Born in the 1980s, she was remarried and became a stepmother; a cold, rough man doted on her, pinchi

Chapter 24 You and your sister should both die!
These children are all about the same age as Shi An and Shi Ning, and they usually play together. Most importantly, they don't include Qin Hua in their playtime.

"This is pork jerky. Once it's dried, I'll have Shi'an and Shi Ning get you some to eat."

Jiang Man smiled and said to them, and the children immediately said, "Thank you, Sister-in-law Xiaoman," and "Sister-in-law Xiaoman, you have such a kind heart."

Her little mouth looked as sweet as honey.

Shi An and Shi Ning also heard the sounds in the courtyard. Thinking about playing, they even wrote faster.

Jiang Man was very strict with them. The first thing they had to do after school every day was to do their homework. After dinner, they could play whenever they wanted, and she never interfered.

But every time she brought back the exam papers, she would look at them very carefully, and she would ask the test takers why they got the questions wrong.

Compared to the other aunts and grandmothers in the village who had never been to school, their stepmother was really, really good.

Most importantly, her cooking is really delicious.

Shi An and Shi Ning closed their workbooks, put them in their schoolbags, and ran out of the house.

"Mom, we'll go play with them for a while and then come right back!"

"Okay, be careful and come back before dinner."

Jiang Man shouted, then turned and went back into the house.

Shi An and Shi Ning ran out of the yard hand in hand, and at that moment, several children who had been perched on the wall also came down.

"Tiedan, where shall we go for fun?"

"We also have Da Niu and Er Niu, plus your sister, we can play jump rope together." Tie Dan is in second grade this year, and is the oldest among them, so everyone usually listens to him. "How about we boys play marbles?"

"Okay, I brought marbles with me!"

Shi An scratched his head, looking somewhat embarrassed, and said, "I don't have any marbles..."

A six-year-old already knows what embarrassment feels like. Shi An felt her face burning, but unexpectedly, Tie Dan said the next second, "It's okay, how about we play hide-and-seek?"

When Shi An looked up, he saw Tie Dan wink at him with his big eyes, and a feeling of gratitude welled up in his heart.

"I agree! We girls should play together too!"

Qin Hua stood behind a big tree, watching, with a slingshot in his hand.

Ever since Shi An and Shi Ning got a stepmother, they seem to have become two different people. Their old friends no longer talk to them.

"They used to be all alone, but now it's you. Aren't you sad?"

A voice suddenly came from behind Qin Hua, who was startled and immediately turned around and looked up, only to see a familiar face.

She is the younger sister of Shi An and Shi Ning's stepmother.

"I'm asking you a question, why are you looking at me like that?"

Jiang He looked at Qin Hua with disdain. This little guy was all fat and not very bright. All he could do was use his jealous heart.

"What can I do? They have a stepmother now, so they wear clean clothes, they don't smell bad anymore, and they get a few cents of pocket money every day. I can't compare to them..."

"Then go and take it back!" Jiang He beckoned to him and whispered in his ear, "I'm telling you, you just do it like this..."

Qin Hua's eyes widened as he listened. Although he had been raised to be stupid and wicked by Sun Meifen and her husband, he knew that pushing someone off the mountain was wrong.

"No, what if he falls and dies?"

A hint of impatience flashed in Jiang He's eyes. She pulled Qin Hua's arm and whispered, "When you're playing hide-and-seek, who knows where anyone is hiding? Just say you didn't see anyone, okay?"

There were no surveillance cameras at that time, and the terrain of the mountain forest was complicated, so even adults rarely went there, let alone children.

What could possibly happen?

"Listen to me, you won't go wrong. Do you still want to win your good friends back?"

"You used to bully Shi An and Shi Ning, but now they're all shitting on your head. How can you tolerate that?"

Qin Hua couldn't stand hearing this kind of talk. He gripped the slingshot tightly. "If someone asks you, just say you don't know. If they ask again, just cry and hide behind your parents."

Seeing that things had gone well, Jiang He sneered, "If I hear what I said to you today from someone else, I'll tell your principal about you stealing your classmates' toys and candy, and he'll expel you. Then all the other kids will refuse to play with you, and even if your parents spoil you, they'll definitely beat you."

After saying that, Jiang He clapped her hands and went home to watch the show.

Qin Hua's face was filled with resentment. Why were the people who used to be pinned down by him now riding on top of him and even stealing his friends away!

"I want to play too, so why only love me?"

Tie Dan and the others had already chosen someone to cover their eyes, and their expressions weren't very happy after hearing Qin Hua's words.

"We have enough people, and we don't want to add any more."

Tie Dan, being the eldest, glanced at Shi An and Shi Ning, who had immediately lowered their heads, and took the initiative to speak.

"Aren't you just afraid I'll bully them?" Tie Dan said, following Jiang He's instructions. "I was wrong before, but I've already been punished. If you let me join, I won't bully them; I'll take you to a new place where we can play hide-and-seek."

Qin Hua spoke with absolute certainty, leaving Tie Dan and the others looking at each other in bewilderment.

Shi An and Shi Ning held hands, their eyes filled with suspicion as they looked at Qin Hua.

His mother told them to stay away from Qin Hua.

"Okay, but you can only play two rounds. I still need to take Shi An and Shi Ning home!"

Although Tie Dan had agreed to Qin Hua's request, he also remembered that Shi An and Shi Ning had to be home before dinner.

"Okay, let's go then, let's play quickly and finish quickly."

Qin Hua happily turned around and led them up the mountain.

"These are all trees; it won't be easy to catch someone later."

"The location is alright, it's just a bit steep, but it's not far from home."

Qin Hua stopped and turned to look at them.

"Then let's choose one of us to catch!"

Tie Dan looked at him suspiciously and said, "Since you brought us here, you can be the first one."

No one else objected. As Qin Hua turned his back to count, a sinister smile flashed in his eyes.

Jiang He taught him all of this. He didn't believe it at first, but he didn't expect it to be so useful.

When he counted to ten, Qin Hua started looking for people.

He saw the red hem of Da Niu's dress, but he didn't grab it. Instead, he quietly looked for Shi An and Shi Ning.

"Iron Egg!"

"Big Girl, Second Girl!"

Where are you all?!

Following Jiang He's instructions, Qin Hua called out the names as he searched for the person.

Finally, he spotted a piece of blue cloth in a patch of grass. The only person wearing blue today was Shi An!

Qin Hua's heart suddenly pounded with excitement, and his hands trembled as he thought about what he was about to do.

"Tiedan! Tiedan, are you here?"

"Shi Ning? Are you hiding behind a tree?"

Qin Hua pretended to be still looking for someone and walked step by step toward the place where the blue cloth was.

Before the man could react, Qin Hua stretched out his hands and pushed him hard.

"You and your sister, go to hell!"