Chapter 8: Rumors Spread
As everyone knows, Dominic Night was the Second Prince of the realm—domineering, wild, and handsome. The girls secretly in love with him could line up all the way to the city gates.
Among them were many daughters of noble families.
So that very evening, rumors about Sweetie spread throughout the entire capital again.
"Did you hear? That soft, delicate Miss Song from the Song family publicly presented a pot of maggots to the King!"
"Hahahaha! Miss Song not only likes eating poop but also likes playing with maggots!"
"What did you say? Miss Song dries maggots and eats them as snacks? Crunchy!"
Although Sweetie was a concubine's daughter, she was still a daughter of a high-ranking family. On the night she was expelled from the palace, Father was so angry he smashed countless teacups and jade artifacts. He summoned all the Song family elders to the ancestral hall to publicly punish Sweetie.
Sweetie knelt in the ancestral hall, crying her heart out, her body trembling continuously.
"Waaah, Father! Sweetie really doesn't know what happened! What Sweetie brought to the palace was truly a glazed flower, not maggots!"
No matter how much Sweetie cried and explained, the fact remained that she had presented a pot of maggots in full view of everyone.
"Sweetie, it's just a few strikes with the rod. You'll be fine after resting for a few days."
I smiled and squatted down, patting Sweetie's head. "It's just a few strikes. In the original novel, I got my head chopped off by Dominic! So even if you cry your heart out, you don't deserve to feel aggrieved, do you?"
The servants held Sweetie down on a wooden bench. When that meter-long rod struck her body, Sweetie's vision went black from the pain, nearly fainting.
"AH! It hurts so much! Waaah, Brother Dominic! Sweetie hurts so much!"
For a concubine's daughter to publicly call out her legitimate sister's fiancé's name... Father was enraged.
"Sweetie Song, you shameless woman! Don't you know Dominic Night is Sophia's fiancé? How disgraceful! Someone, give this evil daughter ten more strikes and send her to the countryside estate. From now on, the Song family has no one named Sweetie Song!"
Sweetie's eyes widened in disbelief. Then she struggled and screamed frantically: "No! Don't do this to me, Father! Brother Dominic and I are truly in love! Brother Dominic doesn't love Sister Sophia at all! The one who isn't loved is the third party!"
DING!
Congratulations, Host Sweetie Song, you have successfully bound with the Concubine's Daughter Counterattack System!
My eyes narrowed. Sweetie's cheat ability had arrived.
But she didn't know—I also had a plot-modification system!
I smirked and activated my skill.
Original text: At the critical moment, Sweetie Song bound with the Concubine's Daughter Counterattack System.
I changed "Counterattack" to "Rebellious."
Sweetie's originally pitiful expression suddenly froze. Then her face became abnormally twisted and fierce. She roared, threw off the two servants holding her down, and panted like a mad bull, eyes bulging, as she strode up to Father and grabbed his collar.
"You old bastard!"
The formerly petite, delicate Sweetie seemed possessed by a warrior, becoming abnormally robust.
Father was terrified and instinctively didn't dare move.
"You... you..."
Sweetie grinned viciously and raised her hand—SLAP!—striking Father across the face.
"Old bastard, you dare send me to the countryside estate? You tired of living, huh?!"
Everyone present was struck as if by lightning, shocked beyond words.
The always obedient and lovely Sweetie—how could she say such treasonous things? She even hit Father!
I carefully observed Father's stiff expression, swallowed, and spoke softly: "Sweetie, let's talk nicely. Don't get physical..."
Sweetie's bloodshot eyes glared at me, panting like a bull, and she slapped me to the ground.
"Fuck off! Who the hell are you to lecture me?!"
I lay on the ground, marveling: What an excellent Rebellious System! When Sweetie goes crazy, she doesn't recognize anyone—she'll hit anyone!