Xia Qingqing declined Gu Yunshu's offer and made another request: "Sister, I don't want clothes, but could you help me find some fabric?"

“Okay, no problem. I’ll look for it when I go on a mission, and I’ll teleport you to it as soon as I find it,” Gu Yunshu readily agreed.

Having determined what Xia Qingqing needed, Gu Yunshu greeted Xia Qingqing and then hung up the video call. Unlike Xia Qingqing, she wasn't free; she still had tasks to complete.

Xia Qingqing stared at the black screen and suddenly remembered something: she hadn't gotten her water bottle back yet, and she wouldn't know how to explain it if her mother asked.

She quickly sent a message to Gu Yunshu: "[Sister Yunshu, remember to return my kettle, I still need it at home]"

After thinking for a moment, I added: "Sister, please prepare some containers for water, and I can prepare more drinking water for you."

Water was worthless to Xia Qingqing; she could have as much as she wanted, and she wasn't worried at all that Gu Yunshu would get the water but not provide her with corresponding supplies. Just that gold necklace alone was worth a lot of water.

After sending the message, Xia Qingqing waited for a while but didn't see a reply. She guessed that Gu Yunshu must have already gone on a mission, so she closed the friend list.

Xia Qingqing's injuries hadn't fully healed yet. After going back and forth like this for half a day, her body couldn't take it anymore. A wave of exhaustion washed over her, and she fell asleep without realizing it.

After falling asleep, Xia Qingqing seemed to have a dream in which she became another person, growing up slowly from infancy. In her memories, there were her biased grandparents, her uncles who liked to take advantage of her, her aunt who treated her like a maid, and her loving parents. Although life was not wealthy, the little girl was still innocent and happy. This peaceful life came to an abrupt end when she was 18 years old, when she was accidentally killed by her best friend.

Before waking up, Xia Qingqing seemed to see the little girl saying goodbye to her: "I'm entrusting my body to you now. Remember to take good care of my parents and younger brother. Thank you."

The dream felt so real that it woke Xia Qingqing up in a flash, her forehead covered in a fine layer of cold sweat.

Upon waking up, Xia Qingqing immediately reconnected to the system.

"888, get out here."

[Host, you are here]

"Didn't you say the original owner was dead? Then why can she still talk to me?" Thinking of the little girl's smiling face in her dream, Xia Qingqing's expression was not good.

[Host, the system has detected that your soul has completely merged with this body.]

[The original owner was able to speak to you because of the subconscious influence within her body. Before you entered this body, the system had already checked it, and there were no soul fluctuations inside.]

Xia Qingqing was skeptical: "Really?"

Seeing that the host still doubted him, he said again:

Please rest assured, if the original owner's soul has not left, the system will not be able to allow you to enter this body.

So that's how it is. Xia Qingqing slowly exhaled a breath of stale air. Although she didn't take over the body on her own initiative, if the other person wasn't really dead yet and wanted to reclaim ownership of her body, she wouldn't be so shameless as to fight the original owner for it.

Thinking of the little girl in her dream who asked her to take care of her family, Xia Qingqing decided to do what she could and consider it compensation by using her body.

"Sister, dinner's ready!" Gou Dan knocked on the door.

"Coming right away," Xia Qingqing quickly got out of bed and opened the door latch.

Dog Egg tilted his little head and looked at Xia Qingqing disapprovingly, saying, "Sister, why did you lock the door? If you fainted in the room, wouldn't no one know? Don't do this next time."

After spending a few days together, Xia Qingqing and Gou Dan became much closer. She pinched Gou Dan's soft little face hard and said, "No, don't worry so much. You're almost turning into an old man."

"Hmph, I'm not an old man, I'm a man," Gou Dan retorted with a proud look.

"By the way, sister, Mom is really angry because she found out we went up the mountain today."

Dog Egg couldn't help but rub his sore bottom. He had been too quick to speak; when his mother asked who had dug up the wild vegetables in the basket, he blurted it out.

Even after getting a good beating, Gou Dan wasn't resentful. After all, his mother had told him to watch over his sister and not let her go out before she went to work, and he deserved the beating for not doing so.

Seeing Gou Dan's actions, Xia Qingqing guiltily touched her nose: "Ahem, let's go eat."

At the dinner table, Zhang Hongyan lovingly placed the steamed egg custard in front of her daughter: "Qingqing, eat the steamed egg custard first, then eat the cornbread."

Gou Dan rolled his eyes at her loving expression. His mother was such a two-faced person; she wasn't like this when she was beating him.

Xia Qingqing watched as Gou Dan ate his cornbread with gusto, then glanced at the steamed egg custard in front of her and said to Zhang Hongyan, "Mom, you don't need to make me steamed egg custard separately anymore. I'm almost fully recovered."

She's gotten tired of eating steamed egg custard these past few days and now all she wants to eat is meat.

Zhang Hongyan glared at her with dissatisfaction: "People say it takes a hundred days to recover from a broken bone. You have such a big hole in your head and lost so much blood, you have to take good care of yourself. Don't be stingy with these eggs, we have plenty at home."

As she spoke, Zhang Hongyan recalled her daughter's bloodied and gruesome state. She secretly wiped away her tears, blaming herself for being useless as parents. Her daughter was so badly injured, and they couldn't even bear to eat a few eggs.

Sitting in the main seat, Xia Heping also chimed in, "Qingqing, just listen to your mother. We can afford to eat a few eggs."

Xia Qingqing felt her parents' concern and her heart warmed slightly. She smiled and said, "Mom and Dad, I'm really fine. I took a nap this afternoon, and I remembered everything after I woke up."

Hearing her daughter finally call her "Mom," Zhang Hongyan was so surprised that she dropped the cornbread she was holding onto the table. Her eyes widened as she asked, "Qingqing, are you really alright? You remembered that I'm your mom?"

Fearing she wouldn't believe her, Xia Qingqing dropped a bombshell: "Yes, I remember everything. I remember He Xiaohua pushed me down, and then my head hit a rock. She turned around and ran away."

Although she could tell from her memories that He Xiaohua did not commit murder intentionally, she could not escape the consequences of an accidental killing, and she had to avenge this.

Before Zhang Hongyan could even rejoice at her daughter's recovery, she was completely devastated by these few words.

She slammed the cornbread back onto the plate, then slammed her hand on the table and cursed, "You son of a bitch! So she's the one who hurt you! Qingqing, you just wait and see how Mom deals with her!"

Zhang Hongyan couldn't help but tremble when she thought of her daughter's horrific state, covered in blood.

She initially thought her daughter had accidentally injured herself, but it turned out she had been harmed by someone.