Chapter 13 Young Master Lu: I'm Really Robbing, Not Providing Poverty Relief!
Early morning.
In the back garden of Lu Family Manor, dew shimmered on the neatly manicured lawn.
Lu Shixuan stood before the massive floor-to-ceiling window, looking at that excessively handsome face in the mirror as he fiercely slicked his hair back with gel.
"System, are you sure today's task is just to rob a lollipop?"
System Prompt: Daily Task—Rob a minor of their snack in a public place and display extreme arrogance.
Reward: 3 million in cash, 50 Villain Points.
The corner of Lu Shixuan's mouth curled into an "evil" arc.
Easy.
This kind of kindergarten-level bullying surely won't be interpreted by those over-imaginative sisters as saving the world again, right?
He had even prepared his lines: "Kid, this candy is mine now. If you don't like it, tough luck!"
Lu Shixuan changed into a flashy bright purple silk shirt, collar left open to reveal his exquisite collarbones, and swaggered downstairs.
In the living room, Fourth Sister Lu Shuyao was leaning against the sofa, clutching the script Lu Shixuan had suggested revisions for last night. Her eyes were bloodshot, yet they held an almost manic excitement.
"A Xuan, morning."
Lu Shuyao looked up, her piercing gaze lingering on Lu Shixuan for a moment.
Lu Shixuan gave a cold snort, deliberately tilting his chin high.
"Fourth Sister, stop daydreaming over there. No matter how much you change that rotten script, it's still trash."
After saying that, he walked out the door without looking back.
'Sigh, Fourth Sister's neck problem must be acting up again. I can tell by the way she's rubbing it; the third cervical vertebra on the left is slightly protruding.'
'Later, I'll have the butler move that imported ergonomic chair to her study.'
'I've already thought of the excuse: I'll say I bought the wrong model, found it uncomfortable, and tossed it to her like trash.'
Lu Shuyao's hand holding the pen stiffened slightly.
She watched her brother's arrogant back, a trace of tenderness flitting through her eyes that even she didn't notice.
'This dummy, even when he cares for someone, he has to find such a clumsy excuse...' The private park outside Lu Family Manor.
This was the back garden for the top wealthy elite of the capital, with tight security and fragrant flora.
Lu Shixuan strolled along the park paths with his hands in his pockets.
He was searching for a target.
Finally, on a bench by the fountain square, he spotted a little boy about five or six years old.
The boy was dressed in expensive custom children's clothing, clutching a huge, colorful lollipop that he was about to put into his mouth.
Lu Shixuan's eyes lit up.
'It's you, little tool!'
He strode over, his shadow instantly looming over the little boy huddled on the bench.
"Hey, brat."
Lu Shixuan's voice was cold, carrying an unquestionable dominance.
The little boy looked up, a hint of fear flashing in his eyes as he gripped the lollipop tighter.
"This Young Master has taken a liking to this candy."
Lu Shixuan reached out and roughly snatched the lollipop from the boy's hand.
"You're already this fat and still eating candy? Do you want to get diabetes? This is confiscated. Now get lost!"
The little boy was stunned. His eyes instantly turned red, and his lips trembled as if he were about to cry.
Lu Shixuan was overjoyed.
Ding! Detected that the host is engaging in bullying behavior, Villain Points +10... However, before the system prompt could finish, Lu Shixuan's gaze suddenly swept over the lollipop's wrapper.
His pupils suddenly constricted.
Holy crap!
Something's wrong with this candy!
This kind of colorful lollipop was from the imported 'Rainbow Factory' series, which had been globally recalled last year due to excessive additives.
Specifically, the blue dye inside contained a high concentration of allergenic components.
Looking at the kid's neck, he already had a slight red rash. This was a classic precursor to an allergic reaction!
If he took a single bite, laryngeal edema would set in, and this kid could suffocate to death within three minutes!
Damn it, which family's parents are this careless?
How dare they give a child this kind of killer candy?
