"You old money-loser, take your child away. Whoever gave birth to her is responsible. I'm not her mother."
The woman hugged the child in her arms tightly, staring wide-eyed at Qi An, never expecting that her usually obedient daughter would say such a thing.
She rushed towards Qi An, holding the child, and reached out to hit her, cursing, "You ungrateful wretch, how could you say such a thing? This is your own brother!"
Qi An picked up the wood-chopping knife used for chopping pig feed and pointed it forward. The woman immediately stopped and shut her mouth.
"What...what are you going to do? Do you want to kill your own mother?"
The woman seemed to be enraged. She lay down on the ground like a rolling stone and howled loudly, "I don't want to live anymore! My eldest daughter wants to kill me! I gave birth to a heartless wretch..."
"What are you wailing about? It's so noisy..." A man reeking of alcohol walked out of the house.
The woman immediately added fuel to the fire, complaining, "Da Ya beat her younger brother and even tried to kill her own mother! Her father, you must do something about it!"
"What? You dare hit my son? I'll beat you to death, you worthless piece of trash!"
The man ignored the pregnant woman lying on the ground and picked up a broom to hit Qi An.
Qi An glanced at Xiao Ye Ran's current small frame, which only reached the waist of a drunkard.
So she swung a machete hard at the drunkard's leg.
Blood flowed out, and the drunkard clutched his leg, screaming in agony while cursing and saying he would kill her.
The woman was terrified that Daya would actually dare to make a move, and even her fake crying stopped.
After realizing what had happened, she quickly grabbed the child and ran to the drunkard to check on his injuries, only to be slapped across the face by him.
"You bastard, this is the money-losing thing you raised."
The woman covered her face, speechless.
Several children were frightened and cried, and the dilapidated courtyard was filled with the sound of crying.
Qi An felt as if a thousand ducks were quacking in her ears, so annoying that she wanted to kill someone.
Let's leave quickly. If we stay any longer, she might really lose her temper and kill Ye Ran's biological parents.
These little rascals won't survive more than a few days without anyone to take care of them.
Qi An pointed his wood-chopping knife at the two of them, his small face icy cold:
"Listen up, from now on, you no longer have me as your daughter. If you dare to say another word, I'll kill you."
After Qi An finished speaking, he threw down his wood-chopping knife, turned around, and left. Behind him came the drunkard's terrified curses and the woman's cries:
"You good-for-nothing, you might as well die out there. If you're so capable, then don't come back."
The woman called out, "Da Ya, come back quickly! How will you survive alone?"
Ata said speechlessly, "There's a little maternal love, but not much. Boss, I almost thought you were going to kill those two."
Qi An said, "There's always a reason why someone is pitiful. In their past life, their whole family died because of Ye Ran. Let it go."
These two people didn't actually mistreat Ye Ran much; they were just too poor and had too many children, so where would they find love? Just being alive was a blessing.
Given their lifestyle of alcoholism and domestic violence, living together is just mutual torment. Let them be.
Qi An looked around the small mountain village, which had only about twenty households, all of which were equally poor.
But not every family is as eccentric as Ye Ran's. Most people may be poor, but they are kind-hearted.
In Xiao Yeran's memory, sometimes when she was very hungry, she would run out to find something to eat, and the aunties and grandmas would give her something to eat.
However, in order to establish himself as a savior, Ling Haoran created a natural disaster and buried all of these people alive.
Ata asked, "Boss, what are you planning to do next?"
In the original story, the old sect leader took Ye Ran away when she was ten years old, passing by this place.
However, Ling Haoran, who knew the plot, intercepted Ye Ran a year earlier, which led to the various tragedies that followed.
Ata wanted to ask Qi An which storyline to follow.
Qi An smiled sinisterly: "This time the time reversal is earlier than usual, no rush. I want to slowly torment this bastard to death. What's the point of killing him all at once?"
Ye Ran must repay the sins he suffered tenfold.
Moreover, this world is rich in spiritual energy, and the original owner of this body is a rare Yin body. This is a rare opportunity, so she must seize the time to cultivate and repair her soul.
Ata wholeheartedly agreed: "Yes, let's slowly wear him down. And that damn system of his isn't any better; there's probably some mastermind behind it all."
Qi An raised an eyebrow: "Oh, this little idiot's brain is starting to develop recently, he can see through appearances to the essence of things now."
Ata huffed, "Boss, if you want to praise me for being smart, just say so."
Qi An ignored him; Ata had the same thought in mind.
If this world is a book, and Ling Haoran knew the plot of the book in advance, then there are only two possibilities.
First, Ling Haoran is a reincarnated person who has returned to the past and lived a second life, so he knows what happened.
Second, he does not belong to the world in the book; he is an outsider. He has read the book and then, for some unknown reason, came here.
Based on Ye Ran's description, Qi An is more inclined to believe the latter, that this is an outsider.
Because people who are reborn usually have clear goals, such as revenge or fulfilling a wish, which are all closely related to themselves.
But Ling Haoran seems to regard himself as the master, taking pride in trampling the chosen one under his feet, and has a sense of superiority over everyone else.
He was playing a game more like he was playing a game; he didn't treat these people like human beings at all.
Qi An stopped trying to guess; he would know the truth once he met him.
Whether he's a reincarnated person or an outsider, he's just a piece of trash she's going to toy with and kill anyway, so it doesn't matter.
As she was walking forward with her head down, a kind-looking woman carrying a basket on her back stopped her:
"Da Ya, are you hungry again? Auntie will get you something to eat."
As he spoke, he took out half a dry steamed bun from his pocket and stuffed it into Qi An's hand.
The steamed bun was dry and hard, with yellowed edges, but Qi An still took it.
"Thank you, Auntie."
The woman patted her head: "Eat up, and when you're full, hurry home, or your dad will scold you again."
Qi An nodded and watched the woman walk away. With a flick of her finger, several silver ingots appeared in the woman's basket.
This is enough for their family to live on for several years; any more would bring disaster and harm them instead.
After thinking for a moment, Qi An, following Ye Ran's childhood memories, secretly threw some silver to the families who had helped her.
Just as he finished doing all that, Ata suddenly spoke up: "Boss, there's an unknown energy fluctuation."
Immediately afterwards, both of them heard a cold, mechanical voice, which said without any emotion:
"Host, please be aware that a Chosen One has appeared ahead."
Another greasy voice said, "Damn, she's the female lead, Ye Ran. How could she have been so filthy as a child? It's disgusting."
Qi An looked in the direction of the sound and saw a young man dressed in white with a golden crown binding his hair standing not far away, with a gentle and warm smile on his face.
Seeing her looking over, the man approached, bent down, and raised his fair and slender hand to touch her head.
"Little sister, you are so cute."
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