[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-side-character-wants-to-lie-flat":3,"chapter-the-side-character-wants-to-lie-flat-the-side-character-wants-to-lie-flat-chapter-154":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Side Character Wants to Lie Flat",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},925289,1214,"Chapter 154 - 155: How Can Such a Shameless Person Exist in the World?","the-side-character-wants-to-lie-flat-chapter-154",154,"\u003Cp>Hua Manman patted her chest, pretending to be scared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whoa, why are you looking at me like that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s quite a fierce glare. I’m just asking you to light a fire, not commit murder and arson. Is there any reason to get so worked up?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qingzhi ground her teeth. \"I don’t know how to light a fire!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Manman looked at her with disdain. \"You can’t do this, and you can’t do that. What can you even do? You’re completely useless!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qingzhi couldn’t help but reach out and pick up the kitchen knife again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I swear, I could just chop this little bitch to pieces right now!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Hua Manman hurriedly tried to placate her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are you doing with that knife? You’re not thinking of killing yourself, are you?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don’t do anything rash! Even if you can’t do anything and are just a useless piece of trash...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...at least you’re not bad-looking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You can still make a living off your looks. That’s pretty good, isn’t it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qingzhi didn’t know that in modern society, some people really could make a living off their looks. In her world, only prostitutes in brothels relied on selling their bodies to survive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Manman’s words were tantamount to calling her a prostitute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This made her even more furious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How dare you humiliate me?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Manman’s face was one big question mark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I was just complimenting your good looks. How is that humiliating you?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If being called beautiful is a humiliation, then I hope I get humiliated every single day!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qingzhi: \"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A breath caught in her throat, unable to go up or down, nearly suffocating her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’How can such a shameless person exist in this world?!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing her standing there, eyes rolling back in her head, Hua Manman worried something might actually be wrong with her. She put down her sunflower seeds, stood up, and spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fine, if you won’t help with the fire, you can just go back. I’ll do the rest myself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qingzhi’s expression was practically contorted with rage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s just lighting a fire, isn’t it? I’ll do it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I refuse to believe I can’t deal with this little beast today!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Manman was overjoyed and immediately began a beginner’s course on how to start a fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once Lin Qingzhi had successfully mastered the basics, Hua Manman continued to direct her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Once the wok is hot, you can pour in the oil.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qingzhi glared at her. \"Why do I have to pour the oil too? Don’t you have hands?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Manman pouted. \"I’m just asking you to pour a little oil. Look at you. Anyone who didn’t know better would think I was trying to do something awful to you. So stingy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qingzhi: \"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hand she used to grip the fire poker was trembling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hua Manman, can you please act like a decent human being?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Manman blinked. \"What did you say?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mindful of her unfinished mission, Lin Qingzhi could only sullenly reply, \"Nothing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She dropped the fire poker and got up to grab the oil pot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Manman supervised her while cracking sunflower seeds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the carp was in the wok, Hua Manman spoke to Lin Qingzhi again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go to the backyard and fetch a bucket of water.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qingzhi stared at her in disbelief. \"You want me to fetch water?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Manman retorted as if it were the most natural thing in the world, \"If not you, then me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qingzhi said, \"But my hand is injured. How can I lift a bucket?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Manman said irritably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s just a little scrape, and didn’t you already bandage it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, you just said it doesn’t hurt anymore, which means you’re fine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Do you have to keep making such a big deal out of a tiny injury? You’re being so dramatic!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qingzhi: \"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’She was completely certain now.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’This woman, Hua Manman, had no humanity at all. She was a complete animal!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Manman urged her, \"What are you still looking at me for? Hurry up and get the water. Be quick, or the fish will burn.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cursing up a storm in her head, Lin Qingzhi got up and walked toward the backyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a while, she was seen returning, wobbling as she carried a bucket that was a little more than half full.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Manman ladled a scoop of water from the bucket into the wok, still nagging.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I asked you to fetch a bucket of water, and you only brought back half a bucket. You’re so half-hearted about your work.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qingzhi plopped down on a stool, panting from exhaustion. Her arms were so tired she could barely lift them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’In her entire life, she had never been this exhausted.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’What was even more infuriating was that all her hard work hadn’t earned her a single word of thanks—only disdain and criticism.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Lin Qingzhi’s mind was now consumed by a single thought—’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’She had to endure this. She had to see the miserable state Hua Manman would be in after being humiliated, a fate worse than death!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Manman added the tofu and put the lid on the wok.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While the fish soup was simmering, Hua Manman had Lin Qingzhi light another small stove.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Manman placed a marinated carp on the small stove to grill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before long, the rich aroma of grilled fish began to waft through the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Manman took a deep breath and said, enraptured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It smells so good!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qingzhi couldn’t help but secretly swallow a mouthful of saliva.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’To maintain her figure, she usually only ate a few vegetable dishes for dinner. After all the work she had just done, the food in her stomach had long since been digested.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’She was now both exhausted and starving.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Faced with the rich aroma of the grilled fish, all her cravings were brought to the surface.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’She thought about how much she had helped. When the fish was done, she should at least get a small share, right?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As it turned out, she was being far too optimistic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Manman placed the grilled fish on a plate, picked up her chopsticks, and began to dig in, not even sparing a glance for Lin Qingzhi, who was sitting right next to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unable to bear it any longer, Lin Qingzhi finally spoke up to remind her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We grilled that fish together!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Manman looked up, swallowed the fish in her mouth, and said indistinctly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you for helping me grill the fish. You’re such a good person!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*BEEP! Friend-zone card successfully delivered!*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After saying that, she went back to devouring her food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qingzhi asked through gritted teeth, \"Since we grilled it together, shouldn’t you give me a share?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Manman retorted, \"But didn’t you say eating such greasy food at night is bad for you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qingzhi was stumped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She managed to argue, \"Just a little bit should be fine, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Manman thought for a moment. \"Alright, then. I’ll give you a little.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under Lin Qingzhi’s expectant gaze, Hua Manman gave her the fish tail and said with a particularly generous smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This should be enough, right? Hurry and eat. It won’t taste good when it’s cold.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qingzhi looked down at the fish tail in front of her, which had been picked clean of even its skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was literally just the tail—not a single scrap of meat on it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Lin Qingzhi decided that when dealing with a shameless little beast like Hua Manman, she had to be perfectly clear. Otherwise, she would just play dumb and try to get away with it.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, Lin Qingzhi spoke again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t eat fish tails. I want fish meat.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Manman grumbled in dissatisfaction, \"You’re so hard to please.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She pulled off the fish head and handed it to Lin Qingzhi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qingzhi stared at her, her face devoid of expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Manman said self-righteously, \"There’s meat in the fish head, too! Just look carefully, I’m sure you’ll find some!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qingzhi finally couldn’t take it anymore and cursed viciously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Look for it, my ass!\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1349,"2026-06-03T06:42:34.636Z","2026-06-03T06:42:37.770Z",1,"novelbin.me","ac920b4b1f13d54a4ee8d04d7e429a6a6643967549c2cb9594b602565ced168b","the-side-character-wants-to-lie-flat-chapter-155","the-side-character-wants-to-lie-flat-chapter-153",293,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-side-character-wants-to-lie-flat-cover.jpg"]