Madam Lian is unconscious" Heh, why you ask? Don't you already know the reason in your heart ?" Mo Qiang sneered as she slapped Madam Lian.



Each time she slapped Madam Lian she would raise her hand again while she slapped her, Mo Qiang coldly spoke, " Come on repeat what you said just now?"

"What..." Madam Lian frowned in pain and confusion, she did not understand what Mo Qiang was saying but before she could think it through Mo Qiang was already speaking,

" First, you went against my orders. Despite knowing the fact that your leader and my mother made me the leader of this small hunting group."

Slap.

" Second, you suggested that to hunt the three-horned chicken. Thus, in turn, taking responsibility for the protection of the group that you took with you as you were the oldest and most experienced person in the group."

Slap, bam!

" Third, you looked down on your own colleagues. So what if they are only F-grade mecha morphs, they were chosen by you. As long as they are in this team and do nothing to betray my mother, they are in the same group as them, how dare you look down on them and even say such despicable words? Every human no matter how weak, deserves to live, just because you helped them once does not mean that they will have to repay with their lives!"

Slap! Whack!

" Did you think I was a fool to suggest the bait method? I caught a female three-horned chicken and you? You caused such a ruckus and instead of facing it you dragged someone else!"

" You still dared to speak of honour, merits and whatnot? Madam Lian open your dog eyes and see, you have forsaken everything the second you refused to comply with my orders!" Mo Qiang stopped hitting the old woman since she knew when to stop, she still needed to find enough evidence to declare this woman as a traitor and that too in front of everyone.

Even if she could not charge that, General Wei, she could still clear this stain that was covering their forehead. As for that treacherous woman—— humph. Let's wait and watch, who will be the first to fall!

Madam Lian had passed out again and this time no one said a word, only the sound of Mo Qiang who getting off Madam Lian's body and then wiping her clothes could be heard.

" You.." she turned to look at the woman called Song Chu who nodded her head and immediately stepped in front and said with her head lowered,

" What do you want, Miss Qiang?"

" Pick her up, if my mother asks just tell her that she was stomped on by a three-horned chicken," Mo Qiang knew that Madam Lian will not speak of this matter in front of Mo Yan.

Since she was in the wrong, she will swallow this grievance but that did not mean that she will let go, surely she will think of another plan to deal with her —— most probably one that will lead her to get exiled by her mother or sent in a delinquency academy.

But Mo Qiang was prepared for that, she had already hatched a plan in her head. She looked at Madam Lian who was unconscious and then rubbed her chin, with her like this ——- she will at least take a few nights to recover right?

These nights were enough.

Song Chu nodded instinctively as she gulped, she no longer dared to go against Mo Qiang who was able to beat Madam Lian barehanded. Though she knew that Madam Lian went way easy against Mo Qiang who was the daughter of her friend and senior.

But still not many had the guts to hit a woman like Madam Lian!

While Song Chu rushed towards Madam Lian, she called another woman to pick up the unconscious Madam Lian. While Song Chu brought the upper body of Madam Lian up by holding her by her arms, the other woman picked up the legs of Madam Lian.

On the other hand, Mo Qiang walked towards her herd of three-horned chickens and then turned to look at Xiao Jiao who was flying next to her ears and said, " I will leave the rest to you."

Since she was the one who was done with the mission and successfully tamed these beasts, she could leave Xiao Jiao to make them understand how comfortable it was to follow her.

" I understand," Xiao Jiao fluttered her wings and then flew to the leaders of the three-horned chickens and then screeched in front of them as she conversed with them about the benefits of following Mo Qiang including the terms and conditions.

" Madam Lian will not leave you alone," while Mo Qiang was watching Xiao Jiao converse with the three-horned chickens, she heard someone speak. She turned to look behind her and was surprised to see that it was Ou Qi standing behind her.

She arched her brows and then said, " How do you know that she will not leave me alone?"

Ou Qi hesitated and then said, " When we were in the military there were many soldiers who went against Madam Lian and later they were blamed for certain crimes like stealing the blueprint of a mecha ship or harming private property forcing them to be dropped out... I thought that they were in the wrong and had a bad character but now——"

" Now that you have seen how much of trash that woman is, you are questioning whether or not what you thought was correct or not?" Mo Qiang finished for her and only then did Ou Qi nod.

Mo Qiang smirked as she said, " Don't worry, she will not be able to do anything like that with me and even if she does, then we will see whether or not she has the skills to make me exiled or locked up because I am not going to give in as easily as those women."

Want to scare her away? Let's see whether or not that woman is capable enough to do that!

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Like a possum—------------



Though her words were confident, Ou Qi could not help but trust Mo Qiang who turned on her heels and then said, "Let's get out of here, if we stay here any longer then I am afraid that I will start smelling like chickens."

" Yes, Miss Qiang," Ou Qi looked at Mo Qiang and suddenly a notion came to her head —— a new wind has started to blow.

.....

" So you are saying, that this herd which you tamed stomped on Madam Lian and caused her to get hurt like this?" Mo Yan's voice was filled with disbelief, she looked at Mo Qiang and then at Madam Lian who was beaten black and blue.

Though she looked like she was hurt by a human, there were no signs that would depict that this assault was done by a human.

Mo Yan was confused, she did not think that her colleague and the right-hand woman were this weak. She was actually stomped on by a herd of chickens which was easily tamed by her daughter. Though she was aware of Mo Qiang's powers, Madam Lian was no novice!

How in the world did she get stomped on until her face was resembling that of a pig who drowned?

" Or else?" Mo Qiang had her hands in her pocket as she used her skill of stubborn insistence. " I told her that she can follow me and we will use a net and bait to catch a three-horned chicken, didnt I?" She questioned as she turned to look at the group which was following her.

" Miss Qiang did tell Madam Lian."

" I was there, Madam Lian was indeed the one who stubbornly insisted that she will hunt the three-horned chicken instead of catching it."

