Chapter 32 "A Carefully Selected Control Group"
What kind of weird method is this?
Those who are close to Lu Baozhen will suffer misfortune at best and death at worst.
What's even more creepy is that she seems to have an inexplicable attraction. People who see her can't help but like her and want to do everything they can to be nice to her.
This kind of kindness has no purpose and does not seek results. Even if you are suffering, you still have to be good to her.
Died weirdly.
Lin Zhao thought of some of the understated words in the book that determined a person's fate, and goose bumps broke out all over her body.
Very chilly.
Following the tender and soft voice was Su Yuxian's voice.
"Lin Zhao." After she finished speaking, she gently pushed open the door.
Su Yuxian stepped in and saw Lin Zhao in the yard. She said softly with a hint of complaint, "Why didn't you say anything when I called you?"
"There are times when people don't want to talk." Lin Zhao was in a bad mood. She didn't want to entertain anyone, nor did she want to flatter her.
Get lost.
Su Yuxian was startled, "What's wrong with you?"
Before Lin Zhao could answer, she saw Lu Baozhen walking towards the eldest and second sons.
She frowned slightly.
But didn't stop it.
Want to see the situation.
Lu Baozhen walked up to the twins and stopped. She stared at the bowls in their hands with her big, clear eyes like grapes. She tilted her head and smiled, her two braids swaying. She asked softly, "Big brother, second brother, what are you drinking?"
Erzai said in a boastful tone, "Watermelon lemonade, my mother made it for us, she said it can relieve the heat."
"Is it delicious?" Lu Baozhen asked eagerly.
"It tastes good because it has sugar in it!" Erzai said loudly.
"Brother Erzai, I haven't even drunk it." Lu Baozhen pursed her lips, looking aggrieved, and spoke in a sticky tone.
She was over four years old, with flat facial features, single eyelids, eyes that were neither big nor small, a low nose bridge and a large nose tip, and a dull face. Her face was whiter and tenderer than other girls of the same age in the village, and had some flesh on it. She looked round and cute when she was young.
Speaking in a soft voice makes you more endearing.
Erzai didn't respond and said, "I didn't drink it when I was four, but you can drink it when you are five."
The sound falls.
Open your mouth wide and drink every last sip of juice.
Lin Zhao: ...Pfft.
Well done.
Lin Zhao was really afraid that her eldest son and the others would be influenced and become idiots.
Now it seems that as long as she is not dead, the cubs will not be affected.
She tried hard to suppress her inner excitement, her eyes were bright and the corners of her mouth were raised.
The eldest boy saw the expression on his mother's face and blinked, as if thinking about something.
Lu Baozhen looked at him aggrievedly and shouted again: "Big brother, second brother is so stingy."
The eldest boy frowned and said, "The second boy is not stingy."
Erzai made faces at Lu Baozhen, said a few times, "My brother won't listen to your instigation."
Lin Zhao raised her eyebrows.
Oh no, he even said a word like provoke.
Lu Baozhen was bewildered and stood there, unable to understand why things didn't go the way she expected.
That’s not right. The eldest and second oldest should give her the sweet water.
The little girl stared blankly at the elder and second cubs, tears welling up in her eyes.
Su Yuxian glanced at the two kids of the Gu family unhappily. What's wrong with these two brats? If they don't obey her Baozhen, they might break their legs, she thought viciously.
"Lin Zhao, your two kids are too stingy and rude. I brought Baozhen here as a guest, and they didn't even bother to bring stools or pour water, and they couldn't make their sister cry. You have to take good care of them, they won't achieve anything if they continue like this."
Su Yuxian said this with an expression and tone that said "it's for your own good."
Hearing this, Dazai's body stiffened and he looked at Lin Zhao nervously.
Erzai's face turned red with anger, and he was about to retort, but Lin Zhao sneered.
"Get out." She shouted directly to drive him away.
Su Yuxian didn't react.
After a while, he came back to his senses, "...You want me... to get out?" His tone was full of disbelief.
"Take your new daughter and leave my house," Lin Zhao repeated with a look of disgust.
She has always been willful and used to speaking and doing whatever she wants, and has never thought about something as complicated as saving face for others.
Su Yuxian's dull eyes regained focus, and anger appeared on her well-pretended face. She raised her voice, which was unusually sharp, "Lin Zhao, do you know what you are saying?"
"I'm the only person you can influence in the Harvest Team. Are you sure you want me to leave?" she threatened with gritted teeth.
"Don't worry about my son. You are talking about my son's faults in my own territory. You don't consider yourself an outsider. You and I have never been friends and we don't have much in common. When we meet in the future, just pretend that we don't know each other." Lin Zhao said slowly.
Su Yuxian's chest rose and fell violently, and he asked, "What do you mean?"
"It just means I don't want to deal with you." Lin Zhao said bluntly.
Her whole family is cannon fodder, and she doesn't want to get too close to the heroine's family.
Especially since the Lu family has an evil-minded Lu Baozhen, we must be on guard against her.
Breaking off relations with Su Yuxian is a necessary step.
