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The reborn of paranoid boss cannon fodder wife(362)
🕑 Added 2024-06-01 10:04:29 +0000 UTCChapter 362: Counterattack
The bowl filled with thick soup, rich with chicken, had a thin layer of yellow oil floating on top. Each scoop from the ladle brought it closer to overflowing.
Yun Ruolin instinctively stepped back.
Bai Lu chuckled lightly, stopping a full ladle of soup above the bowl and changing direction: "Xiao Wei, don't you love turtle soup? Hurry and bring your bowl; big sister-in-law will serve you."
"Sure!"
Xiao Wei's eyes lit up, and he ran over with his bowl, accidentally knocking the ladle away.
A line of soup arched through the air.
The entire restaurant fell silent.
Diners from all directions, who were eating while watching the scene unfold, stopped their chopsticks and widened their eyes.
Yun Ruolin, wearing high heels, had a delayed reaction to dodge. Her feet couldn't keep up with her brain, and the turtle soup came fast and accurate, impossible to avoid.
The thick soup hit her chest and flowed down, spreading a large area of yellow and white oil.
The soup wasn't hot, but it made her dress and skin stick together, greasy and uncomfortable.
Yun Ruolin's calm expression collapsed instantly, her face turned ashen, and her gentle eyes turned cold, glaring at Bai Lu: "You!"
"Miss Ruolin! Quickly, wipe it off!"
Wu Qian, snapping out of his daze, hurriedly brought the entire box of tissues to Yun Ruolin.
Interrupted, Yun Ruolin realized that everyone was watching her, assessing the situation. She had no choice but to swallow her anger temporarily.
She forcefully pulled out a few tissues, wiping her dress while glaring coldly at Xiao Wei beside Bai Lu.
Everyone's gaze followed her to the culprit.
The room was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
Before any whispers could start, Bai Lu had already pulled the little one back to her side, patting his small head.
Her gentle voice was loud enough for all to hear: "How could you be so careless? It's a good thing it wasn't a bigger accident. You're too young to be running with a big bowl like that. We won't blame you this time, but be more careful in the future."
Zhang San and Li Si: "..."
He's only seven, carrying a big bowl.
Everyone: "..."
He might be running clumsily but hit quite forcefully.
The main thing is... this speech seems familiar, just aimed at someone else earlier.
Same content, different target.
Additionally.
The kind-hearted girl who forgives others' mistakes did another good deed.
Showing concern for another girl injured by the soup: "Miss Yun, are you alright? The soup had been served for a while, so it shouldn't be hot. It should be more of a dress issue, needing more tissues to clean. Don’t worry, I used tissues to clean the wine off my pants too."
Is wine the same color as soup!
Are a few drops the same as a whole ladle!
Not only Yun Ruolin felt the difference, but everyone present did.
However, one got wine, the other got soup, and that's an unchangeable fact. Equally significant.
The whispers died down before they could start.
Yun Ruolin gritted her teeth, using the tissues vigorously to wipe the oil stains, to no avail.
She had to head to the bathroom to clean up.
As she passed by, she glared coldly at Xiao Wei.
Bai Lu suddenly spoke: "Miss Yun, if you can forgive an adult's accidental mistake, you won't hold a grudge against a child's, will you?"
Under everyone's gaze, there's no way the powerful can light fires but the common folk can't light lamps.
Yun Ruolin's disgraced face had to turn pleasant.
"Such a small matter, I naturally won't mind. Kids being naughty is something adults should correct."
Bai Lu smiled lightly: "Our child has a strong sense of justice, never causing trouble for no reason."
Yun Ruolin: "..."
Zhang San and Li Si: "..." Big sister-in-law is awesome!
Xiao Wei obediently hugged Bai Lu's leg, eyes sparkling.
Wu Qian opened his mouth, wanting to defend Yun Ruolin, but some truths are hard to argue against.
Trying to refute was futile.
The restaurant echoed with the sharp "click-click-click" of high heels, each step seeming to crush the anger beneath them.
All the way to the bathroom.
Xiao Cheng had left when the third dish was served, and now all ten dishes were finished, but he hadn't returned.
The waiting time was long.
Long enough for Yun Ruolin to return from the bathroom.
As she walked back, she suddenly stopped ten meters behind Bai Lu, her pupils contracting.
She stood still, staring intently at the back of Bai Lu's head...
When Bai Lu entered, she sat opposite Yun Ruolin, her hair up in a bun, unnoticed by those across from her.
Including the pearl hairpin clipped behind.
From the back, it was strikingly conspicuous.
The restaurant's sparkling crystal lights couldn't outshine the luster of the seven pearls on the hairpin, only becoming a backdrop.
Especially the arc of the hairpin, a half-moon shape, holding both light and darkness, mysterious and radiant.
The hollow part of the moon was missing something Yun Ruolin knew very well.
White jade pearl!
Was it a coincidence?
The almost identical hairpin.
Yun Ruolin walked closer. Last time in Yue Province, she saw this hairpin in Xiao Cheng's room.
Did he give it to Bai Lu?
This isn't Bai Lu's hairpin!
"Lu Lu."
A familiar, cool, rich voice came from behind. Bai Lu instinctively turned around, seeing Yun Ruolin retract her hand quickly, her face abnormal.
Before she could speak, Yun Ruolin had returned to her seat, her steps hurried.
With the obstruction gone, a tall, elegant figure came into view, approaching step by step.
His expression was also a bit abnormal.
Cold, stern, and more so, grim... whether towards something or someone.
There were others present, so Bai Lu couldn't ask much, "You're back. Let's eat."
After sitting down, Xiao Cheng's cold gaze swept over Yun Ruolin, seeming to warn her.
Yun Ruolin looked at Xiao Cheng, but her gaze didn't meet his, seemingly looking through him at someone else.
She didn't catch his warning at all.
The meal ended in eerie silence.
The cooperation continued as usual.
Once the new products arrived in Pingcheng and were confirmed correct, the final payment would be made.
Yun Ruolin couldn't clean the oil stain from her dress and used it as an excuse to leave after the meal.
Bai Lu and Xiao Cheng returned to the shop, sorted out the accounts for the past few days, and then headed home.
Xiao Cheng called a taxi.
From the city to the new town, there was a long stretch without streetlights, pitch black and nothing visible, with only the car lights illuminating the road. The little one by the window watched intently, perhaps admiring the night scenery.
Or enjoying his first taxi ride.
Bai Lu leaned on Xiao Cheng's shoulder, in a very lazy and comfortable posture. Xiao Cheng was rubbing her belly.
Though the mood during dinner wasn't great, the food was genuinely delicious, and she had two big bowls of rice.
And two bowls of the tasty turtle soup.
She accidentally ate too much.
Despite walking back to the shop to sort the accounts, it wasn't enough time to digest properly.
Before getting in the car, Xiao Cheng bought ice cream for her and Xiao Wei. It looked very tempting.
Bai Lu thought ice cream was easy to digest, so she ate it, and then felt even fuller.
