The Adopted Cannon Fodder Made a Comeback

Lin Sui’er was stunned by Gu’er’s scolding. She thought that since Gu’er was talking to her, she would surely say something nice. After all, their mother had gone and begged her. If Gu’er couldn’t handle it, Mom would definitely blame her. She hadn’t expected Gu’er to scold her so directly. ’But why is it that when Gu’er acts like this, it feels more real?’ she thought. ’Why do I feel like she actually cares about me? Why can I accept it?’

"What right do you have to yell at me? What I do is none of your business! You have it so good, anyway. You get whatever you want. Dad likes you, Sun Jiaming is good to you, Li Zhi and the others all flock to you. You can even earn your own money. You’re good at everything. I can’t compare to you, so why are you bothering with me? Why do you care if my life is good or not?"

Lin Sui’er asked Gu’er petulantly. From the day she first met Gu’er, she had been competing with her, wanting to beat her at something. But she was no match for Gu’er in any way, and because of that, she’d developed a complex.

"That’s right, I couldn’t care less if you dropped dead! I really don’t want to get involved with you, but I can’t stand to see Mom and Dad so upset. I’m not doing this because I have nothing better to do than waste my breath on you. If it were anyone else, do you think I’d bother? Do you know that the moment I see you looking like this, I just want to slap you hard across the face?"

Gu’er was in a foul mood herself.

"You already did slap me."

Sui’er said resentfully.

"Then I went too easy on you. A few more slaps might knock some sense into you and teach you how to act like a decent human being."

Gu’er glared at her.

Sui’er started to glare back at Gu’er, but after a moment, she deflated like a popped balloon and backed down.

"I... I never actually wanted to be with Da Lei Zi. That time I ran into them on the street, they asked me to hang out, but I ignored them. I didn’t want anything to do with them. I knew they were bad news. But he kept waiting for me at school. One day, I had a fight with Mom, so I ran off and went out with them. They took me to a lot of places, and I felt happy with them. There was no pressure. They just wanted to have fun with me; they never criticized me or forced me to study. So I started hanging out with them. But... but I never thought Da Lei Zi... that he would actually..."

Lin Sui’er didn’t feel good about it either, but she had no one to confide in. She hadn’t even told Chen Fengjiao about this, keeping it bottled up inside. For some reason, today she felt the urge to tell Gu’er.

"Did he force you?"

Gu’er asked. Although she disliked Lin Sui’er, she knew her sister had little life experience and had never done anything truly bad.

"That day, I was drinking with them during dinner. He took me to his little apartment. I told him to stop, but he... he... I didn’t have the strength to fight him off."

Tears streamed down Lin Sui’er’s face. She hadn’t wanted it to happen. She knew how important a girl’s innocence was. She just wanted to hang out with them and relax; she hadn’t thought about anything else.

"Okay, so that time was against your will. What about yesterday? You were out all night. Weren’t you with him?"

Gu’er continued to question Lin Sui’er.

"I was really angry after that first time and started ignoring Da Lei Zi. But he kept coming to find me. Yesterday, he found me and said a friend of his was having a birthday with a fun party. Mom was nagging me day in and day out, and I was so annoyed that I just went. A big group of us partied until three or four in the morning. I... I drank a lot. I... I... He brought me back at dawn. I wasn’t thinking at first, really! I didn’t mean to be with him. I never thought about spending my life with him. I would never marry someone like that."

Lin Sui’er spoke haltingly, biting her lip.

"Is everything you’re saying true?"

Gu’er asked, staring intently at Lin Sui’er.

"Why would I lie to you? Is there any reason for me to lie to you? If you don’t believe me, then fine!"

Lin Sui’er was getting angry. She was telling the truth.

Gu’er frowned slightly. She believed Lin Sui’er was telling the truth. Girls Lin Sui’er’s age love to have fun, and she probably didn’t think about anything else when she first started hanging out with that group. But what kind of people were they? It would be a cold day in hell before they didn’t have ideas about a pretty young girl like her.

"You should count yourself lucky that group of theirs isn’t completely rotten. Otherwise, if several of them had ganged up on you, you wouldn’t even know where to turn to cry. What kind of people did you think they were? You wanted to hang out with them? Are you out of your mind? Did you think they were just like you? Lin Sui’er, let me tell you, if you keep messing around with them, you’re going to have a world of pain coming your way."

Gu’er felt a mix of anger, resentment, and pity for Lin Sui’er.

"I... I don’t want to be with them anymore, either. But they keep looking for me."

Lin Sui’er’s defiance evaporated.

"So they look for you, can’t you just say no? Don’t you have a mouth? You’re brave enough to shout at us at home, how come you don’t dare to shout at them?"

Gu’er jabbed at her verbally.

Lin Sui’er lowered her head, silent. Deep down, she was still scared of those guys. She had once seen one of them beat up a girl who had ignored him. It was terrifying.

"This counts as him forcing you. Do you want to report it to the police?"

Gu’er asked Sui’er. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

"No! No! If people find out, how could I go on living? How could I ever show my face in public again?"

Sui’er shook her head like a rattle drum.

"So now you know what shame is? A little late for that, don’t you think?"

Gu’er was truly furious, angry at Sui’er for her lack of self-respect.

"Do you really not want to hang around with them anymore?"

Scolding was one thing, but the problem still needed to be solved.

"I... I really don’t. I don’t like them. I just wanted to make everyone at home mad, and hanging out with them felt relaxing. But... but I know it’s wrong. I know they’re not good people."

Lin Sui’er looked at Gu’er, her eyes red. In that moment, she had opened her heart to Gu’er, speaking her true feelings. She didn’t even know why it was happening. ’Don’t I hate Gu’er more than anyone?’ she wondered.

"Leave this to me. I’ll find someone to take care of them and make sure they never bother you again. But Lin Sui’er, you’d better remember what you said. If you go crawling back to them for more, then no one can save you. I’ll never get involved in your business again. You can go ruin your life for all I care!"

The deed had to be done, and what needed to be said had to be said. Gu’er’s words were harsh, and she didn’t want to say them, but if she didn’t, Lin Sui’er would never learn her lesson.

"I’ll remember. So... could I really be pregnant? If I am, what do I do? I don’t want to be, really... Sis, I’m so scared. I don’t want to have a baby."

Lin Sui’er looked up at Gu’er, looking utterly pitiful. She was truly scared now. She hadn’t thought about any of this before, but if she was pregnant like Gu’er said, she couldn’t imagine what would happen to her. ’Could I even go on living?’

"Calling me ’Sis’ won’t help. What can I do about it? You’d better pray to God that you’re not. Otherwise, you’ve brought this disaster on yourself, and the consequences you’ll have to face will be worse than you can possibly imagine."