My Arrogant Young Lady

"What kind of haircut do you want?" Having grown up in this neighborhood, the barbershop owner recognized me.

"Short hair. The shorter the better," I said.

"it is good!"

After listening to me, the hairdresser washed my hair and started cutting it. As his clippers shaved clumps of hair away, a new Wang Xi gradually emerged.

My long, spoiled brat hair is gone, replaced by a sharp, short haircut. It's a buzz cut; after the haircut, I look like I've just been released from prison.

Touching my short hair, I whispered to myself, "Wang Xi, from now on, you are no longer the heir of a great family. You are just yourself, an ordinary Wang Xi."

At this moment, I wasn't wearing an expensive suit. I didn't have a gold chain around my neck, nor a gold watch on my wrist. Apart from the air of wealth my uncle had spent money to cultivate, I looked no different from an ordinary person. Then, I took out my phone and called my homeroom teacher. "Teacher, I want to withdraw from school. Please give me my student records."

"Have you thought it through?" the homeroom teacher asked me in surprise.

"Yes," I said.

"Where are your parents? Bring them here, I'll discuss this with them," the homeroom teacher said, taking a deep breath.

"Hehe, teacher, you've forgotten, I'm an orphan." I laughed.

"And what about your uncle?" the homeroom teacher asked me.

“My uncle is gone. He went abroad. From now on, no one will care about me anymore.” My eyes reddened as I thought of my uncle, who had treated me like his own son since I was a child.

"Oh..." The homeroom teacher remained silent on the other end of the phone.

After retrieving my student record from school, I parked the Ferrari that my uncle, Zhao Huangdi, had given me in my aunt's garage. Then, looking at the garage key in my hand, I slammed it to the ground.

I smashed the garage key to pieces in an instant, glanced at the upstairs window, and left Zhang Xuan's apartment complex.

I left my phone at Zhang Xuan's house, and now I have nothing. I spent the night at a nearby internet cafe. The next day, I went to the most chaotic school in the entire provincial capital, Beicheng No. 13 Middle School.

Without even looking at my academic records, the school principal directly enrolled me. He called over a teacher for me and told me she was my homeroom teacher. She was a woman, and she seemed quite kind. She was indeed kind, and she showed me around the school. She whispered to me that the school was a bit chaotic. She told me to focus on my studies during the day and then stay in the dormitory at night to prevent me from wandering off. She told me a lot about the school, then took me to the cafeteria to get a meal card and to the dormitory to complete the accommodation procedures.

After she helped me with the accommodation procedures, she told me to come to class in the afternoon and that I could rest in the dormitory for a while in the morning. Then, as she was leaving, she told me, "If you have nothing else to do, just stay in the dormitory and don't wander around."

"Thank you, teacher," I said to her.

"It's alright, just focus on your studies and try to get into a good university." The teacher smiled at me and then left.

After the teacher left, I thought for a moment and took out the black card my uncle had given me. Suppressing the pain in my heart, I snapped the card in two. Having paid my tuition, I didn't need any more money. Now I had one hundred yuan on my cafeteria card and one hundred yuan in my pocket. I had to earn my own living; I was no longer the heir of the Wang family. Starting tomorrow, I would find a job. I was about to begin a new life.

I changed schools; there were no memories of Zhang Xuan here. I cut my hair, and all my worries disappeared. I gave up my status as the heir of the Wang family, locked the car my uncle gave me in the garage, and broke the black card he gave me. I had nothing left, and my heart felt lighter than ever before.

That's it. From now on, the family feuds have nothing to do with me. I am just me, an ordinary Wang Xi.

I'm tired. I need to rest. But thinking of my fiancée and my sister, I can't help but feel sad. Xi'er, Anyao, when I've settled into my new environment, I'll come back to find you.

And also Master Bao, Lu Zhicheng, Thunder, Fire, Hurricane, Lightning, Mount Everest, my brothers.

Carrying the bed I'd gotten from the dorm supervisor, I headed towards my room. 218—this was where I'd be living for a long time to come. I knew there were a lot of slackers at this school; every student was one. Thinking about my seven roommates, a sense of anticipation began to rise within me.

I'm not afraid of troublemakers, I never have. Even when I was still very weak, I was never afraid of the troublemakers at school. I just hope to make some friends at the new school. That way, I won't feel too lonely.