" Yes, Yes... I can vouch for Miss Qiang!"

The soldiers spoke up for Mo Qiang who was standing in front of them.

" See that? General Mo? I did not do anything," Mo Qiang said with persistence which made it impossible for Mo Yan to convict her.

The reason she was this confident was because Mo Qiang knew that in her arrogance and pride, Madam Lian ended up offending quite a lot of woman soldiers and she was the one who spoke up for these women so of course they were going to stand by her side!

" I am not blaming you ... it is just weird," Mo Yan's voice was filled with curiosity, doubt and bewilderment, she was surely confused as to why her daughter who was a good for nothing was unblemished while her best woman was on her back lying unconscious.

While acting all offended, Mo Qiang said, "What you don't believe me? Then you can see the live streaming. She is the one who truly went to provoke the herd, I was the one who cleaned up her mess and you still slander me? Are you my mother or hers, General Mo?"

When Mo Yan heard Mo Qiang's whiny voice, her gaze was no longer as cold as it was in the past.

' Maybe it's because she was doing a good job while acting like a good girl and a daughter. She was even working hard in paying the compensation, so it will be surprising if Mo Yan was not touched.'

Though there were still some suspicions but Mo Qiang was not bothered by that suspicious gaze of her mother. She was fully confident that Mo Yan will not be able to trace these injuries back to her, the soldiers were standing on her side and there was also the matter of the live streaming room cutting off at the right turn.

It ended up closing just as Madam Lian and the rest provoked the three-horned chickens while she rushed to save the damsel in distress.. even if the live streaming room did not catch enough action, Mo Yan will be able to understand that she was trying to save someone of her own group.

Lastly, Madam Lian who was in the wrong will not dare to point her finger at Mo Qiang. As for what she was going to do, Mo Qiang will cross that bridge when it the times come.

" I apologise," Mo Yan had already seen the video of the live streaming since she told Mo Xifeng to keep an eye on Mo Qiang.

Even though she was the one who asked Mo Qiang to take the leadership of the group she was still worried.

Thus, she saw it all ...even now she could not believe that someone like Madam Lian would harm Ye Shu who joined their team just a few months ago and was yet to be trained.

The girl was still wet behind her ears and could not deal with such a dangerous situation for her to be pushed in front of the herd ... Mo Qiang sighed in worry.

Mo Qiang thought that she was the one who was being apologised to and puffed her chest out only for Madam Mo to turn and look at Ye Shu.

" Ye Shu, I am sorry. What Madam Lian did was indeed too much, I will surely make her give you an explanation, do not worry."

" Oh there is no need, Madam Mo," Ye Shu waved her hands, she was there when Madam Lian was calling them useless and telling them that it was only right for them to sacrifice themselves for her. Now even if Madam Lian was to bow her head and admit that she was in the wrong, Ye Shu will never believe her!

She glanced at the unconscious Madam Lian and then said sweetly, " I am just a small soldier and Madam Lian is an important figure in the team even if I were to die, it's not a problem. Sacrificing my life for my seniors who taught me is only right."

" What nonsense," Mo Yan frowned as she chided Ye Shu who was half testing and half despising herself. " You are a human before our junior and the member of this team, there is no such thing as sacrificing yourself for someone else. In fact, as your seniors, it's our responsibility to save and protect you, since Madam Lian failed in this task, surely she will be punished."

Madam Lian who was going to wake up: "....." let's just play dead, in my past life I was a possum anyway.

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A sudden hugDedicating the extra chapters to deferr and moondark! Thanks for the magic castles.



She then turned to look at Mo Qiang and then said, " I am willing to trust you this time around Qi Qi, do not let me down."

" Excuse me?" Mo Qiang turned to look at Mo Yan with a shocked, offended and disbelieving look. " Why is it that she is getting an apology and I am getting a suspicious glare? That is like so rude."

" What's rude is that three years ago, when you were in the academy you did the very same thing," countered Mo Yan as she looked at Mo Qiang who furrowed her brows in confusion.

' Three years ago? What did this body do three years ago? Just how many toxic vests this woman has left behind? I will die of toxicity at this rate!' Mo Qiang grumbled in her head while silently waiting for Mo Yan to continue speaking at this moment, she was very thankful that she had pretended to lose her memory or else it would be really weird if she stood like an idiot while combing through the memories of the previous owner.

Fortunately, Mo Yan also remembered that Mo Qiang had lost her memories which was why she opened her mouth and continued speaking, " An old teacher was miraculously beaten up in the academy where you studied. Of course, you did not admit that you were in the wrong back then. I still remember it clearly what you said at that time, you looked me in the eyes and then said, ' Mom, I swear I did not touch the woman, she fell on her own down the stairs and broke her spine.' I asked you again and again whether or not you were speaking the truth and you said that you were."

" There was no evidence either which proved that you did anything wrong. I was delighted thinking that you were finally on the right track, therefore I did not say anything and even righteously backed you up but three weeks later, the mer son of that very old teacher came to our house and cried in front of me while kneeling that you were chasing him."

"...." Fck, that stupid idiot! Leaving such a mess uncleared.

" No, it will be better to say that you were stalking him. To the point where he started to take baths while wearing clothes, and that was not all, when the old teacher tried to stop you ... you cornered her with a bunch of scoundrels and then beat her up. It was a huge mess !"

'.....Just when I think that this woman was not that bad, something will be revealed about her and tell me that she was really a b*tch!'

Mo Qiang swallowed her curses and breathed in and out. No wonder Mo Yan still did not believe her, with so much mess, she might have thought that Mo Qiang was the one who hit Madam Lian, though she was the one who was in the wrong —— Madam Lian was also Mo Qiang's elder, if this news of her beating Madam Lian gets out then she will surely get condemned.

As she thought about this and that, she looked at Madam Lian whose eyelids were moving and sneered inwardly. Surely, this woman was thinking of suddenly waking up and confessing that she was the one who beat her up right?

