Chapter 46: Chen Wei

Li Shirou, angry, said: "I don't care, I'll starve to death anyway, and I'll never eat Chen Wei's food again!"

Li Zeyu, helplessly, said: "Fine, then I'll ask Wu Zhi Yong to see if later we can team up with those Old Youth to cook together."

Li Shirou was pleased then; although teaming with Old Youth means she'll have to cook herself in the future, it's still better than eating Chen Wei's food.

Li Shirou, somewhat worried, asked: "What about Chen Wei?"

Li Zeyu, with a scornful face, said: "Just say we're too tired from work, so we won't cook alone anymore, we'll eat together with everyone."

In the past Li Zeyu was kind to Chen Wei only because he saw her as useful; he wanted to coax Chen Wei into cooking for the two siblings.

Now Chen Wei has no usefulness, so Li Zeyu naturally no longer cares about her thoughts; the siblings thus reached this agreement.

Only they didn't notice that Chen Wei, holding the rice and standing at the doorway, had already heard all their words.

Chen Wei's face was full of malice, clutching the bowl tightly; only now did she realize the true nature of the Li Shirou siblings.

She realized that Li Zeyu, whom she had liked all along, and Li Shirou, whom she had always considered a friend, were both so hypocritical.

The previous scenes replayed before Chen Wei's eyes; if it weren't for Li Shirou, how would she have met Su Ruo?

If Li Shirou hadn't repeatedly provoked, how would she have spread those rumors in the village, let alone been punished to carry the big dung?

The reason she ended up like this is entirely the siblings' fault; now that Li Shirou and her brother see she has no usefulness, they want to kick her away in one go!

At this moment, Chen Wei's heart was full of resentment.

That night, Li Zeyu indeed brought up the matter of the siblings wanting to team up with the Old Youth to eat together.

Qi Zhiyong is the male Educated Youth leader; he gets along well with Li Zeyu, so he naturally won't oppose.

Wu Qingqing is the female Zhiqing Dian leader; she has always played the caring big‑sister role at the Zhiqing Dian, so even if she dislikes it internally, she won't voice it.

However, the outspoken Feng Jing scoffed: "You two rich boys and miss, can you cook? Don't make it sound nice that you're teaming up to cook, when in the end it's us who have to serve you siblings!"

Li Shirou's eyes immediately reddened: "Feng Jing, my brother and I may not know how to cook, but we'll work hard to learn in the future and won't drag everyone down."

Li Shirou's self‑effacing posture only made Feng Jing more overbearing.

Qi Zhiyong, displeased, said: "Feng Jing, we all went down to the countryside as Educated Youth together, we should help each other; is it appropriate to speak so harshly?"

Feng Jing, disdainful, pouted: "Qi Zhiyong, his own brother hasn't spoken! What are you doing here, protecting Li Shirou so much that people might think you two are a pair! Don't forget Yao Jia is your girlfriend."

In Feng Jing's mind, Li Shirou is a pristine white lotus, and Qi Zhiyong is so foolish that he repeatedly sticks up for Li Shirou.

Qi Zhiyong, having his thoughts exposed, felt a fleeting insecurity; he quickly looked at Yao Jia, and after meeting her indifferent gaze, he instantly regained his righteous confidence.

He only said a couple of words for Li Shirou; what wrong did he do! With Yao Jia's cold demeanor, only he can tolerate it.

"Feng Jing, I'm the Zhiqing Dian leader; maintaining stability and unity of the Zhiqing Dian is my duty. If you think I'm doing a bad job, you can report me to the Battalion Commander, but what I do has nothing to do with who my boyfriend is."

Qi Zhiyong's lofty words, but Feng Jing disdainfully pouted: "Anyway I'm not in their group, you handle it as you see fit!"

Only Qi Zhiyong knows how much of his words are true or false.

Feng Jing, neither soft nor hard, choked out a sentence that blocked Qi Zhiyong completely, leaving him unable to rise or descend.

