The Female Cannon Fodder With Boundless Merits
Chapter 322 - 326: The Altered Life (Part 8)

Chapter 322: Chapter 326: The Altered Life (Part 8)

"Brother Chen, are you alright?" Qiao Xiaoxiao anxiously hastened over with a light jog.

Chen Yajun clutched his forehead, which bore traces of blood, and shook his head, "It’s nothing serious..."

"Did you just come from the Su Family’s place?"

Chen Yajun asked quickly, "Where’s Su Li? Why haven’t I seen her leaving the house at all?"

He had already been loitering around the Su Family’s vicinity for several days.

The irritation that Qiao Xiaoxiao had been feeling hadn’t fully dissipated, but with Chen Yajun’s words, it churned in her heart like a tempestuous sea.

Ask ask ask, the moment she’s caught, it’s these kinds of questions.

If Su Li didn’t want to go out, how would she know why?

Maybe she was just lazy, just wanting to lie at home and enjoy the fan.

Thinking about the fan, Qiao Xiaoxiao shockingly realized that she hadn’t seen any sign of a fan in the Su Family’s main hall just now.

In her memory, this was precisely the time when the Su Family should have been installing a fan for Su Li, but due to Su Li’s insistence, they installed it in the main hall instead so that the whole family could enjoy it.

Because of that, her eldest sister had once complained to her for a long while.

In any case, the repeated complaints were all about the partiality of the Su Family elders.

So much so that yesterday, when her eldest sister came back and wept to her, she hadn’t paid proper attention, overlooking such a significant difference from her past life.

Could it be that because of her own reasons, the trajectory of this life had also changed?

Then could she still get into university?

Qiao Xiaoxiao was both shocked and scared, her mind freezing up as if malfunctioning, completely numb.

Her biggest reliance was the memories from her previous life.

In her past life, Su Li had gotten into Capital University, so after she found out that she had been reborn, she used every possible method to ingratiate herself with Su Li.

She endured discomfort to follow behind her, all for the sake of performing as well during the college entrance exams.

Only those who have lived through the future would understand the importance of knowledge and education.

To ensure absolute success, she read every book that Su Li read.

Even the key points of knowledge that Chen Yajun marked for Su Li, she shamelessly obtained a copy for herself.

During the college entrance exams, although it was tough, she still felt good about herself.

She had worked so hard because she wanted to leave this place.

But if... reality did not progress as it had in her memory...

Would she still have to be, as in her last life, a farmer scraping a living from the soil, then marry an ordinary worker, have a few children, until she bore a son?

In the end, slowly becoming a person similar to her mother, a similar life.

Qiao Xiaoxiao panicked, with various illogical thoughts flashing through her mind.

Even the man in front of her, whom she had secretly loved in her last life but had become Su Li’s future husband, she no longer had the capacity to care about.

Right now, she just wanted to return to the Su Family’s house again to see what exactly had gone wrong.

"Hey, Xiaoxiao... where are you going? You haven’t told me about Su Li..."

Chen Yajun’s words were left behind by Qiao Xiaoxiao, submerged in the warm breeze that carried her away.

Qiao Xiaoxiao once again arrived at the doorway of the Su Family, but without entering, she overheard voices from inside.

It seemed they were installing a fan again.

Her heart settled slightly; could it be that she had remembered wrong?

In fact, in her previous life, besides the main hall, the Su Family had installed another fan just for Su Li’s room.

Perhaps it was possible; after all, in her previous life, she wasn’t close with Su Li, having barely visited the Su Family a few times. All the news about Su Li she heard was from her elder sister’s mouth.

Su Li sensed Qiao Xiaoxiao lingering at Su Family’s main entrance and gradually developed some guesses in her heart.

Qiao Xiaoxiao did not enter but instead hid behind the gate for a while before leaving.

Ever since being rebuffed at Su Li’s, Qiao Xiaoxiao had not come to find her again; in contrast, Chen Yajun had come to visit Su Li a few times.

But the moment Chen Yajun appeared, Granny Su’s eyes shone, and she guarded Su Li like a thief was nearby.

With Granny Su’s fierce gaze upon him, Chen Yajun abandoned any other thoughts he had in mind.

Putting on a brave face, they had a dry discussion about exams and studies until finally, Chen Yajun could no longer sit still.

Chen Yajun beat a hasty retreat.

Granny Su wasn’t just on guard like against a wolf, no, not a wolf, a pig...

Her well-nurtured, tender cabbages were what this pig yearned to root up, without even asking if she agreed.

Su Li watched this with delight, finding her granny increasingly amusing.

Just now, she had seen the frustrated, liver-and-lung-colored face of Chen Yajun who seemed immensely helpless.

Time at the Su Family’s flew by quickly, and the weather was still scorching when the exam results came out.

Su Li had stayed at home without going out for the past few days.

Granny Su was worried her granddaughter would feel too bored and fall sick from it.

As it happened, a household in the neighboring village, which had some connection to the Su Family, was receiving a daughter-in-law, and Granny Su planned to invite her granddaughter to join in the wedding feast and bask in their joy.

However, if they went, there would be no one at home.

For this reason, Granny Su specifically arranged for her third daughter-in-law, Xu Xiaomiao, to take leave from her job and stay at home just in case they missed any news.

Qiao Xiaohong was unwilling to let this easy, labor-saving opportunity pass her by.

"Granny, it’s better if I just stay home and cook... I strained my back while working yesterday; it’s still a bit sore..."

It was just an easy day; Xu Xiaomiao wouldn’t argue with Qiao Xiaohong over such a trivial matter.

"Then let Second Sister-in-law stay home to cook and, by the way, keep an eye on the house. I’ll continue to go to work."

Aunt Su glared at her second daughter-in-law, and Granny Su couldn’t be bothered to quibble with Qiao Xiaohong.

"Fine, as long as you’re willing," she said, then turned to take two small bags of candy from her room’s cupboard.

One bag was for Xu Xiaomiao, one for Yan Nizi, and the smallest one was left for Qiao Xiaohong.

Qiao Xiaohong immediately became dissatisfied, ignoring her husband’s attempts to intervene, and blurted out, "Granny, you’re playing favorites; why is mine the smallest bag?"

"You all follow to work every day; it’s exhausting. I want to give you some candy to replenish your strength... As for you getting the least, aren’t you able to rest for a full day tomorrow?"

Granny Su’s eyes narrowed into slits, her voice carried a sharpness as she spoke, "You don’t want it? Then give it back to me."

Qiao Xiaohong quickly hid the bag of candy behind her and lowered her voice, "I want it, I do want it."

Yan Nizi sneered to herself. Her sister-in-law never learned her lesson and thought she could outsmart Granny.

"But how can we hand out candy and forget our precious Li Bao?" Granny Su said with a beaming smile, pulling out the largest bag of candy from behind her.

Su Li was surprised, "I get some too?"

"Of course, you do. You’ve been studying so hard recently; you need to replenish your energy."

Su Li opened the candy bag and saw that along with rock sugar, there were also candies wrapped in colorful paper—quite appealing to the eye.

Qiao Xiaohong felt like blowing her top again but, having learned a bit from the last time, she didn’t dare to make a scene.

Otherwise, she was sure Granny Su would snatch the small bag of candy right out of her hands.