Cyber Era Witch
Chapter 1021 - 807: Arranging for Lu Sizhou

Chapter 1021: Chapter 807: Arranging for Lu Sizhou

Lu Sizhou leaned against the wall of the cave, holding the canned peaches Xu Yang had handed her, and opened it.

"You really know how to do things yourself, huh? I thought you’d need someone to open the can for you," Xu Yang said.

"I can kill people too." Lu Sizhou sneered and turned her back to eat the peaches, as if she didn’t want Xu Yang to see her eat.

"Don’t try anything sneaky, turn around," Xu Yang demanded.

Lu Sizhou reluctantly turned slightly, tilted her neck, and poured the juice and fruit from the can into her mouth. In a flash, she extended her tongue to lick away the residue at the corners of her mouth, her movements swift.

"I didn’t try anything sneaky. You want to know how to get the deranged Lu Jing back to normal, right? Easy. Liu Tianshi has Lu Jing’s memory archive. All Lu Jing has to do is read through it. Don’t forget how invaluable the Digital Mind is." Lu Sizhou placed the empty can on the ground and raised her hand to point at Liu Tianshi, meditating in the distance.

"So it’s like uploading and downloading memory files?" Xu Yang frowned. "The authenticity and safety of the files can’t be guaranteed."

"Give me some more food, and I’ll let you oversee Lu Jing’s memory reconstruction process," Lu Sizhou said slyly.

"Don’t overthink it. Whether Lu Jing manages to get out alive is still uncertain. What I care more about is why you’re so fixated on targeting Lu Jing." Xu Yang handed a bag of beef jerky to Lu Sizhou.

"Targeting Lu Jing? I’m saving her. I’ve saved her countless times," Lu Sizhou sneered.

"The records I have show that Lu Jing’s background is very simple. She was given preferential training due to her ’Anti-Magic Power’ talent and eventually became your Green-clothed maid. She even had a four-year stint in the Northern Archipelago," Xu Yang checked the database.

"Exactly. All to protect her." Lu Sizhou laughed, "After all, Lu Shibo originally wanted to kill Lu Jing."

Lu Sizhou opened the bag of beef jerky and slowly savored it, occasionally glancing at Xu Yang’s expression.

Xu Yang let out a sigh.

He stood in the middle of the Waterfall Cave, one side leading to the Vermilion Purple High Platform where the electronic ascetics meditated, and the other to the endless Weak Water Waterfall. Young Lu Jing was still toiling away at the bottom of the Weak Water. Thinking of this, he couldn’t help but press Lu Sizhou for more intel.

Lu Jing... a child full of justice, who once piloted a Shuttle Machine and ambushed Mireya and her team from behind, making great contributions during the battle at Suzuki Springs.

It felt like ages ago. Xu Yang reminisced about those events, as if pulling out a dusty scroll from his memories.

"Tell me everything, step by step. Please," Xu Yang earnestly asked Lu Sizhou.

Lu Jing’s... past!

Lu Sizhou straightened herself, her legs tucked together, feet pressed to one side. Her posture was so adorably poised that it was hard to imagine this alluring woman hid a heart like a snake’s fang.

"About twenty years ago, my father was already rising through the ranks within the company. Back then, his boss, the financial director of the branch, really valued Lu Shibo and promoted him multiple times. They worked on many earth-shattering projects together. That director had a humorous personality, optimistic and cheerful—incredibly unlike the typical corporate type. At the dinner table, he often exaggeratedly praised my father, saying he had vision, almost like a time traveler, or having a time traveler guiding him. You know, Lu Shibo used the Dragon Gate Mansion to profit for himself, and at the time, his greatest fear was anyone discovering the truth. The director’s loose tongue almost got Lu Shibo killed. So not long after, when Lu Shibo’s rank climbed even higher, he had the financial director killed." Lu Sizhou recounted as if speaking about someone unrelated to her, her tone eerily casual.

"...How did he kill him?" Xu Yang frowned.

"It’s simple. The director was fond of joking around, right? Lu Shibo paid off one of his company subordinates to equip him with a metal black hand. On that day, the director was as jovial as usual, laughing and joking with everyone. Then this subordinate pretended to lose his temper, acted as if he couldn’t hold back, and started a scuffle, throwing the director onto the ground, punching and kicking him. That prosthetic limb? One punch could shatter a table—imagine what it could do to a human body. They said there was blood everywhere. By the time the paramedics arrived, it was too late. The company man who attacked the director jumped off a building afterward, leaving no loose ends. That’s the kind of trick Lu Shibo played back then. Now, he’s even more frightening. That’s why I’ll never care for him. If I were the chairman, I’d do it much... cleaner. But Lu Shibo, he’ll always be like that." Lu Sizhou smirked.

"That director didn’t deserve to die. What does he have to do with Lu Jing?" Xu Yang pressed further.

"He’s Lu Jing’s father. His name was Lu Kanyan." Lu Sizhou couldn’t suppress her laughter. "Lu Jing... Lu Jing thinks she’s an orphan, believes she was born without parents... Hahaha... She... She’ll never know what Lu Shibo did. Back at the company, she even respectfully greeted Lu Shibo."

Lu Sizhou laughed so hard, tears nearly streamed down her face.

"And Lu Jing’s mother... Lu Kanyan’s wife?" Xu Yang frowned, continuing to question.

"Don’t expect any kindness here. Lu Jing’s mom... forgot her name. Anyway, she was desperate to find little Lu, to take her away. Lu Shibo threatened other departments using the Witch Management Ordinance to hide Lu Jing. Her mom just kept filing petitions, over and over, stopped going to work, lost her home. Lu Shibo sent an assassin to finish her off—a single bullet to the head, much quicker and less painful than dealing with Lu Kanyan." Lu Sizhou’s tone was as light as if she were commenting on the weather.

"So... Lu Jing’s been serving her sworn enemy, Lu Shibo, all along... acting as a maid to her family’s murderer’s daughter?" Xu Yang seethed with anger.