Lu Shixuan's hand, which was originally going to throw the candy away, suddenly clenched tight.
He looked at the boy, his tone becoming even more malicious, even carrying a hint of ferocity.
"What are you crying for? Cry again and This Young Master will throw you into the fountain to feed the fish!"
While cursing, he quickly pulled a spray bottle from his pocket—it was an antihistamine medication he specifically carried to prevent his own allergies.
While appearing to humiliate the boy, he used the motion of bending over to spray a mist into the air around him.
"This stench of poverty is really suffocating me! Get far away from me!"
He pushed the little boy hard, using enough force to shove him directly away from the flowerbed filled with pollen.
'Phew, stay away from those tulips, it'll lessen the allergic reaction.'
'I need to find his parents quickly; this kid is already starting to wheeze.'
'System, this round of "robbery + shoving" should give me max Villain Points, right?'
Just then, a light voice tinged with confusion rang out nearby.
"A Xuan? What are you doing?"
Lu Shixuan's whole body stiffened, and he turned his head mechanically.
A young girl wearing a sun hat and a pink tracksuit was standing not far away.
She was extremely sweet-looking, with large eyes that seemed to speak and skin so fair it was nearly translucent.
The Lu Family's Fifth Sister, Lu Sisi.
A national-level top idol, the "First Love Goddess" with over a hundred million fans.
At this moment, she was holding her phone, seemingly livestreaming her morning run.
Lu Shixuan's heart skipped a beat.
I'm screwed!
Fifth Sister is livestreaming?
Doesn't that mean my act of 'robbing a kid's lollipop' was just seen by the whole country?
Perfect!
Now my reputation is completely trashed!
Eldest Sister will definitely kick me out of the house to preserve the Lu family's honor!
Lu Shixuan immediately got into character. He waved the lollipop in his hand and shouted arrogantly at Lu Sisi:
"Oh, Fifth Sister. I'm robbing someone, can't you see?"
"This brat's candy looked pretty sweet, so I snatched it to have a taste. You got a problem?"
Right in front of the livestream camera, he crushed the expensive lollipop into pieces with a snap and tossed it into the trash can.
"Piece of junk. I only snatched it to hear it crunch."
The comments in the livestream room instantly exploded.
"Holy crap, is this that villainous Young Master of the Lu family? He even robs candy from a kid?"
"That's disgusting! How can Goddess Sisi have a brother like this?"
"Why isn't this scumbag dead yet!"
Ye Chen was currently hiding in a toilet at the Lu family villa watching the stream. Seeing this, he was so excited he almost dropped his phone into the toilet.
'Lu Shixuan, you're digging your own grave!'
'Bullying a child in public—let's see how you wash your name clean this time!'
However, Lu Sisi, standing there, did not show an expression of disgust.
She was stunned for a moment, and then a deep sense of shock flashed through her beautiful eyes.
Because she had heard it.
She had heard Lu Shixuan's frantic, burning inner thoughts.
'Fifth Sister, don't just stand there!'
'Look at the kid!'
'His breathing is already wrong!'
'That's allergic asthma!'
'Call an ambulance!'
'Or find his parents!'
'There's a lethal allergen in that candy. My spray just now can only temporarily relieve it; he must be sent to the hospital immediately!'
'Hurry up and scold me!'
'Take the opportunity to turn the camera away so everyone can see the kid's condition, stop staring at my handsome face!'
Lu Sisi's heart felt as if it had been struck hard by something.
'A Xuan... to save this child, he didn't even hesitate to act like a candy-robbing jerk in front of the national audience?'
'He knew he was on a livestream, knew it would ruin his reputation, but he did it anyway.'
'Just because he saw that the child's life was in danger?'
Lu Sisi's eyes instantly turned red.
As a top-tier artist, her acting skills were naturally peak.
She took a deep breath, suppressing the urge to rush over and hug her brother, and spoke to the livestream:
"Everyone, please don't get worked up. A Xuan... he might just be joking."