The ever‑watchful Yao Jia also said: "I'm in Feng Jing's group."

Qi Zhiyong, hearing this, got even angrier; he felt that Yao Jia, as his girlfriend, didn't cooperate with his work at all, and teamed with Feng Jing to block his stage.

But Qi Zhiyong also knows that although Yao Jia appears indifferent, as if she doesn't care about anything, in fact she's very stubborn; the decision she makes, even eight horses couldn't pull back, so Qi Zhiyong could only agree.

In the end, Li Shirou was paired with Wu Qingqing, while Qi Zhiyong was paired with Li Zeyu, because nobody at the Zhiqing Dian wanted to cook with the Li Shirou siblings; only they showed up.

This left Chen Wei alone.

Everyone at the Zhiqing Dian knows Chen Wei is carrying the big dung; the Li Shirou siblings refuse to eat Chen Wei's food, and they also despise it!

No one wants Chen Wei, with dung‑carrying hands, to cook for them.

Qi Zhiyong pondered briefly and said: "Chen Wei, you don't need to cook anymore; just be in charge of gathering firewood and fetching water."

Since just now, Chen Wei has been brooding, watching everything without saying a word, as if none of it concerns her.

Even now, hearing Wu Zhi Yong's words, Chen Wei's face remains expressionless, but her malicious gaze inexplicably makes everyone present feel a chilling scalp‑tingle, a sense of bone‑deep cold.

The air instantly stilled, and only after Chen Wei nodded, turned and left did the uncomfortable feeling dissipate.

Feng Jing patted her chest and said: "She won't go crazy from the shock, will she!"

"I'll go check on her," Li Shirou immediately chased after her; although she doesn't want to eat Chen Wei's food again, she's not prepared to cut ties with Chen Wei.

But when Li Shirou caught up to Chen Wei and, as usual, used an extremely aggrieved tone to explain, Chen Wei simply ignored her, giving her a cold back.

Li Shirou stood dumbfounded, not understanding why this happened; she just doesn't want to eat Chen Wei's food again—what wrong did she do, and why does Chen Wei blame her?

Li Shirou felt angry inside but had nowhere to vent.

That night, Su Ruo returned to the Zhiqing Dian and immediately sensed the atmosphere was off, but she didn't know that her changes had already begun to deviate things from her past‑life trajectory.

In her previous life, Chen Wei liked Li Zeyu, and even after returning to the city she kept serving the siblings as a lackey, but now, since the countryside relocation began, they have already become enemies.

Su Ruo ignored the Zhiqing Dian's malicious atmosphere; that night, while lying in bed ready to sleep, a system reminder made her realize she hadn't done a Lottery Draw in a long time.

Seeing the three draw chances the system gave, Su Ruo didn't hesitate to claim one.

Su Ruo placed her hand on the pink handle, pulled hard, and 001 immediately notified her: "Congratulations, Host, lottery draw successful, you have received a reward of reclaiming 5% of your Qi Yun Value."

As the system tone ended, a feeling of whole‑body comfort and rebirth instantly enveloped Su Ruo, gradually dispelling the black mildew inside her.

Su Ruo visibly turned much whiter and more beautiful; even her height seemed to increase a bit, her figure became fuller, no longer so gaunt.

Su Ruo felt her body's changes, instantly excitedly sat up from the bed, kissed and kissed An'an's little face repeatedly; she thought An'an was her little Lucky Star, and ever since An'an arrived, she had been continuously lucky.

Although An'an didn't know why Su Ruo was suddenly so happy, when mother is happy, she is happy too; her little face smiled especially sweetly.

But at this moment, in a luxurious villa in the Imperial Capital, a girl vomited blood and fainted, and was rushed by her family to the hospital.

What Su Ruo doesn't know is that her changes have already alerted some people in the shadows, and greater disaster and conspiracy await her.