Chapter 3: The Extra Little Sister 2
Lu Yuan calmly picked up his chopsticks.
She called him “bro.”
But he was an only child—he had no sister!
That wasn’t the strangest part.
The strangest part was that her face looked extremely familiar.
Lu Yuan was certain he had seen her before.
But he couldn’t remember where.
After taking a few bites, Lu Wenkai, who had been eating in silence, suddenly spoke.
“In a few days, it’ll be the Dragon Boat Festival. Tomorrow I’ll go to the hospital to stay with your mother and celebrate with her. I won’t be home for the next few days. Xiaobing, take care of your brother—he’s an exam candidate.”
The girl was called Xiaobing.
She nodded obediently. “Got it, Dad. Don’t worry—I’ll take good care of big bro!”
Hearing this, Lu Yuan’s heart skipped a beat.
He remembered this.
Before the college entrance exam, his mother had been hospitalized. His father had also stayed with her for a period, just like now.
This hadn’t changed because of his rebirth.
And he clearly knew that if he did nothing, his mother would die half a month later—shortly after the Dragon Boat Festival.
But in truth, there had been a slim chance to save her.
At the time, there had been a cutting-edge cellular immunotherapy that had a high probability of saving her life.
But it required a large sum of money.
Thinking of this, Lu Yuan spoke up:
“How much does Mom’s treatment cost?”
Lu Wenkai glanced at his son.
“You’re an exam candidate. Focus on preparing for the exam. Don’t worry about money.”
“She’s my mom. I need to know,” Lu Yuan insisted firmly. “How much in total?”
Xiaobing, who had been eating quietly, looked up in surprise. She had never seen her brother speak to their father like this before.
Something felt off about him today—he had seemed strange ever since he walked in.
Lu Wenkai hadn’t expected such determination from his son. After a moment of hesitation, he gave a number:
“1.5 million. I’ll figure something out.”
That matched. Lu Yuan remembered it clearly—1.5 million.
To raise this money, his father had sold their current apartment and borrowed from relatives and friends.
But in the end, it still hadn’t been enough.
His parents were just ordinary workers. The earlier treatments had already drained their savings—there was no way to gather that amount anymore.
After dinner,
Xiaobing efficiently cleared the dishes and washed them in the sink. Lu Yuan picked up his schoolbag and returned to his room, only to find it had been divided into two sections.
What had once been a relatively spacious room now felt cramped after losing half its space.
After thinking for a moment, Lu Yuan understood.
Their home was small, with only two bedrooms. One for the parents, one for Lu Yuan. Now, with an extra sister, half of his room had been partitioned off.
If it had been a younger brother, they could have shared a bed. But since she was a girl and already this age, that obviously wasn’t possible.
Lu Yuan tossed his bag aside. He didn’t look at his books or the application form. He lay flat on his bed, hands behind his head, staring at the ceiling while thinking about his mother’s medical expenses.
Back then, as a naive high school student, 1.5 million had been an utterly despair-inducing astronomical figure.
Now, it was still astronomical. Even as someone reborn, it would be extremely difficult to earn that much in just a few days.
But Lu Yuan wasn’t in despair. He was no longer the same boy he once was.
There had to be a way.
He could borrow from classmates, or film videos and post them online to appeal for donations. As long as he could let go of his pride, he could gather at least some money. Even if he couldn’t reach 1.5 million, tens of thousands would still help—back then, his father had only been short by that much.
After making up his mind, Lu Yuan considered another issue: this sister Xiaobing was extremely strange.
He had been an only child—he was certain of that.
But why did she look so familiar? Where had he seen her before?
Could it be that his parents had once had a daughter and given her away?
Impossible—he had never heard them mention it...
Wait!
It was like lightning struck him—Lu Yuan shot up from the bed.
It seemed there really had been a sister!
This went back to his childhood. He once overheard his parents talking about planning to have a second child.
At the time, his mother had already been five months pregnant, but due to policy restrictions, she ultimately went to the hospital for an induced abortion.
And that wasn’t all.
When Lu Yuan was very young, he often had the same dream.
In the dream, a little girl kept crying as she fell endlessly into a bottomless abyss.
She reached out toward him, as if begging him to catch her.
He reached out as well—but all he grasped was emptiness.
As a child, he didn’t understand what it meant and told his mother about it. He remembered she had cried for a long time.
As he grew older, the dream stopped appearing, and he gradually forgot about it.
Now that he thought about it, no wonder Xiaobing seemed so familiar. She looked exactly like the girl from his dreams.
“My god!” Lu Yuan’s body stiffened in shock—he felt he had found the answer.
Because in this world, there was no such policy, so Xiaobing had been born successfully and grown up with him.
She was truly his biological sister!
Fate was truly bizarre.
At that moment, the door to the room was pushed open, and Xiaobing slipped inside.
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