Though Mo Qiang would admit this small piece of black history threw her off, she was still in control as she spread her hands and then started speaking in a casual voice, " Fine, if you do not wish to believe me what can I do? Sigh, I was the one who risked my life to save Ye Shu and almost killed myself in the process while she tried to harm your junior."

With a disappointment-filled look, Mo Qiang looked at Mo Yan and then spoke in an aggrieved voice, " Just take it as my repentance, after all, you trust an outsider more than me, Mother. I am sure that if Madam Lian was to suddenly claim that I was the one who beat her up like a dog, you will lap that story up as well."

Madam Lian: "...." Who are you calling a dog?

"That's not it," Mo Yan opened her mouth to defend herself but was interrupted by Mo Xifeng who parted her lips and then spoke in a voice which was as cold as the first drizzle of winter,

" Mum, sister is right," Mo Xifeng turned to look at Mo Yan and then with a calm face as if she was not the one who swept her sword at Mo Qiang earlier continued to speak, " Madam Lian was in the wrong, does it matter whether she was stomped by the three-horned chicken or sister? The thing that needs to be focused on is that she tried to harm someone and was caught on intergalactic television. I am afraid that the entire internet must be talking about Madam Lian right now along with you."

Mo Yan's expression changed when she heard Mo Xifeng's words, she knew about this matter of course but there was nothing that she could do about it, she glanced at the unconscious Madam Lian and then said, " Just bring her along, when she wakes up ... I will have her demoted ."

There was no other choice, Madam Lian seemed to have changed with time and she could no longer trust her with the important information anymore.

Mo Qiang looked at Madam Lian who had stiffened ever so slightly and sneered, 'Now you are going to go all out right? But you forgot one small thing since you can no longer hand General Wei any more information you are practically useless to her now. It will be surprising if a woman like her accepts you in her team.'

However, Mo Qiang only glanced at Madam Lian ever so slightly before looking away as the soldiers in Mo Yan's group took out a stretcher with their space ring and then placed Madam Lian on it.

The team walked towards the exit of the dungeons while Xiao Jiao who was done leading the herd of the female and male three-horned chickens commented while lying on Mo Qiang's head, " That woman will definitely make a move by the day out of tomorrow."

" I know, but we can take her down as we know that she is going to stab us in the back," muttered Mo Qiang as she walked out of the dimension, she wanted to say something more but as soon as she stepped out, she was suddenly hugged by something soft and fluffy and tumbled on her back.

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A soft personality ——1



Mo Qiang was more than stunned when something soft hurtled in her arms, the scent of something sweet tickled her nose as she slowly very slowly lowered her head and looked at who was hugging her. And as her gaze fell on the blonde hair which fell past the shoulder of the mer in her arms, she unconsciously stiffened.



Why... why was he hugging her? As far as she knew this mer was someone who hated her right? So what was with him and this sudden act of intimacy? Was he planning something? Was there a dagger in his hands which he wished to drive into her back or something of the sort? If so then it will explain why he was acting like such.

She tried to turn around and peek at her back, wanting to see just what kind of dagger this mer was holding in his hands but instead, she felt something warm and wet against her neck, startled she looked down thinking that she was stabbed when she was not paying attention but instead when she turned her head, she saw Yin Fu's crying eyes which scared her to the point that her head started to hurt.

But if she thought this was the end then she was surely wrong as the mer in front of her reached out and then grabbed her face with his hands and then made her face him such that her eyes were looking into his light bluish-green eyes which looked really pretty like lakes which shimmered under the sun.

" Wife...are ...are you okay?" Yin Fu had never been close to Mo Qiang before in fact he thought that even if she died, he will not be bothered by her. But these past few weeks, he had seen her work hard—— every day she woke up early and then worked in the fields till the evening without even taking a break other than eating and drinking water which she refined.

In his heart, even if he was not willing to forgive her that easily for beating him up all the time in the past at least he did not wish for her to die which was why he could not help but get scared out of his wits when he saw that Mo Qiang was in danger.

These past few days he was thinking that if Mo Qiang continued to work hard like this and continue to treat him with respect, he will willingly continue with their marriage and never divorce her, he will even stay loyal to her and never stab her in the back...but if his wife died today, everything that he thought in his head would have come to nought. Thus, when he saw Mo Qiang step out of the dimension with only slight scratches and dried blood, Yin Fu suddenly felt so relieved that he ended up crying out of relief.

Mo Qiang : (๏ᆺ๏υ)



What in the world is going on? Why is he acting like this?

Because her face was being held by Yin Fu, she could not look away. All she could do was to look at the mer whose eyes were red and shining with tears as she screamed in her head,

" Xiao Jiao, what is happening with him? Doesn't he hate my guts? What is going on with him then?"

In fact, Xiao Jiao was also confused. The favourability points which were displayed on top of Yin Fu's head were still in negative even if he no longer hate Mo Qiang as much as he did before, he did not have that good of an impression of Mo Qiang either which was why even she could not help but be confused.

" I don't know, you humans are complicated," in the end Xiao Jiao who felt her head throb threw the baggage off her head as she did not come here to solve the emotional conflicts of these humans. " Sometimes there are some humans who hate someone's guts but they will still treat them well, sometimes they will act as if they like them but at the same time treat them as if they are their enemies. There are also some who hate giving their loved ones to others and would rather kill and ruin them than let them move on and then there are some who will love someone with all their hearts but still let them go."

" I cannot understand such complicated emotions."

Even Mo the virgin Qiang who did not have a boyfriend all her life did not understand why Yin Fu was acting like this, his favourability points were in minus. They were definitely not enough to depict that he was in love with her, but they were not even as low as they once were when she met him for the first time.

But what does this have to do with him crying for her?

Mo Qiang thought long and hard but in the end, she could not come up with a plausible explanation since she never knew what it means to be in love and hate relationship, she was a straightforward person who maintained her relationship in a clear-cut manner thus in her eyes love was love and hate was hate, there was nothing in between.

