"Achoo" Mo Qiang rubbed her nose as she sniffed and thought in her head, ' Someone must be cursing me.' And most probably this certain someone was one of her husbands for whom she did not ask for! She looked at the small flying squirrel in her lap and then asked, " Couldn't you have chosen another body? Like one that didnt have a husband or at least one that was a bit tamed ?"
Little Jiao who was building a sandcastle on the field that was now no more barren paused and then huffed as she said, " I have already told you, there were no other options! If there were I would have chosen someone like Mo Xifeng that way we could have at least saved so much of our efforts."
" Our?" Mo Qiang snorted as she purified another bucket of water and then poured it into the big container that Mo Xifeng found from god knows where, she arched her back and then muttered, " I am the one who is doing all the work to raise the favourability points!"
" Who was the one who gave you the power to do so?" Little Jiao harumphed as she looked at her servant with her little arms crossed in front and hitched a brow up. " If not for me you would be burning in hell while being chased by——"
" Corpses of animals, and fairies with spears…yeah you have told me that many times." Mo Qiang finished for Little Jiao in a dry voice as she rolled her eyes, honestly if she knew that she would have to slave away like this, then she would have thought twice before agreeing to this deal.
' Maybe staying in hell and being chased by animal corpses is not as bad as I think?' Mo Qiang thought in her head as she filled the large container with the last bucket of water that she purified and slumped on the floor refusing to even lift a finger as she stubbornly announced, " Thats it, I cannot do anymore…if you want more water than you might as well kill me now!"
Mo Xifeng who was sowing the seeds of the maple trees raised her head when she heard the cry of her sister and walked out of the fields to the spot where her sister was lying. She glanced at the clear water in the container that she brought from the storehouse and nodded to herself, " This much is enough as long as we use it carefully, I am sure we will be able to use it for a week."
That was of course if they used it carefully but she knew that once their family finds out that her sister can now purify water and make it clean she was sure that they will use her as a water purifier. But there was no need for her to tell Mo Qiang this.
" Really?" Mo Qiang asked as she turned to look at Mo Xifeng who nodded in response, only then did Mo Qiang sigh in relief at least she will be able to take it slow for the next few days. She then turned to look at the fields and then asked, " Are the seeds sown?"
" I have sown them and I even ordered an electric fence for security and tied it up, it's cheap but I am sure that it will ring the alarm in case someone tries to break in." The way she spoke, it was as if Mo Xifeng was sure that someone will try to break into their fields.
Seeing her solemn look, Mo Qiang wanted to ask who was the daring woman who will dare to sneak inside her fields but then she heard her stomach growl and blushed in embarrassment.
' Oh just kill me now,' Mo Qiang who was used to eating a three-course meal in a day could not adjust herself to eating nothing but watery gruel that had the worst quality rice or some solution that tasted rather weird which was why she hardly ate anything at the dining table.
Mo Xifeng looked at her blushing sister and then stated seriously, " No matter what your reasons are sister, you should still eat your fill. With the amount of work you are doing the food you eat is really too little."
" I know, I will finish my meals today," though Mo Qiang agreed she silently swore in her head that she was going to make the condition of the meals that she was eating better. " But I don't think I can move."
She was not lying her entire body was aching and from what she could see that this body of hers was not used to working at all, with all the work she pushed it to do … she might have overused this frail body too much.
Mo Xifeng looked at her sister whose entire body was trembling and sighed before saying, " There is no need for you to worry I will take you home." As she spoke she strode forward and then picked up Mo Qiang who was on the floor and then placed her on her shoulder while picking up the huge container with her other hand that was free as well.
Mo Qiang: "....." What kind of unfair character setting was this? Why was it that her younger sister was strong as a troll but she was as frail as a little princess? No wonder those three chose Mo Xifeng instead of this woman! With her strength, she couldn't have possibly satisfied either of them! So useless!
" Sister, what are you thinking?" Mo Xifeng noticed the dark look on her sister's face and could not help but ask. Mo Qiang who was being carried on the shoulder of her little sister smiled with a rueful touch to it and then said in a melancholic voice, " I just think that God is really unfair."
Today her image as the elder sister fell —— no it simply crumbled and then disintegrated into nothingness. Dear god just open a pit and let her jump into it.
Mo Xifeng walked past the streets of the small town which lay in between the way to their house and as soon as she started walking down the roads with Mo Qiang on her shoulders, people who were walking down the streets started to approach her one by one.
