The talisman was still in Li Yiyi's hand. Instead of returning it to her spatial storage, Li Yiyi folded it up and placed it close to her body in her pocket.
Li Yiyi's intuition told her that it was not safe to put the talisman in her spatial dimension.
The space was hers, belonging to her alone. Li Yiyi knew it was absurd to have this thought, but that was what her intuition told her, and she selectively trusted her intuition.
After putting away the talisman, Li Yiyi turned her attention to Li Hun.
Before she knew it, she and Li Hun were so far apart.
Seeing the lingering fear in Li Hun's eyes, Li Yiyi's mood suddenly improved.
"You want to know who I am?"
Li Hun nodded honestly, wanting to know, desperately wanting to know, what kind of person Li Yiyi, whom he was trying to win over, really was.
Originally, it was thought that with one lightning strike, Li Yiyi would be crippled or killed. Given the disparity in strength between men and women, in the ensuing battle...
His victory was undeniable, but reality told him otherwise; Li Yiyi was far more terrifying than he had imagined.
"Hmm~, if you want to know, I'll tell you!"
Suddenly changing the subject, Li Yiyi made no attempt to hide her teasing of Li Hun.
"Hurry up and hand over the beads."
Her face suddenly turned cold. Li Yiyi didn't give Li Hun any time to react. Her intuition told her that obtaining that black bead would dispel the fog in her heart, and she would know everything she wanted to know.
No~
Before he could finish speaking, Li Hun vanished from the spot.
A living, breathing person vanished from the scene she had orchestrated, disappeared without her even noticing.
Li Yiyi's expression wasn't exactly pleasant, but rather she seemed to have sensed something more.
The talisman and the beads confirmed something for her, but she still needed to verify it.
Li Yiyi flashed into the spatial dimension and went to the cultivation room to check the talismans she had placed on the table.
For a moment, I didn't know whether to be happy or angry.
"I see," she added, explaining why her careful thrift had resulted in fewer and fewer talismans. She added that she could easily fool them before.
But now that she's in school and has a primary school diploma, she's not as easily fooled as before.
After leaving the space, Li Yiyi wanted to go home, but suddenly stopped and thought for a moment. Then, she turned around and went to another place.
She cannot reveal herself until she has absolute evidence.
Li Hun looked at the familiar place, but his heart was filled with panic.
What happened? Wasn't he in the same place as Li Yiyi? How did he end up in his room in the blink of an eye?
The door suddenly opened, and light shone in. Li Hun had to accept reality; no matter what, it seemed like he was back.
It was Li's mother who opened the door. Seeing him inside, her eyes gleamed with a light he couldn't understand. Then, without saying a word, she quietly closed the door.
The room returned to its previous gloom, as if Li's mother had never been there.
Li's mother, Li Hun, had no time to worry about anything else. With a thought, the black bead did not appear in her hand.
Staring incredulously at his empty hands, Li Hun checked again; still, there was nothing there.
Lost in thought, the familiar panel didn't appear; it was as if nothing had happened.
Looking at her leg again, it was still injured. Li Hun told herself to stay calm; this was all a lie, a hoax, Li Yiyi's conspiracy.
It was Li Yiyi who deliberately designed this to make him compromise.
As if he had truly convinced himself, Li Hun calmed down and meticulously searched for flaws, intending to demonstrate to Li Yiyi through his actions that...
He will not yield; the black bead will always be his trump card, his unchanging trump card. He will not easily admit defeat.
Li Yiyi was unaware of Li Hun's thoughts. If she had known, she would definitely have said that his overthinking was a disease.
After leaving Li Yi's family, Ma Facai went straight to the hospital.
For Ma's parents, Ma Facai was their only hope, their only support in their old age. Ma Facai's injury was more painful for them than their own.
Fortunately, they arrived in time, and Ma Facai's hand could still be saved.
Hearing the doctor's words, Mr. and Mrs. Ma finally felt a little relieved. Thank goodness, their son's hand was fine.
While waiting in the hospital corridor, Mr. and Mrs. Ma's thoughts kept wandering. Given the previous example of gold being found in the stone from the Jiang family, the dark, murky thing left behind by the Ma family ancestors in Mrs. Ma's arms also became scalding hot.
Even though their hearts were burning with passion, Mr. and Mrs. Ma knew in their hearts that this was not a safe place.
If they actually open it, won't their gold be stolen by others?
With this thought in mind, Ma's parents managed to restrain themselves no matter what, anxiously waiting for Ma Facai to emerge.
During this time, Ma Mei had already slipped home and gone straight to her room.
It was more like a storage room for firewood than a room, as it was piled high with firewood and the door was broken, allowing the wind to enter directly without having to go around it.
In this family, she was superfluous; her existence was solely for the purpose of making money off the horse.
The money exchange was something Ma's parents told her about themselves. At first, Ma Mei still harbored illusions about Ma's parents.
But reality told her that unrealistic fantasies shouldn't exist.
Exchanging money is easy, but exchanging larger amounts requires a good bargaining chip.
To increase their chances of getting her into a good school, her parents sent her to school, but they had one condition: if her grades dropped below the top three, she couldn't continue.
So, while others played, she studied; while others rested, she also studied.
After starting school, Ma Mei began to understand more things. She gradually realized that her parents' actions were wrong, but she was still young and didn't have the power to change anything.
At school, she devoted all her limited time to studying; she would never forget that she couldn't fall out of the top three.
At home, she had no time for herself; all her time had to be spent helping with household chores. Her parents said she had to repay them.
Thinking about her past life, Ma Mei kept crying. She felt she wasn't worthy of it, and she was also saddened by the cruelty of her parents.
Ma Mei scanned the entire room bit by bit, then wiped away her tears.
They carefully moved the firewood away, revealing a corner of the wall. After searching there for a long time, they finally pulled out a handkerchief.
She opened the handkerchief; inside were the money she had saved over the years—some ten-yuan notes, others a few cents or dimes. The ten-yuan notes were from a competition she had won.
She didn't tell Ma's parents about the money; she secretly hid it away as her savings before leaving the family.
The few cents and dimes were saved by Ma's mother occasionally asking her to haggle with others when buying groceries. Even after saving for so many years, it amounted to only a little over thirty yuan.
Thirty-odd yuan brought tears to Ma Mei's eyes again. She remembered that Ma Facai's shoes always cost over ten yuan a pair.
Why do they treat their children differently when they are all their children?
Ma Facai is nowhere near as good as her. His grades are worse than hers, his work is worse than hers, he is worse than hers in every way, so why isn't she the one who is cherished by Ma's parents?
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