Jiang Xue sneered. That’s just how scum are.
Reasoning with them is utterly useless.
They always have their own self-serving logic. Only when you speak the language of force do they finally understand.
And if they still don’t get it? That means you haven’t hit them hard enough.
If one beating isn’t enough, give them two. If two beatings still don’t work, cripple them. If crippling them isn’t enough, beat them to death—beat them until they’re half-dead, until they beg you to reason with them.
“Xue’er, hurry and pack your things with your mother. I’ll go arrange for a vehicle. We need to leave this place immediately.”
Seeing the village chief and his men flee in disarray, Father Xia didn’t even bother asking where Jiang Xue’s combat prowess came from. He immediately proposed the best plan he could think of.
Mother Xia eagerly agreed, saying, “Yes, Xue’er, let’s pack quickly. Travel light, the sooner the better. No matter where we go, as long as our family of three is together, anywhere can be home.”
This was the sorrow of ordinary people at the bottom of society—unable to fight back, they could only hide or flee far away. Some didn’t even have the privilege to escape.
Jiang Xue waved her hand, and the two of them fell into a deep sleep.
Since they were unaware of Jiang Xue’s abilities, she had no choice but to send them off to a pleasant dream first. When they awoke, a bright future would await them.
Escape? That word didn’t exist in Jiang Xue’s dictionary.
“A bunch of beasts thinking they can gang up on the weak, huh? Let’s see who ends up with the numbers then!”
A wicked smile curled at the corner of Jiang Xue’s lips as she began drawing circles in the air.
“This time, I’ll use beasts to deal with beasts!”
“Come forth! First, ten African elephants!”
“Next, ten Siberian tigers, twenty lions, thirty bears, fifty wolves, a hundred hyenas…”
“Hmm, need some from the water too. Let’s just summon a hundred crocodiles, a hundred hippos, a thousand vipers, a thousand king cobras…”
“Land, sea, and air—none can be missing. Add a hundred falcons, a hundred vultures, a thousand sandgrouses…”
“The atmosphere squad can’t be left out either. Three hundred baboons, three hundred monkeys from a certain mountain, a thousand crows…”
“And I need a mount. Come forth, orca!”
Jiang Xue quite liked the orca’s fierce yet adorable appearance.
But, flop flop.
The orca struggled for a long time, kicking up clouds of dust, only to move at a speed of 0.5.
Jiang Xue gave it a disdainful look and sent it back through the portal.
The orca cast a pitiful glance at Jiang Xue before swimming back to the sea, signaling that land battles were not its thing.
“Come forth, iron-eating beast.”
Satisfied, Jiang Xue mounted the adorable creature, thinking the black-and-white color scheme perfectly matched her aesthetic.
“Forward march!”
Jiang Xue raised her mourning staff high, commanding with imposing authority. Instantly, tigers roared, lions bellowed, snakes hissed, horses neighed, dogs barked, and wolves howled…
Three hundred baboons led the way, clawing and posturing, while three hundred monkeys leaped about, hurling dung balls everywhere. A thousand crows cawed, heralding doom.
The household closest to the Xia family belonged to Sun Er’gou.
True to his name, Sun Er’gou was the village chief’s loyal lackey.
He was always the first to charge into trouble, and when there was none, he kept watch, as if the Xia family had dug up his ancestral grave. He harbored an inexplicable hostility toward them, often stirring up trouble for no reason.
Being neighbors only made it easier for him to harass the Xia family. He threw snakes, rats, and garbage over the wall into their yard. In the dead of night, he deliberately blasted obscene videos from his courtyard toward their house. Every few days, he would climb over the wall to steal their chickens and ducks, not only denying it but also turning the tables by accusing the Xia family of framing him. He even splashed feces at their doorstep… His despicable acts were utterly appalling!
In the previous life, when the entire village ganged up to beat the three members of the Xia family, he was the one who contributed the most. At the same time, the original host also learned why he harbored such intense hatred toward her family. Back then, with bloodshot eyes, he ambushed the original host, repeatedly stabbing her in the stomach while snarling, “I watched you grow up. Why did you never even glance at me?”