With Yin Fu who both loved and hated her, she could not help but be confused to the point where her head started to hurt in the end, a small puff of smoke blew over her head like an atomic bomb explosion.

Mo Qiang. Exe had stopped working.

Realising that she could not deal with this overly enthusiastic mer who was hugging and crying in her embrace, Mo Qiang pressed her hand on her forehead as she relied on her old method——-

"Argh, it feels like my head is hurting," Mo Qiang was planning on fainting and acting like she could not hear anything but before she could fall on her back, something at a very incredible speed zoomed past her causing her to pause her plan in the middle.

Just now something ...really large went flying past her head right?

A soft personality ——2



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" Eh?" Mo Qiang who was on the verge of fainting paused and then raised a finger as she turned to look at the half-panic-stricken and half-confused-looking Yin Fu who was still holding her face and then asked in a polite voice, " Something flew past us, can...can you let go of my face, I want to see who flew by. Thank you."

"It's mother-in-law," Yin Fu who felt like he had never seen how pretty Mo Qiang was did not wish to let go of her face which was why he answered her question instead causing Mo Qiang to frown as she said, "Mother-in-law? If she is your mother-in-law doesn't it mean that it is my ....Mother?!!"

Yin Fu nodded with a troubled look on his face and Mo Qiang who was stunned and then surprised immediately jumped up. Damn did that Madam Lian attack Mo Yan when she was not paying attention? That treacherous woman!

" Who dared to attack General Mo in her own territory," Mo Qiang jumped up on her feet as she turned to look behind her but the scene that she was expecting did not appear in front of her. Instead, the one who had sent her mother flying was none other than Wen Gui, right now he looked like a little demon who had crawled out of hell, when he heard Mo Qiang's words, he raised his head and looked at Mo Qiang with a glare.

" Huh?" Even though it was only one word, Mo Qiang quaked to her boots as she raised her hands in surrender and then said in a soft and mewling voice, " Nothing go ahead, do your thing, Daddy."

At this moment she realised that Wen Gui was indeed a small bomb but when he exploded he would explode with a loud noise, one that would make everyone stunned.

Only then did Wen Gui turn to look at Mo Yan who was getting up and then raised the big hammer which looked like twice the size of a mega hammer in fact it was so big that its metal side which was used to hammer things or in this case humans was so big that it was almost as big as that of an umbrella's shade.

" Mo Yan," he said in a low voice as he looked at his wife who was looking at him with her hands raised. " How dare you leave my daughter in the hands of that incapable woman? You did not listen to me when I said that she was too weak to go to the dimensional hunt but you did not hear a thing that I have to say and then dragged my daughter to that stupid place, that was all right but instead of taking care of her, you left her alone? If she got hurt who would have handled this situation!"

As he spoke, he twirled the mega hammer like he was carrying a baton and then smacked it on the ground causing Mo Yan to jump as she dodged the attack which was sent her way by her husband and then said, " I am just trying to make my daughter become strong this is my care and love for her and nothing else. You are overreacting—— Wen Gui!" She yelled when she felt the hammer almost turn her into a meat patty.

" Heh," Wen Gui smirked as he looked at his wife and then said, " This is my love as well! So you stand straight and then let me smash you to the ground, don't worry I will give you loads of love!"

As he spoke he turned to look at Yin Fu whose eyes were teary and then said, " Little Fu!"

" Yes father," Yin Fu straightened up when he heard the voice of his father-in-law and then took a step forward with the air of a person who was heading for the gallows.

" Go and treat Qi Qi's injuries, apply the ointment which I brought ...take care of her..." he then turned to look at Mo Yan who was fighting him and added with a scoff, " I will take care of her mother."

Mo Yan: "...." How by breaking my limbs?

Mo Qiang originally wanted to refuse but then she saw Wen Gui almost smashing her mother's head and then smiled at Yin Fu brightly, " Shall we go?"

For the sake of her head, let's forget the negative points.

" Y...yes," Yin Fu's eyes widened as he nodded shyly. He did not expect that his wife's smile would be this dazzling —— in the past, Mo Qiang never smiled and only glared at everyone as if they owed her some heavy debts. Thus, when he saw Mo Qiang smile at him like this ——- he was stunned and could not help but blush.

Now that he was looking at his wife, she did not look that bad.

In fact, she looked quite charming as well...though she did not look as Angelic as Mo Xifeng, there was a sort of charm to her face as well.

Mo Qiang did not know that her smile caused Yin Fu to start nursing a small crush on her instead she turned on her heels and went back to their home, in fact, she too was feeling a bit tired.

Behind her Yin Fu followed Mo Qiang like a good little wife, he did not even say anything and simply glanced at Mo Qiang with admiration and a loving gaze.

Shao Hui who caught this gaze was stunned, he turned to look at Xie Jie and then said, " Why is Brother Fu like this? She only stopped hitting him and he is back to treating her well again?"

" He has always lacked a woman's love," Xie Jie understood Yin Fu's mentality better than the rest, he was a mer whose mother did not treat him well, she gave birth to so many mer sons that she only knew how to provide them with bare minimum affection but Yin Fu's personality was soft because he was protected by his elder brother who kept him safe from the world.

Even though Yin Fu's brother had to sleep with a tyrant woman in exchange for providing meals to his younger brother, he did not let Yin Fu's personality get tainted—— back when he was young, Xie Jie had met Yin Fu's brother many times in banquet where he would always accompany new women as a partner.

Many called him a prostitute but Yin Fu's brother did not let them bother him instead he poured all his love on his brother. Unlike Xie Jie who was in the same position as Yin Fu's brother a few years ago, Yin Fu was much pure thus he ended up trusting Mo Qiang much more easily because he craved the love of a woman, and he on the other hand disdained it.

