Rebirth and Conquest

That night, Chen Haoran slept in Chen Yan's room. Chen Yan had agreed to this on her own initiative. In fact, this was the first time in both of Chen Yan's lives that she had done something that an older brother should do. Her grandmother was so happy that she kept saying for a long time: "Xiao Yan has grown up. Xiao Yan has become sensible."

However, not long after, Chen Yan regretted it. Chen Yan's bed was quite big, enough for the two children who were not even ten years old to sleep sideways. But Chen Yan really did not expect that his silly younger brother's sleeping posture would be the most bizarre of all.

Chen Yan was woken up in the middle of the night, not by a nightmare, but by the "earth-burrowing machine" next to him. Chen Yan knew that Chen Haoran loved to cling to him, but why was he still clinging to him so tightly even when he was asleep? As soon as Chen Yan opened his eyes, he saw Chen Haoran, who was only wearing a pair of shorts, sticking his chubby butt out and burying his head against him, making his soft hair look like a chicken coop. The sight reminded Chen Yan of a kind of pig called an "earth-burrowing pig" in the fields.

The summer night wasn't too hot, but having such a lump of flesh pressed against your body was definitely not a pleasant experience. Annoyed by being nudged, Chen Yan shoved Chen Haoran's head aside, turned over, and went back to sleep.

Not long after, Chen Yan was woken up again by that 'ground-rooting pig'. Chen Yan was wearing a shirt, and Chen Haoran behind him grabbed the hem of his shirt and buried his head inside, pushing and burrowing inside.

Chen Yan grabbed her shirt, pulled Chen Haoran by the arm, and threw him behind the bed. Then she kicked Chen Haoran's buttocks, pushing him to the very end of the bed.

Chen Yan slept soundly after that. For the first time in four days since his rebirth, he didn't have any nightmares at night, and he woke up early the next day without needing his grandmother to wake him.

Chen Yan sat up to get out of bed, but the next second he saw Chen Haoran sleeping soundly with his legs wrapped around his. He was still in that "earth-rooting pig" pose, drooling all over his mouth, with a dribble dripping onto Chen Yan's trouser leg. Chen Yan didn't know what words to use to describe his feelings at that moment. The only thing he could do was be glad that he was wearing trousers, otherwise his legs would have been the ones getting a drool bath.

At the entrance of Xichao Village, there is a small hill with a few fruit trees growing sparsely. It is a paradise for children. Now that it is summer vacation, you can hear cheers and shouts from there every day. However, the joy there never belongs to Chen Yan.

"Little bastard, little bastard..."

"The fox spirit's son is here, the fox spirit's son is here..."

At this moment, a group of teenagers gathered here, excitedly shouting, picking up stones or branches from the ground and throwing them at Chen Yan across the way. Chen Yan spent most of her childhood being scolded and pelted like this.

The term "vixen" refers to Chen Yan's mother, the woman who became a rich man's mistress. It is said that she was once the most beautiful girl in the village. Perhaps because of her beauty, the woman was unwilling to be ordinary or have a mundane life. She flew out of the village and into the city, lying under the body of the man who could give her the life she wanted.

People in the countryside are simple and conservative, and they naturally despise a woman who is "vain". Chen Yan's maternal grandparents have always felt ashamed in the village because of this.

Chen Yan's mother was just a mistress, and the son she gave birth to was not recognized by anyone, and was not even given a surname. Chen Yan could only take his mother's surname. Moreover, in order to please that man, his mother named Chen Yan "Yan" because that man's surname was Yan. However, even so, that man never thought of meeting Chen Yan, let alone acknowledging him.

In his previous life, Chen Yan hadn't met his mother when he was eight years old. People called him the child of a fox spirit all the time, and he wondered if his mother was really a fox spirit in disguise. However, those children rejected him, and he was not one to be trifled with. He was fighting and causing trouble almost every day, and if someone insulted him, he would definitely insult them back.

"You little bastard, get out of here! Don't come to our place!"

A boy of about ten years old shouted again and threw a pebble at Chen Yan. The pebble hit a puddle in front of Chen Yan and splashed mud all over Chen Yan's trousers.

Chen Yan remembered that the boy who was only wearing shorts was named Zhou Linli. Because he was the tallest, he was considered the leader among the children. In her previous life, he often cursed at Chen Yan, and Chen Yan often fought with him. The time that Chen Yan remembered most vividly was when he and Zhou Linli rolled on the ground and fought. He said he would tear Zhou Linli's mouth apart so that Zhou Linli could never open his mouth to curse again. He did indeed scratch Zhou Linli until his mouth was full of blood, but he was also beaten by Zhou Linli and his body was covered in bruises.

Chen Yan turned to leave. He no longer had the desire to argue or fight with these children, and of course, he didn't want to stay there and listen any longer.

The group of children behind her were stunned. They probably didn't expect that Chen Yan, who was always unforgiving, would leave so easily today. Not only did she not argue with them, but she also didn't even seem to want to fight.

