Chapter 2: Third Miss, Bai He

When Lily opened her eyes, her surrounding was dark.

Lily never heard about people who passed out because they accidentally cut their fingers with a knife while trying to cut through three layers of duct tape from a package sent by anonymous.

Lily must be the first one and she felt embarrassed by it. If anyone ever heard this, she will die from embarrassment.

Lily tried to sit up and she was careful not to put any pressure on her finger since earlier, it was so painful and Lily even fainted from that pain.

"Eh?" Lily felt that her finger was not painful anymore. She touched her finger and even caressed it to feel the cut, but she could not find any. "Where is the cut?"

Lily tried to stand up to reach for the lamp switch, but her knees gave up and she fell back onto the floor. The floor creaked loudly when she fell.

"Eh? Why would the floor creaks?" The floor of her new apartment studio was a white tile so there would be no chance of creaking. What happened?

Since it was dark, Lily could not see anything so she tried to reach and touched everything around her with her fingers and she stumbled into something.

"Why would there be hay in my house?" Lily spoke loudly, almost shouting but her voice came out hoarse. "Eh? Why is my voice hoarse? Mic testing. One, two, three. Testing…" Lily coughed because her throat could not take it anymore.

Her throat was dry and her voice hoarse. Lily did not know what happened to her but at this moment, she was coughing non-stop.

"Third Miss, are you awake?" A quiet whisper can be heard from outside.

Lily patted her chest to stop her coughing. Who is this Third Miss? Were there other people in her house? Lily tried hard but her cough won't stop.

The door opened and Lily could see a young girl in traditional Chinese garment came in. She looked like those actors in Chinese historical drama that Lily likes to watch during the weekend. But of course, the young girl in front of her was less attractive since she was too skinny and pale without any makeup on her face.

"This servant is glad that you wake up, Third Miss." The girl came to where Lily was and out of the blue, started conducting body check. After that, the girl cried and fell on her knee.

"This servant is useless. This servant failed to protect Third Miss from bullying. This servant deserves punishment." Then suddenly after proclaiming such dramatic lines that can be heard from historical drama, the girl continued slapping herself.

Lily tried to say something but she was having a coughing fit so she could not stop the young girl. She patted her chest and let the girl slapped herself swollen.

The moonlight from the outside was bright so Lily shut her eyes to get used to the light. After sometimes, when Lily opened her eyes, she was able to see a little bit inside the dark place. Seeing such a thing made her cough stopped. Where the hell was she?

She was sitting inside a shed with a lot of hays. Or storeroom, maybe, Lily was not sure. Then when she looked at her body, she was too shocked that she could not speak. She was wearing jeans and a red shirt earlier. What happened to her now?

Lily was wearing a traditional Chinese garment as well. Her clothes were way better compared to the young girl's attire, her hand is pale and skinny. Lily felt that she even shrunk in height. Then she remembered the most important part – her chest.

Lily touched her chest and her nightmare came into life. Her chest shrunk as well. "My full C cup is gone. Where is my C cup? I don't accept this flat A. This is not my body. I refused to accept this."

The young girl stopped slapping herself when she saw Lily touching her own body. The young girl's eyes widened, and she approached Lily.

"Third Miss, are you alright?" The young girl held Lily's hand to help her stood up.

But her knee was so much in pain, Lily fell back down. "Ouch. What is happening to me? I can't even stand up."

Lily looked around in her surrounding in case someone is pulling a hidden camera on her. "Candid camera! Come out now, I don't want to play anymore."

"Third Miss, what are you saying? What candid? What camera?" The young girl in front of her with a swollen cheek looked at Lily earnestly.

That look made Lily stiffened her back. She looked at the girl's clothing and her hairstyle down to her shoes. Damn it. Is this the legendary transmigration?

Lily calmed herself. Usually, in transmigration novels, the modern-day female lead who transmigrated into the historical world will retain the memory of her host. So, basically, Lily transmigrated in the body of the Third Miss. What else?

Nothing came to her mind so Lily hit her head since the female lead will usually feel excruciating pain on her head while the memories of her old host came into her mind.

"The heck!" Lily braced herself and slapped her cheek this time but to no avail, nothing came to her mind. No memories of the current body she occupied. Nothing at all. Zero.

Lily was taken aback. How would she live in this world without any clue? This is not how it goes in the cliché transmigration story. At least, the main character knew something about the future or if not, at least the main character has magical power and great skill. Usually, later on, the main character will even be contracted magical beast and become powerful.

Lily held out her hand. "Power! Come out!" She raised her hand in case her power came out. Anime characters usually have a pose when they were trying to call forth their magical power.

Nothing happened.

The young girl suddenly took a step back from Lily.

Lily put down her hand, giving up the idea of her having such a powerful power, magic or heavenly constitution. Because it was obvious that she did not.

"Young girl, what is your name?" Lily realized that the girl seemed to be afraid of her. She could not let the girl became afraid of her or suspected her of being someone else.

Lily still could not accept the fact that she transmigrated, but she did not know how to get away from this situation too. It would be better if she lay low for the time being while she tried to find a way to return to the modern world. Lily did not want to spend her life in an unknown world she knows nothing about.

It would be better if she lived like a normal historical person for the time being no matter how hard it was to accept the fact that Lily was stranded in a foreign world. She should try her best to go back to her world.

The servant girl widened her eyes again, Lily was not sure if people in this era did that a lot, but Lily wondered if their eyes would be painful later.

"Oh no. Something is really wrong with the third miss." The girl stepped back and tried to run out the door. Before she could move a step, Lily grabbed her skirt.

"Someone, please call the doctor. Third Miss is sick, she could not…" The girl stopped shouting when she heard a loud thud behind her. "Argh, Third Miss, are you fine?". The girl approached Lily to help her stand while crying once again. "This servant is useless. This servant caused third miss to fall."

Lily tried to prevent the girl from going out and tell everyone that she was crazy but once again, her knee weakened, and Lily fell flat on her face this time.

Falling on a wooden floor was damn painful but at the same time, memories came rushing to Lily's mind. The memory flowed causing her head intense pain, she felt that her head would explode anytime soon.

Unable to withstand the pain, Lily pulled her already dishevelled long hair. The crying sound from the girl next to her was not helping at all.

"Xiao Ting, shut up!" Lily barked at the girl.

The girl stopped crying almost immediately. She took a deep breath to calm herself. "This servant will call the doctor." After that, Xiao Ting ran outside while shouting and calling for help.

It would be lucky of her if anyone would help her but unfortunately, the body she occupied now with the identity of Third Miss in this family had a bad reputation.

From being the unfavoured daughter and having no talent in cultivation, Lily guessed that she had to suffer on behalf of the body later on.