The soft sunlight streamed in through the glass window of the ward, falling on the girl's delicate, fair face and making her newly opened eyes appear slightly hazy.
Before Xu Nuo could recover from her confusion, she was startled by a large, unfamiliar face in front of her. Before she could speak, she heard the other person's voice: "Nuonuo, you're finally awake. Why did you go to the countryside with Xu Yan? You fell and got hurt all over, and even bumped your head."
Only after being reminded by her did Xu Nuo realize the pain in her body. After finding out what was wrong, she almost cried herself to death again.
If you're going to transmigrate into a book, why did you have to become the female lead's vicious younger sister?
The original owner, Xu Nuo, was arrogant and domineering from a young age, but grew up to be vicious and always caused trouble in the love story between the male and female leads. In the end, she was severely punished for framing the female lead and the second male lead for having an affair.
He died in prison.
Xu Nuo shivered.
At this moment, the ward door was pushed open, and a young girl entered. She was about seventeen or eighteen years old, tall and thin, with delicate features, but her two braids had come undone, and her blue cloth clothes were covered in mud.
It was the female lead, Xu Yan.
Seeing Xu Nuo's face flushed red from crying, and her sobbing, Xu Yan said guiltily, "I'm sorry, Nuo, it's my fault..."
Xue Ping was furious. She usually pretended to be a magnanimous stepmother, but now she stopped pretending: "What's the use of saying sorry now? Nuonuo fell like this. The doctor said she almost died."
Xu Yan lowered his head and did not refute.
Xu Yan's birth mother died in childbirth, and the following year, her father, Xu Jin'an, married Xue Ping, with whom she had her second daughter, Xu Nuo.
The two sisters are about the same age, but their treatment is worlds apart. Xu Jinan dotes on Xu Nuo like the apple of his eye, spoiling her from a young age and being afraid that she might get hurt.
The situation was different with Xu Yan. While he didn't mistreat or criticize her, he rarely showed her any concern.
If the biological father is like this, then Xue Ping, the stepmother, is even more so.
This time, Xu Nuo went to the countryside with Xu Yan and accidentally fell down a hillside, hitting her head and breaking her leg, which terrified Xue Ping.
Xu Nuo sighed. The original owner's fall was entirely her own doing and had nothing to do with Xu Yan.
When I read this novel, I already criticized the female lead. She had no other flaws, but she was too kind and always unconditionally tolerated her younger sister, Xu Nuo.
But being too kind is just being foolish.
She reached out and grabbed Xue Ping, her voice soft and pitiful: "Oh, Mom, don't blame my sister. I insisted on wearing pretty shoes to walk on the mountain path. She got injured while saving me. Look, look, she has a big scrape on her hand."
Xu Yan and Xue Ping were both taken aback. Xu Nuo usually disliked this timid older sister the most. Let alone speaking up for her, it was already a good thing that she didn't make a scene and add fuel to the fire.
Moreover, Xu Nuo has hardly ever called Xu Yan "sister" since she grew up; she always calls her by her full name.
Xue Ping glanced at Xu Yan's hand, then turned her face away without saying a word.
Xu Yan quickly hid her arm behind her back: "It's nothing, it's just a minor injury."
Xu Nuo was anxious: "What do you mean by a minor injury? It's such a large area, go and get it treated quickly."
If she hadn't been left with a scar like in the book, the male lead would have blamed it all on her.
Xu Yan nodded: "Xiao Nuo, Aunt Xue, I'll go back to the village first. I'll ask the brigade leader for leave tomorrow and come over to take care of Xiao Nuo."
After Xu Yan left, Xue Ping came over with a suspicious look on her face: "Nuonuo, tell your mother the truth, what happened? Don't you hate Xu Yan? Why are you speaking up for her today?"
In the book, Xue Ping helps Xu Nuo bully the female lead in various ways. Later, unable to resist Xu Nuo's feelings for Li Xian, she even helps to frame the female lead and the second male lead.
Xu Nuo earnestly advised, "This time it was really my own fault for being playful. When I fell, she rushed over to pull me up, her hands were even bleeding from the scrapes. Later, she carried me for such a long way. If she hadn't taken care of me, I would have died there. Xu... she saved me, we can't be so ungrateful."
Xue Ping was taken aback by what she was saying, but she always doted on Xu Nuo and did whatever Xu Nuo said. Hearing this, she tapped her little head and said, "Okay, okay, let's not talk about her anymore. Mom made some chicken soup, drink some quickly."
Xu Nuo, lying in the hospital bed, was helped up to drink the soup, groaning softly.
She's good at being coquettish.
She whimpered that her legs hurt, and then sweetly praised the chicken soup, which warmed Xue Ping's heart. She felt that her daughter had become even more obedient, sensible, and lovable after this brush with death.
Just as dusk was falling, a man in blue overalls hurriedly pushed open the door and entered, carrying a piece of pork belly tied with a straw rope, a basket of eggs, and a bag of pastries he had just bought from the supply and marketing cooperative. His first words were: "Nuonuo, you've suffered."
Xu Nuo was eating.
Xue Ping blew on the food to cool it down and fed it to her little by little, but she could only hum incoherently.
"These are freshly arrived sponge cakes and glutinous rice strips from the supply and marketing cooperative, your favorites."
In those days, supplies were still scarce, but Xu Jin'an was a minor leader in the county government's propaganda office, and Xue Ping was also from the street office. They received state salaries and had no shortage of food coupons or money.
The couple doted on Xu Nuo like the apple of their eye, allowing her to eat snacks and desserts that were rare in ordinary households whenever she wanted.
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