This is terrible! My future prime minister keeps trying to kiss me forcibly.

It seems the original owner really was as stupid as she said, to the point of being brainless.

Ye Xiaoxiao retorted calmly, "Then you'd better keep it safe, otherwise, if you're not careful... I don't know if anyone will be there to collect your whole family's corpses."

"You!" Li Yuemei stared wide-eyed at Ye Xiaoxiao with a face full of anger.

I never expected that someone who is usually so docile and weak would suddenly say such cruel things, and I couldn't help but shudder.

Seeing Li Yuemei clutching the paper package tightly in her hand in anger, Ye Xiaoxiao's lips curled into a strange smile.

When she picked up the paper package, she noticed an inconspicuous poisonous plant nearby and casually smeared some poison on the package.

This poison has no other effect than to cause severe abdominal cramps, as if a million worms are biting at you, causing unbearable pain.

In the next few days, Li Yuemei will experience what it means to be in unbearable pain!

Ye Xiaoxiao smiled, "Consider this a little gift!"

She couldn't be bothered with Li Yuemei anymore; the bitch would have to be dealt with eventually. Then she turned and left.

Ye Xiaoxiao paused, as if remembering something. She turned to look at the thief rat who had fainted from pain, then glanced back at Li Yuemei, giving her a meaningful look before continuing to walk forward, saying leisurely, "Remember to take your cousin with you."

Upon hearing this, Li Yuemei's face turned pale, and she stared incredulously at Ye Xiaoxiao's retreating figure.

How did she find out?

-

On the other side, He Wuyou, bruised and battered, ran home panting.

Just now, he followed the wicked woman who stole his mother's money for medical treatment. When they reached a deserted mountain forest, he knocked her unconscious with a stick when she wasn't paying attention and took back the money she had stolen.

But on his way home, he ran into two thugs who not only robbed him of his wallet but also beat him up.

Even the usually stubborn man couldn't help but tear up.

He sniffed. If he didn't have the money for treatment, would his mother die?

Seeing He Wuyang, who was tending the fire in the kitchen, running towards him, he quickly suppressed the stinging feeling in his nose.

Seeing her second brother covered in mud and with a bruised and swollen face, He Wuyang felt a pang of worry: "Second brother, are you injured? Did that wicked woman steal the money for Mother's medical treatment and beat you up?"

As the question was asked, a hint of a sob crept into her voice.

Although she and her second brother are twins, she always felt that her second brother was much more capable than her, just like her eldest brother.

Now, even the second brother couldn't get back the money for Mother's medical treatment...

That mother...

My older brother hasn't returned from the mountains yet, and there's a wicked woman at home who beats and scolds them every day...

Thinking of all this, He Wuyang's throat tightened, her nose stung, and tears rolled down her cheeks.

Coughing could be heard from the room from time to time. She covered her mouth, trying her best not to cry out loud.

The brother and sister spoke in hushed tones so as not to worry their mother.

He Wuyang's eyes were red and wet from crying, and she looked at her second brother with a pitiful and miserable expression.

Looking at her younger sister, He Wuyou felt a pang of guilt and comforted her, "Ayang, don't worry. When your older brother comes back, he will definitely have a solution."

"But my brother hasn't come back from hunting for so long this time. Could something have happened to him?"

He Wuyang stared at the door, her little face filled with worry and fear.

"Cough cough cough—cough cough cough—cough cough cough—"

Another heart-wrenching cough erupted in the room, more intense than ever before.

The brother and sister exchanged a glance and hurried inside.

"mother!"

"Mother!"

He Wuyou stepped into the room first, not missing the glaring red in her mother's hand.

A strange sense of unease washed over me.

I can't worry about that anymore;

He instructed his younger sister to stay home and take care of their mother, while he planned to go into the mountains alone to see if he could run into his older brother.

He had gone into the mountains with his elder brother before, so he knew where his elder brother would stay temporarily.

Once my older brother comes back, the problem will be solved.

-

Ye Xiaoxiao followed the mountain path all the way to He Jing's house.

In a daze, she glimpsed a small figure rushing out of the yard and heading straight into the forest along the slope outside the house.

Such a rush, something must have happened at home.

Ye Xiaoxiao frowned and her gaze sharpened.

Could something have happened to Mother He?

In my memory, Mother He was bedridden for many years, frail and constantly coughing...

Thinking of this, Ye Xiaoxiao quickened her pace and ran along the ridges of the fields all the way home.

Stepping through the bamboo fence gate, a dilapidated house comes into view. The thatched roof looks like patches, rustling in the cold wind, and the few remaining black tiles seem on the verge of falling off.

Although the courtyard looked shabby, it was clear that it had been taken care of, which made it appear less dilapidated.

There was another room facing southeast, which was also dilapidated, but much better than the previous one.

Faint coughing and crying sounds could be heard coming from inside.