Chapter Three: Pretending to be a green tea b*tch? Anyone can do that!
Two carriages slowly came to a stop outside the dilapidated temple.
"Li Er, Li San, Li Wu, the three of you go down and check it out." A middle-aged man's authoritative voice came from inside the carriage. The three servants moved at the sound of his voice and quickly searched around the dilapidated temple.
"Reporting to your master, apart from the discovery of some stray dog carcasses, there is no other danger here!"
At this moment, Chen Qing was hiding under the Buddha statue, pondering what path to take next.
Soon, she made up her mind to go out and meet these lovely "family members".
The reason is simple: she is injured, has no food, and not much ability to protect herself. If she continues to act recklessly, she might become a corpse in the snow in a few days.
Moreover, the original owner was abandoned by these heartless family members. If she doesn't get revenge, will she still be called Chen Qing?
"Father! This is wonderful! Xiao Huan, quickly move all my things downstairs. Finally, we don't have to sleep in the carriage anymore! Mother, let's roast the meat we brought and eat it!"
A sweet, cheerful female voice rang out, but the woman accompanying her didn't find her spoiled at all. Instead, she said indulgently, "Alright, alright, whatever you want. You've really suffered!"
Just then, the wooden door of the dilapidated temple was suddenly pushed open, and a staggering, obese figure walked out.
"Father..." Chen Qing's face was pale, and her clothes were dirty and tattered. With tears in her eyes, she looked at the shocked Chen Zhenyan, her face showing a look of joy and tears: "Father! It really is you. Qing'er thought she would never see you again!"
"Chen Qing!?"
"Qing'er?"
"Big sister!"
The three people exclaimed in surprise at the same time, calling out for Chen Qing, each with their own thoughts.
Chen Qing took in everyone's expressions, sneered inwardly, glanced at Pei Xuan whose hands were tied behind his back to the carriage shaft, and then casually looked away.
"Father, your daughter is so lucky to have survived! I never expected to see you here again!"
Chen Qing's words were sincere and heartfelt, which made Chen Zhenyan, who thought she was dead, change his ashen face back to normal. He had thought that this shameful good-for-nothing had died in the pile of disaster victims.
"You rebellious daughter, since you're alive, why don't you come find us instead of making us worry?"
Without saying a word, Chen Zhenyan first scolded Chen Qing.
“Master,” Stepmother Zhang had a delicate and easily bullied face. She was already thirty-six years old, but because she took good care of herself, she still looked like a woman in her early twenties. With one glance, she seemed to be criticizing Chen Zhenyan for speaking inappropriately.
She stepped forward affectionately and took Chen Qing's hand, asking with concern, "Qing'er, your father is worried about you. You're an unmarried young lady, and you fell into a pile of disaster victims, with so many men... Without us by your side, did you get into any trouble?"
Before Chen Qing could answer, she took another deep breath and said, "Never mind, as long as people are alive, there's no need to dwell on other things. I just don't know if Young Master Zhao will mind..."
The young master of the Zhao family she mentioned was the original owner's betrothed since childhood. He was of noble status and was the only son of the Zhao family in Cangcheng, Beidi. The Chen family's entire family fled the famine this time, and their destination was Cangcheng.
As long as they can get on the good side of the Zhao family, they will definitely be able to make a comeback.
Zhang had long harbored the idea of substituting one woman for another, wanting Chen Qing's half-sister to marry into the Zhao family in her place. She had schemed for years to this end, fattening Chen Qing up to be obese, and even cruelly pushing her off the carriage. Who knew that this wretched wretch Chen Qing would be so lucky? So she had no choice but to ruin Chen Qing's reputation.
As expected, Chen Zhenyan's face darkened, and he swept his sleeves as he entered the dilapidated temple, saying, "If the Zhao family doesn't want her, then let Jiao'er marry into their family! I refuse to believe that anyone would insist on having her."
A smug look flashed across Chen Jiao's face as she walked past Chen Qing, covering her nose. "Big sister, you'd better hurry up and take a bath and change your clothes. You stink!"
Zhang felt as if she had touched something dirty, and quickly let go of her hand, leaving her behind as she walked into the temple.
The next second, Zhang and Chen Jiao saw the corpse in the temple and screamed in fright. Chen Zhenyan rushed out in surprise and asked Chen Qing, "Did you kill the people in the temple?!"
Chen Qing lowered her head, "Father, I don't know what happened. I woke up like this..."
Chen Zhenyan had no doubt that if his stupid daughter had the ability to kill, he wouldn't have favored Chen Jiao!
Chen Qing didn't need to put on a careful disguise to fool this family of three.
The servants were responsible for cleaning up the temple, taking out the luggage from the carriage, and decorating the dilapidated temple. Chen Jiao was spoiled and pampered, so even if she was only staying in the dilapidated temple for one night, she had to lay out a soft mattress and place a luminous pearl by the bedside for lighting.
