For the past two months, people in Zhoujia Village have been talking about Zhou Chunping's family, and Zhou Miaomiao has been used as a bad example.
Villagers whose children were around Zhou Miaomiao's age were even more nervous, repeatedly warning their children to stay away from her. For over a month, Zhou Miaomiao, who dared to "murder," has lost her former swagger.
Whenever Zhou Miaomiao went out, she was always accompanied by Zhou Meimei. Zhou Miaomiao had a pretty face, and she often snatched a lot of Zhou Yuanyuan's clothes, shoes, and socks to wear, so when it came to dressing up, she had a significant advantage over other girls her age in the village.
Many of the naughty boys in Zhoujia Village secretly liked Zhou Miaomiao. Whenever Zhou Miaomiao and Zhou Meimei went out, many children would come over and play with them.
Now, whenever Zhou Miaomiao left the house, not only would the "Guanyin soldiers" who used to follow her around, but even the younger children would immediately end their games and run away as if avoiding the plague. Zhou Miaomiao was left standing alone in the cold wind, her heart in turmoil.
Only someone like Li Cuilian, who doesn't care about the big or small things in Zhoujia Village, would feel a liking for Zhou Miaomiao because of her appearance.
Li Cuilian always acted like the superior "village chief's wife" in front of the young girls and wives in Zhoujia Village. Except for Li Chunjiao, the women in Zhoujia Village would not get close to Li Cuilian unless necessary, for fear that they would be choked by Li Cuilian's self-righteous tone after just a few words.
Li Chunjiao was like Li Cuilian's eyes and ears in Zhoujia Village. All the big and small things in Zhoujia Village were collected by Li Chunjiao and she took the initiative to tell Li Cuilian.
Li Chunjiao is the daughter-in-law of Zhou Chunping's eldest wife, and Zhou Miaomiao is the child of Zhou Chunping's second wife. One pen cannot write two "Zhou" characters.
As the eldest aunt, Li Chunjiao was too embarrassed to tell Li Cuilian about Zhou Miaomiao's faults, lest she be seen as unkind and gossip about the younger children in other rooms. As luck would have it, Li Cuilian had no idea that it was Zhou Miaomiao who pushed Zhou Yuanyuan into the water. She had always thought it was Li Chunjiao's daughter, Zhou Meimei! Who made Li Chunjiao blush and look embarrassed every time she saw Li Cuilian?
Even Zhou Meimei had become much more distant from Zhou Miaomiao during this period. Zhou Meimei was either following Li Chunjiao or her brother Zhou Jiaqin all day long. Wherever Li Chunjiao and Zhou Jiaqin went, Zhou Meimei would follow them.
Zhou Meimei was terrified by Zhou Miaomiao. She witnessed the ferocious look on her face when she pushed Zhou Yuanyuan into the water, and she had nightmares for days after returning home. If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she would never have believed that Zhou Miaomiao, who always smiled sweetly, could have such a ferocious expression.
Zhou Meimei was two years older than Zhou Miaomiao, but they were about the same height. From that day on, Zhou Meimei subconsciously became wary of Zhou Miaomiao: What if Zhou Miaomiao disliked her one day and pushed her? What would she do?
After all, Zhou Meimei didn’t know whether she would have Zhou Yuanyuan’s good luck and be rescued after falling into the water.
Zhou Meimei, who used to be inseparable from Zhou Miaomiao, has become estranged from her. It can be said that Zhou Miaomiao was lonely during this period.
Apart from hanging out at home, Zhou Miaomiao no longer went out. After all, after being spat on and called a "black-hearted person" by a group of her former friends, Zhou Miaomiao would rather stay at home in a daze and take advantage of Wu Jinfeng.
"Zhou Miaomiao, don't come to see my sister. We don't like you." Zhou Jiasheng saw Zhou Miaomiao standing at the kitchen door with a sticky look on his face. He couldn't help but stand up and walked to the door and said seriously.
"Brother Jiasheng, I'm here to bring candy to Yuanyuan." Zhou Miaomiao showed the candy in her hand to Zhou Jiasheng, indicating that she came to make peace, not to cause trouble.
"No, don't call me brother. You're not my sister either." Zhou Jiasheng shook his head, rejecting Zhou Miaomiao's advances. Ever since Zhou Miaomiao had murdered his sister, Zhou Jiasheng had long since stopped considering her a relative.
"Zhou Jiasheng, I'm giving this candy to Zhou Yuanyuan. I want to say sorry to her." Zhou Miaomiao blinked her big eyes, trying to impress Zhou Jiasheng by pretending to be pitiful.
Heaven knows, smelling the aroma from the kitchen, Zhou Miaomiao felt her mouth spitting more and more. If she stayed any longer, her saliva would almost flow out. If Zhou Yuanyuan was willing to eat her candy, it meant that she had forgiven her, and Aunt San would definitely give her that fragrant, round thing to eat.
Zhou Miaomiao's eyes kept glancing towards the kitchen, revealing undisguised desire.
"No, I have plenty of candy at my grandpa's." Zhou Jiasheng frowned at the sight of the torn-wrapped candy in Zhou Miaomiao's hand. Zhou Miaomiao was hilarious. She pushed her sister into the water in the freezing cold, nearly killing her. She thought she could buy her sister off with a dirty piece of candy? Was she putting all her previous viciousness behind her?
Zhou Miaomiao was struck by the disdain in Zhou Jiasheng's tone. She knew that staying any longer would lead to nothing. It seemed that she was doomed to miss out on Zhou Yuanyuan's delicious food today. Zhou Miaomiao closed her open palm and clenched the candy tightly.
Zhou Yuanyuan, it was you who refused to reconcile with me. Don't blame me no matter what happens.
Zhou Miaomiao tilted her head upwards, held back the tears that were about to roll out of her eyes, then turned around silently and walked away.
The aroma from the kitchen filled Zhou Miaomiao's nose, and suddenly, she deeply regretted her impulsive push. If... if she hadn't gotten carried away that day and done something to Zhou Yuanyuan in front of others, Third Aunt would have been the same as before, letting her eat whatever was delicious and choose whatever looked good. Even though she wasn't the Third Wife's child, Third Uncle and Third Aunt had always been kind to her.
She... was too stupid! So stupid that she couldn't even forgive herself! No one had noticed before, but Zhou Yuanyuan had always let her bully her.
Zhou Jiasheng had no idea Zhou Miaomiao was having so many sinister thoughts. If he had known, he would have definitely warned her not to mess with them again. Before, they hadn't complained to their mother after being beaten because they didn't want to upset her. Now, he wouldn't do that. If anyone dared to hit his sister once, he guaranteed to hit her back twice!
Zhou Miaomiao looked very pitiful from behind, but no matter how pitiful she was, Zhou Jiasheng wouldn't even glance at her. He only had one sister, Zhou Yuanyuan.
After driving Zhou Miaomiao away, Zhou Jiasheng came to Zhou Yuanyuan and winked at her, meaning: Look, am I your brother so awesome?
Zhou Yuanyuan smiled and nodded, acknowledging Zhou Jiasheng's "achievement." Indeed, seeing Zhou Jiasheng rush out to defend her made her feel sweet inside. Her brother, in past and present lives, had always treated her like a treasure.
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