"My condolences."
Yun Yi stared blankly at the stream of people passing through the mourning hall, her mind clouded with confusion.
What... is going on here?
Before she could make sense of the situation, a girl in a plaid shirt walked up to her, leaned down, and sneered,"Chu Yunyi, no one's here to protect you now. Your good days are over."
Yun Yi tried to lift her head to see who it was, but a sudden wave of dizziness overtook her, and her body collapsed uncontrollably.
"Someone help! Yunyi fainted!"
"What a tragedy... Old Master Chu was such a good man. And now he's gone, just like that, leaving Yunyi all alone... What will she do from now on?"
When she opened her eyes again, she realized — she had transmigrated once more!This time, into a girl with the same-sounding name — a foolish, love-struck little thing. Worse yet, she'd landed in the very era when her parents had lived — that time where you shouted to find people, walked for transportation, and needed ration tickets to buy anything.
Suddenly, she thought of something. She tried to connect with her personal space using her mind — but nothing happened.Looks like she had traded her cheat item for a second chance at life.
Memories came flooding back:
A few days ago, the original owner had given up her foster mother's job to Sun Xiaoyan — the sister of the man she liked.She'd even been tricked into signing up to go work in the countryside — scheduled to leave in just one week.
Then while gathering supplies, she accidentally caught her so-called boyfriend Sun Ruiming secretly meeting another girl.
That girl? None other than Su Aiyu, the very person who had been strongly persuading her to volunteer for the countryside — and who Sun Ruiming had claimed was just a distant cousin.
After eavesdropping on their conversation, she finally realized: The entire Sun family had been plotting against her all along.
The original owner couldn't handle the truth. Lacking the courage to confront Sun Ruiming, she returned home in a daze.
But before she even stepped through the door — someone came running to tell her:Her grandfather had been in an accident on the way back to Beijing. He was in critical condition.
When she arrived, the doctor came out with a grim face:"We've done everything we could… The injuries were too severe. The family may now come in to say goodbye."
The original host dashed in like a madwoman. When she saw Old Master Chu covered in blood, her whole body trembled, and tears instantly blurred her vision."Grandpa… what happened to you?"
The old man's eyes were filled with reluctance and sorrow."Don't cry… from now on… take… care of yourself…"
His voice was barely audible. If the original host hadn't been so close, she wouldn't have heard him at all.
He tried to lift his hand to pat her head, but no matter how many times he tried, he just couldn't raise it.
Having practiced medicine his whole life, he knew his time was up. So he gave up struggling and softly said:"Under… the bed… in my room… there's a secret compartment. If anything… happens… go to the Hua family…"
She knew this trip was to treat the son of a close friend of the Hua family patriarch.
Hearing his instructions, she began to panic, voice trembling:"Grandpa, don't scare me…"
Old Master Chu knew his granddaughter was sensible, except when it came to Sun Ruiming. With all the strength he had left, he warned:"Sun… Rui… ming… is not… a good man…"
She knew her relationship with Sun Ruiming had always troubled her grandfather, so she quickly nodded and promised:"Don't worry, Grandpa. I won't let him manipulate me again. He's not worth it!"
Hearing her words, a wave of comfort spread across his face.
Then he remembered the old arranged marriage and how the Qin family's eldest daughter-in-law disapproved of his granddaughter. Not wanting her to suffer any longer, he used the last of his strength to say:"The Qin family… from now on… just keep it… as an ordinary connection…"
She had never liked Qin Jianghui, the youngest son of the Qin family's main branch, so she immediately nodded and agreed.
(End of chapter)