Reincarnation and Rebirth

Su Qing'er handed a stick to Old Lady Su, who immediately struck Su Wan'er without hesitation.

"Mother, no!" Wang shouted anxiously. Su Youlu raised his foot, wanting to step forward to stop her.

A dark shadow flashed by, and before Su Wan'er could react, a wooden stick came crashing down. Su Xiang'er's body went limp and fell to the ground. Su Wan'er's mind went blank, and she instinctively caught Su Xiang'er.

"Xiang'er, Xiang'er..."

Wang cried out in anguish, “Xiang’er, ah, blood, blood, her father, Xiang’er is bleeding.”

Su Youlu ran to Su Xiang'er's side at this moment. Seeing the blood on his second daughter's face, he turned to the old lady and said, "Mother, how could you be so cruel? Quickly, go and find Uncle Lin to come and take a look."

Old Mrs. Su was already angry that she hadn't managed to hit Su Wan'er, and hearing her second son's words only fueled her rage. "Bah, you wretched girl! Who told you to rush up here? You even wanted to spend money to hire a doctor? Dream on! If you're dead, you're dead. It'll save us some food. I'm telling you, Su Youlu, you must marry Su Wan'er off to the Gou family and get those betrothal gifts back. Otherwise, not only will that wretched girl Su Wan'er be expelled from the Su family, but your whole family will be kicked out."

Su Wan'er hugged her younger sister, her eyes filled with tears. "Xiang'er, you silly girl, why did you rush over here?"

Su Xiang'er struggled to open her eyes, her pale lips parting slightly, "Eldest sister, I don't want you to get hurt again. You fell off the mountain and haven't even recovered for a few days yet. You can't afford to get hurt again."

"Silly girl, how could your elder sister let herself get hurt? Come, elder sister will take you to stop the bleeding." After saying that, she tried to pick up Su Xiang'er, but Wang Shi pushed her away. "It's all your fault, it's all your fault. If it weren't for you, Xiang'er wouldn't have gotten into this accident."

Su Youlu remained silent, but Su Wan'er could see the anger in his eyes.

Su Wan'er didn't want to argue with them at the moment. If Xiang'er's head injury wasn't treated soon, she might lose too much blood and not be able to hold on.

Su Zhao'er knelt on the ground, holding the sobbing Su Ming, and pleaded, "Grandma, please, let Second Sister see a doctor."

"Go away."

Seeing that Old Lady Su was about to kick her again, Su Wan'er couldn't hold back any longer. No one saw how she did it. A figure floated by, and the next second, Old Lady Su was lying on the ground, one of her hands limp like a noodle, lying beside her.

"Ah... my hand, you damned little bitch, how dare you hit your own grandmother, I'm going to call the village chief, drown her, ah, drown her in the pond."

Everyone was stunned. Su Youlu and his wife were still squatting beside Su Xiang'er, looking at the old lady Su who had fallen five meters away with terrified eyes. Then they twisted their stiff necks and looked at their eldest daughter next to their second daughter.

"Wan, Wan'er, how could you hit your grandmother?" Su Youlu stammered.

Su Wan'er picked up her younger sister and said without turning her head, "If you have any objections, you can try and see if I can hit you."

After saying that, he took two steps and turned back to Su Zhao'er, saying, "Zhao'er, follow me."

Su Zhao'er immediately snapped out of her shock, got up, and ran to her older sister's side.

"Su Wan'er, do you want to rebel?" Su Youfu was furious. Old Master Su also walked into the courtyard and looked at Su Wan'er with a vicious look in his eyes.

"From now on, don't mess with me. Otherwise, I don't mind if we all perish. Anyway, I'm barefoot and I'm not afraid of you who are wearing shoes. If you want to live a peaceful life, don't bother us sisters."

Seeing Su Wan'er carrying Su Xiang'er into the second bedroom, Su Youcai, along with Madam Xiang, helped the old lady up from the ground. "Second brother, look at the good daughter you raised! What is she trying to do?"