The butcher on the Big Bang street placed her cleaver on the platform where she chopped the meat of various monsters that were brought to her by the hunters who went down the dungeon and hurried over to Mo Xifeng where she asked in a concerned voice, " Xifeng, did your sister pass out on the floor of a pub again? I thought that she was barred by your mother, how did she even sneak inside?"
"That's right, Xifeng, how did your sister sneak inside, did she bribe the guards again? Dear me, I hope she did not, your family is already having a hard time with the compensation that they have to pay to the imperial family," said another woman as she walked over to where Mo Xifeng was while putting the trash can that she was dragging with her flying scooter on the side of the street.
Mo Qiang opened her mouth to say that she was not drunk when another voice joined them from behind, " Oh my, looks like you made another trouble, Qi Qi." The voice was affectionate but Mo Qiang heard the greasy note in the voice of the woman who came to stand in front of Mo Xifeng who was carrying her on her shoulder.
The woman stared down at Mo Qiang who was looking at her with a frown and then smiled with a soft expression on her face even though contempt was oozing out of every single pore of her body.
Mo Qiang raised her head slightly and looked at the woman whose face was kind and gentle with eyes that were as sly as that of a fox, her long grey hair was tied in a ponytail and she was dressed in a modern black shirt and pants with a long overcoat placed on her shoulder.
'It is so hot and she is wearing black all over? A woman who is willing to torment herself for the sake of fashion? She can't be trusted!' Mo Qiang questioned in her head before shaking her head as she glanced at the favourability points and when she saw the positive hundred and fifty points over the head of the woman, Mo Qiang was even more certain that this woman was not any good.
A woman who liked this trashy woman? She would rather trust her three mer husbands than this woman.
Even though she was occupying this body, Mo Qiang was not at all ashamed to admit that this woman was trash, a piece of trash that could not be recycled but for the sake of her soul she had to recycle it somehow!
When the woman saw that Mo Qiang did not embarrass Mo Xifeng kike she used to in the past, she was slightly upset because she wanted this haughty Mo Xifeng to lower her head in front of her. Since even though Mo Xifeng did not like Mo Qiang, she would still treat her with the respect of an elder.
While the woman was upset, Mo Xifeng was relieved looks like …her sister still had a bit of sensibility left. If her sister had supported this woman again, she would have dumped her here alone!
With her sister staying silent Mo Xifeng's arrogance took another boost as she looked at the woman and said, " My sister did not get into trouble this time, she is working out on her health because her health is getting worse which is why she was tired and could not move. I am bringing her back home because she is suffering from sweet pain, Madam Lian."
Mo Qiang did not know why Mo Xifeng lied to this woman but she did not have the time to care about that, because at that very moment she heard a ding in her head as she heard the mechanical voice say ——
[ Mo Xifeng's favourability points increased by six points.
Current favourability points: -135.]
Mo Qiang looked at the screen and then smirked.
' Sweet. If silence was the key to favourability points, she was willing to stay as quiet as possible!'
The woman named Madam Lian glared at Mo Xifeng who was speaking like she was above her and then narrowed her eyes as she continued to smile and say, " Is that so? I am quite surprised that Qi Qi is finally willing to show interest in her health, I was quite worried that she will one day choke on alcohol and die in a pit."
' Hey, lady! Are you showing your concern for me or are you cursing me? Make it clear!' Mo Qiang roared in her head but on the outside, she stayed calm and quiet, since she did not know who this woman was who was trash-talking about her, it was smart for her to stay quiet for now.
" You do not have to worry about such things, Madam Lian," stated Mo Xifeng firmly who despite a smile on her face was glaring at the woman who just spoke. " As long as there is no one to misguide my sister, I am sure that she will be on the right track pretty soon."
With that Mo Xifeng bowed to others and then walked away with Mo Qiang, worried that Madam Lian will ask what was in the container, while the two women who were gossiping with Mo Xifeng walked away, Madam Lian stayed where she was and stared at the two sisters who were walking away.
" Exercising? What bullshit." Madam Lian narrowed her eyes while looking at the two sisters vanishing back. "…I have to look into this matter, in case Mo Qiang really came on the right track then it will be twice as troublesome lest she awakens as well!"
...…..
" We are home," Mo Xifeng pushed the door open and walked inside the house with Mo Qiang still on her shoulder who looked rather relieved that the two of them were back home. Just now she swore she understood how the chimpanzee in the zoo felt when everyone goggled at it like he was some sort of freak!
But as soon as Mo Xifeng pushed the door open and walked inside Mo Qiang did not get a chance to heave a sigh when she heard Wen Gui's scream, " What happened to my baby Mochi?"
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