The reborn elder sister has gone crazy with killing, and there is a crying monster behind her

Twelve years later.

春末

Liangcheng Border

Hills and rivers

Coincides with the youth

The scenery is full of green grass and fragrant wild flowers.

A jade-green river runs straight from north to south. Willow trees sway on the river bank, interspersed with unknown flowers, plants and fruit trees. Petals from the trees fall into the river with the wind and slowly drift away.

The sun is shining and there is a gentle breeze...

The girl sat on a rock by the river, daydreaming and looking at the scenery on the river bank. This moment was quiet and beautiful.

Shen Qingxu couldn't remember how long he had been wandering outside.

It seems like twelve years?

Or longer?

She didn't know whether she should be thankful to be alive, or feel grateful that she was still here!

……

She was originally just the second daughter of a poor blacksmith. Due to the new imperial regulations, poor women had to go to academy for two years of simple study before getting married. After learning basic literacy, they had to take the women's examination two months before they were admitted to college. If they passed the examination, they could return home and get married.

After just over a year in the academy, she became friends with the girls of the same age.

They would hang out in groups of three or four. Apart from attending classes, they would often do handicrafts to pass the time, or read storybooks and appreciate the love, hate and vengeance expressed in the books.

Because the author accidentally borrowed her name, she entered a storybook she had read before and became the sister of the heroine who died at the beginning of the story.

She should have died when she first came to this world, but she did not die. She was saved by the heroine and the guards. In order not to affect the heroine's revenge plan, she was sent away when she was only a few months old.

Shen Qingxu pondered that her fate was only mentioned briefly in the storybook, and after so many years, she must have been out of the plot.

She couldn't predict what the future would be like!

What about her? She didn't know what to do!

Many years ago, she started wandering with the heroine's sister's master, Wang Tianbao, the old man of Tianji, and lived a rough life with no food to eat.

The old man did not have a proper job and supported the two of them by begging.

During the years she was away, the old man and her life were a mess, and it was a blessing from God that she was able to survive.

I can still vaguely remember those two years of hardship I endured away from home.

Back then, Wang Tianbao took Shen Qingxu all the way north and entrusted Shen Qingxu to a fellow disciple's home for several months. There was a woman who had just given birth in that fellow disciple's home, so Shen Qingxu had food!

The old man went to pick up Shen Qingxu when she was older. He wanted to give her some money as a token of gratitude, but her fellow disciple's family insisted on not accepting it. The shameless old man even took away a lot of food rations from her fellow disciple's family when he left.

Shen Qingxu curled her lips: What a tactless old man, when people asked us to bring some dry food, he opened his big cloth bag to get it!

The old man took Shen Qingxu on a displaced journey and traveled eastward for three months before arriving at this Liangcheng.

"Fragrant flour paste, Qingxu, drink it quickly! The old man's cooking skills are not bad!" That damn old man used the leftover rotten steamed buns to make flour paste to feed her who had been eating for ten months...

"Qingxu, let's have rice with soup today. The old man put a lot of sesame oil in it!" When she was a little over one year old, the old man said he would make something delicious for her. He actually used the water used to wash the pot to mix her rice and coaxed her by saying that there was oil in it.

She couldn't speak at the time and her resistance was futile, so she just ate rice mixed with the water used to wash the pot for a whole year.

"Qingxu, let's eat sweet potato porridge today. It's so sweet, I'm sure you'll like it!" When she was two years old, I went to the roadside to pick up sweet potatoes that people were going to feed pigs. They made porridge for her without peeling the skin. Her mouth was full of lumps and mud, and the sweet potato skins she couldn't chew...

"Eat the roasted beans while they're hot. They smell so good, don't they?" When she was two and a half years old, I gave her roasted beans, which were not cooked and mixed with wood ash. It almost killed her...

"Qingxu, Qingxu, look what the old man brought you. It's corn stalks with candy on them. Eat them quickly and don't let that kid see them!" When I was five years old, I stole corn stalks and lied to her that they were candy. They were so delicious that my teeth broke early...

Back then, the old man promised my sister that he would keep her alive, but it turned out that he only kept her alive!

Old Man Tianji: No, no, no, I am actually the villain chosen by the author, but this kid is indeed difficult to kill!

……

The crackling sound of firewood brought Shen Qingxu back to reality. She turned her head and looked at the busy boy not far away. Fortunately, he was there. She couldn't imagine how lonely her life would be!

This young man is the last disciple of Elder Tianji and also Shen Qiuchi’s only junior fellow apprentice—Xu Xingyi.

Old man Tianji, who had originally not planned to accept any apprentices, wanted to find someone to take care of the five-year-old Shen Qingxu so that he could be a hands-off boss. So he selected a child who looked more pleasing to his eye from among the many orphans and took him in as his apprentice.

A few years ago, Elder Tianji said to his little disciple every day: "Your elder sister has worked hard outside. As a fellow disciple, her younger sister is your younger sister. You must take good care of her."

