Pfft!
Lin Shuqin was straightforward by nature and couldn’t hold back her laughter.
“Cousin, what empty corridors and fertile soil? The house was obviously robbed! Oh dear, I need to hurry and see if anything of mine is missing!”
As she spoke, Lin Shuqin seemed to suddenly realize something. Her face darkened, and she rushed toward the backyard.
“Qiqi, be careful! The thief might not have left yet!”
Second Madam Sun saw this and, without even bothering to frown, hurried after her daughter.
Third Madam Wu’s expression was also frighteningly grim. She angrily shouted, “What are all the servants in this household doing? How could not a single one of them notice anything?”
“Mama Wu, take some people and find out what happened. Quickly, have the entire residence surrounded, inside and out… What an audacious thief! How dare they cause trouble in the Lin household? They must be tired of living!”
With that, Madam Wu also stormed inside with her people.
First Madam Dong Yating was even more anxious.
The First Branch was different from the Second and Third Branches.
The Second Branch had an official position at court and naturally owned a residence in the capital, with most of their family assets kept there.
The Third Branch controlled the family’s illicit businesses. Their wealth could not be exposed to the public, so they had secretly established quite a few private businesses, with their most important assets stored elsewhere.
Of the enormous Lin residence, only the First Branch had more than half of its wealth stored in the Lin family’s treasury!
Now that it was obvious the Lin residence had been robbed, if anything happened to the money and valuables in the treasury…
First Madam Dong’s vision went black.
She couldn’t spare a thought for Lin Wanwan and hurried away with her maids.
At that moment, only Lin Wanwan remained standing alone in front of the Lin residence.
Not only was there no one to appreciate her poetry, but no one had even bothered to explain what was happening to her!
“How could they treat me like this? I’m a reincarnated person, the future Empress! How dare the Lin family neglect me and leave me standing here?!”
Lin Wanwan’s expression turned sinister. She clenched her delicate fists and stomped her feet in anger.
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“So, our entire family transmigrated into a novel?”
“The protagonist of the book is the child the Su family accidentally switched at birth back then, Su… No, Lin Wanwan?”
“And she’s a reincarnator?”
“The reason your face was beaten into this state was because Lin Wanwan deliberately targeted you?”
“Even the reason you lost at the poetry gathering in the novel… was because I taught Lin Wanwan those ancient poems?”
By the Peach Blossom Creek.
Su Yunhai and Shen Yuehua were desperately trying to digest everything they had just learned. They were utterly shocked.
“That’s right. According to the plot of the book, you two absolutely adore Lin Wanwan, but you despise me, your biological daughter, in every possible way.”
“Even your three sons all favor Lin Wanwan and constantly make things difficult for me and bully me…”
At this point, Shen Shuli looked meaningfully at her parents.
“Dad, Mom, are you going to be affected by the plot? Will you side with Lin Wanwan and oppose me in the future?”
“Impossible! Absolutely impossible! You’re my precious daughter. How could your mother ever help someone else bully you?”
“Don’t worry, sweetheart. Your dad is a transmigrator now, not some paper character whose personality was written by someone else. I know exactly who’s family and who’s an outsider!”
“Hmph. That’s more like it.”
Shen Shuli lifted her chin and curled her lips into a smile.
“By the way, Dad, Mom, according to the plot of the novel, the entire northern region and the Central Plains will suffer an unprecedented drought. After that, a massive locust swarm will sweep across the land, destroying countless crops and leaving countless civilians to starve and die of thirst.”
“The forces within the imperial court will also begin fighting each other behind the scenes. The Great General Who Guards the North will be framed and die with hatred because of the political struggle within the court. When that happens, the northern frontier will fall, allowing the Northern Barbarians to march straight in and slaughter civilians without restraint.”
“The local government officials won’t act like human beings either. Some will increase taxes for their own benefit, exploiting the common people and squeezing them for money, while others will collude with regional princes and recklessly conscript soldiers. They won’t even spare ten-year-old children.”
“Qingzhou is also located along the route the Northern Barbarians must take to reach the capital. The people of the entire prefecture won’t stand a chance of surviving. We have to leave this place of trouble as soon as possible!”
Shen Shuli solemnly described the various natural disasters and man-made calamities that would occur according to the novel’s plot.
