The little girl hastily wiped away her tears, stumbled, and fell into her older sister's arms. The boy breathed a sigh of relief, tried to steady himself, walked to his sister, and looked at Yang with a wary expression.
Qiu Yan felt a lump in her throat, but she had finally adapted to this frail body and the fragmented memories of the original owner. She, Qiu Yan, had seen countless people, but when had she ever encountered such a vicious old woman as Yang Shi?
A female special forces soldier who abandoned medicine for the military in the modern world dies together with a criminal during a mission, but unexpectedly, she is resurrected in another body!
In her past life, her parents divorced, and she grew up alone. Although her father didn't love her and her mother didn't care for her, at least she had a father and a mother.
Now, she's become the pitiful eldest sister, orphaned and mistreated by her stepmother. Why is God playing such a cruel joke on her?
Since she's here, she'll make the best of it; Qiu Yan has always had an exceptional ability to adapt to her environment.
The first thing she needs to do now is to leave this suffocating home completely.
She wiped away the tears from her younger sister Qiu Ling'er's eyes, brushed the dust off her younger brother Qiu Xu's clothes, and then led the two of them back to their room.
As the burly man left, a few scattered villagers gradually gathered outside the Qiu family's gate to watch.
Seeing the mess in the yard, they all wondered if Granny Yang was bullying the children again.
Yang followed Qiu Yan's footsteps, wanting to avenge the earlier incident, but the pain in her body forced her to stop.
Turning around and seeing the villagers at the door, she sat on the ground and started throwing a tantrum, "Ouch, my legs, my old back, this is terrible, my granddaughter is going to kill her grandma..."
The room was pitch black, and apart from a dilapidated bed that was about to fall apart, there was nothing else.
The tattered bed was covered with straw, and on the straw was only a neatly folded old cotton quilt.
Qiu Ling'er's swollen cheek and two missing front teeth, along with Qiu Xu's bumped head, made Qiu Yan feel a pang of heartache. "Ling'er, Xu, don't be afraid, your sister will protect you."
Qiu Ling'er gave a soft "hmm" and lay down on the bed: "Sister, Ling'er misses Second Uncle. Ling'er wants to leave here."
Qiu Yan squeezed her younger sister's cold little hand. "Okay, let's leave today."
"Really?" A warm feeling welled up in Qiu Ling'er's heart, and the child's pale and thin face suddenly brightened.
"Of course it's true." Qiu Yan said with certainty, looking down at Qiu Ling'er. The child, who was talking just a moment ago, had fallen asleep the next.
Qiu Xu's face darkened. "Sister, it's all my fault for being useless."
He thought that his sister must have been traumatized by Yang's plan to sell her, which caused her personality to change so drastically.
Qiu Yan shook her head. "How old are you?" How could a ten-year-old child possibly stand up to a tall, burly man? "Ah Xu, let me clean your wounds."
Qiu Xu pursed his lips. "Sister, where else can we go if we leave here?"
“Isn’t that the abandoned old house at the entrance of the village the Qiu family’s old house? We’ll live there.”
"Okay." Qiu Xu also wanted to leave. As long as the three of them could be together, he wasn't afraid, even if they lived in a cave.
Qiu Yan cleaned Qiu Xu's wounds and bandaged them with a clean strip of cloth. Then she said to him, "Ah Xu, you watch over your sister. I'm going to find Uncle Village Chief to seek justice for us."
In her dazed state, Qiu Ling'er seemed to hear Qiu Yan's words, and grabbed her wrist tightly, refusing to let go. "Sister, I'm scared, don't go."
"Sister, I'm going to find Uncle Village Chief. You stay home and take care of my sister." Qiu Xu knew that Yang had just strained her back and was not able to move easily, so she wouldn't pose a threat to her older and younger sisters for the time being.
After saying that, he left the house without waiting for Qiu Yan to refuse.
Inside the courtyard, Yang was still desperately trying to elicit sympathy from the villagers at the gate.
However, the villagers' discussions were still pointing towards her.
"She wasn't her biological grandmother after all."
"Oh, poor child, what kind of fate is this to end up with such a grandmother?"
"Old Qiu has only been gone a short time, and she's already selling her three children. What a tragedy..."
Yang felt aggrieved; she was clearly the victim. She ground her teeth, stopped crying, and shouted towards the door:
"They're pitiful? I'm the pitiful one. Not only did I lose twenty taels of silver for nothing, but I also suffered terribly. You all, it's easy for you to talk when you're not the one suffering! Can't you see my back and legs are injured? You can't even handle your own affairs, yet you come here to meddle in other people's business. You're just bored and have nothing better to do!"
The villagers all knew that Yang was arrogant and domineering, and was not one to suffer a loss.
With their frail bodies, Qiu Yan and her sister were no match for this old woman.
Seeing Qiu Xu come out of the house, Yang Shi, dragging her old back, struggled to get up, walked directly in front of him, and raised her hand to slap him across the face.
"You little bastard!" If Qiu Xu hadn't desperately stopped her, Qiu Yan might already be at Chunfeng Tower by now. And those twenty taels of silver would already be hers.
It is considered extremely disrespectful for a grandson to hit his grandmother, but it is perfectly acceptable for a grandmother to discipline her grandson.
She refused to believe that Qiu Xu would dare to hit her in front of everyone.
If that's the case, then he's just tired of living and wants to end up like his second uncle.
Qiu Xu didn't run away; instead, he bent down and accidentally stepped on Yang's instep. Okay, he did it on purpose.
Yang's hand missed its mark, her face turned from red to white, and she immediately cried out in pain.
She raised her hand to slap Qiu Xu again, but Qiu Yan stepped forward and stopped her. Ever since that beating, she felt an inexplicable fear when facing Qiu Yan.
Despite the pain from his wounds and his own weakness, Qiu Xu ran very fast along the way.
A moment later, he led a young man who looked to be in his thirties into the Qiu family's courtyard. This man was none other than the village chief, Zhao Shan.
Village Chief Zhao had his black hair tied up high, his face had distinct features, and his brows exuded an air of integrity.
When the village chief arrived, the surrounding villagers, out of curiosity, all followed closely behind.
It's the same in every era; people love a good show!
Village Chief Zhao never liked to meddle in household matters. He had just gone out for a stroll when he saw Qiu Xu running towards him with an injured head, which really startled him. When he asked, he learned that Qiu's wife was trying to force him into prostitution!
On the way here, Qiu Xu had already confessed Yang's evil deeds. The village chief has always hated evil, and he found Yang increasingly displeasing.
Yang paused for a moment, realizing that this brat had actually alarmed the village chief.
To ease her guilty conscience, she coughed lightly and said, "Village chief, the children at home are being disobedient, so I'm disciplining them."
"Is that so?" Village Chief Zhao's face was stern, and his tone was unfriendly. Qiu Xu's forehead had been hit, and his face was covered in bruises. Was this how one disciplined a junior?
When Qiu Yan saw the village chief arrive, she quickly came out of the house and nodded politely to him.
"Uncle Village Chief."
Village Chief Zhao waved his hand, "Tell me in detail!" Because he had a good personal relationship with Uncle Qiu, and because he had long disapproved of Yang's evil deeds, he was now willing to help Qiu Yan and her brother.
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