These past few days, Cheng Shanshan has been busy at the Huo residence during the day, and at night she has to go back to organize the layout of traps in the courtyard and replenish the inventory. She is exhausted, like a spinning top.

If the downpour comes early, she might want to hit someone.

Although she was upset, she knew she couldn't control the weather, so she could only take it one step at a time and try to speed up everything.

Huo Mingchen looked at her, dressed in plain clothes, his glassy eyes filled with a hint of probing: "Why do you seem so worried? Is something about to happen?"

He discovered that every time Cheng Shanshan started preparing for something, such as the cave shelter she had previously renovated, and the various buying, selling, and hoarding activities that followed, it was all for a specific purpose.

Cheng Shanshan pointed to a spot not far away: "Of course something's wrong. For example, your concubine is trying to kill me with her eyes."

When Huo Mingchen saw the resentful look in Liu Liu's eyes, he immediately frowned: "Why does this woman have two faces?" Originally, he did not want to use anyone, but Liu Liu showed weakness to him on one hand and then unilaterally told others that the two of them were going to get married, which caught him completely off guard.

Thinking of this, he narrowed his eyes slightly: "However, since she chose to hurt you, she can't blame me for being ruthless."

Cheng Shanshan raised an eyebrow: "Don't mention her, I have two too." As she spoke, she moved closer to Huo Mingchen and gave a slight smile.

That look was clearly a declaration of sovereignty, which made Liu Liu so angry that she almost lost her composure!

Cheng Shanshan's appearance amused Huo Mingchen to the point of both laughter and tears: "You look just like a puffed-up pufferfish in the water."

"You're the pufferfish."

Cheng Shanshan glared at him before continuing, "The main thing is that if we don't teach her a lesson, she may never know where she went wrong. If she can wake up and get back on the right path, this can be considered as me repaying Ye Dong for his kindness."

There's nothing wrong with liking someone.

Healthy competition is acceptable, but underhanded tactics are unacceptable.

Her impression of Liu Liu remained unchanged from when they first met. Back then, she was a clean and cheerful girl who loved to laugh. She didn't know how she ended up hiring someone to kill and poisoning people.

As she was thinking this, she turned to look at Huo Mingchen, and the phrase "male femme fatale" involuntarily came to mind.

This guy used to look better without makeup, with a full beard and a dirty, rough-looking appearance: "Hey, how about growing a beard?"

"good."

"Your clothes are even worse."

"good."

"And don't comb your hair either."

"good."

"Otherwise, if you break their legs, they might become disabled and won't be able to hire anyone."

"..."

Huo Mingchen looked at her with an innocent expression.

Cheng Shanshan ignored her and turned to busy herself with the next steps of the ancestral worship ceremony.

This time, all the people of Ping'an City came, each carrying a stick of incense to offer to her one by one. Before leaving, she would also give them a packet of vegetarian food as a token of her gratitude.

She completed the entire process in an orderly manner, which slightly changed the impression of some people who disliked her.

Liu Liu was so angry that she stomped her feet, but there was nothing she could do.

Just as she was feeling down, Ye Xi secretly pulled her aside: "You used to bully me pretty badly, how come you're nothing now?"

"Shut up!"

Liu Liu was already furious, and now that she heard Ye Xi say this, she felt an urge to strangle him: "My affairs are none of your business, please get out of here right now."

"It's none of my business!" Ye Xi looked at Liu Liu with annoyance: "Look at the state you've become!"

Liu Liu's eyes immediately reddened: "Then... I'm already Brother Huo's woman now. He's just blinded by that bitch Cheng Shanshan. Sooner or later... sooner or later he'll see how good I am!"

These words amused Ye Xi: "You still see something good in yourself? At best, you're just an unfavored concubine. If someone's in a bad mood one day, they might sell you off. Then you can just go cry in some brothel."

"Impossible."

Liu Liu stared wide-eyed.

Although she was denying it, a deep fear shone in her eyes: "Brother Huo won't allow it, after all, I'm still..."

She wanted to say that she was still useful to Huo Mingchen.

But she stopped herself halfway through her sentence, because she realized that her previous usefulness was based on the fact that the Ye family was her maternal family. Now, Huo Mingchen had not only successfully become the prefect, but the Ye family had also severed ties with her.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but burst into tears: "I suddenly feel like such a failure, what should I do?"

"Alright, stop crying like a girl." Ye Xi tossed her a handkerchief impatiently. "Wipe your tears, listen to your second brother, and I'll help you get everything you want."

Liu Liu looked at Ye Xi in surprise: "Second Brother, don't you hate me?"

"No matter how much I hate you, you are still my sister. I can bully you myself, but I can't let others bully you like this."

As Ye Xi spoke, he glanced at Cheng Shanshan not far away, his eyes instantly turning gloomy: "Just wait and see, I'll definitely show her what it means to be a member of the Ye family."

...

A gust of cold wind swept through.

Cheng Shanshan was exhausted after a long day of running around.

Regardless of the circumstances, she knew that Huo Mingchen would be relieved of his burden after this.

That night, she saw him kneeling in the ancestral hall for a long time without moving, his whole body shrouded in a thin layer of black mist, making it impossible for anyone to approach or touch him.

She knew he didn't want to be disturbed right now, so she chose to leave quietly.

On the way back, she had a vague feeling that someone was chasing her. Although she quickened her pace, she was still blocked.

Upon seeing the person who had arrived, Cheng Shanshan was somewhat surprised: "Ye Xi, what are you doing following me?"

"What do you mean I should do?"

Behind Ye Xi were eight men in black, each brandishing a weapon: "You stole my sister's man, do you really think no one is backing him up?"

Cheng Shanshan became alert and secretly took out a dagger from her spatial storage before coldly saying, "I didn't realize you were such a good brother."

"The Ye family stands united against outsiders." Ye Xi's eyes were filled with deep resentment as he looked at Cheng Shanshan: "The key is that ever since you appeared, our family has never had a moment of peace. Now you've turned our family upside down, and I will make you pay the price!"

"..."

They were all lined up neatly.

Everyone is closing in!

After taking several steps back, Cheng Shanshan was forced into a corner: "It was clearly your sister who harmed me first. I was just protecting myself."

Ye Xi sneered, "You don't need to tell me these things. Why don't you go down and tell the King of Hell instead!" As he spoke, a strong killing intent emanated from his body.

No sooner said than done.

With a flash of cold light, the swords were already drawn!