The Delicate Darling with Her Rough Man-Chapter 117 - 116: Whitening in the Moonlight

"Hong Mei, I also heard that bathing in the moonlight at night can lighten your skin."

Another educated youth in the room suddenly spoke up.

Li Hongmei’s eyes lit up.

"Really?"

That educated youth shook her head. "I just heard it from the village elders. They say that bathing in the moonlight lets you absorb the essence of heaven and earth, cleansing you of impurities and leaving you pure."

She whispered the last part.

The moment she finished, Chen Ruoyu smacked her.

"What are you talking about! That’s complete nonsense."

’You can’t just say things like that!’

The other girl immediately covered her mouth. "I was just making that up. Hong Mei, don’t take it seriously."

Li Hongmei nodded, but she had taken it to heart.

At Village Chief Xu’s house.

After Xu Wenwan got home, she ate dinner and went to her room.

Chen Xiumin didn’t say anything.

Chen Xiaoli and Yu Fangfang were utterly disgusted with their sister-in-law.

She acted like a princess every day, doing no work and spending all her time at the Educated Youth Point chasing after men.

Whenever they walked through the village and heard the local aunties gossiping about Xu Wenwan, they felt embarrassed by association.

They were too embarrassed to even mention their sister-in-law to anyone outside the family.

The two sisters-in-law cleared the dishes and took them to the kitchen.

Yu Fangfang was about to start washing, but Chen Xiaoli stopped her.

"You’re still recovering. You’ve only been out of bed for a couple of days, so you need to be careful. I can handle a small chore like this."

There was no farm work at the moment, so a few household chores were nothing to Chen Xiaoli.

Yu Fangfang felt a little bad. "Thank you, Big Sis."

Chen Xiaoli smiled. "Don’t be so formal. We’re family."

As sisters-in-law, they had gotten along wonderfully for years. Neither of them minded if one did a little more or a little less.

They both considered themselves lucky in that regard. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

They were well aware that in other families, sisters-in-law would bicker all day, terrified of being short-changed while someone else got ahead.

Fortunately, neither of them was that kind of person.

Even with Chen Xiaoli’s help, Yu Fangfang didn’t stay idle, pitching in with a few light tasks.

Xu Wenwan, however, couldn’t care less what others thought.

She was a modern woman from the future, and she had come to this era to live for herself.

She would live as she pleased. As long as she was happy, she didn’t care if anyone else lived or died.

At that thought, Xu Wenwan remembered how Li Hongmei had dared to sow discord between her and Yun Hao right to her face. She immediately summoned her system.

"Little Seven, come out."

"Host, what are your instructions?"

Xu Wenwan: "Check my points."

"Host, you completed one main quest and two side quests today, earning a total of five points."

Completing a main quest grants three points, while a side quest grants one point.

Xu Wenwan looked at her pitifully small point total and asked, "How many points would it take to rewrite Li Hongmei’s fate?"

"Little Seven needs to perform a calculation."

...

After a wait of about three minutes, the system spoke again.

"Host, after my calculations, the supporting character Li Hongmei has become significantly more important for some reason, so the point cost has increased as well."

"Changing a minor event costs five points. A major event costs 50 points. Changing a supporting character’s destiny costs 500 points."

"Does the Host wish to change the supporting character’s destiny?"

Xu Wenwan was dumbfounded. "Five hundred points to change a destiny? You might as well just rob me!"

System: "Little Seven is a reputable vendor who abides by the system’s regulations. I cannot engage in acts of robbery."

"Does the Host wish to change the character’s destiny?"

Xu Wenwan: "Change it."

As the words left her lips, a screen of light appeared before her.

On the screen was her novel, with a pen placed beside it.

Xu Wenwan picked up the pen, opened the novel, and wrote a line of text on its pages.

"Let Li Hongmei have a bout of bad luck."

"Modification to minor supporting character’s fate taking effect. Deducting five points. Current balance: 0 points."

The severity of the misfortune depended on the points spent; not even the system knew what the result would be!

「That night.」

Li Hongmei bundled herself up tightly and went to the hillside behind the Educated Youth Point.

A bright, clear moon hung in the sky. She found a rock, sat down, and prepared to bathe in the moonlight.