Mo Qiang was slapped ——3------------------



Mo Xifeng's face was filled with question marks, though she had received a lot of confessions this was her first time getting a confession in which she was the one who confessed first without even her knowing!

For two minutes she did not know what to do, if this was any other woman, she would have stayed quiet and accepted the affections of the only prince of the Imperial family. After all, Mo Xifeng was clearly aware of just how much the princesses and the members of the Imperial family adored and pampered Fu Qi Hong.

He was the only prince of the imperial family and was loved by even the Empress, as long as one was to gain his favour there was a chance that they might even get an opportunity to fight for the throne but Mo Xifeng was different, she would never lie to a mer and especially when she did not have any feelings towards him.

She was not the kind of person who would do something like that which was why, she raised her head with a solemn expression and spoke seriously, " Your Highness, I believe there is some sort of misunderstanding between us. I have never taken part in any such competition ... I don't know how you came to the conclusion that I am in love with you but I am afraid that is not the case. I have never expressed my fondness for your highness, not even causally as —— I do not like you."

Mo Xifeng admired Fu Qi Hong for his arrogance and confidence, he was the kind of mer who despite the reprimanding of the officials continued with his job as a model. He never let anyone put him down just because his clothes were short nor did he jump into the arms of others to gain fame and what was even more amazing —— he never used his position as the only prince of the Imperial star to get what he wanted. Whatever he gained, he gained it with his own hard work.

But that did not mean that she would end up falling in love with him.

Fu Qi Hong stiffened, he did not know what happened. One second he was flying in the seventh heavens thinking that he was going to get his dream woman but the next second he was pulled down ruthlessly on the ground, with his eyes flickering he immediately said, " But...But you were the one who wrote that poem right? The one that won the contest, that's how Mo Qiang got her hands on those seeds right?"

" I am afraid I did not write anything like that, Your Highness," Mo Xifeng calmly shook her head, though she was willing to clean up the mess of her sister. She was not going to marry a haughty as peacock prince for the sake of saving her sister's life, Mo Xifeng loved her sister but unfortunately, Fu Qi Hong was not the kind of mer she liked. " I am not even aware of the fact that such a competition was held at any point as I don't have a Star net account. Are you sure that you are not making a mistake?"

" Of course not," with cheeks flaming with embarrassment, Fu Qi Hong banged his fists on the table. This was his first time getting embarrassed like this and that too in the hands of the woman about whom he had been going crazy for the past few weeks. " I asked my aide, Li Wan to find the address of the woman who wrote that poem for me and he told me that the IP address came from your house!"

After his exclamation, Fu Qi Hong tried to force a smile as he said, " Miss Xifeng, you don't have to hide it... I mean I am willing aren't I?"

" Then isn't there another possible, Your Highness?" Mo Xifeng suggested delicately as she could see that Fu Qi Hong was not feeling well because of this awkward conversation. " Maybe you misunderstood me for my sister. I am not good with words and I cannot string a letter much less poetry. It has to be my sister who——"

" Stop!" Fu Qi Hong rose from his chair, his face so red that steam was coming out of his ears as he said, " I would rather believe that the poem was written by Madam Mo than your sister! No, I would rather believe that you find me unpleasant because of my dating history anything but that!"

After he was done speaking, Fu Qi Hong did not even stay behind for another minute and then rushed out of the room. He did not wish to continue with the awkward conversation any more but even as he left with a storm chasing behind him, Fu Qi Hong still couldn't believe that the poem which won his heart was written by Mo Qiang!

Inside the waiting room, Mo Xifeng looked at the door which was left open by Fu Qi Hong and sighed. Sometimes she really wanted to ask her sister, just what did she do to be hated by these mers so much?

....

How could it be her? How could it be her?! Fu Qi Hong questioned in his head, he did not wish to believe that it was Mo Qiang who wrote the poem but every other piece of evidence was pointing towards her.

' That ugly little idiot? I was fantasizing about that idiot?' Fu Qi Hong wanted to slap himself in the face for even choosing that poem and helping the woman who stole his underpants but the deed was done and there was no way he could just take back what he had given away.

But he couldn't sit still without knowing the truth either! Thus, before he knew it, his feet were already leading him towards Mo Qiang's ward.

Bang!

He slid the door of Mo Qiang's ward with an abrupt force before coming to a stop in front of Mo Qiang who looked shocked at his sudden actions.

" What the—-" she began but Fu Qi Hong cut her off as he crossed his arms and demanded,

" Were you the one who wrote that poem?"

" What poem...oh that moon one? Yeah, I wrote it," Mo Qiang answered honestly since she never wanted to hide it anyways but upon seeing the worsening expression of Fu Qi Hong, she quickly added, " But don't take it the wrong way. I don't really have any feelings for you anymore, your highness. I only wrote that poem because I wanted to win that prize, I swear I don't like you anymore——"

SLAP!

Equality that dwindles at times" You are despicable!"



Fu Qi Hong felt like his face had been slapped left and right ruthlessly when he came to this hospital with his mother, he thought that later this evening when he walked out of the hospital he would no longer be single and would have a woman who loved him very much.

He even went ahead and booked a wedding venue including looking up all the vacation offers where he and his beloved wife could go on the honeymoon but instead, he was rejected by Mo Xifeng who told him that she never confessed to him.

And now Mo Qiang was telling him that she only wrote that poem for him because she wanted to win the competition and had no other intention behind it? Wasn't that equivalent to telling him that he was acting like a fool for more than a month?!

It would be a miracle if he was to stay calm even after all of this! Fu Qi Hong had never been humiliated like this before and thus he couldn't reign in his temper. As the one and only prince of the imperial family, he was doted on by his mother and sisters even those who did not like him had to pay their respects to him!

But today he was played like a fool by these two Mo sisters!



' No maybe she was saying those words because she wanted to play hard to get with him, she must be lying! That sure has to be the case,' thought Fu Qi Hong in his head, he knew how crazy Mo Qiang was for him most probably she was only acting tough in front of him because he refused to accept her confession, yeah most probably that was it——

" OI!"

A hoarse cry snapped him out of his thoughts as Fu Qi Hong looked at Mo Qiang who was looking at him with a very angry look on her face. She pointed to red finger marks on her right cheek and with a sharp glint in her eyes asked, " What is the meaning of this? Why did you slap me? Is it because I had one slap unsettled after I stole your clothes or something?"

