Quickly wear salted fish, she won by lying down

The Zhang family members immediately started asking Linlang about her current situation. Linlang naturally wouldn't tell them the truth, like that she was a lord or something. She only said that she was doing alright, but that was about it. After all, she was a woman, timid, and didn't dare to go out and fight monsters.

She was obviously using the public's perception to make a point; the public thought that women wouldn't dare to fight monsters, so Linlang said that.

Hearing Linlang say this, the stepdaughter looked Linlang up and down, clearly not believing her, and asked, "Judging from your appearance, you seem to be doing very well."

Linlang could have continued to deceive the other party, saying that she was only so-so, but seeing the original owner's stepsister's expression, Linlang changed her mind and said indifferently, "So what if I'm doing well or not? I haven't forgotten how you and your siblings bullied me back then. Since that's the case, even if I'm doing well, it has nothing to do with you. And if you're not doing well, don't expect me to help you."

Neither of the original owner's stepsisters nor stepsisters were good people, but the stepsisters were especially wicked. When the original owner was bullied, the stepsisters didn't charge forward first, but instead encouraged the younger brother to rush forward and beat the original owner. She was the kind of person who was full of bad intentions and couldn't stand seeing others do well.

She loves to lie and secretly harm others. Her father thought she was well-behaved and sensible, but his daughter liked to cause trouble. In the end, he sent her to live in the school dormitory because he felt that his daughter was too bad and caused unpleasantness for everyone, so he abandoned her.

Upon hearing Linlang's words, the original owner's father, recalling the events of that year, couldn't help but criticize Linlang, saying, "Back then, it was clearly you who liked to cause trouble, so why are you blaming your sister..."

Linlang wouldn't be as obedient and indulgent as the original owner of this body. Of course, the original owner was also afraid of falling out and becoming even more isolated and helpless at home, since she was still very young, lonely, and helpless at that time.

Linlang wasn't afraid of breaking ties with the Zhang family; in fact, she was eager for it. So, before Zhang's father could finish speaking, Linlang interrupted him, saying, "What kind of father are you? I've said it before, it was those siblings who bullied me, and I only started making a scene because I fought back. I told you that back then, but you didn't believe me, and you still don't believe me now. Fine, from now on, we'll go our separate ways and not interfere with each other. As long as you don't provoke me, I won't bother you if I'm in a good mood. Otherwise, hmph, I'll make you regret it!"

After saying this, Linlang was about to leave when Zhang's father, upon hearing her words, became furious and pointed at her, saying, "How dare you speak like that..."

Linlang was too lazy to talk to him and swaggered away. She wasn't afraid that Zhang's father would stop her. Fighting was forbidden in the territory, and those who fought would be kicked out. If Zhang's father remembered the territory rules, he wouldn't dare to come and violently stop her.

Sure enough, when Zhang's father saw Linlang leave arrogantly, he didn't dare to stop her. After all, he had only been in the territory for a short time and was not very familiar with the place. Linlang, on the other hand, seemed to have been there for a long time. As a newcomer, how could he dare to offend an old man? He was afraid that Linlang might have some tricks up her sleeve and that provoking her would bring him trouble.

The stepson, however, was not very bright and didn't understand the situation. Seeing Linlang swagger away, he said to Zhang's father, "Dad, look at how she reacted when we tried to talk to her nicely!"

Zhang's father thought the same as his stepson, feeling that Linlang's attitude was too rude. Thinking about what she said, he felt that this girl probably saw that his group was doing poorly and didn't want to take care of them. So she brought up the old incident to deliberately break off relations so that she could justifiably not help them. It was really despicable.

Linlang did want to bring up the past and deliberately break off relations so that she could conveniently stop helping them. However, unlike what Zhang's father thought, she didn't believe that Linlang was fabricating lies to break off relations with him. What she said was true because her stepsister had indeed bullied the original owner of this body back then.

However, Linlang didn't care whether he thought she was making up lies. Anyway, she could use this unpleasant meeting as an excuse to ignore them from now on. In fact, instead of avoiding them, she would let them know that she was doing well but wouldn't help them, just to infuriate them.

To my surprise, I was really angry.

Since Linlang didn't avoid them, the Zhang family followed her to see where she lived, and then they discovered that Linlang was living in the best stone house in the territory!

This guy must be doing well. Otherwise, who would be a sucker, paying five copper coins a day to live in a stone house? Wouldn't it be better to use that money to buy equipment, weapons, and good food?

But they could afford to live there, which clearly meant they had money and could afford equipment and weapons, so they wanted to improve their living conditions and moved into stone houses.

Seeing that Linlang actually lived in a stone house, the Zhang family members became interested. The stepsister said, "She's so rich, Dad, why don't you go and cry about being poor and play the victim? She should give you some money, after all, you're her father."

The original owner's stepmother said, "You child, what do you mean by crying poor and playing the victim? We are poor and miserable to begin with."

Grandpa and Grandma Zhang nodded repeatedly and said, "That's right, let's go and beg her too. We are her grandparents, she has no reason not to pay attention to us. Otherwise, people will say she is unfilial."

Hearing this, the stepsister and stepmother secretly pursed their lips, thinking that Grandpa and Grandma Zhang hadn't quite caught up yet. This is the end of the world, who's still talking about filial piety? It's not like before the end of the world. Those old men and women have time to gather together and gossip about others. Now everyone is busy surviving.

However, it's good to let them cry and make a fuss. If Zhang Linlang doesn't want to be bothered, she'll have to give them some money to appease them. If this happens once, it will happen again. They won't have to go out to risk killing monsters anymore. They can live off Zhang Linlang's money. Heaven knows how dangerous it is to go out to kill monsters. They almost lost their lives several times. They were lucky to survive until now. Now, they really don't want to go out to kill monsters anymore. Since they have Linlang as their big backer, they definitely have to rely on her. This way, they won't have to worry about their lives in the future. How great is that?

It has to be said that they were dreaming; it would be a miracle if Linlang paid them any attention.

They ran to the stone house where Linlang lived to look for her, but Linlang ignored them completely. They even reported her to the patrol team, asking them to disperse the troublemakers in front of her house so they could see how diligent the patrol team was in their work.

Since the territory has expanded and the population has increased, Linlang has recruited patrol teams specifically to maintain order in the territory.

Although fighting is prohibited in the territory, once a fight breaks out, the territory system will transmit the footage to Linlang. Linlang will then determine whether it is a full-blown brawl or one side attacking the other, deciding whether to expel both sides or just one. Therefore, most people dare not fight, but minor skirmishes still occur, such as the Zhang family harassing others. These kinds of incidents happen, and the patrol team is needed to maintain order and preserve the peace of the territory. (End of Chapter)