Rebirth: A Cinderella's Counterattack

Chapter 94: Chapter 91: Sibling Differences

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”No problem, but if you need help, we won’t just stand by and watch,” Luo Guohui laughed heartily.

Yue Tingyu looked at Luo Guohui’s smile and felt relieved. She gently said, ”Then I’ll have Xiao Ran and the others go to the hotel to check out and bring your things back. Now that we’re all home, there’s no need to waste money.”

Luo Qianqian nodded, while Luo Shufan had a stiff face and remained silent.

”These were what your dad said he wanted to leave for his children, a matching pair, one for each of you,” Luo Guohui said nostalgically as he opened the brocade box that Yue Tingyu had brought.

The direction of the brocade box was turned, and a pair of white jade bracelets lay silently inside.

”Mutton Fat Jade?” Luo Qianqian was startled and quickly waved her hand, ”Grandpa, we can’t accept this. It’s not safe with us. You should take it back.”

”What did you say? Say that again?” Luo Guohui looked at Luo Qianqian excitedly, his face full of emotion.

Luo Qianqian blinked, with an innocent look on her face, she said, ”Did I say something wrong, Grandpa?”

”Hahaha, good, wait here, Grandpa will go and find a gift for you,” Luo Guohui said merrily as he left the study with a ruddy complexion.

Luo Shufan, with a dark expression, shook off his sister’s hand and said loudly, ”Do you know what you just said?”

”I know. Which one made you angry, brother? The first one, about considering Mom’s future. Mom is still young. You wouldn’t want her to just spend her life with the two of us, right? That would be unfair to Mom. Having lost Dad, why should we stop Mom from finding happiness?” Luo Guohui paused, his hand on the doorknob stilled. He had wanted to ask why there was such a condition, but now he understood. In the study, the conversation continued, ”And what’s wrong with the second condition? Do you want to gain without laboring? Like those rich second generations who get away with anything after compensating for their wrongs? Acting lawlessly because of their family’s backing? If that’s what brother wants, then pretend I didn’t say anything.”

”Who’s talking about that one!” Luo Shufan said, getting angrier and more embarrassed.

”So, is it the third condition? Do you not want to marry someone you love in the future and instead, find an arrogant and overbearing official’s daughter with money for me to have as a sister-in-law?” Luo Qianqian looked at her brother with disdain, as if she would despise him if he admitted it.

”How could that be!!! What I mean is about Mom. If Mom marries someone else, she won’t be our mom anymore; she’ll be someone else’s mom,” Luo Shufan really wanted to pry open his sister’s head to see what was inside.

”How can brother think of Mom like this? And how can you?” Luo Qianqian’s angry voice pierced through the study door, and Luo Guohui’s hand trembled, ”Hasn’t Mom suffered enough for us? Even if Mom finds someone else, what’s wrong with that? It would only mean one more person to love us, not someone who steals our love. Mom’s love for us is maternal love, it’s kinship. Mom needs romance. Don’t you think Mom would feel envious seeing the happiness in Xiao Yu’s family? Brother, we can’t be so selfish!”

”I... ,” Luo Shufan didn’t expect his sister to accuse him of such. He felt aggrieved, ”I am just afraid of you being wronged.”

”If we are wronged, we have our own home, Grandpa’s home, and Grandma’s home. But what about Mom? She can’t talk to us and she can’t talk to Grandma; she can only bear it herself! As Mom’s children, is it really okay to watch her suffer like this?” Luo Qianqian spoke softly, looking at the expression on Luo Shufan’s face, she threw herself into her brother’s arms, ”Mom needs someone to help her sustain this home. It’s too exhausting for her to do it alone. Even if we understand, Mom is still lonely. There’s a long life ahead of her, and when we go to school and Mom retires, who will keep her company?”

”I understand now,” Luo Shufan patted his sister’s head. A matter his sister understood, he couldn’t be left behind. Previously, Mom had asked him if he would like to have a dad, and he needed to go home and answer Mom.

”Good, as long as you know. Later, call Grandpa ’Grandpa’ and don’t act like you’re owed two million by Grandpa’s house. This is your support, not your enemy,” Luo Qianqian said gently.

”Okay.”

”Dad, what are you doing eavesdropping at the study door?” Luo Xihan came upstairs to get the hotel room cards from the kids to check out and saw her own father in the corner?

Luo Qianqian opened the door to the study and saw Luo Guohui making a ’shh’ gesture at Luo Xihan, which made her chuckle, ”Grandpa’s back? What gift did you prepare for Qianqian?”

”Grandpa,” Luo Shufan said with a flush on his face, still calling out softly.

”Good, very good,” Luo Guohui’s eyes reddened, looking at the brother and sister with utmost satisfaction in his eyes.

”Qianqian, Shufan, give me your room cards, I’ll go and check out for you,” Luo Xihan said, her eyes turning red at the sight of her father, she looked at the siblings with a flattering expression.