Thinking about what my future roommates would look like, I walked into the dormitory. When I pushed open the door, a strong smell of smoke and a faint, unpleasant odor of foot odor hit me.

I was deeply shocked by the scene before me.

Two tables stood in the middle of the dormitory room, with a few tattered books sandwiched between them. On either side of the tables were two ping-pong paddles. There was also a lot of trash and several flattened ping-pong balls on the floor. I'd never seen anyone play ping-pong in a dormitory before.

This dormitory is so dirty and messy; the level of filth and disorder in the dormitory has truly opened my eyes.

It was still class time, and a boy was lying on the top bunk, talking softly under the covers. His voice was gentle, and a long telephone cord stretched all the way to his bed.

I thought to myself that the guy was on the phone with his girlfriend. Hearing the gentle tone in his voice as he spoke to her, my heart started to ache again.

Without disturbing the boys, I quietly threw away the trash on an empty bed and then started making the bed. After making the bed, I sat on it blankly for a while. Seeing how dirty the room was, I thought for a moment and went to the washroom to get some tools. I started cleaning the room. I'm not a germaphobe, but the places I've lived in since I was little have always been very clean. Zhang Xuan's house was clean, Tang Ning's house was clean, and the new house that Xi'er decorated for us was even cleaner, not to mention Tian Lei and Di Huo's dorm room was also very clean.

After I swept up the trash on the floor and mopped it clean, I noticed the boy in the upper bunk was still on the phone. I gently nudged him and said, "Um, could you put the table back where it was?"

"No, we're going to play ping-pong tonight. Let's just leave it like that, thanks." The boy lifted the blanket and glanced at me.

"It's okay," I smiled at the boy.

"Are you new here? What's your name?" the boy asked me.

“Wang Xi,” I said.

"Oh, nice name. I'll call my girlfriend, we can chat later." She smiled at me. The boy then pulled the covers back over his head and started talking to his girlfriend.

Seeing the boy chatting so happily with his girlfriend, I felt a pang of envy, jealousy, and resentment again. Thinking of Zhang Xuan, I lay down on the bed, feeling miserable. Then I took out the jade flute I had with me and gently stroked it. Zhang Xuan, how are you doing now? Your aunt always wanted you to go abroad. She finally fulfilled her wish.

The boy was on the phone with his girlfriend all afternoon. Even when I went to the teaching building for class, he showed no sign of hanging up.

With a sigh, I walked to the teaching building alone. Then I went into the classroom and sat there blankly, waiting for class to begin.

I sat in the classroom and waited for more than ten minutes, and gradually I felt that something was wrong.

It's empty! There's no one in this classroom, and I'm the only one in the class! Damn it, is this some kind of ghost school?

Thinking of this, I deliberately went outside to take a look. Not only was our classroom empty, but the entire school building was empty. Damn, no one was having class in the next room either. And I didn't misremember the date; today is Thursday, not Saturday!

Just then, I saw my homeroom teacher, who had brought me that morning, running over. Seeing me, the teacher seemed a little embarrassed. Standing on the podium, the teacher smiled and said, "Welcome Wang Xi to our school! From now on, you're a member of our class. Welcome!" As she spoke, the teacher clapped her hands with a smile.

"..." I grinned, and I felt an awkward crow fly between us.

"Haha, your classmates have all gone to the internet cafe. If you want to see them, just go to the internet cafe and you'll see them. Um, I have something to do, so you can study on your own for now. If you have any questions, come to my office. I'm leaving now..." The homeroom teacher smiled awkwardly at me and left the classroom.

After the homeroom teacher left, I looked at the empty classroom and felt lonely again. I started to regret it a little; I felt like I had chosen the wrong place.

This place is not suitable for me to heal. On the contrary, it will only make my emotional wounds worse.

After sitting in the classroom for a while, I finally got restless. It was so boring, so I went to the back of the teaching building by myself. Although there were no classes there, the school environment was still quite nice. Behind the teaching building was a small garden with a pavilion, a pond, and a grove of trees.

Sitting in the pavilion, I took out my jade flute, thought for a moment, and began to play. As I played, I couldn't help but recall the scenes of my time with Zhang Xuan.

Now, I can play a tune skillfully as long as I have the sheet music. But I feel sad, and the tunes I play are also filled with sadness.

