After Reborn, I Became the Bigshots' Beloved novel Chapter 378

Chapter 378: Chapter 378: Send Shengsheng to Beijing, Return to the Shi Family

When Shi Erya said those words, everyone present underwent a visible change in expression, even Lu Sheng holding their breath for a moment.

Li Muchen’s expression tightened, and he instinctively placed his hand on Lu Sheng’s shoulder.

The warmth of his palm transmitted through the thin, soft fabric of her nightdress with a kind of concern that made Lu Sheng involuntarily take a deep breath.

Shi Erya had uttered only a few short sentences, but the amount of information contained within was overwhelming.

The television interview had been half a month ago, which meant Shi Erya had seen her by chance on television at that time.

Shi Erya thought she resembled her elder sister who had been estranged for years. This led her to investigate further, uncover Du Ran’s information, and eventually come to Jiang City.

Shi Erya revealed that Du Ran’s real name was Shi Xinlan.

That meant that the protagonist’s mother was actually the eldest daughter of the Shi family—the daughter of Old Mr. Shi Mingxiu, who was highly reputed in Beijing’s business world but now retired.

In other words, the protagonist was also part of the Shi family. She was Old Mr. Shi Mingxiu’s biological granddaughter, and Shi Erya in front of her was indeed her aunt.

Meanwhile, Du Ran had severed ties with the family for so many years, changed her name, and taken the protagonist to live in the countryside.

Even when they were so destitute that they had to apply for poverty aid and couldn’t afford her own medical treatment—

Du Ran chose to forsake treatment rather than return to the family for help, and it wasn’t because she couldn’t forgive Shi Mingxiu for his infidelity.

It was because, years ago, in a heated dispute fueled by her stubbornness, she pushed the sister-in-law who had cared deeply for her, resulting in the latter being run over by a car and killed on the spot.

This undoubtedly left Du Ran with a lifelong burden of guilt and anguish she could never escape.

She chose to live such a harsh life in the countryside, endured immense suffering as her illness progressed, and eventually died in agony.

It was likely an attempt to punish herself, to atone for the sin of that fateful impulsive push.

Almost instantly, Lu Sheng connected all the dots.

Why had the protagonist lived in such impoverished conditions with her mother all those years, yet her grandmother could be friends with a prominent figure like Old Mr. Fu and arrange for an engagement between their grandchildren? Why had the renowned Master of Traditional Medicine Feng Guolin personally visited Du Ran in the countryside and taken the protagonist in as his disciple?

Why in the protagonist’s memories had the mother always avoided mentioning her family’s past? When the topic was brought up under her persistent questioning, her mother’s expression had not displayed anger, but sorrow.

Why did Du Ran prepare two sets of joss paper for burning every New Year’s Eve? Lu Sheng had assumed it was for her maternal grandfather, thinking he had passed away and Du Ran was commemorating her parents. But in fact, it wasn’t for her father and mother; it was for her mother and sister-in-law.

At the same time, the memories of her two encounters with Shi Suyu resurfaced in Lu Sheng’s mind.

Lu Sheng finally understood why she had felt a sense of familiarity the first time she met Shi Suyu.

It turned out it wasn’t an illusion—Shi Suyu truly bore a resemblance to Du Ran. After all, Du Ran was Shi Suyu’s aunt, and they shared a blood connection.

Putting it this way... Shi Suyu was actually her cousin.

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