Quick Transmigration: Reversing the Life of a Cannon Fodder Female Supporting Character

After Shu Zhiyi finished eating, she put the plates back into the food box herself. Ling Ziyu stood up, leaning on her cane, and said, "Someone, help the head of the family tidy up this place."

Shu Zhiyi continued working without stopping, saying, "No need, this is my own business."

"My lady!!" Ling Ziyu's voice was trembling with tears. "With so many subordinates, why do you have to deal with all of this yourself? You are the head of the family."

"Calm down, don't think so much." There were less than ten plates in total, and Shu Zhiyi quickly and efficiently packed them into the food box.

When the kitchen staff came over, they helped wipe the table.

"I'll go and take the food box back over there."

"Master, I'll go and deliver it." The kitchen staff said with great tact. Those who stayed in the camp to do odd jobs were usually those with low talent and low rank, and such people were usually good at reading people's expressions.

"Okay, just give the food box to the people over there, and don't say anything else." Shu Zhiyi raised her hand and put away the table and chairs.

After arranging the hunting plan for the next day, Ling Zian helped his younger brother, who had a gloomy demeanor, back to the tent and knocked on Shu Zhiyi's door.

"What's wrong?" Shu Zhiyi asked knowingly, standing at the door.

"My lady, shall we go inside and talk?" Ling Zi'an said calmly.

"Come in."

Ling Ziyu, who had just sat down, couldn't wait to ask, "My lady, have you really taken a liking to Teng Jiamu?"

"Yes."

"Why? Because my brother and I made you angry?"

"No, as long as he appears and hasn't formed a bond with anyone else, I'll want to get close to him."

"Why? What's so good about him?"

Shu Zhiyi did not answer: "I haven't been in a contract with you for very long, have I? In such a short time, have you already forgotten how I formed a contract with you? What were the conditions we agreed on before we formed the contract?"

"Then let me remind you, the city lord wants to humiliate you by marrying you off to me as a 'buy one, get one free' deal. This is coercion against me, and I am powerless to resist. So I reached an agreement with you: I will cooperate with your revenge or power grab, and I will give you a child with the surname Ling. But you cannot interfere with me choosing someone I like."

Ling Zian nodded: "Yes, but..."

Ling Ziyu broke down: "You like him? You liked him after just one meeting? What about me? Do you like me?"

"I don't dislike you," Shu Zhiyi said truthfully.

Ling Zi'an briefly allowed himself to show his emotions, speaking before his younger brother could say anything else: "And what about me? Do you hate me?"

Shu Zhiyi leaned back in her chair, her posture languid, and said casually, "Ling Zi'an, that's not fair. We have a business relationship. You treat me as a business partner, and I treat you as a business partner. There's no reason for me to be your business partner while also having feelings for you, is there?"

"What if we develop feelings for you?"

"Your Ling family really has a lineage of liking to force others. Ling Zi'an, feelings are different from other things. If you want others to like you, you must first learn to put others in your heart," Shu Zhiyi said guidingly.

Ling Zi'an seems to have never received much genuine affection during his growth. He doesn't know how to handle emotions, nor does he understand what emotions are, let alone how to express them. However, the contracts in this world can affect a person's mind and body. She can't back the man she's already bound to, nor does she want to reach the point where they hate each other, so she has no choice but to guide him.

In her sense of right and wrong, this kind of behavior—flirting with someone outside while simultaneously influencing one's wife at home—is despicable. However, in this world, it's quite normal, and one could even say she's responsible, not abandoning her conflicted original spouse even after meeting a new lover.

"I," Ling Zian stammered.

"I know you don't know how, so first learn to discuss things with me. That's simple, right?"

"it is good."

"Alright, go back to sleep." Shu Zhiyi waved her hand.

Ling Ziyu: "I'm not leaving. I want to stay and keep my wife company."

"No need, I'm a little tired and want to sleep by myself."

Ling Zian: "My lady, we can't kill Zheng Tie and his men right away, otherwise it will attract Ling Anran's attention. We can't let her pay too much attention to us, otherwise she might kill us."

"She was willing to spend a fortune to destroy Ziyu's spiritual sea before, rather than kill you directly. Will she do it now?"

"We used to be Ling family members with top-tier talents, and she was afraid of upsetting the elders. Now one of us is crippled and she's even married off."

"Alright, then let's not kill them for now."

"How do you plan to kill them?"

"They're all locked up together, so a fire, an explosion, anything is possible."

"It will arouse suspicion."

"If we kill everyone, no matter how perfectly we do it, Ling Anran will still be suspicious." Since they'll be suspicious anyway, it's better to give them a clean and quick death and bring them out. That was the plan all along.

"Zheng Tie's family is loyal to Ling Anran, but the other martial spirit master, Yu Qingfeng, may not be. However, in Ling Anran's eyes, there is no difference between the two. Therefore, I plan to turn him to the side and have him tell Ling Anran that Zheng Tie's family died in an accident." Ling Zian explained his plan in detail.

"Then just kill Zheng Tie and his wife. The one who pointed at me and cursed me should be taken back to Qing Shi City and killed there."

"That's what I'm planning to do too," Ling Zian nodded.

"I understand, go back to sleep." Shu Zhiyi yawned, ignoring Ling Ziyu's pleading look, and shooed the two of them out.

Back to the two brothers next door.

"Brother, the mistress of the house..."

"It's okay, you're right, she's a very good person and hasn't completely given up on us. Let's take it slow."

"But, Fujiyoshi,"

"Even if it's not Teng Jiamu, there are others. Have you ever seen a woman who only married two men? At least Teng Jiamu isn't as good-looking as the two of us."

"That's true, and Teng Jiamu is a fifth-tier cultivator, which is very powerful."

The next morning, Shu Zhiyi led Mingfei in a different direction. They had only taken a few steps when someone rushed out of the neighboring camp.

"Miss Shu, I am Wu Qing. My young master ordered me to protect you." Wu Qing handed over a plate, the same plate she had used to hold the clam meat yesterday.

"Sent by Teng Jiamu?"

"Yes, young master needed to lead a hunting team, so he sent me. I am a fourth-level martial spirit master."

Mingfei: "Patriarch, I'll protect you here. You may leave."

Shu Zhiyi said, "Isn't it a bit of a waste for a fourth-tier Martial Spirit Master like you to be protecting me while I wander around?"

"No, no, protecting you is far more important than hunting. The spoils you receive will be no less than what you get from hunting." Wu Qing smiled brightly and cheerfully.

"Okay, let's go then!"

"Master!"

"If you're not satisfied, you can go back," Shu Zhiyi said calmly.

"I was sent by the young master to protect the master of the family," Mingfei said loudly.

"Oh, I thought you were the head of the family. What? Did your young master send you to control me?" Shu Zhiyi asked calmly.

"No, young master, I didn't,"

"Wu Qing, I'm not going out today. You should go back first, and I'll come find you again tomorrow," Shu Zhiyi said gently to Wu Qing, then turned and went back.