A Snake Transmigrated as a Scum A - Chapter 37

There was a pile of shredded paper on the floor.

Fu Man crossed her arms, lightly tapping her fingers on her arm, her eyes lowered in deep thought.

The thought of that snake ring flashed through her mind. It had been in Li Yingxue’s hands for a few days now. Could it have already copied some memory fragments into it?

With that thought, Fu Man closed her eyes, her consciousness leaving her body, and the next moment she appeared on the snake ring.

Because the snake ring is her true form, she can almost read the copied memories inside without any barriers.

The consciousness arrived in a pitch-black room, where one couldn’t see their own hand in front of their face.

Some rustling sounds came from around, and Fu Man tightened her jaw; she was all too familiar with these sounds.

That is the sound made by ordinary snakes when they hiss, as well as the sound produced when they flick their tongues to explore external information through smell.

At least more than twenty, densely packed…

All are moving in the same direction—

Crawl towards an object that exudes a bloody smell.

“Woo woo woo…”

A barely perceptible sobbing came from the front, and Fu Man recognized that the sound almost overlapped with Li Yingxue’s.

“Don’t come over, woo-woo-woo…”

The sounds of crawling around gradually quieted down, and Fu Man’s nerves tightened, vaguely guessing why the snakes had stopped at this moment.

“Whimper——”

With a hoarse long wail, it signaled that her fear had reached its peak.

Just as Fu Man was about to step forward, the room suddenly lit up.

The footsteps suddenly stopped, the pupils constricted sharply, and the hands hanging by the sides clenched tightly.

The scene before her eyes is beyond description.

All the snakes almost drowned the figure curled up in the corner. Although the venomous snakes had their fangs removed, the moment they smelled the scent of the blood, they still lunged towards the petite body with a bloodthirsty eagerness.

As the snake coiled around, the person couldn’t bear it and started to cry softly while trying to pull the snake off their body.

Suddenly, footsteps descending the stairs came from behind, and Fu Man suddenly realized that what was under her feet was not a room, but a basement.

Fu Man wanted to turn around to see who the abuser was, but as soon as she turned her head, this fragment of memory ended without warning, and all the scenes disappeared.

And her consciousness returned to the underground palace before her.

Fu Man stared blankly at the misty hot spring ahead.

Is this the reason she is afraid of snakes?

Fu Man came up from the hot spring palace, approached the bedside, and quietly gazed at Li Yingxue’s hazy sleeping face under the moonlight.

She raised her hand to tuck her in with the blanket.

Turn around to the other side, and lie down quietly.

Little did she know, just as Fu Man lay down for a short while, Li Yingxue slowly opened her eyes and stared blankly at the floor for a moment.

The next morning, Li Yingxue got up early.

Fu Man heard someone talking, opened her eyes, and saw Li Yingxue instructing the servants on what dishes to prepare for lunch.

This process took about three minutes, and Fu Man lay quietly on the bed, watching her for three minutes.

Seeing her handle things so maturely and calmly, it’s hard to associate her with the figure from last night who was crying and pulling the snake away.

After Li Yingxue finished giving orders, she closed the door, turned around, and saw Fu Man still sleeping with her eyes closed. After a pause, she walked lightly to the dressing table and sat down.

Thinking about the purpose of Lord Fu’s visit, Li Yingxue glanced at the woman on the bed, saw that she was still asleep, and then pinched several red marks on her neck.

“What are you doing?”

She didn’t expect that as soon as she pinched one, Fu Man saw her doing it.

“The cohabitation agreement was set by me, and I will fulfill my role well.”

Don’t make it hard for her.

Fu Man: “I wasn’t asking that, I was asking what you’re doing with your hands?”

Li Yingxue didn’t turn to look at her, her expression turning cold as she continued to pinch her neck in front of the mirror.

“Create some traces that will make your dad happy.”

“What traces?”

Fu Man still doesn’t understand.

Li Yingxue originally wanted her to just shut up if she didn’t understand, but as the words were on the tip of her tongue, she caught a glimpse of the snake ring on her hand out of the corner of her eye.

Probably because people are soft when they eat and short when they take, she simply said, “The traces we left.”

Fu Man was taken aback for a moment, then realized.

It means to have had sexual intercourse.

