Tang Xueqing, who had gone on a hunger strike and was waiting for someone to coax her, opened the door to find Tang Shiba.
She looked around through tear-filled eyes. Seeing no one else, she asked plaintively,
"Shiba, where are our brothers?"
"Oh, they ran off. Said something happened at the company!"
!!!
Tang Xueqing froze in shock for two seconds, then turned pale as tears streamed down her face.
Catching Tang Shiba off guard, she threw herself onto her and sobbed.
"Boohoo, Shiba, hearing that makes me feel so awful all of a sudden. Can you let me hug you?"
As she spoke, she pushed Tang Shiba toward the stairs.
"No, let go! If you want to cry, make a scene, or go crazy, don't come hugging me. I can't comfort people, only beat them up. Want some?"
[Damn woman! A sneak attack!]
[As expected of someone raised on imported snacks. She's clinging to me for dear life. What's her game?]
Seeing her new clothes soaked with tears, Tang Shiba finally lost patience and pinched her armpit.
"Aah!!!"
Tang Xueqing released her in pain, her face twisting into a knot.
She even forgot to cry and stared at her in disbelief. "Shiba, you actually hit me!"
Tang Shiba sniffed her fingers. Good, no armpit odor.
Tang Xueqing's face turned livid. "You hit me, and now you're disgusted by me! I'm your sister!"
"What sister? How are you anything like me? Oh, never mind. You look a bit like my late neighbor. Could you be his daughter?"
Tang Xueqing trembled with anger. "Can't you say something nice?"
[Say something nice? So you're allowed to play the sweet little innocent, but I'm not allowed to be sarcastic?]
"Hmph. So dramatic!"
Tang Shiba ignored her and turned to head downstairs.
Tang Xueqing's eyes hardened. That bitch!
She reached out to grab her arm, but Tang Shiba seemed to have eyes in the back of her head. She dodged, draped herself over the banister, and slid down.
Wow! So smooth! So fun!
Tang Xueqing: ...Bitch, why didn't you fall to your death!
Tang Xueqing withdrew her hand and carefully walked down, holding the banister.
Watching her totter down from below, Tang Shiba snorted inwardly. Wearing heels even at home. What a poser!
Once downstairs, Tang Xueqing scanned her surroundings, hoping someone in the house would come show her a little concern.
Instead, she discovered that all the servants were gone.
She couldn't help asking Tang Shiba, "Shiba, where are the servants?"
"Oh, they heard something happened at Tang Company, so they took the money and ran!"
[Ran, my foot. They got half a day off and went shopping!]
Tang Xueqing was shocked all over again!!!
She didn't believe it. Taking out her phone, she secretly called Tang Eldest Brother. "Hello, big brother? Why did you leave without saying anything? Is everything okay at the company now?"
He said everything was fine. She hesitated, then added, "Big brother, I gave all my money to Dad, and now..."
Her eldest brother's heart warmed. He hadn't expected his sister to be so thoughtful, even contributing money to help the company.
Unlike Tang Shiba, who only caused trouble!
"I'll send you some money!"
After hanging up, Tang Xueqing smugly opened WeChat.
When she saw the amount transferred, her expression instantly turned darker than the bottom of a pot!
16,888?
Was her eldest brother treating her like a beggar?
He used to give her at least five hundred thousand, and now this was all she got?
What she didn't know was that all three brothers' cards and income had been frozen. Each month, they could only wait for Tang Dad to send them a hundred thousand for living expenses.
Getting over ten thousand from him was already pretty good.
Tang Xueqing sent another message: The Tang Family may be in trouble!
The reply came quickly: Find a way into Tang Company!
Tang Xueqing quickly deleted the messages, feeling puzzled.
Why did that person want her to get the Tang Family's assets and establish herself in the entertainment industry?
But she trusted that person.
After all, she was the one getting all the benefits. Why wouldn't she do as she was told?
[Uncle Wang next door broke up with his mistress. The child wasn't his!]
[Er Gou likes the Samoyed across the street. He says good morning and good night to her every day! One of these days, I'll have him snipped. Then he'll stop barking.]
Er Gou felt a chill down below and had a bad feeling!
Tang Xueqing was frantic with hunger in the kitchen, while Tang Shiba lounged in the yard, petting Er Gou and enjoying the gossip.
