Chapter 3 I'm Your Grandma, You Little Rascal, I'm Your Grandma

Jin Shiyu stared at the swaddling clothes for a moment, and at Jin Guizhong's request, reached out and held Jin Suiqing.

The system continued: "Task: Cry. Countdown: 10 seconds."

Jin Suiqing cursed inwardly, "The system's task is to shoot the arrow and then draw the target!"

In the future, Jin Shiyu will kill Jin Suiqing because Jin Shiyu hates Jin Suiqing. Jin Suiqing's words and actions are designed to provoke Jin Shiyu's hatred, so he cultivates Jin Shiyu's hatred from a young age.

What kind of mind-bending logic is this?!

If Jin Suiqing blindly completes the system tasks, her only ending will be being killed by Jin Shiyu; she will never be able to see Ye Zhufeng alive.

In my mind, the system relentlessly counted down.

In reality, Kim Si-ok held the swaddled baby in his arms.

His arms were thin, yet he held me firmly.

Jin Suiqing recalled that simple courtyard.

It's estimated that the mother and son received little attention, were not served by servants, and had to do all the daily chores themselves. They must have done a lot of rough work, so it's normal that they are strong.

Jin Guizhong peeked out, squinted, and smiled, "Shiyu, look how cute your little sister is. Touch her face."

Jin Suiqing and Jin Shiyu faced each other and could see each other clearly. A murderous intent flashed in his eyes, but he quickly concealed it.

Brain system: "Three, two..."

Jin Shiyu stroked Jin Suiqing's cheek, his calloused fingertips tracing her face.

It's rough and a little itchy.

One second before the system countdown ended, Jin Suiqing struggled to pull her little hand out of the swaddling clothes, grabbed Jin Shiyu's fingers, and began to cry loudly.

The fragile baby is not much bigger than a rabbit, but a bit heavier; it meows not much quieter than a cat, but a bit louder.

Jin Shiyu tightened her forearm to hold the baby tightly, afraid that she would kick around.

Just like when killing small animals like rabbits, you bleed them, and when the animal struggles, blood splatters everywhere.

He hates blood.

However, the baby in his arms didn't move around, but just cried while clutching his fingers.

Kim Shi-ok's curled eyelashes trembled slightly as she suppressed her murderous intent and looked at Kim Gui-chung expressionlessly: "She cried. She doesn't like me."

Jin Guizhong's face darkened, and he gestured for the wet nurse to take the princess away. Jin Shiyu raised her hand to deliver her, and the wet nurse reached out to take her.

As a result, the young princess refused to let go.

Even after the little princess was in her wet nurse's arms, she still clung to Jin Shiyu, her mouth wide open, crying even louder, and nothing could soothe her.

Everyone present was stunned.

After a long while, the belated maidservant said timidly, "Young master, the young princess doesn't dislike you, she likes you."

*

Jin Suiqing returned to Jin Shiyu's embrace.

Holding Jin Shiyu's fingers, Jin Suiqing howled while observing his expression.

Although he had suppressed his murderous intent, his eyes, as clear as apricot blossoms, remained indifferent. He ignored her and looked at the fingers that she was gripping.

Jin Shiyu tried to pull away, but Jin Suiqing gripped even tighter, then stopped crying; she knew when to stop.

System: "Task completed."

Jin Suiqing breathed a sigh of relief; this method was indeed feasible.

One advantage of procedural systems is that they are prone to vulnerabilities during operation.

The system requirements are specific, and the behaviors that would offend Jin Shiyu are not intelligent enough to hinder or circumvent the actual actions Jin Suiqing takes to complete the task.

The task only said to cry, but didn't say how to cry or what not to do while crying.

This gave Jin Suiqing room to "cheat".

Jin Suiqing seized upon this loophole and added some subtle actions, causing the mission to go completely astray.

Details determine success or failure; crying is indeed a skill.

Jin Suiqing was delighted. She grabbed Jin Shiyu's finger and shook it playfully, then spit a bubble at him and started giggling. She hoped that Jin Shiyu would laugh.

pity.

Jin Shiyu couldn't free her fingers, so she let Jin Suiqing hold them. He neither smiled nor spoke, holding her like a wooden statue.

His eyes remained cold.

*

Jin Suiqing firmly believes that "Rome wasn't built in a day."

It's a matter of life and death; you can't deny it.

While drinking her milk, Jin Suiqing pondered whether she should become a wicked woman and get rid of Jin Shiyu as soon as possible.

The system was unhappy and this time switched to discharging electricity, which caused Jin Suiqing to vomit milk continuously, almost scaring the two wet nurses to death.

She coughed, inwardly cursing, "He's allowed to kill me, but I'm not allowed to kill him, is that it? Answer me!"

The system remained silent, only issuing warnings, forcing Jin Suiqing to abandon the idea.

Jin Suiqing is not a passive person. If the law doesn't forbid it, then it's permissible. If the system doesn't allow force, then a softer approach will suffice, right?

