CHAPTER 46: CHAPTER 46: INSTANT FACE-SLAPPING 2

In the week that followed, Nianyang set aside all distractions, spending every free moment frantically tending to the Medicine Field, planting herbs, and watering them in her space.

The fifteen types of herbs she initially planted to treat asthma grew, yielding fifteen Life Values. She then used these fifteen Life Values to purchase over thirty different herb seeds, following the same process to plant them, harvesting more Life Values, and buying more herb seeds to plant.

In just seven days, Nianyang had leveraged those initial herb seeds into a cycle reminiscent of the chicken-and-egg scenario, eventually cultivating over five hundred types of herbs, filling the entire Medicine Field, and astonishingly ending up with five hundred Life Values left over.

Five hundred Life Values could purchase thousands of herb seeds, but Nianyang saw that her planted herbs were already abundant and inexhaustible, so there was no need to waste Life Values on more purchases.

Herbs could be gathered from the back mountain or bought from a pharmacy; Nianyang decided to keep the Life Values in reserve for emergencies or to exchange for treasures on the third floor of the Medicine Tower!

Moreover, planting herbs was exhausting—Nianyang had lost two pounds just from this week’s work on the herbs. But due to the daily consumption of Spirit Fruit from the space’s Spiritual Spring, her energy improved day by day. Her skin had become so supple it could be pinched to release water, and she had lightened several shades, transforming from a frail, yellowish figure into something much more refined.

The current Nianyang had a complexion only slightly darker than the average person. Although she wasn’t a legendary beauty, she had the makings of one. It was believed it wouldn’t be long before she successfully emerged from her cocoon, transforming into a great beauty!

Most importantly, her chest, which was originally flat, had under Nianyang’s spatial nurturing, developed some curves—not exactly ample, but certainly forming some hills.

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The next day was the release date for the preliminary high school exam results.

"Lanlan, when you finish eating, go check your scores at school and remember to bring the report card home. Mom wants to frame it and hang it in our living room!" As she spoke during breakfast, Wang Ying picked up a piece of scrambled egg and placed it on Gu Youlan’s plate.

Gu Yuandao said, "It’s just a preliminary exam, not the actual college entrance exam; people might laugh at us for making a fuss!"

Wang Ying shot her husband a look, "What do you know? Our Lanlan is so outstanding, getting into the preliminary means she’s bound to be a college student. This village hasn’t seen a college graduate in a decade. Our Lanlan is one of a kind, so proud!"

Gu Yuandao nodded, "You’re right, if Lanlan really gets into college, our family would be lucky!"

The couple laughed, not once inquiring about Nianyang, for they believed their foolish daughter had no chance of making it, and asking would only sour the mood.

Gu Youlan, basking in parental affection, glanced smugly at Nianyang, who was quietly eating. She had expected to relish in her sister’s downcast look but instead pursed her lips at the sight of Nianyang’s increasingly refined face.

It was uncanny; how did Gu Nianyang, this dimwit, start looking more beautiful, her skin even better than her sister’s, without a visible pore!

Nianyang coldly observed the three members of the Gu Family throughout, eagerly anticipating the shock on their faces once the results were out.

Feeling a smug satisfaction, Nianyang calmly picked a large portion of eggs with her chopsticks and ate.

Though her body was nurtured by the space, nutrition from food was iron-clad; meals still needed to be wholesome.

Seeing Nianyang so bold as to eat eggs, Wang Ying felt a pang of distress, instinctively wanting to lose her temper but recalling that after today, the girl would leave school and stay home at her mercy, earning money for her older sister, decided to let her enjoy this last day.

After breakfast, Gu Youlan, with a look of concern for Nianyang, said, "Yangyang, since your grades are so poor, you definitely won’t pass. Going to school will only make you a laughingstock; why not just stay home?"

"It’s fine, I just want to see it for myself." Nianyang replied coolly, aware of Gu Youlan’s real motives.

School rules stated that on the day results were released, everyone had to collect their notice in person; if Nianyang didn’t go, not only would she be mocked, but also officially reprimanded!

Seeing Nianyang unfazed, Gu Youlan was irritated but changed her mind, thinking it would be good for Nianyang to go. Her foolish sister’s mediocre performance would only make her own shine brighter!