The Female Cannon Fodder With Boundless Merits
Chapter 380 - 384: The Demon’s Gratitude (Part 7)

Chapter 380: Chapter 384: The Demon’s Gratitude (Part 7)

The melancholic servant, upon hearing the news, was immediately overjoyed as if granted amnesty, nodding his head repeatedly with happiness.

Jinbao was somewhat unable to comprehend his young master lately, having discovered that his young master had suddenly become more contemplative.

In the Su Residence’s lotus pond, a beautiful red carp was missing, while on a certain street in the Capital, there was one more woman selling herself to pay for her mother’s funeral.

Today was the day Su Li went to the academy to study. On the street from the Su Residence to the academy, a crowd had gathered, all pointing and discussing animatedly.

Jinbao craned his neck and stood on tiptoes, trying to look ahead, his curiosity growing by the second.

"Young master, I’ll go and find out what’s happening."

The group just happened to be blocking their way.

"Mhm, go ahead."

Su Li smiled gently, not needing to look to know what the situation was.

It was exactly as the original owner’s memory had depicted; the Carp Spirit had chosen this tactic, blocking his path to the academy.

With his young master’s permission, Jinbao, nimble and quick, weaved his way through the crowd.

Despite the distance and the thick wall of people, Su Li could feel the burning gaze upon him.

Jinbao quickly returned, saying to Su Li with sympathy, "Young master, it’s a pitiful lady who is selling herself to pay for her mother’s funeral."

Yu Jiaolan quickly sensed the scent of her benefactor. She had been keeping her head down silently, but now, lifting her eyes, her tear-filled and misty gaze struck many of the onlookers with shock.

Her appearance, while not stunning, still had a particular charm about it, though she was a bit more plump.

Nevertheless, there were many who did not care for skinny girls.

The many who felt pity for Yu Jiaolan at the sight of her face gradually let their gaze drift downwards, then...

Their previously fervent emotions were doused with cold water.

So she was a pregnant woman, after all? Then why was she still styled with a young girl’s hairstyle?

This was nothing short of deceit.

As they thought it over, they realized they had no good reason to feel angry; after all, she hadn’t forced them to help her. Instead, it was a reflection of their own unsavory thoughts.

Getting two for the price of one—nobody wanted to be that cuckolded fool.

In an instant, many faces turned awkward as they stepped back, and the encircling crowd thinned considerably.

With the thick human wall dispersed, Su Li, standing opposite, and Yu Jiaolan, kneeling on the ground, exchanged distant glances.

Yu Jiaolan’s tearful eyes became even more blurred.

She opened her mouth, ready to convey in stutters the sorrow of her tragic life.

Knowing the nature of her benefactor, she was certain he would not ignore her. With a few more pleas, she was sure she could stay by his side.

To her surprise, her benefactor suddenly gave her a malicious smile, and then... he turned and walked away.

Turned and walked away?

This... this was not what she had planned.

Yu Jiaolan was completely stunned.

By her side stood an old woman from a wealthy family, sent by the Madam to give this pitiful woman a hand.

Looking at the woman on the ground, three months pregnant, with no father or brothers and no husband, all alone selling herself to pay for her mother’s funeral.

Pitiful, lamentable!!!

The old woman was about to ask a few questions when the woman on the ground glued her eyes only to the handsome scholar in front, not giving even a hint of attention to anyone else.

The experienced old woman knew immediately what was going on.

Even the bystanders around them had the same realization. This woman didn’t need their help at all. In fact, their interference might have ruined her plans.

The old woman spat a few times in frustration, then her face turned ugly as she returned to the carriage not far away.

When Su Li turned to leave, her gaze also caught sight of that understated carriage, where she saw a corner marked with the emblem symbolizing the Royal Family.

Heh, the Carp Spirit is in for some bad luck.

Yu Jiaolan could only watch in disbelief as her benefactor walked further and further away, until she vanished completely.

Before she could figure out where things had gone wrong, a group of Government Officials armed with large knives rushed over.

Without a word, these brutes directly apprehended Yu Jiaolan.

"A person from the Eldest Princess’s entourage has collided with her carriage... You really have some nerve..."

With that, they twisted Yu Jiaolan’s arm behind her back and started dragging her away.

Yu Jiaolan was very angry, seething with rage.

Her failed plans had already disappointed her, and now she was humiliated by these people she looked down upon.

If not for the fact that the streets were crowded, she might have lashed out and punished each one of them to vent her fury.

The Eldest Princess too had earned a place in the Carp Spirit’s grudge-filled heart.

She had already decided that once she had repaid her debt, she would deal with those who had offended her.

As for the old woman, she went back and exaggerated the situation with Yu Jiaolan, thoroughly inciting the Eldest Princess’s wrath.

The Princess had originally intended to do a good deed, but such an incident had disgusted her, so naturally, she was not prepared to let off such a shameless woman.

Then the scene of Yu Jiaolan being taken away unfolded as previously seen.

When Yu Jiaolan was led away, there were many who pointed and commented, but none showed pity.

It’s understandable, after all, if she had been a beautiful girl, people might have pitied her for her lovely face.

But a woman with a protruding belly, yet so indiscreet, made a much worse impression in the eyes of the public.

Su Li took another route, leisurely making her way to the academy.

There, she joyfully exchanged poems and discussed scholarly matters with friends from the same class as the original owner.

Meanwhile, the captured Carp Spirit was not so fortunate and received a heavy punishment of thirty blows with a plank.

Initially, considering she was pregnant, they planned to give her just a light punishment, but she loudly claimed she was not pregnant and made outrageous statements.

After being examined by a physician who confirmed she was indeed not pregnant, the thirty plank blows were administered.

Yu Jiaolan had not been afraid at first, intending to escape midway through.

However, when she tried to use her spells, she found she could not mobilize any Spiritual Energy within her body.

She was like any real mortal woman, at the mercy of these people, to do as they pleased.

Damnable, hateful...

Now Yu Jiaolan was truly panicked.

The pain of the plank on her buttocks and the indignant humiliation in her heart deeply twisted her soul.

How dare they, how dare they...

She would kill them all, she absolutely would.

Despite Yu Jiaolan’s rage-filled, bloodshot eyes, the blows continued, punishing her buttocks until they streamed with fresh blood.

When she was finally carried out by the Government Officials, barely alive and thrown onto the street, she still couldn’t use her spells.

It was as if they had been sealed within her body.

As for this, Su Li was clearly quite pleased.

There’s a saying that goes, never casually eat food given by others, lest you be poisoned.

Of course, Yu Jiaolan wasn’t poisoned, she had just been tricked.