Volume 1, Chapter 10: Her Eyes Glowed Green

“Cousin, Sister Xue has misunderstood. How could Mianmian ever look down on you?”
Wu Yumin’s gaze was sincere, her tone plaintive. “Sister always misunderstands me. Cousin, don’t you believe me?”
Shen Chi quickly reassured her, “Of course I believe you!”
Then he turned and glared fiercely at Wu Xingxue. “Don’t even think about driving a wedge between Mianmian and me! You never change your wicked ways!”
Wu Xingxue was speechless.
He thought that sooner or later, Shen Chi, this fool, would be betrayed by Wu Yumin and still count the money for her.
Wu Yumin was no angel.
Wu Xingxue could see clearly that since Wu Yumin returned to the Wu family three years ago, she had never truly regarded any member of the Wu family as family.
Thinking of this, Wu Xingxue suddenly felt a certain kinship of suffering with the Wu family members.
In the end, the only beneficiary was Wu Yumin herself.
Wu Xingxue’s eyes darkened; she hadn’t expected it would be so easy to sow discord between them.
She just wanted to vent her anger.
Why should only the Wu family disgust her?
Crossing her arms, Wu Xingxue’s eyes gleamed with amusement. “Shen Chi, I remember recently when you went to the First Safe Zone, there was a rich woman trying to keep you as her kept man.”
“So you stayed out late the other night, probably fooling around in the First Safe Zone, right?”
“Congratulations! You’ve hit the jackpot with a rich woman!”
Everyone’s eyes on Shen Chi shifted uneasily.
Looking closely, broad shoulders, long legs, muscular arms, paired with that rebellious face—he was exactly the kind of ‘little wolf dog’ popular in the apocalypse!
No wonder rich women liked him!
Shen Chi’s face flushed red with anger. “What nonsense are you talking about? I stayed out late because of a mission! I never agreed to anything with that rich woman!”
“You’re a girl, what on earth is going on in your mind?!”
Wu Xingxue sneered, “So your late nights are excused as missions, but if I do it, I’m shameless?”
Wu Xingxue realized she used to view Shen Chi with a family bias, but now seeing him from an outsider’s perspective,
he was truly insufferable.
Shen Chi was stunned.
Wu Xingxue seemed… right.
Why did he think that way?
Seeing Shen Chi dazed, Wu Yumin quickly grabbed his arm, her voice clear and soft like a young girl’s.
“Cousin, Sister must have had a hard time last night. I’ve thought it through; it’s all my fault. I’ll give the source core to Sister. Let’s take her home quickly so Mom won’t worry.”
She then turned to Wu Xingxue. “Sister, don’t be angry. Come back with us.”
Shen Chi’s train of thought was interrupted. “Mianmian, don’t listen to her! She deserves it! She owes you!”
“Look at her; she doesn’t understand your kindness at all! She’s heartless!”
“She doesn’t deserve to return to our Wu family!”
Wu Xingxue looked coldly at Shen Chi, who was completely cowed by Wu Yumin.
This fool was being played like a dog’s toy.
He had no independent thought; even pigs in pens were smarter.
Wu Xingxue ignored the sibling affection between the two and turned to Luo Jing.
“No need to remove the arm for me. Even if you gave it to me, I have nowhere to put it. Just sell it for parts.”
“If you don’t act, then I’ll help you.”
Wu Yumin blinked. “Sister! I don’t know how this staff member offended you, but isn’t cutting off her arm going too far?”
“In the Safe Zone, private punishment is forbidden. Sister, how would this make the Wu family look? Besides, I believe no one else here would stand for it.”
Wu Yumin felt triumphant inside—another chance to build her image!
Wu Xingxue, you’re destined to be my stepping stone!
After a few seconds, no supportive voices came as expected. She looked around, confused, seeing that everyone was staring at the sky or the ground, but not at her or responding.
What was going on?
This shouldn’t be!
Wu Yumin was unaware that before she arrived, someone else had tried to play the saint and was immediately shut down by Wu Xingxue.
Her pity froze into a mask as she met Wu Xingxue’s mocking, playful gaze, sparking anger inside her.
How dare Wu Xingxue look at her like that?!
She was nothing but a worthless person trampled beneath her feet!
Suddenly, Luo Jing rushed out from behind the counter and lunged at Wu Yumin like a whirlwind, nearly knocking her down.
“Miss Wu, please save me! Wu Xingxue is trying to destroy my whole family!”
“The person you saved before was my brother. Wu Xingxue has abandoned him and now wants my arm!”
“My elderly parents are still at home. My brother is already gone. If she harms me again, how will my parents survive?!”
A vein bulged on Wu Yumin’s temple as her abdomen and chest ached from the impact. She fought the urge to throw her off.
“So it was your brother!” Wu Yumin’s face showed guilt. “I’m sorry. If only I had insisted more back then, I could have saved him…”
“I apologize on Sister’s behalf.”
Wu Xingxue frowned. “What right do you have to apologize for me?”
She said no more. That incident had been sealed the moment she awoke from unconsciousness.
The Wu family had already handed down their verdict. To outsiders, her protests were just the rantings of a jester.
Trying to clear her name was pointless.
But Wu Xingxue would never allow herself to bear a false reputation for life.
Shen Chi said, “Wu Xingxue, Mianmian only wants what’s best for you! If you don’t appreciate it, why be so harsh with her?”
Wu Xingxue looked at Shen Chi coldly and said, “Idiot.”
Shen Chi was stunned on the spot.
Wu Xingxue had never cursed him before!
She must be losing her mind!
Wu Yumin’s eyes gleamed with schadenfreude.
Well said, well done!
Only Wu Xingxue’s crude words and malicious thoughts could make her look good!
Curse away! Curse some more!
Wu Yumin half embraced Luo Jing, who accidentally bumped the strange parrot perched on her shoulder when she turned.
“It’s going to fall! It’s going to fall! Don’t touch me!”
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