Miss Lu Turned Her Back, Her Six Brothers Begged for Forgiveness - Chapter 1:

Chapter 1: After Rebirth, Severing Ties

“Lu Ning, are you going to admit your mistake or not?”

Lu Ning’s nose and mouth were submerged underwater, the burning pain in her throat made it hard to breathe.

She opened her eyes from the brink of death and saw her second brother, Lu Nanfeng, standing by the poolside, and her fourth brother, Lu Bei, holding Qin Xiang.

A flicker of confusion crossed her eyes. This scene… was so familiar.

Hadn’t she already died?

Could it be that she was reborn three years ago, on the day Qin Xiang was officially adopted by the Lu family as their foster daughter?

At the banquet, Qin Xiang had deliberately set her up, making everyone think she had pushed Qin Xiang into the water.

Fourth brother Lu Bei was the first to discover them, but he only rescued Qin Xiang, leaving her, who also couldn’t swim, to struggle helplessly in the water.

Her second brother kept forcing her to admit her mistake, showing no intention of saving her unless she confessed.

She had struggled desperately in the water, admitting fault and begging for mercy, pleading with her brothers to save her.

It was only when she was on the verge of death that they pulled her out.

From then on, she no longer dared to provoke Qin Xiang. She cautiously tried to please her brothers, but what did she get in return?

Qin Xiang stole her graduation thesis, and Lu Nanfeng testified for Qin Xiang, causing her to be accused of plagiarism and expelled.

When Qin Xiang needed a kidney transplant due to poor health, her third brother, Lu Xicheng, personally sent her to the operating room to give Qin Xiang her kidney.

When Qin Xiang needed accolades from international competitions, Lu Bei, Lu Wu, and Lu Liu, her fourth, fifth, and sixth brothers, ruthlessly kicked her out of the team.

When Lu Ning found evidence of Qin Xiang plagiarizing her thesis and faking medical records, she took it to her eldest brother, trying to expose Qin Xiang’s true face.

But she only enraged everyone. No one believed her; they didn’t even bother to look at the evidence.

Her eldest brother, Lu Dongyou, kicked her out of the house to reflect on her behavior.

She wandered the streets, penniless, suffering all kinds of hardships.

The memories surged back, and Lu Ning gave up struggling, letting herself sink to the bottom of the pool.

Her eyes were wide open, expressionless, as if she were already dead.

She looked at the brothers surrounding Qin Xiang on the shore, and even seeing it again, the pain in her heart still cut deep.

How laughable.

She, their real sister, was not even as important as an outsider.

Lu Nanfeng had been focused entirely on Qin Xiang. Only when he couldn’t hear Lu Ning struggling anymore did he finally look toward the pool—Lu Ning had already sunk to the bottom.

His face instantly turned pale. “Ning Ning!”

Splash!

Without hesitation, Lu Nanfeng jumped in.

Qin Xiang’s eyes glimmered as she saw Lu Ning sink. It would be best if Lu Ning died.

Pretending to be weak, she clutched Lu Bei’s sleeve and whispered, “Cough cough, fourth brother, I also want to save sister Ning. She fell into the water because of me.”

Lu Bei was worried too, but hearing her words, he quickly comforted her, “Don’t be silly. Second brother is enough to save her. Lu Ning is just facing the consequences of her actions; she won’t die!”

He turned his head toward the pool, his expression a bit complicated.

In the water, Lu Ning watched Lu Nanfeng swimming toward her. The concern on his face didn’t seem fake.

Yet, it was also him who had forced her to admit fault and coldly watched her struggle.

This time, she no longer cared for his rescue.

A hint of mockery appeared in her eyes as she turned and swam to the surface.

In her past life, after the drowning incident, Lu Nanfeng had forced her to learn to swim with Qin Xiang.

Though she was traumatized, she still pushed through the fear to satisfy Lu Nanfeng, but in the end, he only praised Qin Xiang for being brave and overcoming her psychological fear.

Little did they know that the one minute she had been deliberately left in the water had left her with severe aftereffects.

But no one cared about her condition. Lu Nanfeng only had Qin Xiang in his eyes.

“Lu Ning, what nonsense are you up to now? Do you think pretending to drown will erase the mistake you just made?”

Lu Nanfeng blocked her way, feeling that Lu Ning had changed a lot. Since when did she know how to swim?

Lu Ning looked up at her second brother, Lu Nanfeng. She had liked him the most in the past because their eldest brother was strict, and only Lu Nanfeng treated her a little warmly.

But now, there was only disgust and impatience in Lu Nanfeng’s eyes.

