Chapter 2: Rigorous Nunnery

Amidst the chaotic consciousness, there was a soul-wrenching pain, followed by a sudden chill that felt like being plunged into an ice cellar.

Cold? She could still feel the cold?

Chu Si abruptly opened her eyes to see an old nun with a contorted face and a gray hat, gripping her arm with bony but strong hands. "What are you pretending to be dead for? Go to the back mountain and gather some firewood!" The old nun's voice was sharp, piercing Chu Si's head with a headache, but everything in front of her made her heart race. She wasn't dead! Not only was she not dead, she had returned to the time when she was sent to the nunnery! Judging by the surroundings, it should be her third year in this harsh nunnery, at the age of fourteen, with two more years before she had to go back to Chu Manor to marry off her sister.

Chu Si snapped out of her daze, but the old nun saw the murderous look in her eyes, causing her to tremble and push the frail Chu Si to the ground. "What are you looking at me like that for?" The old nun's voice softened a bit.

Chu Si regained her composure, enduring the pain as she got up from the ground. The snow outside showed no sign of stopping, and she was only wearing a thin cotton coat, her face turning dark purple from the cold, not to mention the old nun had just thrown a bucket of cold water on her.

"I'll go change my clothes, or else we'll freeze to death before the firewood is brought back." Without waiting for a response, Chu Si added, "If the legitimate daughter of Prime Minister Chu freezes to death in this Water Cloud Nunnery, no matter how powerful the people behind you are, it won't be easy to cover up this matter."

Chu Si's voice was calm, her back straight, and her pale, thin face showed no emotional fluctuations.

The old nun, recalling the incident a few days ago when she pushed Chu Si into the lake, couldn't help but feel a bit scared. "You must have taken the wrong medicine..."

Chu Si turned back and smiled lightly, "So the Reverend Mother knows?" This wise Reverend Mother sent medicine every day, much more diligently than sending food, and she always made sure Chu Si finished it before leaving. If the medicine was fine, who would believe it?

The Reverend Mother stood there, gnashing her teeth, and glaring at Chu Si, who then went back to her room after changing her clothes.

After changing, Chu Si came out again, and the Reverend Mother glared at her disapprovingly, muttering, "Who does she think she is, the daughter of the Prime Minister's family? She's just a debt collector, a jinx, and she even caused her own mother's death..."

Chu Si couldn't be bothered to argue with her, focusing on organizing her thoughts in her mind.

With two years left until the selection, it meant she still had two years before she could return to Chu Manor. She wondered if things would change because of her rebirth.

"This is it. Move back before tonight, or we won't have any food if we can't make a fire." After taking a long detour, the Reverend Mother said to Chu Si, then turned to leave.

Chu Si looked at her. Her left foot was injured by Chu Si, causing her to limp as she walked. She remembered how the Reverend Mother had pushed her into the lake a few days ago. If she hadn't held onto her leg for dear life, she might have already met her end.

The Reverend Mother walked a distance, feeling a sudden chill on her back. She turned around abruptly, only to find Chu Si looking at her expressionlessly, like a wronged spirit coming to claim her life.

The Reverend Mother opened her mouth, but only swallowed a mouthful of cold wind and snow, shivering and gritting her teeth as she quickly walked away.

Chu Si looked at the fleeing Reverend Mother and then at the firewood on the ground. It was almost dark now, and if she remembered correctly, it was tonight that the Reverend Mother was going to give her a big gift, a gift that almost tarnished her reputation.