Volume 1, Chapter 45: She Moves Out, Cutting All Ties with the Lu Family

After flipping the dining table over, Lu Ning casually wiped her hands.

Seeing Lu Ning's completely uncharacteristic behavior, Lu Liu asked, "Lu Ning, have you lost your mind?"

Lu Ning had never done anything like this before; she had even once used a lighter to burn Qin Xiang's belongings!

This didn't look like Lu Ning at all!

Lu Ning kicked the chair beside her, her voice soft yet laced with a hint of impatience: "You guys are too loud. If you don't want to eat, then nobody eats!"

She didn't have an ounce of patience left right now.

Nor did she want to watch Qin's white lotus act here anymore—it was sickening!

Qin Xiang immediately burst into tears: "Wuu wuu wuu, it's all my fault, it's all my fault, wuu wuu wuu, I'm the real sinner!"

"Xiangxiang, you're just too kind. If anyone's leaving, it should be her!"

Lu Ning agreed instantly: "Fine, I'll leave!"

Since her goal was achieved, she had no desire to stay here and waste time.

Lu Nanfeng immediately explained: "No, Ningning, you can't leave. This is your home, where else could you go?"

"Second Brother, just cancel her credit cards. Let's see how long she can last out there!"

Lu Ning's gaze was extremely calm, not taking those words to heart at all: "Whatever!"

She would never forget the scene from her past life when her credit cards were canceled, and she was reduced to wandering the streets, nearly begging for food!

A person still had to rely on themselves to make money!

Lu Ning returned to her room and took only a backpack, packing a few clothes and her ID documents, taking nothing else.

Lu Nanfeng panicked a little: "Ningning, won't you listen to your sixth brother's nonsense? Didn't you say before that you would come back after the exams?"

Lu Ning's gaze was calm and tranquil: "Yes, I did say that."

If she hadn't said it, given the personalities of her second and sixth brothers, there was no telling what else they might have done to interfere with her exams.

Now that the exams were over, nothing could affect her anymore.

So why should she continue to endure this grievance?

"Ningning, we are family, thick as blood after all. Even if there are conflicts, they aren't major issues, right? Second Brother knows you were wronged in the past, but I really will make it up to you in the future."

Lu Nanfeng had barely slept all of last night, yet he hadn't dared to come looking for Lu Ning.

Once certain thoughts became clear, those past memories were like knives, keeping him awake all night.

From the very moment Qin Xiang stepped into the Lu family, Lu Ning had been suffering grievances!

For all these years, Lu Nanfeng hadn't even dared to think about it too closely!

The more he thought about it, the more panicked he became.

Lu Ning suddenly smiled, her tone calm: "Second Brother, don't say that. I plan to take a part-time job after the college entrance examination to learn to live independently. Let Qin Xiang have my room; after all, her father saved my life, so treating her better is only right."

Lu Liu walked over: "Hmph, you should have done this long ago."

It seemed Lu Ning was still afraid of him cutting ties with her!

Lu Ning continued: "Now that the exams are over, Qin Xiang should also return to team training. She is a member of the Lu family's esports team after all, and we shouldn't exclude her just because she plays poorly. That would be too unfair to her."

Lu Liu's expression could barely be maintained: "O-Of course, I'll arrange it naturally."

Lu Ning nodded: "That's good. I'll be leaving now, I'll contact you if anything comes up later."

Lu Ning went downstairs without looking back.

Lu Liu suddenly panicked a little: "Second Brother, did you really let her go?"

Lu Nanfeng gave a bitter smile: "What else? Weren't you the one who told her to leave just now? Weren't you the one who said you wanted to cut ties with Ningning?"

"I—I was just saying that out of anger!"

"Old Liu, the hurtful things you said won't simply be wiped clean just like that."

The damage caused would always exist.

Lu Nanfeng wore a helpless expression; looking at Lu Liu now, he felt as though he were looking at his past self.

Seeing that Lu Nanfeng's expression was off, Qin Xiang quickly said, "Second Brother, I'll move out. Then you can persuade Ningning to come back."

Lu Nanfeng shook his head: "No need, you stay here for now."

Lu Ning's matter couldn't be resolved simply by Qin Xiang moving out.

"Second Brother, I've already decided. Thank you for taking care of me all these years."

Qin Xiang turned around to pack her things.

Clearly, Lu Nanfeng's attitude had changed too quickly; if she didn't do something, she would definitely be suspected by him.

