The Female Lead Decides to Act Wickedly
Chapter 22 - 022 It’s another scammer (Part 1)

Chapter 22: Chapter 022 It’s another scammer (Part 1)

"Oh my, is that Tiantian? You’ve really changed a lot, I hardly recognized you!"

The neighbor lady was astonished as she circled around He Tiantian, scrutinizing her from head to toe and side to side.

He Tiantian didn’t act as she had in the past, shyly lowering her head or hesitantly staying silent.

She held her head high, her youthful and pretty face beaming with a smile, gracefully letting the neighbor lady size her up while cheerfully saying, "It’s summer, my hair was too thick and got hot, so I decided to get a haircut!"

"Good for you! A young girl like you should keep it neat and fresh, it looks so much nicer!"

The neighbor spoke enthusiastically, "Tiantian, not to intrude, but your bangs used to be so thick and long before, didn’t they bother your eyes?"

The key point was He Tiantian’s once melancholic and timid temperament, coupled with those thick bangs, made her look almost like a ghost from a school horror movie!

He Tiantian did not say anything further, she simply smiled and then bid the neighbor farewell and left.

As she turned to leave and hadn’t gotten far, He Tiantian could hear the neighbor mumbling softly—

"I never realized before, but the He family’s girl is actually quite pretty."

"But then again, it makes sense, nieces resemble their aunts, and He Shengnan likes a vixen, Tiantian being her biological niece probably isn’t too bad looking!"

"Sigh, but who knows if Tiantian will grow up to be as shameless as her aunt, always seducing men?"

He Tiantian: ...

Taking a deep breath, He Tiantian didn’t pause and continued walking toward her home.

Student Xiao D couldn’t hold back any longer and asked, "Aren’t you angry?"

A sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl being subjected to such malicious gossip, and He Tiantian didn’t care at all?

"Not angry! Because getting angry is useless."

She had been accustomed to hearing such things from a very young age.

The only difference was that in the past, these idle talks made her extremely self-conscious and timid.

Now, she was able to think about things more objectively and rationally: her aunt having an affair with a married man was her issue, not related to He Tiantian.

He Tiantian had done nothing wrong, nor had she messed up male-female relationships, hence, she would not feel inferior or ashamed because of others’ mistakes.

"Besides, although what Aunt Cheng says is harsh, it’s the truth!"

He Tiantian spoke calmly, "My aunt indeed became a mistress, and that small supermarket she opened was provided by that man!"

Aunt He Shengnan had been kicked out by her previous mother-in-law for being infertile. Although not as delicate as He Tiantian and no longer young, she was still quite striking in the county.

Initially, He Shengnan only worked in the county.

But before long, she opened a small supermarket and even bought a house in the county.

From the day He Shengnan "turned her fate around," the rumors about her never ceased.

Later on, a man in his forties or fifties would visit the county two to three times a month. People around became more certain of their speculations—

He Shengnan indeed had an affair with a local town businessman.

Why call it an affair? Because that man clearly looked like a married man with a wife and children.

Moreover, the relationship between that man and He Shengnan was also off-normal.

What normal dating couple behaves like them? Meeting only two or three times a month, and every time the man came, he acted all secretive when faced with the curious stares of the neighbors?!

As He Shengnan’s biological niece and foster daughter, ever since He Tiantian could speak, curious neighbors would approach her saying, "Tiantian, who was that man that came looking for your aunt the other day? Is he your uncle?"

Of course not!

He Tiantian always referred to that old man as "Uncle."

But, He Tiantian never disclosed that to those neighbors.

Aside from her aunt’s stern rebukes, a young He Tiantian could distinctly sense the malice oozing from those people.

He Tiantian dared not lie, yet the neighbors always caught her to inquire, so she simply started avoiding them.

If she accidentally met them, she would keep her head down and stay silent, gradually becoming the child those neighbors described as "unfavorable."

