If you screw it up, that's one thing, but if Ruan Jiaojiao gets a high fever again because of this scare, I'll tear you to pieces!
A scare?
So, you get scared just like that?
Do you really think you're a porcelain doll?
Liu Mei was on the verge of rolling her eyes.
She turned her head to look at Ruan Jiaojiao, who was as round as a ball, and couldn't help but say snidely, "It's funny that Auntie Ruan says that, when it's just a money-losing maid, not so precious. In my opinion...
With a "smack", she hadn't even finished her sentence when the Ruanlin Family matriarch picked up the melon ladle from the ground and threw it at her. It accurately hit her forehead.
In just a few seconds, it turned red, swollen to a size much like Little Fatty's.
Liu Mei immediately changed her expression and started cursing at the Ruanlin Family matriarch, "You old prude..." She raised her hand to strike, but as she took a step forward, she heard Ruan Jianguo's voice behind her.
"Mom?"
Ruan Jianguo had just come back from the fields. It was April, and he was plowing. His shoes were caked with mud that he hadn't had time to wash off at the well before rushing inside at the sound. He walked into the room and was somewhat confused by the commotion.
Little Fatty was stretching his chubby body to shield Ruan Jiaojiao and quickly tattled, "Uncle Jianguo, Auntie Liu was trying to kill Sister while you were out!"
Jianguo's face darkened at these words.
He strode forward quickly, and Ruan Jie, who had returned with him, quickly ran to Ruan Jiaojiao's side and checked her from head to toe, making sure she was not hurt. Only then did he position her behind himself, adopting a ferocious scowl just like his father's.
Liu Mei dared to yell at the Ruanlin Family matriarch, but she didn't dare face Ruan Jianguo.
Though Ruan Jianguo was just an ordinary farmer, he was robust, like a bull, throwing a huge shadow just by standing there, and his fists were three times bigger than others', easily capable of crushing a man.
Liu Mei instantly chickened out, and Ruan Jiaojiao didn't find any of this interesting. She wasn't worried about her own people losing and turned her attention to someone else.
She tilted her little head, peeking from between her brothers to lock eyes with those in the corner - green and sallow due to long-term malnutrition.
She never expected that the villain who would destroy this world, as a boy, looked like this - not tall, even shorter than her, painfully thin and out of shape, not even half her own size. He wore tattered clothes with holes and his calves were ragged strips of fabric. But even so, he was undeniably delicate in features.
He was also watching her, but his gaze was far from friendly, full of malice and a hint of longing. It was as if he saw her as a... succulent pig?
Although she didn't enjoy the self-description, this is how the villainous male supporting character made her feel.
But now, seeing how pitifully this little villain lived, she understood why the grown villain would become so infatuated with the female lead over a mere hemp cake.
Yes, the young villain's profound love for the female lead was all because she gave him a hemp cake during his time of downfall...
While the Ruan Family was clashing with Liu Mei, Ruan Jiaojiao and the young villain just looked at each other until Liu Mei was utterly defeated by the Ruan Family. She spat viciously at the young villain and vowed to return and settle the score with him before Ruan Jiaojiao turned her gaze away.
"This child..." Having driven Liu Mei away, the matriarch of the Ruan Family felt a sense of relief.