Chapter 2: The Golden Finger Appears; Splitting the Family

Most of the people present were dumbfounded!

Seeing this, Sheng Shuwan continued to hold her daughter tightly in her arms.

Li Cuicui sat on the ground clutching her arm, her face contorted in pain, yet she continued to curse: "Song Erlang, you unfilial son! I am your mother, and you actually dared to strike me?"

Song Hemao snapped back to his senses instantly. Looking at the knife in his hand stained with his mother's blood, he felt as if it were burning his skin. He quickly threw it away and explained anxiously, "Mother, I didn't mean to strike you. I don't know what happened just now."

Feeling a flicker of strength return, Song Chuman suddenly sat up from Sheng Shuwan's embrace and said gloomily, "You're probably sick; your mental state isn't very stable. You shouldn't hold knives in the future, otherwise, you might end up striking people at random again."

Hearing this, most of the onlookers abruptly retreated several steps further away from Song Hemao.

Sheng Shuwan looked at her daughter with a face full of pleasant surprise, "A-Man, are you lucid?"

Song Chuhuai turned his head, and seeing that Song Chuman had actually sat up, he quickly knelt by her side and said excitedly, "Big Sister, are you alright?"

The others were stunned for a moment, only then realizing that Song Chuman had actually woken up.

Song Chuman touched her forehead; her temperature was normal. "Mm, I'm fine. Don't worry, there's no need to call a doctor."

The mother and son both breathed a sudden sigh of relief.

While one side was a scene of maternal love and filial piety, the other was absolute chaos.

Li Cuicui's face was pale from pain and her breathing was rapid. She shot a vicious glare at her other sons and daughters-in-law who were standing there dazed. "Are you all dead? What are you standing there for? Hurry up and take me to find a doctor!"

The four of them seemed to snap out of it only then, hurriedly grabbing the wheelbarrow or preparing to carry her.

However, Li Cuicui was an extremely selfish person. In daily life, she was always the first to grab any good food, only giving leftovers to the second and third branches of the family. Her body felt as heavy as two hundred pounds.

Song Hemao alone couldn't lift her; he had to carry her onto the wheelbarrow together with his brother.

Seeing them leave, Song Chuman knew she was no longer in immediate danger. Her mind relaxed instantly, and she fainted again.

...

Song Chuman slept until the afternoon of the next day.

She was woken up by the cold.

Opening her eyes to see the bare walls and the drafty room, she sighed repeatedly.

It was currently the season where snow could fall at any moment. Song Chuman's body shivered, and she wrapped the tattered quilt more tightly around herself.

Thinking of the system that had appeared before, she tried to summon it. "System?"

【Master, I am here.】

"Can you only modify the plot? Can you only change one word?"

【Of course not. I am very powerful. In the early stages, you will have a mental power ability, and you can only modify one word of the plot. As the system upgrades, your ability will strengthen, allowing you to modify two words, three words, or even a sentence or a paragraph. If things go smoothly, a spatial dimension will appear soon. Specific usage and upgrade methods can be found in the manual.】

Mental power? A spatial dimension?

Song Chuman was pleasantly surprised. She had thought there would only be one ability, but she hadn't expected so many "cheat codes."

Seeing the icon for the manual, she clicked into it. The more she read, the more excited she became.

With this system, what did she have to fear?

When Song Hexiu and his wife and children entered the room and saw that their daughter had woken up, they breathed a sigh of relief. Sitting on the edge of the bed, he asked concernedly, "A-Man, how do you feel? Is anything uncomfortable?"

Seeing Song Hexiu, and in order to play the role of a young girl well so as not to arouse suspicion from her family, Song Chuman threw herself into his arms excitedly. "Father, I'm fine, I'm perfectly fine. I thought I would never see you again."

A few days ago, Song Hexiu's father, Song Xiangqian, had said that he had friends in the city who could find him a job. Although Song Hexiu was suspicious, he had followed him.

He hadn't expected it to be a "lure the tiger away from the mountain" tactic used by the two elders.

Song Hexiu greatly enjoyed his daughter's coquetry. He patted her back and comforted her, "It's alright, it's over now. Father is here, and your mother and brother are here too."

"Mm." Song Chuman lifted her head from her father's embrace and asked, "How long have I been asleep?"

Song Chuhuai said worriedly, "Big Sister, you've been sleeping since yesterday. It's past noon; it's already the hour of the Monkey."

Song Hexiu looked guilty. If he hadn't blindly trusted his father, his daughter wouldn't have gone to the gates of death. "A-Man, I'm sorry. Father won't let something like this happen again."

Song Chuman did not believe her father's words.

It was impossible for him to stay by her side for all twelve double-hours of the day; he had to go out to make a living.

As long as she remained in the Song family, Li Cuicui would definitely try to harm her again, likely using the excuse that she was an ill omen because she had been rejected by the Sea Goddess.

Song Chuman suddenly put on a pitiful expression and said, "Father, things like this will surely happen again. I'm scared. I don't want to die."

Looking at his daughter's eyes, Song Hexiu felt a pang in his heart. Life could not continue like this.

Just then, Song Chuman's second uncle, Song Hemao, suddenly walked in. He glanced at her and said in a casual, swaggering manner, "A-Man is awake? Then everyone go to Mother's room. She's awake too, and she has something to say."

Song Hexiu's expression turned very grim. "Perfect. I also want to find her to ask clearly why she did this to my daughter!"

He was going to demand a family separation!

(End of Chapter)