Chapter 17 Cicada (Three)

  "Black fatty! How dare you scold me like that?" Lin Qi finally managed to squeeze out these words after a long time, her eyes red and looking at the people around her with grievance. But she saw Lin Yizhen staring at the sky pretending not to see anything, Lu Jing still had a mysterious smile on his face, Wu Xiang was serious but his eyes were curved, Lu Jian looked at her lightly, his good-looking eyes seemed to be full of disdain and contempt, Lin Jinkang and Lin Wu didn't need to be said, their faces were full of disgust, while Lu Yun half-closed his eyes and shrugged his shoulders.

  She lost face today! Lin Qi's poor girl's self-esteem was severely hurt, all the blood rushed to her head, she didn't think twice and slammed the cricket cage on the ground with all her might, jumped up and down and trampled it into a mess, wailed: "You're all bullying me! I'm going to tell grandma!" Then covered her face and ran out of the bamboo forest.

  "Seventh sister!" Lin Liu saw this and glared at Lin Jianrong's siblings with hatred, also chasing after them.

  The spoiled twin sisters would never give up easily. Chun Ya thought for a moment and quickly chased after them in quick steps.

  "The most venomous thing is a woman's heart, and this saying is indeed true. Did this little girl provoke her or invite her? I spent so much effort to get here, only to lose my life like this. What a miserable fate!" Lu Lun shook his head and sighed, then scornfully said: "You're such a big person, yet you still have the nerve to shift the blame and tattle to the adults after making a mistake yourself. Bah! How shameless!"

  "Hey, Seventh Sister was always toothless! Who's toothless if not her?" Lin Wu joked and said with a smile: "She's always been like this, doesn't understand things, and it's laughable for the brothers to see." As she spoke, her eyes glanced at Lu Xian, who noticed and smiled faintly back at her. Lin Wu was suddenly startled, her eyelashes trembling, her face flushing red as if bleeding, thinking to herself: He smiled at me! He didn't blame me! He remembered my feelings! Thinking of this, she blurted out: "Second Brother, I wasn't intentional earlier, don't be mad at me."

  Lu Xian sincerely said: "Sister-in-law is worrying too much. It was my own fault, how can I blame you? Didn't have a chance to thank you, thank you."

  His appearance didn't seem fake, Lin Wu was overjoyed. It made sense, who would like Lin Liu and Lin Qi with their kind of behavior? And gentle and quiet Fourth Sister, today she actually did such a fierce and evil thing, thanks to Lu Wu's cicada, it was her lucky star. The four sisters fell down at the same time, Lin Wu smiled with curved eyebrows.

  Just as he was indulging in his own thoughts, Lin Shenzhi suddenly burst into loud wails beside him, squatting on the ground with the rotten cricket cage still dripping with green juice. His tears came cheaply, pouring down in strings without stopping, and soon a large patch of mud in front of him was soaked wet.

  Lin Jinyong felt a headache and had no choice but to squat down to comfort him: "Don't cry, in two days I'll think of another way to find you an even better one."

  Lin Shenzi refused to listen, pulling on her sleeve and crying out in a hoarse voice: "I want it to come back to life! I want the original one just as it was!"

  Lu Lun frowned and said, "Lin Qi, you're being unreasonable! When someone's dead, they're dead. How can they come back to life? If need be, I'll find a better one for you another day. Why are you crying with your fourth sister? If you have the guts, go kick your seventh sister a few times!"

  Lin Jinrong couldn't help but laugh and cry at the same time, nor did she mind that Lin Shen's hands were covered in dirty dead cicada sauce and mud. She just held him in her arms, gently patting his back, and softly cooed: "Okay, okay, let's think of a way to bring it back to life, just like before. Seventh brother, don't cry anymore, we're all grown up now, people will laugh at us, be good."

  Lin Chen wrapped his arms around his sister's neck, and his sobs gradually subsided. Lin Jianrong held her brother's soft and warm body, and a long-forgotten feeling of tenderness and sorrow suddenly surged up in her heart. When had she last held a small, soft body and gently rocked it back and forth? But she had only turned away for an instant, and that little life had grown cold and hard, never to cry or laugh again. Whose fault was it? Lin Jianrong's heart skipped a beat as a sharp pain shot through her chest, and her eyes began to sting with tears, but she gritted her teeth and held them back.

  "Look at Lin Qidi like this..." Wu Xiang's eyes had a few points of smile, and he whispered to Lu Xian: "I remembered that when I was young, my older sister coaxed me."

  Lu Xuan silently watched the back of Lin Jianrong and his sister, without saying a word.

  Lin Yizhi hesitated for a long time before walking over to Lin Jingrong and his sister, saying: "Seventh brother, don't be sad. I'll lend you my golden money turtle to play with for a few days. Tomorrow, I'll have someone catch some shrimp for you. Although they may not be as good as this one, we can still pick out some that are pretty decent."

  Lin Jinyong looked at him with a hint of surprise, nodded slightly: "Brother is kind." But after all, there was a layer in between. If Lin Yizhen was her biological brother, how could he just watch as the twins bullied Lin Shenzhen without taking any action, only to come forward now and try to make amends? Never mind, she didn't need him to be close to them anyway, so it was better not to have too many thoughts about it.

