The first day.
It passed in utter chaos.
Li Wei and Jiang Xue came to blows at the slightest disagreement. Well... mainly, Li Wei exercised her muscles and bones unilaterally, beating Jiang Xue into complete submission.
In any case, in one day, Li Wei had only barely familiarized herself with Jiang Xue's social circle.
There were nearly a hundred people in all...
If not for the fact that "Muscles and Bones Ringing in Harmony" had made Li Wei's brain much more useful,
just distinguishing the little red hearts beside the photos of her "besties," which indicated how close their relationships were, would have been enough to send her to an early grave.
Fortunately, the food at lunch and dinner was excellent. Li Wei had her first taste of this world's specialty—mutated beast meat.
As for the flavor, it was pretty good. Once it entered her stomach, her whole body felt warm and cozy.
From the butler's explanation,
she also learned for the first time that mutated beasts and Abyssal Monsters were not the same thing. One could be eaten, while the other could not.
Moreover, after two hundred years of the High Martial era, all the wild mutated beasts had long since been hunted to extinction. Only artificially farmed varieties remained.
The second day.
The etiquette classes that drove Li Wei to the brink of collapse began...
Yesterday, Li Wei had beaten Jiang Xue with such effortless flair. Today, she was just as miserably awkward while learning etiquette.
When Li Wei balanced a massive dictionary on her head, put on high heels, and practiced walking with her steps twisting this way and that,
Jiang Xue moved a stool over and sat beside her, laughing.
This time, she had learned her lesson. She only laughed and did not taunt her, lest a sword be held to her neck again.
Jiang Xue admitted that she was afraid of death. She wanted to live far too badly—preferably for a long, long time.
She was simply curious about how the play orchestrated by the Gu Family and Jiang Family would turn out in the end.
The third day.
The "Silver Brilliance Holy Mark Knight Academy" sent over a document.
It contained Jiang Xue's transfer approval, transcript, and a recommendation letter from the principal.
As Gu Jinzhi's "fiancée," "Jiang Xue" would transfer back home and continue her studies at Imperial Capital Qingyun Martial University.
The original owner had worked herself to the bone for three years, only to get into Anhe Martial University.
But she had it easy. With a shake of her body, she had directly entered the nation's number-one martial university...
Although it was all an act, it was still rather ironic.
What shocked Li Wei even more was that the photograph on the document was actually of herself!
Had even the foreigners joined the Gu Family in forging documents?
The fourth day.
The embassy sent over Jiang Xue's replacement passport. Once again, the photograph was of Li Wei.
By the time she received the little booklet, she was already somewhat numb.
Even a crippled Martial Immortal family like the Gu Family possessed this kind of power.
What sort of spectacle would the truly top-tier forces present?
The fifth day.
Mrs. Sterling, the head maid of the manor and part-time etiquette teacher, despaired.
She complained to the butler, believing that Li Wei was "the only person capable of turning champagne into the stinking water of a drainage ditch."
When Jiang Xue heard this assessment, she laughed so hard she doubled over...
The result was that she also began practicing the "Nine-Point Wall Method" alongside Li Wei, and a mask of agony instantly appeared on her face.
The sixth day.
Li Wei finally stopped slipping in high heels. She also stopped instinctively covering her crotch and clamping her legs together whenever she wore a skirt.
Her smile no longer exposed her gums, and she no longer looked as though she was performing Dragon Claw Hand whenever she picked something up.
The butler breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that he had not failed Madam's solemn entrustment.
It was fine if the Young Madam spoke a little loudly, and it was fine if her expressions were a little abstract when she got excited...
At least, she now somewhat resembled a woman.
The seventh day.
At the main entrance of the manor's central building...
"The knockoff, bankrupt-edition Eldest Miss Jiang, PROMAX beauty, limited summer model" boarded the black luxury car that had been waiting for a long time, surrounded by the butler and the maids.
Li Wei lowered the rear window, forced out the dignified and graceful smile she had practiced countless times, and waved goodbye to everyone.
Before the car started, she casually raised her head and happened to glimpse Jiang Xue in the second-floor corridor window. Jiang Xue was eyeing her with a sinister gaze, the corners of her lips hooked into a mocking arc.
