Chapter 50 Miss Lu Vomited Blood—Seems She Died of Rage

Chapter 50: Miss Lu Vomited a Lot of Blood, as if Angered to Death

Upon learning that Ji Yunqing had caused trouble and received a lawyer's letter from the Fu family, Ji Yunyin's immediate reaction was not to admonish her sister against illegal acts, but to plead with Fu Nanyu.

Regarding Ji Yunqing's transgression, she merely said, "Don't do such pointless things in the future. Your future is what matters most."

She knew that if Ji Yunqing were truly brought to court, the school would inevitably impose penalties. If word got out, Ji Yunqing would be ostracized from their social circle.

More importantly, Yunshang Technology would also be affected. She was well aware that Yunshang's foundation was unstable. Many were willing to risk cooperating with Yunshang only because they were betting on Ji Yunyin potentially marrying into the Fu family, hoping to curry favor in advance.

If this matter were to spread, and Fu Nanyu showed no mercy to the sisters, wouldn't others realize he had no real regard for her? Who would then be willing to cooperate with Yunshang?

She went to the Fu Corporation to plead with Fu Nanyu, but he refused to see her. She waited downstairs for hours without even catching a glimpse of him.

Left with no other choice, she turned to Grandpa Fu. Grandpa Fu had made many enemies during his early political career. After retiring, he faced retaliation and was nearly killed by a bullet—until Ji Yunyin’s mother, Lin Shuang, took the bullet for him.

Although he later investigated and found that Lin Shuang had been diagnosed with cancer a month prior and her appearance at the assassination scene was peculiar, regardless of the circumstances, she had died for him, and he felt he owed her a debt of gratitude.

Grandpa Fu treated Ji Yunyin as if she were his own granddaughter, and naturally, he wasn't harsh with Ji Yunqing either.

Upon learning of the incident, Grandpa Fu was exasperated, believing that mistakes should be punished to ensure fairness to those wronged.

But Ji Yunqing tearfully claimed she had realized her mistake, saying she had only acted out of anger from seeing Ji Yunyin constantly bullied and wanting revenge. Ji Yunyin cleverly brought up their deceased mother to strengthen their case.

"If Mom hadn’t passed away so early, Xiaoqing wouldn’t have turned out like this. I’ve been too busy with the company and neglected her upbringing."

As expected, the mention of Lin Shuang softened Grandpa Fu’s expression. Seeing Ji Yunqing’s apparent remorse, he relented.

He summoned Lu Jingtang, hoping they could talk things out and settle the matter, after which he would compensate Lu Jingtang appropriately.

To avoid alerting Fu Xiaqing and his wife, and especially Fu Nanyu, he used a project as an excuse to send Fu Xiaqing and his wife abroad.

As for Fu Nanyu, if in the past his concern for Lu Jingtang was merely a brotherly duty, Grandpa Fu could believe it. But now, he couldn’t quite grasp the intentions of his usually inscrutable eldest grandson.

Lu Jingtang was confused, but after half an hour, she pieced it together: Oh, so Ji Yunqing had slandered her online, and now they were all gathered here under the pretense of family, claiming to resolve the issue.

In reality, Grandpa Fu and the female lead sisters were taking advantage of everyone else’s absence to pressure her into letting Ji Yunqing off the hook.

Grandpa Fu declared, "Xiaoqing has admitted her mistake. We’re all family sooner or later. Let her apologize, and we’ll consider the matter closed. I’ve prepared some gifts for you—you can take a look."

Lu Jingtang thought to herself, "Admitted her mistake? Then who was the one making faces at me just now?"

The situation made it clear that if she didn’t agree today, it would be difficult for her to leave He Manor.

She even began to suspect that the reason the female lead in the original story was so easily deceived was that she was both foolish and malicious.

She tactfully replied, "Grandpa, this matter is being handled by Big Brother. I’m not very familiar with the details. Perhaps you should discuss it with him first."

