The Legend of Cinderella's Counterattack

"Hello? Hello? What's wrong? Speak!" I shouted into the busy tone of my phone. A chill ran from my feet to my head. My best friend's words were like a stone that stirred up a thousand waves in my heart. Seeing my pale face, Lawrence Lu asked nervously, "What's wrong? What happened?" I took a deep breath and tried to calm myself. "My stepmother and stepsister... the call suddenly stopped. I was worried they would harm you."

"Don't worry, they wouldn't dare." Lu Yuxuan frowned and hugged me in his arms. "Let's go find them and ask them clearly." I shook my head. Reason told me not to be impulsive. My stepmother has always been cunning. If we act rashly, we might fall into their trap. "No, we can't alert them." I raised my head, my eyes firm. "Yuxuan, do you remember the damaged necklace? I think this matter is very strange. Maybe it has something to do with them."

Lawrence Lu pondered for a moment and nodded: "You are right, there are indeed many suspicious points about the necklace. We must investigate it thoroughly." He made a prompt decision and made a phone call: "Help me find someone. I want all his information, the more detailed the better..." After hanging up the phone, he turned to look at me with a deep gaze: "I have contacted the best private detective. He will help us investigate the necklace."

A few days later, the private investigator returned with his findings. He adjusted his glasses and said gravely, "I've investigated. The damage to the necklace wasn't accidental; it was intentional." He pulled a few photos from his briefcase. The figures in them were clearly my stepmother and stepsister, and across from them stood a strange, domineering woman. "My investigation reveals that this woman is a business competitor of yours, and your stepmother and stepsister appear to have reached some kind of agreement with her..."

The detective's words made Lawrence Lu and I gasp. It turned out that none of this was a coincidence! My mind flashed back to my stepmother's hypocritical smile and my stepsister's vicious eyes. It was disgusting that they would collude with my competitors! "What evidence do you have to prove that they are conspiring?" Lawrence Lu asked calmly, his hawk-like eyes fixed on the detective, as if he wanted to see through him.

The detective calmly pulled a recorder from his briefcase and pressed play. A sharp female voice rang out: "After this is done, I want 10% of your company's shares. Also, I want Lin Luoluo to disappear forever!" This voice was all too familiar to me—it was my beloved stepmother! Then, my stepsister's voice rang out: "Don't worry, I've already taken your money, and I'll definitely help you get it done!"

The contents of the recording made Lawrence Lu and I furious. It turned out that they had been colluding with my competitors for a long time. For the sake of profit, they had no bottom line! "In addition to the recording, I also took some photos." The detective handed us a few photos. In the photos, my stepmother and stepsister were having dinner with my competitors in a high-end restaurant. They were chatting and laughing, behaving intimately. How could they look like enemies?

"Why are they doing this?" I clenched my fists, my nails digging deep into my flesh. I really couldn't figure out how I had offended them to harm me so deliberately! Lawrence Lu hugged me in his arms, patted my back gently, and comforted me, "Don't worry, I will seek justice for you." His voice was low and powerful, as if giving me strength, and as if issuing a warning to those who wanted to hurt me.

I felt dizzy, my stomach churning, and I nearly vomited. The photo slipped from my hands and scattered on the floor, reflecting the pale faces of Lu Yuxuan and me. It turned out that I had been deceived by their hypocritical masks all this time! I treated them like family, but they treated me as a thorn in their side, a thorn in their flesh, and they couldn't wait to get rid of me!

Anger burned in my chest like a flame. I wanted to rush to them immediately, tear off their hypocritical masks, and make them pay for what they had done!

"I'm going to confront them!" I stood up suddenly, but was pulled back by Lu Yuxuan.

"If you go looking for them now, you'll only alert them." Lawrence Lu held my shoulders, a calm light flashing in his deep eyes. "We must remain calm and wait for the right moment to give them a fatal blow."

I took a deep breath and tried to calm the emotions surging in my heart. Lawrence Lu was right. I couldn't be impulsive now. I had to endure it. I wanted them to pay the price for their evil deeds!

"What do you want to do?" I looked up at Lawrence Lu and placed all my hopes on him.

"Since they want to play, we will play with them to the end." Lawrence Lu raised a cold arc at the corner of his mouth, and a fierce flash in his eyes, "I will let them suffer the consequences!"

"Yuxuan, what should we do next?" I turned to look at him, my eyes full of anticipation and a hint of uneasiness.

He gently stroked my hair, his tone gentle but firm: "Lolo, you have to believe me, I will make them pay the price. But now, we need to be patient and wait for the best time."

I nodded, knowing he was right. Impulsiveness would only alert the enemy. I needed to learn to be patient, like a hunter, waiting patiently for the prey to walk into the trap.

For the next few days, I suppressed my inner anger and grievance, pretending to know nothing, and continued to deal with my stepmother and stepsister. They seemed to have noticed nothing, and continued to maintain that hypocritical mask, asking about my well-being and showing care and concern.

All of this makes me feel extremely disgusted.

Lawrence Lu started to make plans. He contacted a well-known public relations company and began to collect evidence of all the illegal activities of my stepmother and stepsister over the years. At the same time, he also arranged for someone to secretly protect me to prevent them from jumping off the wall.

I understand that a war without the smoke of gunpowder has quietly begun. And I am no longer the Cinderella who is at the mercy of others. I will use my wisdom and courage to take back everything that belongs to me!

Just then, my cell phone suddenly rang. It was Lawrence Lu calling.

"Lolo, come to the company for something important." His tone sounded a little serious.

My heart tightened, and a sense of foreboding washed over me. Could it be that my plan had been exposed?

I didn't dare to think too much and hurried to the company...