The system makes me so beautiful that I don't care about anyone else's life or death.

"Is this Su Ran?"

"It couldn't be her."

"Six months ago, he looked like a piece of sauerkraut, completely different from this beauty."

"But listen to this voice, it sounds quite similar. Su Ran's only beautiful feature is her voice."

Su Ran was extremely annoyed by these comments and criticisms.

She was as proud as a rose encased in ice, giving them a few cold glances, and they fell silent.

Su Dagang could no longer hold the box in his hands, and it fell heavily to the ground with a dull thud.

The feigned honesty and simplicity on his face had vanished, and he stared blankly at Su Ran's face.

Su Ran ignored him.

He put the boxes in his hands into the back seat of the car, turned around, and easily picked up the two boxes that Su Dagang had dropped on the ground.

"Are you really Su Ran? The Su Ran I know?" Su Dagang pressed.

"Is there another Su Ran in this small Jiang Village?"

She looked at Su Dagang with a cold smile, drove away from the spot, leaving behind a group of people full of doubts and curiosity.

Most people in Xiaojiang Village are surnamed Su, but there are a few people with different surnames, like Zhou Yun and Zhou Chi, who were strangers who were brought here by their parents in their early years.

When I got home, there were guests in the house. They were my grandmother's old friends, an old lady with bound feet, her hands behind her back and her head wrapped in a headscarf.

Hearing the door open, she turned around and saw Su Ran, covered in frost and carrying a large bunch of items.

"Hello, Grandma Cui," Su Ran greeted her.

"Okay...okay." Grandma Cui's cloudy eyes widened as she responded to Su Ran's words. After a long while, she turned to ask Grandma Su, "Ranran?"

Grandma Su nodded happily.

"She's grown so beautiful! I almost didn't recognize her," Grandma Cui exclaimed.

Grandma Su said gently, "Do you know the 'Skin-Nourishing Pill' I told you about last time? It's what cured my granddaughter."

"Oh my, this is wonderful news! I knew our Ranran was born to be a beauty, and those people were just blind to her beauty." Grandma Cui was also happy for Su Ran.

Su Ran said, "Grandma Cui, since you're here, why don't you come to our house for a meal before you leave?"

Grandma Cui waved her hand and said, "No, no, I just heard that you two were back today, so I came to see you. Seeing that you are both healthy and in good condition, I am relieved."

Despite her bound feet, Grandma Cui was a notorious shrew in her youth, known for her fierce temper. Everyone who heard her name was afraid of her, and everyone called her a wicked old woman.

But this same woman, after Grandma Su brought Su Ran back to the village, and the village chief refused to accept Su Ran's household registration, she took her hoe, still covered in wet mud from hoeing the fields, and slammed it against the village chief's door, pointing at Su Ran and yelling at him:

"Are you going to do it or not? If you don't, I'll break down your door! I'll make sure your family starves every day!"

Su Ran survived thanks to these last remaining sources of warmth.

Grandma Cui went back.

Su Ran and her grandmother worked together to prepare the meal.

Although there were only two people, the house was heated, the yard was brightly lit, and smoke was billowing from the kitchen chimney, so it wasn't lonely at all.

Grandma took off her coat, leaving only a long-sleeved shirt with the cuffs rolled up high, and used both hands to firmly lift a basin of rice wine that had been prepared earlier and give it to Su Ran.

"Cut half of it and send it to Grandma Cui, and also to Teacher Gao's family." Speaking of Teacher Gao, she sighed, "Without Teacher Gao, I don't know how they would get through the New Year. You know your teacher's wife's personality, Xiao Tao doesn't know what to do in the future."

Su Ran took the rice wine and placed it on the table. She used a large spoon to scoop out portions. When she heard what Grandma Su said, she couldn't help but think of the girl with flushed cheeks, and her hands paused.

"Grandma, don't worry, I'll go check on Xiaotao later."