Disaster Apocalypse: Farming, Family, and My Hidden Secret Space-Chapter 11. Fooling idiots?

"Not nervous, not nervous, then why are you shouting?" Jin'er wasn't planning to let her off easily.

"Yeah, you scared my sister." The fourth child, who never liked Hua Xiaocao, stood firmly by his sister's side.

Always looking so pitiful, there are many people in the village who can't get enough to eat, yet other kids are all happy, except for her. Although the fourth child didn't understand why, it didn't stop him from disliking someone like her.

"Sister, don't be afraid, I'll protect you." He said, glaring fiercely at Hua Xiaocao.

At this moment, Hua Xiaocao clenched her hand tightly, her filthy nails piercing her palm, and the pain slowly brought back her sanity, while the drooping eyes gleamed with a sinister light.

This is so unfair.

Clearly, they are both girls, both daughters of the Hua family, so why is fate so different?

Jin'er could be born in the village chief's family, cherished like a treasure by everyone.

And her? A father who doesn't care, a mother who doesn't love, and a grandmother who constantly calls her a useless burden, with endless work every day but never enough food to eat or decent clothes to wear.

All that could be tolerated, but why, even after doing all the work at home and trying her best to please her parents and grandparents, all she gets is beating and scolding? In their eyes, she's not a person, just a workhorse to vent their frustrations on.

She hates it!!

Whenever she sees Jin'er wearing clothes without patches and a happy smile on her face, jealousy drives her crazy, hatred consumes her to the point she wants to tear off Jin'er's face and destroy her completely.

In fact, she did think of doing that, but why, why is Jin'er's life so tenacious? Falling from such a high place yet still alive, heaven is just too unfair.

Thinking of this, the haze in Hua Xiaocao's eyes deepened, jealousy so strong she couldn't even feel the sting in her hand.

If it weren't for a bit of sanity left, she might have rushed forward regardless.

"I... I wasn't shouting, I think I saw a snake at my feet... got scared..."

"What snake, where is the snake? Sister Daya..." Wang Xiaoxiao was the most scared of snakes, and at Xiaocao's mention of a snake, she immediately jumped up, hiding behind Meng Daya, not daring to show her head.

Not just her, but a few other little girls were also nervous, huddled together, only the eldest, Meng Daya, seemed somewhat calm.

Jin'er raised an eyebrow, looking at Hua Xiaocao with a half-smile, "Snake? I didn't see any."

Hua Xiaocao immediately tightened her fists again, timidly saying, "It... it ran away." She didn't dare to lift her head, fearful she couldn't suppress the hatred in her eyes.

There's no way she would admit she pushed Jin'er down the slope; if that were known, she'd surely be beaten to death.

"Jin'er... I'm not talking to you, I have to go find wild mushrooms..."

"Don't go, Xiaocao, we haven't finished talking yet, why are you in such a hurry? Besides, there aren't any wild mushrooms around here."

Seeing the situation, there was no way Jin'er would let her leave.

Hua Xiaocao finally lifted her head, forcing a smile that was worse than crying, "Jin'er, I'm... different from you, I... don't have the time. If I don't gather enough wild mushrooms, back home I'll be..."

This pitiful act only made Jin'er feel more and more disdainful. After all, they were just kids.

Indeed, after these words, Hua Xiaomao spoke up. After all, they all share the Hua surname, and in the village, everyone knew everyone's business. They were all aware of Xiaocao's tough situation at home.

Though everyone had hard times, there weren't many families like Xiaocao's, treating girls like livestock.

She looked at her sympathetically and said, "Jin'er, maybe we can talk later. Let's go gather some wild mushrooms first." Hua Xiaomao pointed up the slope.

"Sister Xiao Mao, I understand your point, but it won't take much time to finish a conversation."

Jin'er actually dismissed her words, and Hua Xiaomao looked at Jin'er in surprise.

Being a bit older, seeing that Jin'er kept staring at Hua Xiaocao, she finally realized there might be something off between them, something she wasn't aware of, so despite Hua Xiaocao's pleading looks at her, she didn't speak again.

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Even though Hua Xiaocao looked pitiful, her ties with Jin'er's family were closer, calling the village chief grandpa too.

Most importantly, Jin'er usually had good relationships with everyone, and wouldn't easily target anyone.

Loyalty and closeness were clear.

It wasn't just her; the other little girls also sensed something unusual.

Rural children mature earlier than those raised in greenhouses, understanding things earlier, and right now, they could see Jin'er was targeting Hua Xiaocao.

They just didn't know what could have provoked Jin'er, because normally Jin'er had a good temperament.

When Hua Xiaocao saw Hua Xiaomao not speaking again, a bitter look flashed in her eyes. Usually pretending to be a good sister, but when something truly happened, she sided with Jin'er. Isn't this just because she has a grandpa who's the village chief?

Clearly, she also resented Hua Xiaomao.

Therefore, pitiful people always have something detestable in their nature, never finding fault within themselves.

Hua Xiaocao remained silent, just shaking her shoulders with her head lowered, looking extremely pitiful.

Suddenly, someone softened.

"Sister Jin, how about we..."

But Jin'er didn't give Wang Xiaoxiao a chance to finish, her gaze suddenly turned sharp, staring at Hua Xiaocao, her whole demeanor becoming cold, which made all the little girls around tense up.

"Xiaocao, since your time is valuable, I won't waste words with you, but your reminder just now made me recall many things, included the events on the day I fell off the slope, and it seemed like you weren't far from me then..."

"What?" Wang Xiaoxiao interrupted in surprise, "Sister Xiaocao, didn't you say you didn't go up the mountain that day?"

Others also nodded; suddenly, everyone looked at Xiaocao differently.

Clearly, she went up the mountain but said she didn't; why did Xiaocao lie? This certainly made them think more deeply.

"Xiaocao, why would you lie?" Hua Xiaomao also frowned at Hua Xiaocao.

No one doubted Jin'er's words. Though Jin'er could be temperamental sometimes, she wouldn't lie.

"I..." Hua Xiaocao couldn't help but feel anxious, her eyes flickering, while her hatred deepened, wondering why they believed whatever Jin'er said.

If she had known her words would be exposed one day, she wouldn't have lied when asked.

Jin'er sneered internally, just watching how Hua Xiaocao would wriggle out of this. The girl was cunning for her age, but even so, she couldn't hide the panic in her eyes from her.

"I... I didn't lie, it was so long ago, I can't remember clearly. Maybe I remembered it wrong. You know I... I'm often dizzy from hunger and have a bad memory."

Hua Xiaocao played the pity card again, looking pathetically at everyone with tear-filled eyes.

"Really?"

Hua Xiaomao and the others, though a bit skeptical, knowing Xiaocao often got dizzy, thought it wasn't impossible she remembered wrong.

"Ha... bad memory, bad memory yet you remember the way home, remember when to eat and drink, but bad memory allows lying freely? Is that fooling us?"

A group of fools immediately looked towards Jin'er.

Jin'er: "..."