A Snake Transmigrated as a Scum A - Chapter 42

The night is getting deeper.

Li Yingxue was dressed too lightly. Although she was indoors, the chill swept in from all directions.

“Let’s go back,” Fu Man suggested.

Li Yingxue didn’t move, looking at her, hesitating to speak.

Fu Man was just about to leave when she noticed there was no movement behind her, so she turned slightly and asked, “What’s wrong?”

“Thank you.” Li Yingxue said softly, “You’ve helped me once again.”

“You’re welcome.” Fu Man gestured with her eyes for her to leave.

Li Yingxue watched her retreating figure, bit her lip, and said, “Can I ask you for another favor?”

Fu Man turned around and glared at her: “Miss Li, I said no need to be polite, but you’re really not being polite at all?”

Li Yingxue listened to her tone, unable to tell whether she was willing or unwilling, “I can give you money.”

“Do you think I need this money?” Fu Man stood in front of her, only half an arm’s length apart.

Li Yingxue stroked the snake ring, seemingly contemplating whether she should ask her again.

After all, she has really helped her too much tonight.

“Let’s go back.” After pondering without a conclusion, Li Yingxue could only give up and took the lead, stepping out of the narrow space between the coffee table and the sofa in front of her.

As her hair floated gently, a faint scent of iris wafted through the air, brushing past Fu Man.

Fu Man stared at the profile passing in front of her, “Go ahead, what do you need?”

Li Yingxue paused her steps, lifted her head, and stared into Fu Man’s eyes without blinking, her red lips parting slightly: “… I want to find my grandmother.”

“Okay.”

Almost the moment she opened her mouth, Fu Man responded without hesitation. Li Yingxue was slightly surprised and stared at her for quite a while.

“Don’t you want to ask me why I’m doing this?”

“I know.” Fu Man told her, “I know your parents have been using your grandmother to threaten you, and you want to get rid of them.”

Being so directly exposed by her, especially regarding such a difficult-to-mention family injury, Li Yingxue felt somewhat unnatural. She said gloomily, “I will give you the money.”

“I don’t want money.”

“What do you want then?”

“I want a promise.”

“What kind of promise?”

“Just owe it to me first.”

“……”

Li Yingxue counted in her mind, and with this one, she had already owed this woman two promises, but she still agreed to this promise, not knowing what risks it might entail.

“Okay.”

The two left the villa in the woods and drove to the Li family home.

The car was parked under an inconspicuous tree, and Fu Man had already gone in to help her investigate her grandmother’s whereabouts, while Li Yingxue waited for her in the car.

Her peripheral vision unconsciously fell on the passenger seat where Fu Man had just been sitting.

After a while, Fu Man emerged from the darkness, shaking her head, “No, there’s no news about your grandmother here.”

“Not here…” Disappointment flashed in Li Yingxue’s eyes. She should have thought of that. She had searched inside and out; if it were really still in the Li family, she wouldn’t have missed it.

Fu Man: “I’ll have someone else help you look for it, we’ll search the entire M City to find it.”

Li Yingxue nodded and said, “Okay.”

After returning, the two of them got out of the car in silence, one after the other. Fu Man stood at the front of the car, waiting for her to turn off the engine.

With a bang, the car door slammed shut, and Li Yingxue walked towards her.

The two of them climbed the stairs under the cover of night, entered the living room, and then went up and down the stairs again.

It’s a bit too quiet.

Only the footsteps of two people can be heard.

Going up to the second floor, there’s still some distance to the bedroom.

The two of them strolled over.

Just then, A Ci’s room suddenly opened, causing the two to stop in their tracks. A Ci rubbed her eyes and looked at them, “Your Highness, Miss Li? Why are you back so late?”

Fu Man glanced at Li Yingxue and pondered, “I comfort someone.”

Li Yingxue: “……”

A Ci’s gaze fell on Li Yingxue, who directly walked away with a cold face.

Fu Man followed closely behind and returned to the bedroom.

While Li Yingxue was washing up in the bathroom, Fu Man was on the bed reading the driving test book. As she read, her attention inevitably drifted to the memory fragments in the snake ring.

Who is the woman who abused Li Yingxue?

Why did she have to be so ruthless?

Putting aside those unpleasant memories, Fu Man began to savor the scene of personally teaching Li Yingxue just now.

Li Yingxue’s rare obedient demeanor was a stark contrast to the way she had smashed wine glasses and bitten her tail at the beginning.

Speaking of biting tails…

Fu Man moved the book aside, her tail stretching out from under the blanket, revealing the bite mark right under her eyelids.

Fu Man seems to still be able to feel that pain.

Really putting in the effort…

Fu Man sighed, blew on the wound above, then ignored it and continued reading.

In the bathroom, Li Yingxue was showering with warm water, the sound of water gently splashing.

The slender, graceful body was applying the shower gel, and as she kept rubbing, she slowed down.

Li Yingxue quietly watched the snake ring being rinsed off with warm water, her fingers unconsciously spinning it twice…

The vision in front of her became blurry and distant; it seemed she could see that woman teaching her a little spell step by step again.

She said that after spinning around twice and tapping the circle, the spell would take effect.

More effective than those inhibitors.

She no longer has to fear the Alpha’s pheromones, nor worry about becoming a slave to desire.

After finishing washing up, Fu Man had already gone to bed.

Li Yingxue also lay down on the bed, turned off the light, and was about to rest.

However, for some reason, she couldn’t fall asleep tonight and her mind was a bit chaotic.

Maybe it’s because she’s worried about her grandmother’s whereabouts.

Li Yingxue thought to herself, planning to force herself to sleep. Just as she closed her eyes, she felt a warmth at her ankle, along with a gentle yet firm wrapping sensation.

She opened her eyes and looked at the woman beside her. Despite the darkness, Li Yingxue could still see the outline of the woman sleeping with her back turned, illuminated by the faint moonlight.

Is she acting unconsciously?

She doesn’t even know herself?

Or… did she do it on purpose, making herself not allowed to be afraid of her?

Maybe all of them.

Li Yingxue couldn’t understand it, but after gently turning over, her fear of snakes had diminished considerably.

Fu Man is about to enter the next stage of cultivation. Before entering the hot spring underground palace, she told Li Yingxue that if there were any news about her grandmother, A Ci would inform her.

Li Yingxue, upon hearing that she was going to cultivate, finally remembered what she had said. In at most half a year, she would transform into an immortal and return to the Holy Spirit Continent, leaving this world forever.

Fu Man had just finished giving instructions to A Ci when she turned around and saw Li Yingxue’s suddenly silent face. She couldn’t help but ask, “What’s wrong? Are you worried about your grandmother?”

Li Yingxue felt a mix of emotions and replied with a “hm.”

Fu Man comforted her, “Don’t worry, Grandma should be fine. Even if something happens, I can make her spirit stay with you.”

For Fu Man, having a physical body is not particularly important.

“Spirit?” Li Yingxue looked at her in confusion.

Fu Man patiently explained, “You can think of it as the soul after a person dies.”

Li Yingxue: “……”

Li Yingxue didn’t think this was a good omen; she found it chilling, shot her a glare, and walked out in her high heels.

Fu Man smiled and also prepared to go to the underground palace to cultivate.

Suddenly, A Ci exclaimed, “Your Highness, there’s a bite mark on your ankle!”

Fu Man ignored her: “You’re making a big deal out of nothing.”

A Ci was truly astonished. With such a clear bite mark, who would bite in this spot? Even more astonishing was that the empress actually left the bite mark there without treating the wound!

For someone like the empress, who is so particular about cleanliness and beauty, leaving such an ugly bite mark is truly rare.