Her question was something that Fu Qi Hong did not expect and thus he frowned before replying, " No... I don't think so." He was not the type of guy who would keep any tab unmatched, all the accounts have to be settled at the right time.

" Then did I say something that made you mad? Anything wrong in the eye of the public or moral eye? Like did I harass you? Called you names or something?" She pressed with a dark gloom settling on her face as she glared at Fu Qi Hong.

Seeing her expression getting bad to worse, Fu Qi Hong took a step instinctively as he blinked his eyes and then shook his head before replying, " No, you didn't do anything like that. But why are you asking me that?"

" Heh," Mo Qiang pushed Huhu off her lap as she stood up and cracked her neck. The poor pup was trying to calm her anger down but sometimes calming down one's anger was not the way, sometimes they needed to throw their fists down!

She crossed her arms and then looked at Fu Qi Hong before stating in a calm voice, " I am asking all of this because I want to know the reason which will explain why I have to carry your fingerprints on my face for the next three days!"

Her husbands, she understood those guys were harassed by her predecessor quite a lot but this mer only lost a pair of underpants and she was quite sure that Fu Qi Hong dealt with her predecessor then and there so her getting slapped was simply out of the question.

Fu Qi Hong pursed his lips after he was questioned by Mo Qiang, his eyes flickered uneasily before he straightened up his back and retorted, " I slapped you because you participated in the competition and made a fool out of me when I clearly blocked you!"

" Did you mention anywhere that I was blocked from participating? Did I do anything illegal with the price you gave me?" Mo Qiang questioned Fu Qi Hong as she took a step closer to him. Her pace was slow and deliberate as if she was prowling around her prey causing Fu Qi Hong to shudder. " Your Highness, I think you did not mention anything like that which means you slapped me because you lost control of your emotions and nothing else, isn't that right?"

Fu Qi Hong backed away from Mo Qiang, he did not know why this woman was coming close to him but he had a feeling that whatever she had in her head was nothing good!

" You...you stay away!" He warned Mo Qiang as he waved his hand and made a shooing gesture. " I am telling you to stay away if you don't the...then I will have you punished!"

Mo Qiang did not stop instead she smiled at Fu Qi Hong while cracking her fingers and then said, " Your Highness, please stop moving. Or else it is going to hurt you~"

" You...what are you doing?" Fu Qi Hong questioned but this time Mo Qiang did not answer instead she raised her hand as if she was going to punch him in the face.

" KYAAHHHH!!!!!"

A wretched scream rang out in the hospital causing the nurses and doctors to turn and look in the direction of the ward which stayed silent for two seconds before the door was slid open and rushed out a figure which surprised the entire crowd of onlookers.

Because the person who was running like his life was on the line was the Empire's third prince and from the expression on his face, many thoughts he was being chased by something really dangerous.

Sure enough, they saw an evil witch running after Fu Qi Hong while cackling madly as she screamed, " Your Highness, you gotta suffer the consequences of your actions, so hold your horses!"

"AHHHH! Someone get her away from me!"

Equality that dwindles at times——2---------------



Fu Qi Hong ran like a hellhound was chasing after him, never did he expect that one day he would be chased after by a woman who wanted to hit him back! What kind of fcked up mess was this? How can a woman raise her hand to hit him? He was the fairer gender here, wasn't he?

He turned around and looked at Mo Qiang who was running after him as if she was dead set to teach him a lesson and screamed while running, " What kind of woman are you? How can a woman hit a mer! Thats horrible! Even if I slapped you on the face you should have taken it like a gentlewoman. That's how a woman is supposed to act!"

" If that is the case then let me identify as a mer for the next fifteen minutes!" Mo Qiang shouted back while chasing the mer in front of her with everything that she had in the weakened state of her body. " And what do you mean by gentlewoman? We live in a world ruled by equal rights, if you slap me unjustly, I have the right to slap you back! What kind of teachings will you hand out to the younger generation by doing something like this Your Highness? You are the prince of the Empire, you cannot run away from the consequences of your actions now, can you? You need to set a great example!"

Fu Qi Hong felt like crying, he had tears in his eyes but he did not dare to shed them. This woman was crazy, she was hot as hell but she was completely messed up in her head—— who was the foolish one who said that she was still in love with him? That woman had chewed him out of her heart and then thrown him out on the side of the road because he had never seen a woman pursue a mer of her liking like this!

Just as Fu Qi Hong thought he was going to be beaten up, his gaze fell on his mother who was talking with Madam Mo and his eyes lit up with glee.

Looks like he was going to be saved!

" Imperial Mother!" He screamed attracting the attention of the Empress who looked up at him before turning to look at Mo Qiang who was hunting him down and frowned delicately.

"What's going on?" Fu Zhao asked but Fu Qi Hong did not have the time to answer her question, he immediately increased his pace and then rushed to hide behind his mother, who looked at him with a confused set of eyes before she asked again, " What did you do this time?"

However, Fu Qi Hong was not going to tell his mother that he slapped Mo Qiang in a fit of anger when he found out that she was the one who wrote the poem and not Mo Xifeng whom he mistakenly took as his secret admirer. It was too embarrassing! What was more, Madam Mo was right in front of him!

While Fu Qi Hong tried to make his presence as inconspicuous as possible, Mo Qiang rushed past Mo Xifeng and Wen Gui before snapping at Fu Qi Hong, " If you have the guts to slap me then step out, we are going to end this matter on equal footing, you bas——"

Her words were cut off by Mo Yan whose eyes widened as she swivelled around and used both of her hands to stop Mo Qiang from saying something she shouldn't while Mo Xifeng who had a hunch what happened inside the ward after seeing the red fingerprints on the cheek of her sister stopped her from attacking Fu Qi Hong.

" Sister calm down, think of nice things...think of all the money that you have earned!" Mo Xifeng tried to pull Mo Qiang back from Fu Qi Hong but Mo Qiang was like a fighter whose fighting spirit had been ignited, she struggled with all her might to get out of Mo Xifeng's grip and pointed at Fu Qi Hong before going,

" Mmph, mmmph! Mmmph! MMMPH! Mm, mmmph ...mm..mmm...mmph!"

