Chapter 2: First Display Of Divine Might
“Tsk tsk, this room is really dirty enough. When that little bitch dies, we’ll have to clean it up thoroughly, otherwise it won’t be unlucky enough.” Xu Shi walked into the room while looking around, and at the same time, she didn’t forget to complain with her mouth.
Lin Nan lay terrified in Lin Xin’s arms, his small body trembling slightly.
“Don’t be afraid!” A dark glint flashed in Lin Xin’s eyes, and the motion of patting Lin Nan’s back became slightly heavier.
“Third Aunt wants to sell me off, saying some wealthy gentry wants to buy a son. Sis, I don’t want to be sold.” Lin Nan conveyed the news he had overheard to Lin Xin with a sobbing voice. His small body curled up into a ball and hid in Lin Xin’s embrace, as if that slender embrace was the safest place in the world.
“Damn, what the hell? They’re really planning to eat us out of house and home.” Lin Xin felt the vein on her forehead throbbing vigorously, and her tightly clenched fist also hardened.
“Don’t worry, no one dares to sell you off.”
In the original book, Lin Xin didn’t survive this cold, and Lin Nan was indeed sold to the wealthy gentry in town, but not as a son, rather as a catamite. In less than two years, he was tortured to a miserable state, and when he died, there wasn’t a single piece of good flesh on his body.
The house was also taken by the people from the eldest branch, and later, because Xu Shi’s youngest son owed gambling debt, they had no choice but to sell this house.
And just like that, the last remaining trace of the original owner ‘s family in this world was completely erased.
“Lin Xin? You’re actually not dead?” Xu Shi boldly entered the door. Seeing Lin Xin sitting on the bed, who looked somewhat weak but was clearly alive again, she stared in disbelief with wide eyes.
“Yeah, I’m not dead. Aunt, are you very shocked and very disappointed!” Lin Xin hugged the Lin Nan in her arms tightly, gazing indifferently straight at Xu Shi, and spoke flatly.
“Pah! As expected, the bitch’s spawn is just as cheap, almost burned to a crisp and still won’t die, hmph!” Xu Shi spat a thick glob of phlegm on the ground, glaring viciously at the older sister and younger brother tightly huddled together on the bed, and said maliciously: “But that’s fine, if she doesn’t die this time, there’s always next time. I’ll see if you have the luck to keep living. We’ll see… Ah! What are you doing?”
She was blabbering away abusively when a basin full of water fell from above, smashing her until she was dizzy and seeing stars, while not a drop of water in the basin was wasted, drenching her completely from head to toe.
“What are you doing? Aunt, your mouth is so smelly, let me help you wash it! If you dare to curse my family again, it won’t be this simple.” Lin Xin held Lin Nan as she stood up, standing straight and facing Xu Shi directly, and because she was standing on the kang, she was a full head taller than Xu Shi, unexpectedly having a somewhat condescending air.
The person who had always been meek and submissive suddenly became tough, not only stunning Xu Shi, but even Zhou Shi, who was following behind her, was equally stunned.
“You, you actually dare to speak to me like this?” Xu Shi, reacting over, was extremely annoyed. In the Lin Family, even those two old geezers had to watch her face to live their days, yet a little bitch actually dared to speak to her like this. It must be that she hadn’t been beaten hard enough.
Lin Xin couldn’t be bothered to answer such a retarded question, so she just stood there slightly raising her chin without moving.
“It looks like you’re confused from illness and have forgotten the usual lessons. Today, this old lady will give you a long memory!” After speaking, Xu Shi rushed to Lin Xin like a cannonball, raised her hand to slap her face, and the swinging palm brought wind, showing that this strike used full force.
Lin Xin turned Lin Nan around, making him lie on her left shoulder, raised her right hand to grab Xu Shi’s wrist, and with a seemingly light fling, Xu Shi’s massive body was thrown out, crashing into the opposite wall with a dull “thud,” shaking down quite a bit of dust from the ceiling.
“Cough cough cough······” Xu Shi was dumbfounded until a sharp pain came from her back that brought her back to her senses. Half-lying on the ground, she trembled as she pointed at Lin Xin with her finger, wanting to say something but was choked back by a fit of coughing.
“Eldest Sister-in-law!” Zhou Shi cried out in terror. She, who had watched the entire scene, could hardly believe her own eyes. She hadn’t been furious like Xu Shi just now, so she had also seen many things that Xu Shi hadn’t, such as the gaze Lin Xin directed at them—no longer carrying the fear and humility of the past, but instead calm, indifferent, and something else she couldn’t understand.
“Take her and leave!” Lin Xin said faintly to Zhou Shi, “Don’t come again in the future.”
“Yes, leaving right now, never coming back again.” Zhou Shi’s gaze suddenly became dull and vacant. She mechanically helped Xu Shi to her feet and staggered out of this rundown little courtyard.
Halfway there, blown by the wind, the two of them suddenly shivered together and both woke up, only then realizing they were actually on the way home to Lin Xin’s Home, bizarrely, neither had any memory of leaving Lin Xin’s Home.
Just now Lin Xin’s gaze surfaced in Zhou Shi’s mind. She unconsciously shivered, looked around left and right like a thief, and then asked in a trembling voice: “Eldest Sister-in-law, w-why did we, we come out?”
Xu Shi’s back hurt badly, and she was already in a bad mood. Hearing Zhou Shi’s words, she cursed furiously: “I just passed out from the fall, you ask me how we got out, I want to ask you! Did you take benefits from that little bitch while I was unconscious, so you teamed up with her to trick me? I was wondering why you were so kind-hearted to go pick a fight with that little bitch and even call me along, turns out you were waiting here for me! You bitch! Wait for me!”
After saying that huffily, Xu Shi broke free from Zhou Shi’s hand supporting her, held her back with one hand while grimacing in pain as she walked home, still muttering curses under her breath.
Zhou Shi was completely unprepared and was flung to the ground by Xu Shi. She gritted her teeth, watching her increasingly distant back.
After the two entered the Lin Family Old House one in front and one behind, Lin Xin satisfactorily curved up the corners of her mouth, while giving some wood element ability to the weeds by the roadside; this was the reward for them passing news to her just now.
“Older Sister, Aunt and Third Aunt have both left.” Lin Nan happily said to Lin Xin, while a pair of big eyes sparkling with excitement looked toward his older sister’s hand, unable to hide his expectation—his big steamed bun hadn’t been eaten more than a few bites yet.!
“Mm, he’s gone. Nan Nan, be good. Older Sister will get you some food.” Lin Xin put the little dirty child down, pretending to take the steamed bun from under the quilt that she actually took from the space, thought for a moment, and then took out a few quail eggs.
“Wow! Bird eggs!” Lin Nan happily shouted, suddenly thinking of something, his pair of pitch-black little hands quickly covered his mouth, nervously staring at the gate for a while, and only after confirming no one was coming in did he happily and carefully pick up a quail egg, cautiously starting to peel the shell.
“Nan Nan, no need to be afraid. With Older Sister here from now on, no one will be able to take our things anymore.” Lin Xin comfortingly patted his shoulder. She originally wanted to ruffle his hair, but looking at that hair already greasy like a QR code, she really couldn’t bring herself to touch it.
“Mm mm, Older Sister is the most awesome.” Lin Nan responded to this very skillfully, showing that this pair of siblings usually comforted themselves this way every day.
