Chapter 15: The Rebirth System

“Aunt Liu, you don’t mind Fei’er showing up uninvited, do you?”
Yun Zhaozhao: “If I minded, would I have come?”
Sheng Hongfei: “……”
Truly a blockhead!

After some aimless chit-chat, Sheng Hongfei got straight to the point.
“Aunt Liu, about that Yun Duo sachet…”
“No.”
“Aunt Liu, please, just let me see it one more time!”
Sheng Hongfei grabbed Yun Zhaozhao’s hand affectionately, shaking it with a coquettish plea.

In Yun Zhaozhao’s mind, the screen flickered again.
[Remote connection… 20%… 23%…]

Yun Zhaozhao held back the urge to shake off Sheng Hongfei, focusing intently on the progress bar.
She wanted to see what this thing really was!
[Remote connection… 97%… 99%… 100%]

Yun Zhaozhao braced herself, ready for a life-or-death struggle over control of her body against an unknown force.
But nothing happened.
Everything was calm and peaceful.

After the progress bar disappeared, the screen’s display changed.
[Energy Core: Rebirth System]
[Current Task: Obtain the Yun Duo sachet within three days.]
[Task Interceptions: 0]
[Energy Collected: 0]

Yun Zhaozhao’s confused eyes were filled with big question marks.
What did this mean?

In the next moment, Sheng Hongfei’s conversation with the system echoed in her mind again.
[System, if I forcibly snatch the sachet, will that count as completing the task?]
[As long as the host keeps it, yes.]

Yun Zhaozhao laughed.
She’d seen many who overestimated themselves, but never someone quite so outrageously overconfident.

Seeing Yun Zhaozhao lost in thought, Sheng Hongfei slowly moved her guilty hand toward the sachet.
Just as she was about to grab it, a triumphant smile spread across her face.
But in the next instant—

Her whole body was thrown out like a kite with a broken string.
“Ah—”
“Bang!”

“Heavens, Madam Liu, what are you doing?”
Nanny Xia hadn’t expected to see this scene upon entering the garden. Shocked and fearful, she angrily scolded.

“Is there something wrong, Nanny?”
Seeing Yun Zhaozhao’s calm demeanor, Nanny Xia’s face darkened as she forced down her anger and stiffly said, “Madam requests your presence.”
“The Madam said if you don’t go, she’ll come herself…”
“Let’s go!”
Yun Zhaozhao lifted her foot and left.

Nanny Xia looked at Sheng Hongfei lying there, fate unknown, and trembled, “But, Miss, she…”
“She won’t die.”

Shaking her head, Nanny Xia hurriedly called for help and had Sheng Hongfei carried back to Fangfei Court, then sent for a doctor.

“Greetings, Mother. Did you need me for something?”
Yun Zhaozhao’s tone was flat, far from respectful.

Liang, already burning with anger, flared up, “What, you think you can’t be found if there’s nothing important?”
“Mother, are you very free?”
Liang fumed, “Didn’t your General’s household teach you to be respectful and obedient to your mother-in-law?”
“You should know, Mother, I was raised by my father at the border since childhood. So I only understand that filial piety flows from paternal kindness. Respect between people is mutual.”
“Fine, very well!”
“If your General’s household didn’t teach you, then I, as your mother-in-law, will!”
“Starting tomorrow, at dawn and dusk, you must come before me to attend. Otherwise, don’t blame me for reporting your family’s negligence to the General’s household!”

One had to admit, Liang knew how to exert pressure.

Yun Zhaozhao looked at her steadily.
Then smiled.
“Alright, I’ll listen to Mother.”

“Do you know what people are saying about Sixth Lady outside?”
Yun Zhaozhao shook her head.
She couldn’t help but hold back a laugh.

She really hadn’t expected that one misunderstanding would render Sheng Xingye impotent.
She wondered if that guy would be able to hold himself back today and behave properly.

Seeing her clueless, Liang slammed the table, “They say you look down on our Sixth Lady and spread rumors… I can’t even say it out loud!”
“That’s alright, if you can’t say it, then don’t.”
Yun Zhaozhao graciously replied.

Liang was so furious she felt like spitting blood, blurting out, “What kind of words are those? You look down on my Sixth Lady? Do you want to defy orders?”
“Mother, beware of what you say.”
Yun Zhaozhao spoke seriously, “I trust you know what’s appropriate and what’s not.”

Liang: “……”
She was so mad she could barely breathe!
Who was teaching whom?

“Stop dodging! I don’t care what you were like in the General’s household. Since you married into our Duke’s family, from now on you must…”
“Mother! You must stand up for Fei’er!”

Before Liang could finish, Li’s loud wailing burst from outside the courtyard.

“Li, what’s going on with you? Such a racket! Where’s your decorum?”

Previously, the eldest daughter-in-law was always courteous and proper. How had the Yun family’s arrival turned her into such a mess?

“Mother, it’s not that this daughter-in-law is unruly, it’s that I’m too heartbroken! You don’t know, Fei’er was severely injured by Sixth Sister-in-law and is now lying in bed, her fate unknown, sob…”

“What?!”

“Yun, how dare you! To have the audacity to hurt someone!”

Yun Zhaozhao calmly replied, “Mother, it’s better not to jump to conclusions lest an innocent be wronged.”

“Sixth Sister-in-law, don’t try to deny it! Nanny Xia saw it with her own eyes. If Fei’er dies, I’ll hold you responsible!”

“If that’s so, then let’s go see my nearly dead niece!”

She almost laughed to death—she knew exactly how hard she had hit.
Besides, Sheng Hongfei was chatting away with the system right now, nowhere near unconscious.

At least one thing had become clear: that so-called remote connection was the system’s link.
No matter how far away, she could hear conversations between the system and Sheng Hongfei clearly.
Truly a cause for celebration!

When the group arrived at Fangfei Court, the entire courtyard was heavy with grief.

Sheng Hongfei lay on the bed with her eyes tightly shut.
Anyone seeing this might think it was her funeral.

“Fei’er, my dear Fei’er, open your eyes and look at me! How did you end up with such a cruel and heartless aunt…”
Li wailed bitterly at the window.

Yun Zhaozhao twitched at the corners of her mouth, pulled her away, then quickly tapped Sheng Hongfei a few times.

“Yun Zhaozhao, what are you doing? Fei’er’s like this and you’re touching her? You…”
Before Li could finish, Sheng Hongfei’s wild laughter rang out.

“Ha ha… hahaha…”

“Fei’er, Fei’er, what’s wrong with you?”
“Ha ha ha…”

“Yun Zhaozhao, what exactly did you do to Fei’er?”
“Wasn’t she severely injured and unconscious? See, she’s awake now.”

“You!”
Liang looked at Yun Zhaozhao with a hint of unease.
Had she forgotten the rumors that this girl killed like slicing through vegetables at the border? Could it be true?

“Mother, please help Fei’er!”
“Enough, Yun, quickly release the pressure points.”

As the legitimate daughter of the Grand Tutor’s family, Liang was quite knowledgeable.

Yun Zhaozhao stepped forward, looking down on Sheng Hongfei with a half-smile.
“From now on, do you still dare to covet my things?”

Sheng Hongfei shook her head vigorously, both laughing and crying.
She’d rather endure an electric shock than laugh uncontrollably like this again.

To this, Yun Zhaozhao could only say: ignorance is bliss.