”Hello, Uncle,” Luo Qianqian said with a gentle smile. Since Luo Xihan was a businessman, the one in a suit must have been him, which meant the person in front of her was the eldest of the Luo family’s second generation, Luo Xihan.

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”Hello, Uncle,” Luo Shufan said, feeling like his sister was more like an older sister, while he fumbled around like a little brother. Thinking about this, he lifted his head and spoke loudly.

”Good, good, good, ahh, finally I have a little niece, let me give you a hug,” Luo Xisi looked at the siblings and called for someone, smiling so hard her eyes turned into slits. She stepped forward in a few big strides to hug Luo Qianqian but was stopped by Luo Guohui with a hand.

”Ahem, you hurry up and get the kids’ stuff back. What’s the use of hugging now? We’ll talk about it tonight,” Luo Guohui certainly wouldn’t say he hadn’t had the chance to hug her himself and would not let his son take the lead.

”Uncle, here you go, thank you for your trouble.” Luo Shufan handed the room card to Luo Xisi generously but with a bit of embarrassment, he said, ”Qianqian’s moisturizer is in the bathroom and hasn’t been packed, don’t miss it.”

”Okay.” Luo Xisi took the room card and walked away. Luo Qianqian and Luo Shufan looked at each other: Don’t you need to ask for the room number? But on second thought, since Luo Yanran knew it, they let it go.

”Grandpa, Grandma is calling you to go grocery shopping,” Luo Yanwu said cautiously, coming out from the side after his father had left.

”Third Brother,” Luo Qianqian called sweetly, then turned to Luo Guohui and asked, ”Grandpa, can I go with Grandma? I want some candy.”

”Third Bro,” Luo Shufan nodded at Luo Yanwu, ”Then I’m going too, Grandpa.” Luo Shufan closely followed his sister.

”I’m going too.” Luo Yanwu was so thrilled by Luo Qianqian calling him Third Brother that it took him a while to react, quickly following up with what he said.

”Good, good, good, everyone go,” Luo Guohui said, looking at his little granddaughter with a face full of affection—his own children were just too dear to him.

Luo Guohui, not minding Luo Qianqian’s embarrassment, embraced his little granddaughter and headed to the supermarket with his wife and two grandsons.

”Sis, this is tasty,” Luo Yanwu would pick up two snacks from time to time and put them in the cart that Grandpa was pushing, then laugh with a hee hee.

”Qianqian, what do you like to eat? What about Shufan?” Yue Tingyu looked at her obedient little granddaughter and was thoroughly delighted. Luo Qianqian thought that if she behaved well, if her brother ever needed help, someone would be able to lend a hand.

”Grandma, we like anything you cook, but my favorite is the tomato fried rice Brother makes for me,” she said while pulling on Luo Shufan, who had been following her in silence, ”Brother loves me the most.”

”Shufan can cook too? That’s really impressive.” Luo Yanwu felt a bit jealous watching his sister holding onto her brother, but since they weren’t very close yet, it wasn’t easy to just pick her up like their grandfather would.

”Brother is good at so many things.” Luo Qianqian proudly promoted her brother: ”He’s good at soccer, studying, playing games, and he even makes money to buy me candy.”

Luo Shufan looked at his sister in surprise, being praised by her made him feel warm—had she ever praised him like this before? His face flushed red, and he grabbed something from a nearby shelf and stuffed it into his sister’s arms: ”Only you know.”

”Haha, the fifth brother is getting shy,” Luo Yanwu laughed heartily, pointing at Luo Shufan’s blushing face.

”Brother, I don’t need this yet...” Luo Qianqian looked at the maxi night pads in her arms with embarrassment, glancing at her brother with a hint of helplessness in her eyes.

”...” Luo Shufan, with a face turning red then white, snatched the stuff back from his sister’s arms and put it back on the shelf, his face burning with embarrassment.

”Haha, Grandma, you should cook seafood. The little sister and the fifth brother grew up by the sea; they must love it,” Luo Yanwu said while looking at the seafood.

Luo Qianqian was stunned; yes, she grew up by the sea, but that didn’t mean she loved seafood. She quickly refused, ”Grandma, I like meat, not seafood, especially fish.”

”You’re the picky one.” Luo Shufan knew why his sister disliked certain foods, and though he had tried his best, she just wouldn’t eat them.

”Qianqian, what else don’t you guys eat?” Yue Tingyu was glad that the two kids had come along; otherwise, they might have really ended up with a table full of seafood.

”I don’t like chives and bitter melon or fish. Brother doesn’t like celery, cilantro, pickled vegetables, especially intestines and the like,” Luo Qianqian recalled how her brother would only eat rice with some pickles whenever they encountered these dishes in the past. Back then, their family was poor, and they would only cook one dish per meal. As she thought back, tears threatened to fall; her mother and brother had truly suffered too much for her sake.