The Family Head of This Generation (Girls' Love) - Chapter 3
The subtle warmth between mother and son was ultimately shattered by those old fogeys outside. Zhao Ziyan harbored deep resentment towards the elders who monopolized her beautiful mother. “Are you dead people only fit to eat dog food! You can only guard the door, not make decisions! You have to ask my beautiful mother for instructions on such a small matter. These idiots should all be sold for hard labor.”
“Xiao Hua, bring out the General for the Head of the Family! Humph! The Head of the Family wants everyone to know that the dignity of the Head of the Family is inviolable!”
Zhao Ziyan furiously kicked down the sandalwood cabinet in the room. The porcelain placed on the sandalwood cabinet crashed and shattered all over the floor.
“Xiao Hua, the Head of the Family finds those blue-and-white vases displeasing. They must be fake.”
“The Head of the Family is right. Those blue-and-white vases are imitations from the former Qian Yuan Dynasty, mass-produced goods. The Head of the Family smashed them well!”
“Hahaha, Xiao Hua, you are truly a loyal dog servant!”
“Yes, the Head of the Family is right. Xiao Hua is the most loyal dog servant to the Head of the Family.”
Leading the majestic, extraordinary fifth-grade spirit beast, the big black dog General, Zhao Ziyan strutted out of the Zhao mansion with arrogant, outward-splayed steps. She was going to reclaim her turf now. She hadn’t forgotten the incident of being mocked into jumping into the lake a month ago. If she didn’t get back at them today, how could she continue to hang out in the circle of wastrels?
After Zhao Ziyan, the Head of the Zhao Family, left, she left behind a group of servants who looked at the empty room and the fragments on the floor, wanting to cry but having no tears. The Head of the Family was angry again. It must be that those elders were trying to snatch Madame Luo from the Head of the Family again.
“Steward Zhao, what should we do?”
A frail young attendant weakly asked Steward Zhao. He was responsible for wiping these precious blue-and-white porcelain items, but looking at the fragments of the porcelain, his heart was bleeding. Each of these antiques was worth a fortune, but now they were all shattered. He feared he would be sent away by the steward. He didn’t want to lose this excellent job.
“Can’t you be a little smarter? What else can we do? Hurry up and come with me to bring a new set of blue-and-white porcelain. If the Head of the Family comes back and sees the floor still a mess, do you want to be fired?”
Steward Zhao roared. No wonder the Head of the Family didn’t want to see this idiot in front of her. A set of blue-and-white porcelain is shattered, so what? The Zhao family has plenty of these mundane things. Didn’t you see that the Head of the Family was retaliating against the elders who were fighting with her for Madame Luo?
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After a commotion in the streets, Zhao Ziyan successfully arrived at the Spirit Herb Pavilion of the sworn enemy, the Bai family. Zhao Ziyan felt a little red-faced looking at the deserted street. She hadn’t expected that after not leaving the house for a month, her power was still comparable to the “Japanese devils entering the village” of her previous life—burning, killing, looting, and leaving nothing behind.
In the memories Zhao Ziyan had merged with, she was indeed so arrogant and domineering that people wished they could strangle her, but her reputation wasn’t so bad that everyone on the entire street would hide far away. It must be the Bai family spreading rumors to ruin her reputation. She was the respected and kind Head of the Zhao Family; how could she do anything to offend others? She only overturned a few small stalls that illegally occupied the road, comforted a few lonely widows with practical actions, and lured a few ignorant children with candied hawthorns… It was useless to think too much. The most important thing now was to get back at them. She had tolerated that b1tch from the Bai family for too long.
“Xiao Hua, smash it hard for the Head of the Family! Today, the Spirit Herb Pavilion is contracted by the Head of the Family!” Zhao Ziyan commanded bossily.
“Head of the Zhao Family, you mustn’t! Please, in consideration of this old body’s age and proximity to the grave, spare the Spirit Herb Pavilion today!”
The steward of the Spirit Herb Pavilion cried miserably, looking aggrieved as he blocked Xiao Hua, preventing him from harming the bottles, jars, flowers, and plants in the Spirit Herb Pavilion. Didn’t the Little Tyrant of the Zhao family just come to smash the place last month? Why is she here again today? Didn’t she only come once a year in previous years?
“General, go! Xiao Hua, kick that old fossil who’s pretending to be old to the side! The Head of the Family is a good person who respects the old and loves the young and cannot bear to see an old person lonely and helpless.”
