LOT – Chapter 83 Who! Who killed my daughter?!

Lin Mo happily returned with two flower pots in her hands, only to see her parents and older siblings waiting for her in the main hall.

She instinctively took two steps back, a bad feeling rising in her heart.

【System, what’s going on here? Why are my parents and siblings all gathered here? And why are they looking at me like that?】

She hugged the flower pots tightly to her chest. Surely they weren’t after her flowers, right?

The system cheerfully replied: 【Good news, good news! Your Black Tortoise has been discovered!】

Lin Qi let out a cold laugh and immediately lunged forward, pinning Lin Mo by the neck.

“Well done, Lin Mo’er! Now tell me—where did you put my turtle?! You didn’t even want to take care of it back then and dumped it on me, but now you’re having the time of your life with it?”

Yes, originally, it was Lin Mo who wanted to raise a baby turtle. She even caught it herself outside.

But she later thought it wasn’t lively enough and gave it to her big brother. Lin Qi had found it easy to raise, so he kept it.

Who would’ve thought that after giving it away, the little brat would keep coming back to play with it like it was still hers? Things that belonged to others really were more fun, huh?

Lin Mo awkwardly smiled, struggling under her brother’s grip.

As she struggled, she explained, “Big brother, I suddenly felt like today was a great day to release animals back into the wild. So I set the turtle free. Heaven cherishes all living things, you know!”

Everyone present was speechless at her words. Even the system didn’t know what to say.

The system dryly reminded her: 【Host, that excuse isn’t very convincing. If today was such a good day to release animals, why’d you still catch a soft-shelled turtle and an eel? Releasing one just to catch two more?】

Lin Mo: …Er…how should I answer that?

Standing to the side, Minister Lin could only shake his head. This youngest daughter really was hopeless—couldn’t even come up with a decent excuse!

Lin Qi didn’t believe a word of it. “Hurry up and say where you put the turtle!”

Lin Mo shrank back and muttered, “I gave it away.”

Gave it away! Lin Qi now really felt like hitting someone. This rotten girl! A few days without a beating and she’s climbing all over the roof again, huh?!

Just as her older brother looked ready to explode, Lin Mo took a sharp step forward and cleanly knelt down, respectfully holding up the two flower pots.

“Don’t be mad, big brother! I used your turtle to trade for these two pots of flowers! And they’re really useful!”

Lin Qi’s face was expressionless. “What kind of ‘use’?”

The system enthusiastically answered: 【For dyeing nails!】

Lin Mo replied softly, “For dyeing nails…”

Lin Qi let out a laugh. Lin Mo thought he had let her off the hook, but in the next second, she realized she was doomed.

Watching their son chase their daughter around, Minister Lin and his wife didn’t even bat an eye anymore.

“Let’s eat, let’s eat. Leave them alone. It’s about time her brother taught her a lesson anyway. She’s always so unruly,” Minister Lin said while picking food for his wife, grumbling about Lin Mo as he did so.

Despite the system’s cheers, Lin Mo ultimately couldn’t escape her older brother’s clutches.

“He’s a devil! He actually made me personally cook the soft-shelled turtle and the eel!”

Squatting in the kitchen tending to the fire, Lin Mo’s eyes welled up with tears. She looked utterly pitiful.

The system: 【Enough with the theatrics. You’ve smoked everyone out of the kitchen. It’s just cooking—leave it to me to guide you!】

The system sounded extremely confident, and Lin Mo was shocked by its tone.

【You know how to cook?】

The system proudly declared: 【What’s so hard about cooking? Just follow my instructions!】

Maybe she was influenced by the system’s confidence, but Lin Mo suddenly felt a bit more at ease.

Half an hour later, as they stared at the freshly prepared eel soup and steamed turtle, the Lin family members could hardly believe it.

Did that little troublemaker actually manage to cook something edible?

Lin Mo stood proudly to the side, urging them to try it. “Go on, give it a taste! I had an expert guiding me!”

The system chirped happily: 【I’m that expert!】

The Lin family members swallowed nervously. Before this “expert” was mentioned, they still had the guts to try it. Now that they knew it was the system, they felt uneasy.

These two together didn’t even make up one complete brain. Could they really cook something edible?

Taking a deep breath, Lin Ran nervously reached out with her chopsticks, aiming for the eel. Just as she was about to grab it, the eel suddenly leapt up and slapped her chopsticks away.

Everyone: !!! It’s still alive?!

Lin Mo gasped: 【How is it still alive?! I boiled it for so long!】

System: 【That’s not right! I swear we cooked it long enough!】

At that moment, the kitchen servants stared at the extinguished fire under the pot, falling into deep thought.

Tsk! Judging by the state of the firepit, it must have gone out quite a while ago. So how exactly did Second Miss manage to cook the soup?

Looking at the eel slowly swimming in the soup, the expressions on the Lin family members’ faces twisted ever so slightly. As expected, they really shouldn’t have trusted this girl!

As for the steamed softshell turtle, Minister Lin poked it with his chopsticks—very good, the turtle even stretched its limbs a little.

Lin Qi looked at the two still-alive “dishes” and asked Lin Mo speechlessly, “Excuse me, did you even light the fire when you were cooking? These things are still alive!”

Lin Mo thought hard, mentally going over the steps with the system. 【I think I lit the fire? I remember lighting it…】

The system did a quick scan. 【Crap! The fire went out halfway through cooking! That’s why nothing’s cooked!】

Everyone present: … Truly, this is so very you two!

Well, this meal certainly left a deep impression on everyone—and became a favorite topic of gossip at the Lin residence.

After being scolded, Lin Mo returned to her room, feeling wronged and pitiful.

But her moods came and went quickly. Before long, she had shifted her attention to the balsam flowers.

It was the perfect time to dye her nails! She was determined to make her hands look beautiful!

Lin Mo and the system were perfectly in sync—one giving instructions and the other following them without a hitch.

However, while applying the balsam juice to her nails, Lin Mo unconsciously scratched her face a couple of times.

The two of them worked all the way until midnight, and when it was finally done, Lin Mo looked at her freshly dyed fingernails and felt absolutely delighted.

Tomorrow, she had to show off properly!

Because of staying up late, she didn’t wake up the next morning. Lin Qi was already used to having to carry her around.

Upon entering the room, he saw her sprawled across the bed in a complete mess.

Speechless, he flipped her over, preparing to carry her. But the moment he saw her face, his pupils shrank and his legs gave out as he clutched the bed frame for support.

“Father! Father, something’s wrong! Something’s happened to Little Sister!”

Minister Lin rushed in at the commotion, and then he saw his youngest daughter lying on the bed, mouth slightly open, eyes half-rolled back, her face blotched with red patches that looked suspiciously like blood—she didn’t look alive at all.

Minister Lin clutched the doorframe, pressing a hand to his heart as his vision started to go white.

“Who! Who killed my daughter?! Who killed my daughter?!”

The system was completely stunned by their reaction. Who died?! Wait—they don’t actually think the host is dead, do they?

Looking at their host—sound asleep and unmoving like a dead pig—the system suddenly had a terrible feeling: She’s doomed. So doomed.

If they find out she’s not actually dead… she’s probably going to get beaten half to death instead!