Though no one understood a word she said, everyone somehow managed to understand the gist of the situation.

" I have no idea what you just said Miss Qiang but somehow I am quite aware of what you are saying," Fu Zhao nodded at Mo Qiang before turning to look at her son as she smiled darkly and drawled, " Hong'er, What did you do?"

" Mother, I did not do anything——"

" MMPH! MMPHHH! MMPH!" Before Fu Qi Hong could finish his lies, Mo Qiang called him a liar in another language causing Mo Yan to hush her, " Shh, my lovely daughter.. I know it hurts but you gotta suck it up."

" Dun want to!" Mo Qiang screamed against Mo Yan's palms while pointing at Fu Qi Hong. " He slapped me! Look!"

She pointed to the handprint on her cheek which was imprinted so deeply that one would think that she was born with it.

" I didn't even do anything!" She added quickly lest others think that she was making a scene for no reason.

" I know, I know," Mo Yan pushed her hands even harder against Mo Qiang's lips as she nodded in understanding. " Just calm down a little."

But was this a matter of calming down? Of course not!

Mo Qiang continued to yell at Fu Qi Hong who hid behind his mother, her ruckus was so loud that she attracted the attention of the doctors who diagnosed her as someone whose blood pressure was getting to an ungodly level and was thus jabbed with anesthesia which caused Mo Qiang to drift off to sleep but even then she did not forget to snap at Fu Qi Hong,

" I am never going to let you go, you jerk!"

She was not a bell hanging in the middle of the temple that anyone could ring her up anytime they wanted! Doesn't matter if the other person was the prince of the country!

Just as she fainted, Fu Qi Hong heaved a sigh of relief thinking that he was saved but then ——

" Who did you say slapped my daughter?"

Poison or Ambrosia?Fu Qi Hong stiffened as he looked at Wen Gui whose eyes were filled with nothing but murderous energy as he watched his daughter being taken away by the paramedics and then said in a heavy voice with a smile on his face, " You can let me know, I will not get angry. Nor will I say anything upsetting."



' But you are going to do something right?' Both Fu Zhao and Fu Qi Hong thought in their heads before they turned to look at each other and then Fu Zhao said with a charming smile, " I think we should leave now, since I am done visiting the victims of that incident, it's about time for us to go back to the imperial star."

" I think that's an excellent idea, Your Majesty," said Mo Yan as she smiled at Fu Zhao while standing on stand-by to stop Wen Gui lest he jump on the prince.

" Oh, you are leaving?" Wen Gui tilted his head as he took out a suspicious-looking package from his pocket and said, " I was going to pour tea for you two, won't you drink it, your majesty?"

Fu Zhao shivered but the smile on her lips did not fall as she waved Wen Gui and hurriedly pulled her son away from the corridor, " Thank you, Ah Gui but I am allergic to tea." Especially the one that was poisoned.

She then pulled Fu Qi Hong along with her and then left the hospital in a hurry while Mo Yan along with Shao Hui and Xie Jie heaved a sigh of relief. Just now no one noticed it but Yin Fu was about to attack Fu Qi Hong with a needle which had a bit of poison brushed on its tip.

Though the poison was not life-threatening it would indeed cause Fu Qi Hong's entire face to be covered with blisters filled with pus! He was quite lucky that the two of them stopped Yin Fu in time or else that haughty third prince would have died while scratching his face!

" Humph, he got lucky!" Yin Fu sneered as he placed his gun back in his space ring while slowly pushing himself off the wall from where he was peeking at the group. " He better hope that he doesn't come back ever again or else ...heh!"

Shao Hui and Xie Jie looked at each other before praying the same because they knew how vengeful Yin Fu could be when he wanted!

.....

After the Empress left with Fu Qi Hong nothing exciting happened for the next few days even the imprint on Mo Qiang's cheek vanished slowly.

But Mo Qiang had to go through another medical process and that was the re—firming of her teeth, that's right. The doctor found her teeth rattled and shaky something which was not present when she came back after dealing with the turtle tuber and had to firm up each tooth before sending her back to the ward again.

Thus the doctors kept Mo Qiang under scrutiny for three days before allowing her to leave and the first thing Mo Qiang did after getting released from the hospital was to send an earful to Fu Qi Hong on the Star Bo.

Call her petty but who wouldn't be after getting slapped by a hand which was as heavy as a hammer? Though Fu Qi Hong was a mer, he was stronger than most mers maybe it had something to do with his mother being an Empress which was why the slap that he gave her caused half of her teeth to almost pop out of their positions.

It was a good thing that the medical field of this world was much more progressive than the modern world or else she would have become a granny with a hollow mouth before hitting her thirties!

" That mer.. he better not come in front of me ever again," grounded Mo Qiang as she stepped out of the mecha craft. Even though it had been more than three days, she could still feel her teeth rattle!

Yin Fu who took full advantage of this situation immediately nodded his head in understanding as he held a fan up for Mo Qiang, " You are right wife, the third prince was really rude don't worry if he tried to get closer to you, I will definitely send him away." By shoving him inside a canon and shooting him as far as possible.

Mo Qiang did not say anything but she did not stop Yin Fu either which more or less gave him the right to deal with Fu Qi Hong.

On the other hand, Shao Hui and Xie Jie looked at one another before shaking their heads in worry, looks like they would have to be on the look out, in case Yin Fu was to really hurt the only prince of the Empire who knew what was going to happen!

Mo Yan wanted to say something to stop Mo Qiang and Yin Fu but was glared at by Wen Gui. That bratty prince almost caused his daughter to become an old lady, he deserved to get harmed by Yin Fu! Who told him to act like that?

Mo Xifeng on the other hand did not say anything, though she sympathized with Fu Qi Hong, she sympathized with Mo Qiang more. A little more strength and her sister had to live on a liquid diet for all her life.

So whatever was going on in Yin Fu's head... that prince deserved it.

As the family was returning home, the sound of someone rushing towards them echoed in the surroundings and before Mo Qiang could get a chance to stop the thing that came hurtling towards her, the thing launched itself in her arm with a mewling sound.

" Ouch!" Mo Qiang grimaced as she hugged the baby turtle tuber and then said, " Yes, Yes I am glad to see you too."

