chapter 9
As expected, is there any woman who doesn’t love beauty?
When I actually brought out a basin of cucumbers to give Black Granny a facial, the Old Man was displeased.
“You old hag, didn’t you say you were going to give the new daughter-in-law a good scare?”
I stared steadily at the Beheaded Big Boss, pursed my lips, and said, “So you had an old wife.”
The man’s face immediately darkened, a thick black aura emanating from him, and he casually twisted off Black Granny’s skull.
What a riot!
The man tugged at the corner of his mouth, showing a slightly aggrieved smile:
“No, they were killed by Sisi before they even entered the door.”
Black Granny awkwardly put her head back on, patted the cucumbers on her face, and glared at the Old Man with a sinister look:
“You old fool, you talk too much. Go cook.”
The Old Man immediately shut up, dragging his snakeskin bag and the intestines from his belly, heading toward the kitchen.
Wherever he walked, the floor turned blood red again.
Sisi climbed up from the floor, very politely expressing her refusal:
“Grandma, I’m sorry, but I think Grandpa’s cooking is really bad, so let’s not…”
Before she finished speaking, the Old Man rummaged in his belly, flung out a length of intestines from the kitchen, and swiftly wrapped Sisi up in them.
The Old Man let out a strange cackle: “Good granddaughter, come keep Grandpa company in the kitchen.”
I looked at the intestines scattered all over the floor, went back to my room, and started looking for needle and thread: “Sigh, why doesn’t Dad ever mend this sweater when the yarn comes loose?”
By the time the Old Man finished cooking, I’d found the needle and thread.
I diligently helped the Old Man set the table, then grabbed him, “Dad, let me mend your clothes for you, okay? It’s really inconvenient for you to drag yarn all over the place, and the yarn is fading too. I just mopped the floor yesterday!”
The four Eerie ones looked at each other.
The Danmaku suddenly realized:
[So all this time, it turns out Ning Nian isn’t brave or strong-willed, she’s just blind?]
[No, judging by how she moves, she can still see where she’s going. I guess she’s severely nearsighted.]
[I’m willing to call her Ning Shen. She’s opened up an unexpected path to clearing the game for everyone.]
[Quietly watching, I think she’s actually quite wise.]
Just as this comment floated by, I grabbed the Old Man’s intestines and started sewing.
Because of the custom of avoiding suspicion between father-in-law and daughter-in-law, I kept a bit of distance from him.
So I never saw what it was, only felt it was wet, so I complained:
“Why is this yarn still wet? Dad, did you drop it in the sink while washing vegetables just now?”
The Old Man was a bit at a loss too, and replied dryly:
“Ah, I guess so.”