Mo Qiang pumped her fist inwardly when she saw the rise in the favourability but then her happiness balloon was punctured by Little Jiao who crawled up her head and muttered, " Don't be happy with just this much, it's just one number up."
" Don't blow farts in my bubble of happiness," snapped Mo Qiang silently wishing she could squeeze the thing at the top of her head until it was dead. " Whose fault is that I am in this mess? Why is that I am getting punished like this? Shouldn't it be my boss?"
" Your boss is currently drowning in a marsh made of dead animal remains and trees that he ruined, if you want to exchange places with him, I can do that," remarked Little Jiao as she scratched her back with her hind paw. " I am sure that he will be happy since he does not like being chased and poked by spears of Nature fairies."
" Do you know? I really love nature," said Mo Qiang as she immediately back-peddled when she heard what kind of punishment her boss was receiving. " I will definitely give it my all to revive nature and the animal in this place!"
" Like you have any other choice," scoffed Little Jiao as she plopped back on Mo Qiang's head and then said with an eye roll, " Make sure you do a satisfactory job, I want the people here to understand that it is very important to have a balance rather than relying on technology alone. If you fail then I will make my colleagues chase you with thunder spears rather than just spears while they ride hogs."
" Aye Aye," Mo Qiang felt tears running down her cheeks, she worked hard under her boss and now that she was dead and revived again she needed to work hard another a squirrel.
" We are here," While Mo Qiang was talking with Little Jiao, the two of them arrived at the Mo house. Mo Qiang expected it to be run down since no house in this place was in good condition but she never expected the house she was going to live in would look like a standing cylinder that seemed to be covered in rust.
She saw Mo Xifeng press the button on the door but the front door only moved a little on its own before Mo Xifeng pressed her finger on the button again only for the door to make a screeching noise before it completely stopped moving.
Mo Qiang heard a sigh escape those beautiful lips of her sister as she raised her hand, hooked her fingers in the gap and then ——
Bang with a push of her fingers she opened the door that was stuck in place and said to no one in particular, " We are back."
Mo Qiang looked at Mo Xifeng who moved the thick door with a flick of her fingers and felt her mouth drop. Little Jiao, who could not see her master acting like a total nerd, dropped down and then closed her mouth as she said, "What's there to be shocked about? She is a mecha morph, of course, she is going to be super strong!"
" I just feel like if she used all her power while punching me, she could have killed me," stated Mo Qiang as she walked inside the house but as soon as she stepped inside, a man with slightly bluish-black hair rushed out, his eyes were a dark shade of purple martini. His arms were open as he plunged himself at Mo Qiang who darted out of his path worried that she will be tackled down on the ground because of the man who was rushing at her.
It was only when the feminine-looking man straightened up did Mo Qiang realise that the man was not anyone else but her father, a mer to be exact.
" Qin Qin, are you unhappy with Daddy?" The mer spoke with tears shimmering in his eyes as he looked at his daughter who refused to hug him even when she hugged him every time she came back home. " Don't worry, I have punished your mother, how dare she take advantage of my absence and send you away?"
This mer was called Wen Gui and he was the first husband of this body's mother, he was just like his name valuable and dear to his wife. Even more so than her daughter, Mo Qiang was certain that if not for the fact that Mo Qiang was Wen Gui's daughter, she would have been kicked out by her mother long ago.
"That's right," Mo Yan who heard her daughters returning got up from the chair on which she was sitting and then walked up to see her eldest daughter, she frowned when she saw the pitiful appearance of her daughter and then said, " Why do you look like that? And why are you making your father cry?"
Mo Qiang did not know how to react to this sudden situation where she had not only gained husbands, and a sister but also a pair of parents. She blinked her eyes and then said, " I——"
" Sister was out in the open without her mask, mother" Before Mo Qiang could say anything Mo Xifeng spoke up for her. She handed the medicine that she had brought with her to Wen Gui and then said, " I am afraid that we will have to keep a tight budget this week since the next dungeon will not open till the end of this week ."
Wen Gui almost felt his heart drop when he heard that his daughter was left in the street with no mask, he cupped her face with his hands and then looked at her carefully when he saw the bluish-purple veins poking out of his daughter's pale skin, his eyes started to spew fire as he rolled his sleeves and then turned to his wife.
" MO YAN!" He roared at the top of his lungs before lunging at his wife as he started scratching her face again. " Look at you what you did! My daughter is unrecognisable because of you!"
Mo Yan did not dare to say anything as she let her husband take his anger out on her.
" Wait, you don't have to…" Mo Qiang began speaking but she was stopped by Mo Xifeng who said, " Let them be, it is their daily routine."
She was not lying while their mother was strict with Mo Qiang, Wen Gui doted on his daughter to the heavens and back.
Thus, it was not a surprise that they fought every day.
