Ming Xiujin and Ming Zhirou were both stunned.
They looked at the girl, who lounged like a regal queen, with disbelief, unable to trust their eyes or ears.
Was she truly Ming Zheng, the good-for-nothing?
How dare she… how dare she!
Ming Xiujin's eyes turned crimson with anger. He raised his hand again, aiming to slap Ming Zheng.
This time, he put all his strength into it.
"You ungrateful wretch! The Ming family kindly brought you back from the slums in the countryside, giving you the most luxurious house, the freshest food, and the best academy. Not only do you fail to show gratitude, but you also harbor malicious intentions, attempting to drive Rou'er out of the Ming family!"
"And you dare curse the Ming family!"
"You should return to your slums and live like the lower class!"
He was hysterical, venting his boundless rage.
He didn't care if Ming Zheng could withstand his slap.
He even thought it would be better if he could kill Ming Zheng with a single blow!
The air seemed to carry the sharp sound of his palm.
Ming Zhirou could barely suppress the upward curve of her lips.
This time, third brother was determined to teach Ming Zheng a lesson and would not give her any chance to dodge.
If she didn't die, she would at least be half-dead!
Being slapped to death by the brother she had been trying so hard to please, she must be feeling desperate and miserable, right?
Desperate was good!
Miserable was good!
Who asked Ming Zheng to appear in her world and steal her things!
And, everything unfolded as Ming Zhirou had predicted—
Ming Zheng couldn't dodge!
No, to be more precise, Ming Zheng didn't dodge at all.
Ming Zheng's sudden counter-slap to Ming Xiujin had happened so quickly that Ming Zhirou hadn't even seen what happened.
But now, Ming Zhirou saw clearly…
Ming Zheng simply raised her hand and easily grabbed Ming Xiujin's wrist.
Then, she lifted her elbow, pressing it against Ming Xiujin's shoulder.
With a "bang,"
Ming Xiujin's back slammed heavily against the wall behind him.
The force was so great that Ming Xiujin felt his internal organs being squeezed into a lump.
"Ming Xiujin, the words 'gratitude' coming from your mouth are especially disgusting."
The girl's red lips moved, her words chilling and eerily beautiful. "No… to be more precise, it's all of you Ming family members who are disgusting."
Ming Xiujin's face turned ashen, looking as if he had seen a ghost.
She, she actually dared to call his name directly!
And say that he and the Ming family were disgusting?
"Ming Zheng, I am your brother!" Ming Xiujin's face contorted slightly, his shoulders trembling. He suppressed the intense pain in his internal organs and tried to break free from Ming Zheng's restraint.
But no matter how hard he tried,
the hand pressing on his shoulder was like a ton of rock, rendering him unable to move.
Meanwhile, Ming Zheng's cool and beautiful face remained placid and indifferent.
It was as if she hadn't used much strength at all.
How was this possible?
How could he, a martial artist, be suppressed by a good-for-nothing… without any ability to retaliate?!
Just as he was filled with humiliation and was mustering all his strength to prove that he could not possibly be suppressed by an ordinary person, a good-for-nothing, like this.
Ming Zheng suddenly let go.
She lazily straightened up and casually took out a tissue, nonchalantly wiping her fingers.
The corners of her beautiful eyes flickered upwards, her gaze casually resting on him. The smile on her lips was sarcastic and chilling, "Tsk, this 'brother' indeed sounds disgusting."
Ming Xiujin's body went limp. He stumbled against the wall, barely maintaining his balance.
He glared fiercely at Ming Zheng.
He was trembling all over, whether from pain or anger, he didn't know.
"I'm disgusting? The Ming family is disgusting? What face do you have to say such things?"
"You rely on your blood relation to us and force yourself into our harmonious family, attempting to replace Rou'er and cause trouble in the Ming family, isn't that disgusting?"
"You take advantage of Rou'er's pure kindness and her guilt towards you, and you deliberately frame and plot against Rou'er, isn't that disgusting?"
"You, a good-for-nothing who is neither learned nor skilled, actually have the audacity to alter the Imperial Capital Academy's recommendation letter for Rou'er, changing Rou'er's name to your own, isn't that disgusting?"
As Ming Xiujin spoke, as if to prove how disgusting Ming Zheng was,
he pulled out a letter of admission, adorned with gold trim and exuding a high-class aura, and threw it in front of Ming Zheng.
The letter of admission was opened.
It clearly bore the name 【Ming Zheng】.
That was a letter of admission from the Imperial Capital Academy!
The Imperial Capital Academy was a place that every young person in the entire Xia Dynasty yearned for.
As long as one could enter the Imperial Capital Academy, one could change their entire life!
Even Ming Xiujin himself had to take the entrance examination for three consecutive years before he could barely get into the Yellow Class of the Imperial Capital Academy before the age limit.
"This is my letter of admission." Ming Zheng lowered her eyes, glancing casually at her admission letter.
She was exceptionally calm, as if the Imperial Capital Academy's letter of admission meant nothing to her.
This was in stark contrast to Ming Zhirou, whose eyes were practically shining upon seeing the letter.
"Nonsense!" Ming Xiujin's eyes held undisguised mockery. "You, a good-for-nothing, even more useless than an ordinary person, could get an admission letter from the Imperial Capital Academy?"
Most importantly…
This was the highest-level admission letter from the Imperial Capital Academy.
More accurately, it was the most sincere invitation from the Imperial Capital Academy!
An invitation for the person holding this letter to join the Imperial Capital Academy.
In the entire Huadu, apart from "that person" three years ago who received such a letter, no one else had.
"This letter of admission must be Rou'er's! I don't care what method you used to change Rou'er's name to yours, you must return the letter to Rou'er!"
Rou'er was the most talented person of their generation.
At such a young age, she had already reached the Houtian realm and was only one step away from breaking through to Xiantian, absorbing Qi into her body to begin cultivation!
The Imperial Capital Academy must have gone to great lengths to secure such a genius as Rou'er.
Therefore, this letter of admission must be Rou'er's!
"Heh…"
Ming Zheng couldn't help but laugh out loud.
The smile on her beautiful eyes, bathed in the warm light, was exceptionally enchanting and dazzling, "My letter of admission, Ming Zhirou wants it, does she deserve it?"
In her past life, Ming Xiujin had done the same, angrily throwing the letter of admission at her face, scolding her for being despicable and shameless for altering the name on the letter, and ordering her to return it to Ming Zhirou.
At that time, her heart was filled with a desperate longing for family affection.
She unhesitatingly gave the letter of admission to Ming Zhirou.
She was even tricked by the principal of the Imperial Capital Academy, which only secured an enrollment spot for Ming Zhirou.
But to the Ming family,
Ming Zheng's act of altering the name on the letter was confirmed!
This was called – "returning the object to its rightful owner"!
"Sister… I know you resent and hate me in your heart. You are the true daughter of the Ming family, the biological daughter of Mom and Dad, the younger sister of your brothers, while I am nothing."
On Ming Zhirou's sweet and tender face, there was anger and suppressed pain after being humiliated.
When she spoke, her voice trembled, "So, no matter how viciously you speak to me. No matter what you do to me, I will endure it and yield…"