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An unreasonable woman" Everyone," Mo Yan stood in front of her team while ignoring the gazes of the women who were looking at her with part sympathy and part amusement. She tried her best to keep her dignity intact but with a hand in a sling and a limping leg, there was not even an ounce of dignity left. She glared at her husband who glared right back at her and scoffed, " What are you looking at? Be grateful that my daughter is intact or else humph."



He was looking at Mo Yan with a gaze that seemed to be saying that if anything happened to his daughter, he would have killed her.

Mo Yan was at a loss for words, she looked at the mer beside her and simply rolled her eyes before turning to look at the soldiers who were standing in front of her and continued telling them about how they should prepare the chicken coop in the land which was a bit far away from the fields on which Mo Qiang was working.

Now that they had so many three-horned chickens, they could only ask for the soldiers' help, after all, Mo Qiang only wanted to bring a pair back but ended up with a dozen of male and female three-horned chickens even if she was to use all the strength that she had in her body, she will not be able to make a coop which could accommodate so many chickens which were bigger than a dog even when they were not using their extra buff.

" My daughter has already arranged for the materials, make sure to turn up at seven in the morning tomorrow. I will take you to the warehouse of our house," while she was speaking she looked at Madam Lian who was lying unconscious on the ground and added, " Relay the message to Madam Lian that she does not need to turn up tomorrow if anything, she should stay in her house and think over her actions. Lest she loses herself to vain pride and greed."

Madam Lian who was lying on the ground gritted her teeth so hard that she almost crumbled them into dust. She knew that the reason Mo Yan was grounding her was that Mo Yan thought that she was shameful, in the past many times when Mo Yan taught her, the latter had looked over at her like she was nothing good, Madam Lian hated Mo Yan and at this moment, her hatred for Madam Mo was surging up another level as she grounded her teeth, she will definitely make this woman suffer!

Just you wait, Mo Yan! I will make you regret ignoring me and as for that daughter of yours, I will kill her! Madam Lian thought in her mind viciously, though she could not confront Mo Qiang regarding the slaps which she had given her, there were many other ways she could deal with her.

As this thought came into Madam Lian's mind, her lips could not help but curl in a smirk.

The soldiers who were in charge of taking her away looked at the smirking Madam Lian and were dumbfounded, was this woman crazy? Why was she smirking when she was unconscious?

" Has she lost her mind?" The soldier who was holding the front of the stretcher asked.

" Who knows?" The soldier who was holding the end of the stretcher replied with an eye roll. " Maybe she is and maybe she isn't? We are just small soldiers, how can we say anything about her, who is such a majestic mecha morph?"

As the soldier spoke, her voice could not help but become sarcastic and Madam Lian who was lying on the stretcher clenched her fingers, all right they dared to treat her like this—— she will definitely remember this humiliation!

....

Mo Qiang who was sitting in her room had no idea that she was being targetted by Madam Lian in fact even if she knew that the woman was targeting her, she would not have bothered with her because, at this very moment, she was facing another perilous situation which was rather dangerous when compared to Madam Lian's stupid plans.

" If it hurts, tell me all right?" Yin Fu, her husband who was supposed to be hating her guts was currently sitting in front of her on his knees as he used a small ivy ball which was made from the residual of fabrics that they wore to clean her wounds.

"It's all right, I..." She wanted to say that she could do it but facing Yin Fu's teary eyes which were filled with raw concern she could not bring herself to say those words, instead she silently allowed Yin Fu to wipe her injuries and

Yin Fu was also afraid that Mo Qiang would reject him because their relationship was never good, so when he saw that she was not saying anything and allowing him to wipe her injuries, he heaved a sigh of relief. With the ivy ball in his hands, he wiped Mo Qiang's injuries and then started to apply the ointment which Wen Gui brought in a hurry to treat Mo Qiang's injuries.

His touch was really soft and he did not even dare to put extra pressure on Mo Qiang's bleeding wound, since he was worried that she might end up getting hurt.

" He is quite sweet when compared to others, don't you think?" Xiao Jiao remarked as she saw how careful and considerate, Yin Fu was while dealing with Mo Qiang's wounds.

Mo Qiang looked at the mer who was indeed dealing with her injuries with great care and pursed her lips, in fact, she had nothing against these mers. They were indeed beautiful and were sort of according to her tastes but the thing was they hated her too much and she who cared about her sorry small life could only stay away from them, what if they suddenly go crazy and start attacking her?

Wouldn't she be filled with regret then? What's more, it was clear that she was not their type, so why should she press her hot face against the cold bottom?

" Say, Mister Yin ...what do want?"

An unreasonable woman——2Mister Yin? This way of calling him was way too distant, wasn't it?



Yin Fu trembled when he heard Mo Qiang ask what he wanted, he just wanted to care for his wife and nothing more than that, but then he thought of their relationship and sighed inwardly. The two of them had so many strifes and struggles, of course, his wife would think that there was something up with him when she saw him treat her nice all of a sudden.

" You are my wife, is it weird for me to worry about you?" Yin Fu asked as he raised his head and looked at Mo Qiang with his subtle blue eyes which were as big and shimmering as that of an innocent doe but Mo Qiang knew that this mer was very much capable of running her over with his car if he got mad.

" Were you not the one who hit me with that tiffin box?" Mo Qiang asked suddenly as if trying to remind Yin Fu that there was a time when he gave her much more serious injuries and did not care about her at all. Compared to those bumps on her head and the back of her arms, these small scratches were nothing!

Yin Fu's expression could not help but turn awkward when he heard Mo Qiang mention that incident. Back then he was indeed in the wrong but then again, his wife was in the wrong as well... she hit him, beat him and still he never asked for a divorce yet she was the one who went ahead and said that she will sign a divorce agreement, how can he not be upset?

" I...I apologise for that," Yin Fu lowered his head as he pursed his lips and then added in a soft voice, " But you were wrong too, how can you just announce that you want a divorce without talking with me? The two of us got married it wasn't just you alone, should you not discuss with me whether or not I wish to get a divorce?"

