The Legend of Cinderella's Counterattack

"Lolo, I heard you fainted. How are you? Are you okay?!" Stepmother Li Yun's voice rang out at the door of the ward, as "gentle" and "caring" as ever. Before I could react, Lawrence Lu rushed to the door in a flash, his tone cold: "What are you doing here?"

Li Yun was startled by Lu Yuxuan's attitude, but soon put on a tearful expression: "Yuxuan, how can you say that? I'm worried about Luo Luo too! I heard that she fainted, and I rushed over without even having time to change clothes..."

“No need for you to be hypocritical!” Lawrence Lu interrupted her coldly, “You are not welcome here, please leave!”

"Yuxuan, you..." Li Yun wanted to say something else, but Lu Xinyi behind her grabbed her arm.

Lu Xinyi smiled at me, with a barely perceptible smugness in her tone: "Sister, are you okay? You have to take care of yourself when you're pregnant. Don't be like last time, again..."

She paused deliberately, her eyes sweeping across my slightly bulging belly, a meaningful smile playing on her lips. I knew what she was referring to. Last time, I accidentally had a miscarriage due to excessive work pressure, and that miscarriage was caused by them!

"Lu Xinyi, shut up!" Lu Yuxuan turned around abruptly and glared at Lu Xinyi, his eyes as sharp as a knife.

Lu Xinyi was frightened by Lu Yuxuan's eyes and took a step back. Her eyes instantly turned red. She bit her lips in grievance, looking pitiful. Seeing this, Li Yun quickly protected her behind her and cried to Lu Yuxuan: "Yuxuan, how could you talk to Xinyi like this? She also cares about you and Luoluo..."

"Enough!" Lawrence Lu growled impatiently, "I'll say it again, you are not welcome here, please leave immediately!"

Li Yun wanted to say something else when the door to the ward was suddenly pushed open from outside. A doctor in a white coat walked in, holding my medical report in his hand. His brows furrowed slightly. "Are you a family member of the patient? The patient needs to rest and rest. It's not advisable for him to have excessive emotional fluctuations. Please control your emotions."

The doctor's tone was calm, but it carried an undeniable authority. Li Yun was speechless and could only glare at me fiercely before pulling Lu Xinyi out of the ward.

With a bang, the ward door was slammed shut, but my heart remained restless for a long time. I knew this was just the calm before the storm. Li Yun and Lu Xinyi would never let me go so easily. They would definitely find ways to destroy my relationship with Lu Yuxuan and my child...

Just then, my phone suddenly rang. It was an unfamiliar number. I hesitated for a moment, then answered the call: "Hello, who is this?"

There was silence on the other end of the phone for a few seconds, and then a gloomy and hoarse voice came: "Lin Luoluo, long time no see..."

I clutched the phone, a chill running from my feet to my head. Even though it had been ages since I'd heard that voice, I instantly recognized it—it was Zhao Qiang, the thug who'd once harassed me and been jailed by Lawrence Lu! How did he know my phone number? And why did he say "long time no see"? Could it be... he'd been released from prison?

Before I could think about it, a busy tone came from the other end of the phone and Zhao Qiang had hung up. I suddenly felt panicky and a sense of foreboding came over me.

Before I could sort out my thoughts, Li Yun knocked on the door and walked in, carrying a thermos bucket with a virtuous smile. "Lolo, you haven't recovered yet. The doctor said you need more nutrition. I asked Aunt Zhang to make some chicken soup. Drink it while it's hot."

I looked at her fake smile, my stomach churning, and I lost my appetite. Ever since I fainted, Li Yun had been living in the Lu family villa, under the pretext of "taking care" of me, making me a different kind of "soup" every day. I knew her real motive was to spy on me and sow discord between me and Lu Yuxuan.

Sure enough, while Li Yun was "considerately" serving soup, she casually said, "Lolo, you and Yuxuan have been married for a while now, why haven't you made any progress? Is it because... you're too busy with work and your health can't handle it?"

I put down the bowl of soup in my hand and looked at her coldly: "I don't need you to worry about my health."

Li Yun's face froze, but she quickly regained her smile and continued, "Lolo, don't get me wrong, I'm concerned about you. You're not young anymore, and Yuxuan is the only son in the family. Having a child sooner rather than later will put the Lu family at ease."

