NOVEL WEB 28: Faint Echoes of a Past Life
Yes, Yuan Xiaoning was certain she had said something wrong.
Because she was being punished again.
This time was worse than ever before, as Bai Ling, that bad person, was using telekinesis!
Cheating! This round doesn’t count!
Of course, Yuan Xiaoning only said this in her heart. Out loud, she only dared to say “I was wrong, I really know I was wrong this time,” “I won’t dare next time,” “Wuwu yingying.”
Bai Ling stood to the side with folded arms, admiring Yuan Xiaoning being toyed with by an invisible hand… or several invisible hands in the air.
You reap what you sow. Since Yuan Xiaoning said her hands were nothing special, she would let her experience something else.
“I have some questions for you,” she said.
The sensations on Yuan Xiaoning’s body stopped, and she carefully opened her eyes: “You can ask, but… can you put me down first before asking?”
Being held up by the waist by two invisible hands, two invisible hands pressing down on a large pillow, and another invisible hand was…
Wuwu, why were there invisible hands all over her body? She wasn’t “The Wealth of Nations.”
“Why put you down? I think this is fine,” Bai Ling said coolly, “I’ve heard a saying—people can see themselves more clearly when they lose their freedom.”
She felt Yuan Xiaoning had been failing to see herself clearly lately, as if she really thought they were in a romantic relationship.
She was just a toy for venting and relieving boredom on the path of revenge, while also fulfilling the wish from her previous life to dominate her.
If Yuan Xiaoning knew her thoughts, she would certainly feel very wronged.
To be fair, you were the one who insisted on bringing meals, you were the one who wanted to show affection, and you were the one who voluntarily wanted to explain things.
It had nothing to do with Ning Ning.
“I’m asking you, what’s your position in the Yuan family, and how much do you know about the family’s plans?”
The Yuan family was a large clan, considered a regional power in the later stages of her previous life. Although they hadn’t yet set foot in Tianhai City, they would inevitably clash sooner or later.
But Yuan Xiaoning said: “I don’t know.”
Bai Ling’s red eyes darkened: “I’ve heard another saying, can you guess what it is?”
Yuan Xiaoning was an obedient good girl. When told to guess, she guessed, tilting her little head:
“If you don’t know, you get punished?”
“Correct answer, here’s your reward.”
Bai Ling waved her hand lightly, and countless invisible hands formed by telekinesis eagerly began their work.
Squelch squelch—
“No, no… Wuwawa!”
“Listen to my explanation… Yingying yiyi… That’s not what I meant…”
“Aba aba…”
Half an hour later, Bai Ling came forward, personally wiping the saliva from the corner of Yuan Xiaoning’s mouth, and gently asked her:
“Do you know now?”
Yuan Xiaoning shuddered and quickly nodded: “I know, I know.”
Fortunately, the system had just sent her the information, so she could just read it out.
“I’m not from the main family, I don’t have any status. When I return to the ancestral home for holidays, I have to queue for a seat, eating at the children’s table. I don’t know the family’s plans, but they probably won’t enter Tianhai City in the short term… They don’t have any business here.”
Reasonable.
Bai Ling sat down on the edge of the bed and pondered for a moment.
“What about you? What are your own plans?” She looked at the blonde girl who was still being () by telekinesis.
“I don’t know,” Yuan Xiaoning said instinctively.
As soon as the words left her mouth, she thought, oh no, not knowing might mean more punishment.
But this time Bai Ling didn’t get angry. Instead, she wore an expression of “as expected.”
Thinking carefully, in her previous life, Yuan Xiaoning had no life goals. She attended classes when there was school, idled when there wasn’t, didn’t work properly, and spent all day finding opportunities to hover around her.
Over ten years, she followed her from Tianhai City to the neighboring province, then from the neighboring city back to Tianhai. When she was powerful, Yuan Xiaoning would hide, but not too far. When she suffered setbacks, Yuan Xiaoning would be the first to rush over and mock her, as if her life purpose was to tangle with her.
Isn’t this purely a problem with her brain?
“What about you?”
Seeing that Bai Ling hadn’t acted, Yuan Xiaoning grew bolder: “What are your plans for the future?”
“Heh, you’ve been following me for so long, don’t you know? Of course, it’s to make those who should die…”
“No, no, no, I mean after that.”
Bai Ling pondered for a moment, then shook her head.
“Then aren’t you the same as me?” Yuan Xiaoning laughed, “You criticized me, but you don’t know either.”
The blonde girl was overjoyed, laughing out loud. As she laughed, she suddenly felt the atmosphere wasn’t quite right. She closed her little mouth and looked closely to see Bai Ling’s face had turned cold again.
“Did I… should I… not have laughed?” the blonde girl probed carefully.
Bai Ling sighed:
“You should just be punished.”
The world’s only Level 5 telekinesis demonstrated its terrifying power on Yuan Xiaoning.
Squelch squelch!
Don’t ask why Yuan Xiaoning didn’t speak. The blonde girl had already ascended to heaven, unconscious.
Zzzz
The past was as hazy as a dream.
[Ding dong, monthly task completed once. Reward: Sweet Lemon Water Constitution]
“What’s this? No, after all these years, the rewards have always been milky snow or fragrant soft thighs. Now you come up with this thing. Where’s my spiritual energy?”
[Rewards are calculated based on completion status. Difficulty: Low. Danger level: Low. Female protagonist threat level: Medium.]
“So you’re saying the reward is small because Bai Ling is too weak, right? What a small fry!”
[The host can also try to improve the scores of the first two items, such as more direct and profound provocation and humiliation, leaving physical injuries, sabotaging her important matters, and so on.]
“Those things are too dangerous. I’m not stupid. What if I really anger her and she kills me in a fit of rage? Hey, do you think I’m stupid?”
[Just a suggestion.]
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“Mm,” the blonde girl lay on the bed, weakly rubbing her eyes, “My head hurts.”
Her waist also hurt, her whole body was soft and numb, without any strength left.
This time she had truly been dominated to the point of losing consciousness. Her brain was in a fog, unable to remember even what she had dreamed about, only vaguely hearing some strange conversations.
She couldn’t remember the content of the conversations either.
Anyway, her head was very dizzy and heavy. Better to keep lying down for a while.
After resting with her eyes closed for a long time, she heard the sound of the door opening. Bai Ling had returned with a meal box.
“Good morning,” the white-haired girl put the meal box on the table, “Get up and eat something if you’re hungry.”
“Good… morning?”
Yuan Xiaoning blinked in confusion: “I slept for an afternoon and a night? I hope I didn’t miss class.”
“Don’t worry,” Bai Ling said coolly, “You slept for an afternoon, a whole day, and two nights. You’ve already missed classes.”
Besides, do you really care about attending class? I never saw you care about it in your previous life.
Sure enough, hearing this, Yuan Xiaoning was shocked at first, then dismissed it: “In that case, forget it. Help me ask for another day off. I’ll sleep some more.”
“Sleep until the afternoon at most. We’re going to the bar on Queen’s Boulevard tonight,” Bai Ling said, “Manager Luo has news.”