She remembered clearly that the person she had killed right after transmigrating here was Wang Laicai.
Now, someone who looked exactly like Wang Laicai had suddenly appeared again.
Obviously, this person was suspicious.
But what kind of person would want to impersonate Wang Laicai?
“Master, there’s a monster aura!”
As soon as Jiang Manman heard Xuanwu’s voice transmission, her gaze fell upon that Wang Laicai.
Monster aura? Besides this person who shouldn’t exist here, who else could be called a demon?
That Wang Laicai noticed her looking at him and grinned back at her.
Even the yellow teeth were transformed identically. It seemed this demon’s cultivation wasn’t shallow, and it had clearly seen the real Wang Laicai before.
Shifting her gaze to Aunt Wang, she said:
“Auntie, there’s no need to worry. I’m living quite well here.”
“Whoever dares to scheme against me will not be spared.”
“Moreover, as I said before, whoever accepted your money should be the one to marry him. I certainly won’t be marrying over.”
Aunt Wang’s plump face, which had been smiling, immediately darkened:
“How can that be? Your sister-in-law accepted our betrothal gifts.”
“Then have my sister-in-law marry over instead.”
Aunt Wang grew angry. Seeing that Jiang Manman had finished speaking and was turning to enter the courtyard, she stamped her foot and left with her precious son, saying:
“Let’s go home first. I really don’t know what you see in that woman!”
“Look at her attitude – completely unwilling to marry into our family. Even if we forced her to marry you, would she live peacefully with you?”
The ‘Wang Laicai’ following Aunt Wang away gave an eerie smile.
“But I fancy her, especially those two little ones in her family. I like them even more.”
Aunt Wang rolled her eyes:
“I’ve never seen anyone so eager to raise someone else’s children. In my opinion, wouldn’t it be better to marry a virgin girl?”
‘Wang Laicai’s’ face immediately darkened:
“No! I want her!”
When he became this insistent, Aunt Wang was the first to yield.
“Alright, alright, you’re my ancestor, okay? I must have owed you from my past life.”
“Have her marry into our family tomorrow! I can’t wait any longer!”
After their group left, Jiang Manman glanced back at ‘Wang Laicai’s’ retreating figure.
She asked Xuanwu:
“What kind of demon is it?”
Her current cultivation was only at the first layer of Qi Training, which was still too shallow.
“A jackal spirit! It has eaten humans and carries murderous aura.”
“Hmph! If only master weren’t staying in this place without any spiritual energy, and there weren’t heavenly rules suppressing us.”
“Otherwise, I could have been cultivating long ago. Dealing with a mere jackal spirit would be nothing.”
“Jackal, wolf, tiger, leopard – a jackal? Don’t worry, even with only the first layer of Qi Refining cultivation, I can still handle him.”
“Tonight, I’ll enter the Glass Tower to cultivate. With the spirit gathering array, I’m sure to break through to the second layer of Qi Training.”
“Then my chances of success will be even greater.”
By evening, Wang Guihua came to call her home for dinner:
“Sister-in-law, you’ve fixed up this courtyard quite nicely, but you don’t have bedding in your room and can’t cook here.”
“Come back with me tonight!”
“I’ve kept food for you in the pot. Your brother specifically asked me to fetch you. If you don’t come back, he’ll blame me later.”
Jiang Manman lifted her eyelids slightly to glance at her:
“What does that have to do with me?”
“Sister-in-law, you can go back. Tonight, I’ll stay here with the two children.”
As Wang Guihua was about to say more, Jiang Weiguo came in person:
“Stop this nonsense. How can anyone live here?”
“Tomorrow I’ll help you get all the pots, pans, bowls, bedding, and everything else you need. If you want to stay here, you can stay here. Mom misses you. She’s been asking all day where you went and why she hasn’t seen you. Let’s go back!”
Thinking of her adoptive mother from her original body, Jiang Manman paused. She needed to give her more Spirit Spring Water today, so she could only take the two little ones back to stay for one night.
“Alright then, I’ll go back to see Mom. Once I get everything set up tomorrow, I’ll stay here.”
“Fine! I can’t argue with you.”
Jiang Manman brought the two little ones back. Wang Guihua glanced at the turtle in their hands and curled her lips.
“This turtle is way too small. If it were bigger, we could at least make soup with it!”
Xuanwu: …
A faint smile played on Jiang Manman’s lips as she transmitted her voice to Xuanwu.
“She wants to make soup out of you.”
“She must have a death wish. I could spit and burst her open, and she thinks she can eat me?”
Jiang Manman was speechless.
“Who taught you to talk like that? Calling yourself ‘little master’?”
“Master, is that important? I don’t believe you haven’t extended your Divine Sense and seen that woman adding something to your soup.”
Jiang Manman had indeed seen it.
“That’s why I’m not planning to eat it. I’m going to turn the tables on her.”
“Sister-in-law, come, I saved some egg drop soup and steamed buns for you. Eat them while they’re hot. Tomorrow, I’ll have your eldest brother use the industrial coupons to buy pots, spatulas, bowls, and chopsticks from the supply and marketing cooperative in town. When you’re living alone, you can’t lack anything from firewood, rice, oil, or salt.”
“Sister-in-law, you’re so thoughtful!”
Wang Guihua smiled as she watched her finish the egg drop soup.
“Of course! I’ve eaten more salt than you’ve eaten rice. What I pick for you will definitely be right.”
Jiang Manman propped her head on her hand.
“Sister-in-law, I’m tired. I want to rest for a bit. You can go out now.”
Wang Guihua looked at her complexion, chuckled, and collected the bowls and chopsticks.
“Alright then, you and the two children get to bed early. I’ll be going out now!”
After Wang Guihua closed the door behind her, Jiang Manman brought the two children to get on the kang.
She had kept the egg drop soup in her mouth earlier and transferred it into the seventh level of the Glass Tower, storing it in a bowl. Later, she would return it to whoever gave it to her, just as they had given it to her.
The two little ones quickly lay down obediently on the kang. They knew they could go into the secret base to eat delicious food.
There were soft beds there, and they could even take baths.
But this time, their mother didn’t come in with them.
Although Jiang Manman had instructed them repeatedly before they entered, telling them to wait inside and that she would join them soon, the two little ones started crying and shouting after just a short while.
“I want Mommy!”
“I miss Mommy, waaah~”
Jiang Manman had no choice but to let Xuanwu enter the seventh level as well.
“Help me calm the little ones down. I’ll go find some wild prey for you.”
“Deal!”
After entering the dimension, Xuanwu grew larger, big enough for the two children to sit on his back.
The two children were stunned by what they saw and stopped crying.
Then they looked at each other, ran over to Xuanwu, and climbed onto his back, squealing excitedly as Xuanwu carried them around the seventh level.
Outside, Jiang Manman propped up the quilt to create two small lumps, then sensed her door being pried open.
She sneered coldly and closed her eyes.
Sure enough, the next moment, she heard voices nearby.
“Aunt Wang, I’m entrusting my sister-in-law to you now.”
“Now it’s up to you to handle her. Whatever happens next has nothing to do with me!”
Aunt Wang’s voice responded:
“Fine! I’ll take the two little ones with me too, so she won’t make a fuss when she wakes up and finds them gone.”