Margarets Geheimnis

Kapitel 4

I paid no heed to the laughter of the surrounding customers; it was only Ms. Ye's alluring smile as she left that felt like a cruel, ironic mockery to me!

"You're back!" For some reason, Xiaoyuan found a whole box of my treasured genuine Fuji apples and was eating one with relish.

"Oh..." I sadly handed her the clothes. "Here... your clothes. I'm so tired, I want to sleep alone..."

I collapsed onto the bed without even taking off my coat and covered my face with the blanket...

"What's wrong? Did you suffer some injustice..." she asked from outside the blanket.

"It's nothing..." I answered from under the covers.

"You're lying! Your pain is written all over your face!" She suddenly appeared from under the covers.

"Ah!" I jumped out of bed in fright. "No way!"

"Why didn't you buy the clothes I'm wearing underneath?" she asked, chasing after him out of the blanket.

"Ah! Did you... stalk me again?! You have no manners..."

"Hehe... It's rare to be a ghost, I can't let myself go without using magic! This is really fun!" Is spying on other people's privacy really that fun? I can't stand it! But it seems kind of interesting though...

"That beautiful woman..." "Hmm?"

Is she the one you're looking for?

"It used to be, but it's not anymore..."

"Why? She's wonderful, and a perfect match for someone as kind-hearted as you!"

"Thank you, but I've heard plenty of comforting words, and this is the most unhelpful one! Kind-hearted?? Just tell me I'm a useless person..."

"I'm serious, I have a good eye for people, that female schoolteacher..."

"We'll call you teacher now!"

"Oh... that female teacher, she's actually a very good person, but she must be hiding some unknown pain deep inside, which is why she lives with this attitude... I think if someone could directly expose her scars and then sincerely heal her wounds, then they could open the closed door to the female teacher's heart... I believe that as long as you sincerely pursue her, you will be rewarded!"

Frog!! What a philosophically insightful female ghost. Her words seem to make some sense, because in Ye Lian's smile, I also seemed to glimpse a hint of melancholy…

"You seem to be a dating expert!"

"What do you mean? I was selected to enter the palace at the age of fourteen and never had the chance to fall in love. It's a miracle I didn't become a lesbian. My only first love was stolen by a eunuch because he was so incredibly handsome when he read the imperial edict! ... But it's precisely because I've never had love that I have so many fantasies about it, which is why I'm so perceptive of other people's thoughts... How about this, I'll teach you how to pursue your dream person?"

"You? Teach...me?" I swallowed hard and looked at her with a questioning gaze.

"What? Don't you trust me? I have a set of hellish, ghost-like methods for picking up girls!"

"A female ghost-style hellish way to pick up girls?!?!? You should sort out your own relationship problems first..."

"No, I'm already over two thousand years old, and my heart is as still as water..." she sighed.

"Ha...you can find a male ghost to stir up ripples in your heart again, but don't go find a eunuch to quench your thirst this time..."

...

Ah!! Oh my god!! Bang!! ( )( )( )

I was just joking, why are you getting so angry? We were having such a good time just now. A ghost's heart, a needle at the bottom of the sea, a ghost's heart, clouds in the sky... 5555...

---janeadam

Reply [13]: Chapter Seven: Hero Saves the Beauty? Beauty Saves Hero!

The next morning, as usual, I checked myself over from head to toe, especially... Hmm! Everything's there! I'm relieved...

Smells good! What's that smell? A moment later, Xiaoyuan appeared carrying a bowl of fragrant eight-treasure porridge.

So touching! 555... What is happiness? Happiness is when you've just woken up and haven't even had time to brush your teeth, and a beautiful woman brings you a breakfast just as delicious as hers! I ate while trying to hold back my tears... 555... It's true what they say, a man doesn't easily shed tears, except when it's time to drink porridge! No! I can't let my tears fall, otherwise she'll get proud, so I desperately squeezed my eyelids shut.

Who does Bill Gates think he is? So what if he's rich? When it comes to troubles, everyone is equal! I have a beautiful female ghost who cooks porridge for me for free, do you?

What? You have a maid to fry eggs for you? Seriously! I'm not envious at all! But... when are you going to hire another maid? Remember to let me know...

After I finished eating, I realized there were peanuts in the porridge, but I had already eaten all the peanuts I bought the day before yesterday. How did she get them?

"This peanut is..." I had a bad feeling. No wonder there was a crow cawing incessantly in front of the window early in the morning, and I couldn't get rid of it no matter what I did.

"Oh... this..." she smiled faintly, "I bought it with silver notes from your era!"

"Silver notes?" I instinctively reached into my pants pocket, but everything was dark; they weren't there. "Where's my wallet?"

"Is this it?" She playfully tossed her delicate hand forward!

