I Learned My Lesson the Hard Way (2)

The news about the mess and wreckage found at the ceremonial hall of the hospital spread throughout the premises the next day. Everyone was wondering who had caused the damage as the shards of broken glass not only covered the hallway but also fell out of the windows. The current hazard forced the hospital staff to clean the bushes beneath to make sure no one would get hurt by it. 

Fu Xiyan helped Shen Minyao pack her things into her bags, while they waited for Cheng Lifan to bring the discharge paper that would allow Shen Minyao to go home now. 

"Miss, do you know what happened last night? Didn't you hear anything suspicious?" Fu Xiyan went to Shen Minyao who was leaning next to the windowsill, staring outside. 

"Last night? Didn't you tell me to go to sleep early and not waste my time playing on my phone?" Shen Minyao replied, feigning innocence of her involvement in what transpired last night. Xiao Bai was able to hide her using his enchantment, so there was no way the humans could know that she left her room after the nurse's rounds to check on her. 

Fu Xiyan pouted but didn't press her miss with any more questions. Indeed, she had asked Shen Minyao not to stay up late as she noticed that her miss hadn't let go of her phone ever since that morning Fu Xiyan came to check on her. 

"I wonder what happened. All the nurses and doctors have been wondering who caused the ruckus last night," she mumbled to herself. 

"You keep mentioning what happened last night; what the hell has just happened?" Shen Minyao went to her bed and flopped onto it lazily. 

Humans tended to be gossipy when it came to circumstances that weren't directly related to them. As long as it wasn't about them, they wouldn't care how the story would be twisted into different versions. 

Fu Xiyan took a seat next to Shen Minyao on the bed, ready to spill whatever rumors she heard before coming here. 

"Miss, do you believe in evil ghosts? The nurses who were on duty last night could swear that the temperature last night dropped too low, especially at the ICU. They tried to adjust the ACs but to no avail. Some nurses have also lost consciousness without any reason." 

"A ghost, huh." Shen Minyao chuckled. 

Well, a wraith could be considered as a ghost anyway, so these humans weren't far from the truth. As for those nurses who lost their consciousness, it was because the wraith had gone past them that their spiritual force wasn't strong enough to repel its overwhelming negative energy, causing their minds to fall into a deep sleep instead. 

"Then, I'm lucky I don't have to stay here for another night, don't you think, Xiyan?" 

"Yes, yes. I wouldn't want you to stay in a haunted place like this, Miss." Fu Xiyan easily agreed with her. "But Miss, are you sure you want to go back to school? The headmistress allowed you to stay at home for a few more days to recover." 

"That's unnecessary, Xiyan. I'm perfectly aware of my condition now. I would miss a lot of things if I stay at home doing nothing." 

Moreover, she was starting to get sick of this place anyway. Now that she had regained her freedom, how could she miss her chance to look around and see what kind of life humans had these days? The fox woman wanted to see it with her own eyes and not just peeking into the memory of the human that had long parted from this mortal realm. 

"Alright. Then, you would come with me back to the dormitory, right? You aren't planning to stay with Miss Qing and her friends?" Fu Xiyan was aware that Shen Qing was up to no good when it came to her miss; however, Miss Yao was just too oblivious that her cousin was holding a grudge against her. 

"Xiyan, don't ever mention that disgusting name to me ever again. I've already learned my lesson the hard way, and I'm not going to allow anyone to bully me anymore. This, I promise to you." 

Unlike the real Shen Minyao, it was easy for the fox woman to sense if a person wanted to harm her. She would welcome Shen Qing to try and scheme again against her, but the latter shouldn't blame the fox woman later if she was the one who would drop dead the next time. 

In Shen Minyao's memory, the reason why she tried to get along with Shen Qing was that the other woman claimed to know who her mother was and why she left. Speaking of Shen Minyao's mother had become a taboo within the Shen Estate, and no one would have dared to mention her aside from Shen Qing. 

'Silly girl.' The fox woman tried not to roll her eyes as she peeked into one particular memory her host had with Shen Qing. 'Can't you tell that she's lying with a straight face?'

Shen Minyao was probably hoping her evil cousin would take pity on her and tell her the truth about her mother, oblivious to the fact that Shen Qing was just fooling her. 

"Okay, I'll inform the headmistress, then… that you'll resume attending classes soon." 

Fu Xiyan sighed in relief after hearing Shen Minyao's words. It was good that her miss knew better now. There had been times she had warned Shen Minyao to not easily believe Shen Qing's words, but her miss was adamant in listening to her cousin and her scumbag fiancé. 

She couldn't help but be somewhat grateful that her miss had come to her senses now. It wasn't too late, or so she thought. Fu Xiyan would never have imagined that the last time she had seen the real Shen Minyao was exactly five days ago, and the young miss she had been accompanying for years had been dead for days.