Return of the Antagonistic Lady Boss

Chapter 281 - 269: Shi Yu Turns Dark (Hua Piaoling and Heshibi + Update)

This place is too poor, the winds of reform and opening-up can’t reach here, the mountains are isolated with outdated information, and there’s a preference for boys over girls. Girls are usually dealt with after birth, and those who grow up few remain in the village, desperately marrying out, creating many bachelors.

A vicious cycle, they look down on girls and end up having a heap of sons.

These people are lazy and unwilling to go down the mountain to work, guarding the barren land. With no money, they become bachelors, unable to find a wife, so they pin their hopes of continuing the family line on these "breeding tools" bought with money.

Seeing Qian and Xiaoyu, several old bachelors swallowed their saliva.

Unlike women who have lived in the mountains for years, these girls with tender faces like egg whites are truly a breath of fresh air. But as beautiful as they are, their bodies are too thin, not looking like they could bear many sons.

For these people, beauty is less important than the ability to produce a bunch of little cubs.

Shi Yu felt a wave of nausea; under the bright daylight, so many people were conducting trade right at the village entrance. It was too disgusting.

Chen Xiaoqian, however, was quickly scanning the crowd, her gaze stopping on a middle-aged man with a half-bald head. He was very short, but his appearance was unusually fierce, with a Mediterranean patch of baldness on top and a huge scar. Chen Xiaoqian knew, she knew who she was looking for.

This was the violent man from her past life who bought Shi Yu, beat her continuously, and was eventually hacked to death by the blackened Shi Touyu.

Chen Xiaoqian gave Shi Touyu a look and whispered.

"Are you ready?"

Shi Yu felt a bit nervous. What Xiaoqian asked her to do was too outrageous, she didn’t dare to do it.

"Xiaoyu, look at that girl next to you who’s about to go crazy. Do you want you and me to become like that?"

Chen Xiaoqian whispered.

Go dark early, Shi Touyu!

Seeing that pitiful girl, Shi Yu’s heart ached. She mustn’t let herself and her friend become like that!

"Friend, Qian, this time it depends on you. Show your acting skills, I beg you!"

Chen Xiaoqian, the psychologist, was so good at thought work, transforming Shi Yu from an overstressed, innocent little girl into someone brimming with courage.

She clenched her fists tightly.

She’s going all in with Qian, to protect Qian, and from now on a blackened Shi Touyu is set to explode.

Chen Xiaoqian and Shi Yu were brewing their super big plan.

The bald man was already bargaining with the villagers.

"This batch is so good, look at this hair, this face, clearly they can bear children!"

"A bit cheaper, come on, it’s too expensive."

This kind of tone, Chen Xiaoqian had used with people when buying clothes at the market, but when people are treated as goods for trade, this nonchalant, guiltless, even rampant tone becomes exceptionally hateful.

Chen Xiaoqian’s eyes sparkled with hatred, these ignorant people, soon you’ll pay for your actions!

The sun was still shining brightly, the sky was so blue, the mountain air was particularly fresh, just a bit windy.

If it wasn’t for the current precarious situation, Chen Xiaoqian would have surely appreciated this beautiful scenery.

Yet under such a sunny, blazing sky, these people were doing such terrifying things.

The scariest part is that they were clearly destroying another person’s life yet felt no horror in their actions.

The instinct to propagate made them forget that these "goods" being bargained for were born of parents, were thinking, living people.

In their eyes, women bought with money had only one purpose.

To bear sons.

A lot of people came out to watch, men and women, young and old, but the numbness in their eyes was something Shi Touyu would remember all her life.

She had never done anything to wrong others.

She tried with all her heart to make every friend she could.

She was loyal to friends, even giving spare change to beggars she saw by the roadside.

Isn’t it said that kindness is rewarded with kindness?

Then why was she here?

Her worldview slowly began to change; on the way, Chen Xiaoqian intermittently conveyed some concepts to her, and now Shi Touyu didn’t even see these people as human.

They saw her as a commodity; she saw them as beasts. To deal with beasts, she didn’t need fear, pity, or to beg for mercy; all she needed to do was give it everything to help Qian and herself escape this terrifying place.

Suddenly, that feeble girl, who had been silent all along, grabbed the nearest, seemingly kind old lady, constantly pleading.

"Madam, please save me, you’re a good person, please save me!"

The old lady, who had been feeding her grandson a type of dumpling made from who knows what, quickly flung her away, as if suddenly infected by some virus.

One of the bad men turned and kicked the girl instantly.

At that moment, Chen Xiaoqian and Shi Touyu saw the indifference in each person’s eyes inside this scene. There was ridicule, apathy, numbness, even the children showed no sympathy.

Such scenes were not new to them; they didn’t need to invest a bit of emotion in treating commodities.

The bald man finally agreed on a price. As Chen Xiaoqian expected, the scarred fierce man started walking toward Shi Touyu.

Another old woman with triangular eyes and a face full of wrinkles came toward Chen Xiaoqian.

The people here spoke in dialect, but fortunately, it was still understandable, which made things easier for Chen Xiaoqian and Shi Yu.

The triangular-eyed old woman appraised Chen Xiaoqian up and down, smirking.

"Too slim, can’t produce sons, 4000 is too expensive."

"Apo, if you find it expensive, I’ll sell to someone else. This is a clean girl, untouched by anyone. Just earlier, Lao Liu wanted to buy for 4000 and I didn’t sell. But since it’s a bit of a distant relative, I want to sell cheaper to your dumb son. Do you want her or not? If not, I’ll sell her elsewhere!"

"Alright, alright, I’ll take her." Apo walked up to Chen Xiaoqian, pinching her cheek with black nails, "I’ll be your mother-in-law then. I’ll take you to see your man shortly. You better give our family some children, or I won’t hit you. Try to run, and you’ll have your legs broken and be locked up with the sheep, stripped naked!"

The triangular-eyed Apo was evidently a shrewd old woman.

Chen Xiaoqian looked at her with disdain, saying nothing, not uttering a word.

Haha, mother-in-law?

Suddenly reminded of Yu Minglang’s mother, that elder who loved making delicious herbal meals, really no one could be Chen Xiaoqian’s mother-in-law except her.

Meanwhile, the fierce man eyeing Shi Yu already started pulling out a pile of dirty money from his fly, exchanging money for people.

Taking advantage of the time spent counting money, Chen Xiaoqian gave Shi Yu a look.

Movie star, it’s your turn!

Xiaoyu took a deep breath and suddenly knelt on the ground, raising her hands to the sky, screaming in a pitch that was at least eight octaves higher than usual.

"Ah, Lord Xian’er, Lord Xian’er! Ah, Lord Xian’er is after me!"