I woke up to find myself as the villain's older sister.

"Uncle-Master, please come in." Seeing that everyone was standing in the courtyard and sensing that the little girl was a bit shy, Ruan Qi quickly invited Yun Qingyi and Yun Qingrou to sit inside.

"Speaking of which, we should thank our uncles for helping us find Xiaoxiao."

The group sat down around a wooden table, and Ruan Qi spoke with a smile.

"No need to thank me, it's what we should do," Yun Qingyi said, after all, she and Arou were seniors in terms of status.

After saying that, he took out some tonics and placed them on the table.

"How is Xiaoxiao's health? I have some medicinal herbs that can be used to make medicinal meals to nourish her."

Seeing Yun Qingyi take out so many things, Xiao Ya quickly waved her hand: "Thank you, Martial Aunt, these things are too valuable, we can't accept them."

"It's alright, just accept it," Yun Qingyi said with a light smile.

"Xiaoxiao is almost old enough to start cultivating, and these medicines will help her lay a good foundation."

Hearing that it would benefit Xiaoxiao's cultivation, Xiaoya stopped refusing and, with her ears turning red, pulled Xiaoxiao up to thank Yun Qingyi and Yun Qingrou.

"Quickly, thank your martial uncle."

"Thank you, Senior Sister!" The childish voice was so sweet it was hard not to smile.

The cabin was filled with laughter and joy for a moment.

"By the way, Uncle-Master, what brings you here today?" Ruan Qi asked, feeling that it must be more than just to see Xiao Xiao.

"There is indeed something, but... besides visiting Xiaoxiao and another matter, I also wanted to apologize to you all. I'm very sorry that I couldn't make sure Gao Zhizhi received the punishment she deserved," Yun Qingyi said with a hint of apology.

The Gao family is one of the four great families of the Northern Spirit Continent. Even if they have to work hard to improve their cultivation, they can still live a happy life like ordinary people. This is very unfair to Ruan Qi, who has been bullied for a long time, and Xiao Xiao, who has been abused.

Although there is no fairness in the world of cultivation, fairness was clearly within reach, yet it was not obtained in the end. I wonder if Ruan Qi will be sad and disappointed.

Hearing Yun Qingyi's words, Yun Qingrou pursed her lips, lowered her eyes, and couldn't help but feel a little down. Her older sister had given up on punishing Gao Zhizhi because of her…

Noticing something amiss with the person beside her, Yun Qingyi squeezed Yun Qingrou's right hand under the table, signaling her not to overthink things.

"I am indeed a little sad about this matter." Ruan Qi thought of the suppression Gao Zhizhi had given her over the years, telling her how much Shang Yan was favored by her father and how happy the second wife in her family was. Every single thing made her, as a child at the time, grit her teeth in hatred.

On the day she arrived at Xuanmiao Sect, she encountered Gao Zhizhi, which made her, who had just escaped from home, live in constant fear. Gao Zhizhi was the niece of the Second Madam's family and often bullied her with Shang Yan when they were young.

When Ruan Qi saw her again after being rescued by Bai Li Peak Master, she felt like the whole world was about to end.

She was carrying the painting "Looking at the Moon in the Sea" that she had stolen from her home. She originally thought that Gao Zhizhi would report her to the merchant immediately, but she didn't. Instead, Gao Zhizhi threatened her to hand over the painting.

Ruan Qi locked the "Moon Gazing at the Sea" painting in her storage ring. This storage ring was left to her by her mother and was not an ordinary storage ring. Unless she died, Gao Zhizhi would never be able to erase the mark she left on the storage ring.

In the end, Gao Zhizhi had no choice but to beg Peak Master Bai Li to transfer Ruan Qi from the disciples' quarters to her place. After Peak Master Bai Li agreed, Ruan Qi's life thereafter was worse than that of a menial disciple. He had no resources and was either beaten or scolded every day. Despite his originally not bad aptitude, he only managed to cultivate to the fifth level of Qi Refining over the past ten years.

She hated Gao Zhizhi, but she was also grateful to Bai Lifengzhu for saving her back then. Thinking of this, Ruan Qi shook her head: "Although I am very sad, I am not resentful."

If I had been the one pleading with Peak Master Bai Li in the main hall, I probably would have done even worse than my martial uncle. I probably would have decided to stop pursuing Gao Zhizhi's responsibility the moment she knelt down.

After all, she was a really good person. Otherwise, she wouldn't have saved me back then and agreed to let me save Xiaoya and Xiaoxiao. As the saying goes, a life-saving grace should be repaid with a spring of gratitude.

So, the outcome of this matter is already very good for me, Xiaoya, and Xiaoxiao. Therefore, our martial uncles don't need to apologize to us. In fact, we should be the ones thanking our two martial uncles.

After Ruan Qi finished speaking, Yun Qingrou breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, she hadn't really dragged her older sister down, but she didn't let go of Yun Qingyi's hand.

Yun Qingyi let her hold it back, and smiled after hearing Ruan Qi's words: "That's good."

She then continued, "By the way, another reason I came here is to ask if you want to go to the Merit Pavilion together. I heard that the Merit Pavilion has a lot of new things. Arou and I haven't been there yet, so we'd like to go and take a look."

Upon hearing this, Ruan Qi happily replied, "Great! I was just heading to the Merit Pavilion when I left home. I made it into the top ten in this competition, so I have quite a few points."

"Then I'll cook and wait for you to come back," Xiao Ya said to Ruan Qi with a smile. Neither of them had fasted yet, and they still needed to consume enough nutrition every day to ensure their health.

“Okay,” Ruan Qi replied with a smile.

Then, remembering that Yun Qingyi had mentioned eating when they went to Guangyu Peak to find Xiaoxiao, he figured that his martial aunt probably didn't fast often, so he said to Yun Qingyi and Yun Qingrou, "Why don't you two martial aunts come back for dinner later? Xiaoya's cooking is quite good."

Upon hearing this, Yun Qingrou swallowed hard without making a sound.

Because they were so close, Yun Qingyi happened to hear the sound of swallowing, and then laughed and said, "Okay, as long as you don't mind that Arou and I have big appetites."

"How could that be! We're overjoyed that Martial Aunt is coming." Originally, we thought Yun Qingrou and Yun Qingyi had already reached the Foundation Establishment stage and stopped eating, so we were too embarrassed to keep them. But when we heard that the two of them were coming back to eat the food she cooked, Xiao Ya said excitedly.

"Thank you, Xiaoya. Oh, right, I also have some ingredients here. If you don't mind, we can cook them together as payment for the meal," Yun Qingyi said with a smile, taking out the seafood she bought on Mingzhou Island from her storage bracelet.

Several enormous king crabs appeared before the crowd, hopping and crawling about.

Ruan Qi and Xiao Ya were both a little confused for a moment.

"Wow! A giant crab!" Xiaoxiao ran over curiously, watching the king crab crawling around on the ground.

To prevent Xiaoxiao from accidentally getting pinched, Yun Qingyi used several bursts of spiritual energy to knock out all the Emperor Crabs.

"Alright, this makes things a bit easier," Yun Qingyi said with a smile.

"This...this is..." The little girl didn't know what to call the crab on the ground for a moment.

“This is the Emperor Crab,” Yun Qingyi said.

"Emperor Spirit Crab?! Is it the Emperor Spirit Crab that is only produced on Mingzhou Island and is priceless?" Ruan Qi exclaimed in shock. As a merchant who was born into one of the four great families of the Northern Spirit Continent, Ruan Qi had more or less known about such things.

She and her mother had once watched from afar as her father and second wife ate, and their little dog seemed to enjoy it very much, so it must have been delicious.