HCB Chapter 546 Fan Shengmei 1
Chapter 546 Fan Shengmei 1
On the subway during the morning rush hour, Zhong Ning opened her eyes and saw that she was surrounded by people.
Having confirmed that the place was temporarily safe, she lowered her eyes and said, "Xiao Qi, you can transfer the memories now."
"Good host."
This is Zhong Ning's third time appearing in the TV series "Ode to Joy," and it's another parallel world she's never been to before. This time, Zhong Ning plays Fan Shengmei, the "Queen of the Hutongs."
Fan Shengmei was born into an ordinary family that favored sons over daughters. Because she was exploited by her parents and brothers for a long time after she started working, she developed a contradictory and complex personality.
On the surface, she appears glamorous and uses her exquisite attire to conceal her economic pressures, but in reality, she is insecure and has a strong sense of self-esteem. She yearns for independence while being tied down by her family.
Initially, she hoped to change her fate through marriage and by relying on a man, but she eventually realized that security can only come from within herself.
Fan Shengmei has the most complicated family background and experiences among the girls in Ode to Joy.
She is adept at interpersonal relationships and can handle her work with ease, but she is unclear about her family of origin and not ruthless enough.
There are still several years before the story begins. Fan Shengmei has just graduated from university and arrived in Shanghai. Today is her first day at work after finding a job.
Zhong Ning, now known as Fan Shengmei, snapped out of her reverie and asked, "Xiao Qi, are there any side quests?"
Xiao Qi: "The host has a side quest: to break free from the influence of one's family of origin and live an independent life."
"Okay, got it."
The subway arrived at a station, and Fan Shengmei walked out with the crowd. She had no intention of going to work.
She took her phone out of her pocket and saw that it was not yet eight o'clock. She immediately sent a message to the HR who had interviewed her earlier, telling him that she would not be coming to work.
After exiting the subway station, Fan Shengmei hailed a taxi on the roadside to return to her rented apartment. At this time, the original owner of the apartment had not yet moved into the Joyful Song residential complex.
The original owner had little money when she graduated, and her family wouldn't give her any money. She even had to earn her own living expenses during college by working part-time.
She now lives in an old neighborhood, sharing an apartment with others, and it's not close to the subway station or her workplace.
Because it was her first day at work, she got up early to take the subway, which took her more than a dozen stops to get to the company. It was really tough being an early riser.
Sitting in the back seat of the taxi, Fan Shengmei yawned, her eyes slightly blurry with tears. She simply closed her eyes and took a nap.
"Xiao Qi, call me when we're almost there."
Xiao Qi: "Okay, host, you can sleep peacefully now."
Fan Shengmei nodded slightly and leaned back in her chair, letting herself drift off to sleep.
About an hour later, Xiao Qi woke her up. Because of traffic, the journey that should have taken forty minutes had taken almost an hour and a half.
Seeing the numbers on the taxi meter, Fan Shengmei took out a large green bill from her bag and handed it to the driver, then got out of the car with the change of a dozen yuan.
Following her memory, she entered the residential complex and found the apartment building where the original owner had rented. The buildings here were all walk-up buildings without elevators, so she had no choice but to climb up five floors.
I took the key out of my bag, opened the door, and went inside. What came into view was a living room with heavy signs of life; the furniture was old, and the lighting was poor.
The house has four bedrooms and one living room, and there are three girls living there in addition to the original owner.
The master bedroom has a private bathroom and costs more. Fan Shengmei doesn't live in the master bedroom; she shares a bathroom with the other two people.
Compared to apartment 2202 in Ode to Joy, this place is a bit bigger, but the overall decoration is far inferior.
The original owner is currently penniless and is barely making ends meet by living here.
Just then, a girl in a nightgown came out of one of the rooms and asked Fan Shengmei, "You didn't go to work today?"
Fan Shengmei recalled that the original owner had mentioned to her roommate that today was her first day at work.
She smiled and said, "Yes, there was a slight accident."
"Oh, I'm so sleepy, I need to go to the bathroom and then go to sleep right away."
The two were roommates who had only known each other for a short time, and neither of them asked any further questions.
"Okay, go ahead."
Fan Shengmei only knew that this girl was also from out of town and had come to Shanghai to work after graduation.
She works at a nearby hotel and often works night shifts, so she must have just gotten back and gone to sleep.
She walked to the room where the original owner lived, opened the door, and went inside.
It was a small room with only a bed, a table, and a wardrobe; there weren't many other things in it.
Compared to the original owner's room in Ode to Joy, which was filled with clothes, shoes, and bags, it looks much simpler now.
Fan Shengmei picked up the bottled water on the table, opened it, and while drinking it, she mentally planned to move as soon as possible.
She estimated the original owner's cash and all the money in her cards, and found that she only had less than three thousand yuan.
"Xiao Qi, exchange the gold or something similar from my spatial storage for the money here."
Although he had been to the Ode to Joy world before, he exchanged all the remaining funds before he died for valuable items and put them into his spatial storage, leaving no paper money behind.
The money she exchanges with the system goes into her bank card through legal channels, so it's very convenient.
Xiao Qi asked, "Host, how many do you want to exchange?"
"Exchange it for one hundred million!"
"Okay, host." Xiao Qi performed a few operations and said, "The money has arrived. Please check it, host."
Fan Shengmei opened her phone, saw the bank card information, and nodded: "Okay, I'll rest for a day first, and move tomorrow."
As she spoke, she went straight into the space to remove her makeup, take a shower, wash her hair, and then change into a comfortable nightgown.
After tidying herself up, Fan Shengmei stood in front of the mirror and looked at her current appearance.
The original owner was stunningly beautiful, but she was only in her early twenties and didn't yet possess the allure of someone in their thirties.
She had long, glossy black hair that reached her waist, fair and delicate skin, bright and energetic eyes, and a figure that, while not as voluptuous as she would later become, was still shapely and well-proportioned.
However, the frame seems to be slightly large, and a large frame can easily look bulky if it gains a little weight.
Fan Shengmei thought for a moment, then opened the system shop and spent 100 points to buy a Bone Reshaping Pill to reshape her skeleton.
After taking the elixir, her frame will gradually shrink over the next two weeks, so to outsiders she will just appear to have lost weight.
After eating in the space and drinking a cup of spiritual spring water, she went out and lay on the bed to catch up on her sleep.
*
In the afternoon, Fan Shengmei was woken up by a phone call.
She frowned, reached for her phone, and answered, "Hello!"
"Xiaomei, are you at work now?" Fan's mother's voice came from the other end of the phone.
Before she could figure out how to deal with this family, she received a phone call: "Just tell me what's wrong!"
"Oh my, what kind of attitude is this? Do you know how hard it was for us to send you through college...blah blah blah, and now you're talking to me like this...blah blah blah..."
Fan Shengmei felt a headache coming on: "If you don't tell me, I'm hanging up."