Tang Xiaomin thought about something and said lightly.
"There's nothing to compensate for. You've already repaid what you owe me."
Repaid, one life for another.
Upon hearing this, the worry in Tang Xu's eyes vanished, and his eyes brightened.
"Is it really over? Do you finally not hate me anymore?"
Hate?
From the moment Tang Xu died for her, she could no longer hate him.
"I don't hate you. You should also start a new life."
"No!"
Tang Xu refused without hesitation.
"Xiaomin, I didn't fulfill my responsibility as a brother when I was alive. Now that I'm dead, I think this is a chance given to me by heaven. Let's continue our past connection. You can still be my sister. This time, I will definitely cherish and dote on you with my life."
Tang Xu suddenly became excited, looking at Tang Xiaomin with full expectation.
Continue our past connection, a karmic debt?
Tang Xiaomin didn't know.
But for some reason, perhaps because Tang Xu had sacrificed his life for her, she inexplicably nodded at this moment.
Seeing this, Tang Xu happily placed his hands on her shoulders.
"Xiaomin, that's great. It's really great... Yay!"
When Tang Xu got happy, he forgot himself. His cheerful expression was exactly the same as that of Tang Ye, the idiot. For a moment, she couldn't tell who was who.
"Don't celebrate too early. If you can't pass the assessment within a year, you will still be forcibly thrown into reincarnation."
"This is a world that only values strength. Moreover, I can't go easy on you."
The strength Tang Xiaomin mentioned naturally referred to combat power.
Tang Xu vowed, patting his chest to guarantee.
"Don't worry, I will do my best to stay here and not disappoint you."
"Oh? Is that so?"
Tang Xiaomin looked Tang Xu up and down with suspicion. As fast as lightning, she punched him in the face.
Bang!
Tang Xu fell to the ground with a cry, holding his face and frowning in pain, looking at Tang Xiaomin in confusion.
"What's wrong? I didn't provoke you, did I?"
He had already repaid her with a life, so why was she still holding on?
Tang Xiaomin shook her head and sighed helplessly.
"With your current strength, you are still far from passing the assessment to become a ghost messenger."
"You'd better train hard. If you don't train well, our fate will end here."
So, Tang Xiaomin was just testing Tang Xu's strength.
Tang Xu, being easily defeated by her, mumbled aggrievedly.
"I really don't understand. Why are you, a girl, so strong in combat? Is there a trick to it?"
Tang Xiaomin shook her head, then nodded.
"Yes, you just need to keep fighting."
"Fighting?"
Tang Xu pondered.
Tang Xiaomin didn't linger and returned to her home in Modu.
Before she even entered the house, she heard sounds of argument coming from inside.
In the living room, Tang Ye was arguing with Wang Na over a trivial matter.
"That's Xiaomin's blanket. How can you take her things so carelessly? You're simply ill-mannered."
Wang Na, being a young lady, naturally couldn't tolerate such scolding.
"It's just a blanket, is it that serious? Besides, I was just using it, not keeping it. Do you have to yell at me like this?"
...
"You're getting more and more out of hand. It's because you've moved in that Xiaomin hasn't come back. Your behavior is like a cuckoo usurping a nest."
"I..."
Wang Na stood up angrily.
"So that's how you see me? Fine, I'll leave then. Go quickly and pick up your little princess, lest you think I drove her away!"
Wang Na angrily threw the blanket and stormed out.
Just as she reached the door, the door suddenly opened, and she was startled back a few steps.
Tang Ye's eyes lit up.
"Xiaomin, you're finally back. I was going crazy looking for you. The people at Xianfu Group wouldn't tell me where you were. Mom was just about to report you missing."
"No, I have to tell her quickly that you're back."
Tang Ye took out his phone to make a call.
Tang Xiaomin slowly picked up her blanket from the ground and dusted it off.
Because Wang Na had used it, it was now faintly scented with her perfume.
Tang Xiaomin could never have imagined that they would be so confused and blame each other at home after she had been away for only two days.
For some reason, she actually liked this feeling a little, and didn't feel angry at all.
"I went to deal with some matters and forgot to tell you. All of you, go back and sit down."
She said this to Wang Na. Although she didn't like her much, she wouldn't bully her while she was pregnant.
After Tang Xiaomin sat down, Tang Ye stepped forward to show concern.
"Xiaomin, where did you go? Are you tired?"
"Do you want some water? I'll get it for you."
"Mm," Tang Xiaomin replied faintly.
Tang Ye went to get water. Wang Na walked forward and said in an awkward tone.
"It was raining today, and I felt a bit cold, so I used your blanket. I'm returning it to you now."
Wang Na glanced at the blanket beside Tang Xiaomin, then ran upstairs to Tang Yu's room without looking back.
A blanket, Tang Xiaomin had never taken it seriously.
"Xiaomin, here's your water, it's warm," Tang Ye fawned over her.
Tang Xiaomin knew his intentions very clearly.
After taking a sip of water, she said to Tang Ye, "It's just a blanket. If she used it, why did you have to make things difficult for her?"
When it came to Wang Na, Tang Ye rolled his eyes.
"Xiaomin, you don't know, this young lady is not easy to serve. Mom cooked for her, and she was picky about everything, saying this wasn't tasty and that wasn't tasty. After eating a few bites, she actually ran to the bathroom to vomit. Isn't that deliberately embarrassing our mom?"
Tang Xiaomin looked at Tang Ye as if he were an idiot.
She thought, is his brain filled with dung?
She put down her teacup and gave Tang Ye a lecture.
"After women become pregnant, the hormones secreted in their bodies are different from before pregnancy. Changes occur from emotions to tastes. If she vomited after eating, it's morning sickness, a physiological reaction. Do you understand now?"
Tang Ye shook his head.
"I haven't been pregnant, so how would I understand?"
Whether Tang Ye was truly foolish or pretending to be foolish, Tang Xiaomin felt that he was more likely to be pretending.
She was too lazy to expose him.
Thinking of the sharp and sarcastic words Tang Ye had just said to Wang Na, Tang Xiaomin remembered something and felt uneasy.
"Since she used that blanket, you should take it up to her and say it's from me."
"Why? That's silk, it's not cheap."
Tang Xiaomin thought back to her childhood, the time she spent with her adoptive parents.
"When I was young, all the neighbors knew I was adopted. They always attacked me for being dependent on others, and you don't understand that feeling."
Tang Xiaomin looked at Tang Xu seriously and said solemnly, "Wang Na is living in our house now. In the future, please try not to say things like that to her. Because that feeling is really unpleasant."
From childhood, Tang Xiaomin knew that she couldn't stop others from pointing fingers at her.