  Lin Yizhi thanked her and whispered in her ear: "Sixth sister and seventh sister will definitely go to tell on you, what to do?"

  Lin Jian said calmly, "What can't be done is what it is. It's just their unreasonable behavior, and so many people have seen it." Can she just watch her younger brother being bullied by the twins and swallow her anger? They are all descendants of the Lin family, why should they let the third house suffer? Swallowing one's anger would only make the other two houses look down on the third house even more, thinking they can trample them as they please.

  Lin Yizhi said worriedly, "The second aunt will not let it go easily." The second house was too favored and had always been used to competing with others. Their ambition grew bigger and recently they even wanted to compete with the first house for dominance. Now that Lin Jianrong and Lu Lun were together, letting the twins reveal their true nature in front of the young masters of the Lu and Wu families, causing a big embarrassment, how could the second aunt possibly forgive Lin Jianrong easily? Not to mention her, but even he himself might suffer from the misfortune of being implicated.

  Lin Jinyong looked up at Lin Yizhen: "Brother, are you afraid? I'm not. Who dares to bully my siblings in front of me? Unless they step over my dead body!" This sentence was said with determination and conviction, the old Lin Jinyong who used to avoid conflict and smooth things over had gradually disappeared.

  She said this sentence not softly, and the Lu brothers and Wu Xiang all heard it. They looked at her one after another. Lu Lun even gave her a big thumbs up and said loudly: "Disciple, you've finally graduated! If you just cry or hide and don't dare to speak, I'll look down on you!"

  Wu Xiang tilted his head and looked at her, giving her a smile. As for the others, Lin Jian Rong subconsciously swept past without looking.

  Lin Yizhi's eyes narrowed slightly, wanting to say something, but ultimately didn't say it out loud, and instead let out a low sigh, saying: "I'll go look for Father."

  Lin Jianrong didn't express any opinion, she never had any expectations from Lin Sanlaoye. He would probably say with a tone of disdain, "What's the point of this sister meddling in children's affairs? It's enough to advise them, why make things complicated?" And then it would be over. To them, he was just a father in name only, having him around meant they weren't technically orphans or widows, but without him, there wasn't much difference either.

  But today, she really didn't know how things would end up. From the moment Lù Jiān appeared in a place he shouldn't have been, some things started to deviate from control, just like how Lù Jiān fell into her trap later on and enraged Lin Yuzhen, and then there was the cicada incident earlier, all of which had elements of deviation and loss of control.

  But what's the point? Lin Jianrong lowered her eyes and looked at the top of Lin Shenzhi's head, thinking: This is still a dispute between children, so many people have seen it, even if Grandmother is biased and Second Aunt is cruel, they can't be too biased. Besides, even if she really was biased, even if she wanted to punish her, she would have accepted it. People can't always be looked down upon and bullied in this life! Everyone has a bad habit of liking to bully those who are bullied but still tolerate it, thinking it's normal. She won't be that pig that's always being eaten and bullied, yet still thinks it's normal.

  The young people didn't know the taste of sorrow, seeing that this matter had come to an end, the boys and girls no longer put their minds on it, but instead gathered together to chat and laugh. Lin Jingrong didn't have the heart to watch Lu Xian make a fool of himself, and also because there might be some aftermath left by the twins' tattling that needed to be dealt with, so he bowed and said: "I'll take my seventh brother to wash his face and change his clothes, brothers please carry on."

  Lin Wu saw that she was really leaving and hurriedly ran over to pull her sleeve, saying in a low voice: "Are you really going? What can I do if you leave me behind?"

  Lin Jinyong thrust his sleeve, which was covered in mud and some unidentifiable green liquid, towards her face: "Do you think it's suitable for me to stay here looking like this? And Seventh Brother is the same way, it doesn't look good if people see us."

  "Ugh!" Lin Wu took a step back in disgust, stomping his foot and frowning as he coquettishly asked, "What am I supposed to do then?"

  Lin Jiner glanced at Lu Yun, who was chatting with Wu Xiang in a bashful manner, and said: "You can't just abandon your cousin from the Lu family, can you? Otherwise, people will say we're being rude."

  Lin Wudong's face suddenly lit up with a smile, and he said confidently: "Then go quickly, I have to accompany Yun Tiaomei." Then he winked at Lin Jiren and whispered: "You were really fierce just now, but it was really relieving. Don't worry, when those two little rascals make trouble later, I'll testify for you, and they'll end up losing their rice while trying to steal the chicken."

  "I'll thank Fifth Sister first, then." She was teaching Lin Sheng about integrity and righteousness, but she herself was doing things with ulterior motives. From the moment she woke up from her dream, although she didn't want to be a Bodhisattva who saves all sentient beings and sacrifices herself for the greater good, she also didn't want to be a despicable person who goes against her own principles and uses any means necessary to achieve her goals. Human nature is selfish, and seeking fortune while avoiding calamity is instinctual, but to what extent? What is right? What is wrong? Lin Jingrong, in the midst of transformation, fled in pain and disorder.

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