How Shameless Can You Be?
[What’s wrong with these people? Why are they staring at me instead of Jiang Taohua?]
Grandma Liu, who had been about to curse Jiang Taohua out, immediately fell silent. That little bitch Jian Mingyue, stealing her grandson’s brown sugar cake and trying to use her as a pawn—what a piece of work!
If not for heaven’s mercy, letting her suddenly hear Jian Mingyue’s inner thoughts, she would have almost fallen for her trick.
Hmph, shameless creature!
Pah!!
Grandma Liu rolled her eyes at Jian Mingyue, then walked over to her, deliberately bumping her shoulder and sending her stumbling. She spat fiercely on the ground before heading toward her own gate.
Jian Mingyue steadied herself, watching Grandma Liu stomp away in confusion.
[What’s wrong with that old hag? Why did she bump into me for no reason?]
[These people are so weird. Why aren’t they saying anything? Keep cursing Jiang Taohua! The harsher you curse, the happier I’ll be.]
The people around looked at Jian Mingyue with indescribable expressions. They must have been blind before, thinking this woman was pure and kind-hearted.
Everyone shook their heads and left with complicated feelings.
Jian Mingyue watched helplessly as everyone dispersed, leaving only her and Jiang Taohua on the scene.
[What’s going on? This Grandma Liu is so useless, leaving without even saying a word, letting that bitch Jiang Taohua luckily escape.]
[It’s fine. There’s still her stepmother. I’ll go stir up trouble there later. She won’t escape a beating tonight.]
Jiang Taohua curled her lips. This Book Transmigration female protagonist was truly both stupid and wicked.
“Gurgle!!” Her stomach growled at an inopportune moment. This body hadn’t eaten for two meals already—she was really hungry. Jiang Taohua took a step, planning to go home and find something to eat.
“Wait, Taohua, I didn’t mean to wrong you just now. Maybe I saw wrong. We’re good friends—you won’t blame me, right?”
Jian Mingyue hurriedly caught up to explain, but the person inside Jiang Taohua’s body had changed; she wasn’t someone Jian Mingyue could easily fool anymore.
“Slap! Slap!”
Jiang Taohua directly gave her two slaps. Smiling, she said, “I know. We’re good friends. My hands were itchy just now, and I couldn’t help giving you two slaps. I couldn’t control it either. Since we’re so close, you won’t blame me, right?”
“You…”
Jian Mingyue covered her swollen cheeks, fury churning in her chest. The words “bitch” almost slipped out.
She forced back the tears in her eyes and squeezed out a smile uglier than crying. “Yes, I won’t blame you.”
With that, she swayed unsteadily and headed toward her own home.
“Congratulations, Host, for angering the female protagonist. Reward: five yuan.”
Jiang Taohua—she really wanted to enshrine Jian Mingyue. With her around, would she ever worry about lacking money? In just this short while, she’d earned seven yuan. In this era, seven yuan could buy a lot of things.
The System said she could take all this money back to the modern era later.
System 001 also said it would give her a storage space. She couldn’t wait to see what the storage space was like.
Relying on her memories, Jiang Taohua skillfully walked into the staff residential compound. She passed a row of sun-dried vegetables and a washbasin, then circled around a fence of flowers planted by the neighbor next door, arriving before a peeling, mottled red door.
Jiang Taohua took the key from her right pocket. With a “click,” the door opened.
This was a two-bedroom, one-living-room apartment. The cheap father and stepmother occupied one room, their precious daughter had the other, while the original owner had always slept on a makeshift bed on the living room floor.
In the eighteen years she had lived in this home, the only thing Jiang Taohua possessed was the set of heavily patched clothes she wore.
Jiang Taohua walked into the kitchen and took out half a bowl of braised pork from the cupboard—left by her stepmother for her cheap father.
It was truly pitiful. The original owner had grown to eighteen years old without ever tasting meat, not even knowing what it tasted like. Every time the family of three ate meat, she could only watch. Long-term malnutrition had left her body painfully thin and weak.
Jiang Taohua brought out the meat, casually reheated it, and took out two steamed buns made from refined flour. Placing the dish on the table, she sat down and began devouring the food ravenously—this body was simply too starved.
In no time, she had cleaned the bowl spotless, not even leaving a drop of broth.
After eating and drinking her fill, Jiang Taohua got up and sat on the sofa, remembering the storage space the System had mentioned.
Following System 001’s instructions, she silently recited “enter,” and her entire person vanished from the spot.
Staring at the mountain of supplies piled up in the storage space, Jiang Taohua’s mouth hung half-open, looking both shocked and a bit foolish.
Good heavens, how could there be so many supplies? There was everything one could imagine, enough for her to eat for decades.
“System 001, why are there so many supplies?”
“Host, the previous owner of this storage space was a big shot in the apocalypse. He collected all these supplies, but he was blinded by beauty and killed by his own woman. That woman wanted to seize his storage space. Her intentions were impure, and she was unworthy of being my Host. So, I broke through time and came here.”
Jiang Taohua—well, one generation plants the trees, another enjoys the shade. Now, all these supplies were hers for the taking.
In half a month, she would be sent to the countryside. With the supplies in the storage space, she only needed to buy a few changes of clothes and shoes.
On the left side of the space was a well, its water level flush with the opening.
Curious, Jiang Taohua leaned over the well and peered inside. The clear well water reflected her gaunt face. Her features were quite pretty, but she was too thin, with sallow skin and enlarged pores. There were also scars on her body from years of beatings.
“Host, this well water is full of spiritual energy. Drinking a mouthful will give you immense strength and expel impurities from your body. Drinking it consistently over time will turn you into a peerless beauty.”
Jiang Taohua thought this was just fine. If she suddenly turned into a great beauty, it would surely arouse suspicion. She preferred gradual progress.
She took out a bowl, scooped a mouthful of water from the well, and swallowed it in one gulp. After waiting ten minutes, she felt nothing at all.
System 001 had said that drinking a mouthful would grant immense strength. She wondered if she had become a powerhouse now?
Jiang Taohua silently recited “exit,” and she reappeared in the room.
She walked to the full-length mirror and stared unblinkingly at her reflection. Her rough pores had become fine and smooth, and though her complexion was still somewhat sallow, it was much better than before—at least there was a hint of color now. The scars on her body had also disappeared.
“Bitch, open the door!!”
“Little bitch, are you deaf?!!”
Urgent knocking sounded from outside, the door rattling as if it might break. Jiang Taohua knew the family of three had returned.
She narrowed her eyes. The time to avenge the original owner had come.
Jiang Taohua smoothly opened the door. The moment the three stepped inside, before they could even start cursing, she kicked each of them hard in the face.
The three fell to the ground in disbelief. Jiang Taohua, who was usually meek and easy to bully, enduring beatings and insults without complaint, had today grown the courage of a bear and leopard—daring to strike them. Had she gone mad?
The stepmother’s shrill voice rang out: “Husband, this is lawless! She’s too arrogant—beat her to death!”
Jiang Taohua wholeheartedly agreed: “Exactly, too arrogant! How dare you use your faces to assault my feet? Have you no shame?”