“Bang—Bang—Bang—Woof woof woof—Ooo ooo ooo—”
The big black dog excitedly opened its bloody maw and brutally destroyed the bottles, jars, and pots on the shelves. Seeing the dog’s practiced moves, it was clear that this guy was definitely not a first-timer.
“General, well done! The Head of the Family will reward you handsomely!”
Zhao Ziyan laughed arrogantly amid the pile of debris. Being a wastrel was too much fun. If you didn’t like someone, smash them hard. Anyway, she had money (enabling nouveau riche mode) (Does your beautiful mother know how much you love to show off your wealth?)
“Oh! I wonder who dared to smash my Bai family’s business. It turns out to be Zhao the Cripple! Didn’t you accept the fact that you are a cripple and decide to reincarnate? Why aren’t you dead yet? A pest really lasts a thousand years~”
Bai Niang fanned herself with a beauty fan, leaning her soft body against the exquisitely carved wooden railing. Seeing the customary troublemaker, Zhao the Bully, Bai Niang gracefully swayed her slender waist and descended from the second floor.
“Seductive fox, the Head of the Family hasn’t seen you die from your own stupidity yet, so how could I go reincarnate before you?”
Zhao Ziyan stared fiercely at Bai Niang with eyes blazing with fire. After merging with this body’s memory, Zhao Ziyan utterly hated Bai Niang. Although it was the first time she met Bai Niang, the hatred in her mind uncontrollably surfaced in her heart. To understand why Zhao Ziyan hated Bai Niang so much, one has to trace back a long, long time ago…
At that time, Zhao Ziyan was still an innocent and kind good girl. Back then, the kind Zhao Ziyan couldn’t even bear to harm an ant. The pure Zhao Ziyan always had a sweet little secret in her heart: she purely admired her handsome, extraordinary, and highly skilled martial arts cousin. However, her stubborn cousin only had eyes for Miss Bai Niang of the Bai family. For the Zhao and Bai families, who had been enemies for generations, Zhao Ziyan’s handsome and extraordinary cousin’s love for the Bai family’s young lady naturally ended without success.
Therefore, unable to bear seeing her handsome and extraordinary cousin sad, the pure Ziyan bravely confessed. But what she got was, “I’m sorry, I have always seen you as a younger sister. My heart only holds Bai Niang, and I will only love her in this life.” Ziyan, who was issued the “sister card,” was heartbroken and in pain. She believed that the seductive fox from the Bai family had seduced her handsome and extraordinary cousin. So, she erupted, turned dark, and aggressively accused Bai Niang of being a vixen who seduced her handsome and extraordinary cousin, only to be ruthlessly mocked by Bai Niang.
“Haha, I thought someone bullied you, but you came to question me about why I seduced your cousin. Haha, that’s hilarious. Want to know why your cousin doesn’t like you?”
“Why?”
“Because you’re a cripple! Hahaha.”
She still remembered that the little Ziyan cried all the way back. Since then, Zhao Ziyan and Bai Niang had become sworn enemies, and the pure Ziyan, because of the sentence “you are a cripple,” embarked on the path of no return as a female bully…
“General, well done! Smash it! Smash it hard! The Head of the Family wants to smash the Spirit Herb Pavilion until there isn’t a single intact herb left!”
“Ooo ooo ooo—Aow—”
Hearing Zhao Ziyan’s praise, the big black dog bit with even more excitement. A fifth-grade spirit beast is equivalent to a human Great Martial Master, capable of destroying a house with a wave of its hand. A punch can unleash tens of thousands of pounds of force. As a fifth-grade spirit beast, the big black dog was naturally even more powerful than a human Great Martial Master.
How could a small Spirit Herb Pavilion stop it from wreaking havoc? Seeing the Spirit Herb Pavilion’s guards trying one by one to stop the dog’s shadow, a fifth-grade spirit beast was not something those third or fourth-grade Martial Masters could stop. The big black dog’s bloody maw and sharp fangs tore the entire Spirit Herb Pavilion to pieces. Even the carpet on the floor did not escape the dog’s rampage. Looking at the thoroughly destroyed Spirit Herb Pavilion, Zhao Ziyan finally felt relieved. Transmigrating inexplicably to the Cang Yi Continent, being reborn in a completely strange place from a familiar environment—she had been trying to suppress her emotions all month, afraid of being recognized as not the original Zhao Ziyan. This commotion today finally allowed Zhao Ziyan to relax.
“Zhao Ziyan, you… Elder Yao, I’m troubling you today.”
