After Reborn, I Became the Bigshots' Beloved-Chapter 398: ...Brother?

"—Chenchen!"

Even if he thought he was hallucinating.

When he saw the scene inside the room, Shi Muchuan still reflexively shouted loudly, taking a big stride into the house.

The midnight atmosphere of the old mansion was quiet to begin with, and Shi Luochen was deeply immersed in his own world, completely unaware of the external situation.

The sharp fruit knife, originally held by a child with both hands raised high, hung above the position of a young girl’s heart.

But Shi Muchuan’s sudden yell startled Shi Luochen. His hand loosened, and the knife directly fell mid-air—

The knife tip grazed the girl’s neck first, then dropped with a clatter, rolling onto the ground.

!

Watching the knife fall from mid-air and scrape the girl’s neck, Shi Muchuan was almost terrified to the point of a cardiac arrest.

The slight drunkenness he felt earlier shattered in an instant.

Without time to think, he instinctively rushed to the bedside, shaking Lu Sheng and calling her name, "Lu Sheng, Lu Sheng! Wake up!"

Shi Muchuan tried to wake the girl sleeping on the bed, only to find that she appeared to be in a deep slumber.

No matter how loudly he had yelled earlier, or now as he called her name repeatedly, the girl remained entirely unresponsive.

... This state was far too abnormal.

It didn’t resemble regular sleep but seemed like unconsciousness or the effect of sleeping pills.

Shi Muchuan, a widely celebrated gold-medal lawyer known in legal circles for his composure and calm demeanor under pressure, was utterly panicked at this moment.

Returning home in the dead of night only to witness his ten-year-old younger brother holding a knife intending to kill his newly returned sister, who was now lying unconscious — anyone would be shocked beyond words.

Shi Muchuan didn’t bother to question the dazed Shi Luochen, standing dumbfounded beside the bed, about what was going on.

He directly lifted the unconscious girl from the bed, holding her in his arms, checking her breathing first.

—Thankfully, she was still breathing.

Shi Muchuan let out a breath of relief.

However, the sharpness of the fruit knife was excessive. When the knife fell earlier, it left a streak across the girl’s snowy, delicate neck.

Blood had already seeped out from the wound — enough to make one’s heart race.

Shi Muchuan quickly grabbed a tissue from the bedside table dispenser and pressed it against the girl’s neck. Holding her close, he called out repeatedly, "Lu Sheng, Lu Sheng, wake up! Can you hear me?"

Seeing that Lu Sheng still showed no reaction in this critical situation, Shi Muchuan gritted his teeth.

At the very least, he had to wake her up first.

Taking a deep breath, he seized the girl’s hand and harshly pinched the back of it, her soft, fair skin reddening.

The prolonged, sharp pain.

After about ten agonizing seconds of pinching, the girl’s eyelids finally twitched slightly and slowly opened with a hint of confusion. Her eyes met Shi Muchuan’s — still holding her tightly in his arms, visibly agitated.

Waking up in a daze, Lu Sheng didn’t know what had happened. Her foggy mind automatically retrieved the relational term.

She instinctively murmured, "...Brother?"

Shi Muchuan had been relieved when he saw that Lu Sheng had finally woken up, his tense nerves relaxing somewhat. But the way she gazed at him with innocent confusion and called him "brother" made his heart jolt.

That term carried an inexplicable sense of trust and reliance.

Shi Muchuan had witnessed firsthand Lu Sheng’s commanding presence in the room earlier during the day.

Yet, at this moment, the girl in his arms seemed lost, vulnerable, and the way she uttered "brother" softened every fiber of Shi Muchuan’s being.

"I’m here," Shi Muchuan took a deep breath and noticed how red he’d pinched the back of her hand, feeling a pang of guilt. His tone eased, "...Don’t worry, everything will be okay."

Everything will be okay?

As her mind slowly cleared, Lu Sheng instinctively glanced at Shi Luochen beside them.

