Rebirth: A Cinderella's Counterattack

Chapter 1744: Chapter 1724:

"Brother Jiayou is firmly standing on Godmother’s side. I don’t know if it’s because Godmother spoke up to protect the name the Eldest Princess left behind," He Wenyu said.

Luo Qianqian naturally curled her lip. "Anyone with half a brain wouldn’t choose to stand with Uncle Lin. You have to know, if they want to save this child now, they still have to rely on me. If my mom’s not happy, then I’m not happy. When the time comes... even if the kid is saved, I won’t let him see!" Luo Qianqian waved her little fists viciously.

He Wenyu rolled her eyes speechlessly. Could your threat maybe have a bit more bite?

"Brother Jiayou isn’t some brainless guy either. Uncle Lin is obviously coming up with a rotten idea here. Even if Brother Jiayou really agreed, really took a concubine, and that concubine actually did get pregnant, how about asking if she’s even willing to help nurse the baby? And even if they found such a person right now and she agreed, by the time ten-some months have passed, Nianan won’t need milk anymore, okay?" He Wenyu couldn’t help explaining for Lin Jiayou. "And I feel like Brother Jiayou is actually really hurt too. These past few days his eyes have been dead and lifeless."

"Brother Jiayou has long known the Eldest Princess wouldn’t accompany him to old age. But this sudden, real separation is truly hard to accept for a while, right? He thought the Eldest Princess just got bored and wanted something new, like with the previous Prince Consorts. He never thought she’d leave this way, did he?" Luo Qianqian also looked slightly saddened.

Honestly, not to mention Lin Jiayou— even they themselves found it a bit hard to accept all at once.

Someone just suddenly being gone like that is something no one can bear, no matter how you think about it. And... she died right in front of Lin Jiayou’s eyes, leaving behind only a child born with some congenital weakness.

Fortunately, they had concealed it ahead of time, letting the child exist in her womb for a few extra months, so it wasn’t born underdeveloped. Otherwise, there really would have been no way to deliver it.

Even if it had been delivered, it might not have survived the journey to Freedom Town. You could call that fate, too— that this child was destined to live.

Nianan...

"You make it sound so light, but if someone you knew was actually split open right in front of you, would you be able to take it? Brother Jiayou watched that child be cut out of her belly!" He Wenyu was still full of sorrow; just thinking about it made her feel unwilling to accept it. Why? Why do the weak have to be slaughtered at will?

The weak should also have the right to live!

An obsession suddenly sprouted in her heart. Their Yellow Class—weren’t they also the weak ones in this academy? If they wanted to survive, they had to carve out a bloody path of their own with their own hands!

Because this was a road no one before them had ever walked!

"So we have to become strong—strike first before the people around us get hurt," Luo Qianqian said calmly. She hadn’t gotten to the point of being used to life and death either. It was just that compared to the Eldest Princess, she wasn’t that close. The Eldest Princess was just someone she knew; their deepest bond was Lin Jiayou.

Of course, if the Eldest Princess had been harmed right in front of her, she would definitely have helped. It was just that this didn’t happen in front of her, and their relationship hadn’t reached the level where she needed to risk herself to avenge her.

It was just that the Southern Li Royal Family... sooner or later, they were bound to clash with them anyway; there was no need to rush this moment.

The Huangfu Brothers weren’t the type to meekly accept being used and discarded either; naturally, they would choose their own way to take revenge.

"Sometimes when I think about it, I feel like we’re still too weak," He Wenyu sighed.

"Why do you say that?"

"Think about it. People from the Four Great Families in the Capital City—just saying their name is enough that no one would dare touch them, right? People would even avoid them by three streets. If our names carried that kind of weight, then even if the Eldest Princess was part of the Royal Family, the Southern Li Emperor would have to think twice, right?" He Wenyu said naturally. "If we were strong enough, the people around us would be protected."

"The taller the tree, the more it catches the wind. It’s better to grow quietly in the shadows so you don’t end up being the tree that gets cut down," Luo Qianqian froze for a moment, then smiled and shook her head, lowering it on her own.

She admitted that being strong would indeed bring shelter to those around her. But at the same time, it would also attract disaster.

In fact, the best way was... to grow together. If everyone became strong enough, then no matter who was targeted, they’d have the power to fight back. And their enemies would have to think things through carefully—whether they could withstand the fury of all the people behind them.

He Wenyu was also kneading the dough, and the two of them fell into a tacit silence.

Once they adjusted the flavor of the filling, Luo Qianqian was assigned by He Wenyu to go wrap dumplings. Though the main job was to teach the others how. After all, if only one person wrapped dumplings, they’d be doing this until who-knows-when...

Long Tu and Di Jun were fine—their dumplings were both pretty and upright, with no risk of the filling leaking out.

Fu Qing’s dumplings were a bit strange, but even if they looked odd, they tasted the same. As long as the filling didn’t spill, it was fine, even if they were a bit wobbly and crooked.

What was unexpected was the old man. Normally speaking, he should have been the most experienced one—after all, he’d lived so many years.

But he just had to be greedy and kept stuffing more filling in. As a result, every single one in the row he’d wrapped ended up leaking without exception.

Luo Qianqian said faintly, "Whoever wrapped it eats it themselves."

The old man’s face immediately filled with grievance. He said nothing, only used his eyes to accuse Luo Qianqian.

Luo Qianqian felt no psychological pressure at all. "I already taught you. Look at everyone else’s and then look at yours. You don’t learn properly and somehow that’s my fault? People say the master leads you to the door, cultivation is up to the individual. I’ve already done my best. The rest is all a matter of talent. Mm, and of course, your own talent is yours to enjoy."

With that, she very calmly went back to wrapping dumplings.

She wouldn’t boast about anything else, but when it came to wrapping dumplings, this was one of the rare tasks she could do absolutely smoothly.

The old man glared, but there was nothing he could do. After wrapping two more, he simply gave up, and when the others weren’t paying attention, he’d occasionally sneak two dumplings from somewhere else onto his own tray.

Fortunately, the one closest to him was Fu Qing, so no one else got dragged down by this. And Fu Qing himself didn’t seem to mind, so Luo Qianqian pretended she hadn’t seen a thing.

Luckily, He Wenyu was fast, otherwise they really wouldn’t have managed to keep up with demand. In the blink of an eye, two basins of filling had been wrapped up.

"I’ll go boil water. Shiliu, put away the ones I wrapped," Luo Qianqian clapped her hands naturally. She hadn’t wrapped those to eat; they were meant to be used as ’gifts’.

"Mm." He Wenyu swiftly packed up Luo Qianqian’s dumplings, then noticed that Long Tu had moved part of his own dumplings over as well. She immediately grinned and collected those too. "Thanks, man."

Long Tu’s expression didn’t change; his face was calm as ever.

Di Jun, on the other hand, looked at his own dumplings with a face full of appreciation. "I feel like mine are works of art, especially compared to those over there." As he spoke, he glanced over at the old man’s side.

The old man puffed up in anger but didn’t say anything. After all, he really wasn’t good at this.

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