She tried to organize her thoughts.

The female supporting character's mission is to provoke Kim Shi-ok's dislike, thus fulfilling the condition of her eventual death.

If we can't kill Kim Si-ok, then we need to find a way to prevent Kim Si-ok from killing her.

Jin Suiqing's eyes lit up, and she quickly identified her target: to increase Jin Shiyu's favorability.

By using his sister's identity to increase Kim Shi-ok's favorability, he can show mercy at the plot point where the fake heiress dies in the future, giving her a chance to escape.

Looking at it now, task releases are time-limited and not frequent, and the system has program vulnerabilities. With a little modification, it's not impossible to reverse the system and gain favor.

Jin Suiqing began to try.

One day, Jin Suiqing started crying as soon as she woke up. She wouldn't eat when fed, and wouldn't look at her toys. The three of them were so anxious that they almost had to call a doctor.

Suddenly, the little maid had a flash of inspiration: "Does the little princess miss her brother?"

Jin Suiqing immediately stopped howling and started making cooing noises.

A short while later, Kim Si-ok appeared in the room.

Jin Guizhong was not there. The wet nurse held Jin Suiqing and instructed, "Jin Shiyu, go and pick up that monkey drum to amuse the little princess."

Calling someone by their first name is disrespectful.

To be a servant in a wealthy household, one must have a pair of "useful" eyes to discern who is noble and who is not, and to curry favor with whom and distance oneself from whom.

The young princess is more important than Jin Shiyu. The key is to serve the young princess well and win her favor.

The wet nurse was a sycophant; she served someone important and then felt important herself, believing she could order people around at will.

The other wet nurse tacitly approved of her behavior, remaining silent and even glaring at the little maid who was about to speak.

The maidservant had no choice but to give a slight bow and hand the monkey drum to Jin Shiyu.

He remained silent and teased the young princess as instructed.

Jin Shiyu had never seen a mechanical monkey drum before. He didn't have such ingenious mechanical toys when he was a child, so he didn't know how to use it. He tried to operate it for a long time, but he couldn't get the drum to sound.

After the nanny cursed "stupid as hell," she handed the little princess to Jin Shiyu and pressed on the monkey's crown. The mechanical monkey then began to wave its arms and beat the drum.

"Little Princess, look, your favorite monkey drum." She held the monkey drum in one hand and secretly reached behind the little princess with the other, her tone unfriendly, "Jin Shiyu, hold on tight, or you'll drop the little princess..."

Kim Shi-ok remained silent and motionless, his gaze shifting from the banging of the monkey drum to the wet nurse's hand hidden behind the baby's back.

The wet nurse kept scolding, but through the swaddling clothes, she pinched the baby's tender skin and twisted it hard.

Jin Suiqing, who was staring at the monkey drum and thinking about how to improve his favorability, suddenly felt a pain in his back and his body jolted.

Who pinched her?!

Gold fragments and green hues, like jade in gold, reveal eyes of clear, light amber, as still as an ancient well.

After a few days apart, Kim Si-ok had managed to control his emotions very well.

It wasn't him. Jin Suiqing frowned, her big eyes darting around to look at the wet nurse on the other side.

The wet nurse smiled gently: "Little princess, little princess..."

Jin Suiqing didn't cry, but the wet nurse pinched her skin and flesh even harder.

The pain jolted her again.

That kind of force would have made an ordinary baby cry loudly from the pain.

But Jin Suiqing was an adult in the guise of an infant, and she saw right through the two wet nurses' little schemes.

Princess Qingyang died young, and the noble young princess had no mother, so she was close to the people who took care of her.

The wet nurses not only wanted to become familiar faces, but also wanted to become Jin Suiqing's "biological mother" to ensure a worry-free future and wealth and prosperity.

She pinched Jin Suiqing, but cried in Jin Shiyu's arms.

What do babies know? They know that they are in pain, hungry, tired, and need someone to care for them, and that they cry for their wet nurse. The little princess cried for her, so naturally she would have a good reputation in the Jin family for being close to the little princess.

As for Kim Si-ok?

An unfavored person is no match for a valuable hunting dog in Jin Guizhong's backyard, which is just right to serve as a cushion.

Kim Si-ok has a criminal record; there's no need to find a reason.

The young master disliked the young princess and tried to harm her, but the wet nurse bravely stopped him and made a great contribution.

Jin Suiqing glared at Jin Shiyu through her pain.

No, brother, she's framed you like this, and you're still not saying anything?

Jin Shiyu stared at the wet nurse's wrist for a while, then silently shifted his gaze to the monkey drum.

Jin Suiqing: "..."

He knew, but pretended not to see.

Could it be that Kim Si-ok raised a Bichon?

Then she thought again, even though people twisted her skin and spun her around like Thomas, she didn't cry. She was just as tolerant.

Jin Suiqing pondered for a moment, then decided she couldn't bear it, and the baby's body began to wriggle.

