Chapter 1 The Strange Place

[Warning! Warning! Low energy, self-rescue function to be activated soon!]

A piercing electronic sound came through, and Xiang Bei looked up and around, but saw nothing.

He then looked at his colleagues and asked in confusion, "Didn't you hear the alarm?"

Her colleague looked at her with a somewhat complicated expression. "Beibei, are you hallucinating from working so much overtime?"

Another colleague spoke up quietly, "There was indeed an alarm. It was my body sending out a warning. If I don't go home to rest soon, I'll die suddenly at the company."

"Go home, go home, I want to sleep for a whole day and night."

My colleagues have all left.

Having just successfully completed a major project, the boss finally had a slight pang of conscience and, with a wave of his hand, granted everyone a holiday to rest.

Xiang Bei rubbed her head, looked up, and wondered if she was hallucinating, since there was no sound at the moment.

She picked up her bag, got up, and entered the elevator. As she came out of the company's main entrance, Xiang Bei looked up at the sky, covered her mouth, and yawned.

If there were a bed right now, she would definitely fall asleep immediately.

Her home is less than a ten-minute walk from her company.

Xiang Bei walked home listlessly.

She had just crossed a traffic light and was about to cross the road when she saw a car speeding towards her without stopping at all.

Xiang Bei instinctively wanted to run, but for some reason, her legs seemed to be rooted to the spot, and she couldn't move them no matter what she did. She could only watch helplessly as the car crashed into her.

She even heard screams in her ear.

Just as the car was about to hit her, a white light suddenly flashed before her eyes. The light was so bright that she couldn't open her eyes and quickly lost consciousness.

After an unknown amount of time, Xiang Bei woke up.

Thinking of the car that was rushing towards her, Xiang Bei immediately jumped up and checked her hands and feet.

My hands are here, my arms are here, my legs are here, and my head is fine too.

That's great, she's still alive.

But Xiang Bei quickly realized something was wrong.

It was pitch black all around, and it didn't look like her home, much less a hospital room.

She reached out and touched it; it seemed like there was an entire wall behind her.

She kept feeling her way along the wall, silently cursing the family of the person who hit her with the car.

It's not easy for her to get a job.

I finally finished a project and got a break, and then I hit her. I should at least let her enjoy her vacation first.

However, Xiang Bei feels very energetic now and is not tired at all.

No, no, no, now is not the time to think about that. What exactly is this place?

Did they hit her and then dump her body?

They didn't even check if she was dead before leaving her here. She could clearly still be saved.

With so many people present, how could they have taken her away in broad daylight, ignoring the onlookers?

Xiang Bei was lost in thought when her hand accidentally pressed something, and with a click, a large screen in front of her suddenly lit up.

The screen flickered twice, as if the signal was weak.

Using the light from the screen, Xiang Bei could see her surroundings clearly. All around her were white walls, which gave Xiang Bei the creeps.

There was no door, so how did she get in?

Hidden door.

Yes, it must be a secret door.

With the light on, Xiang Bei knocked and tapped around, but still couldn't find the hidden door.

That huge screen was also embedded in the wall, and it couldn't be pried off no matter what.

Xiang Bei sat on the floor leaning against the wall. Finally, she raised her hand and pinched her arm. It didn't hurt at all.

So, she died.

This explains why she appeared in this strange place.

Suddenly, the screen with the poor signal showed an image: a middle-aged woman, her face pale, clutching her chest and stumbling forward. Finally, unable to hold on any longer, she collapsed to the ground.

Xiang Bei was confused about what was going on. She didn't know if the video on the big screen was a TV series, since everything seemed inexplicable.

Even if someone dies, will they still be allowed to watch TV?

Xiang Bei didn't understand her current situation. There wasn't a soul around, and nowhere to go out. So she simply rested her chin on her hand and leaned against the wall to watch TV.

After all, she doesn't have anything else to do right now.

Leaning against the cold wall, Xiang Bei thought that it would be nice to have a sofa; the wall was so hard and uncomfortable to lean against.

Thinking about it, I also felt something was off; the wall behind me seemed to have softened a bit.

She reached out and touched it, and found that the feel of the touch was different.

It feels the same as the sofa in her house.

Looking down, I realized it was her sofa.

Xiang Bei was so shocked that she jumped up from the sofa. How could her sofa be here?

She pinched herself again, but it didn't hurt at all; she felt nothing.

How can someone die and still have their wishes granted?

She muttered to the wall, "Where's the door? Where's the door?"

All I could think about were the doors in my house, from the front door to the bedroom door, and even the bathroom door.

There was nothing on the walls.

It's not working again.

The woman on the screen had been found and taken to the hospital. A young girl ran to the hospital and rushed to the woman's ward.

She held the unconscious woman's hand, calling out, "Mom, Mom."

Xiang Bei looked at the young girl and couldn't help but gasp.

The girl was only wearing a simple T-shirt and jeans, and her hair was just tied in a simple ponytail, but she was really pretty.

The sight of her crying was so heart-wrenching that Xiang Bei felt deeply sympathetic. She couldn't think of anything else and just kept staring at the girl.

She has a pure and lovely appearance, and when she cries, she looks incredibly pitiful.

She stared at the girl's face for a long time, but couldn't remember which female celebrity she was.

Their acting is just too good.

However, given how beautiful she is, I probably won't forget her if she's acted in a TV series.

