(Quick Transmigration) Small Cannon Fodder Has Great Power

Yunyun was captured by the censors and they did all sorts of things to her! She won't be released for another day!

Ignoring Qi Manling's attempt to rush forward despite being stopped by those around her, she said sternly, "After learning these Western things for a few years, you've forgotten who your ancestors were? Horsemanship is a Western thing? Haha, when the Chinese were riding horses, the foreigners were still eating raw meat and drinking blood somewhere!"

She stepped forward slowly, and her words resonated powerfully: "Right now, our country has indeed fallen behind in many aspects, but what you should do is contribute to your motherland, promote her progress, and restore her former glory!"

Learning Western culture is also for the purpose of drawing on the strengths of others and returning to serve the country! It's not about forgetting the land you grew up on, like a lapdog, eagerly fawning over whoever is in power for a time, even giving away Chinese things to foreigners, claiming that the things of our ancestors belong to foreigners, which is truly laughable!

With your servile attitude, do you think foreigners would bother with you? You're practically begging to be someone's slave, and you're quite pleased with yourself."

These words made many people present feel uneasy, yet they couldn't refute them. Most of them were passionate young people, and Gu Yunyun's words were like a thunderclap, shocking them and instantly igniting their passion, prompting them to reflect on themselves.

For a moment, no one spoke. Gu Yunyun walked back to Yao Yulang's side and tugged at his sleeve. "I'm hungry because I did too much exercise just now. Shall we go get something to eat?"

Yao Yulang felt that Gu Yunyun's impassioned speech was incredibly captivating. He suppressed the turmoil stirred within him by Gu Yunyun's words and looked at her, saying yes.

Yao Yulang apologized to his friends and then left with Gu Yunyun.

Yao Yulang and Gu Yunyun left, but the others were still immersed in the stirring emotions brought about by Gu Yunyun's words. They lost their enthusiasm for having fun and stood there looking at each other.

In the distance, a man with an air of ruthlessness rode a sleek thoroughbred and asked one of the middle-aged men in his entourage, "Who are those young men over there...?"

The middle-aged man quickly spurred his horse forward a few steps, bowed slightly, and replied respectfully with a fawning expression, "That's the merchant Yao Yulang bringing his friends over for a visit."

"Oh?" The man's accent was a little broken. "It seems everyone's been talking about his marriage lately. Apparently, he married a Manchu princess?"

"Yes, yes," the middle-aged man said with a fawning smile. "Who would have thought that Yao Yulang, a talented and ambitious returnee from overseas, would actually become related to an old-fashioned figure through marriage?"

"Women, as long as they're good-looking and obedient, that's enough." The man said matter-of-factly, yet with a hint of ulterior motive. "As for background, for a successful man, it's not like he can elevate someone just because he wants to."

"Haha, Mr. Nakamura is right. I still have a lot to learn from Mr. Nakamura." The middle-aged man bowed even lower.

···

The driver took Yao Yulang and Gu Yunyun from the suburbs back to the city center to a restaurant for dinner.

"I'm sorry to have troubled you today. You hadn't even gotten on your horse yet, and you came back with me again," Gu Yunyun said apologetically.

"It's okay. If you don't want to play anymore, we won't. We just wanted to bring you out to have fun. As long as you're happy."

Gu Yunyun smiled, pursing her lips. "By the way, I've been bothering you at your house for quite a while now. Now that you've made our relationship public for my reputation, I can't stay here any longer and cause you any more trouble. How about I pack up and move to the villa in the north of the city that we agreed on?"

Yao Yulang suddenly felt as if he had been doused with a bucket of cold water.

He was stunned for a moment, then made up an excuse, saying, "I've thought about it again. The villa in the north of the city is too close to the Prince's mansion. If you move there, the old Prince will find out soon. Don't you not want them to worry? I'll find another place." But as soon as he finished speaking, he quickly added, "Actually, it's fine for you to continue living here. I won't find it troublesome."

“You don’t have anyone you like right now, so you don’t find it troublesome. Rather than waiting until you meet someone you like and then having to move out in a hurry and mess, it’s better to leave calmly sooner.”

Yao Yulang was extremely anxious and wanted to immediately reveal his true feelings, but remembering how he had once coldly and firmly rejected her, he found it difficult to speak. Fortunately, he could use the excuse of looking for a house to stall for time.