By the time Xu Xingyi was able to wash clothes and cook independently and solve the problem of food and clothing for everyone, the old man began to be idle. Sometimes it was common for him to go out and play for a few days without returning. Occasionally when he came back, he would tinker with some strange things for everyone to try.

On a sunny day, Old Man Tianji took a bottle of homemade poison, drank it, and then lay on the ground, shouting in pain: "I feel like I'm going to die."

Old man Tianji wanted to make some arrangements for his funeral, but after thinking for a long time he still didn't know what to say, so he closed his eyes and ignored everyone.

When the young Shen Qingxu and Xu Xingyi saw that old man Tianji said he would die, they cried their hearts out and were in great pain.

Afterwards, the two men thought that they were afraid that old man Tianji would have no money to spend in the underworld after his death, so they used their few copper coins to buy two rolls of paper and burned them while crying.

After burning the paper for a while, Xu Xingyi looked up at the sky, then silently picked up the axe and went to chop wood.

"Master, you died so tragically. Now that you're dead, what should we do? You always sold fake medicine, so why did you poison yourself to death today... Wuuuuuu..." Xu Xingyi's mournful voice sounded not far away.

The eight-year-old boy was in tears as he wielded an axe to prepare firewood. Apart from the pain of his master's death, all he had in his mind was calculating how much firewood he needed to chop to burn his master to ashes.

"Master, you have never been able to make a real poison in your life. The only time you succeeded, it brought you death! Master... don't sell fake medicine over there. Your disciple will spend more money on you..."

……

In the open space in front of the thatched hut, Shen Qingxu, crying softly, was piling the wild flowers in the basket on old man Tianji. The old man usually smelled bad, so she wanted to pick more fragrant flowers to cover him.

Shen Qingxu, who was arranging flowers seriously, found that the dead old man was actually picking his nose. Was it the fragrance of the flowers that brought the old man back to life?

Shen Qingxu cried with joy, and she was just about to call Xu Xingyi over.

"Shh!" The old man stopped Shen Qingxu, and then whispered mysteriously in her ear: They were playing a game where they couldn't talk, and if they talked, the old man would really die.

Shen Qingxu was afraid that the old man had died. With tears in her eyes, she covered her mouth and dared not speak again. She quickly nodded and agreed to the old man's request.

Seeing the old man lying back down, Shen Qingxu stopped crying!

Afterwards, when she heard Xu Xingyi's mournful howling, she didn't seem so sad anymore.

"There's not enough firewood. Let's bury the master!"

Xu Xingyi couldn't chop so much firewood, so he finally decided to dig a hole and bury the old man. When he had more firewood in the future, he would dig out his master and burn him into ashes. He would then can them for them to carry with them and worship.

Xu Xingyi was pulling the cart forward with great effort, muttering all the way about how his master had treated him like a bad person over the years. Shen Qingxu, who was pushing the cart in the back, was looking at the dead old man lying on the cart with a calm look on his face, and felt extremely conflicted.

She hesitated whether to tell Xu Xingyi, but thinking of what the old man said, that he would die if she told him, Shen Qingxu shut up.

The two found a place and worked hard to dig a hole to bury the old man. The old man couldn't help but grinning from ear to ear, and when Xu Xingyi wasn't paying attention, he bared his teeth at Shen Qingxu, smiled at her and gave her a look that said you're great.

Shen Qingxu didn't know what she was thinking at the time. It was not until she grew up that she realized how suffocating it was that she had been tricked by the old man!

After that, the old man Tianji pretended to have passed away and disappeared, leaving behind two children aged seven or eight in Liangcheng.

One night, the old man came back quietly and stuffed a jade pendant into Shen Qingxu's hand for no apparent reason. Shen Qingxu didn't understand why.

The old man saw Shen Qingxu's clear and stupid eyes, and he slapped his forehead before he remembered what he had done.

He quickly told Shen Qingxu about her life experience in a few words, and asked her not to tell anyone, including Xu Xingyi, and then coaxed her into continuing to play the game of hide-and-seek. The old man hid for six years.

When Xu Xingyi found out that the old man was not dead, he was so angry that he dug up the old man's grave that night.

Xu Xingyi told Shen Qingxu that the old man was very bad and she should not trust him in the future. He was just being lazy and wanted to find an excuse to have fun.

When Shen Qingxu grew up and her mind became clearer, she realized how stupid she was to believe the old man's lame lies.

Later, Shen Qingxu and Xu Xingyi spent several years in Liangcheng in a daze. During these years, they did nothing but beg and play hide-and-seek with old men.

Now the old man doesn’t know where to go!

In the original storyline, Shen Qiuchi took eight years to become the regent empress dowager. Now more than ten years have passed, the emperor is still in control of the government, and her sister, the heroine, has not come to pick her up.

Did something go wrong on the way to revenge?

Or has the heroine's sister forgotten her?

She had no news about her sister, and every time she tried to find out, she was delayed by one thing or another.

Perhaps it is because this body is connected to the heroine's blood. Although Shen Qingxu is in Liangcheng, he is still worried about Shen Qiuchi who is far away in the capital.