Even if you haven't seen it, you've definitely heard your colleagues mention it.

It's very likely that she's a newcomer in the entertainment industry.

Xiang Bei sat back down on the sofa. She felt the girl's emotions were affecting her, so she simply sat down and started watching.

Then she casually grabbed to the side, and the drink appeared in her hand—the very drink she wanted.

Xiang Bei was terrified, but she still opened the tab and took a sip to calm her nerves.

How did being hit by a car give her the special ability to have her wishes come true?

As she sipped her drink, she watched the screen. The girl had arrived at the doctor's office and was told that her mother had contracted a difficult-to-treat illness, and the treatment would cost a fortune.

The girl pleaded urgently, "Doctor, please, no matter what, save my mother."

Seeing the girl crying, the doctor felt a pang of sympathy. "Then go and pay the hospital fees first, and we will give your mother the medication as soon as possible."

"Doctor, how much will it cost to fully cure it?"

"To be conservative, it would probably cost around one million."

The girl was pale, smiled at the doctor, and then left.

One million was an astronomical figure for her.

She searched through all her pockets at the payment counter, but couldn't even come up with a few hundred yuan.

The family members waiting in line behind were getting impatient. "Are you going to pay or not?"

The girl awkwardly moved aside.

She walked to the front door, looking lost and confused, muttering to herself, "What should I do? What should I do? Where am I going to get so much money?"

Looking at the rain outside, a look of confusion flashed in the girl's eyes.

Soon, the girl seemed to remember something, and immediately rushed into the heavy rain, then ran to a door and frantically pounded on it.

It took a while for a woman to come and open the door. She didn't look like someone to mess with, and when she saw the girl, she looked even more impatient.

"What are you banging on? Can you afford to pay for the damage if you break the door?"

"Auntie, my mother is sick and needs money at the hospital. Could you..."

The girl was met with the door closing mercilessly.

The girl stood at the door, her hair soaked by the rain, looking disheveled, but it didn't diminish her beauty.

She stood there for a long time, then heard laughter and cheerful voices coming from inside the house, which greatly upset the girl.

She tried knocking on the door again, but this time no one answered. She could only leave dejectedly.

Walking in the rain, Xiang Bei could feel the bewilderment in her heart; she didn't know where else she could borrow money to pay for her mother's medical treatment.

"Beibei, Beibei."

The shout startled Xiang Bei.

As I was looking around, I realized they were calling out to the girl on the big screen.

The middle-aged man caught up with the girl walking in the rain.

"uncle!"

"Beibei, take this money." The man shielded the girl with the umbrella and stuffed several hundred yuan into her hand.

He looked at the girl, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Beibei, don't blame your aunt. We really can't afford that much money, and your cousin is getting married, so we also have a lot of expenses. Beibei, you're a sensible child, and I believe you can understand our difficulties."

Xiang Bei then realized that the girl on the big screen actually had the same pronunciation as her, but different characters.

However, the girl's name is Lin Beibei, and her name is Xiang Bei.

"Thank you, Uncle." The girl clutched the several hundred yuan in her hand tightly.

Thinking of her sick mother, she swallowed the bitterness in her heart and still smiled at her uncle.

"You can take this umbrella," the man said, somewhat reluctantly.

Lin Beibei shook her head. "No need. Let's not let Auntie know."

The money might be my uncle's secret stash, which my aunt doesn't know about.

But if the umbrella is in her hands, and her aunt finds out, she'll come to her house to take it back.

It's always been like this since I was a child. Whenever they take anything from my uncle's house, even a needle, my aunt will chase after them as soon as they get home.

If she ate anything, her aunt would boast about it everywhere. If she ate one piece, she would insist that she ate a whole plate, or that she and her mother ate it all, saying that they were greedy.

Holy crap, this is an absolutely awful relative.

Xiang Bei sensed what the girl was thinking and couldn't help but speak.

Although Xiang Bei didn't know why she could sense the girl named Lin Beibei's inner thoughts, she had her own sofa and the juice she wanted in her hands, and she had already adapted quite well to this strange phenomenon.

Lin Beibei watched her uncle leave; even a few hundred yuan is money.

She was very grateful to her uncle.

Just as I turned around, I saw a line of words flash before my eyes.

She was startled and froze in place.

How could there be words in front of me out of the blue?

She closed her eyes and opened them again, only to find that the words were gone.

Lin Beibei thought that the rain was probably too heavy and she was seeing things.

She rushed home, only to find her house ransacked and filled with noise.

She hurriedly grabbed a mop from the side and went closer, only to find a man walking out of the house. Upon seeing who it was, Lin Beibei cried out, "Dad!"

This person is her stepfather.

Her biological father died when she was very young, and this man later appeared in her and her mother's lives.

The man was also quite surprised to see her.

But he quickly saw the money in her hand and immediately snatched it away.

"It's only a few hundred yuan, oh well, something is better than nothing."

The man muttered to himself as he walked out.

Lin Beibei quickly grabbed the man's arm, "Dad, no, this is money for Mom's medical treatment, you can't take it away."

"Don't talk nonsense, your mother isn't sick at all." The man impatiently pushed her away.

"Dad, I'm telling the truth. Mom is really sick. She's in the hospital right now. Please, this money is really for her medical treatment. Dad, please go to the hospital to see Mom. Please stop gambling."

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