Zhao Shiyu: …
You’re the one who’s fake and pretentious. Your whole damn family is fake and pretentious!
Feeling irritated, she immediately decided to make things difficult for Zhao Shiying on purpose.
She turned and ordered, “Go get me a basket and a small shovel. I’ll need them to dig wild vegetables later.”
Zhao Shiying’s face nearly twisted.
[This female lead really doesn’t seem very bright. If I didn’t need her to find that Space Stone, who the hell would put up with this attitude?
And the Heavenly Dao of this world is garbage too. Is it really going to favor the female lead this blatantly?
After transmigrating here, I picked up and tested every black stone on that hillside, but I still couldn’t find the Space Stone!
What kind of stupid setting is this? It has to be recognized through a blood bond? Just searching for this damn stone has cost me enough blood to raise an evil sword immortal, and not a single one of those broken rocks reacted!]
Zhao Shiyu…
Oh-ho!
This was fantastic.
Was life this miserable for transmigrators?
Thank you, Heavenly Dao.
And thank goodness she was the female lead.
Though extremely unwilling, Zhao Shiying still followed Zhao Shiyu’s instructions and fetched a basket and shovel for her.
For the sake of getting the female lead to hurry up and find that little black stone, she was really going all out.
But when she finally handed the basket and shovel over, Zhao Shiyu immediately stirred up more trouble.
“My shoulder hurts. I can’t carry it. You carry it for me and hand it over once we get to the mountain.”
The moment she said that, she turned and walked off.
Behind her, Zhao Shiying was cursing her bloody murder in her heart, yet on the surface she still had to force out an obedient expression.
The frustration nearly made her choke.
Still, she didn’t dare push things further.
What if Zhao Shiyu changed her mind and refused to go dig wild vegetables at all?
For the sake of the Space Stone, she could only endure it.
[Hmph! Once I get the Space Stone, I’ll steal every single one of your opportunities. Let’s see if you can still act so smug then!]
Hearing her inner ranting again, Zhao Shiyu didn’t even twitch an eyebrow.
Still—
Sometimes reality moved faster than any plan.
Here Zhao Shiying was, swallowing her anger and trailing behind like some bullied little daughter-in-law, glaring at Zhao Shiyu’s back when she thought no one was looking—
only for them to run straight into Zhao Yanfeng the moment they stepped outside.
Among the family’s fourteen grandchildren, Zhao Yanfeng was the youngest.
Because of that, he was more spoiled than the others.
The moment he saw his biological sister trailing behind Zhao Shiyu like a servant girl—with one basket on her back and another cradled in her arms—while Zhao Shiyu walked ahead empty-handed, his face instantly darkened.
“Seventh Sister! You’re bullying my Eighth Sister again! I’m going to tell Third Sister so she can beat you up!”
The “Third Sister” he mentioned was Zhao Xiangyu, the eldest daughter of the western branch and the full-blooded older sister of both Zhao Yanfeng and Zhao Shiying.
“And just how am I bullying her? Go ahead, explain.”
Zhao Shiyu stopped walking, crossed her arms, and looked at him with open disdain.
Zhao Shiying’s heart sank.
This is bad!
She had just opened her mouth to smooth things over before Zhao Shiyu caused more trouble—
but Zhao Yanfeng beat her to it.
“You’re still denying it? Look at her! She’s carrying two baskets while your hands are empty! You obviously forced my Eighth Sister to carry your stuff!
Don’t you have hands of your own?
You’re even one month older than her. Have some shame!”
“Oh, so that’s what this is about.”
Zhao Shiyu shrugged indifferently.
“If you think this counts as me bullying your Eighth Sister, then tell her not to carry anything for me. That way she won’t get tired, and you won’t have to play hero for her.
Perfect timing, too. I didn’t want to go in the first place.
I got dragged out of bed early this morning and haven’t gotten enough sleep. I’ll just head back and take a nap.”
[You useless idiot! You’ve ruined everything for me!]
Zhao Shiying’s furious thoughts screamed through Zhao Shiyu’s mind.
But on the outside, she had no choice but to plaster on a pleading smile and grab Zhao Shiyu’s arm.
“Seventh Sister, Little Feng is still immature. Please don’t lower yourself to his level. Let’s just hurry and go dig wild vegetables.”
Zhao Shiyu stood her ground.
“If you want to go, go by yourself. I’m not about to do the work and still get accused by your own brother of bullying you.”
Panicking, Zhao Shiying turned toward Zhao Yanfeng.
“Xiaofeng, hurry and apologize to Seventh Sister! When has she ever bullied me? Don’t falsely accuse her!”
“Why should I?! I’m not wrong!
She’s obviously bullying you! She’s making you carry the baskets while going to dig vegetables—if that’s not bullying, then what is?
Eighth Sister, stop being such a pushover! If you keep this up, everyone will bully you!”
Not only did Zhao Yanfeng refuse to listen, he actually shouted at Zhao Shiyu.
“She is bullying my Eighth Sister! Don’t deny it—I saw it with my own eyes! You evil woman! Wicked woman!”
Zhao Shiyu rolled her eyes.
“What the hell does a brat like you know?
Can’t you understand human language?
Your own sister said I’m not bullying her, and yet you’re still yapping here.
So what is it? Is your brain defective and you can’t process words, or are your ears broken and you can’t hear?
And if your ears really don’t work, you might as well donate them. Even if no person wants them, they could at least be fed to a dog.
That way they wouldn’t go completely to waste.”
Alarm bells exploded in Zhao Shiying’s mind.
Before Zhao Yanfeng could fire back, she quickly covered his mouth.
“Xiaofeng, Xiaofeng, calm down! This is between Seventh Sister and me—it has nothing to do with you! You misunderstood her!”
She desperately tried to calm her biological little brother down and stop him from ruining her plans.
With her free hand, she even secretly pinched him behind his back, trying to signal him to cooperate.
But she had forgotten something important.
Zhao Yanfeng was a genuine seven-year-old child.
How could he possibly endure Zhao Shiyu’s insults?
And there was no way he could understand the hidden signals his sister was trying to send.
“Zhao Shiyu, you evil woman! I’m going to beat you to death!
Eighth Sister, let go of me!
Who am I doing this for?
Why are you helping her instead of me? Who’s your real blood sibling here?!”
“Oh ho, the brat’s got some nerve now.”
Zhao Shiyu sneered.
“And do you even know how to use the phrase ‘aiding evil’ properly?
Is this really how your parents taught you?
No matter what, I’m still your older sister.
Yet every other word out of your mouth is ‘evil woman.’
Who exactly taught you to speak like that?
Since I’m your elder sister, I’ll teach you what should and shouldn’t be said!”
She took two quick strides forward, raised her hand, and slapped Zhao Yanfeng hard across the face.
The moment her palm landed, she didn’t linger for even a second.
She turned and bolted back home, sprinting straight into her room and slamming the door shut with a loud bang.
Zhao Yanfeng had been raised fat and sturdy.
With her current tiny body, there was no way she could beat him in a real fight.
If she didn’t run after landing that hit, was she supposed to stand there waiting for him to recover and hit her back?
As for revenge later—
Heh.
Once she got her hands on her first cheat item, she’d have plenty of chances to deal with the brat.
The truth was, because the family hadn’t split into separate households, minor friction between brothers and sisters-in-law was constant.
It was only because the old master and old madam kept everyone under control that no major conflicts had erupted.
In reality, the different branches of the family had long since become estranged.
Of course, that was all beneath the surface.
Outwardly, everyone still acted harmonious.
But as for how many hidden schemes each branch held in their hearts—
Only they themselves knew.