Lu Jincheng pursed his lips and smiled, looking at his brother's annoyed expression. He patted his brother's shoulder.
"Xiao San, don't be angry. You're just too kind? It's the bad people who are too wicked."
Lu Jinyan: "..." Why did this sound like it had other implications?
"Never mind, let's go back," Lu Jinyan had no mood to argue.
"Mhm!" Lu Jincheng didn't dare to say anything more, afraid of angering his brother.
It was hard to appease a生气 Xiao San. Kuo Bao was a bit better; a few words from Kuo Bao could make him happy.
However, the fact that Ye Anran was Lu Qiaoyi truly shocked him. How could Lu Qiaoyi have someone secretly helping her?
And who was behind her, helping her?
"Xiao San, tell me, who is behind Ye Anran? And do the Ye family members know?"
Lu Jinyan shook his head and said, "I don't know either, but Nuannuan has already made arrangements. She said she will definitely catch the mastermind this time. We can't disrupt Nuannuan's plan, and we can't let anything slip."
Lu Jinyan stopped in his tracks and cautioned his second brother, "Brother, I'm telling you, you absolutely cannot tell anyone. Otherwise, Nuannuan will be in real trouble this time. Their target is Nuannuan."
Lu Jincheng certainly understood the importance of this matter. His gaze was solemn, "I know. Let's go."
Because of this matter, Lu Jincheng's mood instantly became heavy.
The brothers went downstairs. Lu Jincheng was somewhat distracted.
Suddenly, Lu Jinyan grabbed him, and the two of them ducked back into the corner.
Lu Jincheng looked at his brother in confusion, "Xiao San, what's wrong?"
Lu Jinyan pointed towards the hall, "Brother, it's Ye Anran. It's so late, what is she doing here?"
Lu Jincheng looked up at the hall and indeed saw Ye Anran walking into the hall.
"How did she get here?" Lu Jincheng was also very confused.
Director Wang had just left.
Lu Jinyan narrowed his eyes, his sharp gaze fixed on Ye Anran's expression. He said, "Brother, she must be here to see someone. Let's follow her. This time we're sure to make a significant discovery."
Lu Jincheng frowned, "...But it's easy to be discovered."
Lu Jinyan: "Let's just follow first."
The two of them followed. As they passed the hall sofa, they saw a网红 preparing to livestream in the hall. Lu Jincheng noticed several wigs behind her, all long hair. He picked up a wig and, without a word, took out several thousand yuan and gave it to the网红, taking the wig and clothes.
网红: "..."
What are you doing!
But looking at the money in her hand, her anger instantly dissipated.
Seeing Ye Anran enter the elevator, Lu Jincheng said, "Xiao San, you wait for me here."
Lu Jinyan looked at the items in his hand, somewhat incredulous, "Brother, you're going to cross-dress?"
Lu Jincheng: "...Mhm!"
He definitely wouldn't let his brother see him cross-dressed; he'd be ridiculed for life.
Lu Jinyan: "..."
Lu Jincheng watched as the elevator stopped on the fifth floor. He wondered where Ye Anran had gone.
Before entering the elevator, Lu Jincheng told his brother, "Find a place to hide. I'll come find you later."
Lu Jinyan: "!!"
Watching his second brother enter the elevator, he then walked towards the hall.
A man in black walked past Lu Jinyan. His eyes swept over Lu Jinyan before he also entered the elevator.
Lu Jinyan didn't notice the man and walked towards the nearby sofa.
After entering, the man looked at Lu Jinyan's back and smiled strangely.
...
On the fifth floor, in a private room, Ye Anran had already ordered supper.
She really liked the barbecue from this place. After ordering, she sat inside and waited.
A few minutes later, a man in black walked in.
"You're here," Ye Anran asked with a smile.
"Mhm!" The man sat down, pushed his glasses up, and looked at her with a gaze full of pride.
"You look beautiful. This skin, it's even better than I expected!" The man was very satisfied with his results.
Ye Anran smiled, "I've always trusted your abilities. But I'm looking for you today to get another potion."
The man asked with great interest, "For whom?"
Ye Anran thought of the unease in her heart and said with a smile, "For myself. If things go wrong, I'll live on as someone else."
She had come for herself.
Although Jiang Nuannuan had been captured, she still felt uneasy.
Mu Jiuchen was decadent and ignored the company. She feared this was a deception.
"Heh heh..." The man chuckled, "I thought you were going to use it on someone else. I saw your third brother earlier. I've developed another potion and want to use him for an experiment."
Ye Anran raised her eyebrows and asked him, "What experiment?"
The man sneered, "A potion to turn him into a beast. Don't you find Jiang Nuannuan a very unique person? I want her to research an antidote for me."
A flash of anger crossed Ye Anran's eyes, "What's unique about her? She's just a woman who struggled through hardship. Now she's just wearing Mu Jiuchen's halo, wearing the Lu family's halo. Without these halos, what's the difference between her and an ordinary person?"
What she couldn't accept the most was that Jiang Nuannuan was living better than her.
"You, you're just too jealous. Someone like you, who is so envious, will lose a lot of things."
The man smiled, picked up the tea on the table, and took a slow sip.
On his lips, there was a faint mole.
Seeing Ye Anran's silence, he said again, "Sometimes, when you forgive others, you also dispel resentment and jealousy from your heart. Only by living with a happy heart will your complexion continue to radiate brilliance. If you remain constantly jealous and overly stressed, it can cause mental and physical health issues, potentially leading to high blood pressure, heart disease, stomach ulcers, and other illnesses. Do you think your face will still be as beautiful then?"
Ye Anran smiled, "I didn't expect you to understand these things. Give me the potion. I'll transfer the money to your account. It's late. After eating barbecue, we'll go back to rest."
The man said no more, taking a tube of brown liquid from his bag and handing it to her.
"You already know how to use it, I don't need to teach you again, do I?"
Ye Anran: "Mhm!"
"Knock knock..."
Ye Anran put the item in her bag, "Come in."
Her stomach was very hungry, and she wanted to have a good barbecue.
Lu Jincheng, disguised as a woman, brought in two plates of barbecue.
He placed the barbecue on the table and casually glanced at the man opposite him, but only saw a pale lip and a faint black mole at the corner of his mouth.
"Please enjoy, sirs!" he said softly, then turned to leave.
Ye Anran and the man were focused on the delicious food and didn't pay attention to Lu Jincheng.
After leaving the private room, he was furious. That man actually wanted to turn his pure Xiao San into a beast.
Lu Jincheng found a deserted place and sent a message to Mu Jiuchen.
[Xiao Jiu, I've found the reason for their appearance changes. It's a potion. Also, they have a potion to turn humans into beasts. They're targeting Xiao San. That man met with Ye Anran tonight.]
As soon as Lu Jincheng sent the message and was about to leave, he was hit hard on the back with a club. He was standing by the window, and in the moment before he passed out, he used his last bit of strength to throw his phone out the window, his body going limp as he fell to the ground.