CHAPTER 715: CHAPTER 719: FAIRY TALE TOWN (8)

Mrs. Green was knocked down, and the cabinet beside her fell, scattering the contents on the ground.

From a distance, Su Li saw a small leather ball covered in bite marks and a large iron wrist cuff.

Anyone who has had pets should know, these items were prepared for pets at home.

Not only Su Li, other Little Cuties also noticed them.

Rourou asked, "Did the old lady have a pet?"

Yanyan said, "My Labrador also loves playing with leather balls."

This matter left a mark in everyone’s minds, but no one openly talked about it.

Filled with gloom, the group descended the mountain, but life had to go on.

Most importantly, they needed to feed themselves.

The items Si and the others pawned had only fetched enough money for a few nights’ stay and barely covered a few meals.

To avoid ending up living in a rundown temple at street corners or going hungry without even potatoes to eat, they had to think of other ways to make money.

"I never thought, coming here, we would experience the hardships of working."

Saying this, not only Anian, but all the Little Cuties glared at Su Li as if his eyes were not eyes and his nose was not a nose.

Si, in a breakdown, grabbed his hair and yelled, "A big bag full of money, how did you manage to spend all of it in such a short time?"

Su Li spread his hands innocently, "Who can’t spend money? Don’t be so surprised."

The others were infuriated.

Isn’t it, you naïve country girl, how can you spend money so freely without any guilt? Doesn’t the money burn your hands?

But no one voiced this thought aloud; everyone just held it back, fuming.

During this journey together, they certainly witnessed this country girl’s cunningly heart-piercing moves.

No one wanted to find unnecessary discomfort for themselves.

Life was already tough; they didn’t want to make it tougher.

Although Fairy Tale Town was called a town, if discussed carefully, its area was really large.

Even the townspeople couldn’t clear up just how big their town was.

Anyway, being large had its advantages, such as plenty of job opportunities.

Without much effort, Si found a job as a servant in a shop on the next street.

Their group didn’t need to split up; the pay wasn’t high, but it was enough to scrape by.

The work was straightforward; they simply greeted customers coming to the shop for clothes and jewelry.

They helped with luggage, tethered horses - simple tasks.

This easy job was handled entirely by the four men, without needing help from the girls.

Yet Rourou and the other four girls continued to feel downhearted.

Two days after they descended the mountain, they heard that Little Red Riding Hood’s family had moved away.

They had settled their debts and sold the cottage on the mountain belonging to Red Riding Hood’s grandmother to the Hunter. With that money, they bought a small house and moved out completely from West Corner.

They heard that Mr. Green was so frightened by those at the casino that he decided to truly mend his ways; Little Red Riding Hood and Mrs. Green were very happy.

The family seemed to be moving towards better days.

As for the kindly old lady on the mountain, after a brief discussion, she was completely forgotten.

Everyone just deemed her unfortunate.

In her youth, her husband died, and she barely managed to raise her daughter, hoping to finally enjoy life. Instead, her impatient son-in-law insisted that the old lady live with them.

To avoid troubling her daughter, she moved alone into the cottage her husband built on the mountain and lived solitarily.

She never had a good day, fell ill, and unable to cope, she passed away....

When evening came, and everyone gathered together,

Rourou couldn’t help but say, "If we hadn’t meddled, would the old lady not have..."

Anian quickly said with sympathy, "Don’t overthink it; this has nothing to do with us."

Tears fell from Rourou’s eyes, "Without my interference, Little Red Riding Hood would have encountered the wolf, she wouldn’t have been harmed, and the old lady would have been fine...""

"Yes, even though the wolf would have died, the old lady would have survived."

This was a vague statement with a lot of information, but everyone present understood.

Perhaps Little Red Riding Hood would have been scared by the sudden appearance of the wolf, losing the contents of her basket, or maybe she would have arrived at the mountain too late for the old lady to eat from the basket. Even if the lady had attempted to eat, the sentient wolf pup wouldn’t have allowed her to, and ultimately, other than the wolf pup being poisoned, the old lady would have been alright.

However, these were all speculations in some people’s minds, not to be taken as truth, and the actual facts remain unknown.

Rourou only knew that after their intervention, the situation turned out in the worst possible way.

No, this grim outcome was only so for them; for the townspeople and Little Red Riding Hood’s family, it wasn’t considered a big event.

Look, apart from the old lady and the wolf, everyone else was happy and joyful.

The Hunter got the wolf’s pelt, sold it, and bought the cottage on the mountain.

The Green family received an inheritance, cleared the gambling debts, and moved into a beautiful new house, living harmoniously.

And the people on the street had a new topic to discuss, finally experiencing a slight ripple in their lives.

Si’s face also looked very complicated, and after a silence, he said, "Don’t think about it anymore; maybe this turn of events is for the better."

Rourou and the others were startled, then seemed to understand, murmuring again, "Yes, maybe this is better."

Think about it; after the fairy tale ends beautifully, the Big Bad Wolf is killed by the Hunter, but can the old lady truly be unharmed?

Can a heart that was already rotting be completely healed?

Perhaps, the following ending could only be more tragic....

Yanyan mockingly said, "Only now do I realize, the beautiful fairy tales we believed in as children..."

Having lived through this ordeal, this group of Little Cuties appeared to have matured a lot, at least their words no longer held the illusion that the whole world was innocent and lovely.

A few days later, everyone’s spirits had mostly recovered, and they were ready to focus their attention on Fairy Tale Town.

Not to mention anything else, Fairy Tale Town was indeed spectacular, whether it was the architecture or the scenery, all were picturesque.

Just walking on the street, looking at the candy-colored houses, brought a joyful sensation of shrinking.

Even their job experiences were filled with amusement.

The only dissatisfaction they had was with the two daughters of their boss.

Among them, Rourou felt the most angered.