Inside the study at Lu Family Manor.
After just experiencing a dramatic and twisted 'assassination' farce, there was now an eerie silence.
Anya held her sister, Dongfang Yue, who was still trembling slightly from shame and indignation.
She gently comforted her while looking at Lu Cheng with an apologetic gaze... Meanwhile, Dongfang Yue buried her beautiful face deep in her sister's embrace, head bowed and silent, her body still trembling slightly.
Lu Cheng waited until Anya's'sisterly affection' explanation was almost complete.
Only then did he slowly put down his teacup, letting out a soft sigh mixed with 'weariness' and 'helplessness'.
He didn't look at Dongfang Yue, who had kept her head down the entire time, not daring to meet his gaze.
He only looked at Anya, his eyes filled with 'grievance' and 'disappointment'.
"Anya, I originally thought we had a resonance of souls."
"For your dream, I was willing to be misunderstood by the whole world, to be cursed by countless people. All of this... I didn't care."
He changed the subject, his gaze seemingly inadvertently sweeping over Dongfang Yue, who was standing to the side, a bitter smile appearing on his face.
"But I didn't expect that your sister... she would harbor such intense hatred for me."
"Upon meeting, without even a word, she immediately went for the kill."
He extended a slender finger, pointing to his own neck, and continued speaking to Anya in a tone tinged with lingering fear:
"If I hadn't happened to practice some family-inherited body-strengthening techniques and my body was still quite robust, today..."
"I'm afraid your sister would have truly gotten her wish, wouldn't she?"
When Anya heard this, her already guilt-ridden heart felt as if it had been fiercely stabbed by a sharp knife!
That's right!
She had only thought about her own misunderstanding of Lu Cheng, but she had forgotten that Lu Cheng not only had to bear the pressure of public opinion from the entire world, but also... also had to face threats from her fans, and even her own family!
This feeling of guilt almost instantly overwhelmed her!
She cried, apologizing to Lu Cheng repeatedly:
"I'm sorry, Lu Cheng, I'm truly sorry! It's my fault! It's all my fault!"
"Yueyue didn't do it on purpose, she just... she was just too worried about me..."
And Dongfang Yue?
She wanted to refute, wanted to say, "I did it on purpose! I wanted to kill this scumbag!"
But the words were on the tip of her tongue, yet she couldn't utter them.
Lu Cheng's words seemed to be complaining to Anya, but in reality, every single word was a direct attack on Dongfang Yue's heart!
He was clearly telling her:
"I know you want to kill me, but I'm too lazy to expose you, because you don't even have the right to be looked at by me."
This silent contempt, while making her feel incredibly humiliated!
But what made her even more collapse was that as Lu Cheng's face showed that 'hurt' and'sad' expression, the Love-Binding Gu within her body actually resonated!
An inexplicable pang of heartache and sorrow, uncontrollably surged from the bottom of her heart, making her almost instinctively want to speak up and defend him?
...Lu Cheng stood up, walked over to Anya, and reached out, gently wiping away the tears from the corners of her eyes with his thumb, his voice also becoming incredibly soft.
"Silly girl, how could I blame you? I'm just... a little sad."
He looked at Anya's beautiful eyes, which were filled with endless emotion due to his words, and said affectionately:
"For you, I can endure anything."
"Let alone being misunderstood by the whole world, even if I really had to face the world's blades and swords, as long as I can see you shining on stage, I will be... completely satisfied."
He gently embraced Anya, whispering in her ear:
"So, don't say you're sorry anymore."
"From now on, let me protect you, okay?"
At this moment, all of Anya's rationality and defenses completely collapsed!
She tightly hugged Lu Cheng back, burying her head deep in his chest, and with all her strength, she nodded heavily, her voice trembling slightly from extreme excitement.
"Mm! Okay..."
"Everything about me... is yours now..."
...Lu Cheng held the completely submissive delicate body in his arms, but his gaze went over her shoulder, looking at Dongfang Yue, who was still standing in place, overwhelmed with shame and indignation.
In his eyes, there was no longer the 'grievance' from before, only a kind of playfulness and... command.
He didn't speak, but just made an extremely subtle mouth shape towards Dongfang Yue, one that only she could see - "Next, it's you."
Then, he spoke, addressing Dongfang Yue:
"Yue'er... the same goes for you."
"From today on, just live here for now, and keep your eldest sister company."
The moment Dongfang Yue saw that mouth shape, she was struck by lightning, her whole body suddenly stiffening!
It was a naked, undeniable 'premonition'!
She wanted to resist, wanted to refuse!
But... she couldn't even conjure any thought of resistance... instead... she felt a strange shyness...
Amidst this atmosphere filled with 'warmth' and 'emotion'.
Lu Cheng's phone suddenly rang.
It was Ye Shuying's call.
After Lu Cheng finished the call, a knowing smile appeared on his face, and he said gently to Anya in his arms.
"Speaking of which, the crew Mu Xing is with seems to have run into some trouble recently, and the filming progress isn't going so smoothly."
Anya immediately became nervous, raising her head from his embrace.
"Ah? What happened to little sister?"
Lu Cheng smiled, gently flicking her small nose.
"It's nothing major, just a small problem."
"It just so happens I'm free lately, so I plan to go take a look..."
"Their female lead quit, and I'm planning to promote Mu Xing..."
He paused, the smile at the corner of his mouth deepening.
"And incidentally, tell her the good news that we've reconciled."
After hearing this, Anya's face was full of emotion and sweetness.
"Lu Cheng, you're so good, still caring so much about little sister."
Dongfang Yue, however, felt a chill in her heart.
She instantly understood Lu Cheng's true intention.
He was going to 'conquer' the third sister!
She looked at her eldest sister's blissfully foolish expression, then thought about the damned 'Love-Binding Gu' within her, and an absurd feeling surged through her heart.
"This devil... does he... want to take all of us sisters... in one fell swoop?!"
A hint of imperceptible playfulness also flashed in Lu Cheng's eyes.
He knew that Jiang Chen, that ignorant little brat, was definitely following his third sister, Mu Xing, in the crew, preparing to stir up trouble.
"Jiang Chen, do you think changing maps will make a difference?"
"Naive."
"Your third sister, I..."
"Will take her in too."]}