The original host felt like she’d been screwed over by a dog. What kind of perverted scum was he? He was old enough to be her uncle… and he’d watched her grow up? What kind of twisted, rogue logic was that? Did he really think that just because he wanted something, it had to be his? He had to disgust her even as she was dying.
“Dealing with a lackey? Let the African second brother step forward!”
At Jiang Xue’s command, the hyena queen charged out personally.
At that moment, Sun Er Gou was still drinking at home.
He took a sip of liquor, munched on a few peanuts, and muttered foully, “Hmph, a family of pushovers. They offended the village chief and still think they can escape? Little do they know, I’ve already informed the village chief, and he’s gathering people right now. Just wait to get beaten up by the whole village. Serves them right… But what a shame about that Xue girl. If she’d just followed me, tsk tsk… If I pretended to speak up for her, maybe it could’ve worked.”
“I watched you grow up, watched you for over a decade. You owe me those years, you have to be with me…”
“Damn it, that little bastard Qian Guangzong thinks he can compete with me? Too bad his father’s the village chief. Can’t afford to mess with him.”
“Wah, my little Xue, why won’t you look at me, even just once…”
The more he drank, the drunker and more confused he became. Rambling nonsense, he quietly undid his pants, intending to indulge in his ancestral handiwork.
Suddenly, with a crash, the hyena queen burst through the door and charged in.
She was a professional, immediately putting her ancestral skills to use.
Anal evisceration!
Swift as lightning, the hyena queen struck, biting straight into the chrysanthemum and then yanking.
Rip! The chrysanthemum, along with over two meters of large intestine, was torn out.
“Ah…”
Sun Er Gou sobered up instantly and began to scream.
“What… what is this… help, save me…”
A hyena underling, quick on the uptake, rushed forward and bit off Sun Er Gou’s little brother.
More hyenas joined in, some biting arms, others legs. In less than three minutes, Sun Er Gou was gone without even leaving a pile of shit.
Dead and clean.
Dealing with such a self-indulgent scumbag, Jiang Xue couldn’t stand to look at him for even a second more. With a wave of her hand, she headed straight for the next house.
This family also bore the surname Xia.
Xia Fu’s elder brother, the original host’s uncle, Xia Xi Yang.
They say brothers are like limbs, but the two Xia brothers were the kind who turned against each other.
Xia Fu, Xia Dong Hai, had never been favored by the original host’s grandparents since childhood. In fact, the grandparents even harbored some hatred for this second son.
Because Grandma Xia had accidentally fallen while pregnant with Xia Dong Hai, leading to a difficult labor that nearly cost her life. From then on, the old couple grew to resent Xia Dong Hai.
Then, as the two brothers grew up, Grandpa Xia and Grandma Xia became increasingly biased.
Just how biased were they? In short, all good things went to the eldest, while the second son bore all the bad.
And every time, the old couple would bring up the difficult childbirth during pregnancy, leaving Xia Donghai so weighed down by guilt and filial piety that he couldn’t utter a single word of rebuttal.
And so, from the time he became sensible until he married and had children, Xia Donghai endured decades of oppression.
Perhaps as retribution, one day Grandpa Xia and Grandma Xia were hit by a car.
Before they died, they actually gave all the compensation money to the eldest son, yet demanded that the second son bear all the funeral expenses.
What kind of underworld-level manipulation was this? Xia Donghai exploded, rebelling against his biased parents for the first time in his life.
“From now on, I’m cutting ties with these two old bastards. Whoever wants to handle their funeral can do it. Even if they rot and are eaten by maggots, I won’t spend a single cent.”
Xia Donghai left these harsh words behind and turned away.
Xia Xiyang put on a show, shedding crocodile tears and condemning Xia Donghai for being unfilial, seizing the opportunity to gain both fame and fortune, and cutting off all brotherly ties with Xia Donghai.
“I remember, this house was also built by exploiting Father Xia when those two old bastards were alive, making him work for ten years without pay, only for it to be given to that scoundrel Xia Xiyang!”
Jiang Xue, riding a giant panda, had a cold glint in her eyes.
“Elephant team, step forward!”