[Tang Xueqing gave her money to Dad, and now she's panicking because she's afraid she won't get it back! So panicked she's about to faint! Hmm, should I go press the spot under her nose to revive her?]
[Oh wow, she spent money on paid trolls to smear me???]
Tang Shiba didn't understand. Her reputation was already so blackened that even bleach couldn't clean it, and Tang Xueqing was still hiring people to smear her?
This woman really couldn't read the situation.
Although "A Loving Family" had brought her plenty of attention,
how much had her reputation actually improved?
With the Anti-Fans running rampant, her reputation was even worse than before!
"Er Gou, let me show you how people on Weibo are trashing my Anti-Fans."
Tang Shiba held the phone in front of Er Gou and straightened his head so he would look.
Er Gou wanted to bark! He was a dog! Why was she making him look at a phone?
Reading a phone would make him look smart. What if someone found out and took him away to be studied?
Er Gou, the big wolfdog, was deeply worried!
Tang Shiba slapped his face.
"Pay attention!"
Er Gou wanted to cry. He could only pretend he understood!
"See? They hit people, curse people out, go crazy at any moment, and carry eighteen kinds of weapons."
Even Tang Shiba was shocked! Her Anti-Fans were downright more savage than she was.
She scrolled to another post for him. "And this one. This person says my Anti-Fans are brain-dead, just as irrational and inhuman as a certain washed-up celebrity!"
That was a roundabout way of insulting her!
Tang Shiba put away her phone and looked up at the sky!
A streak of sunset light fell across her delicate, flawless face, making her seem out of place amid her surroundings.
She seemed like a great Buddha standing on Brahma Mountain, independent and strong, smiling down upon the mortal world!
The system interrupted her solitary moment of beauty.
[System: Tang Xueqing is thinking up ways to mess with you again. That golden glow all around you just now set her off!]
[Is she nuts? Jealous because I'm glowing gold? Why doesn't she fly up into the sky and stand shoulder to shoulder with the sun!]
[Oh, so she's asking Zhou Dan to find me two "good" opportunities. How very thoughtful of her!]
Whoever wants them can take them! They'll be the next Zhao Tiantian.
Tang Shiba thought Tang Xueqing was awfully nice. She ought to give her a little gift in return.
Tang Shiba pushed Er Gou aside and sauntered into the kitchen.
Inside, Tang Xueqing was fumbling about, heating oil in a pot to cook noodles!
Tang Shiba leaned against the doorway with her arms folded.
She exclaimed, "Oh no, that's wrong! Noodles first, then sugar. Why did you add salt?"
Tang Xueqing wanted to get angry but held it in, rolling her eyes instead. "Who puts sugar in noodles?"
Tang Shiba couldn't stand watching anymore and dumped in all the seasonings Tang Xueqing was holding.
"Noodle hodgepodge, understand? You can't even cook noodles!"
Watching from the side, Tang Xueqing was close to tears. "Stop adding things! Is this fit for humans to eat?"
Tang Shiba paused, then kept adding more. "Want to bet Er Gou will eat it?"
Finally, Tang Shiba finished cooking the noodles.
The whole thing was pitch-black, with nothing distinguishable in it. Anyone who knew would call it noodles. Anyone who didn't would think...
Tang Xueqing's hands shook. Finally unable to take it anymore, she threw down her chopsticks and ran!
"Eat it yourself if you want! I'm ordering takeout!"
Tang Shiba picked up the chopsticks and shook her head regretfully. "You should've said so sooner. I went to all that trouble. If you won't eat it, I'll give it to Er Gou."
She took the noodles into the yard and poured them out for Er Gou. He sniffed them, then began gulping down huge mouthfuls.
Tang Shiba let out a puzzled "Huh?"
Were they that tasty? Why wouldn't Tang Xueqing eat them?
"Blegh..."
Before long, Er Gou vomited up everything he had eaten, including his lunch.
Ugh... what kind of poison was this...
Did it only kick in once it reached his stomach?
Embarrassed, Tang Shiba pretended to check her phone, only to spot a notification that money had arrived in her account???
Unsure, she counted the digits. Ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, ten thousands, hundred thousands, millions!!!
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