Shen Minyao wanted to roll her eyes at the absurdity of these humans around them. They talked in low voices, attempting to speak to themselves without knowing that she could hear them perfectly clear. But, hey, one of them almost got it right. It was too bad this body wasn’t possessed by a ghost, but a demon instead. They would have run for their lives and left her alone if they knew what Shen Minyao was now. 

The guys were laughing behind her back, while the girls shot her a disgusting look. They all thought that Shen Minyao shouldn’t be attending the same school as them, as she only got in through the backdoor. However, what they didn’t know was that Shen Minyao was supposed to take the same entrance exam that they had, but she had fallen sick that day and failed to show up on her assigned date three years ago. 

Shen Minyao had taken the entrance exam in private two days later and had aced her exam with a perfect score. This was something that rarely happened at Spring Hill High. It was just that she never made it clear to everyone that she had taken an exam, as opposed to what they claimed. She didn’t want them to think that she was showing off not only her family’s influence but also her record-breaking score. 

The school only announced that someone topped the chart, but they never announced who it was—due to Shen Minyao’s insistence. She had also made sure not to get everyone’s attention by not competing academically with her peers. 

As for her cousin, well, one had to say that Shen Qing was the one who hadn’t really taken any exam to attend the school and relied on her father’s influence. 

However, despite her earlier warning, the same group of women refused to let Shen Minyao off the hook. 

“Shen Minyao, how rude could you be?” The one leading the group came towards the fox woman and arrogantly looked down on Shen Minyao with her arms crossed over her chest. 

Shen Minyao narrowed her eyes, and the temperature in the room dropped to the freezing point. Most students noticed the sudden change in the atmosphere and wondered if the AC within the room had malfunctioned. 

The fox stared up at her classmate, meeting the girl’s stare. Then, her lips curled into a smile, one that was horrifying enough; a shiver ran down their spines upon seeing it. Her classmates stared at her in shock, but some of them couldn’t help but notice that Shen Minyao looked better today. 

Her brows were shaped elegantly and not as messy-looking as before. Her lips were thin and slightly pouty, and the thick eyeglasses she usually sported were missing on her face, allowing everyone to see her clean and alluring face clearly. 

With that cool and laid-back look of hers, paired with a devilish smile, she looked more appealing to one’s eyes. Most of them were awestruck upon noticing it. How come they never thought that Shen Minyao was also a beauty like her cousin? 

She looked plain and boring before, but how come a little change on her hairstyle and the way she dressed almost turned her into a sexy White Bone Spirit1 who could charm both men and women by a mere smile. 

Shen Minyao stood from her seat and regarded her classmate. 

“Then, you think obstructing one’s way isn’t rude?” She then leaned forward, her lips hovering next to her classmate’s ear, with her eyes flashing with mischief. 

“I suggest you think twice before acting like a fool in front of us, or do you mean to say that I wouldn’t dare to reveal your affair with an older man? His scent reeks, coming from you. You should have taken a bath before coming here.” 

The woman stepped back away from Shen Minyao and stared at her with bewilderment. Indeed, she was having an affair with a married man to help her sustain her lavish lifestyle, but how did Shen Minyao manage to find out about her secret? Whenever she was with her lover, she made sure to dress up and disguise herself, so people wouldn’t easily recognize her. 

“Y-you… how did you…?” She stuttered and was able to stop herself from saying more than she shouldn’t have. 

However, her face blanched from what she heard from Shen Minyao’s lips. If it was a different person, she would have threatened that person and bullied her mercilessly, but not Shen Minyao. 

Who amongst them didn’t know that Shen Minyao came from the prominent military family of the Shen? If she dared to assault Shen Minyao in public, wouldn’t it be like shooting her own foot, causing her own demise? 

“Oh, so you do admit.” Shen Minyao returned to her seat gracefully, crossing her arms and propping an arm to support her chin with one hand. “Oh, dear. You need to be more careful next time.” She gave the other a meaningful smile. 

It was purely a coincidence that she had smelled that same scent at the hospital before. A man in his thirties joined her and Cheng Lifan at the elevator, his overwhelming scent filling the tight space. Because it hadn’t been too long since that happened, the fox woman was able to recognize the scent. 

No matter if humans used the same soaps or perfumes, they all smelled differently to the demons. Each scent was uniquely specific to a person. If humans used fingerprints to prove their identities, their scents were what was used to differentiate them from each other when it came to the demons. 

How could this woman dare to bully someone like her? She had lived for centuries and met a lot of humans and demons in her long life… how could she allow a young girl of eighteen to bully and humiliate her? They wouldn’t even be able to hold a candle against the concubines she had dealt with in the past. 

Baigujing is a demon from the novel Journey to the West.. She is a shapeshifting demoness, and in her true form she is depicted as a skeleton.