Lu Liu grew anxious: "Second Brother, Xiangxiang already lacks a sense of security in our house. With Lu Ning making such a fuss, she's practically forcing Xiangxiang to leave. Don't you understand? Xiangxiang hasn't done anything wrong."

"But Ningning has suffered a lot of grievances all these years too."

"But Xiangxiang's father saved her life! So what if Lu Ning suffered a few grievances? A person has to know how to show gratitude!"

Hearing these words, Lu Nanfeng suddenly clutched his chest, gasping for breath from anger.

Everything went dark before his eyes, and he collapsed, fainting on the spot.

Lu Nanfeng kept calling out Lu Ning's name in his heart—he had failed his younger sister!

He was the one who was wrong!

Wrong to an outrageous degree!

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Lu Ning left the Lu family estate and took a taxi to her apartment.

She had finally left the Lu family.

She arrived outside Ji Chiqian's door and was just about to knock when the door suddenly swung open.

"Little Lemon, congratulations!"

Gu Zifeng held a party popper, and Lu Ning was instantly covered in tiny confetti flakes.

Lu Ning was somewhat surprised.

Ji Chiqian stood not far away, leaning against the dining table, with a small cake placed beside him.

Lu Ning asked in bewilderment, "Is someone having a birthday today?"

Gu Zifeng stood in place: "Since you left the Lu family today, isn't this the first day of your rebirth? We bought a cake to celebrate!"

Ever since he learned what kind of life Lu Ning had endured in the Lu family, he had grown sympathetic toward her.

Since he was helping her to the end, he might as well escort her all the way!

Lu Ning's eyes grew warm: "Thank you."

"What are you thanking me for? We're friends, don't be so formal. Hurry up and eat, blow out the candles and make a wish."

Lu Ning felt her wish was: Never to have any entanglement with the Lu family again in this lifetime, and to live for herself from now on!

After finishing the meal, Ji Chiqian asked calmly, "What do you want to do now?"

No matter what she wanted to do, he would make it happen for her.

Lu Ning pondered for a moment: "I'll start live-streaming to make money."

Since she had left the Lu family, from now on she would have to earn her own living.

Gu Zifeng chimed in: "Coincidentally, the gaming platform is holding a Hall of Fame ranking tournament event, which seems to start tonight. Little Lemon, you can live-stream this tournament."

Lu Ning remembered this Hall of Fame event.

In her past life, her ranking had been very high, but her account was handed over to the sixth brother for Qin Xiang to use during her stream.

Therefore, all the honor from the final ranking went to Qin Xiang.

No one knew how much hard work she had put in behind the scenes just to reach the top ten position.

This time, she wouldn't be handing these achievements over to Qin Xiang.

Ji Chiqian looked at her: "Which platform do you plan to stream on?"

Gu Zifeng suggested: "Why not stream on Douxia Live? It's a formal, large company you can rely on, and they offer great treatment for newcomers."

The most important part: the live-streaming platform was a subsidiary of the Ji family.

Ji Chiqian glanced at Gu Zifeng with a warning in his eyes.

"Sure, whichever platform makes money, that's where I'll go."

Lu Ning had heard of Douxia Live; it was an enterprise belonging to the Ji family of Beicheng.

Her sixth brother also ran a streaming platform called Qingguo Live, but compared to the Ji family's Douxia, there was still quite a gap.

After winning the finals in her past life, Qingguo Live had also skyrocketed to fame and successfully gone public.

Without her in this lifetime, her sixth brother's streaming company would probably go bankrupt.

In the end, Lu Ning registered an account on Douxia Live: [Lemon is Sweet].

Lu Ning started her stream without showing her face; the camera was aimed only at her keyboard and hands.

With the experience from her past life, she navigated the game instances with ease and began accumulating points.

Outside the study.

Gu Zifeng glanced at Ji Chiqian: "Aren't you going to help her farm some points?"

"No need. She'll make the top-one-hundred preliminary list tonight."

"You're that confident in her? I'll go gift Little Lemon some virtual items later, remember to reimburse me!"

Gu Zifeng opened Lu Ning's live stream. There weren't many people watching, but there was one anti-fan.

[Good grief, is she using cheats? Farming points this fast!]

[If this person isn't using hacks, I'll live-stream eating crap!]

[I bet she'll definitely lose when she starts the PK promotion matches!]

Lu Ning naturally saw the anti-fan's doubts.

Because everyone suspected her of using hacks, quite a few people had gathered to watch.

In her very first PK match, she eliminated her opponent with a single move!

The streaming room instantly boiled over!