C13 His Hand Was Broken

The three sisters exchanged glances, their expressions changing instantly. Shi Xiaodong and Shi Xiaoqiu were angry but didn't dare to speak up, their eyes filled with resentment as they looked at him.

Shi Xiaoxia shot him a glance, picked up the tablet, wiped off the mud, and held it close to her chest. She glared at him fiercely, "They are your elders, after all!"

"Exactly, which is why I need to take the tablets back. They belong to the Shi family and should be honored there, not taken away by you sisters!"

He didn't really want to see those tablets every day; they brought him bad luck. But now, he wanted to see how upset the sisters would get. They had been a thorn in his side for too long; it wasn't going to be easy for them to leave.

"They're our parents too. Now that we're splitting the family, their tablets should come with us!" Shi Xiaodong, emboldened by Shi Xiaoxia's lead, spoke up with growing confidence.

Leave? Not so fast!

This brat dared to talk back to him now. He rolled up his sleeves, ready to slap her, but something clamped down on his hand, holding it in place. He looked down his arm to see it was Shi Xiaoxia!

How could this be? How did she have such strength, gripping his hand as if it were glued there, impossible to shake off?

"Let go, or don't blame me for what happens next!" Shi Xiaoshu winced in pain.

"You little brat, where did you get such a strong grip? It hurts like hell!"

"Let go?"

With a cold snort, she tightened her grip instead of loosening it. "Tell me, should we take my parents' memorial tablets with us, or leave them with the family?"

"Sis?" Xiaodong called out softly, surprised at how strong his sister had become.

Threatening him? A grown man being threatened by a woman? No way. He swung his other hand at her, determined to teach her a lesson for daring to challenge him.

Xiaoqiu felt a breeze across her cheek and swiftly dodged. Xiaoshu's hand missed her and slammed into the wall. He was so close to it and had put all his strength into the swing. The sound of bones cracking echoed, followed by Xiaoshu's groans.

His hand was broken!

Only then did Xiaoxia release him and put the tablets back in their place. Her two sisters exchanged bewildered glances.

"Xiaoxia, how dare you break my hand?" Xiaoshu shouted, furious.

When did this little brat get so clever? He even wondered if the person standing before him was really Xiaoxia.

Xiaoxia smiled mischievously, her face full of cunning. "I was just holding your hand. I didn't do anything. You hit the wall yourself. Isn't that right, Xiaoqiu, Xiaodong?"

The two nodded quickly, a bit scared but secretly thrilled. Xiaodong hurriedly said, "Yeah, sis didn't do anything. You ran into the wall yourself; we all saw it!"

"You... you all..." Xiaoshu was furious and wanted to torment the three sisters more, but her hand hurt badly. If she didn't take care of it soon, it might be permanently damaged. She shot them a fierce glare before rushing off.

"Sis, are we just going to leave like this? Since we're splitting up, shouldn't some of the family's money be ours?" Xiaodong asked hopefully.

"No need to bother. It's a miracle they let us take our own things. Let's go; there's nothing worth staying for here!"

Trying to get money from this family was a pipe dream!

"Go gather up our dried fish!"

As Xiaodong reached for the basket, it was suddenly lifted away. Looking up, she saw it was Second Uncle. Fear flickered in her eyes as she stepped back, her lips moving, but the words "Second Uncle" never came out.

"Second Uncle, that's our stuff!"

"Your stuff?" Zhaozi sneered. Even if Xiaohua's death wasn't Xiaoqiu's fault, it wouldn't have happened without the three sisters. Thinking they could take anything with them was laughable. "We've been supporting you all along. Without us, you'd have starved long ago. Where would you get the strength to dry fish? This belongs to the family, not you!"

"Are you seriously trying to take even this little bit of dried fish from them? It's ridiculous! What kind of people are in this family anyway?"

"Well, it doesn't matter. I can always catch more. I just don't want them to have it. If I can't take it with me, they shouldn't eat it either," she said with a faint smile. "Second Uncle, you might not know, but this dried fish isn't for eating. We use it to catch wild animals in the mountains. It's coated with rat poison to bait them!"

"Rat poison?" Zhaozi's face changed. Was this girl trying to poison them?

He threw the basket down, scattering the dried fish all over the ground. "Take your stuff and get as far away as you can!"

With a cold snort, he stormed off, muttering about bad luck. "What a mess!"

Xiaoxia finally bent down to pick up a piece of dried fish, but Xiaodong snatched it away. "Sis, you can't touch this stuff! What if it poisons you?"