Mo Qiang blinked her eyes as she turned her head to the side with a light furrow on her forehead as she said, " But don't you hate me...you even wanted to stay with Xifeng, so was there any need for me to discuss? Wasn't it because of this that you always tried to attract her attention?"

" You...You knew?" Yin Fu's face paled when he heard Mo Qiang's words, though he knew that Mo Qiang was suspicious of him. He thought that she only hated them talking with Mo Xifeng and had no other idea about what was going on but looks like the ones who were clowns were him and the other two!

Mo Qiang had a very good idea about what was going on in their heads but she never said it out loud.

" Of course I did," Mo Qiang took the bandage which Yin Fu had taken out of the first aid box and then applied it on the cut on her upper lip something which she received when she was fighting the violet bells. " Which is why I think that divorce is indeed the right——"

" No!" As soon as Mo Qiang spoke Yin Fu got so agitated that he stood up and then pushed Mo Qiang down on the bed by placing his hands on her shoulders as he shouted, " I don't want a divorce, I will never divorce you! I want to be with you and have your babies!"

Crash!

The two of them turned to look at the door where Wen Gui was standing, the bowl of solution which he brought with him was on the ground and he was looking at Yin Fu and Mo Qiang with a blushing face his hands were moving here and there as he did not know what to do with his hands but somehow he managed to open his mouth as he said, " I ... I apologise ...but you two...take it ea...easy. Clear the a...air first, there is no need to... I...I mean I want a grandchild v..very much so ...but n...not right now..."

With that he pulled the door close shut with a loud bang, his hand on his chest, Wen Gui breathed in and out while his back was against the door.

Just n..now, his daughter was under Yin Fu —— so was it Yin Fu who was the dominant one among the two?

Mo Qiang did not have any idea what just happened, all she knew was that she was pushed down on the bed, following which she received the most absurd proposal and then she was caught by Wen Gui when she was lying on the bed with Yin Fu over her.

She blinked her eyes as she continued to look at the door and then turned her head to look at Yin Fu who was pressing her down before a sudden comprehension dawned on her as her eyes went wide and she screamed, " Daddy No!"

In a hurry, she pushed Yin Fu off her body and rushed to the door that she pulled open and shouted after her father, "That's not what happened !"

God! If Wen Gui misunderstood that she and Yin Fu was rolling in bed sheets, how will she get a divorce?!

...

On the other side, there was someone else who was furious beyond their limits.

Bam!

The sound of something falling on the floor and crashing into pieces echoed in a house which was laden with many luxurious necessities.

Madam Lian who returned home after getting nursed by the doctor threw another vase which was on her table onto the floor to accompany the first one.

As it fell on the floor and cracked into pieces, Madam Lian continued to stare at the broken pieces with a gloomy gaze. Her chest rose and fell while she pursed her lips trying to suppress the scream which was building in her throat, her eyes were rimmed red like a ferocious beast which was bidding its time to attack its prey and kill it in one sweep move.

" That dumb bitch, she sure has gotten cocky just because she got a bit stronger than before, does she thinks that she can take me down? Madam Lian? I was fighting Zerg twice her size when she was in her nappies!" Madam Lian roared as she swept everything that was on her working table down on the floor causing another round of crashing to echo.

Just as she was prepared to throw another tantrum, the door of her room opened and a mer with delicate and shy features stepped inside, he was holding a bowl of porridge which was filled with pieces of meat.

The meat which was simmering inside the bowl was lean and oily, such slices of high-quality meat were a rare thing that even Mo Qiang and Mo Yan might have never eaten after they were exiled.

" W..Wife eat something," Su Jiu stuttered but then bit his lips when he saw that his wife's expression had changed again. Goodness, how can he be so foolish? He actually forgot that his wife hates his stuttering the most!

Sure enough, Madam Lian who was already upset stomped over to where Su Jiu was and raised her hand before bringing it down heavily.

Slap! Crash!

A fake case" Argh!"



The tray along with the bowl fell on the floor with a crash as Su Jiu looked at his wife while cupping his cheek in shock. Though he was not shocked when Madam Lian slapped him but what shocked him was that the woman actually hit him so hard that he ended up tasting blood in his mouth.

Madam Lian had indeed beaten him many times before but each time she would make sure to not use too much force since she was worried that others would notice the wounds on his body and thus find out that he was being domestically abused by her. This was the first time she hit him so hard that he tasted blood!

" You damned mer, how many times have I told you not to stutter? Are you a broken record why do you stutter so much? Can't you say something properly?" Madam Lian scolded her husband with a glare as she looked down at him like he was trash that she could not be bothered about at all.

Su Jiu knew that his wife disliked him which was why he did not fight back and simply lowered his head in fact he long knew that his wife had another family behind his and Mo Yan's back. The reason she was hiding that mer and his daughter was because she was worried that one day if Mo Yan were to find out about her treason she will make things difficult for her beloved mer and his daughter which was why she deliberately chose to hide her daughter and that mer.

As for him, she did not care about him at all which was why she was not at all bothered by the fact that in case Mo Yan was to find out about her treason, she will come looking for him. In fact, Su Jiu was sure that his wife had long planned to make him a stepping stone for her run such that she will be able to escape from Mo Yan's grasp while she chased after him.

"... I apologize."Su Jiu knew that there was no point in fighting with his wife which was why he bowed his head and accepted his fault, he did not want to quarrel with his wife since he knew that no matter what he said, she will still find fault with him.

Madam Lian wanted to say a bunch of things to Su Jiu but when she saw that he had apologized so early, she could only stifle her anger and roll her eyes many times. Though she was suppressing her anger, she still did not wish to let go of Su Jiu so easily, she knew that this mer of hers had no place to go in fact she was the only one whom he could rely on. Her in-laws were gone and Su Jiu only had an elder sister who stayed in the imperial star and her husband was one of the top socialites.