Mo Qiang heard Mo Xifeng's words and then did as the latter said, she let them fight out and soon she heard the coaxing voice of her supposed-to-be mother which was followed by the coquettish voice of her supposed-to-be father.
That's it? That fight did not even go on for more than ten minutes!
Mother Yu coaxed her husband who was angry with her before she turned to look at Mo Qiang who was standing in front of her and then asked in a subtle voice, " Are you okay, Qiang'er?"
Mo Qiang looked at the top of her supposed-to-be mother's head, the favourability that was displayed on top of the head of her supposed-to-be mother was in negative points as well but maybe because she was her mother, the numbers were only in double digits, on the other hand, the favourability points on top of her father's head was simply outrageous, he was most probably one of those parents who believed that there was no way their kid was in the wrong.
" Qin Qin?" Mo Yan called her daughter again when she saw that the latter was not replying to her and Mo Qiang who was looking at the top of their heads, turned to look her supposed-to-be mother in the eye and nodded, " I am fine, just a bit woozy."
Mo Yan nodded and then after hesitating for a while she spoke, " I am not angry at you regarding last night's incident, but you need to understand that you cannot treat your husbands as you wish. They are your partners and not toys whom you can break and put them together as you wish."
" Wife!" Wen Gui was afraid that his daughter will get upset again which was why he tried to stop his wife but the latter patted his hand and then turned to look at Mo Qiang who was listening to her quietly, " Qin Qin, you should go and apologise to Hui'er, he is still young and him saying something that did not sit well with you is only normal, breaking his leg was a bit too much on your part."
At this moment even Wen Gui did not say anything because he too did not want unwanted chaos in his house, his three sons-in-law were a bit headstrong but they were good kids and they were good-looking as well!
Hui'er? If she was not wrong this was the third and the youngest husband, right? Mo Qiang thought about how this husband of hers had deliberately provoked the previous owner such that she will harm him and he will be able to get some cosy time with Mo Xifeng and her lips twitched.
But there was no way she could say something out loud, so she could only nod and say, " I understand."
Mo Yan was going to say a few more words to make her daughter understand the importance of being a good and understanding wife when she heard her daughter agree with her suggestion. Stunned, she raised her head and looked at her daughter before asking in surprise, " You? You agreed just like that?"
" Am I not supposed to?" Mo Qiang asked back to her mother while blinking her eyes, she knew that the previous owner would have stubbornly refused to agree with her mother's word much less apologise to her husband but ——
When she thought about all the bad ideas that were stored in the stomachs of her husbands, she decided it was better to keep her distance from them and divorce them as quickly as possible!
There was no need for her to go against them, turning her head green? Haha, they were welcomed to turn her hair into a prairie—— she will work hard into turning these barren lands green and her husbands can work hard to turn her hair green.
" No, that's not it," Mo Yan was really shocked when she saw that her daughter did not fight with her. Was this because of all the poisonous gases that filled her head? If she knew that her daughter will become this polite then she would have thrown her out in the streets earlier!
But she was still worried since her daughter was someone who could not be trusted which was why Mo Yan turned to look at Mo Xifeng, her second daughter and said, " You go with her, Xifeng. If there is any need for you to intervene then please do as you deem fit."
As Mo Yan gave full permission to Mo Xifeng, the latter nodded and then clenched her fingers into fists. " I understand Mother."
Mo Qiang: "….."
There was no need to talk with fists! She was a peaceful and honest office worker!
In the end, there was nothing that Mo Qiang could say, she could see that the people in this house did not even place the bare minimum trust in her which was why she could only turn around and wait for Mo Xifeng to guide her to the room where her husbands stayed.
Since their family had no money… their house barely had any rooms. Though the building looked rather cool even though it was run down, Mo Qiang could see that the condition of the building was really bad, with all the rust that was covering the walls, she was worried that the building might fall at any second.
She raised her hand and then placed her fingers on the rusting wall, her eyes flickered and Mo Qiang could not help but frown. This place was really not liveable, it was covered in rust and bolts and nuts were poking out from all over the place, it was really dangerous to live here but if she had some logs and——
"I hope you are not thinking about using your eggs before they are even laid?" Before she could finish thinking Mo Qiang heard the voice of Little Jiao echo in her head as she domineeringly looked down at her. " You are here to revive nature, not start another slaughter!"
" Yeah, Yeah...I understand," Mo Qiang replied but her head did not stop working, she had to think of a way to deal with these conditions but first ——
" We are here," her thoughts were broken by Mo Xifeng who was standing in front of a metal door that was in the shape of a capsule as she raised her hand and pressed the button on the intercom sitting next to it.
She turned to look at Mo Qiang and then said in a stoic voice, " Be gentle and kind, if you raise your hand again then I will have to knock you out again sister."
Mo Qiang: …. This sister of hers was really uptight.
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