A bonfire was lit in the temple. Zhang took out the food box she had brought, which contained roasted chicken and duck, as well as flatbread made of white flour. The servants could only share the coarse grain flatbread, while the masters could eat meat.
The meat, roasting over the campfire, emitted a fragrant aroma of oil, making everyone's mouths water.
As soon as the meat was heated, Zhang took a knife and cut the whole chicken in half. She gave one of the two large chicken legs to Chen Zhenyan and the other to Chen Jiao. After most of the good meat on the chicken had been divided up, she handed the remaining scraps and chicken tail to Chen Qing as if it were charity.
"Qing'er, you've gotten so thin these past few days, hurry up and eat something," Zhang said hypocritically.
If she wasn't worried that Chen Qing would really get too thin from hunger, she wouldn't even want to give Chen Qing the chicken butt!
Chen Qing took the chicken butt and said expressionlessly, "Thank you, Aunt Zhang."
"You child, you still won't call me 'Mother'?" Zhang said, her expression hurt.
As expected, Chen Zhenyan, whose face was glistening with oil from eating chicken legs, was about to lose his temper again. Before he could get angry, Chen Qing quickly grabbed the pancake and chicken butt and ran outside.
Only a few people were left looking at each other in bewilderment.
"This brat is still possessive of her food?"
Protect your dad!
As soon as Chen Qinghui stepped out of the dilapidated temple, his face turned cold. Snowflakes began to fall again outside. Pei Xuan was tied to the side of the car, unnoticed by anyone, his head hanging low, his life or death unknown.
Chen Qing walked over and rubbed his inner thigh with her toe. "Are you still alive?"
Pei Xuan struggled to lift his head, revealing eyes as bright as stars: "Sister, I wanted to steal medicine for you... I'm sorry..."
Chen Qing stared at him expressionlessly, unable to discern whether he was sincere or feigning.
Does he want to abandon her, or does he really want to steal medicine for her?
It seems like it doesn't matter anymore.
Chen Qing threw the chicken's rear end on the ground. "Eat it. Don't really starve to death. Remember, this is the second time I've saved your life."
Pei Xuan smiled happily and nodded like a chick pecking at rice: "Sister, I will only listen to you!"
hehe.
Chen Qing hid the pancake in her bosom and rubbed the snow to wash away the dirt on her body. She felt disgusted after being touched by that stinky man a few days ago, but the injuries and high fever of the past few days left her no time to care.
After taking the medicine provided by the system today, Chen Qing's leg injury healed quickly, and he even felt much lighter.
It's a pity that two pounds of meat could only be exchanged for such a small bottle of nameless wound medicine.
The dilapidated temple was small. The Chen family threw the bodies of the few people killed by Chen Qing into the distance, where they were soon devoured by wild dogs.
No one cared where Chen Qing was going. Laughter and cheerful voices came from inside. Chen Qing climbed onto the carriage and found a quiet place to rest.
"System, are you there?"
These past two days, Chen Qing has been busy surviving and hasn't had time to study the system. In order to survive in this cruel and chaotic world, Chen Qing feels that he needs to master the system properly.
[The current host]
With a thought, the system interface appeared in front of Chen Qing.
"Can the interface be simplified according to my ideas?"
The moment Chen Qing asked that question, the system interface became incredibly simple.
On the left is her personal information.
[Host: Chen Qing]
Weight: 159kg
BMI: 58.4 (severely obese)
Physical condition: 1
Intelligence: 5 (crossed out) 8
Weight reduction points: 300 (1kg can be exchanged for 1000 points)
Looking at the simple personal information, Chen Qing couldn't help but complain, "She's so fat! She weighs the same as three times her weight in my past life!"
No wonder I've been having trouble seeing things these past few days; it turns out it's because my eyes are being squeezed by fat.
Oh well, having already escaped with her life, Chen Qing stopped paying attention to the numbers on her weight. With the system's support, losing weight would only be easier for her.
Chen Qing focused her attention on the system's online store, which had just been divided into four sections according to her wishes.
The first part consists of survival supplies, such as rice, flour, and cooking oil, which are inexpensive. One kilogram of weight loss can be exchanged for 1,000 points, a coarse grain cake costs only 5 points, and a bottle of mineral water costs 2 points.
Very cheap.
The second part consists of products that optimize the body, such as medicine for injuries, physique-improving liquids, and even antidotes.
Chen Qing opened the antidote app and asked the system, "Can the antidote remove the poison from my body?"
The root cause of the original owner's obesity was the medicine that Aunt Chen gave her. Chen Qing had been running a fever for the past two days and hadn't eaten or drunk anything, yet she hadn't lost much weight, which showed how vicious the medicine was.
System: [OK]
Chen Qing breathed a sigh of relief. The antidote only cost 8,000 points, which is... 8 kilograms!?
That's 16 jin (approximately 8 catties).
How long will this take?!
Chen Qing's face turned a little green.