Li Wei raised a hand and made a throat-slitting gesture. At the same time, she patted the golden ring at her waist, raised her brows, and glared back.
Jiang Xue's face darkened, and the curtains swished shut.
New Imperial Capital, International Airport, arrivals exit.
The crowd surged like a tide.
Jiang Han held up a cardboard sign with the two large characters "Jiang Xue" written on it, occasionally waving it about with a look of impatience.
After a while, when no one appeared, he irritably wanted to throw the sign away.
Suddenly, the crowd ahead erupted into a commotion.
"Holy crap, look! Is that girl a celebrity?"
"This is insane! She's gorgeous!"
"Hiss... I'll have material for my dreams tonight..."
Jiang Han frowned and took several steps back. Relying on his one-meter-ninety height, he looked over the densely packed heads—and then froze.
He saw a girl pushing a suitcase and walking gracefully in strappy sandals.
Her crow-black hair spread across her shoulders like mist, the ends curling up in a languid arc.
A light-blue dress wrapped around her slender figure, its waist ties hanging loose and carefree, making her look like a fairy from a painting.
She seemed not to notice the gazes around her. Her starry eyes swept across the hall, then suddenly brightened. She hurried toward Jiang Han.
Jiang Han instinctively hid the battered sign behind his back, reached up to smooth his hair twice, and habitually hooked his lips into a roguishly handsome smile.
Then he heard the girl speak.
"Oh my, my foolish Otōto, how come you're the one picking me up?" The moment Li Wei opened her mouth, all the romantic atmosphere scattered.
"Wait, who are you?"
Jiang Han replied reflexively, but after taking a closer look at those features, that tone, that feeling...
"Holy crap, Jiang Xue!!! Did you get plastic surgery?!"
He abruptly bent over, his eyeballs nearly pressing against Li Wei's face. He looked left and right, his expression becoming indescribably strange.
Li Wei disgustedly shoved his oversized head away. "Plastic surgery your head! Hurry up and go. Are you planning to stand here and let people gawk at us like monkeys?"
Only then did Jiang Han notice that quite a few people nearby were holding up their phones and frantically photographing the two of them. His face immediately became awkward.
He could not make a scene in front of ordinary people, so he snatched Li Wei's suitcase and dragged her by the arm toward the exit.
At the parking lot, they came to a garish pink supercar.
Jiang Han opened the front hood and tried to stuff the suitcase inside.
But the sports car's front trunk was simply too tiny. He tried several angles, but the suitcase just would not fit.
"Why did you bring so much junk?" he complained irritably, turning his head.
Remembering the "way for siblings to get along" that Jiang Xue had taught her, Li Wei immediately fired back:
"You came to pick someone up in a crappy sports car, and you still have the nerve to criticize me?"
Jiang Han: "..."
He held his breath several times, but ultimately could not hold it in.
Without another word, he unzipped Li Wei's suitcase and dumped everything inside into the front trunk in one great whoosh.
As for the empty suitcase... he casually tossed it into the trash can beside them.
"Jiang Xue, four years and you're still just as irritating! Get in!" Jiang Han sat in the driver's seat and slammed the door shut.
Li Wei sat in the passenger seat, resisting the urge to reach out and touch everything. Imitating Jiang Xue, she gave a cold snort. "Likewise."
Vroom! Vroom! Vroom!
Jiang Han deliberately stomped on the accelerator several times, the engine's roar drawing angry glares from the surrounding travelers.
Only then did he shift gears, whip the steering wheel, and send the car sliding into a beautiful tailspin before shooting away like an arrow.
"Holy crap! Slow down! Are you trying to kill someone?" Li Wei shouted instinctively.
"Oh?" Jiang Han shot her a sidelong glance. "Since when did our Miss Jiang start caring about whether other people lived or died?"
Li Wei: "..."
Britain, lakeside manor.
Jiang Xue lay along the edge of her bedroom bed, gazing enviously at the wild ducks on the water, her expression inexplicably calm.
"Miss," the butler's voice sounded behind her. "It's time for us to leave as well."
"Oh..." Jiang Xue answered obediently.
She took a deep breath and lifted the luggage that had long since been prepared beside her feet.
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