Though she only got a tuber in exchange for taking care of this baby turtle tuber, at least she was able to finish her task——

" Who says that there is no benefit in raising this baby tuber?" Her thoughts were interrupted by Xiao Jiao who raised her brow and then added, " The poison of a turtle tuber has healing properties, if one was to carefully refine it then the medicine made from the poison of the turtle tuber can even bring someone back from the dead. It might come in handy while reviving the magma bees, after all this is why turtle tubers are hunted, don't you know?"

Mo Qiang: Eh? Ehhh? EHHHHHH?!!!!

The flirtatious she devilMo Qiang's eyes couldn't help but widen as she looked at the little turtle tuber who was acting coquettish with her. Mo Qiang did not think that she was going to hit the jackpot when she picked this turtle tuber and brought him back home!



To think that she brought a treasure back home! Looks like she was not as unlucky as she thought she was!

Stroked by the sudden luck that she got, Mo Qiang immediately crouched down and picked the turtle tuber in her arms before hugging him. " I am going to name you little treasure!"

The little turtle tuber did not know what was going on, he was just glad that Mo Qiang was showing affection to him. Because Mo Qiang had the powers of green fingers, it was quite normal for her to be popular among animals who did not have any ill will towards humans. In short ——

[ You are just kidnapping an innocent child huh?]

The blue screen popped up in front of her eyes causing Mo Qiang's brows to twitch as she turned to look at Xiao Jiao and then said, " You better give this one balls of steel because one day I am cracking those nuts and shove it down his throat."

Xiao Jiao: "....."

" How do you know that the person behind the screen is a man?" Xiao Jiao asked as she looked at Mo Qiang who sniggered and calmly replied, " I have seen arseholes like him quite a lot when I used to work in the company."

The blue screen: .....?

[ You are the arsehole! Your whole family are a bunch of arseholes!]

" If you have the guts say it on my face!" Mo Qiang snapped back at the blue screen causing the latter to become so enraged that he sent Mo Qiang a bunch of incomprehensible signs before logging off.

Mo Qiang however did not care about that fragile little ego of that fairy behind the blue screen. She had finally gotten the chance to revive those magma bees who cared about that annoying yet sensitive little one.

" Hehe, hehehe," Mo Qiang looked at the baby turtle tuber who was cuddling her completely unaware of how he was going to earn his keep from now on!

Xiao Jiao looked at the expression on Mo Qiang's face and couldn't help but pursed her lips in silence. Honestly, she wanted to tell Mo Qiang that Yuting was not wrong, her expression was indeed that of a kidnapper who successfully snatched the kid he was going to ask millions of ransom for!

" Wife you seem to be quite happy," Only Yin Fu whose eyes were covered with rose-tinted glasses thought that Mo Qiang was looking exceptionally beautiful even now.

Seeing him look at Mo Qiang with that glossy look in his eyes, Shao Hui gagged while Xie Jie felt goosebumps rise all over his body. He knew that Yin Fu was a mer desperate for love but this was too much, if this goes on Yin Fu might end up worshipping the ground on which Mo Qiang stepped!

No, this won't do! He had to bring his brother on the right track! If he starts treating Mo Qiang so well, the latter will have no respect for him anymore!

" Of course I am happy," Mo Qiang hugged Little Treasure in her arms and then smirked happily. " We are going to be rich soon enough!"

With that, she did not explain anything and rushed towards the small laboratory which had been empty for months. Seeing her run like that Wen Gui wanted to stop his daughter but was stopped by Mo Yan who held him by his shoulder and said,

" Qi Qi knows what she is doing, if she felt uncomfortable then she wouldn't have run like that. It's you who should be taking a nap now, for three days you continued to run around without a break, Ah Gui."

" But," Wen Gui was also feeling a bit hazy as he hadn't slept for three days or maybe from the very day his daughter was caught by that turtle tuber. But he was not comfortable leaving her alone like this, what if his daughter pushed herself too much again?

" I will send Xifeng with Qi Qi, all right?" Mo Yan was worried that her husband would push himself too much and thus turned to look at Mo Xifeng who nodded and agreed with what Mo Yan said, she also wanted to see what made her sister run like she had hit a million gold coins jackpot.

Only then did Wen Gui agree with Mo Yan's suggestion to go home and take a nap. While Mo Xifeng followed after Mo Qiang, Yin Fu was going to chase after his wife as well but he was stopped by Xie Jie and Shao Hui, who held onto his arms.

Xie Jie looked at Yin Fu and then said calmly, " We need to talk."

With that, the two of them steered Yin Fu away from Mo Qiang and then took him home. They needed to give Yin Fu the lessons of how to play hard to get! Even if they were to divorce Mo Qiang, they couldn't watch their brother from another father becoming a foot rag for that woman!

....

Mo Qiang on the other hand had no idea that something like this was going on behind her back, she continued to run towards the laboratory and the second she came to a stop in front of the lab, she raised her foot and kicked it open.

" Wh...What? Who ...who attacked?" Lian Shou was sleeping inside the laboratory when she was suddenly jolted awake by a sudden bang. She looked around in a daze when she did not see anyone, Lian Shou heaved a sigh of relief however her relief was short-lived as she heard a chilly voice coming from behind,

" So, instead of working you are sleeping? Do you want me to extend your contract?"

Surprised, Lian Shou threw her head back and her gaze met with that of a woman who had a sinister expression on her face. Though the woman was smiling at her, Lian Shou felt a shiver dance up her spine as she screamed, " ARGGHHHH!!!!"

The flirtatious she devil ——2------------------



" What are you screaming for?" Mo Qiang felt like her ears were going to become useless because of Lian Shou's scream. On the other side, Yu Hai who was cooking inside the small kitchen in the laboratory immediately rushed out while holding a spatula and an apron tied to his waist.

He thought that his daughter was getting attacked by something but when he saw that it was just Mo Qiang, he heaved a sigh of relief. Yu Hai was a simple mer, in his eyes, his wife was in the wrong. She not only betrayed the country but she also joined hands with enemies to bring Mo Qiang and her family down.

With this matter alone, he and his daughter should have been executed by the imperial star but Mo Qiang was kind enough to let them continue their lives and even gave them a place to stay. As for everything that was taken away from them, it never belonged to them in the first place. More importantly, as long as his daughter was all right, Yu Hai did not care about anything.

