Rebirth of a Star General (Legend of the Female General)

Chapter 12: Overnight Wealth

He Yan returned home with the silver in her possession.

Qingmei didn’t notice, so He Yan felt around and overturned a small box on the table that held rouge and powder. After the box was emptied, she threw all the silver and jewels she had won that night into it before climbing into bed in the darkness.

Perhaps because she had won the silver and resolved her worries, she slept particularly soundly that night. In her dream, she was playing games with her brothers in their military tent, and the soldiers around them were shouting, “Open! Open!” He Yan had a worried look on her face, and someone burst into laughter, saying, “General, how did you lose again?”

“Has the general won once tonight?” The vice-general shook his head, pretending to be serious. “Ah, General is not good at this.”

“You idiot, who cares if he’s good at it or not? Haven’t you heard of ‘unlucky in love, lucky in gambling’? General is unlucky in gambling, but invincible in love! You old bachelor, what do you know?”

Hearing this, He Yan burst into laughter.

Laughing in her dream, she suddenly felt someone shaking her awake. Opening her eyes, she saw Qingmei’s face. “Miss, what kind of dream did you have? You’re so happy.”

The sunlight had already reached the windowsill, and the room was bright. He Yan shielded her eyes from the dazzling light and was somewhat surprised to realize that she had woken up late.

Truly, spring days were perfect for sleeping in.

Thinking back to the dream from last night, she couldn’t help but sigh. The soldiers from back then had said that she excelled in love because she was terrible at gambling, but they were completely mistaken. However, in a way, they weren’t entirely wrong. Now that she could triumph in the gambling house but was unlucky in love, it seemed she had indeed hit rock bottom in romance.

From outside the door came He Yunsheng’s displeased voice, “He Yan, it’s already late in the morning. Are you going today or not?”

From vehemently opposing to now being accustomed to chopping wood together, it seemed like not much time had passed, He Yunsheng probably couldn’t figure out how he ended up in this situation with He Yan.

“Wait for me,” He Yan hurriedly changed into clean clothes.

Qingmei brought a basin of clean water outside, and He Yunsheng walked in. As he walked, he said, “Why are you taking so long today… He Yan?!”

“What’s wrong?” He Yan was tying the sandbag, and when she raised her eyes, she saw He Yunsheng’s angry expression. She didn’t understand. “What happened?”

He Yunsheng pointed to the chair, “What happened? Look at what happened?!”

The young boy’s tone was full of rage. If there was a fire on his head right now, it would probably set the whole house ablaze. Following his finger, He Yan looked over and saw the chestnut-colored long robe she had “borrowed” from He Yunsheng last night. After returning to the house, she had casually taken it off and thrown it on the chair. From waking up until now, she hadn’t remembered about it.

Without waiting for He Yan’s response, He Yunsheng stepped forward and shook the long robe open. Originally, the robe was crumpled into a ball by He Yan and stained with dirt. Now, with a single shake, it exposed the torn spot as if someone had slashed it from the middle, looking extremely miserable.

“This is the robe you fixed for me?” He Yunsheng’s anger was raging. He had been touched by her last night, thinking that his elder sister genuinely cared for him as her younger brother. But now… She was like a heavenly punishment sent to torment him!