Rebirth: A Cinderella's Counterattack

Chapter 680: Chapter 660: An Encounter in a Narrow Path, He Juncai (19)

He Wenyu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, glad she wasn’t foolish enough to admit to something—her mother was clearly making wild guesses.

”It’s nothing.” Watching Luo Qianqian’s convincingly genuine expression, Huang Yueran furrowed her brow—had she guessed wrong? But it still seemed incredibly coincidental.

It was only this afternoon that... Huang Yueran’s thoughts were interrupted as her face suddenly turned pale looking towards Xiao Mei in another direction, remembering the question Zhang Ye had asked, which she had only ever discussed with Xiao Mei... So, that meant...

Xiao Mei, sensing Huang Yueran’s gaze, turned to her and revealed a cold smile.

Huang Yueran shivered for no apparent reason—this was the expression of the honest and simple Xiao Mei? No, no, it must be a mistake.

Luo Qianqian, of course, didn’t miss this moment and nudged He Wenyu, who was indulging in snacks, kicking her lightly and giving her meaningful looks.

He Wenyu set down the squid ring she was holding and looked in the direction that Luo Qianqian had indicated. Seeing Xiao Mei’s still unveiled expression, she too was full of shock and fear.

Sister Xiao Mei? He Wenyu stared, disbelief written all over her face. They had initially ruled out Xiao Mei as a possibility—how could it be her?

The bamboo skewer in her hand fell uncontrollably onto the table, and Luo Qianqian sighed.

Jimo Cheng reached out to pick up a sour plum that Luo Qianqian had just bought, popped it into his mouth, and his handsome face scrunched up with the sour taste, an expression that Luo Qianqian found amusing, her eyes squinting happily as she smiled.

With a subtle lift of his lips, Jimo Cheng quietly continued to watch the situation unfold.

”That’s not right...” He Wenyu frowned and looked at Luo Qianqian, ”What does he mean by that?” ’He’ naturally referred to He Juncai, but it wasn’t appropriate to mention him in front of Huang Yueran, who was unaware.

Thinking back to the overweight child coddled excessively by Cong Xin, and then to the punk young man with blonde hair she had seen that day, He Wenyu couldn’t reconcile these two images.

Luo Qianqian spread her hands—how could she know? She wasn’t He Juncai.

”Qianqian... I don’t know why, but I suddenly feel quite relieved,” He Wenyu said.

Luo Qianqian glanced at her, ”Is that so? I feel it’s not that simple.”

Her gaze carried a trace of confusion. They were family after all; why would he have any reason to warn her? It doesn’t make sense. And looking at He Guo’s behavior, it was obvious he had been plotting for a while.

For what reason would He Juncai alert He Wenyu? She couldn’t believe it was just because of their cousin relationship; she remembered how they would fight over food in the past...

”Qianqian, I’m a bit confused,” He Wenyu said.

Luo Qianqian indicated that she felt the same way, but with the current situation, there was nothing she could really say, especially since Huang Yueran still seemed oblivious to it all.

On the other side, He Jun firmly refused to give out money and demanded to kick He Guo and his wife out of the store, arguing this was like an invasion of a private residence as his store wasn’t open for business.

Zhang Ye was helpless but still politely asked He Guo and his wife to leave.

Unexpectedly, the woman who had been silent this whole time finally couldn’t hold back. She slapped He Guo, ”I must have been blind to follow a loser like you. You can’t do anything right but know how to fool around. You only become capable when messing around with other women. I’m done with you!” She then pretended to be coy, casting a flirtatious look at He Jun, ”Big brother, actually, when I was back at home, I always had a feeling for you...”

”Stop, stop, stop...” He Jun quickly turned his face away, looking as if he was about to vomit.

That expression, when used on stunning beauties, could be seen as charming and peerlessly gorgeous, but on a lazy woman who didn’t even know how many layers of fat she had on her stomach... it could only make people feel nauseous, right?

The point was, her face wasn’t even one-tenth as attractive as Huang Yueran’s, sallow and malnourished, looking as though she was ten or twenty years older than Huang Yueran.

Luo Qianqian couldn’t help but burst into laughter, ”Who gave her such confidence? My godmother and godfather are happily in love, she really lacks any self-awareness.”

Her voice was soft, yet everyone in the store could hear it.

Huang Yueran couldn’t help but blush. When that woman had spoken earlier, she had felt a bit angry, even considering banning He Jun from the bed that night. But after Luo Qianqian joked about it, she felt much better. Wasn’t he her man? Didn’t she know him well?

”Have you not heard the saying, ’Nothing’s as good to eat as dumplings, nothing’s as fun as playing with your sister-in-law’?” Lin Jiayou joined in lazily, his mouth stuffed with the snacks Luo Qianqian had bought: ”Eating dumplings made by your sister-in-law, playing with a sister-in-law who can make dumplings... ow!” Before he could finish, Huang Yueran smacked him on the head, looking furious.

”Qianqian, Xiao Yu is still a child. What nonsense are you talking about.”

”I’m wrong, I’m wrong...”

Luo Qianqian snickered without any sincerity in the apology.

”Though, if I could have ’Fragrance Comes’ pig trotters, I really wouldn’t want dumplings. After all, between fish and bear’s paws, I still know which to choose,” Luo Qianqian said, curling her lips slightly.

Lin Jiayou pointed at Luo Qianqian, raising a ruckus: ”Oh, there you go again, promoting your godmother’s business. Aren’t you afraid you’ll run her ragged and she’ll stop cooking for you?”

”That won’t happen. Even if Mom doesn’t cook for us, she would never leave out Qianqian’s portion,” He Wenyu also spoke with a hint of jealousy.

Jimo Cheng raised an eyebrow, and Luo Qianqian noticed, then chuckled, ”I’ll take my senior brother to try it tomorrow, the flavor is top-notch.”

Huang Yueran watched the four kids making a commotion, and her irritations were swept away.

But at this moment, He Guo couldn’t stand it anymore: ”Ah, you niece! I’m not even dead yet and you dare to cheat right in front of me? He Jun, this isn’t over. If you don’t give me fifty thousand yuan, I won’t let this go! I’ll sue you!”

”To hell with your He Guo, let me tell you, you’re the one who broke your shoes first, your son committed murder, and you cheated; there’s not a single good person in the He family!” The woman directly came forward and slapped He Guo again, and in the blink of an eye, the two of them were wrestling on the ground.

He Guo didn’t hold back at all, even against his wife of many years. His punches landed heavily, the thudding sounds painful to hear.

The woman, without any worry for He Guo’s face, grabbed the keys from her pocket and started hitting He Guo’s face with them, screams and the sound of the struggle ringing out incessantly.

The onlookers indignantly moved aside, fearing involvement, while Zhang Ye stood there, unsure what to do; after all, one of them was a woman, and he feared that she might start with the shameless tactics used before and latch onto him.

”Stop fighting, or I’ll have you both come and stay at the station with me!” Zhang Ye finally couldn’t bear it and shouted.

The two almost instantly stopped fighting as if they were genuinely afraid of what Zhang Ye had mentioned.

And after all that bragging about going in to get free food and lodging, why stop now?

Luo Qianqian rolled her eyes; these people really proved the saying ’like family, like door.’