"She's just lying there forever, it's not like she just fell over. She's making it look so real though."
"Don't go over there, you'll get involved and won't be able to shake it off. Who doesn't know that Yun Ran is crazy? Jealous of the shares given to Eldest Miss Yun, even at the ancestor worship ceremony she couldn't behave. She should remember, she's just a stepdaughter."
"I don't know how such a good person as Mrs. Yun could have such a daughter who loves to compete."
...
Yun Ran slowly opened her eyes, her head spinning badly. The noisy sounds around her were so overwhelming that her head felt like it was about to explode.
The onlookers, seeing Yun Ran move, acted as if they had seen the future.
"See, look, I told you she was fake. The Yun Family has really bad luck to deal with such a person."
At that moment, a voice as gentle as water, filled with deep compassion and pity, reached Yun Ran's ears.
"Ran'er, as I told you before, you're too aggressive. You shouldn't be so greedy in life; you have to be grateful."
Everyone immediately sympathized even more with Mrs. Yun. who did not compete or grab, renowned for her modesty.
Mrs. Yun turned to the others, with a hint of apology in her voice: "I'm sorry about today's incident, sorry to make you all laugh. Later, I will have the butler send you gifts as an apology."
"Mrs. Yun, it's not your fault. We all know what kind of person you are."
"Exactly, Mrs. Yun, you are kind and generous. Even though Yun Ran is your child, her actions have nothing to do with you."
...
The people comforted Mrs. Yun, who was well-regarded, fearful that she might blame herself.
By the time Yun Ran's mind finally cleared, her reputation had escalated further - in a bad way, of course!
At this moment, Yun Ran was lying on the grass with a dog-tail grass in her mouth, had been sighing all afternoon.
The Yun Family cared about their reputation; even as a stepdaughter, she was brought back for the ancestor worship. It was clearly Yun Wan who pushed her, yet no one believed it.
She was originally an orphan, adopted by an old Taoist priest from Qingfeng Temple. She had no great ambitions, daily sustaining herself by drawing peace charms, fortune-telling, and arranging Feng Shui.
Who would have thought, while spectating a couple fighting in a tourist area and laughing too heartily, she was joyfully pushed off a cliff.
At the moment of her death, she was saved by a magic artifact she bought cheaply from a street stall.
Only then did she realize, this magic artifact was an intelligent system from a high-class world called Ginsengfruit.
When she opened her eyes again, she was in a sweet pet novel called "Second Marriage to a Rich Family."
The dramatic part is, the original owner was also named Yun Ran, not only doomed to die young but also betrayed by her biological mother.
And the original owner's biological mom, Qu Ying, was the 'through trials and tribulations,' still virtuously impeccable first love female lead.
Now, the plot was nearing its end, the grand finale was that the male and female leads finally overcome the previous 1000 chapters of obstacles and sweetly get together.
Thinking that she had now taken over the original owner's life, Yun Ran almost crushed her teeth out of anger; this messed-up interpersonal relationship was truly annoying!
The original owner, 16 years old this year, followed her biological mother Qu Ying to marry into the Yun Family in Hai City, having been there for a full ten years.
These ten years, for the original owner, were entirely about being used.
Perhaps she would feel aggrieved until death, seeing her mother constantly complaining about injustice in front of her, unable to stand her mother being wronged and fighting for her mother's interests.
However, while she charged forward at the forefront, her mother Qu Ying always stabbed her in the back, indifferently stating that she never cared about those external things, but married into the Yun Family merely for love.
The original owner's stepfather would always be deeply moved, feeling that Qu Ying was honourable and uncompetitive, and he would end up generously giving everything owed, and not owed, all the same.
Even more pity emerged for Qu Ying's hardships; having such a daughter was the only stain on her otherwise pristine life.
In the end, Qu Ying would conclude: My daughter, so much like her father, genetics are indeed powerful; no matter how I teach her, I cannot change the greed ingrained in her bones.
Everything the original host did for her mother eventually turned into a sharp blade, stabbing fiercely back at herself.
She even ended up with a reputation for being ungrateful, malicious, and greedy, losing her life in the process.
Furthermore, her death resolved the male lead's issues with the female lead having been married before, completely eliminating the barriers between them.
Yun Ran let out a deep sigh; if she hadn't been exiled to Tea Mountain for reflection, she would definitely have slapped Qu Ying.
She really wanted to know, just how thick-skinned was this person, to so righteously step over her own daughter to rise in position.
"System, come out!"
It seemed that the Ginsengfruit could sense Yun Ran's fury, as it was angered too and directly opened its Weapons Storage.
[Host, feel free to choose anything from here, let's give her a taste of her own medicine tonight!]
"You might want to check what's in your Weapons Storage; just any random particle bomb could destroy an entire city."
Ginsengfruit could only sheepishly close the Weapons Storage again.
[It's not my fault, I was supposed to be bound with a High-level War General, but by mistake, it ended up in your hands.
To save you, I had to use a lot of energy. Now you have to be polite to me~
Oh, by the way, the original host was destined to die young; you need to accumulate Merit to extend your life and repay the energy I used to save you, which can be offset by Merit, fair and square~]
Yun Ran: ...
People from Xuan Sect knew well, Merit is the hardest to accumulate; some people might never even come close to it in their entire lives.
Though she was indifferent to life and death, she still didn't want to just sit around waiting for death.
She immediately started calculating to find out where the vitality was.
"Help, help!"
Just as she was halfway through her calculation, a piercing cry for help reached her.
Yun Ran closed her eyes and listened carefully, quickly determining the direction of the cry for help, and started running toward it, determined to confront the troublemaker right under her watch.
In a field of corn that formed a veil of green mist.
With a "crack," a girl, beaten to a pulp, had her arm broken.
Her clear eyes were filled with despair.
Her throat was clenched, and all cries for help that reached her mouth were swallowed down; she twisted her body fiercely.
Unexpectedly, her teeth sank into the man's hand.
Soon, blood flowed down from the corner of her mouth, as the flesh on the man's hand was torn, and the white bones could barely be seen.
"Damn girl, dare to bite me? Die!"
With the man's angry shout, a frail figure was kicked flying and was about to smash harshly into the ground, when Yun Ran, who arrived just in time, caught her.
The girl's head tilted, and she passed out.
Looking at the girl's miserable state, Yun Ran's eyes grew ice cold; after adjusting the girl's arm carefully, she gently placed her on the ground.