Chapter 452: Dramatic Ups and Downs

“Good apprentice, go pour tea—while doing a handstand!”

“Good apprentice, go cook—wash the rice with your ring finger!”

“Good apprentice, go wash the dishes—without touching them!”

“Good apprentice, go fetch foot-washing water—use your feet!”

“Good apprentice, go…”

[Obtained 50000 Villain Points from Pei Min.]

In just half a day, Jiang Ke’er had successfully made him throw the last shred of respect he had for her out the window.

Thirty thousand conditions… What was he thinking, impulsively giving her another thirty thousand conditions for free?!

But he couldn’t tell which conditions were training and which were purely messing with his head, just making him serve tea and water, so he had no choice but to obediently do them all.

And sometimes, even the most ordinary tea-serving would secretly contain some training principles, which made him paranoid and exhausted both physically and mentally.

But he loved this kind of life.

[Obtained 50000 Orthodox Points from Pei Min.]

He had never imagined life could be so full of surprises, every second thrilling and fulfilling.

Perhaps the female demon before him wasn’t a good person, and fell far short of Jiang Ke’er in every aspect, but…

She was definitely the best teacher in the world.

“Don’t let your emotions fluctuate too much,” Jiang Ke’er said leisurely, lying on a lounge chair with sunglasses on.

“Otherwise your mind might have problems.”

‘How does she know my emotions are fluctuating so much?’ Pei Min was surprised.

“Hmph, when I become Shenzhou’s first swordsman, I won’t forget you,” Pei Min said proudly.

“Is that so?” Jiang Ke’er smiled, stood up, and stretched.

“So you do have some conscience… Then let me ask you, Pei Min, Pei Min, who is the best person in the world?”

“Jiang Ke’er.”

“…I’ll give you one more chance.”

“Jiang Ke’er.”

“Go clean the latrine! Go! Now! Immediately!” Jiang Ke’er roared, shaking the entire courtyard.

“That is still Jiang Ke’er.”

Another evening, Qiao Xiaoxian still hadn’t returned.

Bored out of her mind, Jiang Ke’er started bouncing around, climbing onto the roof one moment, digging in the dirt the next.

“Hey~hoo~hey~hoo~”

Lately, she had been doing all sorts of strange things, very abnormal, defying any logic of behavior, and seemingly without any motivation.

“Good apprentice,” Jiang Ke’er suddenly stopped and looked at Pei Min, asking, “Do you think this is useful?”

“What is useful?” Pei Min asked, confused.

“Do you think, if I keep doing this, moving around noisily every day, helping the author pad the word count so hard, will he write me a better ending?” Jiang Ke’er’s sparkling eyes widened.

Pei Min’s mouth twitched. “What are you talking about? Master, did you drink too much milk again?”

“Your milk makes you drunk,” Jiang Ke’er rolled her eyes. “But I think if this really is a book, a kind and wonderful person like me should deserve a happy ending, right?”

“I don’t know what ‘happy ending’ means, but Master, you’ll definitely be fine!” Pei Min encouraged. “I have full confidence in you on this!”

“Why?” Jiang Ke’er was surprised. When did this kid become so sweet-tongued?

“After all, the good die young, but the wicked live forever!” Pei Min solemnly gave the girl a fist pump, then his expression suddenly turned gloomy.

“It’s just too bad for that Jiang Ke’er. If only she had even half of your shamelessness, she wouldn’t have ended up in a hero’s end…”

“Sweep the latrine! Go!”

“But I just swept it…”

“Go sweep Wang Er Mazi’s house!”

“…”

Jiang Ke’er eventually gave up on moving around to pad the word count.

Because she remembered that her trivial actions would probably be glossed over and omitted, not helping to pad the word count at all.

Moreover, she was just a female supporting character with limited screen time. The real protagonist was Qiao Aotian, who was probably out on an adventure somewhere.

Maybe he even casually snatched a few inheritances from ancient great powers, discovered clues of the villain’s schemes, unintentionally added a few love rivals for the female lead, and cooked up a wave of NTR hell or something.

“Sigh… Is there any way to bribe the author to let us turn things around…”

Jiang Ke’er looked gloomy, sighing all day, with so much negative energy that Pei Min didn’t dare speak.

But whenever she glanced at the IOUs in her hand, Jiang Ke’er’s mood would instantly become incredibly wonderful!

As long as Qiao Xiaoxian came back, she would make her understand—just how capable she, the head of the family, really was!

In her plan, all the bastards who had broken her heirloom would come on the same day, bringing their carefully prepared apologies.

It would be a spectacular scene.

Jiang Ke’er would choose that day to be after Qiao Xiaoxian returned, so that the surprise could be maximized.

Only then could she show off the dignity of the head of the family!

Whenever she thought of this, she couldn’t help but let out an evil and imposing villain’s laugh: “Fufufufufu~”

However, before Qiao Xiaoxian returned, Aunt Zhao came to the door first.

Perhaps because she had gotten familiar with the villagers, the blacksmith shop’s entrance had become noticeably livelier lately.

Although most of the time, they weren’t customers, just villagers bringing some relief supplies.

To help the poor, they brought many agricultural products—like free-range eggs, freshly picked cucumbers, pumpkins, newly cut chives, and so on.

In their eyes, during the days Qiao Xiaoxian was away, Jiang Ke’er was living a hard life, with almost zero daily income.

If they didn’t help, this little girl would starve to death!

As for the matter of extorting the Donglai Sword Sect that day, the villagers didn’t take it seriously… You have to live to spend money, and the girl clearly wasn’t qualified to extort the Donglai Sword Sect. That incident was probably just a farce.

“Thank you, Aunt Zhao~” Jiang Ke’er happily accepted the basket of free-range eggs Aunt Zhao handed over.

Jiang Ke’er was grateful she had chosen a good place.

The villagers here hadn’t become extreme or twisted and unruly due to hard life; instead, they were long accustomed to helping each other and supporting one another, filling the village with a warm atmosphere of life.

“Actually, I came this time to ask for a favor,” Aunt Zhao said sheepishly, looking into the yard.

“I really can’t find my rolling pin at home, so I was wondering if I could borrow yours. Do you have a rolling pin at home?”

“Oh, it’s nothing!” Jiang Ke’er laughed. “Do you need the rolling pin urgently?”

“Not really.”

“Then wait, I’ll make you a never-lost rolling pin!” Jiang Ke’er patted her chest.

“I guarantee it’ll be handy and easy to use!”

“That’s great!” Aunt Zhao didn’t stand on ceremony and laughed.

“You’re a blacksmith and you can do woodwork too?”

“I know a little bit of everything~”

“Then I’ll leave it to you! How long will it take? I need it tomorrow morning.”

“Don’t worry, one night is more than enough!”