Chapter 10: Beating up Bai Zizhong

【Five meters for one million, ten meters for ten million, and so on.】

Expensive. It was outrageously expensive.

However, she still had to use it; only with a larger range could she discover more treasures.

"Start scanning within a five-meter range."

【Ding! One million yuan deducted. Scanning range increased to five meters.】

As soon as the five-meter range was activated, several red dots appeared in her mind.

"System, what's going on?"

What did these red dots mean?

【Ding! Red dots represent redeemable items. Does the Host wish to redeem them?】

"Then why weren't they there before?" Bai Jing was greatly puzzled.

【Ding! They were previously outside the scanning range, so they could not be detected.】

Fine, it was her own fault then.

Should she redeem them?

Naturally, Bai Jing was unwilling. After all, she had already taken quite a lot of things, and taking more now felt a bit excessive.

"System, how deep are those things underground?" Thinking of her system space, Bai Jing was unwilling to redeem these good things to the system; she had enough money in her system now.

Everyone wants to keep good things for themselves, didn't they? She was a person reborn from the future and naturally knew the value of these items in the future; she didn't want to exchange them to the system for nothing.

【Ding! Spending 50 yuan to exchange for intelligence. Ding! Redeemable items are three meters underground.】

Three meters was not shallow. If she had to dig them up herself, she feared she wouldn't find a single one even if she dug until dark.

"System, can I collect them directly into my system space?" She thought of a method.

The system dinged again, but its answer surprised Bai Jing.

【Ding! Yes. It costs ten thousand yuan per location. Does the Host wish to collect them?】

It only cost ten thousand to collect one, and there were three red dots in total—only thirty thousand. "Collect."

"Yes."

【Ding! Collecting three redeemable points. A total of thirty thousand yuan has been deducted. Host's balance is 202,000,000...】

Seeing this string of numbers, Bai Jing was excited again.

She wanted to exchange them for cash; her heart felt anxious without money in hand.

But she was outside right now and couldn't exchange them. She had to endure a little longer, just a little longer.

She walked through the landlord's old residence once more, but this time, she still found nothing.

However, the things in her system space already satisfied her. She didn't linger any longer and took a shortcut straight home.

As soon as she arrived home, Bai Jing checked the items stored in her system space.

In the future, every single one would be a treasure.

But now, taking even one out could lead to the extermination of her entire family.

Forget it, forget it, she'll deal with it later.

Seeing that it was still early, Bai Jing went to the back mountain again. Now that she had money, she directly started her "chicken extermination" activity; she had to find a chance to make some money back, didn't she?

Thus, when the work bell rang, she returned home carrying a basket full of wild chickens.

Whether she was lucky or unlucky, she actually ran into her eldest son from her stepmother on her way back.

He was fifteen this year and had already dropped out of school to stay home because of poor academic performance.

However, the work he did was the same as the other village children, earning only three or four work points.

Combined with his silver tongue, he had charmed the old man into doting on him immensely; half of Father Bai's wages were spent on him.

"You brat, you don't even greet your uncle when you see him? Is this how your mother taught you?" As he spoke, a stone was thrown toward Bai Jing.

He didn't care if the stone would injure her; he just wanted to vent his frustration.

In the past, Bai Jing would definitely have stood there frozen, letting him vent before quickly leaving.

But the reborn Bai Jing was not going to indulge him.

"Uncle? You're not worthy. *Pah!*"

Despite her tough words, Bai Jing was scared to death in her heart; her small current frame was not enough to withstand his beating.

She immediately called out to the system in her mind, "System, system, do you have Strength Pills?" This was the only thing her brain could think of.

【Ding! Does the Host wish to spend one million yuan to purchase 300 catties of Strength Pills?】

"Yes, yes, yes!" Bai Jing said "yes" three times in rapid succession.

Soon, a white pill appeared in her mouth.

One pill swallowed, and strength was mine.

"You bitch, you dare curse me? See how I deal with you!"

After saying this, Bai Zizhong rushed toward Bai Jing, raising his hand to swing a fist at her.

But the standing-still Bai Jing moved.

She lifted her foot, applied force, and kicked.

"Ah!"

Bai Zizhong was sent flying in a parabola by Bai Jing's kick, landing right in a paddy field. Even though the rice was ripe, the water in the field never dried up.

Because there was an open well at the edge of the field that provided water year-round, the fields were never short of water.

"Ouch! You filthy thing, you dare kick me? I'm not done with you!" Being a teenager, he was naturally indignant at being resisted by someone he had habitually bullied.

Crawling out of the field, he picked up a stone from the ground and used both hands to hurl it forcefully at Bai Jing's head.

If that stone actually hit Bai Jing's head, she would be dead or severely injured.

Bai Jing dodged, directly avoiding the stone aimed at her, and then charged at Bai Zizhong.

She knocked him to the ground and sat directly on his back, raining blows down on him as if venting the fury in her heart.

At first, she couldn't control her strength and nearly crippled Bai Zizhong.

Once she mastered the force, Bai Jing aimed even more for his fleshier parts.

Bai Zizhong had no room to fight back at all. At first, he would shout and curse obscenely.

"You dog! Even your father doesn't dare lay a hand on me, and you dare hit me? I'll ruin you!"

"Ah! Stop hitting me! Stop! I'll tell my mother to deal with your mother!"

"Bitch, you're looking for death!"

"Ah! I was wrong! I was wrong! I won't dare hit you again!"

Whether he was blustering or begging for mercy, Bai Jing had no intention of letting him go.

She knew that after this incident, her stepmother would come to her house to cause a scene.

In that case, why shouldn't she hit him harder to vent her resentment?

"Your words are nothing but farting! See if I believe you! You felt very accomplished bullying us siblings before, didn't you? Today, I'll let you taste what it's like to be beaten!"

After several more punches, Bai Jing's own hands were somewhat red, but the knot of anger in her heart still wouldn't dissipate.

Just then, a man's voice rang out from behind them, "Stop! What are you doing?"

Bai Jing turned to look at the speaker and saw it was her Second Uncle. She instinctively got up from Bai Zizhong.

"Second Uncle," she called out respectfully. After all, Second Uncle had helped her during her most destitute times.

Back then, when she had been injured and hospitalized by a scumbag, it was Second Uncle who encountered her. He had vented her anger by beating that scumbag, making her life much easier. Not only that, upon learning that the bastard occasionally laid hands on her, even though the two families lived far apart, Second Uncle would set aside one day every month to visit her house and provide support.

This was a sense of security that even her biological father had never given her.

For that reason alone, Bai Jing would never abandon Second Uncle, no matter what.

"Xiao Jing, why are you here?" If his eyes hadn't deceived him just now, Xiao Jing was hitting someone.

Xiao Jing had an introverted personality; when had she ever had the courage to strike someone?

And she was hitting her Fourth Uncle's son! One must know that normally, Xiao Jing avoided that branch of the family like a cat avoids a mouse. How did she find the courage today?

(End of Chapter)