Shen Miao moved very quickly, arriving at her mother's home before the sun had even risen halfway up the sky.
"Why are you here again?" Shen Miao was still trying to identify the door when a sharp voice suddenly rang out.
Shen Miao turned her head to look and saw a petite female beast standing at the door, staring at her warily. Judging from her appearance, she was about to go out.
This is the original owner's sister-in-law; she's the one who hates Shen Miao the most in the whole family.
Every time Shen Miao comes back, she has to have a fight with her; the two are mortal enemies who cannot be separated.
“My mother is here, why can’t I come back?” Shen Miao retorted without any politeness.
The elder sister-in-law cursed in a loud voice that was completely out of proportion to her size: "Pah! Don't think I don't know what you're doing back here. Every time you come, you eat and take things, and you even steal meat from the house to support your crippled husband. You've been spoiled, haven't you? From now on, you can't touch a single thing in the house."
The original owner of this body was lazy and gluttonous. When Qingchen was injured and collapsed, she came back to freeload as soon as she had nothing to eat, and ate a lot of food from her parents' home, which she admitted.
However, she did not use her family's belongings to support Qingchen.
At first, Shen Miao threw a tantrum, demanding that her family provide meat to buy medicine for Qingchen's illness. Due to their relationship, her older brother and the others gave her some meat, but after learning that Qingchen's illness was incurable, they stopped giving her meat.
How much of their flesh can Qingchen eat?
Her mother secretly gave her some things, but those were her mother's own share, which she had saved from her own meager savings, without asking her brothers and sisters-in-law for any more.
Shen Miao has a clear understanding of the situation and doesn't just believe whatever others say; she's not the type to suffer losses.
Her sister-in-law couldn't argue with her, so she blocked the doorway to prevent her from entering. But Shen Miao's massive frame was too much for her to handle. Despite her obstruction, Shen Miao forced her way in.
Not only did the elder sister-in-law fail to stop her, but she herself was thrown out. She immediately began to wail and curse Shen Miao with extremely vile language, calling her a "damned devil" and an "ugly monster," as if she were cursing an enemy. Her shrill voice carried far away.
Everyone inside was startled and came out. When they saw that it was Shen Miao who had entered, everyone's expression changed repeatedly, which was quite a sight.
Shen Miao's mother was the last to come out.
She was a female beast over fifty years old, with gray hair, a face full of wrinkles, a bitter look on her face, and her eyes seemed to be not very good. It was clear that she was not living a good life.
She looked at it for a long time before recognizing it, and called out, "Miaomiao?"
“It’s me, Mother. I’ve come back to see you.” Shen Miao answered crisply, and took the initiative to help the old lady up. The old lady’s hands were withered and thin, like a skeleton.
Shen Miao pinched the old woman's body again and found that the area covered by the animal skin was also extremely thin and frail.
The old woman in my memory wasn't like this; she was a kind, warm-smiling old female beast. What happened during this period that caused her to change so drastically?
Shen Miao's gaze swept over those who were spying on them. When their eyes met hers, everyone looked away, either at the sky or the ground, none daring to meet Shen Miao's gaze.
He looked like he had a guilty conscience.
Shen Miao's anger flared, and she said angrily, "Brothers, I want to ask you, what exactly happened? Don't tell me you've become so useless that you can't even support your mother?!"
Shen Miao's mother gave birth to four beastmen and one female beastman. The female beastman was Shen Miao. Among the beastmen, the eldest and second eldest brothers had already married the female beastman.
What she said was very unpleasant. In the tribe, female animals are very important. When the husband is alive, he takes care of them. When the husband is gone, the sons must take good care of them.
Cases like Shen Miao's mother's are truly rare.
The older brothers were somewhat embarrassed and annoyed, but they also disliked Shen Miao. The eldest brother mocked, "How dare you say that? If you hadn't taken all of Mother's food, Mother wouldn't be like this."
So it's still her fault after all.
Shen Miao laughed. She was so far away, yet she could still influence this family. Did she have no shame?
"Brother, don't lie to your conscience. Mother did give me some things before, but that was because your brother-in-law was bedridden. Mother wasn't like you cold-blooded animals who would watch your sister starve to death. But you want to starve Mother to death because of that? Are you even human?!"
The second child chimed in, "Shen Miao, how can you say that? We've never let our mother go hungry. It's just that most of the food was given to you, so we didn't have enough to go around."
"That's right, if you hadn't come back every day to freeload, Mother would still be perfectly fine."
"Those who benefited from this shouldn't be acting innocent here. What happens to your mother is none of your business."
The Shen family unanimously pointed the finger at Shen Miao.
Shen Miao felt a chill in her heart. These were her relatives. The original owner's ghostly appearance was probably related to this family.
Tears streamed down Chen's mother's face as she pleaded, "Stop talking, stop talking! You're all right, it's all my fault, it's all my fault."
Upon seeing this, the Shen brothers shut their mouths, but their expressions were extremely unpleasant.
"Mother, don't cry, it's alright. You still have me. If they won't take care of you, I will. You won't go hungry." Shen Miao wiped away her mother's tears.
The old female beast leaned against her, so weak that she looked as if she could break apart with a single breath.
Shen Miao felt very upset and felt even more disgusted with her brothers.
The fourth son of the Shen family muttered, "That sounds nice, but what are you going to feed them? With your mouth? If you're so capable, then give back the meat we gave you."
"Fine, I'll pay you back. It's just a few pounds of meat. Do you really think I can't afford it?" Shen Miao sneered.
The eldest sister-in-law immediately chimed in, "Alright, Shen Miao, you said it yourself. We gave you half a wild ox and half a wild goat back then. You have to pay it back now."
The eldest son chimed in, "If you can't pay it back, don't ever set foot in this house again. You can go wherever you want to die; it has nothing to do with the Shen family."
The old female beast trembled, tightly gripping Shen Miao's hand, and said in a trembling voice, "Miao Miao, don't go against your older brother and the others. Bow your head; we're still family."
She was afraid that if Shen Miao completely offended the orc sons, no one would care about her if something happened to her in the future.
Shen Miao smiled and said, "Mother, it's alright. I can hunt now. I hunted a wild boar not long ago, and a snow wolf yesterday. None of my brothers have ever hunted a snow wolf. So don't be afraid, I can support myself in the future."
The old female beast didn't know if Shen Miao was telling the truth, and was still very worried.
Shen Miao suppressed her smile, took off the huge basket on her back, removed the leaves covering it, and revealed the complete snow wolf carcass.
"This snow wolf should be enough to repay your half a bison and half a wild goat, right?" Shen Miao tossed the snow wolf in front of them, her tone full of sarcasm.
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