Shen Xingmian quickly accepted the reality that she was the biggest good-for-nothing in the family. When they set off in the afternoon, she started pestering her mother to teach her some basic knowledge.

Then she was surprised to find that she couldn't understand it!

Even if she knew where the dantian was, she didn't know how to direct her qi there. After trying for a long time, she could only manage to fart.

This is so utterly shameful and infuriating that I feel like I don't want to live anymore...

A burst of thunderous laughter erupted from inside the carriage, the loudest of all coming from her own mother.

Fortunately, all her peers were in the carriages ahead, while only her parents and aunt were here; otherwise, she really wouldn't have survived!

If this had happened to any noblewoman in the capital, she would have been so ashamed that she would have wanted to hang herself on the spot.

But Shen Xingmian had experienced the devastation of nuclear wastewater and was exceptionally resilient. Her face only flushed slightly before she continued her serious research.

She studied it until night, and even her mother tried to guide her, but she still couldn't get the hang of it.

Why is it so difficult?!

"Father, when you were learning martial arts from Mother, was the theoretical knowledge this difficult to understand?" Shen Xingmian couldn't help but ask the only person who didn't inherit the talent for martial arts.

To everyone's surprise, Luo Qi'an shook his head, seemingly hesitant to speak, as if afraid of hurting his beloved daughter. Finally, urged by Shen Xingmian, he told the truth.

“Your mother only said it once, and I understood immediately, Mian’er! Listen to your father, it’s not that you’re stupid, really, it’s just that you’ve been in another world and aren’t familiar enough with the things in this world.”

Shen Xingmian raised her hand to stop him: "Alright, Father, there's no need to explain. I already know I'm an absolute idiot, sob sob sob."

She was so upset that her eyes welled up with tears. She threw herself into her mother's arms, buried her head in them, and didn't want to come out.

After a while, she thought bravely, "Fine, at worst I'll just be an ordinary person who can't fly over walls or do martial arts. Anyway, I still have my superpowers."

I will not give up easily, no matter what.

Moreover, her supernatural abilities are elusive, unknown to outsiders who would assume she's a weak little girl and thus lower their guard.

That seems to make it very convenient for her to play dumb and take advantage of others.

I'm getting a little excited just thinking about it.

If one day she were captured and taken to the mountain stronghold like her father, she wouldn't need anyone to rescue her; she could escape on her own and even empty the bandits' lair.

I couldn't be happier.

If anyone doubts that she has internal energy, they can tell she doesn't by taking her pulse and be diagnosed as an ordinary little girl, hahaha.

She pulled her head out of her mother's arms, grinned silently, and laughed wildly, startling the two people who had been worried about the child.

My precious child's expression looks like he's possessed by an evil spirit.

"I've made up my mind. Since this path is blocked, I'll walk my own path. Geniuses are always lonely. Why should a genius like me get involved in things that mediocre people can do? Ha!"

Ouch—

Because she was too arrogant, she got slapped on the head by her mother.

Shen Xingmian immediately deflated, shrinking into her mother's arms, and complained pitifully:

"What am I supposed to do? It's been all afternoon, and no matter how hard I try, I can't figure it out. Am I supposed to admit to you guys that I'm an idiot? Waaaaah..."

She was faking her tears at first, but as she cried, she began to feel genuine emotions, grew increasingly sad, and finally shed a few real tears.

This broke Shen Yunting's heart.

She didn't want her daughter to get too arrogant, but she also couldn't bear to see her really get hurt, so she quickly patted her daughter's back to comfort her:

"My darling knows so many things, that's already amazing! Just take her fire-playing skills for example, if you took her outside, she'd be a goddess descended from heaven, she'd scare those country bumpkins to death!"

"puff--"

Shen Xingmian laughed so hard that a snot bubble appeared on her nose from her mother's joke.

She snuggled against her mother's chest for a while longer, then slowly got up, deciding not to make things difficult for herself.

So what if she can't fly? She has a spatial ability that allows her to pass through walls. Who else can do that?

Even if she lacks internal energy and can't launch hidden weapons, she can still use hidden guns! She refuses to believe that anyone's hidden weapon can outrun her gun.

We didn't use guns in Beijing before because the city is densely populated, and such a commotion would definitely attract people's attention, so we could only use tranquilizer guns.

But in the wilderness, no matter how loud the gunfire is, there's no one alive for miles around, so you can just leave it there for fun without any fear.

The carriage traveled smoothly without seeing a single pedestrian along the way. This was because the two cities were quite far apart, and the mountain road in between was rarely traveled.

They didn't need to hide in the carriage to avoid being seen; they simply lifted the curtain and felt the cool mountain breeze blowing in.

"Mother, by the time we reach the northern border, the mountains will probably be almost snowbound. I was hoping to go into the mountains to see if I could find ginseng, but I guess I'll have to wait until next year."

Shen Yun nodded. She had been stationed in the northern border with her father and knew the area very well. Every year in October, it would start to snow there, and it would often last for several days.

Some low-lying houses could be completely buried, not only with their doors blocked off.

However, such a situation is relatively rare. Such heavy snow can be considered a snow disaster, and she has only experienced it once in her entire life.

That one time was already memorable enough, after all... a lot of people died back then, as well as poultry and livestock, many of which froze to death.

The people over there are really having a very hard time.

The harvest was so low that it was barely enough for the family to make ends meet, and the remote location made it difficult to move away.

Moreover, many of them are descendants of exiled convicts, and the nearby towns simply won't accept them. Even if they painstakingly save up some money, they are still forced to stay there.

Only those who have actually lived there can truly understand the hardships involved.

As night approached, they still hadn't left the mountains, and it was impossible for them to reach the next town. So they decided to find a flat place to set up camp.

The Shen family members were very experienced in this area, so Shen Xingmian, a child, didn't need to worry about it. The final location was a flat spot by a stream with a water source.

Shen Xingmian found two camping tents, which no one had ever seen before and found quite novel. After watching the video instructions, everyone was even more eager to try them out.

Even my aunt, who is usually not very interested in things, touched the tent fabric with sparkling eyes for a while.

The whole family pitched in and quickly set up the two tents. These weren't the small tents that could only sleep two people, but rather large tents that could comfortably accommodate two beds and a table.

It feels very fresh and makes you feel safe.

Although Shen Xingmian had always been a loner, she still longed for and looked forward to group life. When she packed up her tent, she thought that if she had companions in the future, she would be able to experience the joy of camping in a group.

Instead of my companions, I was greeted by such a wonderful family.