The moment she opened her eyes, she found herself as Qin Huairu’s daughter in "The Courtyard": the little girl known as Xiao Dang, who helped her mother and evil grandmother sponge off Silly Zhu, only to meet a tragic end.
Qin Huairu held out a lunchbox she had “borrowed” from Silly Zhu, her face full of motherly affection as she urged the girl to eat.
Jia Dang stared at the white steamed buns and glistening slices of meat inside. Her starving stomach cramped, but alarm bells were ringing in her head.
Eat? One meal now, then a death sentence later!
“Xiao Dang, why aren’t you eating? This is your favorite meat!”
“Mom,” Xiao Dang said, lifting her sallow little face, her eyes clear and innocent, “we’re always eating Uncle Silly Zhu’s food. If Uncle Silly Zhu never manages to get married, who’ll bring us food in the future?”
Her words left her parasitic mother dumbstruck, while Silly Zhu, secretly listening next door, felt his heart skip a beat.
From then on, the most inconspicuous little girl in the courtyard set out to “set things right.”
By day, she was a sweet, well-behaved student. By night, she was the “strategist” feeding Silly Zhu grand promises.
With her “training,” the cook who had only ever wielded a ladle grew brighter-eyed and richer by the day. And the way he looked at her grew stranger and stranger.
Until one day, Silly Zhu cornered her against a wall. His tall figure loomed over her, his voice hoarse. “Xiao Dang, do you see me as your uncle, or as... your man?”