As a result, He Tiantian became even more self-conscious!

"But these days won’t last long, because that man’s wife died last month, and he wants to marry Auntie!"

While chatting with Student Xiao D, she pushed open the unit door of the residential complex.

"True lovers will eventually be united?" Student Xiao D was quite decent, not saying anything too harsh.

"You don’t need to be so subtle, that old man needs someone to take care of himself and his children, and he doesn’t want to have kids who might rebel against him, so he simply marries an aunt who can’t have kids!"

With her book-crossing life experience, He Tiantian was no longer the naive and oblivious girl she once was.

So, she was more able to soberly and directly recognize some "facts".

Student Xiao D: ...

After a moment of silence, it hesitantly asked, "What about you? Are you going with your aunt to that old man’s house?"

Well, you can’t blame it, a smart assistant for wild thoughts, being a burden really isn’t easy.

"I don’t want to!" She used to fear that her aunt might abandon her.

But now, she wasn’t afraid of living on her own at all.

Besides, she had memories and emotions from the previous world in the books, and in her subconscious, her parents were He Hongtu and Tian Zhenzhen.

For her, He Shengnan, the foster mother, was just a relative with a blood connection.

"Besides, Auntie didn’t plan to take me with her."

Because the old man disagreed.

The old man was astute; He Tiantian was a foster daughter registered under He Shengnan’s household.

A foster daughter is still a daughter, legally having the same rights as biological children.

Once the old man married He Shengnan, He Tiantian would also become his legitimate daughter.

The old man cherished the pair of children his wife bore him dearly. For their sake, he wouldn’t even marry a capable young woman who could bear children, choosing instead to legitimize the mistress who had been with him for over a decade.

He was afraid of having another child that would compete with those two for the family properties.

That’s concerning his own biological children, so he certainly wouldn’t allow someone like He Tiantian, a burden, into the mix.

Thus, the old man made his stance clear to He Shengnan early on: if you want to marry, sever the adoption with He Tiantian; if you want He Tiantian, you can’t marry me.

He Shengnan hardly took any time to choose the former.

"Tiantian, everything’s set now, I’ve even transferred your household registration back to your biological parents!"

"Your parents are busy with work these days and can’t come to pick you up. How about I give you their address, and you find your own way there?"

Returning home, she unsurprisingly heard He Shengnan say these words.

He Shengnan likely wanted to end this life being branded as a mistress as quickly as possible; following the old man’s ultimatum, she swiftly completed this sequence of actions—

First, she severed the adoption with He Tiantian and contacted the relatives in the provincial city, asking them to figure out their arrangement for their biological daughter;

Second, she sold the house and the small supermarket, the proceeds of which became her dowry.

Third, she packed her luggage, primarily helping He Tiantian pack so that she could disappear from her life as soon as possible!

With the life experience from the world inside the books, He Tiantian wasn’t like yesterday anymore: no longer sad because her Aunt didn’t want her, no longer worried that her biological parents wouldn’t like her!

She wasn’t the least bit fearful or anxious, instead, she casually said, "I don’t want to go to the provincial city; I want to finish middle school here!"

"It doesn’t matter whose name my household registration is under; I’m not yet eighteen years old, foster mother or biological parents, they all have a duty to support me. If they don’t fulfill it, I can file a lawsuit at the court!"

After saying this, He Tiantian didn’t care about He Shengnan’s astonished and angry expression; she went straight back to her room!

"Student Xiao D, I want to do a mission!"

Lying on the bed, He Tiantian closed her eyes and directly spoke to Student Xiao D.

"Alright, the world inside the book is opening!"

Student Xiao D could sense He Tiantian’s mood; it didn’t waste words, directly tearing through space, dragging He Tiantian’s Divine Soul into the new book world.

"Holy shit, can’t be, another con artist?!"

Inside, He Tiantian had countless curses and wanted desperately to send regards to the eighteen generations of ancestors of Student Xiao D!