After Transmigrating Into A Cannon Fodder Character, I Only Want To Survive (GL) - Chapter 2

Wu Mei looked at the person sitting on the sofa, sipping her water, and for some reason, she felt that the young lady was a little different, but she couldn’t quite put her finger on what it was.

Wu Mei glanced up at Ji Yuning, who was standing by the piano. Her face was as pale as a palm, the dark circles under her eyes were probably caused by being forced to stand all night by the young lady. Her expression was indifferent, showing no emotion, as if she was used to the young lady’s harsh words.

Wu Mei felt sorry for Ji Yuning, but only for a moment.

She was paid by Fang Bai and couldn’t control what Fang Bai did. She could only watch Ji Yuning being abused without doing anything.

Wu Mei awkwardly looked away and said to Fang Bai, “Yes, Miss, then I’ll go wash the dishes first.”

After speaking, Wu Mei turned and walked towards the kitchen.

In the huge living room, only Fang Bai and Ji Yuning were left.

When Wu Mei’s voice fell, Ji Yuning sat back on the stool.

Seeing this, Fang Bai softly uttered two words, “Play it.”

The next second, the piano music sounded again.

At the same time, Fang Bai got up and sat on the sofa closer to the piano, sinking into the soft cushion. Accompanied by the piano music, she had the illusion of listening to a concert.

To be honest, Fang Bai hadn’t recovered from the transmigration yet.

A few minutes ago, she was still someone who was troubled by her thesis, but in the blink of an eye, she became a cannon fodder with a net worth of hundreds of millions, who was purely courting death, and even… had to raise a teenager.

Although Ji Yuning didn’t need her to raise her at all.

If Fang Bai remembered correctly, according to the story line in the book, Ji Yuning was already developing her hidden power.

Soon, Ji Yuning would no longer be submissive.

Fang Bai put the cup in her hand back on the coffee table and lowered her eyes to think carefully.

Currently, if she wanted to survive, her main goal was to reduce Ji Yuning’s hatred towards “herself”.

Fang Bai felt it was very difficult.

Even though Ji Yuning’s eyes didn’t show any emotion when she looked at her just now, Fang Bai still saw the indelible hatred hidden deep in those indifferent eyes.

The blue marks on Ji Yuning’s arms, the band-aids on the back of her hands, the pale face…

All of them were the “credit” of the original owner.

Even, some injuries were hidden under her clothes and couldn’t be seen.

“!”

Fang Bai suddenly thought of the somatosensory scene just now.

She only thought about not letting the other person wash the dishes, but forgot that the other person was injured.

Thinking of this, Fang Bai’s eyes instantly fell on the person playing the piano.

Although Ji Yuning was playing the piano, she was thinking about other things.

When Fang Bai asked her to perform on stage, Ji Yuning knew Fang Bai’s intention. So even though Fang Bai deliberately didn’t give her time to practice the piano, Ji Yuning could only silently memorize the sheet music, just to avoid making mistakes during the performance and ruin Fang Bai’s plan.

But now Fang Bai asked her to practice the piano again—

The pain in her back interrupted Ji Yuning’s thoughts.

Ji Yuning’s eyelashes trembled slightly, and she slightly exerted force under her hands, and the keys made a series of melodious sounds.

When she started playing the first time, the injured area on her back didn’t hurt obviously, but when Ji Yuning played the second time, every time Ji Yuning pressed a key, the injury on her back would be pulled, and it hurt like ants gnawing.

However, this pain was nothing in Ji Yuning’s eyes, after all, every wound on her body was more severe than this.

But the pain couldn’t bear the accumulation of bits and pieces, and soon, Ji Yuning’s eyebrows were stained with pain.

Fang Bai turned her head and saw Ji Yuning like this.

Fang Bai first stared at Ji Yuning’s tense face for a few seconds, and when she heard the chaotic notes in her ears, Fang Bai called out, “Ji Yuning.”

The piano music stopped.

Fang Bai crossed her slender legs, sinking into the sofa, and said in an extremely lazy tone, “Go back to your room.”

“…”

The original owner often said these words.

Unlike Fang Bai, the original owner said words like “Go back to your room, I don’t want to see you”, and sometimes she would mock Ji Yuning a few times after speaking.

After hearing this, Ji Yuning didn’t hesitate and went straight to the stairs.

She didn’t give Fang Bai a single glance.

The hall, which was just filled with beautiful notes, suddenly fell silent.

••••

Ji Yuning lived in the attic.

Before she moved in, the attic was where Fang Bai stored sundries.

Opening the door, what came into view were piles of boxes, a single bed squeezed against the wall, the quilt on the bed was folded into a tofu block, and there wasn’t even a wrinkle on the sheets.

The uneven boxes were piled up by Ji Yuning in a staggered manner, which became a decoration in the room.

The only shortcoming was that most of the attic’s only window was covered by cardboard boxes, and the light was insufficient. Even at noon, the room was dimly lit.

Ji Yuning didn’t want to move the boxes. On the contrary, she enjoyed the simple, narrow, and unlit feeling. Before her mother passed away, she was an angel swimming in the clouds, able to touch the sun at will, which was something that gave her strength.

Now… Ji Yuning avoided the sun, and prolonged exposure would burn her.

So she liked the dark.

She fell into the abyss, and didn’t need the sun.

A piece of clothing was thrown on the bed, which was the one Ji Yuning took off, with the side covered in flour facing up. Ji Yuning looked at it and bent down to pick it up.

Ji Yuning didn’t have a wardrobe, and all her clothes were placed in the cardboard box by the bed. Fortunately, she had few clothes. Apart from her school uniform, she only had two or three changes of clothes, and the cardboard box was just right to hold them.

