Su Li looked at Old Master Su with a smile full of forbearance, as if she were still the extrely attentive daughter she had been before.
"Father, why get angry... Is it not good as it is now? The cutthroat competition in the officialdom exhausts just by watching, I think it’s better for our family to live a peaceful life."
Old Master Su was so infuriated that he wanted to rush forward and grab this scourge, but strangely, his body did not respond at all, unable to move, he stood rigidly like a stone statue.
Seeing that he could still use his mouth, a torrent of foul language spewed from Old Master Su’s, more unpleasant than the shrews cursing in the streets of the village.
Before his success, Old Master Su, following his grandmother, also ca from poverty, and grew accustod to hearing all kinds of vulgar phrases from an early age. Although he had never spoken such language, he had heard plenty.
Previously, he had prided himself on improving his family’s standing, and naturally restrained from uttering filthy words. But now, driven to his limits, there were no restrictions, and he repeatedly cursed without repeating a single phrase.
Calling soone "ridden by a thousand, bedded by ten thousand" was among the lightest of his abuses.
Su Li covered her mouth in shock, amazed that she could witness such a hidden side of her father, it was truly astonishing.
She did not stop him, instead, she played the part of an exceptionally empathetic observer, listening attentively as Old Master Su ran out of saliva, occasionally offering a weak comnt, "Father, it’s not right to say that... I heard Yama Hall has a Hell of Tongue Ripping, aren’t you afraid..."
"Unfilial daughter, unfilial daughter...."
Su Li continued, "The greatest wish of my life is to hope for our family to be together, complete and for a long, long ti... now it seems that has been achieved..."
"Big brother, sister, younger brother, and father, all together, taking care of this ho, what could be better."
Before she knew the truth, the original owner just hoped she could live a bit longer, much longer, to spend ti with her family.
Although the current situation wasn’t exactly as the original owner had hoped, it wasn’t far off.
Though not physically clinging together, by persevering in life, couldn’t she continue observing the Su Family?
Su Li felt utterly pleased with herself.
The Su Family wished nothing more than for their eldest daughter/granddaughter to die, a venomous curse that Su Li gloriously ignored.
Su Li had beco the most hated existence in the Su Family.
Being attacked, Su Yao also stayed at ho, and Su Qingqing and Su Zhi were too scared to leave, fearing they might provoke so powerful figures, not knowing how they might suffer, considering the Su Family was not the sa as before.
The downfall of the Su Family was unimaginably fast, but upon reflection, it was understandable.
The Su Family had just climbed to prominence, seemingly prosperous but actually as insubstantial as a castle in the air, and collapsed swiftly.
Mrs. Su now regretted deeply. She had sched against her sister, and after her sister’s death, used tricks to marry into the Su Family, all because she saw Old Master Su as a man of great promise.
Life now was tougher than when she had had to tread cautiously under her birth mother’s hands.
Especially the vulgar grandmother, she was intolerable.
Previously, due to the prestige of Mr. Su, and the carefree, affluent life, she managed to suppress her spitefulness, acting calmly like an unconcerned Old Sealed Lord.
But now that was no longer possible. As the Su Family declined, the grandmother blad Mrs. Su for being ineffectual, took direct control of the interiors and household matters of the Su Family.
Regardless of how tornted the life of the Su Family was, the one constant was their daily curses aid at Su Li.
Later, Miss Su proved the Heavenly Dao oath she had made—so long as the wicked exist, she would not die.
Yet, news of Su Li’s frailty and impending death circulated every year.
In the beginning, the Su Family rejoiced at the news and harbored hope. Could it be that with Su Li’s demise, the Su Family might rise again?
But each ti, Su Li would drag his sickly, frail body over to interact with them, sharing emotions.
Eventually, the Su Family fell into despair. Was the calamity destined to linger for a thousand years?
Su Li outlived the old lady, witnessed Old Master Su’s funeral, and then watched Mrs. Su take her last breath... yet he still did not die.
He saw Su Yao and Su Zhi marry in gloom and father children; Su Qingqing married reluctantly, weighing down on the Su Family like a massive mountain, forever preventing their rise.
Su Yao and Su Zhi married girls from common families, and their children were also diocre.
Su Yao’s grand ambitions tornted him until, at age forty, his hair had half whitened.
Prolonged frustration rapidly deteriorated his robust body, looking healthier than Su Li’s but paradoxically dying before the sickly Su Li.
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When the news arrived again that the Lotus Saintess, the forr Miss Su, was frail and about to breathe her last, Su Yao was already bedridden.
His wife and children surrounded him, regaling him with the latest town gossip.
Hearing that the curse was about to die, Su Yao’s eyes lit up. Trembling, he reached out, and with bulging eyes, excitedly asked his eldest son, "Are you sure? Is she really going to die?"
Having been disappointed too many tis, Su Yao hardly dared to believe the news anymore.
His eldest son hesitated and replied, "That’s what people outside are saying. They say soone saw the Lotus Saintess vomit blood."
After a bout of severe coughing, Su Yao laughed heartily, "Good, very good... Once she dies, as my eldest son, it will be your duty to revive the Su Family."
Su Li, the disaster, despite being in poorer health than anyone, had outlasted the other mbers of the Su Family, living long into the present.
Deep down, Su Yao knew that perhaps Su Li, this great disaster, might still not die, but he refused to accept it; otherwise, he thought he might be unable to rest even in death.
Yet, so people are like demons, not even leaving him the chance to deceive himself.
"Big brother, I’ve co to see you..."
The last voice Su Yao wanted to hear appeared beside his ear.
Lifting his neck, he saw Su Li’s haunting visage suddenly materialize in the room.
Just a second ago, they were discussing her death and the next, the very person in question, dragging her diseased body, appeared before them.
What a horrifyingly speechless scene.
Su Yao: "....." Are you a demon, not letting deceive myself and die in peace?
Su Li: Of course not.
Su Yao’s throat seed to leak air as he pointed at Su Li, gasping, "You, you...."
Emotions surged wildly, and before he could finish his sentence, his neck twisted, and he passed away.
Astonishingly, he had been angered to death...
Su Li: "....." Now it was Su Li’s turn to be at a loss for words.
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