"Tsk," Yue Ning curled her lip, thinking to herself how this ugly thing always found trouble. In the year since it came to the house, it was always either this thing rotting or that thing breaking—always the fault of this ugly thing.
Dong Huiying mixed some mud and, before dark, used it to patch the big hole in the wall.
After the busy work, she was covered in dust and dirt, looking like a little flower cat.
Yixuan approached her, and upon hearing his footsteps, she turned and saw him, "Yixuan??"
Her eyes immediately sparkled, glad that the noodles she made for lunch were not in vain—as Yixuan was no longer angry, and her heart felt beauty as well.
Ever since this person had awakened yesterday, she had become very strange. Her eyes were particularly clear, she appeared obedient, and was quite amusing. Just like now, her eyes gleaming, she resembled a little dog wagging its tail, almost identical to "Xiao Huang," the fourth brother’s dog...
Thinking of Xiao Huang, Yixuan’s mood chilled a bit.
He closed his eyes forcefully, but the bloody images remained stubbornly in his mind.
"Let’s go," When he opened his eyes again, he stopped thinking about the past and called Dong Huiying to head out with him.
The kitchen supported a small table with several pieces of cornbread, a small plate of cabbage, and a big pot of wheat bran porridge on it.
Yue Ning glanced at the two of them, served a big bowl of pale yellow wheat bran porridge for his younger brother, and as for that dark and unattractive thing? He rolled his eyes and pretended not to see it.
"Baobao, you eat first."
Yixuan showed modesty, and Dong Huiying chuckled, "My hands are all muddy, I’ll wash them first."
After she washed her hands and returned, she saw Yixuan sitting at the table waiting for her.
It wasn’t until she sat down and took her first bite with chopsticks that Yixuan started to eat.
Dong Huiying blinked at him, then eagerly picked up her wheat bran porridge and gulped down a large mouthful.
After being busy all afternoon, she really was hungry. It’s not that she couldn’t endure hardship, but eating wheat bran and cornbread every day was becoming unbearable.
Munching on the dry cornbread and sipping the thin porridge, she suddenly felt melancholic and craved meat.
Mid-meal, suddenly a group of people burst into the Liang family’s home.
With a "crack," Dong Huiying was startled, nearly dropping her jaw to the floor.
She saw about a dozen women, each big and strong, with heights over one meter eighty, resembling female giants, their muscular arms thicker than Dong Huiying’s thighs, which reminded her of the female boxing athletes she had seen on TV in her past life, with their solid muscles and dark skin.
She glanced at her own dark and unattractive little claws and instantly felt balanced.
Yixuan was stunned for a moment. This Madame Zhou, named Zhou Dachun, was one of the underlings of the Taihang Gambling House’s female boss. He glanced at Dong Huiying subconsciously, clearly understanding that Zhou Dachun had come for this little woman.
With an imposing presence, Zhou Dachun commanded, "Search, take anything valuable, tie up the brothers of the Liang family, and if they dare resist, knock them out and carry them away."
And so, like locusts crossing the border, these dozen or so people recklessly rampaged and smashed everything in the Liang family’s home.
Yue Ning was anxious, "Stop!"
He grabbed an ax, his face full of hostility, but the intruders acted without fear, with Zhou Dachun even kicking the table over.
Watching the plates and bowls shatter on the floor, Yue Ning turned a steely green and swung his ax as he charged into the crowd, turning the scene into instant chaos.
Suddenly, with an "ah," someone screamed in agony. The next moment, a hefty woman was flung out of the fray.
All eyes immediately turned to Dong Huiying.
Dong Huiying thought how these people seemed like bandits, barging in to loot and plunder. Was there no King’s Law?
Seeing Yue Ning surrounded by several people and Yixuan getting harshly pushed, almost hitting the door, her fiery temperament exploded right away.