While the two adults were arguing, the children sensed something was wrong and remained silent. The eldest and second oldest stood behind Lin Zhao, while Lu Baozhen walked up to her new mother, held her hand, and stared at Lin Zhao with her dark eyes.
It was so hot that even the cicadas were roasted into silence. Lin Zhao felt a chill starting from the soles of her feet, and the chill quickly spread throughout her body.
She felt like she was being stared at by something scary.
The mother's first reaction was to stand in front of her two sons.
Lin Zhao looked down at Lu Baozhen and was about to say something when Da Huang came in with Amber. Behind the two children came Gu's mother and the twins.
"Woof woof--" Dahuang rushed in and let out a low roar at Lu Baozhen without any warning.
Its back was hunched, its skinny body was like a taut bowstring, and its sharp teeth gleamed coldly in the setting sun, as if it was about to pounce on its prey and bite off its neck in the next second.
Dahuang was barking in the front and Amber was barking behind.
The yard was very lively. The naughty kid from Wang Chunhua's family climbed up the wooden ladder against the wall and stuck his head out to look.
After Dahuang appeared, the coldness on Lin Zhao's body disappeared instantly.
You’re back just in time! !
She looked at Dahuang and her love for the big furry boy deepened a little.
Lu Baozhen was frightened by the dog and burst into tears, hiding behind Su Yuxian and trembling.
"Wuuuu, wuuuu, I want to go home. I don't like dogs. They're so scary. Take me back quickly!" She pulled at Su Yuxian's clothes and screamed. Her eyes were red and pitiful. Her eyes regained the innocence and purity of a child.
Lin Zhao has always been tolerant of children. However, after her first encounter with the little koi in the original book, she could not feel any liking for the child and only thought that the child was very weird.
If Dahuang hadn't come back, she really didn't know what would happen next.
Mother Gu looked at Su Yuxian and Lu Baozhen in confusion, not understanding why these two were here.
"Baozhen is afraid of dogs. I didn't realize it before. Xiao Su, take her back quickly and comfort the child. Don't let her face crack from crying."
"Got it." Su Yuxian picked up her adopted daughter, walked a few steps forward, suddenly stopped, turned back to look at Lin Zhao, "From now on, just pretend you don't know me."
"I didn't expect you to be this kind of person. You don't recognize your friends just because you have a job. I misjudged you."
Then he walked away.
Lin Zhao's words reached her ears.
"You are wrong. You and I are not the same kind of people, let alone friends."
Su Yuxian's body stiffened, his face darkened, and he strode away.
"Why is she here?" Gu's mother frowned and gave Dahuang a pat of praise. It is useful to raise a dog. It can solve big problems.
"I don't know. He didn't say anything when he came." Lin Zhao guessed that he came to ask her about her work.
At this time, the long-mouthed second cub complained to his grandmother.
"Granny, that little Su scolded me and my brother!!"
What?
Mother Gu's thick black eyebrows twisted into an inverted eight shape, "What did she scold you for?"
Erzai hung his head and kept grinding the pebbles on the ground with his toes, his cheeks puffed up. "She scolded my brother and me for being rude and said that my brother and I would never achieve anything in our lives."
"What kind of person is this? She goes to someone else's house and scolds someone else's child. Liao Hongjuan taught her that!" Mother Gu was furious. "Don't listen to her nonsense! She is rude!"
"Your eldest and second cubs are both polite and will definitely have great potential in the future." The grandmother thinks her grandson is the smartest and will not be a failure.
Erzai raised his head, there was no trace of loss on his face, he was smiling like a flower.
"Hehe, I think so too."
Lin Zhao held her forehead with her hand.
"Big boy, go get your grandma two pieces of watermelon."
"Hey!" The eldest son said in a clear voice. He trotted into the kitchen and took out two pieces of cut watermelon.
There were many mosquitoes and flies in the countryside, so Lin Zhao was particular about it. She asked someone to make several bamboo rice covers and covered them with cut watermelons.
Mother Gu received the watermelon brought by her eldest son. It had a green skin and red flesh, and looked sweet and juicy.
"This is such a good watermelon. Have you eaten it?"
The eldest child nodded. "Yes, we ate it. The second child and I ate one piece each. My mother also made us some watermelon lemon juice. It was sour and sweet, with the taste of watermelon and lemon. It was delicious."
After saying this, he lowered his head, his face filled with shame, and said, "I forgot to leave some for you."
Mother Gu didn't drink the juice he talked about, but she felt warm inside.
"There's nothing to be embarrassed about. If you drink it, it's like drinking milk as well."
It’s different, the eldest cub thought, “If my mother makes it for us again, I’ll save it for grandma.”
"Okay, okay." Mother Gu responded with a smile.
"Grandma, eat the watermelon. It's so sweet!" the eldest urged.
Mother Gu lowered her head and took a bite. It was indeed juicy and sweet, and most of her fatigue from the whole day disappeared.
She had never eaten such a sweet watermelon.