Ji Yuning pulled out the washbasin from under the bed and threw the clothes into it.

Ji Yuning couldn’t use the washing machine, and all her clothes were washed by hand.

Once, when she was washing clothes, she was caught by Fang Bai. Fang Bai kicked the washbasin to pieces. After that, Ji Yuning had to wait for Fang Bai to take a nap before she would wash clothes.

There was still a while before Fang Bai’s nap, so Ji Yuning put the washbasin aside.

A mirror was hanging on the wall opposite the bed. It wasn’t big, but it was enough to show Ji Yuning’s upper body.

Ji Yuning turned her back to the mirror and looked at herself in the mirror.

Then, Ji Yuning grabbed the hem of her clothes with her hands and took off the short sleeves she was wearing.

A person wearing a small vest appeared in the mirror.

Ji Yuning was indeed malnourished. Not only was there no excess fat in the places where fat was easily hidden, such as her chest, belly, and waist, but she was so thin that the bones of her hips and collarbone at her abdomen were particularly prominent.

Ji Yuning took off her clothes to see the injuries on her back.

When she threw her clothes on the bed and Ji Yuning’s eyes turned back to the mirror, she saw the purple bruises under her underwear.

“Knock, knock, knock”

With three knocks on the door, Wu Mei’s voice came through the door into the room, “Xiao Ji, are you there? Open the door.”

Interrupted suddenly, Ji Yuning didn’t look at the injury again. She walked to the bed, picked up her clothes, and after putting them on, she pulled the latch and opened the door.

Wu Mei was standing in front of the door, holding a square plastic box. Seeing the door open, she took a step forward, “Xiao Ji.”

Ji Yuning: “Aunt Wu.”

Wu Mei asked, “Are your injuries better?”

Ji Yuning nodded: “Yes.”

After hearing this, Wu Mei asked in a deep voice, “Are the ones from a few days ago all better?”

Ji Yuning: “Yes.”

“Then,” Wu Mei paused and asked worriedly, “Does it hurt where the young lady hit you just now? Or should I give you some money and you go to the hospital to see?”

“…It’s okay.”

“How can it be okay! Lift your clothes and let Aunt Wu see.” Wu Mei said as she squeezed into the room with the box.

The already narrow space became a little stuffy after Wu Mei’s slightly fat body came in.

Ji Yuning subconsciously distanced herself from Wu Mei. She leaned against the door and said in alow voice, “No need.”

Seeing this, Wu Mei didn’t want to force Ji Yuning, she just placed the box aside while saying, “It’s fine if you don’t want me to see, then I’ll find some medicine for you to apply yourself.”

The square box was a medicine box.

As she spoke, Wu Mei rummaged through the medicine box, but couldn’t find any ointment for bruises, only a scar removal one.

Wu Mei straightened up and handed the scar removal ointment to Ji Yuning, “Apply this first, the other one might have fallen somewhere, I’ll go look for it.”

“Aunt Wu,” Ji Yuning called out to Wu Mei, and when Wu Mei turned to look at her, she said in a low voice, “Thank you.”

Wu Mei was stunned. Ji Yuning’s thanks at this moment stirred Wu Mei’s heart like a stick. The shallow guilt was stirred up, and Wu Mei said helplessly, “Don’t thank me, it’s…”

Every time Wu Mei saw Ji Yuning and the injuries on her body, she saw her own weakness and incompetence in Ji Yuning.

Her shame towards Ji Yuning prevented Wu Mei from actively going upstairs to find Ji Yuning, let alone bringing medicine.

Two minutes ago, after Wu Mei finished washing the dishes and came out of the kitchen, Fang Bai asked her to bring the medicine box upstairs to give to Ji Yuning.

Wu Mei paused and told the truth, “The young lady asked me to bring the medicine box up.”

Ji Yuning raised her eyelids and then lowered them, “Okay.”

Ji Yuning didn’t believe Wu Mei’s words.

Fang Bai wouldn’t be so kind.

Ji Yuning just assumed that Wu Mei didn’t want to be implicated, so she explained it again.

Wu Mei stood there for two seconds, and seeing that Ji Yuning had nothing more to say, she turned and left.

Ji Yuning closed the door. This time she didn’t take off her clothes, but lifted them to her front shoulder, using her shoulder and neck to hold them up to prevent them from falling.

Squeezing the ointment onto her fingertip, Ji Yuning hugged herself with her other hand, reaching behind her back, and applied the ointment to the scar on her lower back.

This injury wasn’t inflicted by Fang Bai, but was accidentally scratched by a wire when she tried to escape before.

But if Fang Bai hadn’t sent people to chase her, she wouldn’t have been so panicked that she didn’t notice the wire.

Just as she thought of Fang Bai, Fang Bai’s voice came into Ji Yuning’s ears.

Ji Yuning was stunned before she realized she wasn’t hallucinating. Fang Bai was right outside the door, calling her name in a voice that was neither loud nor soft:

“Ji Yuning.”

This was the third time the woman had called her full name today.

Completely different from the usual “hey,” “b1tch,” or “dog,” the full name made Ji Yuning feel like she was a person in her eyes.

Ji Yuning wasn’t grateful for Fang Bai calling her full name. She just assumed the woman was playing some new game.

Ji Yuning carefully wiped off the remaining ointment on her fingertip, then gently lowered the clothes on her shoulder.

The clothes covered the wound, hiding Ji Yuning’s physical fragility.

After looking at the person in the mirror, watching the surging emotions in her eyes instantly return to calm, Ji Yuning lowered her head, threw the tissue into the trash can, and then opened the door.

Looking at the person who had appeared at her door for the first time in three years, Ji Yuning’s eyes were as calm as water, and she said in a flat voice, “Miss Fang.”