" Oh it is you, Miss Qiang, would you like to eat some horned snake ribs? I bought it from the black market this morning," Yu Hai chirpily invited Mo Qiang to lunch causing Lian Shou to look at her father as if he had gotten mad. How could he even invite this woman to lunch? Was he not worried that she would not be able to stomach her meal?

Thus before Mo Qiang could refuse, Lian Shou immediately shook her head and then shouted, " NO!"

Her sudden refusal caused Yu Hai and Mo Qiang to look at her, while Yu Hai's eyes were full of reprimand, Mo Qiang on the other hand was smiling but she had used her other hand to knot Lian Shou's hair in her hand causing the latter to go stiff.

" Shou'er, you shouldn't treat our benefactor like that, have you forgotten? It's because of Miss Qiang that you can continue with your education," Yu Hai rebuked his daughter who was in tears because of her hair being pulled by Mo Qiang.

She wanted to tell her father that this woman was a devil who should be chased out of the house with a stake instead of being invited to lunch but she knew that Yu Hai was not going to listen to her. Who knew what kind of drug Mo Qiang fed to her father but he was only willing to sing her praises now, in fact even she couldn't compare to Mo Qiang in his heart anymore.

If not for the fact that Yu Hai was an average-looking mer with a great background, Lian Shou would have thought that Mo Qiang was her father's daughter and she was someone whom her parents picked up from the roadside!

It was just that Mo Qiang's facial features were too good looking and she had no such thing as 'average' on her face which made Lian Shou rest assured that Yu Hai gave birth to her and not Mo Qiang!

" Thank you, Master Yu. You are such a sweetheart but I am in a hurry, so I will not be having lunch at your place..." Mo Qiang refused Yu Hai's invite but for the sake of making sure that she maintained her sweet and kind image in his eyes, she smiled politely at Yu Hai and praised, " You are looking dashing Master Yu. Did you cut your hair? It suits you. If I was twenty years younger, I would have chased after you."

Mo Qiang knew that no matter whether it was a woman or a mer, everyone liked getting praised for their looks, especially those who cared about their appearance a lot. Yu Hai also liked to dress up and took special care of his skin, thus when Mo Qiang praised his looks, he flushed with embarrassment and gushed,

" Oh you...you really have a tongue of gold, don't you? It's fine if you don't have time to eat, I will pack some ribs for you—— make sure to eat at home," After getting praised by a good-looking woman, Yu Hai was quite satisfied and went back to the kitchen while humming a merry song.

Once he was gone, Lian Shou couldn't help but say, " Aren't you shameless, wanting to be my mother? What are you flirting with my dad for?"

" And aren't you equally shameless?" Mo Qiang used Lian Shou's knotted hair and then rolled her head front to back and then left to right. " I told you to look for a way to come up with renewable energy pellets from the three-horned chicken's waste. If not at least make manure with them, what are you doing sleeping when you are supposed to be working?"

" Oww ! Oww! Oww! Let me go who do you think you are? I will work when I want to!" Lian Shou couldn't accept this sudden drop in status, she did not wish to agree with Mo Qiang nor did she wish to work under Mo Qiang.

Lian Shou thought that as long as she was acting like a bum Mo Qiang would let her go and since she wouldn't be breaking the contract, no one would blame her!

How could Mo Qiang not know what was going on in Lian Shou's head, she smirked with a vulgar expression on her face as she leaned down and whispered, " Lian Shou...how is your little sister doing?"

Her words caused Lian Shou to wonder what Mo Qiang was saying, she frowned and then turned to look at Mo Qiang before asking, " What little sister? I have no little sister."

" You will have one if you don't do your job properly, just so you know if you don't work hard then I will make your father work hard in exchange and do you know how I will make him work hard?" Mo Qiang chuckled evilly when she saw Lian Shou's face turning pale.

" You wouldn't...there is no way you will like an old shrivelled up mer!"

Mo Qiang : (∗'ര ᎑ ര'∗)

" You wouldn't right?" Lian Shou asked again.

Mo Qiang: ( ˘ ³˘) :two_hearts:

" Are you ready to call me mommy ?" Instead of answering Mo Qiang only smiled at Lian Shou before straightening up and looking at the kitchen. Her expression twisted like a third-grade villain as she sniggered coldly, " I bet your father will like that too~"

Lian Shou: (˚ ˃̣̣̥⌓˂̣̣̥ ), this is not how you are supposed to play! Wahhh!

" I understand, please tell me what you want me to do mistress?"



Given how shameless Mo Qiang could be when she wanted to, Lian Shou had a sick suspicion that she would really impregnate her father and given how much her father liked her sweet tongue, he might really end up getting taken advantage of!

Three days hell-------------------



" You see how easy it was? Why did you have to make things difficult?" Mo Qiang grew up in an orphanage before going solo, she knew every single trick on the street. From sweet talking to threatening as long as she needed to get her work done, she would do anything as long as it was not murder.

A pampered silly girl like Lian Shou was definitely not a match for her.

Sure enough, Lian Shou could not fight against Mo Qiang who did not know any shame for the sake of getting her wish fulfilled she even threatened to sleep with her father and even give her a step-sibling! Lian Shou naturally knew that the threat that came out of Mo Qiang's mouth was not empty thus, she no longer played with her and then said, " What do you want?"

Mo Qiang did not pay attention to Lian Shou's bad attitude, she raised the little turtle tuber on the table's surface and then stated, " You said you were a researcher right? So go ahead and refine the poison of this turtle tuber for me. I want you to use his poison and make Caffeitrol lotion because I am in a hurry, I will give you three days."

She wanted to give Lian Shou only three hours but Mo Qiang was willing to show a bit of mercy to Lian Shou as the woman was still young and she was worried that if Lian Shou was pushed a bit too much, she might end up going crazy. This was something that she did not want to do which was why Mo Qiang was willing to make a compromise.

" Three days?" Lian Shou felt like the woman in front of her had gone crazy, refining and purifying a turtle tuber poison alone took a week and using it to make Caffeitrol took another two weeks. Yet Mo Qiang wanted her to refine the poison and create Caffeitrol in just a matter of three days, was she taking her as the God of time?

Just because she was in a hurry, Lian Shou should slow the time of the world and get her what she wanted.

