Time flies, and the years pass in the blink of an eye. As they grew older day by day, and as the two of them gradually began paying more attention to each other, their once-hostile relationship somehow underwent a subtle change without either of them realizing it.
At some point, they stopped constantly clashing with each other as they had in the past. Instead, there was more understanding and tolerance between them.
Only later did she suddenly realize that whenever the two of them were about to get into an argument, it was actually Su Mingyue who had been deliberately backing down and accommodating her.
It was precisely because of this tolerance and willingness to yield that their arguments became less and less frequent, while their relationship grew better and better, until they eventually became close sisters who understood each other perfectly.
Su Mingyi had come home from high school in the county. She did not have classes today because it was Saturday, and she had arrived home the previous evening. As soon as she got home, she heard that her cousin had been injured. After asking her mother about it, she learned that some people in the village had been spreading nasty gossip. Wang Daqiang had overheard what his family was saying and had gone looking for trouble with Mingyue. After Mingyue had beaten him up, he had harbored a grudge and pushed Mingyue down from the mountain. That was how Mingyue had ended up injured.
After hearing what had happened, she became extremely worried about Mingyue’s injuries. She had wanted to come see her as soon as she found out the previous evening, but her mother had stopped her. It was already too late, and Mingyue was probably asleep. If she went over and woke her up, that would not be good. So she had forced herself to be patient.
When she came over that morning, however, Mingyue’s house was locked, and there was no one home. She waited for quite a while, but as noon approached, she had to go home to help prepare lunch. With no choice, she reluctantly went home first.
After finishing the household chores, she finally managed to get away again and came back to look for Mingyue. She wanted to ask what Su Mingyue planned to do.
That was right—based on her understanding of Su Mingyue, there was no way Mingyue would simply let such a serious loss go unanswered. So she needed to ask about Mingyue’s plans first. Otherwise, if she acted recklessly on her own and ruined Mingyue’s carefully laid plans, that would be bad.
Su Mingyue was the only person she was allowed to bully. Nobody else could even think about laying a hand on her!
As for this Wang Daqiang… Hmph! Just wait and see!
When Su Mingyue saw Su Mingyi, she was slightly taken aback. She looked at her and asked, “When did you get back? And what are you doing here at this hour?”
After hearing her, Su Mingyi glared fiercely at her before scolding her in an annoyed tone. “Hmph! If I hadn’t come over, how would I have known you were injured? Just look at yourself! When I’m not around, how do you manage to get yourself into such a miserable state? Remember around New Year’s when you insisted on dropping out of school? Well, now that you’ve actually taken a leave from school, you’ve become so fragile that even Wang Daqiang could hurt you!”
As she spoke, Su Mingyi carefully examined Su Mingyue’s face once again. Seeing that Mingyue’s complexion looked fairly good, the heavy worry weighing on her heart finally eased a little.
Then Su Mingyi frowned slightly and asked with concern, “What are you planning to do about that Wang Daqiang? Do you have a plan? Since I’m home today and tomorrow, the two of us can teach him a lesson together and make sure he remembers it.”
Hearing her sister Su Mingyi ask this, Su Mingyue fell silent for a moment.
After a while, she slowly raised her head and replied softly, “Mingyi, to be honest, I haven’t figured out what to do about this yet. Even if I do come up with a plan, I can’t act until the wound on my head has healed. Things are inconvenient for me in my current condition.”
From the original owner’s memories, Su Mingyue knew that she and Su Mingyi shared a very deep sisterly bond.
However, the soul occupying this body now was no longer its original owner. So Su Mingyue secretly wondered how she could keep Su Mingyi from getting dragged into this mess.
Su Mingyi looked at the state Su Mingyue was in and shook her head. She walked over, gently patted her on the shoulder, and said earnestly, “All right, just look at you. Your head is already injured, yet you’re still racking your brains over this! If you keep going like this, that brain of yours—which wasn’t exactly the sharpest to begin with—is only going to get even more foolish! Just leave this matter to your sister. You rest properly and don’t worry about anything!”
However, Su Mingyue became furious when she heard this.
She widened her eyes and stared daggers at Su Mingyi’s confident face, practically itching to rush over and punch her.
The reason she had been racking her brains trying to figure out what to do was precisely to keep Su Mingyi from getting dragged into this mess. Yet who would have thought that this clueless woman would actually jump straight into the fire of her own accord!
“I’m seriously going to lose my mind!” Su Mingyue muttered through gritted teeth. Then she added inwardly, “I’ve been going to all this trouble for your sake, and what do you do? Not only do you refuse to appreciate it, you even insist on taking everything upon yourself. Hmph. Fine, whatever! I don’t care anymore! Do whatever you want! Besides, your father is the village brigade leader. Which villager would really dare mess with you? Fine, let the whole thing burn!”
Su Mingyue herself felt that ever since she had arrived in this era, she seemed to have become far too cautious. She was constantly afraid that she would stand out because she did not fit in with this era, and that someone would therefore discover that she was a time traveler.
But perhaps she had been too cautious?
Su Mingyue did not know the answer.
She could not be bothered to think about it anymore. She simply said to Su Mingyi, “Fine, have it your way. What do you have in mind?”
When Su Mingyi heard her question, she did not answer immediately. Instead, she let out a series of “hee-hee” laughs.
The sound was so incredibly sleazy that it was almost unbearable!
Su Mingyue really could not stand watching her. She secretly wondered how such a pretty, charming, and delicate young woman could possibly laugh so… sleazily.
At the same time, however, she could not help feeling a little curious. She really wanted to know what kind of devious idea Su Mingyi had come up with.
After laughing to her heart’s content, Su Mingyi finally noticed Su Mingyue staring at her.
In an instant, her expression changed as dramatically as a Sichuan opera face-changing performance, becoming utterly serious.
She crooked a finger at Su Mingyue, signaling for her to come closer, then leaned toward her ear.
At first, Su Mingyue looked at Su Mingyi suspiciously. The doubt in her eyes seemed almost capable of seeing straight through Su Mingyi’s thoughts.
Su Mingyi was nearly provoked into bristling under that questioning gaze.
Fortunately, Su Mingyue soon obediently leaned closer and brought her ear toward her sister.