After Reborn, I Became the Bigshots' Beloved novel Chapter 398

Chapter 398: 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. freeweɓnovel.cøm

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.

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