" What? Did I give you too much time?" Mo Qiang asked with a raise of her brow only for Lian Shou to bang her hands on the table as she snapped, " What do you mean by too much time? You have to be kidding me if you think that Caffeitrol can be created in three days! A single vial needs at least three weeks! If not more ...how can you even——"

" Lian Shou," Mo Qiang smiled at the woman who was complaining causing the latter to shut up as she warily eyed Mo Qiang. The latter did not say anything and simply smiled before intertwining her fingers and making a bridge with them as she leaned her chin on it. " Your mother pushed me to compete with her in three weeks and that too in a duel which was a duel to death. If I could work hard enough to take your mother down, come up with tricks that would make me win and do something that no one had ever done in this world, why is it that you cannot even think of a way to refine Caffeitrol?"

Her smile slipped down from her face as she sharply added, " I am sure you know how to refine Caffeitrol, right? So what's the problem?"

Lian Shou: ( ˃ ⌑ ˂ഃ )

"But it's impossible!" Lian Shou cried, she wished she could rush to the star where her mother was and then sever her relationship with her mother then and there. Because of Madam Lian, she was captured by this she devil! And this she devil was even more terrifying than the real one!

" How is it impossible?" Mo Qiang did not show even an ounce of sympathy as she smiled at the woman and sneered. " As long as you don't sleep, don't eat and don't sh*t, you will be able to do it."

" I will die!" Lian Shou exclaimed feeling indignant.

" Then die," Mo Qiang deadpanned without even the slightest flicker in her expression. " Because if I don't see the medicine in three days that I want, I will kill you myself," she threatened.

Xiao Jiao looked at Mo Qiang who was threatening Lian Shou and couldn't help but shudder. She never knew that her host was this cruel!

It was a good thing that they were partners with their fate tied together or else Xiao Jiao was sure that Mo Qiang would have ruined her effectively.

Lian Shou did not have any other choice but to agree with Mo Qiang, even though she was upset that she had to live like a robot for the next three days, she knew that it was better than dying in the hands of this demon.

She took out a long syringe and then used it to take out a little amount of poison from the glands of the little turtle tuber. Though the turtle tuber was young the amount of poison produced by him was a lot, in fact, most of the turtle tuber would use the daily amount of poison to hunt but since Little Treasure was just a baby he did not know how to hunt and thus ended up storing a lot of poison in his glands which was quite uncomfortable.

So after the poison was removed from his glands, Little Treasure did not feel uncomfortable instead he felt relieved. This was one of the reasons why Mo Qiang agreed to take the poison out if it had caused the little guy any discomfort she would be first to refuse!

" Come back in three days," Lian Shou replied with an empty voice. Her expression was that of someone heading to the gallows while she silently cried inside her heart. Three days, she had to do a job which required a week in three days!

Mo Qiang would have come back in three days even if Lian Shou had not told her. Once she got what she wanted, Mo Qiang took her leave but just for the heck of it, she teased Lian Shou by flirting with Yu Hai when the latter came out of the kitchen.

It was only when she noticed that Lian Shou was on the verge of exploding did she turned around and walked out of the laboratory only to bump into Mo Xifeng, who was standing outside with a grossed-out expression.

" Sister do you like——" old mers? When Su Jiu blamed Mo Qiang for attacking her, they all thought that he was lying but how was she supposed to explain Mo Qiang speaking so sweetly with Yu Hai? She didn't use such words in front of her husbands either!

Buy a sister for freeMo Qiang stared at Mo Xifeng who seemed to be hesitating, she thought of what her sister might have heard just now and grinned before throwing her arm around Mo Xifeng. She smiled up at her sister who stared down at her and then stated with an expression of ' I am wiser than thou', " Little Xifeng, you see there are three ways to deal with one problem. First, beauty —— as long as your smile and charm do the thing then there is no need to use your fists. The second way is of course threatening but you gotta be smart, you need to threaten the one thing that they care about the most."



She raised her third finger and smiled at Mo Xifeng who looked beyond confused and added, " If nothing works then you can use your hands of course."

"...."

Mo Xifeng wanted to tell Mo Qiang that if she continued to flirt like this with mers, she was going to end up creating a lot of trouble for herself and the other mers but she did not wish to use such coarse words that would make Mo Qiang feel upset. Thus, she heaved a breath and then said, " Still sister you need to be careful, if someone were to take your words seriously. You will find yourself in a lot of trouble, as women we should not lead mers on by telling them lies."

" Gosh, Xifeng. Do you want to say that Master Yu does not look good?" Mo Qiang asked with a frown. " Even if you think so as a woman and a guardian, you shouldn't be saying such a thing. A mer's heart is vulnerable like a small bubble. How will Master Yu feel if he were to hear that you do not find him good-looking?"

" Heart as vulnerable as a bubble?" Xiao Jiao mused before she looked at Mo Qiang and then said, " Why is it that you don't apply this fact on those three mers of your house?

" Who says that I don't? I apply it to them too. It is just that I know that their heart is made of bubbles which comprise concentrated sulphuric acid. Others will think twice before breaking that bubble," Mo Qiang retorted leaving Xiao Jiao speechless.

Though the latter would have liked to retort, Xiao Jiao realised that what Mo Qiang said was indeed the truth.

On the other hand, Mo Xifeng also frowned as she parted her lips and then said, " No that's——"

" No? Then does that mean that he looks good? I only praised him a little because I was feeling a bit sympathetic towards the poor old mer, he lost his wife and then found out that she was a traitor... I just praised him a little. What's wrong with that?" Mo Qiang asked with a raise of her brow.

However, her words only caused Mo Qiang to frown even more as she pursed her lips and then said, " But even so you said those things to Master Yu because you wanted to tease Lian Shou."

Mo Xifeng knew her sister well enough to know that the only reason she spoke such flowery words to Yu Hai was because she liked seeing Lian Shou panic. It was as if she had a sadistic streak which was carefully hidden under her polite persona and it would come out once in a while.

" What do you mean by that?" Mo Qiang shrugged casually as she raised a brow. " I did not tease her, she needed just a small push to reach her full potential. I only gave her the push that she needed if anything I have helped her a lot."

Mo Xifeng: "...." She wanted to tell Mo Qiang that pushing a woman to not sleep, eat and sh*t was not the right way to push someone.

