novelraw Chapter 96 A Transmigrator Can't Treat Himself Badly
Chapter 96 A Transmigrator Can't Treat Himself Badly
"My wife, I was wrong, I really know I was wrong, please stop pinching me—"
Li Gui's ear was twisted 180 degrees by Madam Li, and his head was tilted to the side. He didn't dare to struggle, partly because he was afraid of his wife, and partly because Madam Li was pregnant and he dared not do anything reckless.
Seeing Li Gui's face covered in tears and snot, Lian Qiao wiped away her own tears, took a deep breath, and shook her head slightly at Shen Yi: "Young master, please break his curse."
Li Gui's words were certainly piercing, but seeing him in this state, she, being kind-hearted by nature, truly felt sorry for him and thought he looked pitiful.
"No!"
To everyone's surprise, Madam Li suddenly turned around, her previously dignified face flushed crimson. Hands on her hips, she stared intently at Shen Yi, her tone resolute, "Don't untie it!"
"Mother, wife?"
Everyone present was stunned, and Li Gui was even more dumbfounded—if the curse wasn't lifted, would he still be alive?
"Since we've gotten him to tell the truth, let him continue."
Madam Li released her grip and walked up to Li Gui. Li Gui instinctively shrank back, while Madam Li looked down at him with a chilling determination in her eyes. "As long as I beat him until he's truly afraid, until he loves me from the bottom of his heart, isn't that enough?"
The onlookers were stunned. Shen Yi couldn't help but gasp. So ruthless?
Lian Qiao suddenly felt that she hadn't lost unjustly; this woman was truly ruthless.
Li Gui's face turned pale instantly, his lips trembled as he tried to beg for mercy, but what came out was the truth: "Wife, are you... are you crazy? What if I never love you...?"
Just kidding, if he always tells the truth, wouldn't his life be over?
"Snapped!"
A crisp slap landed on Li Gui's face, and five finger marks immediately appeared.
"Do you love me or not!"
Li Gui covered his face, tears welling up in his eyes: "Love..."
"Then remember this feeling, remember how much it hurt when I hit you. Next time you dare to have the thought that you don't love me, think about this slap first."
Madam Li grabbed his ear again, pulled him up from the ground, and turned to Lian Qiao with a seemingly kind smile. "Young lady, I apologize to you on behalf of my husband. He won't bother you anymore, so please don't think about him anymore."
Lian Qiao stared at her blankly, her mouth opening and closing, but she didn't know what to say.
Once everyone was gone, the commotion naturally subsided, and the streets returned to their usual appearance. Only then did Ba Liang approach Lian Qiao, rubbing his hands together: "Miss, do you... have any plans now?"
Lian Qiao snapped out of her daze, glanced at him, and frowned, asking, "Who are you?"
"I, I—"
Ba Liang nearly choked, thinking, "I'm your father!" But he swallowed the words back and instead said, "I'm the owner of the newly opened umbrella shop by West Lake. Look, I'm with that young master!"
He gestured towards Shen Yi with his lip. Lian Qiao followed his gaze and met Shen Yi's handsome face. Her heart skipped a beat, and her ears inexplicably felt hot. This man was indeed good-looking, and that spell he just used was so amazing. She really wanted to learn it...
"If you have nowhere to go, young lady, why not stay at our umbrella shop for the time being?"
Although Ba Liang was a little disappointed to find that Lian Qiao didn't recognize him, he also secretly breathed a sigh of relief. In any case, he decided to leave his daughter behind first: "Our shop has just opened and we are short-handed. We provide room and board, and the wages are negotiable."
Lian Qiao hesitated for a moment, her gaze lingering on Shen Yi for a second, before finally nodding: "Then... I'm sorry to bother you."
"No need to bother me! Come on, this way!"
Ba Liang was immediately overjoyed, his face beaming with happiness, and he greeted them repeatedly.
"Aren't you afraid she'll recognize you since you're being so enthusiastic?"
Shen Yi looked at his eagerness and couldn't help but shake her head. She leaned over and asked in a low voice.
Ba Liang shrank back and replied in a low voice, "Let's talk about it after we recognize her... We have to keep her here first, otherwise I, as her father, won't even have a chance to make amends."
In the original story, when Ba Liang left home, he and his daughter agreed that one would go north and the other would go south. However, Ba Liang later regretted it and turned back.
Lian Qiao, however, felt that since she was going to break off the relationship, she should do it completely, so she simply headed east, which is why Ba Liang had been searching for her for so many years.
Back at the umbrella shop, Shen Yi first sent Ba Liang and Lian Qiao to tidy up the shelves in the front hall, then went into the backyard.
First, he cast a dust-repelling spell, sweeping away all the dust inside and outside the house. Then, he walked around the yard with his hands behind his back, stroking his chin and pondering—"I am a transmigrator, and a transmigrator cannot treat himself poorly. Since I am going to stay in Qiantang County for a long time, I cannot be perfunctory in my living environment."
He reached out and grabbed at the air, and paper and pen fell into his palm out of thin air. He quickly drew a blueprint for the renovation and wrote down the required materials in the corner: copper wire, ceramic pipe, sheet metal, wood... He stuffed the blueprint into his pocket and went out to the market.
When he returned, he was followed by two porters carrying the copper, iron and wood materials that he had carefully selected.
"Young Master Shen, what are you doing?"
Lianqiao was squatting at the door handing a rag to Baliang when she looked up and saw this scene, looking completely bewildered.
Shen Yi blinked at her: "Perform a magic trick."
After dismissing the porters, Shen Yi's hands moved swiftly like butterflies. The copper wire, stimulated by spiritual power, automatically bent and coiled at his fingertips, like a living snake burrowing into the wall; the ceramic pipes were gently shaken and immediately spliced together seamlessly; and the wood was casually sculpted into an exquisite faucet shape with a few strokes.
Even though Lian Qiao had traveled all over the country catching snakes for many years and had seen a lot of the world, she was still dumbfounded. In no time, the room was completely transformed. The walls were painted snow-white, a large pear blossom bed was placed in the room, there was a wardrobe on the left and a partition on the right, and a copper lamp holder was embedded in the ceiling. There was no oil or candle on the lamp holder, but it emitted a soft, warm light.
"This room feels weird..."
After looking around the bedroom, she went into a room separated by glass. Inside, there was a white object she had never seen before: a ceramic bathtub with two iron pipes next to it, each topped with an exquisitely crafted brass faucet.
"This is a bathtub, used for bathing."
Shen Yi walked to the bathtub and reached out to turn on one of the faucets.
Whoosh—
A stream of hot water poured out, and steam rose gently under the light, causing Lian Qiao's eyes to widen instantly.
"This, this water—"
"Just a little magic."
Shen Yi explained that he dug a hidden well in the backyard, brought the well water up, and heated it through the array of the faucet, so it naturally became hot water. As for the lamp base, it was engraved with a light-gathering array, so it did not need oil or fire, and could be lit for a month by injecting a little magic power.
Lianqiao cautiously stepped forward, reached out and touched the hot water flowing from the bathtub, and withdrew her hand because she was burned, but couldn't help but reach out again.
She turned to look at Shen Yi, her eyes sparkling like a sky full of stars: "Young Master Shen... could you also give me a bathroom like this?"
Although she has a free-spirited personality and is like a tomboy, what girl doesn't love taking a bath?