"They snatched what rightfully belongs to us. It's only natural that we take it back."
"If it weren't for her good birth, what makes her better than you?"
The words of that person seemed to still be echoing in her ears, making Xia Anying's look at Xia Sanghuan even more filled with jealousy and hatred.
Feeling Xia Anying's malicious gaze, Xia Sanghuan pursed her lips.
Actually, she had known from the very beginning what her elder sister was thinking about her. After all, she had been bullied by her since childhood.
This led to the fact that even after they had returned to the Fu family, Xia Anying still couldn't get rid of the habit of wanting her to obey unconditionally.
Xia Anying wasn't very smart, nor did she have much scheming, let alone the ability to hide her thoughts.
So in Xia Sanghuan's eyes, she had always been easy to guess and deal with.
But she didn't know if it was because they hadn't been together recently, but she felt that Xia Anying seemed to have changed.
In the past, no matter what, Xia Anying would never look at her with such a cold and venomous gaze.
What on earth had happened?
Before she could think it through, the man behind her let out a soft groan.
Hearing the sound, she loosened her hold on Xia Anying.
Before leaving, she warned her.
"Don't have any other inappropriate thoughts, unless you want to get another kick from me."
Due to years of climbing mountains and doing farm work, her strength was much greater than that of an ordinary girl.
Xia Anying had taken a solid kick just now. Her waist was probably already red, and she didn't have the strength to play any more tricks.
She walked to the man's side and carefully pulled out the silver needles.
The man's arm had returned to normal. Apart from being a bit swollen, there was no major problem.
She put away the silver needles and didn't say much. After all, saving the life of a man who wanted her dead was already the utmost of benevolence. There was no need for any "post - operation explanation". Whether he would have any sequelae or not depended entirely on how the people with him would take care of him.
Some of the herbs she had just picked had been used up. Now she had to go pick some more.
She looked at the sun that was already hanging in the west and couldn't help but let out a tired sigh.
Maybe the decision to return to Qingshan Slope alone was a mistake from the start.
She was really tired now and a bit scared.
After all, she was just a newly - adult girl. First, her family's house was occupied by the enemy, then she was attacked by a venomous snake, and chased by her elder sister who she had lived with for more than a decade.
Both her body and mind were reaching their limits.
To prevent any more accidents, she deliberately took a long detour. After completely getting away from Xia Anying, she picked some more herbs.
The old house was still empty, but it was obvious that most of the things she had thrown out had been picked up.
She didn't bother to care about these things. After returning to the house, she blocked the bedroom door with a table and heavy objects, simply cleaned the dirt off her body, ate something casually, and fell asleep in her clothes.
Before falling asleep, she was still thinking about what had happened in the past two days, and couldn't help but feel a bit sad.
Fortunately, before she had time to be sad, she was too tired and fell asleep.
After waking up in the morning, she set off to her master's former residence to get the books.
There was no other reason for her to hurry like this. She just wanted to go back.
She didn't want to stay here anymore. She missed her father, her elder brother and sister.
And she missed her second elder brother.
Her master actually had a lot of books, but the ones she could use were just those few ancient books that couldn't be found on the market at all.
She trudged towards her master's residence. It was very secluded and a good hiding place.
When she was a child and was bullied badly by Xia Anying, she liked to run to her master's place to hide. It seemed that her master's residence could shield her from all troubles.
The small cottage was still located there just like before. The only difference was that the ivy on the wall had grown more because no one had cleaned it.
This made the cottage look like a haunted house.
Thinking of what had happened yesterday, she couldn't help but feel a shiver down her spine. She was afraid that Xia Anying would jump out from some unexpected place and stab her.
After going back, she had to try her best to keep the people from the Fu and Leng families away from Xia Anying.
She was thinking while organizing the ancient books.
The train ticket she had booked would depart at eleven o'clock this morning. Just hold on a little longer, and she would be able to go home soon.
She thought she would be able to go back quickly, but when she got home, she found a group of people gathered in front of her house. Granny Ma was standing on a bench, very conspicuous in the crowd.
She was spitting and talking to the villagers. The villagers' faces were also filled with indignation.
Taking advantage of her better view, Granny Ma was the first to notice Xia Sanghuan coming back with the books.
At her instigation, the villagers surrounded her.
Xia Sanghuan frowned and looked at Granny Ma in front of her.
"Old hag, what excuse have you come up with this time to deal with me?"
Before Granny Ma could speak, a villager said.
"Uncle Wang next door suddenly died last night. He was fine before. Why did he die as soon as you came back?"
Once one villager started, the rest followed suit.
For a moment, her ears were filled with shouts, which made her head ache.
"Then let me take a look."
"What?"
Hearing her words, the villagers were all stunned.
"Then let me take a look if this Uncle Wang you're talking about is really dead."
She looked intently at the villager who had spoken first, enunciating each word clearly.
The villager shrank his neck under her gaze, stepped back, and disappeared into the crowd.
With his silence, most of the shouting subsided instantly.
Seeing that the situation was not right, Granny Ma quickly fanned the flames.
"Why can't you take a look? Can the dead come back to life?"
"Xiaosun, lead the way and let the Xia girl go and see for herself if what we said is true!"
The man called Xiaosun stepped out of the crowd again. He looked at Granny Ma with some confusion, but still obediently led Xia Sanghuan to find that "Uncle Wang".
This reaction didn't escape her eyes.
Sure enough, there was a trick.
Her face darkened.
Now she was alone. Leaving rashly would only play into Granny Ma's hands.
Although she didn't need this house anymore, she didn't want all the things that Xia Laosi had worked hard for all his life to be taken over by Granny Ma.
When she was still living in Qingshan Slope, she had heard about Granny Ma's methods.
Relying on her status as the village's shaman and the villagers' ignorance due to the isolation of this remote place, she would use such despicable means to obtain whatever she wanted.
And the villagers just became the guns in her hands for "looting". They made a ruckus but got nothing in the end.
This old woman was really not simple.
She followed Xiaosun, with her head down and silent.
But her brain was already working at full speed, thinking about how to deal with the situation later.