Su Nian’an kept thinking about where she could safely put her money and coupons. After thinking it over, she decided that it would be better to keep them on her person.
The Su family couldn’t be trusted, so she definitely couldn’t leave the money in the room she was currently staying in.
The downside of not having a spatial ability immediately became apparent. After she went down to the countryside, she had to get that spatial bracelet from the male lead as soon as possible.
If she remembered correctly, in the original novel, the female protagonist had gone to considerable lengths to obtain the male lead’s spatial bracelet.
She had even saved the male lead’s mother and only managed to obtain the bracelet by taking it as payment for saving her life.
So the plotline where the female protagonist obtained her portable space seemed to happen quite a bit later.
Su Nian’an glanced at the time. It was already one in the afternoon.
Nowadays, if one wanted to buy supplies, people usually went out early in the morning.
If they went too late, they wouldn’t be able to get anything at a good price.
But Su Nian’an wasn’t particularly concerned about that. Right now, she just wanted to buy some daily necessities and similar things.
As for food and grain, she didn’t have a space, so it would be difficult to bring much of it down to the countryside.
Even if she wanted to bring some, she could only carry a few jin. Otherwise, traveling by car and so on would be far too inconvenient.
Su Nian’an had already made up her mind. Once she got the male lead’s spatial bracelet, she would stock up on supplies and store them inside.
Of course, she wouldn’t mistreat the male lead’s family either.
If she had something good to eat, the male lead’s family would get to enjoy the benefits too!
When Su Nian’an walked outside, she saw Su Nianxi standing in the courtyard dressed like a colorful peacock, her chin raised as she looked at her arrogantly.
If it had been the original owner, seeing Su Nianxi dressed so beautifully while she herself was wearing old, patched-up coarse clothes, she probably would have become so inferior that she wouldn’t even have been able to raise her head.
But Su Nian’an came from the twenty-first century. She had lived through several cycles of fashion trends.
So, in Su Nian’an’s eyes, Su Nianxi’s colorful outfit looked a little…
Tacky.
Therefore, after giving Su Nianxi one glance, she didn’t bother looking at her again.
“Su Nian’an! What do you mean by that?”
Su Nianxi had deliberately spent more than an hour dressing herself up. Her whole purpose was to make Su Nian’an feel ashamed and inferior in front of her.
She never expected that after seeing her dressed so beautifully, Su Nian’an would merely give her such a casual glance.
Su Nian’an felt that this vicious female supporting character was really boring.
She was brainless and stupid on top of being malicious.
“What do I mean? Su Nianxi, your face healed pretty quickly.”
Su Nian’an spoke with a half-smile.
Hearing that, Su Nianxi instinctively covered her face with both hands.
That morning, Liu Cuilian had found some ointment and applied it to her face, and the swelling had already gone down considerably.
Now, Su Nianxi had also applied powder to her face, covering up the faint slap marks.
“Su Nian’an, if you dare lay a hand on me again, do you believe my mother will beat you to death? She already said this morning that if you dared to hit me again, she’d teach you a lesson herself.”
The more Su Nianxi spoke, the more emboldened she became. The malice in her eyes toward Su Nian’an was now completely undisguised.
For some reason, Su Nian’an suddenly put on a pitiful expression.
“Why would you have your mother beat me? What did I do wrong? I’m already going to marry someone in your place. I’ve done this much for you what else have I done to wrong you?”
Su Nianxi thought Su Nian’an was frightened, so she became even more aggressive.
“What have you done to wrong me? Do you know that I could have lived carefree as Mom and Dad’s precious daughter? But because you appeared, I discovered that I’m not Mom and Dad’s biological daughter.
“It’s all because of you!
“Why didn’t you just die when you were born?
“Su Nian’an, you’re nothing but an unwanted piece of trash, and now you’ve even taken so much money from my family!”
Su Nianxi’s words almost made Su Nian’an laugh.
