[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-after-reborn-i-became-the-bigshots-beloved":3,"chapter-after-reborn-i-became-the-bigshots-beloved-after-reborn-i-became-the-bigshots-beloved-chapter-154":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","After Reborn, I Became the Bigshots’ Beloved",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1893347,2517,"Chapter 154 - 154 154 The Scent of Conspiracy","after-reborn-i-became-the-bigshots-beloved-chapter-154",154,"\u003Cp>Chapter 154: Chapter 154 The Scent of Conspiracy Chapter 154: Chapter 154 The Scent of Conspiracy After Lu Qianrou was taken away, the vast Lu Family mansion fell into silence for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Sheng couldn’t help but relax.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After her rebirth, she had allowed Lu Qianrou to jump around for so long; today was finally the day to settle both new and old scores and make her pay for her actions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Shengsheng… I’m sorry,” Lu Jingyan took a deep breath, his expression filled with guilt as he looked at Lu Sheng, “Big brother once promised to protect you, yet you still suffered so many grievances.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Big brother has to manage the company’s affairs and also take care of the family, it must be very hard,” Lu Sheng earnestly said, “and those grievances aren’t really significant.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing his sister so clever and understanding, Lu Jingyan couldn’t help but show a relieved expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was already late at night, and everyone was exhausted from the events of the evening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Sheng’s room was given to Lu Youming to sleep in, Lu Jingyan’s room to Lu Ziye, and Lu Siyan’s room was also left in shambles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With no choice, Lu Sheng and her eldest brother and second brother each found a guest room to settle for the night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After freshening up and lying on the bed, Lu Sheng finally had time to check her phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lan Yu and Han Jing had sent many messages, asking if everything was okay on her side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Lu Sheng was replying to the messages, she suddenly thought of Yao Xuantong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Qianrou had invited Yao Xuantong over tonight, likely so Yao Xuantong could witness firsthand the sight of her third brother having an episode and rushing to kill her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the news of her third brother having a mental health crisis and brandishing a knife at home is made public, his career in the entertainment industry would surely be ruined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the slightest possibility of this couldn’t be allowed. Thus, Lu Sheng contacted Huo Yu, asking if he could track down Yao Xuantong’s phone number.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huo Yu was used to staying up late and immediately began to help her find the information after seeing her message.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half an hour later, Yao Xuantong was lying on the sofa looking at her phone when she suddenly received a few text messages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Miss Yao, I am Lu Sheng.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[I apologize for the poor treatment at tonight’s gathering, especially when I and my third brother argued, and for making such a mess in the room, making you a laughingstock.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[If Miss Yao visits our home again, we the Lu Family will definitely treat you well.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yao Xuantong stared at these messages blankly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—An argument?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which family’s argument results in broken window glass, a pillow stabbed through with a knife, a wardrobe completely toppled over and knocking someone out?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, Lu Ziye’s room door was kicked down, and there were even traces of blood on the door panel from his fists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This all seemed far from normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying it was an argument—who would believe that? There definitely must be some secret about Lu Ziye that others don’t know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yao Xuantong pursed her lips, planning to ignore Lu Sheng’s messages and continue having a familiar paparazzo dig into Lu Ziye’s affairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She suddenly realized how Lu Sheng got her phone number—could it have been given by Lu Qianrou?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before she could ponder further, Lu Sheng sent a few more messages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Miss Yao, I was able to find your phone number in fifteen minutes, and it wouldn’t be difficult to find your address, personal information, and scandals.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[If you don’t want your phone number and address leaked, or scandals to fill the sky, you’d better not inquire about anything concerning my third brother, or spread any rumors.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[By ‘scandals’, I mean this kind. (Photo sent)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the photo sent by Lu Sheng, Yao Xuantong’s eyes widened in shock, almost dropping her phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was actually her bed photograph from when she dated a gangster in high school!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had meticulously deleted those photos at the start of her career. How had Lu Sheng gotten hold of this photo?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a blatant threat, further implying that Lu Ziye truly had some secrets that couldn’t be revealed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, Yao Xuantong truly dared not pry any further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If this bed photo were exposed online, and her fans and netizens knew she had a relationship with a gangster and slept with him while she was underage, her pure image would completely crumble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After sending the photo to Yao Xuantong, Lu Sheng didn’t bother with her anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a person like Yao Xuantong, seeing such a photo in her hands was more effective than a hundred threats.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Muchen hadn’t sent any messages yet, and his phone was off, probably still on the plane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Sheng turned off her phone and cocooned herself within the blankets, feeling for the first time that human sentiment of missing someone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Missing Li Muchen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Missing how he would envelop her entirely in his arms in bed, missing the faint pleasant scent on him, missing how he patted her back and whispered like coaxing a child, and couldn’t help but leave lingering, affectionate kisses on her neck and earlobes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Always falling asleep in his arms, being alone now felt a bit unusual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She also wondered about the state of his grandmother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An elderly woman with Alzheimer’s disease, who had mysteriously disappeared from a nursing home—where could she have gone?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, just a few hours earlier, inside a top-tier villa on the outskirts of Jiang City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A man in his thirties leaned on a large desk, his visage still holding traces of his youthful looks but emanating a gloomy aura, his eyes swirling with cunning and scheming light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He composed two text messages, sending them to another person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Miss Fu, my dear nephew went to Suli overnight, and won’t be returning anytime soon.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Regarding our transaction, let’s find a time tomorrow to have a good chat—]\u003C\u002Fp>",1004,"2026-06-10T07:21:13.250Z",1,"novelbin.me","a20a3a38ac6f7b0efcc0429ba4269381f6cdf638009f1b3db746ee0dd8184d22","after-reborn-i-became-the-bigshots-beloved-chapter-155","after-reborn-i-became-the-bigshots-beloved-chapter-153",511,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fafter-reborn-i-became-the-bigshots-beloved-cover.jpg"]