It turns out that humans leave such marks when they have sex with each other.

Fu Man raised an eyebrow at her, secretly taking note.

“Should we also put some on my neck?”

“Do it yourself.”

Fu Man got out of bed, walked around to Li Yingxue’s back, bent down to observe Li Yingxue’s actions for a while, and then followed suit in front of the mirror, mimicking her movements perfectly.

She don’t know if she thinks it’s not enough, but she’s planning to pinch a few more.

Li Yingxue’s hand stopped, her nerves jolted violently, and she gripped the back of her hand.

“Stop.”

“What’s wrong?” Fu Man didn’t understand.

Li Yingxue frowned, “Why are you pinching so much? What do you want to do?”

“Make Lord Fu a bit happier, okay?”

“……”

Li Yingxue glared at her coldly and said, “Enough, don’t pinch so much.”

“……Alright.”

More than an hour later, Lord Fu arrived with a cane and an assistant.

The two of them came out of the room, and after chatting for a moment, Lord Fu and Fu Man turned their attention to Li Yingxue beside her.

“Yingxue, how are you doing here? Has she been bullying you?”

Li Yingxue first looked at Fu Man, then turned back to the Lord Fu in front of her, smiling and shaking her head: “I’m doing quite well, she hasn’t bullied me.”

Lord Fu was just about to nod in comfort when he suddenly caught a glimpse of some indescribable marks faintly visible under the silk scarf that Li Yingxue was wearing.

Looking at her daughter, she didn’t hide it at all; several dark blue marks were clearly visible on her neck.

“Okay, okay.”

Lord Fu kept saying “good” twice before finally sitting down with the support of his golden nanmu cane.

Arrived at the dining table.

Li Yingxue had just picked up some food with her chopsticks, paused in mid-air for a second, and then turned to Fu Man’s bowl.

The corners of her mouth curved into a smile, looking at her gently and graciously: “Eat more.”

Fu Man felt a sudden sense of discomfort when she saw her being so close, even touching her skin.

But considering that Lord Fu was present, and might even be watching her, she suppressed her discomfort and picked up some delicious dishes to put in Li Yingxue’s bowl.

“You too.”

“Okay.” Li Yingxue slightly straightened up, glanced back at Lord Fu sitting in the main seat, and said, “Dad, you should eat more too.”

Lord Fu observed their interaction with great delight and said, “Good, let’s eat.”

After dinner, Lord Fu took a stroll around the hot spring underground palace. Upon seeing the two coiled snakes carved at the entrance, his expression turned sour.

“Xiao Man, don’t be so distracted by your hobbies and lose your ambition. Spend some quality time with Yingxue.”

Lord Fu still had a tough-love attitude towards “Fu Man.”

Before leaving, the two stood at the gate watching Lord Fu get into the car.

Li Yingxue, like a little bird, leaned against Fu Man’s chest and waved her hand.

Lord Fu sat in the back seat, growing more and more satisfied as he looked around. He raised his hand inside the car to signal that he was leaving.

Before retracting his gaze, he took a glance at Li Yingxue’s belly.

It was precisely that glance that caught Li Yingxue’s attention. The moment the car turned around, Li Yingxue’s expression instantly turned grim.

The car had completely left the villa, and Fu Man was still holding Li Yingxue. Before she could let go, the woman in her arms turned around with a cold face and left.

“……”

Fu Man experienced the novelty of “Wife Experience Card has expired, please return to reality” for the first time.

Fu Man turned to look at her back and saw Li Yingxue walking back while answering the phone.

The cold voice gradually faded away.

Fu Man’s thoughts were complicated as she followed behind into the house. Just after taking a couple of steps, Li Yingxue in front suddenly stopped.

After a moment, she hung up the phone and turned to walk towards Fu Man.

Fu Man leisurely looked at her: “What’s wrong?”

Li Yingxue: “Did you call Min Tian last night?”

Fu Man detected the subtle questioning tone in her voice, fell silent, and quietly watched her.

Li Yingxue frowned, “Did you tell her that I was kidnapped by you and ask her to transfer 100 million?”

For some reason, Fu Man suddenly felt a bit uncomfortable in her chest, but she didn’t show it on her face and continued to quietly look at her.

“……Right.”

