CHAPTER 4- THE WEIRD SONG FAMILY

While riding on the public transportation, Song Ye felt the reality of being reborn as a 15 year-old hitting her for the first time when she looked at the rows of low-rise houses outside the window.

She really came back, after changing her fate and obtaining a new life, she was really back to this familiar town.

Even for someone as cold-hearted as Song Ye, she couldn't help but feel nostalgia towards the scenery in front of her.

But this nostalgia only lasted until she reached the front door of her house. Although it's been nearly 15 years since she last got in touch with her family, Song Ye can still remember clearly how much of a difficult and bitter life that she had in the Song family.

The old door of the house squeaked when she pushed it open. The noise had made the laughter in the house stop instantly.

The Song mother that sat in the living room glanced over at the door and had a look of disgust in her eyes when she saw that it was Song Ye. Without her opening her mouth, the second daughter and the third daughter of the family, Song TingTing and Song MeiMei had spoke out to Song Ye rudely in a high pitched voice,

"Song Ye, hurry up and close the door! Are you trying to freeze us up in this cold weather?"

Upon hearing that, Lu Lan frowned and dropped her gaze at Song Ye's dirty and tattered clothes,

"Did you have fun until you've become crazy? Such dirty clothes and not even looking like a proper girl, come in right now!"

At this time, as the only man in the house, Song YuanZhi did not say anything and only put on airs. Towards this daughter that was not loved, he did not even bother to look at her at all.

Song Ye covered her eyes that are now frosty with her fringe. The triumphant feeling that she had due to being reborn had dropped rock bottom. Even though 15 years had passed, the faces of the Song family is still so hateful.

She bit her lips and swallowed down the greetings that she was about to give to her parents. She closed the entrance door and walked back to her room by herself. The spiteful voice of Lu Lan that she had expected can be heard,

"Not greeting us at all, are you thinking that this is a hotel or an inn? What a wastrel you are, knowing the difficult situation the house is in and still insisting to go on a trip."

Even though Song Ye is behind a door now, she can still hear the reproach of her mother and sisters that agreed with their mother.

Song Ye sat by the bed and look at the narrow bed that was stacked with laundries. She sat on the other bed in the room without looking at it.

The Song family's house is a very simple one, with only two bedrooms and a living room. So the three Song daughters had to share the same bedroom. Song Ting Ting and Song Mei Mei had occupied the lower bunkers, leaving Song Ye with the top bunker where she would hit her head on the ceiling even when she had bent her body down.

In the past, all the house chores are done by Song Ye alone, so during the three days she was not in the house, the room had become messy and her bed especially, as it is now filled with the laundries of Song Ting Ting and Song Mei Mei.

If it was the her before, Song Ye would do it without any complaint. Now that she was reborn and knowing the reason behind this treatment, she won't be bullied again.

Song Ye took out the raw stone from her space and observed it under the dim light.

Black and rough surface, a smooth but hard texture; this was a raw stone with high density. In her last life, Song Ye had some knowledge involving emeralds, so she knew that this raw stone had emerald inside upon opening it up. Seeing that the goatee man had hidden this carefully, it must be something very valuable.

There's this saying: "It is difficult even for the Gods to determine if there's any jade in the stone."

In the world of stone gambling, there are people that become rich overnight through raw stones, there are also some that went bankrupt in just a night. Even with the most advanced technology, it is still very difficult to determine if the jade inside was genuine or fake.

Thinking about the ability that she had acquired, Song Ye decided to try something out with the raw stone that she was fidgeting in her hand.

Focusing on her thoughts, a black raw stone appeared in her mind. When she focused her mind into the deeper layer of the raw stone, she suddenly saw a hue of green.

There's a green hue in the raw stone!

Song Ye's heart jumped and begin to seriously research the transparency and color of the jade. The initial deduction that she had of the emerald was that its a glass type jade with high density. The cost of this emerald would be very high, with only a level below Imperial Green Jade.

Who would've thought that the thing she had pilfered would be a priceless treasure. Song Ye glanced over the narrow top bed bunker and decided to earn some money with her ability later.

When she was thinking if there's any raw stone market available near Yun Cheng, someone called out to her outside the room.

"Hey, did you really think that you're a daughter from a wealthy family? *Not leaving the first door and not even stepping into the second door*, are you waiting for someone to serve you?"

Song Ting Ting's way of speaking was spiteful just like Lu Lan, completely different from her appearance that looked harmless and pure.

"Second Sis, she might be cleaning up the room."

There's a smile in Song Mei Mei's eyes. She's a 14 year old that looked cute and lovely, but in her eyes, it was filled with calculating thoughts. Thinking that there's someone to clean up the messy room now, her mood lifted and she shouted into the room,

"Song Ye, it's time to eat."

The Song family treated Song Ye as a servant and both the sisters had never called Song Ye elder sister. Due to that, Song Ye didn't find it weird at all when she walked out of the room and looked at the leftovers on the table.

The Song family was always like this – they like to order Song Ye to do chores when they are eating, and when they are done eating, Song Ye was only left with the leftovers from their meal. After finishing the meal, she would proceed to clean the dishes. It has always been this way as far as Song Ye could remember.

But when she looked at the two to three dishes of leftovers on the table, Song Ye had lost her appetite. Maybe due to how she was scared of going hungry, her demands for the quality of food had become quite high ever since she became an assassin. And so, when she saw that, it was hard for her to consume them.

After standing beside the table for three seconds, she decisively turn her body around.

"I'm not hungry. I will be heading out for a moment."

After leaving that sentence behind, she already stepped towards the main entrance. When she was about to leave the house, all the people in the house blanked out for a moment, came back to their senses.

"Stand there!"

Lu Lan shouted in a high pitched voice, the pitch was so high even the eardrum felt painful. Her anger can be felt from her voice.

Song Ye stopped in her tracks but she did not turn around. This gesture showed just how uncooperative she was, had darkened Lu Lan's face.

"Song Ye, did your wings grow after coming back? The food in this house can't feed the great you now, suit yourself if you want to eat it or not; but you better wash the dishes before you head out."

You can choose not to eat the food, but you must do the chores.

Song Ye had never felt how partial Lu Lan was until this very moment. She silently turned around and looked at Lu Lan that was standing beside the table and replied in a flat tone.

"I have something to do. The house has so many pairs of hands, there won't be any difference even if I'm not the one cleaning the dishes."

After ending her sentence, a large smack can be heard. Lu Lan had smacked the table.

"I can't have you move as I want now huh, Song Ye? Asking you to do some house chores and you are now refuting me. You are not even acting properly as the eldest sister in the house. I see that you are itching for a lesson."

Saying that, Lu Lan had reached out to the broom beside the toilet, seemingly wanting to hit Song Ye with it.

This broom was what Song Ye had used exclusively. While she used the broom to clean the house, Lu Lan used it to beat her up. She beat Song Ye with it with all sorts of reason, even if it was a very minor problem.

The Song Ye before would've just let Lu Lan beat her without saying anything, but it will be different today.