Su Youlu was in a daze. What had just happened was too far beyond his comprehension. He looked at Wang Shi, who was also pale and trembling, and gave a bitter smile.

With her hand that wasn't broken, Old Lady Su pointed at Madam Wang and said, "Beat this bitch to death! It must have been her who instigated it."

Chen and Su Hehua grabbed Wang's hair and dragged her in front of the old lady. Su Qing'er then handed her a stick.

The old woman whipped the girl while cursing her as she called her a jinx, a slut, and a whore.

Wang let out a shrill scream, "Father, save me, save me!"

Su Youlu knelt down in front of the old lady, "Mother, please stop hitting her. Wang Shi doesn't know either. Please, please stop hitting her."

"Second brother, you're often away from home, and your wife is the one who teaches those children. Now that they've become so rebellious, doesn't your wife bear any responsibility?"

"No, no, Wan'er, she was just too worried about Xiang'er, she didn't mean it..."

"Mother, her father is right, Wan'er didn't mean it, please, please don't hit her anymore..."

Su Wan'er pretended not to hear the commotion outside. She took out iodine, hemostatic bandages, and hemostatic medicine from her sewn rag bag and bandaged Su Xiang'er's wound.

"Big sister, will second sister be alright?"

Su Wan'er pursed her lips and uttered two words, "No."

"Second sister will definitely be fine. Last time when eldest sister fell down the mountain, second sister said eldest sister would be alright. This time eldest sister said second sister would be alright, so she definitely will be alright."

Su Wan'er's hands kept moving, her vision already blurred. Since her rebirth, this younger sister had always been quietly kind to her, always thinking of her first when there was something delicious, and always eager to do chores so that she could rest more. Su Wan'er wasn't unaware of how much her younger sister trusted and loved her, but she never expected that Su Xiang'er would rush over to protect her despite the danger. In both her past and present lives, how long had it been since she had experienced such selfless kinship? Su Wan'er couldn't remember, but her chest felt tight and suffocating. She felt so uncomfortable that she wanted to go out and kill that old hag.

"Big sister, second sister, second sister's hands are so cold, she's trembling."

Su Wan'er snapped out of her daze and exclaimed, "Oh no, she's lost too much blood!" Indeed, someone who was already starving and malnourished couldn't possibly withstand such a blow and lose so much blood.

"Zhao'er, you go and stand guard outside the door. I won't come out, and you can't let anyone in, okay?"

Su Zhao'er looked at her eldest sister, "Does that include our parents?"

"Yes, if Zhao'er can't hold on, cry out loudly, and try to attract everyone in the village, understand? I need to save Xiang'er, please."

Su Zhao'er firmly wiped away her tears, "I understand, elder sister. Zhao'er will definitely guard the door."

Seeing Su Zhao'er go to the outer room, Su Wan'er had a thought and took out a huge rock from her spatial storage to block the door. Then she tried to bring Su Xiang'er into the spatial storage, but no matter how hard she tried, she still couldn't get in.

"Why, why is this happening? I've been trying so hard to become stronger."

Xiao Bai couldn't bear it and said, "Master, you've only reached level four, that's not enough, you need to level up another level. But Master, with all the commotion you've caused today, you'll probably level up soon."

Su Wan'er didn't listen to what was said at all, and instead started rummaging through the space pharmacy.

"I just refined a Royal-grade pill a few days ago."

“Master, your sister’s condition is such that taking a royal-grade pill might have the opposite effect, as her body is too weak.”

"Then, what should we do? Oh right, spirit spring water, will spirit spring water work?"

Xiao Bai nodded, a little hesitant, "Master, isn't the spiritual spring water too precious? Actually, other medicinal herbs in the space that can restore qi and blood are also acceptable."

"No, there's no time left. Xiang'er's life is slipping away. There's no time left." Muttering this, she rushed to the spirit spring and filled the small bowl of water she had painstakingly collected.