“Shi Qing, although you are the biological daughter of the Shi family, you and Shi Yi Yi are from completely different worlds. I don’t want you to bother her anymore. If you don’t want me to dislike you, you’d better stop coming to school.”
The man had a handsome face, but his cold eyes were filled with disgust, and his words were utterly nauseating.
Shi Qing was completely stunned. Who was this? How could there be such a shameless person in the world?
“Which village did you escape from, you arrogant pig? Does your owner know you’re out here showing off your worthless self again?”
Shi Qing simply couldn’t remember who this person was or how he had the nerve to say such things to her. Who he disliked had nothing to do with her.
Thinking this, she glanced at the man again.
Oh, she remembered now. This was the top student Gu Xuan, one of Shi Yi Yi’s followers.
“You! Shi Qing, when did you become like this?”
The disgust in Gu Xuan’s eyes turned into disbelief.
Didn’t Shi Qing like him? Why was she talking to him like this? Wasn’t she afraid he would dislike her even more?
“Like what? In a way you don’t like? Then I’m thrilled. And let me give you some advice: meddlesome pigs like you might not see tomorrow’s sun.”
Shi Qing turned and walked away with a smile, but as she passed through an alley, she was blocked by several people—three girls and two guys with dyed yellow hair.
“Shi Qing, we finally caught you.”
Shi Qing recognized the girl leading them; she usually followed Shi Yi Yi around as her lackey.
Today really wasn’t her lucky day. First, she encountered a self-righteous idiot, and now she ran into these troublemakers.
“Yeah, you caught me. So what?”
“Hmph, don’t get cocky. How dare you bully Yi Yi? Beat her up…”
With a wave of Hua Nana’s hand, the group approached Shi Qing with smirks.
“Such a pretty girl, and you choose to bully others? Today, we’ll let you experience what it’s like to be bullied. Come on, let us help you cool off…”
One of the yellow-haired guys spouted vulgar remarks as he moved closer.
Shi Qing lowered her head slightly, lost in thought for a few seconds.
Had she ever bullied Shi Yi Yi? Thinking carefully, no.
The only thing the original host had done to bully her was to have the Shi family kick Shi Yi Yi out, but it was useless—Shi Yi Yi still frequently stayed at the Shi residence.
…
The alley echoed with the sound of slaps and screams.
About ten minutes later, everything settled.
Shi Qing leaned against the wall, calm and composed, watching the five of them squatting by the wall, bruised and battered.
“Still want to fight?”
“Wah… No, no more…”
Hua Nana’s face was so swollen she could barely speak, and she crouched in the corner, sobbing quietly.
The other two girls she had brought were also crying, wiping their tears while covering their heads. Both had lost a patch of hair.
They regretted following Hua Nana today.
They hadn’t gained anything and had gotten beaten up for nothing.
As for the two yellow-haired guys who had wanted to “help Shi Qing cool off,” they were now standing shirtless against the wall, their eyes so swollen they could barely open them.
“Alright, pick this out for me. If you can’t do it in half an hour, hehe…”Shi Qing pulled out a large bag of beans from her backpack and placed it in front of the three girls. Inside were red beans and mung beans, and they were given half an hour to sort them all.
The three girls were dumbfounded.
What kind of sensible person brings red beans and mung beans to school?
“Timer starts now. One minute overtime, well… you know what happens~”
Hearing this, the three of them didn’t dare delay any longer. They immediately crouched on the ground and began sorting. However, the streetlight was too dim, forcing them to take out their phones, turn on the flashlights, and lie on the ground to pick through the beans one by one.
As for the two bleached-haired guys…
Shi Qing took out a politics textbook, pointed to a page about the Marxist Three Views, and made them memorize it—Worldview, Outlook on Life, and Values.
If they couldn’t recite it in half an hour…
Heh…
…
Half an hour later, Shi Qing ended up with a bag of red beans and a bag of mung beans, along with two stumbling recitations of the Marxist Three Views…
“Not bad at all. If you ever feel like reciting again, you can always come find me~”
Shi Qing patted the two bleached-haired guys on the shoulders, making them shudder in fear.
The three girls couldn’t help but feel sympathy for them.
Compared to reciting Marxism, they’d rather sort red and mung beans.
“Alright, you two can go. Hua Nana, you three remember to recite this Three Views for me tomorrow as well. You know, the Hua and Shi families still have collaborations. Even if I beat you up a few more times, I probably wouldn’t face any consequences, right?”
At these words, the two bleached-haired guys bolted as if they’d been granted a pardon.
Hua Nana’s face turned pale, then dark, and the other two girls didn’t look much better.
Why should they have to recite after sorting red and mung beans?
It’s not fair!
“It’s getting late. Goodbye~”
Shi Qing waved cheerfully at the three of them.
…
After getting a phone, Suihua gradually became obsessed with it.
After finishing her shower, Shi Qing checked her phone and saw that Feng Shuang Shuang was sharing another amusing story from the day.
(Qingqing, let me tell you, I almost died laughing today. You know, Shi Yi Yi, for some reason, went off on Liu Qiang, hahaha…)
Liu Qiang was also one of Shi Yi Yi’s admirers. He usually praised her endlessly and was always the first to help her with school events or run errands for her.
Shi Yi Yi always greeted him with a smile, but today, for some reason, she yelled at Liu Qiang, accusing him of constantly annoying her and saying that his family’s measly company wasn’t enough to pursue her…
Although Shi Yi Yi later apologized to Liu Qiang in person and he forgave her, such incidents leave a thorn in one’s heart that isn’t easily removed.
Shi Yi Yi’s unusual behavior today was definitely caused by the Truth Ghost.
After putting down her phone, Shi Qing was about to return to her bedroom when there was a knock at the door.
Shi Qing went to check and saw it was the Truth Ghost.
How nice—it had even learned to knock.
“Come in, the apples are on the table.”
Suihua, engrossed in her phone, didn’t even look up. The Truth Ghost obediently took an apple from the table and was about to leave when Shi Qing took half a watermelon from the fridge and handed it over.
The Truth Ghost stared at Shi Qing with its blood-red eyes in disbelief for a moment, then happily accepted the watermelon.
How wonderful—today’s reward included half a watermelon.
After entering the Space-Time Shop, Shi Qing had just finished practicing drawing two talismans when the wind chimes jingled.
A customer had arrived.After tidying up the items, Shi Qing rose with a cheerful smile to greet the customer.
“Hello, welcome to the shop~”
The visitor was a woman dressed in emerald gauze, ethereal as a celestial being descended to the mortal realm.
“What place is this?”
The woman tilted her chin up slightly, her gaze sweeping across the shop before settling sharply on Shi Qing. Noticing that Shi Qing seemed to emit no discernible aura, her eyes grew even more dismissive.
Shi Qing, however, maintained a smiling demeanor as she replied, “This is the Space-Time Shop. I wonder if anything has caught your eye…”
Before Shi Qing could finish, the woman had already begun scanning the shelves on her own, a look of disdain evident in her eyes.
“How dare you display such trash?”
Suddenly, as if sensing something, she pivoted and headed toward the back garden.
Frowning, Shi Qing waved a hand, and an invisible barrier blocked her path.
“Customer, the rear area is private. Without permission, please do not enter.”
“Hmph! How dare a mere mortal block my way? Do you know who I am? I sense the presence of a divine stone here—such a treasure is not for the likes of you to possess. Hand it over at once…”