The Real Daughter Was Cheated by General Lu

Shi Han is the biological daughter of the wealthy Shi family, abducted by traffickers at age five and rescued only to be subjected to cruel human experiments at a private research facility. Known as the Superbrain Experiment, she survived craniotomies and injections that left her with extraordinary intelligence but also caused random memory loss and confusion. After her grandmother, who raised her in poverty, passed away, Shi Han returned to the Shi family at fifteen. However, she found no warmth; her mother, Bai Wanjun, had spent two years loving her adopted daughter, Shi Yin, as compensation for losing Shi Han. The family treated Shi Han as an outsider, giving her hand-me-downs, ignoring her achievements, and publicly introducing her as merely an adopted child. The breaking point came during a car accident where both sisters were injured. Despite Shi Han’s more severe condition, Bai Wanjun chose to save Shi Yin, leaving Shi Han to lie in a hospital bed, bleeding and abandoned, waiting for death. Two years later, Shi Han returns to the family home, cold and detached, having severed her emotional ties. She reveals she did not take the college entrance exam but has secured admission to Imperial University through her own means, shocking her family who expected her to beg for help.

Upon her return, Shi Han faces immediate hostility. Her father, Shi Zheng, is angry at her defiance, while her mother accuses her of having a bad attitude. Shi Yin plays the victim, claiming Shi Han pushed her into the car accident two years prior, though Shi Han knows the truth: Shi Yin begged to race and caused the crash. When the family pressures Shi Han to apologize to Shi Yin, she refuses, exposing the lie and leaving Shi Yin panicked. The tension escalates when Bai Wanjun demands Shi Han give up a dress she likes to Shi Yin, leading Shi Han to tear the dress and declare she wants neither the family nor their affection. She plans to leave immediately but needs the household registration booklet to transfer her residency. Her father refuses and kicks her out, but the family patriarch, Shi Bei, arrives. Unlike the rest of the family, Shi Bei dotes on Shi Han, scolding his son and daughter-in-law for their cruelty and showing genuine concern for Shi Han’s well-being. This confuses Shi Han, as she has no memory of him, suggesting her memory loss may be linked to those she cared for most.

Parallel to the family drama, Shi Han’s life intersects with Lu Yan, the head of the powerful Lu family. Their first meeting occurs at an airport where Lu Yan, disguised as a student, bumps into her. Later, Shi Han encounters Lu Yan again at a real estate office, where he is working as a humble salesman to pay for his grandmother’s medical bills. A wealthy woman is harassing him, offering him money for companionship in exchange for business favors. Shi Han, finding him attractive and sympathetic, buys a ten-million-yuan villa from him and intervenes when the woman threatens his job. She offers him a bank card with a million yuan, proposing a companionship arrangement, but Lu Yan refuses, citing his dignity. Despite this, he is intrigued by her. Unbeknownst to Shi Han, Lu Yan recognizes her from their past; she was the only person who showed him kindness during his childhood, a memory he has cherished for years. He watches her leave, determined to win her back now that he has the status and power to stand beside her.

Shi Han continues to navigate her dual life. By day, she is a student preparing for university; by night, she operates as a hacker known as "Bandit," selling her software creations for millions. She discovers that people from the experimental facility are still monitoring her, prompting her to stay close to the Shi family to investigate while maintaining her distance. Her relationship with her family remains strained. Bai Wanjun attempts to reconcile, offering clothes and pleading for peace, but Shi Han remains unmoved. She confronts Shi Yin again, revealing she knows about the broken violin and calling her a "rat hiding in the shadows." Shi Yin, terrified of being exposed, doubles down on her victimhood. Meanwhile, Lu Yan uses his influence to ensure Shi Han’s life is comfortable, processing her property deeds and keeping watch from afar. The story sets the stage for Shi Han to reclaim her independence, uncover the truth about her past experiments, and navigate a complicated romance with Lu Yan, all while remaining indifferent to the manipulative games of the Shi family.