When Xiang Wan woke up again, she found herself transformed into a child, with thin arms and legs, the kind that could be blown away by a gust of wind. This change in identity was comparable to a roller coaster ride.

"Xiao Qi, you didn't do this on purpose, did you?"

"Tch, is this system that petty? It was someone who said they didn't want to live that shameless life anymore, so this system took pity on them and kindly found them a minor."

Don't think that I didn't hear the gloating in your words. It's just that you were told you were underage, is it really that big of a deal?

Xiang Wan had barely finished thinking that when she immediately stopped herself. Thank goodness, she almost forgot the system could hear her complaints. Knowing the system's nature, if it discovered Xiang Wan was complaining about it behind its back and secretly remembered it, then retaliated, that wouldn't be fun. For her own safety, Xiang Wan decided to clear her mind and pretend she wasn't thinking anything.

"Ahem, well, Xiao Qi, will nothing strange happen this time?"

"Don't worry, this system won't cheat you. But if you did it yourself, you can't blame it on this system."

"This host is quite reasonable, okay? Here's the reward, you can leave now."

007 choked and disappeared without a word.

Xiang Wan silently squatted in the corner, receiving the original owner's story.

The original owner's name was Yu Xiangwan, the eldest daughter of an ordinary villager in Yujia Village, with a younger brother. The original owner's mother was named Zhou Xiaoya, whom the original owner's father, Yu Dazhuang, married from the neighboring Zhoujia Village at great expense.

After Zhou Xiaoya married into the family, she didn't have children for two or three years. When she finally became pregnant with the original owner of the body, her treatment at home skyrocketed; the whole family took turns serving her. After ten months of pregnancy and giving birth to a daughter—the original owner of the body—Yu Dazhuang lost face and began to beat and verbally abuse Zhou Xiaoya, often getting drunk. When he was in a bad mood, he wouldn't even spare the original owner, who was still in swaddling clothes. In rural areas, especially in uneducated places, the preference for sons over daughters is particularly strong, which shows the original owner's status and situation at home.

Yu Dazhuang's parents sighed all day long, agonizing over Zhou Xiaoya's failure to leave the Yu family with an heir. In their anger, they both fell ill and soon passed away. This incident completely devastated Yu Dazhuang. He believed that Zhou Xiaoya had brought disaster upon his family, and he constantly beat and scolded her. Not only did he refuse to give Zhou Xiaoya any living expenses, he also forced her to borrow money everywhere to make ends meet.

Zhou Xiaoya was a strong-willed person and too ashamed to borrow money, so she learned to make some handicrafts and sold them at the market. Her craftsmanship was quite good, and she could usually sell them for a good price, enough to support her family, but it couldn't withstand Yu Dazhuang's mistreatment. Every week, when Xiaoya brought home some money, Yu Dazhuang would snatch it away and use it to buy alcohol for himself.

Seeing the original owner crying from hunger, Zhou Xiaoya became cunning. Every time she received money, she would prepay some to the rice and flour seller, asking them to deliver it to her home regularly, always when Yu Dazhuang wasn't home.

When the original owner was three years old, Zhou Xiaoya became pregnant again. Yu Dazhuang desperately wanted a son, and before he was even four months pregnant, he took Zhou Xiaoya to consult a fortune teller. The kind-hearted fortune teller, feeling sorry for Zhou Xiaoya's difficult life, advised Yu Dazhuang to do good deeds and treat his wife and daughter well so that his son would be born safely.

Hearing this, Yu Dazhuang at least restrained himself a bit, stopped hitting and scolding Zhou Xiaoya, and treated the original owner a little better, but only to the extent of ignoring her and not taking any action.

After the original owner's younger brother was born, Yu Dazhuang was overjoyed and stopped drinking and wasting his days. He wanted to earn a family business for his son.

Zhou Xiaoya breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that her family's life had a glimmer of hope. But when the original owner reached school age, Yu Dazhuang refused to send her to school no matter what.

"What's the point of a girl going to school? She should just stay home and work. When she grows up, she can marry into a good family and help support the family."

Yu Dazhuang made the final decision, and Zhou Xiaoya had no choice but to comply.

Yujia Village is poorly located, situated on the edge of a deep mountain forest. Even going to the market in the city takes half a day by horse-drawn carriage. In this place, cars are still a rarity, and ordinary people usually travel by horse-drawn carriage. Transportation is extremely inconvenient, and the school is practically non-existent, with very few children willing to attend.

The original owner spent her days helping to cut pig feed, cook, and take care of her younger brother, so tired that she could fall asleep as soon as she lay down. After two years of this, one day, Yu Dazhuang suddenly said he would take the original owner to school.

"Why do you suddenly want to send Yaya to school again?"

The original owner's nickname was Ya Ya, and her formal name was something she randomly chose when she overheard someone reciting poetry.

Xiang Wan was speechless. The original owner's name was chosen so casually, it gave her a feeling that she herself was the same way.

Zhou Xiaoya usually only calls the original owner by her nickname. Giving her a formal name was only for her schooling. When Yu Dazhuang was home, he never called her by her nickname, let alone her formal name. When he needed to call her, he would just call her a "money-loser."

"Hmph, I didn't expect this good-for-nothing to be so lucky. Someone is paying for her schooling and giving us money every year. Why not let her go? She can earn some money for the family."

The next day, Yu Dazhuang took Yu Xiangwan to school, collected some money, and left.

The school had been in the village for several years, but its facilities were very outdated. Usually, only one male teacher, surnamed Liu, taught three children, making it quite deserted. But on this day, dozens of girls, ranging in age from six to twelve, arrived. A fair-skinned man with delicate features stood on the school lawn, talking to Teacher Liu while observing the group of girls.

This man's name was Li Mu, which Xiang Wan later heard about from Teacher Liu. Li Mu came from a well-off family and came to the countryside to teach. Seeing the backward educational facilities in Yujia Village, he wanted to improve the educational environment there. Later, he noticed that many children, especially girls, had dropped out of school, so he funded their education and promised to give their parents a subsidy every year. As a result, many families sent their children there for the money.

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