The twins ate the watermelon with their few remaining teeth, grinding and sucking it. The watermelon juice dotted their fair and tender faces. When they noticed Lin Zhao's gaze, they raised their cheeks as if covered with rouge and revealed an innocent and clean smile.
Mother Gu ate a piece of watermelon, but she couldn't bear to eat the remaining piece, so she wanted to give it to the old man.
After saying goodbye to her grandchildren, she planned to go back. She wanted to go back quickly and give the watermelon to her grandchildren to make the old man happy.
At this time, Lin Zhao walked out of the kitchen, called her, took a few steps forward, and stuffed half a watermelon into her hand.
"Mom, take this watermelon back home and eat it."
Gu's mother opened her mouth to refuse, but saw Lin Zhao turn around and walk away, still with her previous aloof look as if she didn't care about anyone.
"..." Mother Gu was silent, "Then I'll accept it."
Lin Zhao then looked at her and said, "It was originally given to you."
Gu Chenghuai was not at home, and he gave all his allowances to her. As a daughter-in-law, she had the responsibility to take care of his parents. These things were nothing compared to what his father gave him.
Mother Gu carried the watermelon and left the third brother's house. She straightened her back unconsciously and walked slower. The watermelon in her arms was particularly eye-catching.
"Mother Yuanshan, why are you holding a watermelon? Why is the watermelon so big? It's so red and looks sweet." A passerby said after seeing it.
To be honest, no one in the team has ever seen such a big watermelon.
Mother Gu straightened her back, looking refreshed. "Where else could it have come from? The third son's wife forced it on me and told me to take it back to quench my thirst. I couldn't refuse it."
She pretended to sigh in distress, unable to suppress the corners of her mouth, "Oh, I've already eaten it all at her place, but she insisted that I take half of it. Really, it would be better to leave it for the eldest cubs. She's still thinking about me and her father even after we've separated. I really don't know what to do..."
The people of the Harvest Brigade changed their views on Lin Zhao again.
"Big Cub's mother is really filial."
"Even after the family division, he is still willing to give watermelon to his parents-in-law. He is really filial. Unlike the one in my family, he is reluctant to give them even a roasted sweet potato."
"well."
After showing off all the way, Gu's mother finally got home. She heard ears full of envy. She had never felt so proud before.
"Granny, what are you holding!??"
"Grandma, is this from Third Aunt?!"
Hearing the sounds of a lot of chattering around her, Mother Gu was about to get upset. She quickly went to the kitchen and cut a piece of watermelon for each of the children before sending them away.
The more children you have, the better. There will always be people to fight with, but it’s just too noisy.
When Gu's mother walked around the village holding a watermelon, Lin Zhao's reputation was completely reversed.
In the past, when Cheng Huai’s wife was mentioned, everyone shook their heads, as if they didn’t want to talk about her anymore. Their impression of her was that she was lazy and greedy. But now it is different. When people talk about Lin Zhao, they all give her a thumbs up, saying that she is filial, educated, and that they had long seen that she would have a bright future.
Su Yuxian, who had just coaxed Lu Baozhen, heard the rumors in the village. His brows were furrowed and there was displeasure in his eyes.
She hoped that Lin Zhao would do it, but Lin Zhao didn't...how could she highlight her own rarity.
Su Yuxian had a lot of trouble finding a control group like Lin Zhao. She is obviously the biological mother but she is not kind to her own child. On the other hand, she is a stepmother who is gossiped about, but she treats her first born child as her own. What a good stepping stone.
Su Yuxian's face turned red with anger when she thought about all the work that had been done in vain.
When Lu Baozhen saw her expression, she was frightened and pushed her face in panic.
"Go away, I don't want you to hug me."
Su Yuxian was scratched on the face, and a red mark immediately appeared on her face. She hissed, not daring to get angry, and coaxed in a gentle voice: "Baozhen, don't move, be careful not to fall."
Lu Baozhen didn't hear clearly and thought her stepmother was going to throw her down. She was stunned for a moment and then screamed at the top of her lungs.
"Help! The evil stepmother is going to throw the child——!"
The sound is sharp.
This attracted the attention of the villagers.
The look in his eyes when he looked at Su Yuxian was as weird as it could be.
The gossipy aunts and sisters-in-law looked at each other and saw a myriad of emotions in each other's eyes. Tsk tsk tsk, how can a stepmother be good? Especially the one who is in a hurry!
Su Yuxian was very concerned about the gazes of the villagers. When he noticed the gazes over here, he tightened his arms around Lu Baozhen and looked unhappy.
Lu Baozhen felt pain in her body and cried even harder.
"Wow, it hurts so much, grandma save me, daddy save me, my stepmother wants to eat me!!"
Lu Yizhou heard his daughter's words from a distance and hurried over.
He was wearing a military uniform, his figure was as straight as a pine or cypress, he had a square face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, he was upright, decent and reliable.
"Baozhen." Lu Yizhou walked towards Su Yuxian, took Lu Baozhen from her arms, raised his hand to wipe his daughter's tears, and coaxed her in a soft voice: "Why are you crying?"
I didn't look at Su Yuxian the whole time.
(End of this chapter)
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