I finally understand why Leng Yan loves playing the erhu. Because he's a lonely person, just like me. Only, I'm lonely because of love, while he's lonely because he's a master.

Lost in my own world, I played the jade flute, gradually sinking into a sorrowful state of mind. As I continued playing, a rustling sound gradually arose around me.

By the time I put down the jade flute, it was already getting dark. A small snake with patterned skin had somehow crawled up to me.

Smiling, I gently stroked the little snake's head and said, "So, you're still a part of my world..."

Chapter 171 Dormitory Brothers

After having breakfast at school, I bought twenty raw eggs. Four days have passed in a flash, and I haven't made a single friend. When I went back to the dorm on Thursday night, there was only a guy on the phone. Friday afternoon was a holiday, and by the morning, the dorm was empty; even the guy on the phone wasn't there. The weekend was spent alone at school. In this huge school, it felt like I was the only one there.

If I have any friends at this school, they are these.

At that moment, twenty small snakes gathered before me. They gently wriggled their bodies, watching me flick my red tongue, their eyes friendly as they slithered around me. Then, they all crawled towards the eggs I had given them. They gradually opened their mouths wide and swallowed the eggs bit by bit. When their bellies were swollen, they all lazily lay down beside me, their eyes gentle, as if expressing their gratitude.

Although they are cold-blooded animals, they also have their own emotions. And my flute playing has become increasingly proficient these past few days. I can now lure out twenty small snakes in one go.

"Gluttons." Gently stroking the head of a small snake, I chuckled and whispered a scolding. Then, I lay down in the pavilion in the back garden of the teaching building and began studying the array diagram I had obtained from the venomous snakes.

This school is full of slackers, and slackers don't like going to class. The lively parts of this school aren't the campus, but the internet cafes and hotels outside the school.

Very good. This quiet environment is perfect for me to practice the flute. Because of my loneliness, I have nothing to do every day except study the Serpent's Formation. In just a few days, I have already mastered the Serpent's Formation and practiced the first step of it.

The manual for controlling venomous snakes in battle contains not only scores for manipulating them in combat but also methods for raising them. Raising venomous snakes, though seemingly less important, is actually more crucial than controlling them with flute music.

Firstly, there aren't many snakes in the north, and most of them are non-venomous. Even if I master the musical score in the formation, playing the flute won't attract many snakes. Compared to venomous snakes, non-venomous snakes are nothing more than frightening and have no fighting ability. Therefore, I must transform them into venomous snakes.

How do I turn them into venomous snakes?

First, I need to follow the instructions in the Serpent's Codex to find highly venomous substances to feed the snakes. Some of these substances are food, and some are minerals. I need to carefully feed the snakes I summon every day so that they gradually become venomous. And feeding them requires money. I need a lot of money to buy these venomous substances. Ordinary venomous substances are relatively expensive on the market, while highly venomous substances can fetch astronomical prices.

Besides, these snakes will be my underlings from now on. I need them to fight for me, so naturally I have to feed them every day. Otherwise, they won't have anything to eat and will have to crawl away to find food elsewhere. And once they're gone, they won't be able to hear my whistle when I need them to fight for me.

Besides luring out the snakes around the school for my own use, I also need to go to other places in the provincial capital to lure out venomous snakes, feed them, and make them follow me so that they can hear my call at any time and fight for me.

Unbeknownst to me, I've already learned secondary skills besides martial arts. Take Wang Huan, for example. His inherent strength isn't great; he's only a mid-level martial arts expert. But once he uses Taoist magic to hypnotize himself, he instantly transforms into a god-level master. Although his god-level master status isn't long, during that time he can easily kill opponents below that level. He can even severely injure slightly weaker god-level masters.

If I were to learn the array pattern obtained from the venomous snakes, then when I encounter a god-level expert, as long as I can summon a large number of venomous snakes, even a god-level expert might not be my match.

Thinking of this, I gradually became excited. Even if Wang You and Liuli were incredibly powerful, they would still struggle against thousands of venomous snakes. They are, after all, human; they are no match for nature. If I could find thousands of venomous snakes, gather them around me, and feed them potent venom, then when I encounter Wang You and Liuli again, I would likely defeat them easily.

