Family Survival Guide 7

This family truly loved her too much—they were almost beating their "daughter" to death, and she could only endure it obediently.

Seeing that she didn’t respond, her mother got up on her own, twisting her body as she approached and slapped her left cheek, then the right.

Xu Si had wanted to fight back, but remembered Rule Two: “If your mother hits you hard enough to make your nose bleed, it means you’re overheated; comfort your family.”

She decided to pause this test for the time being.

Yet, after her mother’s eighty-one slaps, Xu Si’s nose remained unscathed.

Gritting her teeth, she punched her own nose.

“Hee hee hee, I’m bleeding from my nose now!” Xu Si grinned foolishly, finally free from punishment, feeling no pain for the moment.

But Xiao Xian was so pained he lost consciousness, deeply realizing that having a master with such a resilient body was also a curse.

Who could come to his rescue!

“Red… red… no, this isn’t…” Her mother’s expression turned tense as she shook her head, stammering incomprehensibly upon seeing the nosebleed.

Xu Si noticed the blood must be connected to the daughter.

She wiped some blood on her hand and showed it to her family. The three of them froze in place, motionless. Watching them, she saw their faces darken.

Suddenly, her little brother burst into tears, shouting, “Sister has turned red! She’s not moving!” Her grandmother hastily covered his mouth, her chest heaving violently.

“Nonsense! Your sister is perfectly fine!”

Did “not moving” mean she was dead?

“Sorry, Mom, I should eat more vegetables—even if there’s chili, I’ll eat it. It’s all my fault!” Xu Si said, not because she was unwilling to continue uncovering the truth, but because the three of them…

Her mother was scratching at the ground with her nails, her grandmother’s eyes seemed about to pop out, and her little brother appeared to be spitting out maggots.

As soon as she spoke, the family returned to normal.

“See how disobedient you are? You’re overheated and have a nosebleed! If only you’d eaten more vegetables…” Her mother carefully took out a tissue and gently wiped the blood from her nose.

Xu Si: “…”

Didn’t they have any clue why she was bleeding?

Her mother continued to nag, the grandmother chimed in occasionally, while her little brother made faces.

Was this family casting spells on her?

Xu Si knelt and bowed, breaking the family’s spell.

She slapped her own face repeatedly, “Sorry, it’s all my fault—I really deserve to die! Ahhh!”

Xiao Xian smiled wryly and touched his own face. No, you don’t deserve to die. He believed someone else truly deserved it.

Xu Si collapsed into her mother’s arms, pretending to sob. Her mother immediately screamed, “My dear daughter, why are you hurting yourself? You must take care of yourself!”

Xu Si blinked, a glint of mockery, coldness, sarcasm, and indifference flashing through her eyes.

“You unlucky child, who are you putting on a show for?” Her grandmother muttered, muffled by a mouthful of food.

Her little brother pouted and snorted.

Ah, this family was truly contradictory. They all sat down and ate in silence for three minutes.

“Good granddaughter, quickly… this meat tastes so good!” Grandma’s eyes curved into a smile as she placed a piece of meat into her bowl.

Ignoring her grandmother, Xu Si picked up the egg before her and ate it with relish.

Seeing her disregard, her grandmother’s eyes rolled back as she stared fixedly, drooling incessantly—a rather zombie-like demeanor.

Not wanting to be bitten, Xu Si picked up the meat and ate it. After finishing one piece, she served herself another.

“Good granddaughter, you really are Grandma’s good granddaughter!”

The family all turned to look at her, their faces twisted into eerie smiles that grew sharper and more grating.

Suddenly, she felt a chill down her spine. What was happening?