Quick Transmigration: Even Extras Want to Be Leading Actresses

Chapter 178 Breakthrough Round (3)

Gu Shijiu was lost in thought when a cry rang out.

She looked up and saw a girl covered in blood and with several handprints on her face rushing towards her.

The girl called out "Third Sister" while covering Gu Shijiu with the old clothes in her hands.

Gu Shijiu then realized that she was only wearing an undergarment, which had been torn to shreds after the torture.

Right now, I'm basically naked.

Gu Shijiu: How many times have I been completely naked? Thanks to the inventor of mosaic.

The onlookers were snickering, and some were whispering among themselves, their eyes filled with contempt.

The girl, enduring the ridicule, grew increasingly distressed and couldn't help but cry: "Third Sister, I'll take you back."

Seeing Gu Shijiu's bloodied and mangled lower body, she cried even harder and tried to carry her on her back.

Gu Shijiu: With this small frame, have you noticed that the more I bounce, the more blood I bleed?

The girl took laborious, difficult steps, when a palace maid, covering her mouth and nose with a handkerchief, walked over beside her.

“Consort Cao, this woman still needs to go to the laundry department. In your current situation, how dare you interfere with her?”

The palace maid showed no respect, and sneered as she looked at the girl's injuries.

While talking, he secretly took advantage of the opportunity to get closer and pinched the soft flesh on the girl's waist.

The girl tried her best to control Gu Shijiu and prevent her from slipping, while pushing away the palace maid with her other hand and staggering back.

Seeing this, Gu Shijiu quickly slid off the girl.

As a cultivator after all, she was already feeling better.

Although my mind is still a mess, I don't know where to get revenge for the big grudge for the time being, but I have to get revenge for the small grudge on the spot.

She thought about it with her not-so-bright brain.

This girl seems to be on my side. The palace maid speaks like that and even secretly harms people; she must be a villain.

Gu Shijiu was slow to think, but quick to act, and swiftly slid down from the girl's back.

Uh, and something strange blocking my lower body also poked me.

What is this? It makes me feel so uncomfortable.

Frustrated, Gu Shijiu became even more ruthless, grabbing the maid's hair and slamming her head to the ground.

Before long, the palace maid's head was bleeding from the banging.

Everyone was stunned, not expecting that Gu Shijiu could still be so fierce after enduring such severe torture.

Even the girl who had just carried her was stunned.

Gu Shijiu was in a hurry to deal with her lower body, so she pulled the girl away, saying, "Aren't we going back? Let's go quickly."

The girl looked terrified, but still led Gu Shijiu in a certain direction.

As for the palace maid who had collapsed to the ground, she stood up shakily.

The others also looked fearful: "Did you see Yao San Niang's expression? Doesn't it look like...?"

She dared not continue.

Everyone else, however, knew what she was talking about.

It really does look somewhat similar—that tense face, that lifeless expression, and those dull eyes...

The onlookers dispersed, not daring to remain in place.

The palace maid, her head covered in blood, screamed and ran away, only to be stopped by a female official who had just arrived.

"Did you break these floor tiles?" the female official questioned the palace maid, pointing to the ground.

Actually, she didn't know either, but this was her responsibility, and she had to find someone to take charge, otherwise she would be in trouble.

Only then did the palace maid notice that four of the bricks on the ground were broken.

Damaging the floor tiles was a serious offense, so the palace maid naturally refused to admit it: "It was Yao San Niang who did it when she was beating me."

The old woman took my side; I hadn't done anything, yet she beat me.

"Do you think I'm stupid?" the old woman roared. "Who doesn't know that Yao San Niang just had her castrated? Does she think she can smash the floor tiles with your head?"

"You wretched servant girl, you've ruined the floor tiles and are spouting lies! You're utterly despicable! According to the law, you should be given thirty strokes of the cane."

As soon as the female official finished speaking, several palace maids dragged her away.

"Granny, everyone who was there can testify! Please spare my life!"

There are different ways to administer caning, but according to the old woman, it means beating someone to death without consequence.

Unfortunately, the old woman had no intention of taking the time to deal with it; she just wanted someone to take the blame so she could report back to her superiors later.

Gu Shijiu was unaware that because of her unexpected actions, that sharp-tongued and ruthless palace maid might disappear from the palace forever.

The girl on the other side cried as she supported her, "Third Sister, let me carry you on my back."

"It's okay, I've stopped bleeding." After all this time, the bleeding has stopped.

The girl glanced at it and was overjoyed: "Third Sister, does that mean you don't have to die?"

Gu Shijiu glanced behind her: "Probably. By the way, while you're crying, could you at least cover my butt...?"

It's so annoying, why do these ancient clothes always seem to be everywhere?

The girl hurriedly helped Gu Shijiu wrap up her clothes, apologizing repeatedly, "Sorry, these clothes are a bit short."

People kept turning around to look at them along the way. Wouldn't that mean that Third Sister was seen naked?

Thinking of this, the girl felt deeply guilty for making a terrible mistake: "Waaah, Third Sister, I'm so sorry. I want to go home, this place is too scary."

This wicked ancient era!

Gu Shijiu, who was bored and had nothing to do, asked, "Where do you live?"

Sending the girl home should also count as a valid part of the plot, right?

Then he would come back to seek revenge on the person who punished him.

Gu Shijiu was lost in thought and didn't see the girl's expression change suddenly.

"Zhao Di?" the girl asked softly.

Gu Shijiu did not react.

"Zhao Di, Zhao Di," the girl called out twice more.

Gu Shijiu looked up: "Huh?"

The girl felt as if she had fallen into an ice cellar: "Zhao Di is gone—who are you?"

Gu Shijiu was completely bewildered: "Yao Sanniang?"

if not?

The girl looked at Gu Shijiu's face and suddenly burst into loud sobs.

Her crying drew stares from onlookers: "She survived being imprisoned, what's there to cry about?"

"Yeah, the way she's crying, I thought Yao San Niang was dead."

The girl, who had seemed somewhat timid just moments before, raised her head, her eyes blazing with fury: "You're the one who's dead! Your whole family is dead!"

Gu Shijiu glanced at the girl and felt that her words sounded somewhat familiar.

The person who was being insulted was about to retaliate when his companions stopped him, saying, "Don't be impulsive; she's just a chosen one after all."

"Ha, a concubine who was just scrubbed clean with a horse brush?" The man was somewhat disdainful, but he did not come over to make a move.

Gu Shijiu whispered in the girl's ear: "Why did you brush me with a horse brush? Are you trying to win my favor too?"

The girl covered her mouth, crying as she led Gu Shijiu back to her residence.

Seeing her so heartbroken, Gu Shijiu was momentarily at a loss.

The girl's place wasn't big; it was a small courtyard divided into two rooms, one inside and one outside.

There are several courtyards like this one nearby.

A palace maid was tending a stove in the neighboring courtyard. Upon seeing the two, she gave a perfunctory bow: "Greetings, Consort Cao."

After saying that, she covered her mouth and chuckled softly: "Oh dear, I forgot, it seems that Consort Cao's good fortune is not coming her way."

The girl's chest heaved, but she silently helped Gu Shijiu into the courtyard.

She doesn't have time to worry about these trivial matters right now, because there are more important things to ask.