Chapter 4
Chapter 4: A Tea Demon Crushes a Green Tea Girl and Snaps Five Fingers
Jiang Zong Shen and Mu Mei Xi had their hands held by Jiang Tea Tea. Seeing her pitiful face, like she had been wronged by someone, the scolding that was already on their lips turned into fake concern instead: “Tea Tea, is your hand okay?”
Jiang Tea Tea lied without blinking, throwing mud onto Jiang Yi Zhu and accusing her first: “Thank you, Dad, Mom, for worrying about me. My hand got cut when my younger sister came to find me. She suddenly scared me from behind, and I accidentally sliced it on the blade.”
She added softly: “My younger sister did not see that my hand was hurt. She left the flying device and hurried to look for Brother Chu Ming. It does not hurt. I do not blame my younger sister at all, so you should not blame her either.”
As a Tea Demon, she had not only fought pig demons, she had even eaten pork. Turning things around and framing someone was as easy as opening her mouth.
All the tricks Jiang Yi Zhu had used on the fake young lady, she now knew them all. She wanted to see how Jiang Yi Zhu would handle it when the same tricks were used back on her.
Jiang Zong Shen and Mu Mei Xi knew very well how their family had treated this fake daughter after their real daughter was found and brought home.
When Jiang Tea Tea said that her hand was cut because of their own daughter, they did not doubt her at all. They even blamed their real daughter in their hearts, thinking she was too careless, not even willing to keep up a good front, and had let Tea Tea catch hold of something against her.
Mu Mei Xi showed an awkward smile and hurried to speak up for her own daughter: “Tea Tea, you are a sensible child. Your younger sister suffered so much out on the Trash Star. Now that she is back and a bit willful, as her elder sister you should tolerate her a little more.”
She said softly: “After all, if the babies had not been switched by mistake, the one who grew up suffering on the Trash Star would have been you.”
Jiang Tea Tea spoke in a way that could choke a person to death: “You do not need to say it, Dad, Mom. As her elder sister, of course I will take care of my younger sister. Just like how she always goes to find my fiance at the Academy whenever she is free. They go in and out together, and she keeps calling him Brother this and Brother that. I have never blamed her.”
Mu Mei Xi blurted out: “Your younger sister never thought of stealing your fiance.”
They were also a third-tier family on the Capital Planet. Even if Jiang Tea Tea was not their real daughter, if it got out that the two sisters were fighting over the same man, they would not be able to lift their heads.
She absolutely could not let Jiang Tea Tea stick the label of “stealing her fiance” onto her daughter. If possible, she wanted to use the chance of sending Jiang Tea Tea away to dump all the filth onto Tea Tea alone and keep her own daughter clean.
Jiang Tea Tea spoke with understanding and obedience: “I know they are innocent. My younger sister only sees him as a brother-in-law, as an older brother.”
She added, kindly reminding her: “Mom, you should not overthink it either, so others will not misunderstand and say our Jiang family has no manners, or that my younger sister came from the Trash Star and still cannot stop snatching anything good she sees.”
Mu Mei Xi felt as if she had swallowed bitter bile. Her face twisted for a moment, but she still had to follow Jiang Tea Tea’s words: “Yes, yes, you are right. Your younger sister only sees your fiance as an older brother.”
She hurried to smooth it over: “It is normal for an older brother and a younger sister to be a little close. As long as you understand, as long as you understand.”
Jiang Tea Tea smiled with simple purity: “Of course I understand, Dad, Mom. My hand hurts so much. Could you take me inside to change my clothes and bandage it?”
Mu Mei Xi did not even think before answering: “Of course we can…”
Before she could finish, Jiang Zong Shen pulled her to the side and whispered in a voice only the two of them could hear: “Ever since our real daughter came back and we gave her Jiang Tea Tea’s room, there has not been a room for her in this house, and none of her clothes are left either. If you let her go in to change, where is she supposed to change?”
In their three-story house with nearly a dozen rooms, not one of them belonged to Jiang Tea Tea.
