B5SB -Chapter 348 Scheming Against Sister Lu

Sister Lu’s expression turned cold when she saw Fang Yi’s hostile attitude. She cast a sharp glance at Brother Lu, who remained silent.

With a cold voice, she said, “Huaixu, are you just going to stand there and watch your wife humiliate our mother like this?”

Brother Lu looked troubled, letting out a sigh. “Sister, it’s not that I don’t want to take care of Mom, it’s just… I don’t have the means. Our little family of three just came back from the far northwest. We haven’t even found a place to live yet. How could we possibly take care of Mom properly?”

Lu Huailin glanced at Brother Lu, who was pretending to be helpless, a trace of mockery flashing in his eyes. “Big brother, four months isn’t enough for you to find a place to stay?”

“Hah, are you sure you’ve got the right person?”

“Even if Lu Huaixu agrees to take care of Miaomiao’s grandmother, it won’t matter if I don’t agree.”

Fang Yi sneered coldly at the people in the hospital room.

“Sister-in-law, don’t go too far,” Sister Lu shouted angrily at Fang Yi.

“So what if I go too far? If you’ve got the ability, why don’t you take the old lady home yourself!” Fang Yi snapped.

Was she crazy or stupid to rush over to serve that old Mother Lu, wiping her ass and feeding her?

And it wasn’t for just a day or two—it would be a lifelong duty until death.

Sister Lu was so angered by Fang Yi that she staggered back, turning to Brother Lu, who had his head lowered as if playing dead.

She demanded, “Little brother, tell me, are you going to take care of Mom or not?”

Brother Lu looked distressed. “Sister, I want to take care of her, but I’m just a man. I can’t take care of Mom personally!”

He rubbed his face with both hands as he spoke, giving off an air of helplessness.

Sister Lu’s hands trembled as she pointed at him. “Mom loves you the most, and this is how you treat her?!”

Hearing her children argue over her care, Mother Lu’s face flushed red with excitement. She shouted out, “Y…Xu…take care…”

Brother Lu looked at her impatiently and coldly said to Sister Lu, “I admit, Mom loves me the most. So what? All the family resources still went to Huailin. I didn’t benefit at all.”

He glanced coldly at Lu Huailin in his military uniform and snorted.

Mother Lu, hearing this, became even more agitated lying in bed, drooling as she shouted, “Ah ah…”

Seeing this, Sister Lu hurried to her mother’s side, tightly holding her hand and gently soothing her, “Mom, don’t get too excited.”

With her cloudy eyes, Mother Lu suddenly stared fixedly at Sister Lu and, twisting her mouth, struggled to say three words: “Juan…help…Xu.”

Mother Lu was paralyzed, but her mind was still sharp—she wasn’t foolish.

She knew Brother Lu had just returned from the northwest, with neither work nor housing settled.

There was no one she could rely on in Beijing. Now that Sister Lu was back, with her husband Zheng family’s influence in the city, helping Lu Huaixu find a respectable job would be more than enough.

Seeing her mother like this, yet still worrying about Brother Lu, tears streamed down Sister Lu’s face, falling heavily on the gray cement floor.

Lu Huaixu and Fang Yi exchanged a glance, both gleaming with delight.

Thankfully, before Sister Lu arrived, they had already told Mother Lu about selling the northwest job.

Seeing Sister Lu still silent, Mother Lu’s big eyes widened as she shouted, even causing one side of her face to tilt slightly.

Sister Lu felt a pang of sorrow. She slowly released her mother’s hand and wiped her own tears.

Looking at Brother Lu and Fang Yi, she gently asked, “Little brother, sister-in-law, is there anything you need me to help with?”

Fang Yi’s face lit up with a smile, ready to speak, but Brother Lu gave her a warning glance that stopped her.

Seeing this, Sister Lu relaxed a little, thinking she had overthought things.

With their mother in this state, there was no way she and Brother Lu had conspired against her.

At that moment, Miaomiao, her voice trembling from crying, whispered softly, “Aunt, Dad and Mom were worried they wouldn’t have enough money for Mom’s treatment, so they sold the job. But when they came back, the money was stolen by a thief.”

She then burst into loud sobs.

While crying, she continued, “Aunt, my dad isn’t refusing to take care of Grandma on purpose. He said, since our money was gone, Grandma would starve if she stayed with us.”

Sister Lu looked at the ashamed Brother Lu in disbelief. “Miaomiao is telling the truth?”

Brother Lu, tears welling in his eyes, pressed his lips together and said nothing.

Gu Yihan’s eyes glinted with sarcasm as she cautiously leaned toward Lu Huailin’s ear, speaking just for him: “Your big brother’s family’s acting skills have improved quite a bit.”

Lu Huailin squeezed Gu Yihan’s hand and gave her a gentle smile.

As long as it didn’t involve their own family, he would pretend not to see it.

After all, with their mother in this state, some gain and some loss between the three siblings was inevitable.

Sister Lu tenderly pulled Miaomiao into her arms. “Miaomiao, it’s okay, don’t cry. Aunt is here.”

“Sniff… Aunt, are we going to starve?”

“No, Aunt won’t let you go hungry.”

Sister Lu half-squatted, gently patting Miaomiao’s dry hair, looking at her dark-skinned face with two flushed cheeks.

Compared to Little Brother’s Haohao’s plump, fair, smooth cheeks, she felt a hint of resentment toward Father Lu.

The same generation, yet when Miaomiao came home, he didn’t even glance at her, while Haohao got smothered in affection—so worried about them seeing the siblings argue, they whisked Haohao away early.

Thinking of this, Sister Lu stood and looked at Brother Lu with a gentler expression.

“Little brother, I’ll speak to your brother-in-law at home and have him find someone familiar to help you and your wife find a job.”

Brother Lu and Fang Yi both exclaimed happily, “Thank you, Sister!”

Sister Lu nodded gently and glanced at the now-quiet Mother Lu. “As for Mom…”

Fang Yi quickly said with a smile, “Don’t worry, Sister. Once Huaixu and I have jobs and earn money, we’ll make sure someone takes good care of Mom.”

Sister Lu nodded with a smile. “Good, as long as you can take care of Mom properly, the job isn’t an issue.”

Then she turned to Lu Huailin, who had remained silent and serious. “Little brother, we’ll take turns caring for Mom, each family living with her for four months. Do you agree?”

Her gaze then fell on Gu Yihan, who had remained quiet.

Lu Huailin nodded lightly. “Sister, I have no objections.”

Seeing that Gu Yihan showed no sign of displeasure, Sister Lu nodded in satisfaction.

As she turned, Gu Yihan looked up at her and thought: These idiots are rushing to get schemed against.

They really think that just giving them a job means Fang Yi will properly care for Mother Lu? How naive.

With Fang Yi’s temper, when it’s her turn to take care of Mother Lu, there will surely be scolding and hitting.