Rebirth Counterattack with Space-Chapter 30 - Women are Really Fickle

“You know you’re only fourteen, right? You’re the real child here. Little punk, little kid,” he added.

After coming back to her senses, Lu Yun was so provoked by Shitou’s blatant disdain that she took several deep breaths and still couldn’t calm the spite stirring inside her, so she lashed out at him.

“Immature.”

Shitou glanced at her disdainfully, appearing too lazy to even argue with her, then casually picked up a pebble and skillfully skimmed it across the water.

Lu Yun’s head went ‘boom’, and she suppressed the urge to rush over and bite him to death. She looked at her own little arms and hands, filled with infuriation and helplessness, and could only grind her teeth in frustration.

Shitou, with his back to her and out of her sight, let the smile on his face overflow. After having his laugh, he turned around and placated her with kind words. “Alright, I admit I misspoke. Don’t be angry, a woman who’s always angry will age quickly.”

“You? You really are Shitou, Lu Aijun? You’re not also reborn, are you?” Lu Yun, who a moment ago was full of anger with nowhere to vent, was startled by Shitou’s beaming face and momentarily forgot her rage, taking a step back.

“What do you think?” Shitou immediately lost his patience. Had his attempt to comfort her backfired?

“…You, let me bite you, and I’ll forgive the careless words you spoke earlier,” Lu Yun blurted out awkwardly, then quickly chuckled, making a request she thought Shitou wouldn’t agree to.

“If you don’t want to be bitten, I’ll just go and tattle to Mom and Dad, saying you bullied me because you’re older,” Lu Yun declared with smug satisfaction.

“Go ahead and bite.”

Shitou looked at her with an amused yet serious gaze, and just when Lu Yun thought he might refuse, he unceremoniously extended his arm to her.

Ah?

Lu Yun was dumbfounded. To bite or not to bite? Deeply conflicted, she was genuinely afraid to bite, but not biting would leave her feeling aggrieved. It all came down to the fact that in her heart “Lu Aijun” from her past life had been elevated to an almost godlike status.

“If you’re going to bite, do it quick,” Shitou urged impatiently.

Wuu wuu, this is so unfair, “Just because you tell me to bite, I should bite? I’m not going to. I’ll owe it, and bite another time,” Lu Yun said haughtily, tossing her head.

Women really are fickle.

Shitou withdrew his arm with a helpless smirk and sighed inwardly.

…

“Shitou, do you know it’s now 1979, and from this time on, the next dozen years are the best time to make money? Those future billionaires who can afford planes and yachts, almost all started their fortune now.”

Lu Yun’s moods came and went quickly, and in no time she was pestering Shitou again to start a conversation.

“In this era, just daring to take the first step can accumulate a massive wealth, which is the so-called ‘Miss this village, and there’s no such shop anymore.'”

The more Lu Yun talked, the more she felt that if Shitou would step up and communicate with mom and dad, convincing them to start a small business would be more appropriate than trying to come up with a way to broach the subject herself.

“Shitou, do you think if we leave the village and start a small business in mom’s hometown city, would dad and mom agree?”

“You want me to talk to them? Act as a lobbyist?” Shitou looked at her with a smile, seeing through her intentions in an instant.

“Mhm.”

Talking with a smart person is easy, and although his laugh was a bit creepy, making Lu Yun feel somewhat chilly, since she always felt his smile hid some kind of plot or scheme, she still nodded. After all, he wouldn’t harm her, she had that much trust in Shitou.

“But don’t you want to keep your past life’s matters a secret from them?”

Shitou’s smile grew even wider. In fact, he intended to persuade Brother Aiguo anyway, but since she brought it up, how could he not benefit from it?

“So, should we first discuss how to calculate this benefit fee and hush money?”

“Huh?”

Could it be true? Was he openly demanding a “benefit fee” and “hush money” from her?

In that short moment, Lu Yun felt that her near-worship of Shitou from her last life had crumbled to hardly anything.

And her impressions of him as being “tall and impressive”, “cool to the point of being irresistibly handsome,” were now shattered into pieces.

With a heart broken beyond repair, she looked at him mournfully, “Uncle Lei Feng used to do good deeds without leaving his name behind.”

“One Uncle Lei Feng is enough,” Shitou replied staring at her, an expression on his face saying no benefits meant no talk.

“Fine, what benefit fee and hush money do you want?” Lu Yun gave in. She could share the secret of her rebirth with Shitou but didn’t want to tell her parents, not wanting them to know they had such a tragic past life.

“I haven’t thought it through yet, let’s just put it on a tab for now.”

Shitou stroked his chin and raised his eyebrows. To Lu Yun, he looked infuriatingly like his past life, but now with an extra bit of rascally charm that seemed to draw even more attention. No wonder they say that women don’t love men who aren’t a little bad. Suddenly, Lu Yun could hear her own heartbeat pounding again.

Just like a thousand-year-old fox, expert in bewitching with beauty.

Lu Yun quickly recovered, took out a book titled “The Study of Thick Black Theory” from her space with a despairing face and a forced smile, offering it with both hands, “Shitou, I really think it’s a waste if you don’t learn this. Consider this my free gift to you.”

“It seems quite decent.”

Shitou took it nonchalantly, flipping through a few pages, and then his eyes brightened the more he read. He looked up at her with a piercing gaze.

“Just decent?” Lu Yun rolled her eyes dramatically, but seeing the look of anticipation in his eyes, her heart softened a bit, though her tone wasn’t as pleasant.

“This is the complete collection. Actually, you might comprehend the essence of the Thick Black Theory, ‘Unwaivering emotions reflect thickness; outspokenness without restraint reflects blackness,’ on your own eventually.”

“You really think highly of me,” Shitou gladly took Lu Yun’s words as a compliment. After flipping through a bit longer, he carefully put the book away.

Watching him, Lu Yun suddenly thought of something and excitedly called out, “Shitou, we’re still short on capital for doing small trades right now, aren’t we?”

“Right.” Shitou could tell she must have thought of something crucial again, so he waited quietly, curious about what she would say next.