Quick Transmigration: The Villain Is Too Pampered and Alluring - Chapter 182

At this point, the educated youths were even more convinced that it was Sheng Xi who wanted to see Xie Ze… After all, Sheng Nuan’s attitude didn’t seem like someone who had any romantic interest in Xie Ze.

Sheng Nuan ran into Sheng Xi, who had been waiting for her by the river. When Sheng Xi saw her, she walked up and said, “Sheng Nuan, what exactly do you mean?”

Sheng Nuan, while crossing a stone to take a shortcut home, smiled sweetly, “Didn’t you ask me to go to the educated youth station to see Xie Ze? I was helping you.”

Sheng Xi immediately froze and instinctively denied it, “I wasn’t, I didn’t.”

“Oh,” Sheng Nuan said, “Then I won’t go there anymore, and you don’t have to come looking for me either…”

Sheng Nuan continued walking forward, while behind her, Sheng Xi’s eyes filled with shame and anger.

Watching Sheng Nuan walk away with the borrowed books from the educated youth station, Sheng Xi bit her lip and suddenly rushed up, reaching out to grab her. However, just as she extended her hand, Sheng Nuan swiftly sidestepped and dodged.

Sheng Xi wobbled, lost her balance, and fell backward. In a panic, she grabbed onto the hem of Sheng Nuan’s clothes to steady herself… but just then, she saw Sheng Nuan smiling sweetly at her, and then Sheng Nuan promptly pulled her clothes away.

With a splash, Sheng Xi fell into the river…

The water wasn’t deep, so aside from getting her clothes wet, there wasn’t any real danger. But Sheng Xi sat in the water, soaked and in disbelief, “Sheng Nuan!”

Sheng Nuan laughed cheerfully, “I’m going home to read now, bye, Sister Xi.”

With that, she turned and bounced away merrily…

This scene happened to be witnessed by Pei Shuo, who was passing by not far from them.

He saw the girl standing on a stone in the middle of the river, holding a book, her lips curled into a mischievous smile. She casually pulled her clothes back, smiling sweetly as she watched her companion fall into the water.

Her hopping away resembled the innocence of a child, yet her face was full of wicked glee…

Pei Shuo coldly withdrew his gaze and walked away.

After returning home, Sheng Nuan, with the help of customer service, prepared a meal and then went to her room to read the books.

She skimmed through them and felt that as long as she reviewed properly, there shouldn’t be any problem, which immediately eased her mind.

Suddenly, a thought crossed her mind, and Sheng Nuan curiously asked customer service: “You say, if I ask you for help during the college entrance exam, would you give me the answers?”

Customer service said righteously: “Absolutely not! The host must study hard and strive for self-improvement every day!”

Sheng Nuan immediately burst into laughter: “Okay, okay, I’ll strive for improvement on my own… strive for improvement?”

She hadn’t planned on doing that anyway… if she cheated and took a spot that rightfully belonged to someone else, she would be ashamed of herself.

If she were to take the college entrance exam, she would definitely rely on herself.

In the afternoon, before her family returned from work, Sheng Nuan sat by the well, washing her bedsheet. As she scrubbed, she sighed.

She needed to find a way to get a washing machine…

At that moment, Pei Shuo returned from outside.

Sheng Nuan greeted him with a smile, “Company Commander Pei.”

Pei Shuo gave a faint “hmph” without even glancing at her and went straight inside the house.

He always seemed to be like that, and Sheng Nuan didn’t mind as she hummed a tune and continued scrubbing…

When it came time to rinse the bedsheet, the water in the bucket was gone.

Sheng Nuan got up to pump some water, but after trying several times, she couldn’t get the hand pump to work. The water would go in, but she couldn’t pump any out. Left with no choice, she knocked on Pei Shuo’s door, “Company Commander Pei, Company Commander Pei, can you help me pump some water?”

From inside the house, there was the sound of a chair being moved, and Pei Shuo opened the door and walked out.

As Pei Shuo passed by her, Sheng Nuan was struck by how tall he was for the first time… As he passed by, it felt like he brought a gust of wind with him, carrying an overwhelming sense of pressure.

Without a word, Pei Shuo went to the courtyard, filled the pump with water, and in just a few strokes, he had filled all the buckets in the yard.

