ITBBS Chapter 7

Shen Yao cleaned both the room and the courtyard. She felt much more comfortable looking at the tidy yard. She then took out the bedding she had changed from the space, having washed it all in the space, and hung it out to dry on a rope. Afterward, she moved a chair to sit and rest.

Shen Yao saw that the firewood in the woodshed was running low. It seemed that starting tomorrow, she would need to find time to go up in the mountain to chop firewood every day, or she would run out when she needed it.

Although this was Sichuan Province and didn’t require heating the kang like in the north, she still needed firewood for cooking and boiling water. Moreover, it was already the fourth day of the twelfth lunar month. She needed to prepare quickly, otherwise she would be in trouble when the New Year arrived.

While she considered using food from her space, she knew that if there was never any smoke coming from her yard, the villagers would definitely become suspicious. So, it was better to gather food outside in an honest manner.

At noon, Shen Yao ate a bowl of honey-glazed barbecue pork rice and sat in the yard basking in the sun. She was lost in thought when she heard a knock at the courtyard door.

“Who is it?”

“Shen Yao, it’s me, Cailian.”

Shen Yao quickly ran through her memories. This Ye Cailian was the daughter of the village accountant, a standard white lotus. On the surface, she pretended to be good friends with the original owner, but in reality she saw the original owner as someone easy to manipulate and often took advantage of her.

After the original owner became an orphan, the little white lotus grew even more arrogant and open. Recently, she frequently mentioned the job quota in front of the original owner, subtly trying to get her to give her one in both open and covert ways.

However, the original owner did not compromise this time, so the little white lotus did not show up for several days in a fit of anger.

Shen Yao was speechless. The original owner clearly had a good living environment, but she lived a life that could only be described as miserable. She was cowardly and easy to bully since childhood. Initially, she would tell her parents when someone bullied her.

Then her parents would help her reclaim her rights, but after being threatened secretly multiple times, the original owner gradually became more and more timid and stopped reporting to her parents when she was bullied.

Every time the original owner was mistreated, this Ye Cailian would come to comfort her in various ways, thus creating the image of a good sister and making the original owner feel obliged to do whatever she asked.

Processing these memories, countless nimas ran through Shen Yao’s mind. This was no white lotus. She was clearly a bloodsucker flower.

“It’s you. What’s wrong?” Shen Yao blocked the gate and didn’t let her in, just looking at the little white lotus in front of her, who was two years older than the original owner, not very tall, with a dark yellow complexion. In addition, there was calculation in her eyes, which made her feel disgusted at a glance.

“Yao Yao, I was wrong before. I shouldn’t have been angry with you and ignored you.” Ye Cailian was oblivious to the change in Shen Yao’s tone and wanted to grab Shen Yao’s hand.

Shen Yao evaded the little white lotus’s hand and rolled her eyes internally. Unfortunately for her, the soul of this body had changed. Her sweet words only worked on the previous naive original owner.

“Okay, Ye Cailian. Just tell me why you’re here in my house.” Shen Yao was too lazy to listen to the little white lotus’s nonsense. She found even a glance at her painful.

Ye Cailian was cursing her in her mind, thinking that this bitch would pay for it once she got the job quota. However, she pretended to be aggrieved and said, “Yao Yao, about that job quota I mentioned before, could you please let it go to me?”

Shen Yao couldn’t help but laugh this time. This girl really treated the original owner like her benefactor.

It’s a pity that this body now belonged to Shen Yao, who believed in only one principle: she could take advantage of others, but no one could take advantage of her.

“Sure, how much are you willing to pay for it?” She was curious to see just how shameless this white lotus was.

Ye Cailian showed a wounded expression and looked at Shen Yao in disbelief and said, “Yao Yao, aren’t we good sisters? You don’t need the job, and you have your father’s compensation money, so you’re not short on money. Why do you need money for the job quota?”

Hatred flashed in Ye Cailian’s eyes. This idiot was better looking than her and even performed better academically. She was just a fool. Why was she so much better in every way? Now she dared to ask her for money. Why didn’t she just die of illness?

Shen Yao just laughed and didn’t want to waste more words with the little white lotus. She turned to the kitchen, grabbed an enamel basin and a rolling pin, and began banging them together outside.

“Bang, bang, bang.” The enamel basin made a loud noise, and within two minutes, a group of aunts and grandmas gathered around.

“Yao Girl, you’re going to break that basin.”

“What’s going on, Yao Girl? What are you doing?” they asked one after another.

Ye Cailian had a bad feeling that Shen Yao was about to cause trouble. She couldn’t understand why the idiot who usually didn’t say anything when she was bullied by her was different today. It felt like the idiot who had always been in her control suddenly jumped out of her control. This was not good.

“Yao Yao, let’s go back to the yard and talk about it first, okay?” Then she reached out her hand and wanted to pull Shen Yao, thinking about going back to the yard to see how she would deal with this idiot.

“Ah—Shen Yao, you bitch!” Ye Cailian didn’t bother pretending anymore. Shen Yao’s grip on her wrist felt like it was about to break. She cursed out in pain.

“Since you didn’t brush your teeth before going out, I’ll help you wash them well.” Shen Yao didn’t care who she was and slapped her repeatedly.

“Oh, Yao Girl has become so tough!” The villagers watching the show couldn’t help but gasp. They were surprised to see the usually timid Shen Yao being so fierce.

“Ah! It hurts! Shen Yao, you idiot, how dare you hit me? I won’t let you off for this.”

Ye Cailian was still in shock, unable to believe that she had been struck by the fool, but the burning pain on her face and wrist proved to her that it was real.

Shen Yao didn’t hesitate and said sarcastically, “Heh, looks like you forgot to bring your brain with you. Do you think I need to pick a special time to beat you?”

She was not the original owner who was naive enough to let others bully her. Whether in her previous life or now, she believed in one rule: the one with the strongest fist is the one in charge.

“Shen Yao, you little bitch who brought bad luck to your father and mother, how dare you bully my, Li Zhaodi’s, daughter? Just wait, I’ll skin you alive!”

Li Zhaodi could no longer hide now and rushed over quickly, cursing as she ran, ready to grab Shen Yao’s hair.

Shen Yao knew that this was the mother of little white lotus, who had bullied Mother Shen before, but Mother Shen also had a fiery temper. She had once beaten Li Zhaodi mercilessly. From then on, Li Zhaodi was too afraid to provoke Mother Shen openly. She only secretly scolded Mother Shen for being a hen that couldn’t lay eggs and made Father Shen worthless.

What a surprise. Shen Yao felt happy. She didn’t expect that on the first day of her time travel, she would be given a nest of extreme people to abuse.

Not giving the woman a chance to be arrogant, Shen Yao lifted her leg to kick Li Zhaodi in the stomach. Not satisfied with the kick, she placed her foot on Li Zhaodi’s back, pinning her down.