Afterward, worried that she might frighten her parents, she thought for a moment before adding, “But don’t worry too much. My spatial ability came through with me…”
The more the couple listened, the more horrified they became. Then, surprise and delight gradually appeared on their faces.
They had known that their daughter had possessed a special space ever since she was born in the modern world.
They simply hadn’t expected that her space would follow her after she transmigrated into the novel.
Su Yunhai looked at Shen Shuli and solemnly warned her, “Sweetheart, don’t tell anyone about your space except us.”
Shen Yuehua suddenly thought of something and quickly added, “The Su family has a lot of people, and you now have three brothers who aren’t your real brothers. They’re not transmigrators, so they’ll definitely target you just like they do in the book.”
“Your space is your trump card. You absolutely cannot let anyone find out about it.”
At this point, there was something worth mentioning.
The reason Shen Shuli took her mother’s surname was because the Shen family had only one daughter—Shen Yuehua.
When the two families arranged the marriage, they had already agreed that the couple would have several children, and any daughters would take the Shen surname.
No one had expected their first child to be a girl.
Even less did they expect that their daughter would be extraordinary from birth, blessed with tremendous fortune and a special ability.
For the sake of their daughter’s safety, the couple had decided not to have any more children for the time being, worried that she might not be able to rely on future siblings.
“Don’t worry, Dad, Mom. I value my life very much. I definitely won’t expose it.”
Shen Shuli knew exactly how important this was.
“It’s getting late. Old Su, hurry up and get things ready.”
Shen Yuehua took her daughter’s hand, her face filled with tenderness.
“Come on, sweetheart. Let’s go home. Mom will make your favorite food.”
Before leaving, Shen Shuli didn’t forget to store the horse in her space.
She had no intention of letting the Su family discover that she had something valuable they could take advantage of and cling to her because of it.
Fifteen minutes later, at the Su family compound.
The Su residence was a standard courtyard house.
Both the walls and houses were built from rammed earth. Only the roof of the eastern wing was covered with tiles, while all the other roofs were thatched.
It was dinner time, and the lively atmosphere inside could be felt even from beyond the courtyard wall.
Su Yunhai pushed open the courtyard gate and glanced inside. He deliberately coughed once.
The courtyard instantly fell silent.
Shen Shuli looked at her father in surprise.
She hadn’t expected her dad to have such authority in the Su family.
She silently gave Old Su a thumbs-up.
Su Yunhai became even more pleased with himself. He puffed out his large belly and proudly held his head high as he walked in front.
“Mandie, are your grandparents home?”
Su Mandi, who had been feeding the pigs, immediately stood up straight and obediently answered, “They’re home, Second Uncle.”
“Good. Go see who’s not home and call everyone back. Tell them Second Uncle has something important to discuss with everyone.”
Su Yunhai raised his chin toward her as he gave the order.
Su Mandi answered brightly, “Yes, Second Uncle! Mission guaranteed!”
With that, she went from room to room looking for everyone.
The others in the courtyard had also noticed what was happening. When they saw the person with a bruised and swollen face standing behind Su Yunhai, their expressions became strange.
The younger children were nearly frightened to tears.
“Sweetheart, go wait in our room for now. Once everyone arrives, I’ll take you around and introduce you to them.”
Su Yunhai spoke to Shen Shuli.
Shen Yuehua also smiled. “Mom will go make you something delicious. I’ll call you when it’s ready.”
“Okay, Dad, Mom. Go ahead and do what you need to do.”
After bringing their daughter into their room, the couple went off to attend to their respective tasks.
Their room was in the eastern wing, the only part of the house with a tiled roof.
Shen Shuli hadn’t expected her parents’ room to look so simple from the outside yet contain such luxurious furnishings inside.
The walls had been plastered and whitewashed, and the room was furnished with all kinds of furniture.
There were two large wardrobes, a table, a tea table, a bookcase, a chest of drawers, and more—all beautifully carved.
Even the four corners of the heated brick bed had carved wooden frames, making it resemble a canopy bed, complete with curtains.
Everywhere she looked, the room exuded elegance and luxury.
As expected of her parents. Even after coming to this world, they still knew how to enjoy the finer things in life.
It seemed they hadn’t been living badly at all.
Shen Shuli raised an eyebrow, secretly delighted.
Perhaps she could continue living off her parents and happily slack off in this world too!