Sheng Nuan quickly thanked him, “Thank you, Company Commander Pei, thank… uh.”

Before she could finish speaking, the door slammed shut with a loud bang.

Sheng Nuan found it a bit odd, but she didn’t dwell on it and resumed washing the clothes, singing to herself, “Wash, wash, wash… if you take what’s mine, give it back; if you eat what’s mine, spit it out…”

Inside the house, Pei Shuo’s expression grew even colder as he listened to her nonsensical song.

That evening, Xue Suwan asked Sheng Nuan to bring some mung bean soup to Pei Shuo and the other soldiers… It was just a few bowls of soup, and the soldiers, feeling embarrassed to refuse, accepted it and thanked her profusely.

Sheng Nuan brought a bowl and knocked on Pei Shuo’s door, “Company Commander Pei, my mom made some mung bean soup to cool you down.”

Pei Shuo didn’t even raise his head. “No need.”

Sheng Nuan felt a bit helpless and said with a smile, “It’s just a bowl of soup, no need to be so polite. Besides, I might need to ask for your help to take me to the county next time…”

But before she could finish, Pei Shuo looked up, his face expressionless, “There won’t be a next time.”

Sheng Nuan was stunned, finally realizing that this person seemed to indeed have an issue with her today.

Setting down the bowl, she asked curiously, “Company Commander Pei, have I offended you?”

Pei Shuo’s expression was indifferent. After a moment, he spoke coldly, “Why did you lie?”

Sheng Nuan almost didn’t react at first, but after a reminder from customer service, she recalled and hesitantly asked, “Are you talking about when I told you that I had already mentioned it to my parents and asked you to give me a ride to the county?”

Pei Shuo’s face remained impassive.

Sheng Nuan explained, “I was worried you wouldn’t agree to take me with you, and besides, I’m not a child anymore. I don’t need to report everything to my parents.”

Pei Shuo’s tone was cold, “So you lied and don’t think you did anything wrong?”

Sheng Nuan laughed in frustration, “Even if I was wrong, is there really a need to blow such a trivial matter out of proportion? I’m not one of your soldiers.”

Pei Shuo’s expression became even colder. “Trivial? So pushing someone into the river is trivial too?”

Thinking of the wicked look in her eyes when he saw the girl in front of him smiling in that scene, Pei Shuo’s gaze was frosty, and he said in a cold voice, “Utterly unruly!”

Sheng Nuan realized he was referring to what happened with Sheng Xi.

Setting aside other matters, just thinking about the river incident—if it hadn’t been for customer service’s reminder, she didn’t have any martial arts skills now, and if Sheng Xi had pushed her into the river, while she wouldn’t have been hurt, the borrowed books would have been ruined… And this man had jumped to conclusions based solely on what he saw.

Unruly?

Sheng Nuan laughed. She didn’t want anyone outside to hear her arguing with Pei Shuo, so she stepped forward, resting her hand on the table and staring at him as she enunciated each word, “You’re self-righteous, pretentious, arrogant, and domineering…”

As if she couldn’t use idioms too.

Sheng Nuan sneered, “Even if I were unruly… what does it have to do with you?”

With that, she chuckled, picked up the mung bean soup, and walked out without looking back.

Inside the room, Pei Shuo’s expression was somewhat grim.

This was the first time he had encountered a young girl who was so unruly and arrogant at such a young age…

On the other hand, Sheng Nuan was fuming after being lectured for no reason.

If Pei Shuo wanted to bring up the matter of her tricking him into giving her a ride, she would have nothing to say and would be willing to apologize.

But he also brought up Sheng Xi’s matter to defend her… standing on his moral high ground and pointing fingers without knowing anything. She despised this kind of people the most.

Until the next day, Sheng Nuan still felt angry at the sight of Pei Shuo’s cold face. In the afternoon, before her family got off work, she went directly to knock on Pei Shuo’s door.

Pei Shuo had just finished washing up when he heard the knock on the door. He threw on a shirt and walked over to open it, only to see Sheng Nuan standing at the doorway, staring coldly at him with fire in her eyes.

The next moment, Sheng Nuan turned and shut the door behind her, then immediately began to unbutton her clothes…