The Villain's Mom Becomes Famous for Fortune-Telling and Gossip Ch. 138

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"Exactly, exactly," the originally sighing Old Lady Tang nodded repeatedly. "Xiao Nan, we can't be like them! You owe your life to Master Yu last time you picked yourself up. We should find a chance this afternoon to pay her a proper visit."

The Lu family stubbornly waited outside the big gate all morning, but Yu Yuan never came out.

Besides, many people nearby were former neighbors and also in the business circle. Old Lady Lu, too proud to lose face, finally grumbled and took her three grandsons back.

Of course, given Yu Yuan's current status, no one dared to insult her outright. But when it came to Lu Jingxi, they weren't so polite.

"I knew it. That Lu Jingxi really is a disaster! If it weren't for her, how could Yuanyuan not have come back by now? And Lu He wouldn't be in this state!"

Lu Jingming, sitting nearby, looked unhappy but didn't dare keep persuading their grandmother like before. He could only secretly call his sister, warning her to stay away for a couple of days and not come home for a while.

Lu Jingxi, who had felt relieved after Old Lady Lu left, suddenly panicked. "Brother, what's wrong with Grandma?"

She actually wanted to ask why she had to leave, but she knew she couldn't be so direct. With her current sensitive situation, it would be too obvious.

Lu Jingming sighed, thinking his sister was still worried about Grandma. Feeling both relieved and a bit sorry, he calmly explained what had happened that morning.

Lu Jingxi stared hard at the message from her brother. When she read the part about Old Lady Lu wanting Yu Yuan to come back, her delicate, elegant face instantly twisted into something ugly. Her whole body trembled as she fought the urge to smash her phone.

She bit her nails tightly and paced around the room like a headless fly, trying to calm herself down.

Long ago, when she first met Yu Yuan, she helped Lu He and Yu Yuan do a paternity test and found out she wasn't Lu family's biological child. Since then, she'd been planning her future—whether entering the entertainment industry or stringing along several promising guys—all to prepare for today.

But... but...

Lu Jingxi grabbed a handful of hair, slid from the bed to the floor, eyes filled with panic.

This Yu Yuan, and Lu He... why couldn't they wait a little longer? Why couldn't they wait?

She wanted to marry out with the help of the Lu family, fully cut ties, then generously bring back the real daughter who had been lost. That way she could earn a great reputation, make a good impression in her husband's family, and highlight the difference between herself, her brothers and Yu Yuan... It was such a good plan. She had carefully plotted it for so many years. Where did it all go wrong?

She yanked her hair so hard it didn't even hurt. Her features twisted, losing all the innocence she once had, looking more like a wild ghost fueled by resentment.

Until the sun reached the middle of the sky, her eyes paused between the messy strands on her forehead, suddenly clear.

She knew where the plan went wrong... It was Yu Yuan, and also Lu He!

If not for what happened this morning, Old Lady Lu wouldn't have wanted to kick her out.

Yes! That was the problem!

She scrambled to the living room, grabbed her phone, found a familiar contact, and dialed.

"Beep beep..."

The phone rang twice before a familiar voice came through, "Hello, Miss Jingxi? Master Lu is out. Is there something urgent?"

That evening, Zhou Yu woke up groggy, staggering as he walked.

"Your friend's soaking upstairs, almost done. Want to check on him?" Yu Yuan pointed toward the second floor.

Zhou Xi held her brother, who was wobbling and looked like his brain was missing, worriedly saying, "Master Yu, maybe he should eat something first? He's been asleep all day."

Yu Yuan shook her head, with a meaning behind it, "Don't let him eat yet. Wait until he comes down from upstairs."

Zhou Yu agreed. Compared to eating, he wanted to know how his good buddy was doing.

Refusing his sister's support, he held the wall and weakly climbed upstairs. Just as he reached the second floor, he caught a faint sour stench in the air.

When he opened the bathroom door, a strong sour smell hit him like a fierce dog, almost knocking him out.

No wonder Master told him not to eat. Just smelling that, he immediately bent over the bathroom sink and started dry heaving.

Sun Han, lying weakly by the bathtub, heard the noise and weakly opened his eyes. "Brother Ji?"

"Ugh..." Zhou Yu groaned out a sound from his throat between retching.

After rinsing his bitter mouth, he pinched his nose and said in a muffled voice, "What's that smell? Why is it so strong? Oh my god, I just woke up and I'm already gonna faint!"

Sun Han weakly twitched the corner of his mouth. "Master Yu said it's the faces of the people I vomited up..."

In the big bucket before him, there was no vomit—only a layer of wriggling black jelly stuck to the bottom.

Bright light shone down from above, clearly revealing twisted, silent, screaming human faces.

The black, twisted human faces in the tub overlapped each other, wriggling slowly at a speed visible to the naked eye. Their eyeball-less eyes stared blankly at the ceiling, and their mouths opened and closed as if silently screaming.

Zhou Yu's mouth twitched along with the faces' squirming in the tub. He couldn't hold it in—he bent over the sink and threw up again. "Ugh..."

Sun Han looked at him with tired eyes that held a faint smile. He didn't feel embarrassed—instead, he was filled with a kind of post-crisis joy.

Back when he was lying in that pitch-black room, he'd already prepared his last words. He never expected to actually run into Brother Ji and Master Yu...

Zhou Yu scooped up some water and rinsed his mouth twice. He wanted to take a break, but the moment he opened his mouth, the air was filled with that sour, putrid stench again. He pinched his nose and gave up. "Forget it, you soak in it yourself. I'm going downstairs to get some fresh air!"

Sun Han nodded hoarsely. "Okay."

Zhou Yu rushed downstairs in big strides and stood in the small garden outside the villa, breathing in the floral scent of the air. It still took him a long time to recover.

Yu Yuan came out of the kitchen holding a bowl of freshly fried sugar cakes. They were something Sun Han's mom had specially made for her.

"You're down?"

She stood beside Zhou Yu, smiling as she looked at his scrunched-up face. "Aren't you glad you didn't eat anything before going up?"

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