Since being sent to the countryside, she hadn't used shampoo anymore. Instead, she'd always used plant ash.
Not only was it dirty, but it also had no fragrance at all. Just thinking about the fragrant shampoo made her eyes sparkle with greed.
Song Shuyao was a shrewd woman. Seeing the intense desire in Liu Xiaohui's eyes, she wasted no time and stepped forward, taking Liu Xiaohui's hand.
"Come on. Song Chunlan is my aunt, and we're all neighbors. From now on, we'll be friends."
Song Shuyao didn't come here to visit relatives. Moreover, she was a heartless person who only ever saw what was beneficial or unbeneficial to herself.
The reason she was willing to give shampoo to Liu Xiaohui now was, of course, that Liu Xiaohui would be a good pawn to deal with Lin Wanning.
If she could control this pawn well, she wouldn't even have to dirty her own hands when dealing with Lin Wanning in the future.
In Song Shuyao's room, when Liu Xiaohui saw the vanishing cream, her eyes were practically drooling as she stared at it.
"I also have eyebrow pencils and lipstick. I can tell you have great natural looks. Come, try them out."
As Song Shuyao spoke, she pulled Liu Xiaohui to sit in front of the dressing table. Then, feigning pity for Liu Xiaohui, she picked up an eyebrow pencil and started to draw Liu Xiaohui's eyebrows.
Generally, women love beauty, but some have a clear head while others don't.
Liu Xiaohui was one of those with a muddled head. Looking at herself in the mirror, she was completely self - absorbed. She looked left and right, and then couldn't help but say to Song Shuyao, "Can I try the lipstick?"
"Sure. From now on, we're sisters. You can use my things anytime."
The moment Liu Xiaohui put on the lipstick, disgust was written all over Song Shuyao's face. She even wanted to throw the lipstick directly into the spittoon.
However, she still maintained a warm and polite smile on her face, forcing a stiff grin. But Liu Xiaohui was only focused on admiring herself in the mirror.
She didn't even notice Song Shuyao's expression. As long as she could get some benefits, that person was her ally.
"I wonder if Lin Wanning will come back?" Song Shuyao deliberately probed.
"The sooner she doesn't come back, the better. The sooner she dies, the better. Let me tell you, I've disliked this younger sister - in - law for a long time..." She told Song Shuyao all the feuds between her and Lin Wanning in detail.
Finally, she didn't forget to add, "You don't know. Lin Wanning raises snakes, and they're cobras. It's really strange."
A flash of triumph crossed Song Shuyao's eyes. She thought the lipstick hadn't been wasted in vain. At least she'd managed to get some private information about Lin Wanning.
"Hey, we should just mind our own business. Don't worry about her. From now on, we're sisters." As Song Shuyao said this, she pulled Liu Xiaohui out of the room.
"Let's go and see if she'll come back. If she doesn't, your Lin family must be worried."
Her tone was soft, but no matter how you listened, there was a hint of triumph in it.
As Song Shuyao had hoped, the entire Lin family was in a complete mess. Even Lin Guoan, who was ill in bed, was so scared that he sat in the yard. Big beads of sweat kept rolling down his pale face.
Chen Shufen was crying and tugging at the sleeve of the brigade leader. "Please, please help us find Wanning. I'm really begging you."
"That's the deep mountain. I want to go, but no one in our brigade dares to. There are wolf packs in there."
"Before, when your Wanning brought back so many chestnuts, did any of us ask where she got them? It's because everyone knows the deep mountain is off - limits. If you go in, you're surely not going to make it out alive."
The brigade leader was also sweating profusely from anxiety. There had been young people in this brigade who once went up the mountain together, hoping to hunt some wild boars and hares for a change of diet. But out of the five who went, only one came back.
And that one person who came back had completely lost his mind.
So now, even if they were offered a lot of money, no one would go. The bloody lesson was right in front of them.
Lin Zhiyuan and Fang Qin were also pacing around anxiously. It had been a whole day. Could something really have happened to Wanning?
Even Lin Bingwen, who had always been at odds with Lin Wanning, was just as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.
Seeing her husband so anxious, Liu Xiaohui felt secretly happy. After all, she was eager for Lin Wanning to die soon so that she could get a share of Lin Wanning's dowry.
Thinking of this, Liu Xiaohui, relying on her lipstick and makeup, swayed her hips in front of everyone and walked up to Lin Bingwen.
"Hey, your sister will be fine. If she doesn't come back tonight, then there might be a problem tomorrow. You don't need to be so anxious."
Lin Bingwen was scratching his head anxiously. When he suddenly looked up and saw Liu Xiaohui's mouth that looked like she'd eaten a child, it was like a red blood - filled ladle.
"What did you do? Drink blood? Why do you look so ugly?"
As soon as he said this, Liu Xiaohui was almost furious. She'd looked at herself in the mirror many times and thought she looked really good.
This damned Lin Bingwen was just like the rest of the Lin family. They just couldn't stand to see her doing well.
The Lin family also heard Lin Bingwen's words. In the middle of their anxiety, they looked up at Liu Xiaohui and saw her gaudy makeup. She was just standing there looking completely unconcerned.
All the Lin family members were almost fainted with anger.
"Liu Xiaohui, you don't have to care about the younger sister, but at a time like this when we're all worried, could you please stop causing trouble?"
Fang Qin just couldn't stand it anymore. She stared seriously at Liu Xiaohui with a stern look in her eyes. It felt like the whole family was in agony, and here was Liu Xiaohui with a painted - up face. What was she doing?
"Sister - in - law, if you don't like me, just say so. The younger sister hasn't been home for a day. As the second sister - in - law, how can I not be worried?"
"After all, we're sisters - in - law. Even if the bones are broken, the tendons are still connected. How can I not care? It's just that she likes to cause trouble. She runs up the mountain and brings all sorts of things home."
"Last time, I saw a cobra in Lin Wanning's drawer. She might be up on the mountain playing with snakes and centipedes right now. So we don't need to be so worried."
As Liu Xiaohui spoke, her eyes were clearly full of provocation. This was what Song Shuyao had taught her to say. By speaking like this, she could not only avoid hurting feelings but also show that she cared about Lin Wanning.
At the same time, she could expose all of Lin Wanning's unsavory secrets. Now the whole village would know that Lin Wanning was strange.
Hearing his wife say such things about Lin Wanning in front of the whole village, Lin Bingwen was so angry that his heart ached.