Chapter 16 - 016.
You could say they’re truly brothers; their reactions are practically identical. Watching as Big Brother and Second Brother rubbed their eyes in unison, realizing that what they saw wasn’t just a trick of their vision, they both simultaneously squatted down and, in the dim moonlight, meticulously examined the Artemisia that had seemingly sprouted from the ground, spreading dense leaves in an instant.
The foolish Second Brother even plucked a leaf of Artemisia and put it in his mouth, only for the bitter taste to make him spit intensely.
Haha, as their sister, Shuzhen really shouldn’t be laughing at this moment. But the humor was so overwhelming that an ordinary person like her couldn’t resist it, right? Plus, she wasn’t the only one lacking familial love; the corners of Big Brother’s mouth were also upturned considerably!
If someone else laughed at him, Second Brother Liu, with his short temper, would likely punch them first, not caring about the consequences. But when it’s his sister, who he can’t bear to hurt, or his brother, who he can’t provoke, he can only pretend that the fool they’re laughing at isn’t him with a thick-skinned attitude.
After spitting several times to expel all the bitterness from his mouth, he furrowed his brows and asked, "This is strange. It’s just ordinary Artemisia. Little Sister, how did it sprout and grow so quickly in the blink of an eye?"
So much had happened in just a day, successfully transforming Shuzhen’s image in Second Brother Liu Shouyi’s mind from a naive and easily fooled girl into a clever and perceptive person. Wasn’t it true that he bypassed the always smart Big Brother to ask her directly? But Shuzhen had no idea that her Second Brother valued her so much, thinking instead that he might be suspicious of her recent actions!
Stay calm and collected!
This isn’t superpowers on the side of the road that can be easily recognized!
It’s not like the 21st century where the internet is everywhere, where time-travel and rebirth novels are as abundant as floodwaters. Big Brother and Second Brother haven’t encountered those things, so they probably wouldn’t think in that direction. She herself was reborn, yet she never suspected that their father had hidden a great treasure in the coffins of their uncle and third uncle, right?
Without seeing it firsthand, who would have thought that the Liu family, who claimed to have donated all their assets to support Jianguo, had left such a massive fortune for their descendants?
Even if by some chance the brothers discovered it, Shuzhen believed that with years of affection for her, they would only help to cover things up without any hint of disdain.
So what was there to fear?