Bai Niang was trembling with anger, not even bothering to call her “Zhao the Cripple.” In the past, when Zhao Ziyan came to cause trouble, she was not present, so she naturally wouldn’t be angry. But now, Zhao the Bully was tearing the Spirit Herb Pavilion to pieces right in front of her, the Young Mistress of the Bai family. If she didn’t stop her, she would probably become the laughingstock of the entire White Tiger City tomorrow.
“Cough, cough.”
An aged cough came from upstairs. Zhao Ziyan instantly felt breathless. She circulated the Star Sect’s cultivation method for a few rounds before she felt she could breathe under this oppressive aura.
Looking at Xiao Hua, whose face beside her had changed drastically, and the big black dog, which was tucking its tail between its legs, trembling with fear and hiding behind her. Zhao Ziyan knew that she had probably met her match today. Who was Elder Yao? Probably everyone in the entire Cang Yi Continent knew. To talk about Elder Yao’s legend would take three days and three nights. This seemingly ordinary old man once single-handedly slaughtered tens of thousands of demon race members. On the eve of his major birthday, he successfully broke through the Martial Saint realm and became one of the three Martial Gods of the Fengtian Empire.
Zhao Ziyan found it strange that Elder Yao wasn’t staying properly in the Imperial Capital but running to the small White Tiger City. Was it also for the Haotian Secret Realm? Although the Haotian Secret Realm’s restriction opens once every fifty years and contains many treasures, the Secret Realm has cultivation age restrictions. Those over thirty years old and with cultivation above the Transcendence Realm cannot enter. So, why did Elder Yao come to White Tiger City? Was he here for a vacation?
“Senior Elder Yao, Ziyan was ignorant today, and Ziyan is willing to compensate. Ziyan smashed a total of three thousand ordinary spirit herbs, one hundred and twenty high-grade spirit herbs, and ten supreme-grade spirit herbs of the Bai family. Ziyan is willing to use Millennium Jade Marrow to compensate for the Bai family’s losses. Please do not blame Ziyan for her impoliteness, Senior Elder Yao. This junior bids you farewell for now.”
Zhao Ziyan was quite decisive. Having met her match, she straightforwardly admitted defeat. A wise man submits to circumstances. It was not worth offending Elder Yao over a small incident of challenging a venue, even though her Zhao family was not afraid.
“Head of the Family, you scared Xiao Hua to death! Xiao Hua almost thought we wouldn’t be able to go back today. The Head of the Family is truly formidable, still able to speak under Elder Yao’s oppressive aura!”
Hua Yuenü said with lingering fear. Even the big black dog next to her whimpered in agreement with Hua Yuenü. Hua Yuenü always thought the legend of being scared to death by a strong person’s aura was fake, but today she witnessed it. Under Elder Yao’s presence, she couldn’t even speak, let alone protect her master. Fortunately, Elder Yao showed no hostility towards the Head of the Family, otherwise, they would have probably been defeated at the Bai family today.
“Hmph, the Head of the Family represents the face of the Zhao family. If the Head of the Family disgraced the Zhao family, what right would I have to be the Head of the Zhao family?”
Zhao Ziyan said insincerely. Anyway, no one knew that she, too, was almost suffocated by that oppressive aura. However, her natural refusal to admit defeat and the Star Sect’s special cultivation technique barely allowed her to restrain that aura.
“The Head of the Family is wise and mighty, making Xiao Hua admire you greatly. The Head of the Family, at a young age, possesses talent that can govern the world and wisdom that can stabilize the nation. As the ancients said, obtaining either a Sleeping Dragon or a Young Phoenix is enough to bring peace to the world. Now, Heaven blesses our Zhao family with such a wise master.” Xiao Hua flattered Zhao Ziyan obsequiously, her delicate little face almost blooming into a flower with her smile.
“Xiao Hua is very pleasing to the Head of the Family. I will reward you with this Nine Steps of the Phantom Soul. When practiced to a high level, one step covers a thousand miles, and upon achieving great mastery of the nine steps, one can break space and perform short-distance instantaneous movement.”
Floating with pride from Hua Yuenü’s flattery, Zhao Ziyan casually pulled out a profound movement technique from the Star Sect from her Immortal Artifact space and handed it to Hua Yuenü. Xiao Hua excelled in speed, and the Nine Steps of the Phantom Soul suited her perfectly. Hua Yuenü was sent by her beautiful mother, so there was no need to worry about her loyalty. To glorify the Star Sect, she should start with the few attendants around her!