Grandpa Fu quickly caught on that she was unwilling and using Fu Nanyu as an excuse.

He stared at Lu Jingtang, his gaze imposing and his tone forceful: "That’s not an issue. As long as you agree, I’ll take care of the rest. Would Nanyu dare disobey his grandfather?"

Sure enough, having her fate controlled by others felt utterly infuriating.

She had taken over the original host’s body, so she accepted bearing the burden of the original’s malicious reputation. The key point was, since transmigrating, she had worked diligently, neither gossiping about the female lead nor stirring up trouble.

Yet after doing a good deed, she was still being wronged, forced to compromise for no reason, while the actual wrongdoer faced no consequences.

It was truly maddening.

She didn’t realize her hands were trembling violently. She only felt her vision blurring slightly and a wave of nausea washing over her.

But she refused to show weakness or hypocritically maintain superficial friendliness with the female lead. If the female lead wanted to deal with her, that was a problem for the future. To hell with it.

She stood up and said to Ji Yunyin with a smile, "Miss Ji, instead of praying to gods and Buddhas here, why not go back and teach your sister how to be a better person?"

At least when the original host made mistakes, the Fu family never covered up for her—they always held her accountable. That was why the original host never understood the well-intentioned efforts of Fu Xiaqing and his wife, always feeling like an outsider.

What she didn’t know was that it was precisely because they treated her as their own that they hoped she would have integrity and be a good person. Otherwise, they could have just given her some money and sent her away.

Lu Jingtang then turned to Grandpa Fu and said coldly, "Big Brother is not an object to be arbitrarily used or sacrificed at will. You’ve never tried to respect his wishes. To ease your own conscience, you’re more selfish than anyone."

If you’re so fond of playing matchmaker, why don’t you marry the female lead yourself? How absurd.

Grandpa Fu hadn’t expected her to be so bold as to confront him directly. The angrier he grew, the more it proved she had struck a nerve.

Seeing Lu Jingtang about to leave, he slammed his cane and roared, "Stand still!"

The bodyguards at the door immediately reached out to block her path.

Lu Jingtang felt her cheeks burning, her vision clouded with dark shadows, nausea rising in her throat, and a ringing in her ears.

Suddenly, she groaned and vomited a large amount of blood, her body collapsing uncontrollably.

In the second before losing consciousness, she had only one thought: Damn, why do I seem like such a delicate, helpless white lotus now?

The room descended into chaos. Madam Fu, hearing the commotion, entered and nearly fainted at the scene.

Trembling, she looked at Grandpa Fu and asked, "Donglai, what happened?"

If anything happened to this child at He Manor, how would they ever explain it to their son?

Grandpa Fu was also panicking and shouted to the servants, "Quick, call a doctor!"

Ji Yunyin hadn’t expected things to escalate like this. Based on her past life’s experience, she couldn’t help but suspect that Lu Jingtang was faking it.

But now was clearly not the time for her to intervene. She felt agitated and uneasy, wondering how Fu Nanyu would view her now.

Upon receiving Chen Ma’s message, Fu Nanyu immediately suspended the meeting and rushed to He Manor.

He didn’t know why Grandpa Fu had summoned Lu Jingtang alone, but he was certain it wasn’t for anything good.

An inexplicable sense of dread washed over him during the journey, an ominous premonition gnawing at him. Qin Xianzhao pressed the accelerator so hard it seemed to spark.

When they arrived at He Manor and entered the front courtyard, they found the servants in disarray.

Uncertain which courtyard Lu Jingtang had been taken to, he had to ask a servant to lead the way.

The servant, upon seeing Fu Nanyu, was so frightened she nearly bit her tongue. Stammering, she hesitated to tell the truth, "Lu... Miss Lu is..."

Fu Nanyu’s face darkened as he snapped sharply, "Where is she? Do you all want to lose your jobs?!"

"Miss Lu... she vomited a lot of blood just now and wouldn’t wake up. It’s as if... as if rage made her collapse."