Rebirth Counterattack with Space
Chapter 210 - 202 - Too Obvious

Chapter 210: Chapter 202 - Too Obvious

"Wow, boss, you really went all out today, huh? You even got live crabs... Do we have enough money? Don’t come chasing us for more after we go back; I’m telling you now, I’m broke and can’t pay anymore."

As they were collecting the ingredients and noticed that today’s supply was particularly plentiful, everyone started to marvel. Qin Xinqi, who was tall and burly and always liked to joke around, began to express his exaggerated surprise.

"Get lost, you’re the second young master of the Qin family and yet you dare cry poor in front of me? Most of these fine goods are generously sponsored by Lu Yun’s parents. From what I see, we should get you to dig deep into your pockets for our next group activity."

Class leader Xie Yuanwu picked up a large spoon, threatening to hit him on the head, "All day long I hear about you treating this person and that so lavishly, so how come you’ve never treated our classmates even once?"

"Ha, just looking at these items I can tell it’s definitely Uncle Lu who’s more generous, huh? These fruits obviously have been air-shipped from elsewhere; most of them you can’t even find in Capital City markets. These grand gestures are way beyond what we, who only have a little pocket money, can afford. Which bastard said it was my treat? I tend to mooch more than treat, okay? Do I look like I’m that naive?"

Seeing Xie Yuanwu’s spoon coming his way, Qin Xinqi hurriedly covered his head and dodged, then quickly grabbed a box of items from his group and dashed off, tossing out one last comment, "Boss, you should set an example if you want someone to treat. Speaking of which, your allowance is much fatter than mine."

"You little brat, you’ve got to retort ten times for every word said to you. You still have the face to talk about mooching off others? And since when is my pocket money thicker than yours?" Xie Yuanwu laughed and cursed, but didn’t chase after Qin Xinqi.

"Face? That means jack. I got so many places to spend money on; the allowance from home is never enough. Am I supposed to pretend to be richer than I am?" Qin Xinqi threw back a comment from afar.

Most of those coming to collect the items were boys who, upon hearing the conversation between Qin Xinqi and Xie Yuanwu, were somewhat flabbergasted. It dawned on them that, aside from their class leader and Qin Xinqi, their classmate Zhang Lanfeng reportedly came from a very wealthy family, and the usually low-profile Lu Yun seemed to come from an extraordinary background as well?

With a mix of excitement, they took their share of the goods and immediately spread the news.

Li Yu and Mo Ning were the ones from Lu Yun’s group who went to collect the items. When the three girls returned, they weren’t present. They retold what they had heard and then privately discussed and marveled at how Capital City was indeed full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers. In the campus of B University, there were indeed many students from influential or wealthy families.

Hearing this, Lin Jing didn’t show much surprise, whereas Chen Tongfang was quite thrilled and kept bombarding the two with questions, regretting that he hadn’t gone to collect the items himself.

"Lanfeng, is the Lu family really that wealthy? Didn’t Liu Jinli seriously offend her this morning?" Lin Biyun, one of Zhang Lanfeng’s usual followers, came up to her and asked.

Liu Jinli, who had started to bad-mouth Lu Yun early that morning, was also in this group. Hearing the question, she looked at Zhang Lanfeng with puppy eyes, clearly waiting for an answer. She was normally one of Zhang Lanfeng’s followers, basking in her reflected glory, and had grown quite a bit more emboldened. She had not expected to bump into such a tough opponent this time.

Zhang Lanfeng glanced at Liu Jinli angrily and scolded, "Isn’t that offending someone big time? You’re just a pig-brained fool with no sense of judgement. It’s one thing to bully those with no family background, but how dare you mess with her? You’ve all heard of the ’Lu Group’, haven’t you?"

"Ah--Lu Yun is actually the daughter of the Lu Group?" Lin Biyun looked at Liu Jinli with schadenfreude, exclaiming in surprise while her eyebrows raised in satisfaction. This fatty knew how to sweet-talk people; Zhang Lanfeng usually treated her differently, but now she must be pleased to see her hitting a snag.

