Shen Minyao Returns (1)

After enduring the whole afternoon and dinner accompanying Shen Qingyuan and answering his incessant chattering, the fox woman felt more exhausted than usual. She had never thought that dealing with young children could be this tiresome. 

She might have been the one who practically raised Little Jiu like an older sister would do to her young sibling, but the fox woman could swear that Shen Minyao's younger brother was more talkative than her Little Jiu. 

Since Shen Minyao didn't need to sleep at night, she spent the whole night surfing the internet, familiarizing herself with how humans lived their lives these days. So much information flooded her mind, making it hard to know where to start. She pinched the bridge of her nose and sighed. With her growing hunger, it would surely affect her senses and ability to concentrate if the problem persisted. 

Perhaps she should have agreed with Xiao Bai when he suggested for her to hunt lower demons to eat. Without her fox orb, it would be hard for her to control the manifestation of her demonic features for a long time. She needed to hunt or eat the fresh liver of an animal sooner or later. 

The fox woman forced to divert her attention from her hunger to Shen Minyao's schedule pinned on a corkboard on top of her study table. Ah, she remembered now. Her new host was attending high school and was in her final year. 

While her schoolmates were busy dating their boyfriends and girlfriends, the former Shen Minyao had been racking her brain to think of the best course for her to take after high school, which only meant that it was the fox woman's problem now. 

Perhaps she should seek Grandpa Shen or Cheng Lifan's opinion about it later. Anyway, she still had enough months to think about it until her graduation. There's no need to rush about making a decision right now. 

Since it was the weekend, Shen Minyao had enough time to rest and think of what she should do while waiting for Zhao Yichen to recover. Her contract with him was bound for a limited time, but it still posed some risks to them. Unless one of them died, none of them could break away from the contract. If she forcefully retrieved her fox orb, Zhao Yichen's body wouldn't be able to take it, and he would die. 

Also, as the source of the fox orb, if someone killed her now; it would also affect Zhao Yichen. 

This was the first time the fox woman entered a contract with a mortal human… as it was forbidden by the laws of the demon world. It was for this sole reason that she wasn't allowed to harm or kill her human contractor in an attempt to free herself from their contract… for fear that she might be found out. 

Monday came too fast to her liking, and Cheng Lifan drove her to the high school Shen Minyao was currently attending along with Fu Xiyan and her cousins. Shen Minyao was wearing her school uniform, with a backpack hanging loosely on her right shoulder. 

She had a mixed feeling about going inside as her nose picked up a lot of scents, both coming from the humans attending and teaching at school and the demons and ghosts lurking around the place. 

"Yao'er, if you don't feel good, you can go and rest at your dormitory for a while." Cheng Lifan, who lowered her window, called after her. 

Shen Minyao smiled awkwardly and waved her hand towards the older woman. Today, she styled her hair, a little different from what her host used to have on a normal day like this. 

"Mama should go now, or you'll be late for work. Didn't you say you have an important meeting this morning?" She said in return. 

After hearing what her stepdaughter said, Cheng Lifan hurriedly left and drove towards the company, leaving Shen Minyao standing right outside the main gate of Spring Hill High School, a renowned school known to have the best teaching standards within Jiang City. 

Following her host's memories, the fox woman sauntered inside the school premises—ignoring the chatter of the other students around her—and went straight to her first class, earning a lot of curious gazes from her classmates once she stepped inside the classroom. 

They believed Shen Minyao shouldn't even be in this school because she got in through the back door, earning a spiteful look from those who had taken their entrance exams to get in. She wasn't the only one who got in without taking an exam anyway, so why weren't they going after Shen Qing, too?

Shen Minyao raised a slender brow at them, refusing to back down from their stares. If they thought that they could intimidate and bully her like what they did to her host before, then they were in for a surprise. 

A group of girls decided to block her path, halting her steps.

"Hey, Shen Minyao. I heard you got lost in the mountain and some handsome guy came to rescue you. Are you sure you didn't go there with Shen Qing just to meet him in secret?" It was clear that they were trying to stir up trouble. 

"I do not have time to play with clowns. Move." Shen Minyao pushed her out of the way, refusing to give them another glance. She strode towards her assigned spot and took a seat.

"Huh? So she really came back? I thought Shen Qing managed to leave her at the mountain," one of the students commented, clearly letting Shen Minyao find out that what happened last week had spread throughout the school. 

"Why do I feel like something is different with Shen Minyao? Do you think she was possessed by a ghost?" another boy snickered, noticing the noble air that surrounded Shen Minyao. She was only seated, but why did she emit an imposing aura of a queen seated on her golden throne?