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"Miss Ali is here?"

A couple greeted the enthusiastic and mysterious girl with smiles. From the moment they moved to this island, it was this warm-hearted girl who taught them how to seize better opportunities here.

They were a new couple immigrating from the North.

The man was named Xu Haisheng, who used to work as a ship worker in Beihai City.

On the sea, he was kind of adaptable. The woman was a girl from the inland.

However, when escaping disasters, most of her family died, leaving only her and her old mother who successfully made it to Jiangnan.

Eventually, after staying a while in Lyuzhou and unable to continue, they had to move to the island.

Before the migration, she felt more apprehensive. Who would want to go to an overseas barren island if they could stay in the Central Plains?

In her impression, overseas places were inhabited by those savages who ate raw meat. It seemed like many exiled criminals were sent to those places. Although Jiangnan’s propaganda said that the climate there was pleasant and the land fertile, if it was so good, why didn’t locals go?

Unfortunately, she had no skills and her mother didn’t want to continue living on charity. In the end, they answered the official call to settle overseas.

As it turned out, after arriving here, the situation was indeed better than imagined.

Firstly, the weather was truly nice. Although a bit hot, it wasn’t hostile.

It’s said that through the crafting of the island’s spirits, there were no terrifying poisonous insects, and the island’s vegetation was pruned to look picturesque.

Having never seen the sea, she was repeatedly amazed by the spectacular sea views.

In her spare time, she often went to the shore to feel the sea breeze and enjoy the seaside sunset, a scenery she had never seen inland.

Secondly, the living environment was as promised by the officials, with everyone having their own home.

Initially, she thought they would be simple thatched houses but found them to be beautifully crafted stone courtyards.

Especially for married couples, they could be allocated to courtyards no less than three to four hundred square meters.

The yard alone was much larger than her previous home, and the exquisite architecture had interiors paved with Jiangnan’s popular tiles, which in the past in the North, only top nobility could spend a fortune to invite Jiangnan craftsmen to decorate.

The land was indeed fertile. Under Miss Ali’s guidance, the men in the village planted various crops.

She followed Ali’s advice and planted a crop called Purple Crystal Rice, which could yield three harvests a year with large production.

They could choose to sell to the officials or privately, with the official price being quite substantial and the private price more than three times higher, and there was no lack of market.

They had settled for less than a year, and the wealth they accumulated could not have been earned even in over ten years before. This was merely the result of honestly farming.

It was truly like a dream; the wealthy people in Jiangnan weren’t lying; there really were good days here.

They even ate well. There was a trend of eating seafood on the sea, and officials specially sent chefs to teach them how to make delicious seafood.

Whether it was steamed, garlic-flavored, sugar-fried, or even Sichuan hotpot for those not used to the seafood taste, there was plenty of meat to eat in every meal, far better than six months ago!

Life was so good, the only oddity being Miss Ali’s attitude.

She seemed to have been sent by officials to guide them in farming, yet she appeared to be extra attentive to their family.

At first, she thought Ali had taken a liking to her husband.

She met her husband in Lyuzhou; as fellow refugees, he had helped her out several times.

Her mother and daughter feared being bullied, plus he seemed honest, so under her mother’s persuasion, she married him.

At the time, officials strongly encouraged these matchmaking behaviors, giving her family several extra subsidies, and they received a much larger house overseas.

But such men aren’t uncommon. During chaotic times, women’s survival rate was low.

Now, there were plenty of bachelors on the island.

If she hadn’t rushed into marriage back then, she entirely qualified to be selective.

Ali had higher status, was beautiful; what man couldn’t she have? Why would she fancy her honest husband?

Over time, she slowly realized that Ali seemed more interested in their newborn child.

Initially, she didn’t mind since women generally love children. Her child was exceptionally handsome and adorable, unlike her honest husband, yet with time, she felt something was amiss.

Maybe it was a woman’s intuition, but she always felt... Ali looked at her child in a way that didn’t seem like she was looking at a child, but...

Thinking about it felt scary. How could a woman have such thoughts about a small child?

"Where’s little Feng? Asleep?" Ali had a fruit basket, containing some very special beverages.

"Uh... Sister Ali, what is this?" The woman curiously asked.

"This is Immortal Sheep Milk, good stuff, most suitable for children to drink. Feed him more often when you have nothing to do; that’s how kids grow taller." Ali smiled: "You’re lacking in mother’s milk, right? You can also drink some of this to nourish yourself."

"Immortal Sheep Milk? Isn’t that too precious?" The woman tried to smile embarrassedly, but her heart grew more puzzled.

She wasn’t entirely clueless anymore; she had heard about this product’s price, considered a luxury in Jiangnan.

"No worries, I have a brother, you know, who deals with breeding this. I got it at an insiders’ rate, free of charge."

A brother....

Every time Ali brought some peculiar supplements, she mentioned having a brother. She had many brothers, and they all seemed quite capable...

"Miss Ali, I don’t think I’ve seen your brothers for over a year. Umm... we are so indebted to their favors, do you think... could we possibly meet them?"

The woman spoke tactfully, but how could Ali, being so intelligent, not see through such a small probe?

A flash of coldness passed in her eyes, but ultimately, she did not burst out.

She also knew that, as a woman, randomly showing this kind of care for them, especially for their child, for over a year before they felt something was wrong, was already a slow reaction.

But this day was bound to come.

Over time, they would find out that she never aged.

They would also discover she truly had feelings for their child, perhaps even considering marriage with him.

What to do then?

If she didn’t agree, what if this child happened to be a filial type...

Perhaps, she could just take him away now!

One child, Chen Qing wouldn’t say anything to her. He knew of her obsession, and given the current world, there weren’t many who could stop her from doing what she wanted.

If it weren’t for her over-exerting her powers two years ago and not fully recovering, she could have directly modified their memories; the child would have been hers by now.

Thinking of this, as Ali was debating whether to use this ability, a stern voice appeared.

"Ali, is this the family you often mention?"