What was more, her sister-in-law was a very well-known lawyer. She had a prestige to maintain if her brother returned after getting a divorce there was a chance that she might feel burdened by his presence after all no matter what time it was, most men and women despised marrying a mer who was once divorced.

Of course, this was all, Madam Lian's thoughts which she instilled in the head of her husband to make sure that he will never run away from her. She brainwashed Su Jiu until the latter even started to question the way he ate making him believe that he was nothing even being used as her stepping stone was a matter of pride for him.

And after years of continuous brainwashing, Su Jiu was indeed like a good dog who wouldn't dare to stand if she was to tell him to sit down.

Her plan was yet to be set in motion, how can he escape? If he was to run away, whom will she use as her shield?

But what was she supposed to do? She was so angry that she had nowhere to vent! Was she supposed to stay stifled like this? She did not want to!

' I can't let that brat get the upper hand, if this continues then it will not take her long to push me out of the team,' Madam Lian thought in her head, now that Mo Qiang knew that she was the one who kicked and pushed her when she was drunk, surely she will not sit silent.

She will definitely try to retaliate!

" No, I cannot allow that woman to make the first move, if she made a move then surely she will make things difficult for me," Madam Lian was well aware of what might happen if she was to leave the matter without dealing with it properly which was why she could not help but worry but at the same time, she was confused regarding how she should deal with that woman called Mo Qiang.

Just as she was pondering, her eyes fell on Su Jiu who was getting up from the ground and her eyes lit up. This...it was a bit reckless but this might work better than any other plan which she had thought of earlier, the more Madam Lian thought about the small palm which she come up with in the heat of the moment, the more she thought that she was a genius.

" Su Jiu!" When she saw that the mer was walking out of the room to bring a vacuum cleaner robot she stretched her hand and then caught his wrist making it impossible for Su Jiu to leave. When Su Jiu saw his wife holding his wrist, his eyes could not help but shake as he raised his head and looked at the woman in front of him with worry.

What...what did she want from him now? Su Jiu was very much aware of his importance in Madam Lian's heart, he knew that she will never take the initiative to touch him unless she wanted something from him.

So what did she want now?

" Ne~ Su Jiu, you want to be useful to me right?"

a fake case——2The next morning Mo Qiang woke up and headed straight to the grounds where the chicken coop was being built, she was too embarrassed to stay at her home and look at Wen Gui, even though she wanted to explain everything to her father, she did not know where to start.



What was she going to say to him? That everything happened in a heat of a moment and she had no such ideas regarding Yin Fu? No matter how she thought over the entire conversation in her head, it sounded stupid in her head which was why she decided to simply ignore the matter.

It was better to keep her head lowered for the time being, as long as she did not bring up the matter for a few weeks, Wen Gui will definitely forget all about it and she will not look like a scumbag either.

" Achoo!" While she was standing on the grounds waiting for the team members of her mother to arrive, Mo Qiang loudly sneezed inside her mask which cleaned itself soon because of the auto-clean function.



With a sniff, she could not help but mutter, " Who is talking badly about me?"

Mo Qiang did not know that Madam Lian was actually thinking of pitting her husband against her but even if she knew that the woman had such plans, Mo Qiang would not be worried. She had her own plans which she had already set in motion when no one was paying attention to her, she knew that Madam Lian was far too arrogant to think that anyone would be able to doublecross her which was why it was far too easy for her to deal with Madam Lian.

" I heard that you were looking for me, Miss Qiang?" Ou Qi was the first one to arrive, when she came Mo Yan told her that Mo Qiang was looking for her which was why she immediately came to look for her.

" I was ..." Mo Qiang replied with a nod as she walked over to where Ou Qi was and then said, " Excuse me for a minute, all right?"

Ou Qi frowned before she could say anything she felt Mo Qiang squeeze her forearms and biceps which made her eyes widen as she looked at Mo Qiang with surprise and disbelief in her eyes. This...what was this? Was this counted as taking advantage of?

While Ou Qi was having such thoughts in her head, Mo Qiang took a look at her strong physique and was rather satisfied with Ou Qi's muscular physique.

She was better than she imagined in her head, no wonder she was able to reach the peak and become the fifth strongest soldier of Mo Yan's team even though she did not awaken a mecha morph core, her skills were the ones who spoke much better than her core.

' One has to use their talents accordingly, though Ou Qi was not a mecha morph, she was a talented swordsman and her agility was not a joke but in front of the strong mecha morph, she could only stay at a humble position but given her skills, she could be a wonderful helper.'

" We will be starting the construction of the chicken coop today, do you think that you are up for it?" As she spoke, she dropped her hands from Ou Qi's biceps which allowed the latter to heave a sigh of relief as she nodded and replied,

" I will do whatever it takes to develop this rotten star, Miss Qiang." Ou Qi truly wanted to develop this place where they were living, this way she will be able to relay the message to that stupid General Wei that no matter where they were, they will still find a way and shine brighter than she could ever!

" Okay, that is the spirit! There is nothing that you need to do actually it is really a small thing. All you need to do is govern the cutting of the wood logs——"

" The what?" At first, Ou Qi was sure that she had misheard, Mo Qiang. It was not that she had not heard about wood logs but she had never seen them before apart from staring at their pictures on the internet. But now this woman in front of her was telling her that she needed to cut wood logs? That too so casually.

" The wood logs," Mo Qiang repeated but when she saw that Ou Qi was looking at her in disbelief and confusion, she rolled her eyes and then pushed open the door of the warehouse which was usually empty since they had nothing to take care of and pointed at the logs of wood which were dealt by Mo Xifeng.

Mo Xifeng wanted to follow her but after getting her head almost chopped off by that woman, Mo Qiang did not dare to treat her lightly which was why she choose the second-best option. " All I need is you to chop these up and——-"

Thump!

A loud voice interrupted her causing Mo Qiang to turn her head and look at the person who was lying on the ground and then muttered, " Oh I forgot about this."

