Doomsday Paradise

Chapter 138 Cinderella and the Crystal Slipper

... But at this critical moment, Lin Sanjiu opened his eyes from the thick, somewhat piercing haystack.

The light first entered the pupils, before she could react to the situation, she took a breath and jumped up from the haystack, the hay immediately scattered all over the ground, startling Cinderella who was digging out the ashes Jump.

"What's wrong?" Cinderella's face and hands were all black, her tone was very gentle: "Did you have a nightmare?"

"I...ah, yes, that's right." Lin Sanjiu blinked vigorously, feeling as if her mind was still left in the rainy night hut where the barking of dogs was deafening - she slowed down for a few seconds, and turned her gaze to outside the window.

It was still a dark night outside, half of the whitish moon hung faintly in the clouds, and there was no sign of rain——

"What time is it now?" Lin Sanjiu calmed down and looked at Cinderella with some doubts. "Why are you working at this hour?"

Cinderella sighed. "I always get up and work at this time...it will be dawn in a while, and the kitchen will be busy making breakfast by then."

After that, she didn't know what she thought of, she slowly stopped her hands, stared blankly at the stove in front of her, lost in thought.

Lin Sanjiu could guess what she was thinking.

From what I've heard here, the dance was last month.Logically speaking, Cinderella should have lost a shoe a long time ago, but almost a month has passed, and no prince has come to her for a long time...

For Cinderella, all the jeweled dresses, the bright lights, the prince and the ball, all became a distant and unreal dream, and when the dream was over, she still had to squat in the dirty kitchen with her hands covered in plaster to work.

The story of Cinderella, like Little Red Riding Hood, must be about to usher in a critical moment, right?

While thinking, Lin Sanjiu went outside to sort out his cards on the pretext of washing up.

The things she gave to Cinderella's stepmother were just some scented candles and flashlights - although the other party took it without thinking, she was still a little disappointed because it was not gem jewelry, so she only arranged one for her. haystack.

After sorting out the cards, Lin Sanjiu couldn't help but hold his chin and recall the other two people in the rainy night cabin.

Neither Red Riding Hood nor Emma looked like a werewolf... nor did they behave in the slightest suspiciously.If you think about it carefully, what is a werewolf like?

When Lin Sanjiu was immersed in his own thoughts, the sky gradually brightened—Cinderella hurriedly prepared the meal and sent it to her stepmother and sisters, while she cooked only two bowls of potatoes and The bean mixture was distributed to Lin Sanjiu.

Although the taste is not good, as long as he can eat a mouthful of hot rice, Lin Sanjiu is already extremely happy——

Seeing her wolfing down, Cinderella couldn't help laughing in a low voice: "You must have suffered a lot on the journey, right?"

This sentence made Lin Sanjiu startled.

If the end of the world is her journey, she really doesn't know where it will end.

Normally, Lin Sanjiu would try to restrain himself, not letting himself think about the vast and endless doomsday world, and also try not to think about his dead and lost friends—but this emotion is like the sand under the water, At this time, he was disturbed by Cinderella's soft words.

"Ah, yes, there are very few times when you can eat." She came back to her senses and replied with a smile.

Cinderella took a closer look at Lin Sanjiu's expression, hesitated for a moment, and was about to speak, but was suddenly interrupted by a loud noise not far away—a male servant's voice seemed particularly high amidst the noise. : "Ma'am, madam! Where are you, hurry up and meet the steward of the palace!"

coming--!
Lin Sanjiu's heart skipped a beat, he put down his job, pulled up Cinderella who was still confused, and walked into the house through the back door.

The Cinderella family's manor-style big house no longer has the reserved style of the past at this moment.

The stepmother rushed out with her skirt in her hand, her hair was obviously smoothed just now, and it was still shiny.Behind her are Cinderella's two older sisters. All three of them have obviously dressed up intentionally, with strings of sparkling gems hanging on their hands—"Why is the magistrate here?" asked the stepmother, taking a breath. .

The head of the palace is a middle-aged man with silver-gray hair, with a cold face, so serious that people can't help but put on the same expression as him.

"I am ordered by the prince to search for a girl who can wear this shoe across the country." He explained in a business-like tone, and then waved his hand, and someone behind him showed a crystal shoe in a box. "The person who can wear this shoe will be honored and will be with the prince ever since."

The crystal shoe was shining with a translucent pink light, and as soon as it was revealed, Lin Sanjiu immediately heard Cinderella who was beside her exclaim in a low voice. Fortunately, everyone's attention was on the manager and the shoe at this time, but no one paid attention to her. .

What happened next was almost like in a fairy tale.Although the two daughters of the stepmother did not cut their feet to fit the shoes as in the fairy tales, they took a lot of effort—the feet were wrapped around the feet with cloth strips, and the toes were rolled under the soles of the feet. version of bound feet.

But their faces were blue from the pain, and they still couldn't squeeze their feet into the shoes.

The crystal shoe has no room for expansion and contraction, it can only adapt to the shape of its owner's feet - the manager even wanted Lin Sanjiu to try it too, but when he saw her sticking out a foot covered in Timberland, he immediately dismissed it thought.

In the end, when Cinderella slid her small and thin bare feet into the glass slipper tremblingly, Lin Sanjiu was half deafened by the exclamation of the people around her.

"Great," said the manager's tight face, showing no sign of happiness at all. "We have finally found you. I think the prince will be very comforted."

Cinderella's face was blushing, and several maids in the palace pulled her over. After washing and dressing up, she finally revealed some of the beauty she showed at the ball.

Being able to be in a fairy tale and experience everything with the characters in it is also a wonderful feeling - because the hall on the first floor is already full of people, Lin Sanjiu is standing on the second floor Beside the window, I watched Cinderella being welcomed out of the house by the steward, and respectfully sent to a particularly dignified carriage.

In Lin Sanjiu's impression, this part of the prince appeared - he was the one who ordered the punishment of the stepmother and the two daughters.The prince must be sitting in this carriage, right?

The scene in front of her seemed to confirm her guess.

The steward said something to the people in the carriage, and then let Cinderella walk over.

Cinderella glanced into the carriage, turned around and said something to the steward, then waved her hands anxiously...

……what?Lin Sanjiu narrowed his eyes.

Cinderella's expression didn't seem quite right.

Her face was a little pale, and she was shaking her head desperately—because she was too far away, and she couldn’t hear what she said—but before she could say a few words, she was about to turn around when two tall soldiers came suddenly, He picked up Cinderella and forced her into the carriage.

Cinderella's two feet were still kicking outside, as if she was held down by someone in the carriage and could not get out, but the wheels of the carriage turned impatiently, and soon turned around and left from the front of the big house .

In the room, everyone who saw this scene fell silent.

Misfortune is coming!

Lin Sanjiu gritted her teeth and jumped out of the window while no one was looking.When she fell to the ground, the weight of her body made her feet go numb.However, before the aroused dust settled down, her figure had already run out for a long distance, biting the carriage and not letting go.

Because she was not sure what happened, she didn't let go of her speed to catch up, but fell behind to observe the situation not too far away.

Fortunately, a country where girls from all over the country can come out to try on shoes, the territory is not very large - after running like this for about 10 minutes, the palace arrived.

For Lin Sanjiu, going in and out of such a small palace was like no man's land. It only took her 10 minutes before Lin Sanjiu found Cinderella in a very elegantly furnished room.

Her face was pale, with tears stained all over her face, and she didn't even find it strange when she saw Lin Sanjiu——

"...The prince who danced with me is not the one just now." She whimpered.

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