I sneered and said nothing. She was hinting that if I didn't give birth to the child soon, my position would be unstable.

What makes me even more heartbroken is that some rumors about me have started to spread in the company recently, saying that the child in my belly is not Lu Yuxuan's at all, that I have cheated on my wife, and some people even named the father of the child as a certain partner of the company... These rumors are getting more and more outrageous, and I know that it must be Lu Xinyi who is behind it!

I took a deep breath, trying to suppress the anger and anxiety in my heart. Do they think this can break me? I am not a soft persimmon that can be manipulated by others!

"Li Yun," I put down the soup bowl and stared at her sharply, "don't beat around the bush. Just say what you want to say."

Li Yun was startled by my look, but quickly regained her composure: "Lolo, what do you mean? Why can't Auntie understand?"

"Don't understand?" I sneered. "Then explain to me why so many rumors about me have suddenly appeared in the company? Don't you know who is behind this spreading of false information?"

Li Yun's face changed, her eyes flickered, and she stammered, "How...how would I know this? I never interfere in company affairs..."

"Really?" I pressed on. "What about Lu Xinyi? Has she been visiting you at the company often recently?"

Li Yun's expression turned even uglier, but she still insisted, "Xinyi came to the company to see me. We were just chatting as mother and daughter. What's wrong with that?"

"Chatting?" I sneered, took out my phone, pulled out a photo, and placed it in front of Li Yun. "How do you explain this photo?"

In the photo, Lu Xinyi was chatting and laughing with a man in a coffee shop, and that man was the partner in the company who had been rumored to be having an affair with me recently!

Li Yun's face turned pale in an instant and she couldn't utter a word.

I looked at her coldly and said word by word, "Li Yun, I know you and Lu Xinyi have always disliked me and have tried every possible means to drive me out of the Lu family. However, I warn you, don't challenge my bottom line, otherwise, I will not be polite anymore!"

After saying that, I turned around and went back to my room, closing the door heavily.

That night, when Lawrence Lu came back, I told him everything, including the conspiracy between Li Yun and Lu Xinyi, and the call from Zhao Qiang.

After listening to my story, Lawrence Lu's face turned pale and his eyes were filled with anger. He hugged me in his arms and said guiltily, "Lolo, I'm sorry. It's my fault. I made you feel wronged."

"This isn't your fault," I shook my head and held his hand tightly. "I know you've always been protecting me."

"No, it's my fault that I didn't protect you well," Lawrence Lu said self-reproachfully, "I should have solved those troubles earlier and not let you worry and be afraid."

"We'll face this together." I looked up at him, my eyes filled with determination. "No matter what happens, I will be with you."

Lawrence Lu kissed my forehead affectionately and said firmly, “Don’t worry, I will definitely find out everything and give you an explanation.”

We decided to talk to Li Yun and Lu Xinyi the next day to clarify things. However, before I could even open my mouth, my phone suddenly rang. The caller ID showed an unfamiliar number. I hesitated for a moment, but finally answered.

"Hello, who is it?"

There was silence on the other end of the phone for a moment, and then a low and hoarse male voice came, as if the voice was deliberately lowered so that people could not hear the original face: "Ms. Lin, long time no see..."

My heart skipped a beat. This voice…why was it so familiar, yet I couldn't place who it was? An inexplicable sense of dread spread from the depths of my heart.

"Who are you? Why do you know my name?" I held the phone tightly and asked with forced calmness.

"Haha, Miss Lin, you're truly forgetful," the other person chuckled a few times, a hint of sarcasm in his tone, "Have you forgotten who rescued you from that hellhole?"

"What a ghost place? Save me?" I was even more confused. Various thoughts flashed through my mind quickly, but I couldn't remember when I was trapped in a "ghost place", let alone being rescued by someone.

"Why, you can't remember?" The other person seemed to see through my thoughts, and his tone became gloomy. "It doesn't matter, we will meet again soon, and then you will remember..."

Before I could ask any more questions, the other party hung up. I clutched the phone, stunned, a chill running down my spine. Who was calling this mysterious number? What did he mean by "a haunted place" and "save me"? Could this be related to the secret of my time travel?