“I don’t know where Grandpa went. He never told me.”

I kept my arms over my head and dodged frantically, trying to avoid Eldest Aunt’s kicks.

When Third Uncle saw I wouldn’t cooperate, he grabbed a torch beside him and struck me with it over and over.

He didn’t stop until my skin split open.

At that moment, I regretted it more than anything.

I should have followed Grandpa when I had the chance.

“That damned girl. Her parents are dead and she isn’t sad at all. Instead she’s protecting that old beast.”

Third Uncle pulled a thick stack of cash from his bag and smashed it against my face.

“This is enough money to put you through middle school and high school. As long as you cooperate with us, there are plenty of good days waiting for you.”

My whole body burned with pain.

At that moment, I felt nothing for these relatives except endless hatred.

“When I was little, Mom and Dad abandoned me at a garbage dump. Grandpa was the one who found me and brought me home. Later, when Mom and Dad refused to raise me, Grandpa was the one who brought me up.”

I cried and accused them through tears and snot.

“You were all children raised by Grandpa too. You don’t have even the slightest filial heart. You’re going to get what’s coming to you.”

No one seemed to have expected me to be so stubborn.

Even after being beaten this badly, I still kept resisting.

The Taoist’s eyes turned cold.

“Where is the whisker water your grandpa gave you? Hand it over.”

My heart chilled.

The little weasel had been right.

This Taoist really was bad.

“What? That old bastard left you something too?”

Seeing that I was still hiding things, Eldest Uncle grabbed the hot water from the table and poured it over me.

I screamed from the pain.

But the skin on my body remained completely unharmed.

“On the windowsill.”

To save my life, I pointed toward the windowsill in the opposite room and gritted my teeth as I handed the water over.

The instant the Taoist saw it, his eyes lit up.

“If you drink this water, you’ll be recognized by the weasel bloodline. If we meet the weasel again today, he won’t hurt us. This water is extremely valuable. It’s made from the weasel’s cultivation and can extend your life.”

Eldest Uncle smiled.

“Good. If we drink it, that old bastard won’t hurt us. Then we can burn him to death.”

I sobbed.

“If he won’t hurt you, why do you still have to hurt him?”

Third Uncle kicked me.

“You damned girl. With something like that alive, none of us will ever sleep peacefully.”

The group divided up the whisker water and drank it.

Then they called over several strong men and had them hide around the house.