I insist

Chapter 8: A Novel is Just a Novel

Perhaps unable to detect any falsehood in Song Miqiu's expression, the man asked in surprise, "You don't remember?"

"Oh, she must have fallen off the carriage recently and damaged her brain, causing some memory loss," Song Miqiu explained, as she tried to stick the human skin mask back on. However, she couldn't get it to stick to her face no matter what she did, but with a flick of the man's finger, the human skin mask became exceptionally secure.

What kind of sorcery is this? Song Miqiu looked the man over suspiciously, but felt that he might still be of some use.

“Since I spent a lot of money to buy you, why don’t you…” Song Miqiu raised an eyebrow.

"I'll submit to you?" The man raised the corners of his mouth.

Song Miqiu nearly fell off his chair: "You, you, you! It's not that simple. You'd give yourself to a woman nearing fifty just to save your life!"

"Then what should we do?" The man thought seriously for a moment, "...reluctantly become your son?"

“…” Song Miqiu said, “Why don’t you be my son’s cousin? It’ll make us seem neither too close nor too distant.”

The man nodded.

"Then it's settled. What's your name?" Song Miqiu asked.

“Yu Huailin.” His eyes brightened slightly.

"Mom, we're going out to dig for wild vegetables. Don't wander around at home," Qiu Tianlei's voice called from outside.

It instantly dispelled the somewhat eerie atmosphere in the room.

Song Miqiu's eyes flickered, and she chased after him out the door. Before leaving, she specifically instructed Yu Huailin, "Don't run around at home. Otherwise..."

She made a throat-slitting gesture and left menacingly. However, she wasn't at ease and left Qiu Tianlei at home to watch over the house.

Song Miqiu followed Tian Shi, along with two children, and stormed up the mountain.

However, many refugees had already come and looted the area, leaving it bare and devoid of wild vegetables.

The Tian family immediately went into battle mode and joined the army of people digging for wild vegetables.

Qiu Xiaobai stood to the side with Qiu Xiaoshuang in his hand. Seeing that Song Miqiu did not move, he specially cleared a place for Song Miqiu to rest: "Grandma, this place is clean, you can sit here."

Song Miqiu was deeply moved and encouraged. After giving some instructions, he ran off to look for rare medicinal herbs in the distance.

After all, in novels, the protagonist can always find valuable medicinal herbs to sell for money, no matter where he goes.

She also wanted to try her luck.

But as it turns out, the novel is just a novel.

Song Miqiu searched around for a long time but couldn't find any trace of the expensive plant.

However, I'm illiterate myself, so how could I tell the difference? I might just miss it.

Looks like I'll have to study medicine; that would be useful if I time-traveled.

Song Miqiu returned dejectedly, only to find Tian Shi and her two children anxiously waiting in the same spot.

Upon seeing Song Miqiu from afar, Madam Tian hurried over to greet her: "Grandma, look, I've picked a lot of wild vegetables, enough for us to eat."

She just wanted to put Song Miqiu's mind at ease.

Upon seeing the large stack of baskets filled with wild vegetables, Song Miqiu perked up again. These bamboo baskets were nearly half a person tall! They were stuffed full of wild vegetables! There must be at least ten pounds of them, right?

"You're amazing!" Song Miqiu was overjoyed and quickly snatched the bamboo basket. "I'll carry it. You're the hero, you need to rest!"

Tian wanted to snatch it back, but she couldn't resist Song Miqiu's insistence, so she led the child and followed slowly behind.

Her pretty face was flushed, because she had just been praised by her mother-in-law.

This was the first time in so many years that her mother-in-law had praised her.

"Mommy, Grandma is so nice." Qiu Xiaobai said innocently. At his age, he doesn't remember the lessons learned and doesn't understand why his grandmother used to dislike them, but now he loves his grandmother the most.