...Chenchen?

Why would Chenchen show up in her room in the middle of the night? Why was Shi Muchuan here as well?

Her eyes dropped further, catching sight of the knife near Shi Luochen’s feet, her pupils shrinking in alarm.

Where had the knife come from? — The pain emanating from her neck reminded her that something had happened while she was unconscious.

Seeing Lu Sheng fully alert now, Shi Muchuan took a deep breath and stood up from the bedside, releasing her.

...

This night’s events were hardly trivial.

Earlier, if he hadn’t arrived in time, the knife in Chenchen’s hands might have plunged into the girl’s heart.

Lu Sheng might have been fatally stabbed in her sleep.

The suspicious points were numerous.

Why was Lu Sheng unconscious and unresponsive? Why had Chenchen come to her room to kill her in the middle of the night? Where had the knife in Chenchen’s hands come from, and who had taught him to do such a thing?

Shi Luochen was his younger brother.

Shi Muchuan was certain that Chenchen, who had a cognitive disability and the mental age of a three-year-old child, could never have done something so horrifying on his own.

If someone had instructed him, what was their goal?

Did they want to use Chenchen’s hand to kill Lu Sheng, who had just arrived home today? Who could this person be?

Shi Muchuan clenched his fist and walked to one of the room’s walls, raising his hand to press a red button above the wall light switch.

Initially, Lu Sheng didn’t know what Shi Muchuan planned to do.

But the moment he pressed the button, the room was filled with the simultaneous blare of a fire alarm.

Woo—Woo—Woo—

The piercing sound echoed through the entire Shi Family mansion, and the hallway lights flickered on.

"Mr. Shi...?"

Lu Sheng couldn’t make sense of Shi Muchuan’s actions.

Shi Luochen, already frightened by Shi Muchuan earlier, was now trembling and crouched down, hugging his arms tightly as the alarm rang sharply. His wide eyes brimming with tears, he looked utterly terrified.

Despite the stinging pain from the wound on her neck, Lu Sheng still crouched beside Shi Luochen to comfort him, "Chenchen, don’t be scared. It’s just the alarm, it’ll stop in a moment."

Shi Muchuan overheard Lu Sheng’s words.

Turning his head, he saw the girl patting his younger brother’s back in an effort to soothe him, and he paused in surprise.

...Did she realize that Chenchen had just tried to stab her with a knife?

Even though her neck was still bleeding, her concern was centered on the child’s condition?

Soon, Lu Sheng understood what Shi Muchuan was up to.

The alarm from her room continued to sound sharply, waking everyone else in the house.

Uncertain of the situation, everyone hurried over, following the sound of the alarm.

Besides the housekeeper and servants, the first to arrive was Shi Erya, followed by the rushing Shi Chengyun and Lin Fangling, and then Shi Yuwei.

Finally, even Shi Mingxiu, not sure what was happening, was helped over by the servants.

"What’s going on here..."

"Muchuan? Chenchen? Why are you here?"

"My God, Shengsheng, your neck—what happened?!"

Everyone gathered in the room, collectively stunned by the sight before them.

Shi Muchuan and Chenchen somehow found themselves in Lu Sheng’s room in the dead of night. Upon closer inspection, the knife on the floor, the blood-stained tissue, the gash on Lu Sheng’s neck — each detail was more alarming than the last.

Lin Fangling stepped forward, initially wide-eyed in shock, then quickly masked her expression with one of panic, letting out an urgent cry, "Chenchen!"

Shi Muchuan observed the reactions of everyone present, his gaze sweeping across each of them, before drawing in a deep breath.

"I pressed the fire alarm," Shi Muchuan began recounting the incident. "Ten minutes ago, I was passing by Lu Sheng’s room and happened to see Chenchen holding a fruit knife, standing by her bedside, ready to stab the knife into Lu Sheng’s chest."freeweɓnovel.cøm