“Why are you doing this?”

Li Yingxue couldn’t understand her, and with a headache, she rubbed her forehead. Just when Min Tian called her and mentioned this matter, all that was left in her mind was the embarrassment of Min Tian misunderstanding that she was playing hard to get.

At that time, it might be endlessly entangled again.

“Why can’t I do this?”

Fu Man’s gaze fell on her forehead-pressing gesture, and her expression unknowingly darkened. “I’ve helped you screen out some arrogant women.”

Li Yingxue raised her eyes and stared blankly at her.

“Who is she to you?” Fu Man averted her gaze.

Mentioning her relationship with Min Tian again, Li Yingxue suddenly recalled that brutal murder, her face turning pale. Especially as the image of Min Tian watching the scene with a playful appreciation repeatedly flashed through her mind, a chill crept up her spine.

She even regretted talking to Min Tian back then.

“She was just someone I used to know.”

Before leaving, Li Yingxue coldly left a remark: “Don’t do this kind of thing again.”

Li Yingxue walked towards the bedroom in high heels.

Leave Fu Man in place.

“Someone I know…”

She murmured, not knowing what it felt like.

That night, Fu Man was practicing in the underground palace. As she continued, she simply decided to soak in the hot spring to absorb spiritual energy.

Her mind uncontrollably recalled the intimate interaction that happened today. Before she could savor it for a moment, fragments of last night’s basement memories unexpectedly jumped into her mind.

She suddenly wondered if Li Yingxue would think about these unhappy memories every day.

If there is, will she be in pain?

Lost in thought, her consciousness left her body and entered the snake ring.

There really is a fragment of memory in there.

She didn’t know if it’s new or old.

This time it was on the rooftop under the sunset glow.

A faint sound of the wind, and some distant, inaudible voices.

Fu Man didn’t care; her gaze fell on the two people in front of her.

Li Yingxue’s face showed a hint of youthfulness. Dressed in a short skirt uniform, she sat against the rooftop wall, her face extremely pale, even breaking out in a cold sweat, breathing heavily, as if she had seen something terrifying.

——Yingxue, don’t make a sound, he’ll find us.

A familiar voice drew Fu Man’s attention to the figure standing next to Li Yingxue.

Is this… Min Tian?

Although she couldn’t see her face, that voice was exactly the same as the one on the phone last night.

Min Tian turned her head to look at Li Yingxue sitting on the ground, her brows furrowing slightly, but the next moment she squatted down and hugged Li Yingxue in her arms. In a corner where Fu Man couldn’t see, Min Tian kissed her forehead without much emotion and comforted her, saying:

“Don’t be afraid, I’m here.”

“I will protect you.”

Li Yingxue’s expression didn’t soften at all; she was still scared, wrapping her arms around Min Tian’s neck and burying her face in her collarbone.

Seeing Li Yingxue hug Min Tian back like a frightened kitten, Fu Man felt a bit uncomfortable inside.

So… they were that close once.

Just as Fu Man was lost in thought, Min Tian untied Li Yingxue’s hands. She stood up again, an inscrutable light flashing in her eyes, her hands resting on the edge of the wall, staring motionlessly down.

Fu Man noticed Li Yingxue sitting on the ground, utterly bewildered, staring intently at Min Tian’s profile. At that moment, she didn’t know what she had seen, but her face was even paler and more terrified than before.

Fu Man felt puzzled and was about to step forward to see what was below. Before she could walk over, the memory fragment was interrupted again.

When her consciousness returned, Fu Man looked at the silver scales that flashed through the misty hot spring in front of her.

What’s below the top floor?

Why is Li Yingxue afraid?

These two questions probably won’t get answered for a long time.

Fu Man recalled those distant and vague sounds that she had ignored, but no matter how long she lived, she could never have imagined that beneath them lay a scene of slow slicing, torture and murder.

Miss Li is hiding a lot of secrets.

Fu Man scooped up a handful of hot spring water and splashed it on her face, the scene of Li Yingxue angrily splashing water on her that day reflecting before her eyes.

That vivid scene was shattered the next moment by Li Yingxue wrapping her arms around Min Tian and burying her face in her neck.

Shattered into pieces.

It hit her so hard that she couldn’t concentrate anymore.