Traveling through time and space to become a lady of a noble family, but she only wants to escape

In the next few days, Bai Zhi's life suddenly became regular. She would practice boxing in the morning, go to class at the appointed time, learn cooking from Xu the Cook and Lin Chuqi at lunch time, practice boxing again after the class at 3 p.m. in the afternoon, and only have free time after dinner. She would wander around Yishui Garden when she had nothing to do, and would drag Qiaoqiao and Lin Chuqi to relax together.

Nominally, Bai Zhi was still recuperating from her injuries and Yishui Garden was still closed, which saved her the trouble of greeting her every day. She was happy to have a few days of peace and quiet.

After having a companion, Qiaoqiao's interest in studying suddenly increased. Before every class, she would catch Lin Chuqi to compete with him to see who did better. Baizhi simply divided the class into classics, history, mathematics and miscellaneous studies, and taught some music, chess, calligraphy and painting every now and then. Qiaoqiao didn't know enough words, so she couldn't compare with Lin Chuqi in classics, but she was very good at mathematics, and the two of them could always compete back and forth.

In the meantime, Gu Yan sent a letter saying that the matter was over and he would be back home soon. Bai Zhi calculated the date and realized that the birthday banquet was coming soon, so even if Gu Yan was a few days late, he would be back, so she did not reply.

After Ge Zhen's confinement period was over, he came out and continued to work hard at the birthday banquet, without even saying anything about wanting to take revenge on Bai Zhi.

At this moment, Changfeng brought some very bad news - the skeleton was gone.

"Gone?" Bai Zhi looked puzzled. "What do you mean by gone?"

"We found the coffin that contained the remains, but it was empty." Chang Feng said, "After much investigation, we learned that the remains were smashed and thrown into the forest on the fifth day of the first lunar month. We are now searching for the broken bones."

Bai Zhi turned her head suddenly: "What?"

The fifth day... the fifth day... is the first day after Ge Zhen’s confinement ended!

The back of Baizhi's head throbbed and she rubbed her back teeth hard.

"Miss Bai, what should we do?"

"Do you know who smashed it?"

"It was Master Bai who ordered his men to smash it."

Bai Zhi took a deep breath and said in a cold voice, "I didn't hit him lightly last time. Changfeng, tie up this Bai guy after dark. I will beat him until he never dares to do anything bad to me again."

Changfeng was stunned for a moment.

Bai Zhi turned her head to look at him: "What's wrong?"

"...I'll do it right away."

Changfeng was obviously very adept at this kind of violent business. He swiftly put Mr. Bai into a sack, tied him up like a dumpling, and dragged him into a small alley on Wanjia Street.

When Bai Zhi arrived, Mr. Bai was cursing, swearing out dirty words one after another, as ugly as they could be. She pulled open the sack to reveal her head, and smiled: "Isn't this Mr. Bai? How did he end up like this?"

"you you?!"

"What? You dug up my mother's grave and smashed her bones, and now you don't recognize me anymore?"

Mr. Bai was exposed and panicked for a moment. He said incoherently: "Why... No, I didn't..."

"Ask me how I know this?" Bai Zhi grabbed Master Bai's hair and forced him to get close to her. Her voice became deeper. "Old Bai, if you don't want others to know, then you better not do it. How could the Bai family not know about the unscrupulous things you did?"

Mr. Bai's eyes rolled around, and when he looked at the masked men in black behind Bai Zhi, he immediately gave in: "Zhi, Zhi'er, what about digging graves and smashing bones? These are all unfounded things. Which bastard is talking nonsense in front of you? Don't let anyone instigate you."

Bai Zhi used some strength in her hands to pull Mr. Bai's head back hard, causing him to cry out in pain: "Stop talking nonsense, old man Bai, do you want to live or die?"

"To live! To live!"

"You want to live, right?" Bai Zhi untied Mr. Bai's hairband, rolled it into a ball and stuffed it into his mouth. Then she put the sack back on and used the boxing skills she had practiced for several days to hit the sack violently.

The sack rolled on the ground, making a "humming" sound.

Bai Zhi stopped fighting until she was really tired. She gasped and directed the few black-clad men watching the show behind her: "You guys, go ahead and give him a break."

It’s different when professional fighters take the field. The sound of fists and feet hitting flesh is quite solid and painful just to hear. This time, Mr. Bai didn’t even have the time to roll back and forth and could only take the beatings one after another.

When the sack stopped moving, the people in black dispersed. Bai Zhi took off the sack again, revealing a bruised face. She reached out and pulled off the cloth gag.

Mr. Bai's nose was bleeding, and he said with a weak breath: "I... I said I want to... live..."

Bai Zhi asked curiously, "Aren't you alive?"

Mr. Bai coughed violently several times, and this time he couldn't utter a single word.

"Old Bai, when you were digging graves and smashing bones, didn't you think this day would come?" Bai Zhi said coldly, "I'll spare your life this time, but I'm not sure about next time. Think carefully before you take money from others to do dirty things for them. You may have the life to take the money, but not the life to spend it." She raised her chin to the man in black behind her, "Throw him back to the Bai family."

The man in black picked up the sack and disappeared into the alley in a few flashes.

After this trip, Bai Zhi suddenly felt very tired and dragged her steps back to Yishuiyuan.

There was a dim light on in the room, and the shadow of a person reading a book was reflected on the window.

Bai Zhi looked at the shadow and subconsciously paused.

Lin Chuqi's words and the records of Luan Yan Ji were fighting in her mind. She shook her head hard, trying to shake them all out.

Even if he is really a ferocious beast, he has not yet shown his fangs, so now is not the time to be afraid. Bai Zhi let out a long breath and pushed the door open to enter the room.

Gu Yan was still sitting in the old place reading a book. When he heard the voice, he looked up and smiled warmly, "You're back."

Judging from this, it is not only not a vicious beast, but also as gentle as a lucky beast. Bai Zhi really couldn't tell the difference, so she just followed her heart and joked, "Why are you stealing my words?"

Gu Yan smiled but did not answer. He then picked up the wooden box on the table with both hands and handed it to her: "Changfeng told me about what happened recently. This is your mother's remains. They said that they tried their best but only found these."

Bai Zhi took the wooden box and opened the lid. There were only a dozen or so broken bones the size of fingers inside. They seemed no different from the pig and sheep bones that the original owner picked up when she was a child. She gently touched the bones, and the cold feeling on her fingertips made her feel a pain in her heart.

She and the original owner, after having been in turmoil for half of their lives, actually had a mother in this way.

"The bones are all smashed. These are hard-earned." Bai Zhi closed the lid. "I plan to find a place to bury the body after leaving the mansion. If I leave the box in the house, will you mind?"

“It’s not taboo, but it’s okay to let it go.”

Bai Zhi carefully put the box into her big wooden box and said self-deprecatingly, "I was thinking that when a person dies, all light disappears. What's so good about clinging to a skeleton? I'm really slapping myself in the face."