However, she did not get the chance to say anything as Mo Qiang smiled at her cheekily causing Mo Xifeng to feel an inexplicable chill rise in her heart as she tried to pry Mo Qiang's hand off her shoulder and asked, " What? Why are you looking at me like that?"

" Xifeng, you see ... I made a promise to someone. And I need to respect that promise as this is about their family's legacy so...." She trailed off with a cheeky expression on her face.

" So?" Though Mo Xifeng asked she was already regretting her decision of following Mo Qiang to the laboratory.

Mo Qiang smiled with a vindictive look on her face as if she was planning something terrible and then jutted her thumb over the chasm where magma flowed before saying, " Why don't you help me a little? I need your muscular arms for some drilling."

" I am sorry?" Mo Xifeng blinked her eyes and then took a step back. No matter how she tried to break the sentence spoken by Mo Qiang, Mo Xifeng thought that something was really wrong with the way she phrased it. What did she mean by 'need her muscular arms to do some drilling'?

Mo Qiang smiled until her eyes turned into crescents and then she pulled Mo Xifeng along with her, " You will know soon, why don't you come with me and see for yourself?"

....

The two sisters walked until the two of them reached the chasm. Mo Xifeng looked at Mo Qiang and then stared at the crashing magma that was flowing past the chasm before wiping her sweat and turning to look at Mo Qiang, " What do I need to do?"

" Just give me a moment," Mo Qiang looked left and right before she finally found a place with which she was satisfied and then summoned Yaya.

" Yaya is here master Qi Qi!" The little sheep turned changed her appearance to that of a small child, with her green eyes and fluffy white hair, she looked like an angel even those curled horns on her head, causing Mo Xifeng's heart to itch. She wriggled her fingers wanting to hug the little girl but was stopped by Mo Qiang,

" I know that you are excited but first let Yaya do her job."

Only then did Mo Xifeng stop herself but even so she looked at Mo Qiang with a frown and then questioned, " You want this small child to work?"

" Of course," Mo Qiang turned to look at Mo Xifeng. " I summoned her because I wanted her to work for me, you are not expecting me to jump into the magma and build a hive are you?"

Mo Xifeng looked at little Yaya and then raised her head to look at Mo Qiang before stating calmly, " But you look way more durable."

Mo Qiang: (..◜ᴗ◝..), Does anyone want to buy a sister? tall, beautiful and maybe reliable? She was willing to give one for free.

Sparks that flew and burned---------------------



Mo Qiang wanted to rush ahead and smack Mo Xifeng's bottom, how dare this little sister of hers tell her to go ahead and jump in molten magma? Just because she looked durable? So as long as she was durable everything else can be thrown aside?

' Whatever, as the eldest sister I will not quibble with her,' thought Mo Qiang, though the words spoken by her in her head sounded quite nice, as her partner Xiao Jiao knew that magnanimity was not the reason why Mo Qiang backed off.

Xiao Jiao could see that Mo Qiang's gaze was fixated on the bulging muscles of Mo Xifeng's arms. Surely, the only reason she backed off was not because she was suddenly feeling generous, it was only because she knew that with her strength she could never defeat Mo Xifeng.

"...." Xiao Jiao was speechless upon seeing how cowardly her host was but she did not say anything as Xiao Jiao knew that if she was to point this out, Mo Qiang would make her suffer.

" Yaya, you know what to do right?" Mo Qiang spoke as she took out a tablet and then tapped on the projects that she had drawn and set aside to be used later on.

She opened the grand hive document and then turned the tablet around such that Yaya could take a look at the kind of structure she needed to build. " I want you to make this hive in the middle of the chasm and then ..." she pointed at the edge of the chasm before zooming on the drawing on her tablet and continued, " And build stairs at the edge all right? We are not magma resistant, so a staircase is something that we need very much all right?"

Yaya looked at the drawing on the tablet seriously before she raised both her arms and then exclaimed, " Yaya can do it!"

" You can?" Mo Qiang smiled as she ruffled Yaya's fluffy hair. " Very well then I will leave this to you, make me proud all right?"

" Huhu! Hu huhu!"

" Chi Chi!"

Chi Chi and Huhu also cheered for Yaya whose expression turned shyer as she twirled left and right before saying, " Yaya will be fine. Just watch."

After speaking, she walked towards the edge of the Chasm and then raised her hand before chanting. The language she spoke belonged to that of the land of the spirits, thus neither Mo Qiang nor Mi Xifeng understood a word spoken by her.

But the two of them knew that whatever spell Yaya spoke was working as the magma in the Chasm started to froth and hiss before a large boulder shot straight from the surface of the chasm.

The liquid magma dropped and trickled down the large oval-shaped boulder with a hissing sound that made the small hair on the back of Mo Qiang's neck stand up.

Though the humans of this world have adapted themselves such that they could easily survive the heat coming out of the molten magma, it did not change the fact that the magma was still potentially harmful to humans.

Standing so close to the raining magma, Mo Qiang felt a trickle of fear climbing up her spine as she watched the boulder rise higher and higher. Soon the ground at the edge of the chasm started to grumble and hum before it started to rise in the air on its own, soon an army of small mud soldiers was created who used the molten magma and rocks that were hanging inside the Chasm to make a staircase.

With Yaya's spiritual powers, it did not take long for her to create a staircase along with the boulder stabilising in the middle of the Chasm.

Mo Qiang turned to look at Mo Xifeng and pointed to the stabilized boulder before saying, " Can you shoot these holes in that boulder?" She pointed to the hexagonal holes that she drew in the middle of the hive and asked for Mo Xifeng's help.

Only then did Mo Xifeng understand what Mo Qiang meant by needing her muscular arms? She looked at her sister who was using it as a free service tool and then sighed, " You really don't think of me as a trash who took away your mother anymore do you?"

" What are you talking about? Of course not, you are my precious little sister," said Mo Qiang with a determined expression but that only caused Mo Xifeng to turn and look at her with a teasing smile as she said, " I bet your affection will go down if I refuse to shoot holes in that hive."

" What? Why? You don't love your elder sister anymore is that it?" Mo Qiang of course refused to admit that her affection rate for Mo Xifeng would drop if she stopped sharing her skills with her instead she played Taichi with her and pushed the blame on her head. " If you are not listening to your elder sister anymore then it only means that you don't love and respect me anymore, Xifeng—— Sister is so disappointed in you."

