Rebirth of the Cannon Fodder in the Entertainment Circle
Chapter 545: Apocalypse: The True Daughter of Wealth Turns to Ashes (16)

Chapter 545: Apocalypse: The True Daughter of Wealth Turns to Ashes (16)

Due to the selfishness and malice of that nanny, she switched the babies, leading to a tragic life for the original.

Luo Ning naturally wouldn’t let the other party off.

This time, after the apocalypse, those two got together again and secretly sought out Luo Baomiao.

Left with no choice, Luo Baomiao found one of her admirers, a young master from a wealthy family, and squeezed the two into the quota for a team heading to the Kyoto Base.

She just waited for a coincidental meeting tomorrow, persuading the Luo Family to take them along just like in that previous life.

So today, Luo Ning revealed the truth about the baby switch that had happened years ago.

When those two have their coincidental meeting tomorrow, who knows if the Luo Family’s attitude will change or if they’ll feel disgusted?

Given those two’s shameless nature, even if the Luo Family knows the truth and ignores it, they will definitely cling to the Luo Family using Luo Baomiao’s name.

She presented this gift merely to enjoy the drama.

As expected, once the Luo Family’s parents and others learned the truth, they were extremely disturbed.

They had never imagined that the baby switch years ago had happened like this.

Father Luo looked extremely troubled—he couldn’t believe they’d been played by two commoners, raising someone else’s daughter for twenty years.

And their own biological daughter had almost died after being discarded by them.

Mother Luo also felt distressed. How could this have happened?

No wonder Luo Ning didn’t want to come back. They were being blamed.

After all, the baby switch wasn’t accidental as previously thought, but premeditated.

What Mother Luo found hardest to accept was seeing a photo of Luo Baomiao with those two people and seeing her biological father sending money.

It meant Luo Baomiao knew the truth but had never mentioned it.

She couldn’t help but look at Luo Baomiao with some resentment and asked, "Have you acknowledged your biological father and aunt?"

Luo Baomiao knew Luo Ning was malicious at heart, setting her up before heading to the Kyoto Base.

Her hands gripping her dress, she began to cry pitifully, "Mom, I only found out about this recently."

"They approached me in secret and threatened me. I had no choice but to agree to give them money."

Father Luo, unusually stern, looked coldly at Luo Baomiao, "Then why didn’t you tell us?"

Luo Baomiao cried even harder, "I initially wanted to tell you, but those two didn’t allow it; they secretly threatened to hurt me if I spoke to you about it."

She knew the facts were right in front of her and, rather than arguing, it made more sense to adopt a softer approach.

If those two hadn’t been arranged by her to join tomorrow’s group to Shangjing, she definitely wouldn’t have admitted to it.

She would have claimed that Luo Ning had fabricated the evidence; after all, communication networks were down, and they were leaving the area tomorrow. The Luo Family, no matter how powerful, wouldn’t have been able to verify the truth in a day.

But those two were still alive, and after encountering them tomorrow, the Luo Family, through coercion and bribery, would easily get her spineless biological father to betray her.

Thus, she looked up, holding back her attachment and crying breathlessly, "I’m sorry, I really didn’t want to lose you all or this family, so I didn’t tell you right away."

"I love you all too much, and I love this home. I was afraid you would disown me if you knew."

"The man said that if I didn’t give him money, or if I left the Luo Family, he would take me back to be sold to a brothel as a hostess."

"I was scared he might actually send me to such a place, so I was even more afraid to speak."

"I was wrong. I should have talked about this earlier. Dad, Mom, brothers, I’m sorry." She apologized sincerely.

If Luo Baomiao had made excuses, the Luo Family would have been even more furious.

However, seeing her cry so sorrowfully and confess her mistakes, they couldn’t help but soften a bit.

After all, she was a girl, and if she left the Luo Family and went back to her biological father, she would likely be sold to a nightclub, so it was normal for her to be afraid and remain silent.

But this fact made it hard for them to fully forgive their daughter.

Mother Luo sighed, "Stop crying, we’re not blaming you."

Luo Baomiao got up and sat next to Mother Luo, burying herself in her mother’s embrace as she used to when feeling aggrieved, "Whimper, thank you, Mom, I really can’t bear to leave you."

"You raised me, and I haven’t yet repaid you for your kindness, I will take good care of you in the future," she kept saying the right things.

Mother Luo initially lifted her hand to comfort her as before, but suddenly, the image of Luo Ning’s resolute departure that day popped into her mind, and her hand paused.

Although she said she didn’t blame Luo Baomiao, she was indeed upset inside.

She withdrew her hand, "Stop crying, go pack up the things you need for leaving tomorrow."

She really didn’t feel like dealing with the daughter she had always doted on at that moment.

Luo Baomiao also knew when to stop pushing; she nodded with a pitiful look of a good daughter, "Okay, I will go now."

As long as they didn’t drive her away, she always had ways to win back her parents’ and brother’s hearts.

She knew they wanted to speak, so she obediently and silently wept as she went upstairs to her room.

With her back to them, her eyes showed a hint of resentment. Luo Ning, just you wait.

Downstairs, the Luo Family’s mood was very complicated.

They hadn’t expected the truth to be like this, nor had they expected Luo Baomiao to have known beforehand and yet not tell the family.

Although her reasons seemed understandable, it also made them feel upset and even suspicious of her.

Was Luo Baomiao’s true nature really as simple and pure as they saw?

Especially Fifth Luo, he pursed his lips, his eyes filled with disappointment.

It turns out, Sister Jiaojiao wasn’t as naive and kind as she seemed. That time she took Luo Ning’s pendant, it probably wasn’t accidental, but an intentional manipulation.

He remembered how Luo Ning had left so resolutely today and that day, no longer warm and bright as she used to be at home, now only cold.

He felt so distressed, he followed along in driving his twin sister away.

Initially, when he first saw Luo Ning, he felt close to her, but Sister Jiaojiao was emotionally unstable and often needed his comfort.

With Sister Jiaojiao’s subtle hints, saying Luo Ning wanted her to leave in secret while pretending to be well-behaved in front of others.

That’s when he started to dislike Luo Ning, even considering her two-faced and hypocritical, gradually leading to outright rejection.

Now thinking it over, he might have been wrong.

The Luo Family were all reflecting one by one, yet for Luo Baomiao, this daughter/sister pampered for many years, they still couldn’t bear to give up.

So, they directed all their resentment, anger, and grudges onto Luo Baomiao’s aunt and biological father.

An hour later, the military reported that the zombies in the large supermarket closest to the villa area had been cleared.

Each household was instructed to send someone to drive there and collect supplies for the journey to Shangjing.

Like in that previous life, Eldest Luo and Second Luo volunteered to go.

Elsewhere, Luo Ning reached the outskirts of the villa area and switched to the passenger seat.

Shen Yan drove to a nearby residential area.

This area was only half-built because the apocalypse had struck at night; there weren’t many workers on site, and consequently, relatively few zombies.

His teammates were waiting there.

The car stopped under a building under construction, and soon three men and a woman emerged from inside.