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Chapter 9 The Start Of Doing As I Please

  • After her grandparents passed away, she did not slack off – she would often hide here to read, train, practice acupuncture, record the experiments she did at school, then write down the conclusion of those experiments.
  • The papers that were scattered on the desk were the results of all these years of research!
  • With a wave of her arm, Shang Qing sent all these papers flying in the air, each piece of paper catching the light in her eye and then falling into the shadows. These valuable papers that most people would fight to get their hands on were now like trash in her hands.
  • When Shang Qing walked back to the car, she held a box in her hands, but it was locked. She passed the box to Shang Baiqi and said calmly, “Dad, these are things left behind by Grandpa and Grandma, I’m passing them to you for safekeeping.”
  • Shang Qianqian could not keep her eyes off the box made from narra wood, and was hardly able to suppress the greed in her eyes.
  • Her gaze made Shang Qing feel very uncomfortable, and she suddenly shut the car door again and did not get into the car.
  • “Dad, I suddenly remembered I have to sort some documents. Tell you what, you guys can go home first and I’ll stay here tonight.”
  • Shang Baiqi frowned, “No. You’re wounded – how can you stay here?”
  • So he finally remembers I’m injured?
  • Shang Qing looked at him strangely – she was wearing the clothes that Auntie Feng had passed to her, and none of the wounds were visible. “It’s okay, it’s just a few scratches. There’s plenty of medicine here anyway, I’ll dress my wounds myself.”
  • Shang Baiqi wanted to try persuading further, but after thinking about her unusual behavior earlier, he thought that perhaps she really just wanted some time to quieten down, but it was best that she doesn’t come here anymore.
  • “How about this – packing up everything in the house and coming back tomorrow! After that don’t come running here anymore – it’s best that family members live together.”
  • Shang Qing stiffened her hands but still smiled weakly.
  • “Ok, this will be the last time I’ll stay here. Take care of the box for me, in case there are….thieves.”
  • Lin Yishu sneered at this, but by some miracle she did not make any comment.
  • Shang Qianqian saw that Shang Qing wasn’t leaving with them and started getting anxious. From what she saw the last time, the documents on Shang Qing’s desk were of great value, and she was getting her hands on them! Could it be that Shang Qing was going to hide them?
  • She thought of saying that she too, wanted to stay, but couldn’t bear to part with that box of treasures.
  • After giving it a further thought, perhaps it was better that Shang Qing wasn’t home tonight. Then she could open the box and take a couple of items, and her father wouldn’t say anything.
  • So between the papers and her grandmother’s valuable dowry, Shang Qianqian made the hard decision of choosing the latter. She had no idea that for as long as Shang Qing was around, she was destined to get none of the things she wanted.
  • Finally, Shang Baiqi reminded Shang Qing a few times to remember to turn on the security alarm before sleeping, and then left for home.
  • After she saw that they had gone quite a distance, she quickly made her way back to the house.
  • She stood and stared for a long time at the door.
  • Then she opened the door, picked up a box, then suddenly kicked the stove over and lit a fire!
  • The outside of the house was wet from the rain, but it was very dry inside. There were also all the papers that Shang Qing had scattered earlier, so the house caught fire very quickly.
  • If Shang Baiqi were here, he would definitely think Shang Qing had gone mad! The family knew how much this house meant to Shang Qing.
  • These papers were the painstaking results of countless sleepless nights!
  • These calligraphy exercises were completed under the guidance of her grandmother when she was younger!
  • Those dolls that she practiced acupuncture on were her only friends when she was a child!
  • And now Shang Qing was burning everything up at once.
  • Shang Qing calmly walked out, and when she turned back to look, she could already see the fire through the windows.
  • She would not forget how Shang Qianqian had taken all her things and claimed them as her own in her previous life. She would never, never forget, how she eventually became a tool for Shang Qianqian to become successful.
  • When she found out what had happened, she tried to fight back with all her might, but Shang Qianqian had already reached the peak of her career, so it was useless to fight back. After she had lost all hope and decided to run away, she was subject to more than one murder attempt.
  • Shang Qianqian was afraid that Shang Qing would expose her evil deeds and even become better than her, so she laid traps for her everywhere. Eventually she was not content with just ruining her reputation, she even infected Shang Qing with that incurable K virus…
  • Perhaps it was not yet time for her to die – after being infected with the K virus, she didn’t die within the predicted time frame of a month. Shang Qianqian was still determined to kill her, so when she realized Shang Qing hadn’t died yet, she reported this matter and turned Shang Qing into a living experiment with no human rights and subject to constant torture.
  • Her legs were deliberately broken by others when she was on the run, so she was completely unable to fight back, paralyzed for those three years in the basement research lab!
  • Three years…
  • Shang Qing laughed.
  • The flames engulfed the whole house, and she saw nothing but flames.
  • Burn! Continue burning! She wanted to see how anybody could steal information from her brain!
  • Suddenly there was an explosion from inside the house, followed by more explosions, and the whole house collapsed.
  • The flames were now exposed, and the bright flames lit her face that seemed neither happy nor sad.
  • Burning this place was equivalent to destroying the timid side of her, and now she was on the road of no return!
  • From now on she was finally able to do whatever her heart desired. If someone dared to touch her things, she would cut off their hands and feet. If someone dared to make life difficult for her, she would make their lives a living hell!
  • Shang Qing was going to make a comeback!
  • The fire continued for several hours, and Shang Qing calmly observed from the side, making sure the fire did not spread to the mountainside.
  • All was calm and peaceful – this house should have disappeared along with its owners.
  • After everything was over, Shang Qing buried the box in her hands.
  • The box that Shang Baiqi brought back the night before had valuable items in it too, but it wasn’t her grandmother’s dowry, it was the out-of-print books that belonged to her grandfather. Shang Qianqian wouldn’t be able to understand anything in those books, so Shang Qing wasn’t worried about her taking them.
  • After she had buried the box, she looked back one last time at the rubble.
  • In her previous life, she was alive but not truly living; when she died she disappeared into nothingness. This was a second chance at living – she would definitely cherish this chance.
  • Shang Qing made her way down the hill and arrived back at the Feng Manor.
  • At noon time the butler saw her and got a shock.
  • “Miss Shang! You…did you not return home last night?”
  • Shang Qing was still wearing the clothes that she got from the Feng house the night before, her wounds were still not dressed, and she was covered in soot.
  • But there was a gleam in her eyes, and a bounce in her footsteps – the butler saw an indescribable elegance emanating from her.
  • She had not slept the entire night, but Shang Qing did not feel tired at all. She smiled meaningfully at the butler, and he understood what she meant.
  • “Uncle Butler, could you bring me somewhere to wash up? I would like to see Auntie Feng, but if I go looking like this, she will be very worried.”
  • The butler was worried, but since Shang Qing did not want Madam to know, it was better for him not to say anything. So he brought Shang Qing to wash up.
  • Li Wanying heard that Shang Qing had come to visit her and was pleasantly surprised. Then she suddenly thought of something and asked the butler, “Kaize is still at home, right?” The butler nodded, “Young Master is at home, but he’s probably going to leave after lunch.”
  • Li Wanying nodded and left to look for Shang Qing. She was very satisfied with this daughter-in-law to be!
  • When she saw Li Wanying approaching her, gentleness flashed in Shang Qing’s eyes. If there was one person she felt she owed in her previous life, it would be Li Wanying.