Rebirth: A Cinderella's Counterattack

Lin Jiayou and Elvis both had puzzled expressions, Almond crisp? How had they not noticed? Wasn’t Luo Qianqian looking out the window? How did she even know this?

Immediately afterward, Lin Jiayou’s expression darkened. He hadn’t been back for long, and that incident had occurred even later; how could it possibly be...

”Moreover,” Luo Qianqian said cheerfully, ”I’ve already sent someone to check the reason why you dropped out of school. I expect to find out very soon.” As she spoke, Luo Qianqian did not hesitate to kick Elvis, who was beside her.

Elvis was startled and wordlessly pulled out his phone to start searching, but he quickly encountered a problem: what was this woman’s name?

But looking at the atmosphere, he felt it wasn’t suitable to ask and silently continued to look at his phone.

”How could I forget this...” Lin Jiayou slapped his forehead, visibly frustrated. ”It’s usually about checking a month later for the menstrual cycle, right?”

The woman, however, was completely composed. ”Is that so? If you don’t believe it, you can buy a test strip.

Luo Qianqian curled her lips, ”Saying that makes me even more inclined to take you to the hospital, after all, a strip can only tell if it’s positive or not, but the hospital can find out the timing.”

The woman’s face turned pale.

At that moment, Elvis also looked enlightened. Had all that previous talk been a ruse? He thought, since Luo Qianqian hadn’t eaten any, how could she know what the ingredients were?

Lin Jiayou’s face was also filled with confusion. Did Luo Qianqian mean that he had been cuckolded again?

No, that didn’t make sense either. After all, he and she were not a couple anymore; it seemed he was just imposed upon...

”Why not borrow a cup? You could draw some blood right here and I’ll take it for testing, too,” Luo Qianqian said with a full-faced smile, but obviously, she was just joking.

She silently watched the woman, and after a long while, she looked at Lin Jiayou and apologized.

Lin Jiayou’s face suddenly filled with relief.

Luo Qianqian, frustrated, said, ”Learn your lesson! If you mess up again, I’ll go straight to complain!”

”No, no...” Lin Jiayou quickly waved his hands, his face embarrassed.

It was then that Elvis looked up, ”So, the question is, who said that Qianqian’s family was rich?

Lin Jiayou was also slightly startled; he never talked about such things with anyone, not even his girlfriend.

Luo Qianqian had the Luo Family behind her, but how many Luo families were there?

Even in this densely populated area, it wasn’t just Luo Qianqian’s grandparents’ family.

”Speak up.” Luo Qianqian was very composed, ”I can arrange surgery for you, heal you completely, and send you home.”

Upon hearing this, the woman started shaking her head repeatedly, ”This is my child; I won’t abort it.”

”Not being able to provide a complete home is irresponsible to the child.” Luo Qianqian was extremely indifferent, although it wasn’t her concern, it was still a small life, wasn’t it? Was it really worth it, to spare now and exchange for a life that might have to bear a stigma forever?

Now she says she’ll be responsible, but what about later? As she ages, won’t she start to resent this child for being a burden?

There had been too many such stories, making Luo Qianqian feel how truly sad they were, especially for unmarried mothers; what a huge impact does it have on a child’s upbringing?

With the absence of paternal love, the family education becomes extreme, either overly indulgent or aggressively progressive, neither of which is a good direction for development.

The woman hesitated for a moment, then suddenly knelt on the ground, ”My father has a gambling debt, I need money. Someone told me that Jiayou’s sister, which is you, could provide the money, and all I needed to do was cling to Jiayou, then you would definitely help.”

Luo Qianqian was stunned; was it targeted at her instead of Lin Jiayou?

That was unexpected.

”Oh? Who?” Luo Qianqian was still very composed.

”I only know his surname is Wang, and he asked me to call him President Wang.” The woman’s tears immediately started to fall, ”I didn’t want to, I have a boyfriend...”

Yet you still entangled yourself with Lin Jiayou, how interesting.

”Does your boyfriend know you’re pregnant and won’t marry you?” Wouldn’t marriage bring a dowry?

The woman paused for a moment before saying, ”The child... isn’t his.”

??!! Luo Qianqian was stunned.

Not just Luo Qianqian, even Lin Jiayou, who had just gotten free, was taken aback.

Do you have an addiction to putting your boyfriend in a cuckold situation?

Elvis’s entire worldview was refreshed.

You have a boyfriend, are pregnant, and slept with your ex, but this child is neither your boyfriend’s nor your ex’s? How many green hats have you actually made your boyfriend wear?

The thought only intensified her fear of relationships, terrified that she might be cheated on to an extent that she could feed livestock.

”...This really is complicated,” Luo Qianqian said after a long silence.

Lin Jiayou sighed and helped her up, glad it had nothing to do with him.

”Whose child is it then?” Lin Jiayou couldn’t help but ask eventually.

”I...” The woman hesitated, then shook her head, ”If I abort it, I can’t get pregnant ever again, so I can’t do it.”

Her silence gave Luo Qianqian room for other thoughts: what kind of secrets made it impossible for her to speak out?

”Is it President Wang’s?” Luo Qianqian asked.

Surname Wang, President Wang, why can’t she recall this impression? Has she offended such a person?

Too many people offended, too numerous to count? But no impression whatsoever.

The woman still shook her head.

Luo Qianqian paused for a moment, then took out a thousand yuan from her wallet, ”This is for your travel expenses, take care of yourself. For the time you’ve tormented Brother Jiayou, our family will consider it a costly lesson. This already counts as fraud, if it happens again, we can call the police.”

After putting the money on the table, Luo Qianqian silently went to the bar to settle the bill. Seeing only a fifty-cent coin left in her wallet, she felt like crying without tears, unable to even afford a bus ride, that woman sure had an immense appetite.

Lin Jiayou looked at Luo Qianqian, embarrassment on his face, ”Qianqian, thank you.”

”You’re my brother,” Luo Qianqian rolled her eyes, ”This time, the treat’s on you, I wouldn’t invite her to eat so much, is she a pig?”

Lin Jiayou chuckled awkwardly, ”Alright, alright, it’s on me.”

Elvis came over, ”I have some things to deal with at the commercial street, I’ll go ahead.” He quickly grabbed his phone and left.

Luo Qianqian stared at him dumbfounded, then helplessly shook her head and turned to Lin Jiayou, ”Do you have enough money?”

Lin Jiayou hastily nodded, ”Yes, yes.”

”Then you should go home and rest.” Luo Qianqian waved helplessly, took out her phone, and called Jimo Cheng to come pick her up.

Lin Jiayou waited until Jimo Cheng arrived to pick up Luo Qianqian before he left. Watching the car drive away, he also breathed a sigh of relief.

Relieved that this time it had nothing to do with him, otherwise he really would have had no explanation.

He also hated that he could not control his impulses, silently deciding to stay away from other women in the future—women are too terrifying.”