She looked at Ou Qi who was lying on the ground and rolled her eyes. She seemed to have forgotten that in the eyes of the people of this world, something like this was a rare treasure which needed to be locked and protected!

" Now what ?" She questioned as she looked at the unconscious Ou Qi, was she supposed to wait for her to wake up?

" I say you might as well call everyone and hold a mass 'fainting' function," Xiao Jiao suggested as she looked at the unconscious woman. " I think that everyone who will gaze upon the gorgeous beauty of Mother Nature's gift might faint in a similar manner. I do not blame them, the logs are indeed one of the finest logs I have ever seen."

As Xiao Jiao spoke, she gazed at the logs lovingly causing Mo Qiang to be speechless. " You sure have a lot——" daydreams.

She did not have the chance to say the rest of her sentence as she heard a gentle voice and turned to look at the mer who was standing behind her. When she saw that he was someone she did not know, Mo Qiang raised a brow and asked, "Who're you? What are you doing here."

"...I...." The mer seemed to have said something which Mo Qiang did not catch, she wanted to ask him to repeat himself but before she could ask what he said, she saw him rip his clothes into shreds as he screamed, " Kyaaaa! Miss Qiang assaulted me!"

" Where?!!!!!"

Throwing mud? I can roll in it. Mo Qiang wanted to jump down in the yellow river to wash herself clean, what was this? What was going on? How come this maniac suddenly claimed that she had harassed him? Never mind that but before he made such a claim should he not look at his face?



No matter how cruel and vicious she looked, she was in the end a young woman who was in the prime of her youth even if she wished to harass someone, it will definitely not be this middle-aged mer!

" That... actually the predecessor harassed a middle-aged mer when she was drunk," Xiao Jiao did not wish to rain on Mo Qiang's parade but she was worried that the latter would not prepare another countermeasure and shoot herself in the foot.

Mo Qiang suddenly staggered and felt the urge to scream out loud. Fck! How come she did not know that her predecessor had such a heavy taste, was she such a heavy driver? As long as there was something hanging between their legs to satisfy her anyone will do? How can this be!

She was distressed, she was angry and she was innocent! Focus on the innocent damn it! Don't focus anywhere else!

" You...old mer why are you trying to ruin my life?" Mo Qiang could not help but whine as she threw her head back and turned on her heels to stomp away but before she could even turn around the corner, she heard the sound of hurried footsteps, realizing that she could not run away, she heaved a heavy breath before kicking the door of the warehouse and then turning Ou Qi over to sit down on her back.

Her series of actions surprised Su Jiu who looked at Mo Qiang who looked back at him and said, " Let me ask you old sir... what are you exactly after? I mean I am not unaware of such things. It really happens all the time but look at me," she motioned to herself. " I am not exceptionally beautiful, I am not even rich ... I have no money..." She opened her paying app and then showed her balance to the old mer. "Look, I am literally struggling at the bottom of the ocean myself, let me ask what will you get by causing me trouble? If you want to go and accuse someone, why not go after my sister? She is prettier among us at least you will have beauty in your hands."

Mo the beauty Xifeng who just arrived at the scene: "..."

(˚ ˃̣̣̥⌓˂̣̣̥ ) I am not a cat but you are definitely a dog sister.

Behind Mo Xifeng, Mo Yan was even more stupefied. When she heard the scream she thought that something happened but why was it that she ended up hearing her eldest daughter pitting her youngest against a scammer? What was going on?

Mo Yan turned to look at Mo Xifeng and asked, "Did you do something to anger Qi Qi? I thought she was behaving properly for a while. So why is she suddenly pitting you against a scammer ?"

" Something did happen," Mo Xifeng remembered the time when she swung her sword at Mo Qiang and all her anger went back inside, it was already good enough that her sister was only pitting her against a scammer and not a suicide bomber.

" And just how serious this something was ?" Mo Yan questioned wanting to know what was going on between her two daughters, in case something severe was happening she might be able to intervene and help the two in solving their differences. Now that Mo Qiang was listening to her, she will definitely ——-

" 'Decapitating her head,' serious," replied Mo Xifeng precisely.

Mo Yan: (☛'∀｀*)☛, forget I even asked.

" You...." Mo Yan wanted to say something but then she was interrupted by the crying of a mer who covered his face and then said in a wronged voice, " Miss Qiang, I know that I am weak and unliked by my wife but you cannot just embarrass me like this."

Wait a minute...hold up?!

" Su Jiu! What are you doing here ?" Mo Yan looked at the mer whose voice she recognized and then raised her head to look at Mo Yan and asked, "What's going on here? Why is Madam Lian's husband sitting in front of you with tattered clothes."

' Oh, so he is the husband of that evil hag? I was thinking about her actually. An entire night passed by and she did not make a move this was simply against her personality,' Mo Qiang looked at the mer who was crying and then raised her head to look at her mother and then raised her hands in surrender as she said, " Will you believe me if I say that I did nothing, General Mo?"

....

" Bullsh*t! She must have done so to dishonour me and my husband! She is still upset over what happened yesterday and though after careful consideration and having reflected on my actions from yesterday, I will admit that I was indeed in the wrong but this... this is something that I will not accept!"

As Madam Lian spoke she banged her hands on Mo Yan's study table causing the computer to tremble. Mo Yan who was sitting behind the table rubbed her forehead as she looked at Mo Qiang who was calmly sitting on the couch beside Wen Gui who soothed her and then turned to look at the angry-looking Madam Lian whose face was turning purple.

After the incident at the warehouse took place, the two parties maintained a different point of view. According to Mo Qiang, she was only minding her business when Su Jiu came looking for her and started tearing his clothes, in her defence she said that because of a severe lack of love, Su Jiu must have gone into depression which further led to him developing a personality disorder.

The other one being a pervert and a flasher —— she also very heavily emphasized that she was 'traumatized' after seeing the body of an old mer whom she thought and regarded as an elder which led to Wen Gui coaxing and soothing his daughter who was still in 'shock.'