Then she would put the item on her watchlist. She needed the antidote to regain her health so she could lose weight normally and exchange it for more supplies.
Chen Qing continued reading. The prices of goods in the weapons section were not cheap either. When she first transmigrated, she had 4 kilograms of flesh cut off, which was equivalent to 4,000 points, just to barely exchange for a Kagune gun.
The remaining section was not needed by Chen Qing for the time being; it contained various skill books. Indeed, no matter where you go, knowledge is always expensive.
Chen Qing pondered for a moment, "System, is it feasible for me to lose weight, gain weight, and then lose weight again?"
Chen Qing desperately needed the items in the merchandise section. Just from a quick glance, she could easily pick out a few good pieces from the weapons area, enough for her to dominate the era of cold weapons.
Unfortunately, after doing the math, she realized that even if she lost weight from over 300 pounds to 90 pounds, she still couldn't afford it!
The system's cold voice refused: "[This system aims to provide the host with the motivation to lose weight and ensure physical health. Repeated weight gain and loss are detrimental to the body and are therefore prohibited.]"
Chen Qing was speechless. "So, with such a small weight, does that mean I can't exchange many things?"
[Please work hard to lose weight. Once you achieve the weight loss goal, you can unlock more system features.]
Chen Qing's eyes lit up. So there were even more functions!
Having figured out most of the system's functions, Chen Qing's hope of surviving in the chaotic world increased.
She's always been cautious, and the biggest pitfall she's ever fallen into came from her trusted bed partner.
Chen Qing didn't know if she would ever see Shao Yang again. If she did, she would definitely make Shao Yang know what it meant to be worse than dead.
Snowflakes suddenly began to fall from the gloomy sky, landing on Chen Qing's exposed skin. She tilted her head back and walked towards the dilapidated temple.
She is overweight and has a weak immune system, so she can't afford to catch a cold.
As soon as Chen Qing entered the dilapidated temple, he saw a maidservant whisper something to Chen Jiao while looking at Chen Qing with ill intent.
Chen Jiao feigned surprise, dramatically covering her mouth: "Zhu Yue, what did you say? How could my sister share meat with a beggar?! It can't be because she's taken a liking to him!"
She clearly saw Chen Qing come in, but she insisted on raising her voice.
Upon hearing this, Zhang pretended to cover her mouth with a handkerchief and pleaded with Chen Zhenyan, "Master, look at this..."
Chen Zhenyan was furious: "Absurd! You're a young virgin, yet you're getting all entangled with a beggar. What kind of behavior is this? If Young Master Zhao sees this, he'll definitely despise you for being promiscuous and unchaste!"
Chen Qing coldly observed the family of three, and sneered inwardly. What a family! She hadn't even said anything yet, and they'd already thrown a bucket of dirty water at her.
Although he now has to live under someone else's roof and must be tolerant, the words "swallow one's anger" do not exist in Chen Qing's dictionary.
Isn't it just pretending? As if she can't pretend!
Chen Qing covered her face and cried, "Father! I didn't! I was just kind-hearted. I gave the food to that little beggar because he looked somewhat like my deceased brother. Father, if you don't believe me, just look at the mark on my arm, it's still intact!"
As she spoke, in order to prove her innocence, she rolled up her sleeves and rushed toward Chen Zhenyan. Then, she pretended to accidentally step on a piece of broken tile. Immediately afterward, Zhang saw her plump stepdaughter's huge body getting closer and closer to her.
"ah!!!"
Zhang, who was hit by Chen Qing, let out a shrill scream, and then cried out, unable to breathe, "Help! Master, save me!"
"What are you all standing there for? Quickly help the young lady up!" Chen Zhenyan was stunned.
Five or six servants rushed forward and tried to pull Chen Qing up.
A smug glint flashed in Chen Qing's eyes as she called out, "I'm sorry, Auntie, I didn't mean to, I'll get up right away!"
While remaining calm, he used his immense strength to avoid being pulled up.
At this moment, the advantages of Chen Qing's weight of over 300 pounds became apparent.
Chen Jiao was terrified by this scene, her face turned pale, and she came over to pull Chen Qing away, fearing that Chen Qing would crush her mother to death.
Seeing her approach, Chen Qing smiled wickedly. As the servant pulled her forcefully, he took the opportunity to pull her up and then fell to the side!
Chen Jiao was so frightened that her face turned pale. The next second, Chen Qing knocked her down, and she immediately felt as if Mount Tai was pressing down on her, making her feel suffocated.
Having bullied the mother and daughter enough, Chen Qing didn't dare to go any further. She slowly got up, pretending to be flustered and remorseful: "Auntie, sister, are you alright? I'll help you up right away!"
"Get out of here, you fatso!" The response she received was Chen Jiao's hateful gaze and loud scolding.
Chen Qing stood frozen in place as if struck by lightning, unable to move for a long time. Her lips trembled as she turned to look at Chen Zhenyan, her face full of grievance: "Father..."
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