Qin Xiang’s delicate voice came, “Second brother, it’s not sister Ning’s fault. I know she never liked me becoming part of the Lu family. It’s my fault for being too greedy, dreaming of having a family. Don’t argue because of me. You are all very important to me.”

Lu Bei glared angrily at Lu Ning. “Are you satisfied now? If her father hadn’t died saving you, she wouldn’t be an orphan. We shouldn’t have saved an ingrate like you back then! It would’ve been better if you had died!”

Lu Nanfeng frowned. “Ning Ning, a person must have a conscience. We should treat Xiang Xiang as family. It’s what the Lu family owes her, and what you owe her too, understand?”

“Second brother, someone as ungrateful as her wouldn’t understand. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have pushed Xiang Xiang into the water. Uncle Qin saving her is worse than saving a dog!”

Lu Ning felt as if she was standing alone in a desolate wasteland, her whole body frozen.

If she could, she’d rather not have been saved that day.

Suppressing the burning pain in her lungs, she hoarsely said, “It’s indeed my fault. It won’t happen again.”

Because she would never do such foolish things again.

Since they liked Qin Xiang as a sister, she would withdraw.

“Ning Ning, you really did it on purpose? Do you know that Xiang Xiang can’t swim? She could have died!”

Lu Nanfeng was deeply disappointed. He had thought it was an accident but didn’t expect Lu Ning to have deliberately tried to harm Qin Xiang.

When did Lu Ning become so vicious?

At this moment, the family doctor rushed over, and Lu Bei turned to angrily scold Lu Ning, “You’d better pray Xiang Xiang is fine. Otherwise, when eldest brother comes back, you’ll suffer.”

Lu Nanfeng followed for a few steps, but when he turned back and saw Lu Ning standing there, drenched and pale, his heart softened a little.

He said, “Go back to your room and change. The banquet is about to start.”

Lu Ning said nothing, and soon, she was left standing alone.

She only bent over to cough violently when they were all gone, as if trying to cough out her lungs.

Swallowing the taste of blood, she dragged her body back to her room.

Lying in the bathtub, she closed her eyes and recalled how, after falling into darkness in her past life, she had tried to kill Qin Xiang.

But she failed.

Her eldest brother had locked her in a mental hospital, where the nurse Qin Xiang arranged tortured her to death.

She covered her face and laughed, the sound eerie and unsettling.

Lu Ning opened her eyes again, now cold and indifferent.

After changing into new clothes, she looked around the unfamiliar bedroom.

In her past life, this room had eventually been given to Qin Xiang, while she was moved to Qin Xiang’s small room.

Lu Ning saw the family portrait on the table—a young couple holding a baby, surrounded by six little boys.

Unfortunately, a few years after her birth, her parents died in a car accident.

The driver saved her first, but when he went back to save her parents, the gas tank exploded, killing him as well.

Qin Xiang was the driver’s only daughter, weak and sickly since childhood.

After the accident, her eldest brother brought Qin Xiang to the Lu family to raise alongside her.

From the moment Qin Xiang appeared, everything changed.

The brothers she loved most all favored Qin Xiang.

“Qin Xiang’s health is poor, so I hired a chef to make food suitable for her. Ning Ning, you supervise her to make sure she eats properly.”

“Lu Ning, Qin Xiang wants to learn painting too. Since you’ve learned enough, give your teacher to her.”

“Lu Ning, you should withdraw from this competition and let Qin Xiang, who is second place, represent the school. She’s been preparing for a long time.”

“Lu Ning, Qin Xiang’s scores are low. Apply to the same university as her so you can take care of each other.”

…

Lu Ning covered her head, the pain in her heart spreading like thorns.

She breathed shallowly, forcing the pain down.

In this life, she never wanted anything to do with the Lu family again.

She put away the photo and began packing her things.

Soon, a maid knocked on the door. “Miss, the banquet has started. Second young master asked you to change and come down.”

“I know.”

Lu Ning opened the door and walked straight toward the lively banquet outside.

The maid widened her eyes and murmured, “What is the young miss wearing? Has she gone mad from the shock?”

At the banquet, Qin Xiang wore a white evening dress, her long black hair draped over her shoulders, looking like the sweet, kind girl-next-door.

Lu Nanfeng and Lu Bei stood beside her, looking at her dotingly.

It was such a warm scene.

Lu Nanfeng couldn’t help but think of Lu Ning. If only she could be this obedient and sensible.

These past few years, Lu Ning had become increasingly arrogant and unruly.

“Lu Ning is here!”