Major disasters rarely occur more than three times; if they do, calamity is sure to follow.

Unfortunately, the famine in Fengqi Kingdom lasted for a full ten years.

During this period, people exchanged their own children to eat, and bones lay everywhere; the world had long since become a hell on earth.

After enduring torrential rain, floods, earthquakes, and plagues, Cheng Shanshan finally saw a glimmer of hope.

Unexpectedly, her two closest relatives tricked her, severing her tendons and throwing her into a mass grave filled with corpses. Her intense hatred made her eyes bloodshot like a beast's: "Lin Sheng, you are a beast!"

"So what if I'm a beast? You still loved me with all your heart and soul all these years!" As Lin Sheng said this, he pulled Cheng Wan'er into his arms. "Go to hell in peace. I'll take good care of your dear cousin."

Cheng Wan'er looked shy and didn't feel any pity for her cousin at all.

This scene caused Cheng Shanshan immense heartache; was she really that foolish?

Foolish enough to give one's heart and soul to someone and work desperately for years.

But I never expected that the other party had no heart, and was even less than a dog!

The intense regret was suffocating her; if she could do it all over again, she would never have done it this way!

But all her regret could only manifest as excruciating pain, and as her blood drained away, her consciousness gradually faded...

After an unknown amount of time, I suddenly heard a series of sobs: "Mother, Shanshan is already dead, please leave her a whole body!"

Old Mrs. Cheng spat: "Letting you into our Cheng family is already a favor. Otherwise, do you think your lowly hussy is good enough for my son? The fact that someone is willing to give five taels of silver to arrange a ghost marriage for your worthless daughter is already the greatest contribution she has made in her life!"

Tears streamed down Bai's face: "Shanshan, you haven't had a single day of happiness in your life. Your mother is truly useless..."

Old Mrs. Cheng was already in her seventies, but she was as healthy as a pine tree. She slammed her pepperwood cane heavily on the ground and said, "Cry, cry, all you do is cry. You're a jinx. You've cried away all the good fortune of the Cheng family."

"..."

A ghost marriage? The Cheng family?

The strange vocabulary surprised Cheng Shanshan.

Before she could think it through, a tearing pain shot through her heart.

This real pain made her realize that she had come back to life, and that she had returned to a point ten years ago when she was mistaken for being dead due to overwork.

Looking at the person lying on top of her in pain, she trembled as she reached out her hand and asked, "Mother, is it really you?"

"Shan...Shanshan?!"

The other person's face was full of shock.

Cheng Shanshan was already in tears. She would never forget the scene of Bai Shi being swallowed by the flood while trying to save her. Now, seeing her standing in front of her safe and sound was like a dream.

At this moment, the old lady from the Cheng family, who was standing nearby, took several steps back, her face pale with fright: "It's come back to life! It's... Help me! Xiu, Xiulan! Help me!"

"Mother, you told me to wait at the door for the Chu family to arrive, and then suddenly you called me in..." Cheng Xiulan was a big, burly woman with extremely dark skin. When she saw Cheng Shanshan, she was so frightened that she fell to the ground with a thud: "Holy crap, what the hell is this?!"

"No...that's not right."

Grandma Cheng quickly realized what was happening and pointed directly at Cheng Shanshan's shadow on the ground: "This girl has a shadow, so she must be alive!"

These words immediately spurred Cheng Xiulan into action: "Damn it, she's been living and dying all the time, isn't she just playing with people?" With that, she glared menacingly at Bai Shi: "Your wretched daughter is really lucky, but even if she's alive, it doesn't change the fact that she's going to the Chu family!"

Bai Shi shielded Cheng Shanshan in alarm: "But the Chu family wants dead people."

"Then kill them and go."

Cheng Xiulan snorted coldly: "Once the money is in my hands, don't even think about making me give it back!"

"aunt."

Cheng Shanshan called out coldly.

Cheng Xiulan turned her head away with great dissatisfaction.

Unexpectedly, a stool came right in front of him, knocking him unconscious.

Seeing her unusually quick and precise movements, Old Mrs. Cheng glared at her and questioned, "Cheng Shanshan, are you crazy?"

Cheng Shanshan didn't rush to answer, but silently picked up another stool. Then, her eyes, filled with ruthlessness, looked at Old Madam Cheng: "I really have gone mad. You all drove me mad."

"ah!!"

Grandma Cheng screamed in fright.

The next moment, he fainted on the ground, looking incredibly cowardly.

Seeing this, Cheng Shanshan immediately tied up Old Madam Cheng and took her to the backyard. Then she dressed Cheng Xiulan in her own "wedding dress" and covered her head with a veil. After everything was done, she looked at Bai Shi and said, "Have the Chu family carry her away in a bit."

Bai finally understood Cheng Shanshan's meaning, and her voice trembled slightly: "Shanshan, isn't this a bad idea?"

Cheng Shanshan frowned and questioned, "Why didn't they think things through when they sold me?" Recalling the scene of struggling to crawl out of her grave in her past life, she couldn't help but kick the unconscious Cheng Xiulan, adding, "She brought this on herself!"

Although Bai was afraid.

But considering what Cheng Xiulan had done with the flowers, she had no choice but to go all out.

Soon the Chu family took away Cheng Xiulan, who was tied up. Bai Shi thought that Old Madam Cheng would make a big fuss after she woke up, so she wanted to take all the blame and push Cheng Shanshan away: "Shanshan, you go quickly, go far away, and don't come back."

Why am I walking alone?

Cheng Shanshan retorted, her voice icy: "Mother, we get up earlier than the chickens and work harder than the oxen every day in this so-called home, and they not only show no gratitude or appreciation, but they also beat and kick you and me at the drop of a hat. Are we really going to be bullied to death without fighting back?"

Bai was taken aback for a moment: "But...but they are all your family."

Cheng Shanshan was amused by these words, her eyes filled with deep sarcasm: "If the family you're talking about are the people who will squeeze every last drop of value out of me after I die, then I'd rather not have them." As she said this, she grabbed Bai's hand: "Mother, I want to take you with me. We want to leave this hellish place and start a new life. Can you help me?"

Bai was taken aback: "How can I help you?"

"I need money."

Cheng Shanshan got to the point.

She didn't know the Bai family was wealthy until a flood hit and people were starving, at which point the Bai family produced a jewelry box.

That thing was said to have been brought from home by Bai when she eloped. Because she felt guilty for not being able to fulfill her filial duties to her parents, she never used it. She originally intended to save it for her as part of her dowry.

However, years of famine disrupted the original balance, and in the end, something worth three thousand taels of silver was only exchanged for half a steamed bun.

Now that she has been reborn back to a month before the famine began, she must make ample preparations to deal with it.

Bai panicked a little: "I..."

Cheng Shanshan knew that Bai Shi was weak-willed, but her desire to protect her was genuine. So she changed her attitude to pleading: "Mother, can you think about me? After this incident, staying in the Cheng family will only lead to my death. Do you really want to bury your child?"