Upon seeing this, the wet nurse shrieked, "Jin Shiyu, didn't I tell you to hold the little princess properly? How dare you make the little princess uncomfortable!"

Having said that, she was about to take the baby back when Jin Suiqing broke free of the swaddling clothes and swung her hand away from the drum. Due to inertia, the drum slipped from the wet nurse's hand and hit her in the face.

Nanny: "Ouch!"

Jin Suiqing raised her hand, twisted her body forcefully, grabbed Jin Shiyu's collar, turned her back to the wet nurse, threw herself naked into his thin chest, revealing her purplish-red back, and decisively began to cry.

She hugged Kim Shi-ok's neck and cried loudly into his ear.

Jin Suiqing is bound to break through Jin Shiyu's eardrum with its ear-piercing, demonic sound.

You kept quiet, but now I'm the one who's going to vent your anger for you.

Pretending to be blind or deaf is just asking for trouble!

Upon seeing this, the little maid screamed, and another wet nurse hurriedly tried to cover her mouth. The little maid bit her, turned and ran away, shouting as she ran, "They hurt the little princess!"

Amidst the chaos, even after both wet nurses were asked to leave, no one was able to remove the wailing little princess from Jin Shiyu's arms.

Finally, Jin Shiyu sat coldly by the bed and, under the guidance of the maid, rhythmically patted Jin Suiqing's back until she finally fell asleep.

He placed Jin Suiqing in the cradle, turned to leave, but couldn't.

Jin Suiqing clung to his clothes, not letting go even as she fell asleep.

The maidservant named Huihong said softly, "Young master, the young princess really likes you. Please stay here and have lunch before you leave."

Jin Shiyu paused for a moment, shook his head, and without further hesitation, he pushed Jin Suiqing's hand away and quickly left the room.

Many years later, Jin Suiqing belatedly realized why Jin Shiyu had been so tolerant.

She also has the identity of a young princess.

But Kim Shi-ok, who had no one to rely on, had nothing.

*

When she was one year old, the little princess still did not have a name.

The reason was simple: no one dared to rise up.

The biological father is unreliable, the biological mother is unspeakable, and whether the surname is Jin or Huangfu, no one can decide.

Jin Guizhong kept avoiding and delaying until he was over a year old, and there was no first birthday banquet or traditional first birthday celebration.

In the end, it was Huangfu Ying who issued an imperial edict to hold a first birthday banquet for the young princess and to grant a general amnesty in the name of the young princess.

This can be considered a formal recognition of her identity.

Throughout the land, everyone praised the Empress for her benevolence and love, and congratulated the imperial family on the birth of a son.

To celebrate the little princess's first birthday, the Ministry of Rites and the Court of Imperial Sacrifices lit lanterns for three days to pay homage to Heaven and pray for blessings.

Jin Suiqing sneered, "Why didn't you think of this earlier? Now you suddenly want to hold a big celebration?"

On the day of the first birthday banquet, Huangfu Ying and Huangfu Li personally visited the Jin residence, and the grand scale of the event caused an uproar throughout the capital.

The first birthday gifts filled the sulfur-covered carts, which lined the street, and onlookers kept their distance, not daring to bump into them.

Huangfu Ying, dressed in plain clothes, led Huangfu Li into the Jin residence.

In a corner of the banquet, Jin Suiqing nestled in Jin Shiyu's arms, studying her new toy.

It's a mechanical cicada; it makes a buzzing sound when you press its back wings.

Driven by his profession, Jin Suiqing was fascinated by the intricacies of this world, disassembling it piece by piece to study its structure.

She acted so well that to others, she seemed like a spoiled brat who carelessly took apart toys.

Jin Shiyu was used to Jin Suiqing sticking things together, so he prepared a small pouch for her to collect the ingenious gadgets that she had taken apart.

He remained expressionless, cradling Jin Suiqing's buttocks in his arm, while his other hand skillfully caught the parts she tossed aside.

Just as Jin Suiqing was about to dismantle the core of the mechanical cicada, the cicada was taken away.

Huangfu Li was seven years old with Jin Shiyu, but slightly taller and stronger.

Ignoring Jin Shiyu, he teased Jin Suiqing with the broken cicada machine: "Is this my sister?"

Jin Suiqing glanced at Jin Shiyu.

He didn't say anything.

Looking at Huangfu Li, he didn't seem to intend to talk to Jin Shiyu either. He was focused on teasing Jin Suiqing: "From now on, I'm your older brother, little sister."

Huangfu Li deliberately lifted her up, not giving her any: "So cute, your eyes are bigger than your aunt's and Jin Guizhong's. Are you your aunt's biological daughter?"

Jin Suiqing pretended to be stupid, baba baba.

Yes, you little rascal, I'm your grandma. Give your things back to your grandma right now.

Huangfu Li sighed, "What a pity, I didn't get to witness my sister's birth."

Gold fragments, blue and white eyes.

You must regret not killing your grandma, right?