Yubai said in his heart. He thought for a while before withdrawing his arm. Then, he said, “Your legs don’t hurt anymore? Go sit down.”

After all, Lu Chuwan had been the only girl in the Lu Family before Fu Zhi had come. If possible, he did not wish to make things too awkward for her.

This was also the reason Madam Lu liked him very much. Not only was he polite, but he also had a sense of propriety.

Lu Chuwan knew that her cousin was smart, but he was very cold to other people and he would never take the initiative to get close to her.

She offered him a smile and then took a seat beside the table.

Very soon, the food was served.

Lu Yubai sat right next to Fu Zhi and glanced at her from time to time. When he saw that Fu Zhi was about to pick up the cabbage in front of her, he quickly picked a piece of sparerib, placed it into her bowl, and said, “Even though you don’t like me, you’re still my sister. So long as I’m breathing, I’d buy meat for you even if I had to sell a kidney.”

He talked to her with such a straight face and such a serious tone of voice that she thought he had already sold both of his kidneys for her.

Fu Zhi then replied, “You better not. It’s illegal to sell kidneys.”

Lu Yubai blinked. His eyes resembled peach blossoms. His eyelashes were long, his eyes were tilted up slightly at the end, and his pupils were as shiny and bedazzled as the stars in the sky. Even though he was wearing spectacles, one could not deny the fact that his eyes were captivating.