Corporate tactic 107, blaming your junior such that you wouldn't have to take responsibility! This was something that she learned from that bald boss of hers who liked to push all the responsibilities on her head whenever he did anything wrong!

Mo Xifeng: (' ▽｀).

Seeing how effectively Mo Qiang twisted the entire thing around, Mo Xifeng was simply speechless but she still did not say anything because she knew that with how sharp her sister's tongue was she would never be able to win against her.

If anything by the time they finished quibbling it would be Mo Qiang lying in the lap of Wen Gui complaining about how Mo Xifeng did not love her anymore like a bullied wife while Mo Xifeng would be the one kneeling on the ground listening to Daddy Gui's reprimand like a thug who left her husband behind.

" Fine, sister there is no need for you to speak anymore." Mo Xifeng summoned her mecha core as her right arm morphed into a small canon as she warned, " Step back or else you will get hurt."

Even though she said that Mo Xifeng did not give Mo Qiang the time to step back and aimed at the boulder before shooting the cannon causing burning pieces of rock and magma to rain down on the two of them.

Mo Qiang: ૮₍•᷄ ࡇ •᷅₎ა, what a caring sister.

Relations once sweet, now poisonous-------------



Mo Qiang raised her hand which was clad in heat resistant glove and then clenched the strand of her hair which caught fire before turning to look at Mo Xifeng and deadpanned, " I am just curious, if by any chance I was not wearing heat resistant clothes were you going to bring me back in my birthday suit?"

After she was done creating the hexagonal slots to enter and exit the hive, Mo Xifeng turned to look at Mo Qiang and then calm as a cucumber replied, " If you came to this chasm in normal clothes then I would have questioned whether or not you were my biological sister because no way anyone would be foolish enough to wear a normal set of clothes while coming to this place and that too when they knew what they were going to do here."

Mo Qiang smiled at Mo Xifeng and then asked, " And what about my skin? Did you not think about my skin which is not covered by the fabric of my clothes?"

As she spoke Mo Qiang took out a burns ointment and poured it on the burns on her skin before smudging it properly on the burns.

Her actions caught Mo Xifeng's attention as the latter blinked and coldly stated, " I did not think of that far."

Mo Qiang continued to smile for two minutes before she raised her feet to kick Mo Xifeng.

" You brat, just because I give you an inch you take a mile, come here! Elder sister will teach you how to treat your elder sister well!" Mo Qiang chased after Mo Xifeng who ran towards her house with a smile in her eyes as she yelled back, " First you need to learn how to not take advantage of your younger siblings."

" What's wrong with taking advantage of younger siblings? As the eldest daughter, I have the right to take advantage of you even if the two of us grow old and wrinkly!"

" You are so heartless, Sister Qiang!"

" Says the one who almost turned me into charred chicken!"

.....

While Mo Qiang and Mo Xifeng's sisterly relationship was getting closer and better. There was someone whose relationship was getting sour with his sibling.

Shao Hui stared at the woman in front of him, today he came to the Imperial Star Entertainment because Cao Jian wanted him to take a test provided by him. Shao Hui knew that he was going to learn under Cao Jian and was quite excited about his lessons, he even took a long time to dress up after dumping the responsibility of teaching Yin Fu how to be hard catch on Xie Jie as the latter had nothing to do today.

But he never expected that the second he would step inside the Imperial Star Entertainment, he would run into Shao Zhuo. His eldest sister.

The latter was dressed in a black striped business coat with pointed heels, her long hair was tied in a long ponytail and her violet eyes hid behind the glasses that sat on the bridge of her nose. She looked at him with a frown which was full of disgust but Shao Hui did not even blink his eyes at her.

He calmly parted his lips and then said, " Step aside."

Shao Zhuo raised a brow as she tucked the cherry blossom lock of her hair behind her ear. Instead of stepping aside she looked down at Shao Hui and then said coldly, " I heard from Yan'er that you have somehow wriggled your way inside the Imperial Star Entertainment but never did I think that he was right. Speak about how much money will you need to cancel the contract. Three million or five million gold coins? I don't think you are worth more than that."

Her question only caused Shao Hui to clench his fingers but then he looked at the guards along with the paparazzi that were lurking around the Imperial Star Entertainment.

'Calm down, Hui Hui! This is an opportunity that Mo Qiang handed you after giving away goods that cost more than thirty million, think before doing anything!'

Shao Hui thought about how Mo Qiang despite being a miser handed over so many good things to Shen Miao and her husbands all because she wanted him to make it up to him.

Though he still did not understand what and why Mo Qiang did it he was not willing to lose this opportunity and thus, he calmed down his anger and looked at Shao Zhuo who betrayed their father without a single flicker when he was kicked out by their mother.

" Eldest Miss Shao seemed to have learned a lot of bad habits, from abandoning her biological father to blocking an unrelated mer's path," Shao Hui sneered as he slapped the words that Shao Zhuo said on the day when his father was kicked out of the Shao family.

Back then Shao Zhuo did not even think twice before severing ties with Father Shao.

Shao Zhuo did not even flinch at Shao Hui's accusations. In fact, she calmly looked at Shao Hui as if he was a child throwing a tantrum with impatience flashing in her eyes as she said, " Shao Hui, I don't have enough time to waste on you. I came here to discuss your contract with Shen Miao, I am in fact giving you a chance to cancel the contract on your own accord and pave the way for Shao Yan."

" You know he has been more skilled than you ever since he was a child, as long as you agree I will give you money. At least that way you will be able to spend a few more months with your father before he dies—— but if I were to discuss the cooperation between the Shao family and the Shen family, Shen Miao will most probably cancel your contract without even notifying you. Why don't you take the better option? Think of it as me showing mercy on you and your father since we once had a relationship as well."

When Shao Hui heard Shao Zhuo mention the death of their father so casually, something exploded inside of his head. He wanted to raise his hand and pummel the woman in front of him but instead, he smiled and then sneered, " I would rather not take advice from a woman who is so heartless to the mer from whose womb she fell on the ground. My father should have rather given birth to a pile of flesh rather than you, at least that pile of flesh could have been used to feed monsters but given how poisonous you are, Shao Zhuo even monsters will spit you out."

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