After saying that, she quickly walked toward the little boy, who was already gasping for air and turning purple.
"Little boy, where does it hurt?"
The boy could no longer speak and only pointed at his neck.
Just then, a woman who looked like a wealthy socialite ran over in a panic.
"Baby! What's wrong? Oh my god, a doctor! Someone call a doctor!"
Lu Sisi calmly gave directions: "Quickly, get him to a hospital. It's allergic asthma. This gentleman just now... 'robbed' his candy because it was poisonous!"
Lu Shixuan stood to the side, watching Fifth Sister skillfully handle the scene, and finally felt a sense of relief.
'Phew, he's saved.'
'Fifth Sister's reaction was pretty fast; she didn't act in those medical dramas for nothing.'
'Alright, task complete. Retreat!'
Lu Shixuan gave a cold snort and put his hands in his pockets, acting as if none of this concerned him.
"Boring. I can't even go for a walk without meeting some scammer. Fifth Sister, have fun. This Young Master is going back to sleep."
He turned and walked away coolly, leaving behind a lonely and arrogant silhouette.
The tide of opinion in the livestream room underwent a bizarre reversal at that moment.
"Wait... did that guy really spray something just now?"
"Look, that's 'Rainbow Factory' candy! It was just on the news; that's a lethal allergen!"
"Holy crap! So Young Master Lu robbed the candy to save his life?"
"He deliberately cursed at the kid to make him leave the flowerbed? I saw that area was full of tulips just now!"
"My god, what kind of saintly villain is this? He'd rather be hated by the whole internet just to save someone?"
"Help, I'm crying. The way he walked away looked so lonely and so cool!"
Lu Sisi looked at the comments and then in the direction Lu Shixuan had left, her lips curling into a doting smile.
"A Xuan, you want to be the bad guy, but I'm going to make you the hero of this world."
She faced the camera, her voice gentle and firm:
"Did you all see that? This is my brother... a dummy who always uses the most vicious words to do the gentlest things."
...Lu family villa.
Lu Shixuan had just walked in when he heard the system prompt.
Ding!
Detected that the host has completed the "Robbing Snacks" task.
Since the host's actions saved a wealthy heir and displayed "extreme tsundere" behavior before billions of viewers.
System Judgment: The host's villainous acting has reached the pinnacle, successfully triggering a wave of "heartache" across the entire internet.
Reward: 3 million in cash.
Reward: God-level Medical Skills (TCM).
Villain Points: -500 (System crashing: host, whose side are you on anyway?)
Lu Shixuan's feet faltered, and he almost tripped at the entrance.
"System, are you freaking trolling me? Why are my Villain Points being deducted?"
He desperately opened his phone and found his name had already rocketed to the top of the Weibo trending list.
The hashtags were: #TheWholeInternetOwesYoungMasterLuAnApology, #RedemptionOfATsundereVillain.
With trembling hands, Lu Shixuan clicked on the comments section.
"Young Master Lu, I'm sorry. I was a bit loud just now. From now on, you're my husband!"
"Waiting online to have my lollipop robbed by Young Master Lu, it's urgent."
"This 'bearing the world's infamy for its own sake' persona... I'm really crying my eyes out!"
Lu Shixuan slammed his phone onto the sofa.
"I can't live like this!"
Just then, Second Sister Lu Zhirou walked down the stairs, holding a brand-new set of silver needles.
She looked at Lu Shixuan with a light in her eyes that bordered on fervor.
"A Xuan, I heard you identified an allergen at a single glance?"
"Come, follow me to my room. Let's have a good discussion about... human anatomy."
Lu Shixuan looked at the silver needles shimmering with a cold light in his Second Sister's hand and swallowed hard.
"Second Sister, let me explain. I really just wanted to rob some candy..."
"I understand." Lu Zhirou gently took his hand. "Sister understands everything."
Lu Shixuan: 'You understand jack squat!'