Rebirth in the 90s: Her Counterattack and Redemption

Chapter 1393: Chapter 825: When the Dust Settles (Part 4)

Luo Ye’s lips twitched as she gazed out the window, trying hard to act indifferent.

Yesterday, when she returned to her residence to find Zhu Hongyu, the other person was not there. She immediately knew where she had gone and chose not to look for her but instead stayed inside the house, biding her time.

Twenty minutes later, Miss Zhu returned, her face all smiles. Upon seeing her, her face took on a red hue, but she quickly put on an unaffected demeanor and asked where she had wandered off to.

Luo Ye wasn’t the overly gossip-loving type. She could tell the other person was feeling a bit embarrassed, so she acted like she hadn’t noticed anything, continuing with the conversation.

Even until now, she hadn’t asked Zhu Hongyu a single question about how things were progressing with Xue Fengqi.

Zhu Hongyu, on the other hand, was constantly anxious and wanted to tell Luo Ye but felt embarrassed. As a result, when Xue Fengqi mentioned it, her face instantly turned as red as a cloth.

She quietly glanced at Luo Ye, seeing her gaze seemingly glued to the window, and decided to just go for it: ”Luo Ye, I’m with Xue Fengqi now. If you want to laugh, go ahead, don’t hold it in.”

”Who’s holding it in?” Luo Ye turned her gaze back at her, looking calmly at her, ”I’m not dumb, I could tell yesterday when you returned to the residence. Not asking doesn’t mean I’m unaware.

But, I need to give you time to adjust, right? I don’t find it funny that you two are together. If we’re talking about feeling happy, yes, that’s more like it.”

”Old Xue, did you see that?” Zhu Hongyu pointed at Luo Ye, ”Tell me, does she act like someone who’s twenty years old?”

”What do you want me to do?” Luo Ye sized her up sideways, ”Do you want me to widen my eyes in surprise? If you don’t find that gross, I do.

Brother Xue, sometimes Sister Hong Yu is a bit scatterbrained, remind her more often, and treat her well. Also, don’t attract troublemaking admirers.

I’m not worried about Sister Hong Yu, I’m worried about those admirers. Given Sister Hong Yu’s nature, it’s quite possible she’ll find them and beat them up until they’re bedridden for a month.”

Zhu Hongyu angrily pushed her, ”Am I really that fierce?”

”It’s not fierceness; it’s about protecting your own sovereignty! Brother Xue, am I right or not?”

”Right, right!” Xue Fengqi nodded repeatedly. What else could he say? If he says it’s wrong, who knows how many grievances this Miss Zhu will give him.

Last night, she silenced everything, helped Zhu Hongyu eliminate all potential dangers, and it turned out his future wife treated people like little fools, not knowing that she herself is the real fool.

”That fool thought I was a fool.” Zhu Hongyu mumbled this seemingly pointless sentence only after boarding the plane.

”Turns out, you’ve been pretending?” Luo Ye scanned Zhu Hongyu up and down, ”Alright, I really underestimated you. It seems we’ve all been fooled by you.”

”You can’t say that. Men don’t like women to be smarter than they are, so I pretend to be a fool to cooperate with him, it’s nothing.” Zhu Hongyu laughed proudly, ”Do you think shyness is something I do?”

”Uh...” Luo Ye thought for a moment, ”Not really.”

With a serious expression, Zhu Hongyu said, ”Luo Ye, saying ’thank you’ is too mundane. This kindness, sister remembers it in her heart, sister also promises you that in the future, your matters are my matters.”

This promise is not light.

What does it mean that your matters are sister’s matters? A straightforward explanation is, your friends are my friends, your enemies are my enemies.

Even though Zhu Hongyu can’t represent Mr. Zhu, will Mr. Zhu go against his granddaughter’s choice?

If his granddaughter pleads with him, can Mr. Zhu really remain indifferent?

”Sister Zhu, your matters are also my matters.” Given the promise from the other side, naturally, Luo Ye had to express her own stance.

Helping Zhu Hongyu can’t be said to be without any selfish motive at all, but it’s not entirely selfish either. Destroying ten temples rather than breaking up one household, allowing lovers to become family, really is an enjoyable thing.

The Female Special Forces Team, as a first attempt, with Zhu Hongyu taking the lead to select, naturally received strong support from the military regions.

The following selections proceeded very smoothly. After completing a round, all personnel were selected within just sixteen days, nearly half a month earlier than the original plan.

However, sometimes both smoothness and difficulty exist simultaneously. The initially predetermined list was accepted for those who reported early, while those who hadn’t reported yet were directly disqualified and replaced.

As a result of the new selection, most of the personnel remained from the original list, and a small portion had new members.

Among those replaced, most were those who truly didn’t perform well. This group had no complaints as they couldn’t blame anyone for not performing well.

Then there were a few who had some background at home, and indeed had some abilities, thus planning to take advantage of this opportunity to seek better development for themselves. However, unexpectedly, Zhu Hongyu and Luo Ye’s spur-of-the-moment decision thwarted their plans, leaving them naturally displeased.

If those who reported earlier were also sent back, they might not have felt so unfairly treated. But because of differing report dates, they were denied, leaving them with a bitter taste.

Therefore, they used their family’s connections to make demands, requesting fairness across the board, or they shouldn’t pretend fairness exists in dual forms.

The leaders, having received many such anonymous complaints, also felt that this selection process lacked fairness and thus issued a new notice that those who reported earlier must also undergo re-selection.

Those who didn’t meet the standards were immediately sent back, and with inadequate numbers, they returned to military regions not initially included in the plan to replenish selections.

This notice happened to align with Luo Ye and Zhu Hongyu’s views. Initially, they noticed some issues during selection and felt it was too hasty.

Although the early reporting female soldiers performed well in training, the pressure they endured was different from those selected later, making it indeed unfair.

Thus, upon receiving the notice, the two immediately returned home to rescreen the reported personnel according to standards.

As expected, ultimately, more than a dozen team members were filtered out.

The shortfall of these dozen or so had to be replenished from military regions not originally planned, so the two again set off without pause, taking five days to complete all selections.

Everything settled earlier than planned by six days. The two calculated that returning now might still have some people unwilling to let go and seek something, therefore immediately decided to take care of some personal matters.

Of course, even having decided they couldn’t act independently. Zhu Hongyu reported the two’s concerns to the higher-ups, explaining the necessity for them to lay low.

The leader swiftly approved with just two words: ”Agreed.”

And the first stop for their personal affairs was to visit Classmate Luo Feng.

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