However, Chen Yan had only taken a few steps when the children's words changed, and they called out to Chen Yan in all sorts of strange tones: "Little Yan'er, Little Yan'er..."

Actually, this was also a way for them to mock Chen Yan. Chen Yan's maternal grandmother called her "Little Yan" all the time, and the whole village knew Chen Yan's nickname.

"Little Yan doesn't have a penis, Little Yan is a girl, Little Yan doesn't have a penis, Little Yan is a girl..." Several mischievous children chased after Chen Yan, surrounding her, clapping their hands and laughing.

Perhaps inherited from his mother, Chen Yan had a very pretty face, fair and delicate. In the summer, other children in the village would wear shorts or underwear and get tanned dark, but Chen Yan was always excessively fair. Among them, she was like a piece of white sugar mixed into a handful of black beans, extremely conspicuous. For this reason, Chen Yan became known as "the girl without a penis" among the children. When it got too much, the children would even press down on Chen Yan and try to pull down her pants to take a look.

Chen Yan stood there without saying a word, and the children gradually got bored. But they didn't want Chen Yan to leave like that. Maybe they felt that defeating their opponent so easily was not very fulfilling. So some of them started clamoring to pull down Chen Yan's pants to see if he had a penis.

Chen Yan was still accompanied by Chen Haoran, his little brother who was like a shadow, who was now clinging tightly to his leg and staring at the noisy children around them with his big eyes.

In his previous life, when Chen Yan was fighting with someone, Chen Haoran would stand by and watch in a daze. However, when Chen Yan was being beaten down, Chen Haoran would immediately rush over like a warrior, swinging his little fists at the person who was pressing down on Chen Yan, and shouting "Da ni, da ni..." However, his little body was easily swept aside by someone.

That's why Chen Yan was annoyed with his younger brother in his previous life. He couldn't help at all and was just a burden. But now, Chen Yan suddenly realized that he and his brother were the same kind of people, two outcasts ostracized by others. The only person his brother could stick to and follow was him.

Zhou Linli jumped in front of Chen Yan, pointing at her arrogantly: "Chen Yan, why aren't you talking back today? Have you become a coward? Do you really not have a little...?"

After he finished speaking, the children burst into laughter. After laughing, Zhou Linli pointed at Chen Yan and said, "Since you've admitted defeat, I'll let you go today. Say you're a girl, then take off your pants and let us see, and we'll let you go, okay?"

"Take off your pants! Take off your pants..." The children immediately shouted at Chen Yan.

Chen Yan finally looked up at Zhou Linli, and said with a smile, "You really want to see? Okay then."

Zhou Linli was stunned and suddenly didn't know how to respond. After all, he was still a child. It was one thing to fight with Chen Yan and pull down Chen Yan's pants, but now that Chen Yan had agreed with him with a smile, he didn't know what to do. However, in order to show his status as the boss, Zhou Linli still said in a hard voice, "Okay, take them off."

Chen Yan's delicate face broke into a radiant smile as she walked to Zhou Linli's side and said, "Then I'll take it off."

Chen Yan said with a smile, but then suddenly grabbed Zhou Linli's hair and kicked him hard in the groin. Chen Yan used all her strength in that kick.

Zhou Linli immediately curled up and fell to the ground, crying out in pain. But Chen Yan had no intention of stopping. Ignoring Zhou Linli's cries, she grabbed his hair and punched him in the face repeatedly. After she had hit him enough, Chen Yan stood up and viciously kicked Zhou Linli, who was lying on the ground and unable to get up.

Chen Yan stopped when Zhou Linli lay on the ground, only able to wail and powerless to fight back. Looking down at Zhou Linli, whose face was covered in blood, her beautiful eyes were filled with a ruthlessness that was completely unlike that of an eight-year-old child.

Chen Yan turned her head and looked around, then asked with a smile, "Who else wants to watch?"

The surroundings were completely silent. The children who had been making a ruckus just moments before were now frozen in fear, standing there too terrified to move. Although these children were usually mischievous and fighting was common, they had never seen a fight escalate to this extent. The two younger ones were even on the verge of tears.

Chen Yan pursed his lips, turned around to go home, but after taking a few steps, he couldn't help but turn back. What was his silly younger brother still standing there doing? Chen Yan had no choice but to go back, grab Chen Haoran by the back of his collar, and drag him home.

After that, Chen Yan became famous overnight. No child in the village ever cursed him in front of him again, and no one ever said anything like asking him to take off his pants. Although the children still rejected him as always, there was a hint of fear in their rejection that they had never felt before.

Of course, Chen Yan wasn't completely unscathed. He had beaten Zhou Linli so badly that Zhou Linli's parents naturally wouldn't let it go. They went to Chen Yan's maternal grandparents to demand an explanation. Chen Yan's maternal grandmother apologized to everyone, gave them gifts, and made amends in large quantities before the matter was barely resolved.

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