When "God" Decides To Start Over

"You've brought it back..." Uncle Eight looked at the green leaf in Li Xiu's hand, his hands uncontrollably trembling.

"Calm down, give me the jewel first." Li Xiu withdrew the green leaf into his grasp.

Uncle Eight nodded, stood up, moved the stool to under the beam, stepped on it, and took down the jewel hanging from the beam, handing it to Li Xiu.

Li Xiu accepted the jewel before giving the green leaf to Uncle Eight.

With trembling hands, Uncle Eight received the green leaf and carefully cupped it in his hands, then returned to the table and placed the leaf into a bowl full of water.

As soon as the leaf entered the water, the originally clear liquid immediately turned emerald green.

The leaf seemed to melt; moments later it disappeared, leaving only a bowl of green broth.

Uncle Eight lifted the bowl and drank the green broth in large sips.

Li Xiu stared at Uncle Eight, wanting to see what reaction he would have after drinking, but it seemed as though there was no reaction at all. Uncle Eight laughed heartily as he walked towards the door.

After exiting the wooden house, he basked in the sunlight, closing his eyes and spreading his arms wide, seemingly embracing the air of freedom.

"Little Eight, what are you doing?" A charming woman's voice sounded.

Uncle Eight was slightly angry; apart from the mistress of this place, who else dared to call him Little Eight? Were they tired of living?

But upon turning his head, Uncle Eight stared wide-eyed: "You... you... you are Wan Chaocun... How are you here... Your face..."

Wan Chaocun came out of the red house and ignored Uncle Eight, walked straight to Li Xiu, and grabbed Li Xiu's hand, saying, "I said I acknowledged you as my brother, now let's swear a blood oath to become siblings."

As she spoke, Wan Chaocun took out two jade bowls, one white and one black, placed them on the stone steps, then waved her hand, and a strange light fell into the bowls, drawing the surrounding moisture rapidly into them, quickly becoming two full bowls of water.

Wan Chaocun bit her hand, squeezed two drops of blood, and dripped one into each bowl, then looked at Li Xiu.

Li Xiu was a bit annoyed; he just wanted to recognize her as his sister, not partake in any blood oaths, but Wan Chaocun truly wanted to swear a blood oath.

Given the present situation, Li Xiu couldn't refuse, so he reluctantly cut his finger and dripped his own blood into the bowls.

"Wait, since we are all companions in exile, should I not be included as well?" Tang Tianzhen suddenly walked over, smiling.

"Who are you, and what qualifies you to be sworn siblings with me?" Wan Chaocun frowned.

"You live in the Red House, I live in the Blue House, we've lived in the same yard for decades, isn't it destiny?" Tang Tianzhen still smiled, showing no sign of anger.

"You're from the Blue House?" Wan Chaocun sized up Tang Tianzhen in surprise.

When Wan Chaocun arrived, there were already people in the Blue House, so she didn't know who resided there, only knowing that Uncle Eight was in the middle wooden house.

"That makes sense; since we've lived in the same yard for decades, that's quite the destiny, count me in too," Uncle Eight chimed in, smiling.

His gaze fell on Wan Chaocun, seemingly curious about whether she would agree or not.

Wan Chaocun ignored Uncle Eight, only stared at Tang Tianzhen, and after a long while, she faintly said, "If that's the case, let's do it together."

"Since we're swearing, including one more friend shouldn't be an issue," Li Xiu pulled over Chu Jun.

Chu Jun was somewhat reluctant; he didn't want to partake in these sworn sibling affairs but had no choice after being forcefully brought over by Li Xiu.

Uncle Eight took out his red jade bowl, but there were only three bowls, which were insufficient for the five of them.

Wan Chaocun handed the White Jade Bottle to Li Xiu with a smile: "Li Xiu, let's share a bottle together."

"Alright." Li Xiu nodded.

All five made the blood oath again. Just as they were about to drink, Uncle Eight said, "Wait, we haven't decided the hierarchy yet."

Uncle Eight's gaze swept across everyone, then he smiled and said, "Spring Sister suggested this, so naturally she is the deserving eldest sister, worthy of first place."

No one spoke, so Uncle Eight glanced at Tang Tianzhen and said, "This master should be a learned monk, worthy of the second position."

"I'm not a monk; my name is Tang Tianzhen," Tang Tianzhen said calmly.

"Then Brother Tang is the second brother," Uncle Eight immediately chimed in with a smile.

Having said that, Uncle Eight turned his eyes to Li Xiu and Chu Jun, his smile growing, just about to speak when Chu Jun said, "I have money, so I won't be fifth."

"Money? How much can you possibly have?" Uncle Eight sneered dismissively.

"This yard is built on my family's land; what do you think?" Chu Jun muttered.

He deliberately made things difficult for Uncle Eight, it was obvious that Uncle Eight was bullying the weak and fearing the strong, flattering Wan Chaocun and Tang Tianzhen first, selfishly wanting to be third, ignoring age in determining hierarchy.

"You're from the Chu Family?" Uncle Eight was slightly stunned.

"Chu Family heir," Chu Jun corrected.

Uncle Eight rolled his eyes and smiled: "I've lived on Chu land for decades, naturally I must respect the owner, Brother Chu deserves the third place."

Speaking, Uncle Eight again looked at Li Xiu.

"I won't be fifth, figure it out yourself," Li Xiu said calmly.