"Then... then tell me what kind of place you want to live? I'll look for one according to your requirements. But don't rush it, finding a place is a big deal, you have to take your time and choose carefully, it has to be something you like."

Gu Yunyun chuckled inwardly as she watched him try to appear calm and serious, and continued to tease him.

"Hmm... The courtyard should be quiet, and there must be some shade in the courtyard; I also want a swing with a canopy, with lush wisteria hanging from the high canopy. Swinging under the wisteria would be so beautiful! The bedroom should be sunny, and the dressing table should be placed by the window; oh right, I also want to get a cat, a warm orange one... Hmm, that's all I can think of for now."

"……it is good."

Looking at Yao Yulang's forced smile and bitter face, Gu Yunyun thought he was ridiculously cute.

In the days that followed, Yao Yulang became increasingly busy, as he intended to expand his business to Hong Kong.

In fact, in the original novel, Yao Yulang had a premonition of the situation early on and made some preparations in advance.

However, he only intended to send his parents and wife there; he had no intention of leaving himself. If it weren't for his wife, Fang Hui, trying every means to persuade him and comforting him by saying that her father would deal with the Japanese and refused to leave Shanghai, Yao Yulang would have sent his family to Hong Kong long ago. He wouldn't have been framed and imprisoned by the Japanese in order to coerce them into handing over the imperial seal, and would have died in prison.

The domestic situation became increasingly turbulent, and the Japanese actions became more frequent and brazen, like a hungry wolf poised to pounce. Patriots protested, and many young people, unable to tolerate the Japanese actions and ambitions, demonstrated in front of the Japanese consulate.

As Gu Yunyun watched from the car, patriotic youths gathered in front of the Japanese consulate, shouting slogans. The driver turned around and said to her with difficulty, "Madam, the road ahead is blocked by a crowd..."

I don't know when it started, but the servants at Yao Mansion changed their address for her from Miss Yun to "Madam".

"It's okay, we'll take a detour."

Gu Yunyun looked out the window at the indignant crowd, lost in thought.

The system said with concern, "This is just a parallel world. Just do your job well and don't worry about anything else. It's all fake anyway."

"Fake?" Gu Yunyun murmured.

The modern era of China is a period of history she least wants to recall, because it was too humiliating, too difficult, and involved too many sacrifices.

When she learned about this period of history in school, she often fantasized about who could change China's fate. Looking out the window at the diverse people, all so vibrant, their joys and sorrows so real, their voices truly reaching Gu Yunyun's ears—how could she dismiss them as fabricated? How could she remain unmoved?

Even knowing that this is not the real time and space I live in, I still want to do something for this country called China, even if it's just a futile effort or a mantis trying to stop a chariot, I can't turn a blind eye.

She heard her own calm voice in her mind: "This world is full of real ties for them, and they only have one life. They will still fight for justice and truth in their hearts. But for me, there is endless reincarnation. In this 'false' time and space, I can't do anything for this country according to my heart. Instead, I am a coward who is afraid of death and lives a life of cowardice. I might as well die."

System: "Gu Yunyun, calm down!"

"I'm perfectly calm."

The driver took Gu Yunyun on a detour to the school. Gu Yunyun sat in the classroom, unable to concentrate on what the teacher was saying, her mind filled with the patriotic appeals of the young people.

Fang Hui's seat is now empty. Since the last incident, she has never come to school again. She took a leave of absence and no one knows where she went. No one has bothered to check on her anymore.

···

"Sir, I've been meaning to hang up this wedding photo for you, shouldn't we do it now?" The butler, knowing Yao Yulang's thoughts, asked, holding up the framed photo.

Yao Yulang looked up from his documents, glanced at the photo, and said, "Just leave it here for now."

"Yes, sir." The butler bowed and left the room.

After the butler left and closed the door, Yao Yulang put down the official documents in his hand, got up and walked to the almost half-person-high photo frame.

In the photo, he and Gu Yunyun are still quite distant, and he looks at the camera absentmindedly; Gu Yunyun, on the other hand, doesn't care about his aloofness and smiles carefree at the viewer in front of the photo.

He looked at the two people in the photo, who seemed to be separated by an invisible wall, as if they were in two different worlds, and the more he looked, the more uncomfortable he felt.