Chapter 721: Chapter 721: Don’t worry, I’m even more protective
"Don’t forget, without my father’s hard work in watering, you wouldn’t have survived!"
Yu Rongling ignored Xiao Shenshen’s resistance, threatening her maliciously as if he were rotten to the core.
Following Yu Rongling’s scream, I went over and twisted his ear 180 degrees, "Ouch ouch ouch, sister-in-law, my ear is going to fall off, let go~ wuwu~"
Before I caused him any trouble, I slipped a coin between my fingers.
The coin, with Demon-Breaking Power stronger than that of Five Emperors coins, left him without the slightest strength to resist.
"Let go? Don’t you like bullying people? Now it’s time for you to taste what it’s like to be bullied." Far from letting go, I intensified my grip.
Deep, bruise-like marks from a large palm were visible on Xiao Shenshen’s wrists and neck, her beautiful eyes misted with a layer of wretched tears.
Her delicate and soft body was shivering in the corner of the wall.
When she saw me, she trembled and called out, "Young... Young Madam."
"What is she? Just a Ginseng Spirit. Without my father, she would’ve been plucked and used as medicine long ago." Yu Rongling argued vehemently, unconvinced, his face flushed red.
"You think you have a point?"
I, who doted on my palm-sized Shenshen, couldn’t believe she had been bullied to this extent. I sent a bit of Spiritual Power into the coin, "I’ve never hit you before. Do you think I can’t teach you a lesson like your brother does??"
"OMG, sister-in-law, you’re serious!! My ear is going to twist off!" Yu Rongling cried out in pain, calling for his parents, "Brother, where are you? Stand up for me, sister-in-law is hitting me."
Me: "If your brother shows up, you’ll only get beaten worse."
"Young Madam, don’t hit." A flicker of fear crossed Xiao Shenshen’s eyes.
She stumbled to her feet and grabbed my wrist.
I was determined to stand up for Shenshen, "Don’t feel sorry for this dumbass, look at the state you’re in."
"The young master is biased." Xiao Shenshen’s galaxy-like eyes held a worried gaze as she looked at me.
In her eyes, the person she acknowledged as her master was her everything, her whole world.
She, who was willing to offer herself to Dragon Dad to be eaten, had volunteered herself in my moment of danger.
This proved she had acknowledged me in her heart, but Yu Rongling and Yu Longting most likely didn’t feel the same way.
She was worried that Beichen, with his protective nature, would hold me accountable for hurting Yu Rongling.
I gave the little girl a reassuring look, "Don’t worry, I’m even more biased."
"Young Madam!!" Emotions surged in Shenshen’s eyes.
I replied with a smile, "Good girl."
After a lesson, Yu Rongling behaved a lot better.
Yu Rongling’s cooking was simply too awful, and Shenshen was naturally afraid of fire.
So, I took on the task of sorting out everyone’s dinner, but when I got to the kitchen, I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
Yu Rongling had really set up a huge pot, big enough to fit a living person.
The water inside was already boiling... ah...
I have no idea how he could be so heartless, one second treating Shenshen like some idol he adored, and the next wanting to stew the pretty girl.
"You’re really not going to stew the Ginseng?" Even after being beaten, Yu Rongling didn’t seem to hold a grudge against me.
Seeing me about to finish stir-frying the mushrooms, he actively took an empty plate from the cupboard, and obediently held it out to me, "Don’t give me that dark look, it scares me. I’m not holding a grudge against that Ginseng Spirit, nor am I greedy—I admit I’m a little greedy, but Brother Chenn is running out of time, and even if Granny Wu’s family sent the fabric, we can’t wait for you to finish the clothes."
"Dumbass, have you ever thought about something."
I shoveled the fragrant cashew stir-fried mushrooms onto the plate, "Would your brother let Beichen die so easily? Whether you’ve thought about it or not, I just figured it out."
"Makes sense. Brother Chenn is the boy my brother painstakingly raised, he hasn’t extracted enough value from him, he won’t give him the chance to die." Yu Rongling got it right away, but then...
That sounded so strange...
What does "squeezing dry for value" mean?