Everything she had owned from childhood had already been thrown into the scrap station. If she were not still useful, they would not have let their daughter go and look for her.
Mu Mei Xi’s eyes turned as she thought of something. She said: “You do not need to worry. Leave this to me.”
Jiang Zong Shen reminded her: “If I leave it to you, coax her well. Make her willing to let us send her away.”
Mu Mei Xi promised him: “I know what I am doing. Do not worry.”
Jiang Tea Tea silently watched them: “…”
[She was a tree spirit!]
If she returned to her true form and planted herself into the ground, her roots might not cover the whole planet, but they could still cover at least a quarter of it.
They were plotting against her without even bothering to hide it, thinking they were whispering, when in fact they were almost making her ears ring.
Humans really were an arrogant and proud species. Life as a demon was boring anyway, so she might as well play with them for fun. Besides, there were no demon rules binding her here.
Mu Mei Xi came back to Jiang Tea Tea, led her into the house, and helped bandage her hand.
Humans without powers were like crispy duck. Even a healing device could not directly fix the wound. They still had to sprinkle medicine on it and wrap it for half an hour.
During the whole bandaging process, Jiang Tea Tea was the picture of a well-behaved, sensible child. Her eyes were full of soft affection as she looked at Mu Mei Xi.
Mu Mei Xi’s heart softened under that look. She remembered how good and how doting she had been to her back when she did not know Tea Tea was not her own daughter.
Then she thought of how, after her real daughter was found, she disliked Jiang Tea Tea no matter how she looked at her.
A wave of guilt rose in Mu Mei Xi’s heart. She ran to Jiang Yi Zhu’s room and took out an expensive custom-made white dress that still had the tag on it.
As soon as Jiang Tea Tea put on the white dress, her long black hair hung down her waist like a waterfall. Her big dark eyes were watery, and her small palm-sized face was as tender as jade, whiter than a peeled egg.
Jiang Yi Zhu and Chu Ming came back hand in hand. When they walked into the room, they saw Jiang Tea Tea looking like a little white-lotus green tea girl, smiling sweetly at them.
When enemies met, their eyes burned with anger.
Jiang Yi Zhu exploded on the spot. She flung away Chu Ming’s hand, rushed over in a few quick steps, and shouted: “Jiang Tea Tea, you bitch, you hurt me like this and you still have the nerve to sit here?”
Right there and then, Jiang Tea Tea put on a full green tea girl act. Her body trembled in fear as she shrank back against the soft sofa, hugging her head with her arms as she cried: “Ah, Younger Sister, do not hit me. I know I was wrong. I will not fight with you over Brother Chu Ming. I will break off the engagement with Brother Chu Ming and let you two be together.”
[A scummy man who ate from his own bowl while eyeing the pot. She would not even want him as fertilizer, he was too dirty. If the true young lady wanted him, she could have him.]
Mu Mei Xi hurried to call out: “Yi Zhu, do not hit her…”
Chu Ming also shouted: “Yi Zhu, what are you doing…”
Their voices sounded at the same time, both stopping Jiang Yi Zhu.
Jiang Yi Zhu held her hand up, stuck between hitting and not hitting.
With her hands still hugging her head, Jiang Tea Tea turned her face so only Jiang Yi Zhu could see, gave her a proud, arrogant grin, and silently mouthed at her: “Useless.”
Jiang Yi Zhu understood her lip movements. Furious, her raised hand finally came down, swinging toward Jiang Tea Tea’s face.
As a demon, how could Jiang Tea Tea let a mere B-grade water-type ability user human hit her?
She deliberately acted as if she was scared, let out a yelp, and slid down from the soft sofa.
Jiang Yi Zhu’s hand slammed into the sofa instead. Her hand, which had just spent half an hour in the healing pod and had only just recovered from being broken, now went crack, crack, crack, crack, crack as it hit. All five fingers snapped.
Jiang Yi Zhu let out a scream of pain and grabbed her own wrist as she cried: “Mom, my fingers are broken. Jiang Tea Tea broke my fingers. It hurts so much!”