Mind reading saves the whole family; I'm firmly in the role of a charlatan.

Chapter 468 This Goose Is Not That Swallow

Lu Jiarou shared the same thought. At that moment, she truly wished she didn't have such a brain-dead younger brother, and that her Lu family didn't have such a person!

But despite her thoughts, she couldn't bring herself to ignore her younger brother, much less kick him out of the house.

"Are you stupid? No, even a fool is a hundred times smarter than you. You believe everything she says? You believe her just because she says she doesn't like her boyfriend? Then who does she like? You? Then why doesn't she date you? Is it because your family background is inferior to her boyfriend's, or is it because you're not as smart as her boyfriend?"

"Wow!" Du Anrao listened to Lu Jiarou's sharp comments and felt that she was indeed a strong woman who could carry a company. Every sentence hit the nail on the head.

At that time, Lu Jiarou still felt it wasn't enough and continued to produce results.

"Arranged marriages between families? No feelings, no marriage. Whether a couple gets married or not is none of your business, you're just an outsider with no status. What, what if they actually get married in the future, and she tells you she had no choice but to, and the marriage is just in name only, not a real couple? Are you going to crawl under their bed to see if they've actually slept together, to see if they're really husband and wife? When they're in bed together, are you going to reserve a spot on the bed for them?"

Lu Chengzhang's face turned pale and then white, then pale again, unable to refute. In the end, he could only plead in a low voice, "Sister, can you please not say such nasty things?"

"If you think I'm being rude, then don't make things so disgusting!" Lu Jiarou pointed at her younger brother, her face full of disappointment. "Do you still feel particularly moved, thinking that you're enduring humiliation and sacrificing everything for true love without expecting anything in return? Let me tell you, 99% of mistresses in this world think the same way."

"It's just that even mistresses are smarter than you. They think like this just to make themselves look more affectionate so they can squeeze more money out of their sugar daddies. Unlike you, who's genuinely affectionate and even gives money to others. Don't wait until they get married and you have to pay for their hotel rooms and help them live happily ever after. I don't even want to talk about how much of a cuckold you are!"

"Sister, you're really going too far! How could I possibly be someone's mistress? Yan Yan and I, we are..."

"Who are you? What are you if not a mistress? You don't actually think you can become the wife, do you?"

Lu Chengzhang choked, feeling as if he had been stabbed in the chest by an arrow, then another, and another, a thousand arrows piercing his heart!
Du Anrao witnessed Lu Jiarou completely defeat her younger brother, leaving him utterly defenseless, and wished he could applaud her on the spot.

[Brilliant, absolutely brilliant, insightful, absolutely insightful! But the older sister overestimated her brother. He's not even a mistress; at best, he's just cannon fodder used as a stepping stone. Who cares about the life or death of a mere stepping stone?]

"puff……"

Du Yuxi couldn't help but laugh out loud again, and this laugh successfully attracted Lu Chengzhang's attention.

He might not be able to argue with his own sister, but that doesn't mean he can't deal with outsiders like them.

How did you find out about this?

Du Yuxi frowned slightly, instinctively wanting to tell the other party her identity, and also to describe in detail to Lu Chengzhang how Xi Yanjia had brazenly brought Jiang Yiming to them and several elders to flaunt his dominance during the Xi family's ancestral worship ceremony that day.

Unexpectedly, before he could even speak, Du Anrao saw through his intentions and interrupted him.

"Sister, don't speak yet! Xi Yanjia and Mr. Xi don't get along very well. She's definitely said a lot of bad things about Mr. Xi to this love-struck guy, and might even have played the victim, saying how badly Mr. Xi treated their family. Once you reveal your identity, you might get labeled as Mr. Xi's ally by this love-struck guy, and he'll assume we're deliberately slandering Xi Yanjia and trying to drive a wedge between them." Du Yuxi was shocked and immediately shut her mouth. Although she thought the logic was a bit far-fetched, who could predict the thought process of a love-struck guy?
This person knows that Xi Yanjia has a real boyfriend, yet he still believes her nonsense and is willing to be her backup. What is there that his love-struck brain, as if under a spell, can't do?

Seeing that Du Anrao and the other man remained silent for a long time, Lu Chengzhang frowned again: "Why aren't you saying anything?"

"Is there even a need to ask?" Du Anrao stepped forward, chin slightly raised, and said confidently, "Of course it was calculated."

"You calculated that?" Lu Chengzhang looked Du Anrao up and down. "What nonsense are you spouting? Someone like you, so young and already learning nothing good, instead pretending to be a fortune teller, swindling and cheating—you'll get what's coming to you sooner or later..."

"How dare you talk like that?" Du Yuxi was furious when she saw that this person actually wanted to curse her younger sister.

Lu Jiarou was also angry. Regardless of how today's matter would turn out, she should be grateful that the young girl had told her that the little bitch had a boyfriend and was even seducing her younger brother, willingly becoming her backup.

"What are you yelling about? You say she's a charlatan, a fraudster. Were what she just said wrong? You're the one with a screw loose, someone's backup plan, a mistress, a complete idiot. What right do you have to yell at people like that?"

Lu Chengzhang choked. He couldn't argue with his own sister, nor could he do anything to Du Anrao and the others. At this moment, he looked at them as if they were bewitching concubines and treacherous ministers who were causing chaos in the court.

Du Anrao was amused by his little look, raised an eyebrow, and said meaningfully, "I not only know that your dream girl is Miss Xi Yanjia, but I also know that the reason you two came together is because of a game called 'Fantasy Cultivation'."

Lu Chengzhang froze, then his eyes widened in surprise: "You..."

"In that game, your online name was Zhangtai Yushu, and hers was Haiyan Heqing. You met online in your second year of high school and formed a bond with each other in order to run more dungeons in the game. But at that time, your relationship only went as far as online friends who could run dungeons together."

"Until your sophomore year, when your family suffered a huge blow and you were devastated, she stayed by your side, encouraging you, comforting you, and helping you through the longest and most difficult period."

Lu Jiarou's eyes narrowed slightly; she knew better than anyone what had happened at this point in time.

Is what she said... true?

"It's true." Lu Chengzhang had never mentioned these things to anyone, not even his own sister, which is why he looked at Du Anrao with such complicated emotions.

"Because of this experience, you regard her as the most important person in your life besides your family. But... since you regard her so important, you should know her very well, but it seems that this is not the case."

Lu Chengzhang vaguely guessed what Du Anrao wanted to say, and his expression changed slightly: "What do you mean?"

"During the time you spent with her after your reunion, did you never have a single doubt in your conversations that this goose was not the same swallow as before?"