"Give it back!" I snatched the wallet back at the speed of light, and counted the money inside at even faster than the speed of light... Oh dear... there was two hundred yuan missing!

What did you spend it all on?

"Peanuts?"

"what else?"

"That's all..."

"That's it?!?"

"Oh...and there's a transparent bag for peanuts! That lady is so kind. I bought five pounds of peanuts from her, and she even gave me a pretty bag to put them in...I'll buy from her again next time..."

Bang! This time she didn't get angry, but I still fell down. Two hundred yuan! I'd rather she got angry ten times over! 555…

That's half a year's salary for me!

Two hundred yuan bought five jin of peanuts?! And that's RMB, not lira! I feel like I've been dragged into the street to perform a chest-breaking stunt! The tears I'd been holding back while eating porridge just now flowed like a waterfall! ...

"What?" Xiaoyuan seemed to have realized something. "Did I overpay? Damn it! I'm going to confront her!"

"No!" I quickly stopped Xiaoyuan. "Forget it, just consider it a lucky break..."

If I earn fifty yuan a day, I'll be depressed for at least four days... Plus the blow of losing my crush yesterday, it looks like I won't be able to hold my head up for the next week.

...

The school bell rang like a death knell, and I slunk into the classroom, tail between my legs—or rather, with my textbooks tucked in between my legs…

I'm facing these mischievous students again. These days, middle school students are incredibly well-developed, while I'm petite. Half the students in my class are taller than me, and what's worse, that includes two girls! Don't get too cocky! Tall girls often have flat chests!

There's just no way to control these guys who're even more unruly than me... Sigh~ I should have become a primary school teacher. If they want me to make me stand as punishment, I can make them stand; if they want me to spank them, I can spank them. That would be so prestigious, that's what a teacher should be like!!

During break, I saw Ms. Ye again, and why did my heart still flutter? It's so strange; at school, she always dresses so elegantly and behaves so politely. At school, she's a pure goddess; outside, she transforms into a fiery queen!

I didn't speak to her... and of course, neither did she. As we brushed past each other, a delicate fragrance wafted by... I closed my eyes and took a deep sniff...

*Phew!* What was that sound? I opened my eyes and found Zhang, the PE teacher, following behind me. His face was flushed, and he awkwardly apologized, "...I'm so sorry, Teacher Lin...I ate too much this morning!"

...It stinks terribly! It must be a shit-filled fart! Ugh...

School's finally over! Only 150 yuan left to worry about. Tomorrow, on...

After drinking a few glasses of soju alone on the street, as night was falling, I slung my coat over my right shoulder and prepared to go home.

On the sparsely populated street corner, only occasionally can you see a car speeding by.

---janeadam

Reply [14]: "Hehe... What a hot girl..." Three hooligans were harassing a beautiful woman.

"Get out of my way!"

"Oh? How fierce! It's a man, my type..."

"Don't be like that! Little girl, come play with us..."

"Yes! Practice makes perfect! ...Oh dear, my invincible black-headed cricket is gone! Did it crawl into your skirt? Lift it up and let us see..."

...Smack!

"Ouch! You slut, how dare you slap me! Let's see how I tease you!"

"Bastards!!" I yelled at them, fueled by alcohol, "You hooligans, how dare you bully a weak woman in front of me, just you wait... burp..." I hiccuped, still reeking of alcohol, and hadn't even finished my sentence.

"Teacher Lin?" the woman called out.

"Huh? How come... it's you?" Even with my blurry vision from drinking, I could recognize her as Teacher Ye, whom I had longed for day and night. What a coincidence!

"Teacher Ye...don't be afraid! I'll protect you!" I stood in front of her and bravely spread my arms to protect her.

A beautiful left hook! YES... hit the nose!

Another stylish right straight punch! YES... It hits the eye!

Another powerful left hook! YES... Hits the chin!

Finally, a devastating barrage of punches to conclude! YES... a full-body hit!!

...My nose...my eyes...my chin...and my whole body...someone else's fist!!

...55555...it hurts!!

I saw a sky full of stars and heard birds singing...

When I woke up, I was already lying in a warm, big bed...

---janeadam

Reply [15]: The female ghost in Chapter 8 is a little jealous!

I slowly opened my eyes, and as the image became clearer, it was a woman's face...

"You're awake? You're still a virgin!" It was the woman who handed me her business card at the lingerie counter. How could she be here?

"Welcome to the dormitory of the three beauties! You are honored to be the one hundredth man lying on this bed!" Confetti fluttered...

I'm dizzy!

"...And even more honorable is that you are the first person to remain a virgin while lying on this bed!"

I was already feeling dizzy, but now I felt even more dizzy...

“Mali! Don’t joke around. He’s the first man Xiaolian has brought home in years…”