But feeding the venomous snakes costs money. The thought of money gave me a headache. I'd only managed to lure out twenty snakes, and after feeding them for just a few days, I only had ten yuan left out of the hundred yuan in my pocket. I started to regret my impulsive act of breaking the credit card my uncle had given me. But what's done is done, and I said I'd be self-reliant, and I meant it. From now on, I'm no longer the heir of the Wang family; I'm just an ordinary person. I will never rely on the Wang family's power again; I will carve out my own path with my own hands.

But I only have ten yuan left. Although these little snakes have eaten their fill today, they still need to eat tomorrow. If I can't feed them tomorrow, they'll crawl away to find food elsewhere. I've already fed them for three or four days; if I can't provide them with food tomorrow, all the money I've spent these past few days will have been wasted. Not only do I need to feed these little snakes, but I also need to find larger snakes elsewhere to feed them and keep them by my side. I even need a lot of money to feed them venomous creatures.

I never knew how important money was. Now I realize just how important it is.

Without money, I can't afford to feed the snakes. Without feeding the snakes, I can't summon a large number of venomous snakes to deal with Wang You and Liuli.

Damn, this is so annoying.

It's too late for regrets now. Since I've taken the plunge and broken the photo card my uncle gave me, I'm going to earn money with my own hands. So, how am I going to do that?

Suddenly, I thought of the Five Poison Child. Remembering the scene that day when the venomous snake summoned a multitude of snakes to attack us, I wondered where she found so many snakes. She had gathered a large number of them, and each one was highly venomous.

Damn, how is she so amazing? How did she do it? Keeping venomous snakes must cost a lot of money, right? Is she richer than Wang Huan?

He imagined the venomous snake's face as that of a woman from the Western Regions, and then he thought of her several dark-skinned, thin companions. They all seemed to have come from abroad.

An Yao said she would take me home, and once I got home, I would learn these foreign languages: Burmese, Thai, and Lao. Thinking about the languages ​​An Yao would teach me, I gradually understood.

Myanmar, Thailand, and Laos—it seems to be somewhere in between, right? That area is a tropical rainforest, teeming with poisonous creatures. Besides there, it seems there are also many poisonous creatures in nearby Yunnan province.

Damn, thinking about this, my mind gradually cleared. If they really came from there, then it seems they don't need to spend money to buy venomous snakes. There are plenty of venomous creatures there, and many of the snakes there are highly venomous. These venomous snakes—it seems her snakes all came from there. Compared to her, I'm at a huge disadvantage in raising venomous snakes.

However, those venomous snakes she brought were truly formidable. Just thinking about the giant python she summoned that day, over three meters long, sends chills down my spine.

No way! Even if I don't have her advantages, I'm going to learn how to raise snakes properly. I refuse to believe that I can't surpass her even if I put in ten times the effort.

Having made up my mind to learn this skill, I've decided to find a place to work. I'll work to earn money and then properly feed my venomous snake minions.

I practiced the flute all morning, and in the afternoon I went outside the school to look for work. But there were very few good jobs near the school. Besides a restaurant hiring waiters and an internet cafe hiring a manager, there weren't many other places hiring. Thinking about how I'd have trouble feeding myself in the future, I applied for a manager position at an internet cafe. The owner thought I looked good and, hearing I was a student from a nearby school, asked me to give him my phone number. I'd left my cell phone at Zhang Xuan's house, so I gave him my school dormitory phone number.

"Wait for my call. It should be finalized in the next couple of days. Just give me a copy of your ID card and you can start working," the internet cafe owner told me.

"Okay, thank you." I smiled at him and walked out of the internet cafe.

When I returned to school, it was already getting dark. Walking into the dormitory building, I found it much more lively than during the day. It was Sunday, and it seemed like many students had returned to school. When I entered my own room, I was once again reprimanded by a strong smell of smoke and a distinctly unpleasant odor of foot odor.

But I saw that all my roommates had returned to the dorm.

There were six boys in my dorm room. Besides the guy I'd met on the phone before, there were five other roommates I'd never seen before. They were sitting or lying down, constantly smoking, leaving cigarette butts scattered all over the floor. When they saw me, they all stared at me, watching me close the door and sit on my bed.

"You're our new roommate?" A blond-haired guy stared at me, took a deep drag on his cigarette, and asked.

"Yes." I nodded gently.