After the family split up, my stepmother and scumbag father begged me to come home.

She got up and went outside to fetch firewood, but when she returned, the firewood was piled high in her hands, and the egg she had been carrying in her bosom was nowhere to be found.

In the kitchen, Lin Xiaohua had already impatiently returned and was waiting. As soon as she saw her, she yelled, "You brat, is my steamed egg custard ready yet?"

Lin Qianqian laboriously placed the firewood beside the stove, panting as she said, "Alright, Auntie, you can serve yourself. You'll get old if you leave it out too long."

Lin Xiaohua rarely saw her so obedient, so she snorted and went to lift the pot lid with satisfaction.

The pot contained only dark brown rice and a few steamed buns, and there was no heat at all.

"Where's my steamed egg custard!" Lin Xiaohua shrieked. "You brat, where's my steamed egg custard?!"

Lin Qianqian shrank back in fright, her face pale and her lips trembling: "I...I really don't know...I put it in the pot to steam, and then...I went to get firewood...Aunt Ding...Aunt Ding has been here the whole time..."

Her voice grew softer and softer, and tears streamed down her face.

Upon hearing this, Ding Yuxiang's face turned green: "You brat, what do you mean? Are you saying I stole the food?"

"I...I didn't..." Lin Qianqian trembled like a leaf in the wind.

"Ding Yuxiang! You must have stolen the food!" Lin Xiaohua grabbed Ding Yuxiang's sleeve. "You must think my mother is biased, and you're resentful and can't stand to see me doing well!"

Ding Yuxiang was furious. She grabbed Lin Qianqian's ear and twisted it, yelling, "You little slut, talk to me! Did you steal my food and then try to pin it on me?"

"It hurts...it hurts..." Lin Qianqian cried her heart out, "I didn't steal any food...it was clearly...it was you who said Grandma was biased, only giving food to Auntie and not to Yuanyuan..."

She suddenly covered her mouth halfway through her sentence, looking at Ding Yuxiang in horror.

"Fine!" Lin Xiaohua's eyes reddened as she dragged Ding Yuxiang outside. "Let's go! Let's go find Mother to reason with you! You bring this little brat along, eating and living in my Lin family's house, and you still want to eat my eggs!"

"What are you wailing about so early in the morning!" Old Mrs. Lin rushed out, still wearing her clothes, and her face turned ashen when she saw her daughter and daughter-in-law tearing at each other.

"Mom! Second sister-in-law stole the eggs I gave her! She even told Qianqian that you're biased and that she's jealous that Yuanyuan didn't get any!" Lin Xiaohua blurted out everything in one go.

Upon hearing this, Old Mrs. Lin flew into a rage, pointing her finger at Ding Yuxiang and yelling, "That jinx you brought along doesn't even deserve to eat eggs! Is she even considered a member of the Lin family? Giving her food is an act of pity, and she wants eggs? She's dreaming!"

These words were like a knife, piercing Ding Yuxiang's heart with pinpoint accuracy.

She let out a piercing scream, yelling into the house, "Lin Guozhu, you good-for-nothing! Get out here! Your mother said Yuanyuan isn't a member of the Lin family, you better explain yourself! If you don't give me an explanation today, I'm not living here anymore!"

Lin Guozhu was called out, so he could no longer play dead. He slowly moved out, looking at this and that, his mouth open but unable to speak.

Ding Yuxiang pounced on him and pinched his arm hard: "Are you mute? Bullshit! You were the one who said you'd treat Yuanyuan like your own daughter, and Yuanyuan even changed her surname to your Lin family name. Now you're treating her like an outsider?"

Lin Guozhu winced in pain, finally managing to stammer, "Mother... you've gone too far. Yuanyuan's surname is Lin, how can she not be a member of the Lin family..."

Just as Ding Yuxiang began to smile slightly, Lin Guozhu added, "But...but you shouldn't have stolen the eggs! Quickly apologize to your mother and younger sister!"

Ding Yuxiang's smile froze on her face, then she burst into a furious roar: "I didn't eat it! I didn't eat it!"

"If you didn't eat it, how could the egg fly away?" Lin Xiaohua grabbed Lin Qianqian, who was huddled in the corner. "Could it be her? She wouldn't dare starve to death!"

All eyes were on Lin Qianqian. She kept her head down, her shoulders trembling slightly, like a startled rabbit.

Finally, Old Man Lin, his head throbbing from the noise, roared from the main room, "Shut up, all of you! Haven't you embarrassed yourself enough? Go back to your meals! Old woman, give Hua'er another egg!"

The crowd then dispersed, grumbling and cursing.

Ding Yuxiang rubbed her bruised arm and glared fiercely at Lin Qianqian's back.

No one noticed that the thin, downcast girl's lips curved into a very faint smile the moment she turned around.

She looked up and glanced at the rising sun.

It’s just a good show.