Feng Shuang Shuang.
She was the original host’s only friend at school, as they shared many similarities: both were poor students, both were disliked by their families, and both detested Shi Yi Yi.
After graduating from junior high, the original host was forced to work in an illegal factory. Later, when her biological parents found her and she expressed her desire to continue studying, they pulled strings to enroll her in the elite school where Shi Yi Yi attended.
However, they skipped grades 10 and 11 entirely and shoved Shi Qing directly into grade 12. They claimed it was so Shi Yi Yi could “look after” Shi Qing, but how could they possibly think someone who hadn’t attended grades 10 or 11 would get along peacefully with teachers and classmates?
Whether it was etiquette or academics, she would always fall short compared to Shi Yi Yi, constantly being measured against her by everyone around.
This only made the original host feel that her biological parents didn’t care about her, that they constantly looked down on and belittled her, forcing her to live in a suffocating world.
“Oh, I didn’t hear you earlier. What’s up?”
“I heard from Shi Yi Yi that you want to cut ties with your biological parents? How could you be so foolish? Have you lost your mind…”
Feng Shuang Shuang’s face was full of frustration, like an exasperated teacher facing a hopeless student.
No matter what, the Shi family was wealthy. Even the crumbs from their fingers would be more than an ordinary family could earn in a lifetime. What good would come from cutting ties with them?
“Oh, she said that herself?”Shi Qing raised an eyebrow in response.”
Feng Shuang Shuang looked confused but nodded. “Yes, she said you made your parents really angry and even talked about cutting ties with them…”
Listening to Feng Shuang Shuang’s endless complaints about Shi Yi Yi, Shi Qing began to understand why the original host had hated Shi Yi Yi so much.
She was always like this—adopting a condescending, charitable attitude to persuade you to be kind, to forgive.
Ever since the original host transferred to the school, she had constantly been compared to Shi Yi Yi.
Shi Yi Yi remained kind, optimistic, and cheerful even after returning to that poor family, while the original host remained unrefined and embarrassing even after returning to a wealthy family.
Yes, Shi Yi Yi was optimistic, cheerful, and generous. Even after returning to Xue Mei’s poor household, she still wore luxury brands costing tens of thousands per piece—the latest releases at that.
The original host, back in the wealthy family, still wore ordinary clothes, slept in the guest room, with no one arranging things for her or caring about her feelings.
No one knew that every time she had to ask for money, she faced her mother’s slightly accusatory gaze and her biological brother Shi Mo’s contemptuous looks…
How ridiculous.
“By the way, are you coming back to school? Let me tell you, I’m getting more and more disgusted with Shi Yi Yi. Who does she think she’s fooling with her act? Pfft…”
Because the original host lacked the foundation from grades 10 and 11, no one at that school cared whether she attended classes. Even if she went, she wouldn’t understand anything—she was just there to make up numbers.
That’s why no one had notified her even though she hadn’t been to school for many days.
With the college entrance exam just two months away, they probably wished Shi Qing wouldn’t show up at all.
“I’m going. I still want to get into a good university.”
Even after being found by her biological parents, the original host’s dream remained to study and enter a good university. But the Shi family’s actions completely shattered her last line of defense.”Ha ha ha, stop joking. But let me tell you, you should still make peace with your biological parents. Have them spend some money to send you abroad for some gilding—it’ll sound better when you talk about it in the future…”
Feng Shuang Shuang wasn’t wrong about this; they both had equally terrible grades.
Although Feng Shuang Shuang’s parents didn’t like her either, they wouldn’t just stand by and watch her fail to get into college. They would definitely spend money to smooth things out later.
“Mm, I know. I have some things to take care of, let’s talk later.”
Her little electric scooter was parked by the roadside right now—what if those two Usher Ghosts caught up?
In broad daylight, it really felt like she’d seen a ghost.
Riding her little electric scooter again, Shi Qing pondered the matter of school. The subjects studied in this world were pretty much the same as in her previous one.
Logically speaking, she had graduated from college many years ago in her last life and should have completely forgotten her high school knowledge.
But there was no helping it—who asked her to have a high school homeroom teacher for a mother in her previous life? Except that mother was a fucking Weirdness!
Who could understand the agony of having to grind through countless high school exam papers every day?
Every time she returned to that house, that Weirdness would pull out several test papers for her to complete. It wasn’t enough to just scrape by—it took relentless pleasure in this. The moment she showed any dissatisfaction, that Weirdness would try all sorts of tricks to test whether she had discovered its true identity.
Wah wah wah, no one understood her suffering.
Can anyone out there relate? What working adult who’s already graduated still has to write high school exam papers…
…
Disturbed by the Usher Ghosts, Shi Qing lost all interest in shopping and rode her electric scooter straight home.
As soon as she opened the front door, Shi Qing blinked and abruptly slammed it shut again.
It must be that she’d returned the wrong way.
Why was there an Usher Ghost in her house?
“Gah gah gah, you can see me, you can see me…”
A shrill, crazed laughter pierced through the door, arrogant and triumphant.
Pursing her lips, Shi Qing pretended not to hear. Just as she placed her hand on the doorknob to open it again, the Usher Ghost’s head suddenly phased through the door from the inside, positioned right above her hand.
Its rotting tongue swept across the back of her hand, making every hair on Shi Qing’s body stand on end.
“Gah gah gah, you smell so delicious~ I really want to eat you…”
Shi Qing withdrew her hand and calmly pulled out a tissue from her pocket to wipe the contaminated spot.
“? Why aren’t you afraid?”
A flicker of astonishment seemed to appear in the Usher Ghost’s bulging eyeballs as its highly decomposed face pressed closer.
Shi Qing: “…”Heh, if it had the guts, it should drill into her heart and see whether she was actually afraid or not!”
Damn it, after being tormented by Weirdness for so long, if she couldn’t maintain a calm facade she would’ve been devoured long ago.
“You really aren’t afraid~”
The Usher Ghost reached out to poke Shi Qing’s cheek. Watching the maggots squirming at its fingertips, Shi Qing directly took a step back, not bothering to hide the disgust in her eyes.
The Usher Ghost instantly flew into a rage: “You’re disgusted by me? You actually dare to be disgusted by me? I’ll kill you, kill you…”
Shi Qing remained unmoved, instead pulling a Ghost Stone from her pocket.
“Wouldn’t it be better to be a civilized ghost? You came looking for me because you want this, right?”
It said she smelled delicious—she didn’t think her charm was that great. The only thing that could attract it was probably the Ghost Stone in her pocket.
The Ghost Stone was thick with ghost energy; she figured no ghost could resist it.And in this world, I wonder if something like Ghost Stone exists.
“This is…”
The Usher Ghost’s eyes fixated on the Ghost Stone in Shi Qing’s hand.
Such rich ghost energy, so pure and concentrated—far denser and cleaner than the ghost energy from even the finest burial grounds. She loved it, she wanted it so badly!
If she devoured this, her strength would surely advance to the next level.
“Give it to me!”
The Usher Ghost reached out to snatch it but was swiftly dodged by Shi Qing.
“Let’s make a deal…”