If there hadn’t been other people nearby watching, she really would have wanted to slap Su Nianxi to death.
She was both stupid and malicious. Spending even one more second around someone like this felt like a waste of time to Su Nian’an.
“If I had died, where would you have found someone to marry in your place?”
Su Nian’an countered.
“Anyway, Mom and Dad would definitely have found a way. Even without you, we could ”
Before Su Nianxi could finish speaking, a voice interrupted her.
“Su Nianxi! Shut your mouth!”
It was Su Aiguo.
He had been standing not far away, watching the two of them talk for quite some time.
Yet even though Su Nianxi had been insulting and bullying Su Nian’an, Su Aiguo hadn’t stepped in.
Only when Su Nianxi said that they could manage without Su Nian’an marrying in her place did Su Aiguo finally come forward.
How ironic.
What kind of parents could be so cruel toward their own biological daughter?
“Dad~ Su Nian’an bullied me, so I was just ”
Su Nianxi hadn’t even finished speaking when Su Aiguo interrupted her.
“Shut up! I’ve been standing here for quite some time. Do you think I didn’t hear the nonsense you were saying?”
Looking at his adopted daughter, Su Aiguo couldn’t help feeling somewhat disappointed.
She was too stupid.
Whenever she did anything, she always left evidence behind that could be used against her.
And Su Nian’an hadn’t spoken up to refute Su Nianxi just now. She had probably known that he was standing nearby all along and had deliberately waited for him to hear those outrageous words from Su Nianxi himself.
Su Aiguo had reminded Su Nianxi countless times not to go against Su Nian’an at such a critical moment.
As long as Su Nian’an obediently took Su Nianxi’s place, married into the Gu family, and went down to the countryside, everything in the Su family could return to normal.
Yet despite being told so many times, this daughter hadn’t listened at all.
“Su Nianxi, hurry up and apologize to your sister!”
Tomorrow, Su Nian’an would be handed over to the Gu family.
At such a critical moment, Su Aiguo didn’t want anything unexpected to happen, so he once again ordered Su Nianxi to apologize.
Su Nianxi’s expression was extremely ugly. She felt guilty about being caught by her father saying all those things just now.
But when she thought about how much her parents had spoiled her since childhood, she immediately regained her confidence.
“Apologize? You’re making me apologize again? I’m not apologizing to her! Dad, you’ve changed. You weren’t like this before!”
After saying this, Su Nianxi ran straight back to her room.
Su Nian’an: “?”
Wait.
Did this mean she could go out and wander around by herself now?
With someone like Su Nianxi, Su Nian’an could really manipulate her effortlessly.
“Nian’an, Xixi is just like that. Don’t take it personally.”
Su Aiguo immediately stepped in as the peacemaker, smiling as he spoke.
Actually, Su Aiguo wasn’t particularly problematic in terms of his overall character.
But for some reason, whenever something involved Su Nianxi, the things he did were always outrageous, absurd, unreasonable, and completely lacking in conscience.
For example, treating his biological daughter like this simply because of Su Nianxi.
From Su Nian’an’s perspective, Su Aiguo truly had not a shred of human warmth.
Yet when it came to matters of principle, he was still relatively decent.
Take the marriage agreement with the Gu family, for example. Technically, even if he refused to honor it, there wasn’t much the Gu family could do to him right now.
Yet he still insisted on fulfilling the engagement.
And in front of Su Nian’an, he was even willing to put on a show and reason with her instead of constantly threatening her or forcefully coercing her into submission.
But if Su Aiguo had really dared to force Su Nian’an into the substitute marriage, then as long as he didn’t kill her, Su Nian’an would definitely find a way to get revenge.
Of course, killing someone in this era wasn’t exactly easy either.
Moreover, Su Aiguo was considered a fairly prominent and well-connected figure in Beijing. Naturally, he couldn’t possibly allow himself to become burdened with someone’s death.
That was also why Su Nian’an had dared to stand up to the Su family ever since she transmigrated.