The daughter of the Lu Group, huh? That sounds like a big deal.

"So, what do I do now?" Liu Jinli, having been scolded as a pig by Zhang Lanfeng, was too concerned about her recent blunder to be secretly resentful as usual. She knew she had been reckless, provoking someone she shouldn’t have, and was genuinely scared to the point of tears.

"What can you do after you’ve already offended her? Just avoid her from now on, after all..."

Zhang Lanfeng silently swallowed the words ’just a merchant family’—when it came to merchants, her own family was also in business. Although her family had some connections, they knew their own circumstances—they were barely able to cling to those above them.

While the Lu Family hadn’t let on that they had any powerful backers, who could believe that they achieved such great business success without any support? Even if the Lu Family truly had no one backing them, just the business alone crushing their Zhang family was too much for them to bear—the gap between the two families was simply too vast.

However, she had heard some rumors that Lu Yun was not actually the biological daughter of the head of the Lu Family, Lu Aiguo. It was said she was just a stepdaughter, merely a burden.

Tsk tsk, otherwise, why would she be so low-key all the time? A burden, dared not be high-profile? But there was no need to mention these things to the two people in front of her—it would just cause more trouble, and she had already offended Lu Yun once, there was no need to make an enemy out of her completely.

Besides, strictly speaking, the two in front of her weren’t truly "her own people" but were more like temporary "errand maids" she used at school.

Zhang Lanfeng, although she recognized that she might be arrogant at times, didn’t consider herself stupid. So at that moment, she seriously instructed Lin Biyun and Liu Jinli, "You better not provoke Lu Yun again. If I find out you have, don’t bother following me anymore—I don’t want to be shadowed by someone who only brings trouble."

Liu Jinli heaved a huge sigh of relief. It was good enough that Zhang Lanfeng didn’t disdain her. If she had, Liu Jinli’s monthly allowance would immediately become tight.

So she quickly nodded, "I won’t dare to do it again."

Lin Biyun followed, expressing her loyalty by nodding, "Lanfeng, rest assured, I never casually caused you trouble." After saying this with an insinuation, she cast a sideways glance at Liu Jinli, who, while filled with resentment, knew she was in the wrong and hung her head, her eyes brimming with indignation.

"Alright, let’s forget about what happened before and try to cause less trouble in the future. The branches should be enough by now, let’s go back."

Zhang Lanfeng, pretending not to see the undercurrent between the two, was quite pleased with herself. At a nationally renowned university such as B University, it wasn’t easy to find two followers who were so willing to obey, and she still had three years of college ahead. Without these two, would she have to do everything herself?

Standing up, she dusted herself off and headed back. She had been sitting on a rock and hadn’t bothered to pick up branches—that was what Lin Biyun and Liu Jinli were for. Seeing her leave, they quickly gathered the branches they had collected together, picked them up, and hurried after her.

After climbing the mountain, they set up their own pots to cook rice and make dishes, using the special water from the mountain. When it was time to eat, everyone sat down according to groups, eating voraciously. Not to mention the boys, even the girls had hearty appetites, devouring their food. They all felt the dishes they had made themselves were extremely delicious.

Once they had eaten their fill and cleaned up, the group boundaries dissolved, and they gathered in twos and threes, chatting leisurely.

Lu Yun’s popularity surged noticeably, with many classmates coming over, not necessarily to talk to her but maybe to say a few words to someone by her side; then they’d "casually" look over, offering either a kind or curious smile, before quickly averting their gaze. Lu Yun found it quite interesting. She didn’t feel like a monkey being ogled at all and responded kindly with a smile to each greeting.

She realized that most of her peers at this time were still quite pure and lovely.

But there are always those with ulterior motives at any time, like Chen Tongfang, who was in her group and made his intentions particularly clear—he didn’t wander away anymore and instead began to desperately show off his presence around her.

Chen Tongfang was too obvious; even Feng Sijia and Wu Xiuyu sensed something was off and pulled her aside privately, fretting that she might be deceived. Lu Yun just laughed and assured them she was fine.