Tao Lengshuang curled her lips in disdain, "You've dealt with me? You are now alone and helpless, struggling even to get enough to eat. How can you possibly deal with me?"
Sheng Li shivered and said, "When I return to the Sheng family, I will deal with you."
Tao Lengshuang acted as if she had heard the greatest joke in the world, laughing non-stop, "Return to the Sheng family, Sheng Li, you don't actually think you're the Sheng family's daughter, do you?"
Hearing this, a bad premonition arose in Sheng Li's heart, "What do you mean by that?"
Tao Lengshuang pointed to her own face, her tone colder than the icy landscape, "Look at my face, does it bear some resemblance to General Sheng and his wife?"
Sheng Li subconsciously compared Tao Lengshuang's and General Sheng's appearances, and her mind instantly exploded, "Appearance alone cannot explain anything. Yes, appearance alone cannot explain anything."
No wonder she felt a sense of dislike towards Tao Lengshuang from the moment she first saw her. It turned out to be like this.
Seeing her flustered and uneasy demeanor, Tao Lengshuang scoffed, "What if Ah Jin said so?"
Sheng Li suddenly looked at her, "What do you mean by that? What do you mean by that?"
Tao Lengshuang enunciated each word clearly, "Ah Jin personally said that I am the biological daughter of General Sheng and his wife, and you, Sheng Li, are the youngest daughter of the peasant Tao family."
"You stole my life, occupied my biological parents, and even tried to kill them. Tell me, how should I settle these accounts with you?"
Sheng Li's whole body went limp and she collapsed onto the ground, unable to accept this, "This is fake, this must be fake. I am the Sheng family's only daughter, not the daughter of some lowly peasant!"
She was the noble daughter of the Sheng family, how could she possibly be the daughter of a lowly peasant?
Tao Lengshuang, "When you see the Tao family in the future, you will recognize more clearly that you are not the Sheng family's daughter, but the Tao family's youngest daughter."
"No!!" Sheng Li clutched her head and shouted in despair, "I'm not, I'm not. I am the Sheng family's daughter, not some peasant's youngest daughter. You're lying, you're lying!"
Seeing that she had stimulated Sheng Li enough, Tao Lengshuang smiled slightly, "Sheng Li, I should settle the score with you..."
Before she could finish speaking, she saw Sheng Li run away like a madwoman, her voice audible from a distance.
"I am the Sheng family's daughter, I am the Sheng family's daughter..."
Tao Lengshuang and Mo Lingxi did not chase her, but there were hidden guards following Sheng Li.
"Let's go back." Mo Lingxi brushed the snow off her and escorted her back to the Sheng family.
Tao Lengshuang glanced at the sky and said slowly, "I hope Sheng Li will have a good quarrel with Black Hand."
"She will."
On their way back to the Sheng family, Mo Lingxi and Tao Lengshuang learned something from the hidden guards that almost made Tao Lengshuang explode with anger.
"Black Hand is truly something. They leaked the news of my supposed good life to the Tao family, instigating them to cause trouble for me."
Mo Lingxi patted her gently, "Don't be angry. It's good that the Tao family has come. Let them find Sheng Li; she is their real family."
Tao Lengshuang thought it was not ideal, "I'm worried Sheng Li will collude with the Tao family to plot against the Sheng family. Neither of them are good people."
Mo Lingxi explained, "It's even better if they collude. The Tao family is so selfish and greedy. Seeing how wealthy Black Hand is, won't they try to drain them dry?"
Now Tao Lengshuang understood, "Then let the Tao family meet Sheng Li first."
Mo Lingxi, "We also need to let the Tao family know that Sheng Li is their real family, but we cannot let the Tao family know that Sheng Li has been kicked out of the Sheng family."
Tao Lengshuang nodded, her eyes flashing with ruthlessness. She would not let anyone who had harmed her and General Sheng and his wife go unpunished.
...
After Sheng Li learned that she was not the Sheng family's daughter, she intended to return to the Sheng family to question General Sheng and his wife. However, she was forcibly taken back to the residence by Ah Wu midway.
"Are you brainless? If you had gone back to question them, General Sheng and his wife would have known you weren't their daughter."
Even he hadn't expected things to turn out this way.
If his master found out, he would probably be flayed alive.
Sheng Li suddenly grabbed his collar, her eyes bloodshot, "My parents don't know about the switch of daughters yet, right?"
Ah Wu forcefully pushed her away and kicked her a few times, "Damn it, you're useless! General Sheng and his wife don't know about this for now. You listen to me obediently, or you'll suffer."
Hearing this, Sheng Li let out a sinister laugh, "Good, good. It's best that my parents don't know about this. They must never know about this."
"The daughter of the Sheng family can only be me, only me!"
She was the daughter of the Sheng family, and everything the Sheng family owned was hers. No one would take it away from her.
Ah Wu was somewhat satisfied with her words, "Stay here obediently for now. I'll give you instructions if anything comes up. If you dare to treat me like you treated Ah Jin, I'll kill you immediately."
Sheng Li seemed not to hear him, sitting on the ground and laughing incessantly, yet tears streamed down her face, "Tao Lengshuang, I will definitely kill you. I will never let you snatch away my things."
"Never!"
But what Sheng Li didn't expect was that the next day she was surrounded by a group of people from the Tao family.
Looking at this group of people dressed in lowly clothes, their eyes filled with greed, she felt disgusted and repulsed, "Get away from me, get away from me!"
The Tao family would not back down. After learning from that maid that Sheng Li was their real family, they had already discussed overnight how to extract value from Sheng Li.
"My poor daughter, in these years we were separated, your mother cried her eyes out every day." Madam Yu forcefully grabbed Sheng Li's arm, crying miserably.
Sheng Li, who was in pain from the pull, tried to break free but couldn't. Especially when she noticed that Old Master Tao and his wife bore a striking resemblance to her, her face changed drastically.
At this moment, she realized one thing very clearly: she might truly be the daughter of a peasant.
No!
In her ears, there were various laments and demands from Old Master Tao and the others.
"Daughter, you are living a good life now, you must help the family. Our entire family depends on you."
"Little sister, you can't abandon all of us. Look at you wearing silk and satin, and look at what we're wearing. Even a little bit falling from your fingernails would be enough for our family to eat well and drink heartily."
"Auntie, I want to buy a big house and servants to serve me. You must buy them for me, or I'll beat you to death."
Sheng Li suddenly spat out a large mouthful of blood and fell straight to the ground.
The Tao family was startled. They looked at each other, then pretended to care about Sheng Li, but in reality, they wanted her to hand over all her property and money.
From then on, the Tao family stayed in the residence under the guise of taking care of Sheng Li, either bossing her around or constantly asking Sheng Li for money. If Sheng Li refused, they would throw tantrums and roll on the ground.
When these events reached Tao Lengshuang's ears, her mood improved considerably. However, when she saw Princess Anning visit, her mood soured again.