If Shen Qingxu had not known in advance that her sister was reborn to seek revenge, and would kill everyone along the way and dominate the world in the end, she would have lost the motivation to live.

She had endured all the sufferings of her two lifetimes combined in these few years. In the eighth year, seeing that she still could not go back, she wanted to die to put an end to all her sorrows.

But I feel unwilling in my heart. Did I come through the book just to suffer?

Also, it would be too cost-effective if I died like this. I haven't had a single good day. It makes me feel depressed just thinking about it.

Thinking of the miserable days of displacement over the years, she felt like she was being scratched by a cat and could not accept it. She had never enjoyed delicacies, she had never worn gorgeous clothes, and she had never lived in a luxurious mansion.

She is persistent in waiting because she feels that even if she has lived a life worse than pigs and dogs before, it will not last forever.

She kept comforting herself that everything would be fine.

And somehow, she felt that she shouldn't just come here to suffer, there must be something waiting for her to accomplish in the future.

Looking at the sparkling river in front of him, Shen Qingxu's thoughts were flying again.

"Life shouldn't be so muddled!"

"Bang!" A stone hit the river in front of Shen Qingxu. The splashing water scared Shen Qingxu and also brought his wandering thoughts back.

"Do you want to die? You scared me." Shen Qingxu turned around and said fiercely to the culprit Xu Xingyi.

Then he stood up and walked towards Xu Xingyi.

Shen Qingxu looked at Xu Xingyi who was fiddling with firewood in front of the thatched hut.

"Hey, hey! Big brother, if you don't turn the fish over, it will get burnt!" After saying that, he began to turn the fish over. The aroma of the grilled fish was so tempting that Shen Qingxu swallowed his saliva.

This Xu Xingyi is not only the last disciple of Elder Tianji, but also her sister's junior fellow apprentice, and also the beggar brother who has taken care of her for many years.

"Are you listening to me, Shen Qingxu?" Xu Xingyi saw Shen Qingxu staring at the grilled fish, gave her a disdainful look, and snatched the grilled fish from her hand.

Shen Qingxu came back to his senses and laughed twice in embarrassment: "Ah... I was listening, you were busy turning the firewood, so I can't help you, so I'll just turn the fish."

Seven years ago, the three of them found a small thatched house not far from the river. No one had lived here for a long time. Although the house was dilapidated, the old man Tianji brought his two children to beg and was not picky about the hygiene, so they stayed here temporarily.

Later, the old man died, and Xu Xingyi took Shen Qingxu to live in this small house for several years, patching it up.

When they are not begging, their food comes from wild animals in the forest, fish in the river, and wild fruits on the trees.

The two of them supported each other. Although Xu Xingyi was the one taking care of Shen Qingxu most of the time, they had been living in peace until now.

After the fish was cooked, Xu Xingyi handed it to Shen Qingxu: "Eat it."

"Don't you want to eat it? We only caught one fish today." Shen Qingxu shook the fish in his hand.

"You eat it. I'm full from the fruit I just ate."

"Then I won't be polite!" Shen Qingxu took a bite of the fish, tearing the fish meat in small bites, with a look of satisfaction on his face.

Xu Xingyi held his chin with his hands, looking at her seriously with gentle eyes. Unknown emotions welled up little by little, and he simply stopped concealing them. He stared straight at Shen Qingxu, without any concealment of the doting in his eyes.

Shen Qingxu felt his gaze and asked in confusion: "Why are you looking at me like that? Do you regret giving me all the fish? You want to eat my grilled fish!"

"That smells so good. You can try it too!" Shen Qingxu handed the fish over.

"...Eat yours." Xu Xingyi said this and pushed Shen Qingxu's arm, indicating that he didn't want to eat. What a stupid girl who ruined the atmosphere.

Shen Qingxu continued to eat fish with a grin, but her expression suddenly became dull, and she burped twice in succession, then she started coughing.

Upon hearing the sound, Xu Xingyi saw that Shen Qingxu's face was red from coughing, so he quickly patted her on the back, then handed her a kettle. He watched her tilt her head back and take a big sip of water. Only after her breathing became smooth did he feel relieved.

"How stupid! You can even choke while eating!"

"I was choked, you know nothing."

"I don't understand shit. How can a person this big be choked? Are you a starving ghost reincarnated?"

"I... humph! Who told you to grill the fish so deliciously? I couldn't help it and ate it like crazy..." Shen Qingxu smiled with some righteousness.

"You are greedy and you blame me!"

"The food you cook is so delicious. If you poison me one day, I won't even know it."

"Eat your food. I will poison you every day and kill you, you heartless thing..."

Xu Xingyi patted Shen Qingxu's back gently, and soon handed her a bamboo tube of sugar water, which Shen Qingxu took with a smile.

In the sunshine, two people were bickering in front of the thatched hut.

The breeze caresses the green trees, making a rustling sound, the water is clear and the sky is blue, the branching streams are gurgling, the mountains and forests are full of birdsong, and the ground is filled with the fragrance of wild flowers.

This place is so warm and beautiful at this moment.