It turns out that this pampered young lady was frightened while out and about and developed a condition called "dissociation of the soul." On the surface, there was nothing wrong with her, except that she often slept for long periods without waking up.

The amulet the Taoist priest gave her was specifically designed to soothe her primordial spirit. If her soul wandered nearby, it would be drawn back and automatically return to her body. Xiang Wan, as the soul that replaced the original owner to fulfill her wish, had her soul aura automatically altered by the system upon entering this world, making it very similar to the original owner's, which is why she was drawn into the original owner's body. What Xiang Wan saw before entering the body was the reason the original owner's soul left her body.

The Taoist priest's divination indicated that the original owner would face a calamity at the age of sixteen. If he survived it, he would be blessed with great fortune; if he did not, his future fortune would be unpredictable.

Master Li couldn't bear to let his daughter suffer such a calamity, so he kept her confined at home, but she still couldn't escape it.

After Li Xiangwan recovered from her illness, she forgot everything she had seen during her soul-departing state and remained innocent and naive. One day, as she passed by the courtyard gate, she heard servants shouting at the entrance. Out of curiosity, she went out and saw two ragged young men and women being driven away by the servants.

The girl was held protectively in the arms of the boy beside her, his eyelids lowered, silent, but his protective stance was exceptionally firm. She nestled in his embrace, her face full of tenderness, tears welling in her eyes, looking utterly pitiful.

The two were a brother and sister who claimed that their family had suffered a tragedy; both their parents had passed away, and they had no other relatives. They relied on each other for survival, making a living by performing for a living. When they arrived outside the Li family mansion, they wanted to ask for a drink of water, but were driven away. Although they were destitute, they were not beggars. When they were insulted by the servants and tried to reason with them, they were verbally abused and shoved.

Seeing this, the original owner couldn't bear it, so he led them into the mansion and persuaded Master Li to take them in.

The brother and sister were named Shi Liefeng and Shi Yuanyuan, and they were about the same age as Li Xiangwan. Shi Yuanyuan was well-behaved and sensible, and became Li Xiangwan's maid, while Shi Liefeng worked as a servant who did cleaning and sweeping.

Shi Yuanyuan was very good at reading people and doing things carefully, which made her very popular with Li Xiangwan. In addition, the two were about the same age, and Li Xiangwan gradually regarded her as a confidante or even a younger sister. They ate and slept together, and Li Xiangwan told her everything.

Shi Liefeng was good at interpersonal relationships and got along well with the servants in the Li family. He was also diligent in his work and won the appreciation of Master Li. In the end, he became his follower.

As girls grow older, it's inevitable that they'll have some longing for the opposite sex. Shi Yuanyuan often whispered good things about her brother in Li Xiangwan's ear, and then secretly led her to see Shi Liefeng dressed in formal attire, which made Li Xiangwan's heart fall for him.

Shi Yuanyuan acted as matchmaker, and the two gradually developed feelings for each other. At Li Xiangwan's coming-of-age ceremony, Shi Liefeng proposed marriage to Master Li. Master Li was shocked and firmly opposed their relationship. Influenced by Shi Yuanyuan, Li Xiangwan threatened to go on a hunger strike, forcing Master Li to give in.

Li Xiangwan married Shi Liefeng with great joy, thinking she would live a happy life, but little did she know that this was just the beginning of a nightmare.

On their wedding night, Shi Liefeng, citing excessive drinking, did not consummate the marriage with Li Xiangwan. The original owner of this body, being simple-minded, didn't take it to heart.

A month after their marriage, Master Li died suddenly, leaving Li Xiangwan devastated. Having been so well protected by Master Li, she was incapable of handling such matters, and in the end, it was the Shi siblings who took care of the funeral arrangements.

The Li family owned a considerable amount of land and property, none of which Li Xiangwan had managed. Unsure of what to do with it, she ultimately entrusted it all to Shi Liefeng. The management of the servants and the procurement of goods were all handed over to Shi Yuanyuan. The Li family continued its prosperous facade, but Li Xiangwan spent her days wallowing in melancholy, unaware that the servants had all changed, and her maids were either dying of illness or being replaced. When she realized she had no one left to rely on, she understood that she was utterly isolated and helpless.

The Li family mansion was renamed the Shi family mansion, and Shi Liefeng banished her to a desolate courtyard, providing her with only a bowl of rice a day to survive. Shi Yuanyuan held the power of life and death in the mansion, and no one was allowed to help Li Xiangwan. Li Xiangwan didn't know what she had done wrong to end up like this. She was too kind and didn't know how to resist, until one night, an old man from her past secretly slipped into her courtyard and told her that Master Li had been murdered, and that all the loyal servants in the mansion had also been killed by the Shi siblings.

Li Xiangwan couldn't believe it was true. For the first time in her life, she mustered up the courage to leave the courtyard and go find Shi Liefeng and Shi Yuanyuan.

The servants in the mansion who saw her all pretended not to notice. Looking at the mansion, now completely transformed, a deep sorrow seeped into her heart. She walked to the courtyard where Master Li had lived before his death, and heard loud laughter and the merciless mockery and contempt of the Shi siblings. Tears streamed down her face.

She saw Shi Yuanyuan leaning against Shi Liefeng's chest, and saw them kissing without any restraint. She was stunned, as if struck by lightning, and stood there frozen in place.

"Brother, look, your kitten is being naughty!"

Shi Yuanyuan saw Li Xiangwan and, without stopping her from approaching, sat on Shi Liefeng's lap behind her in a coquettish tone.

"come over!"

Shi Liefeng beckoned to Li Xiangwan with his finger, his eyes full of dashing and unrestrained charm.

"Why did you do this? I'm your wife! Yuanyuan, what happened to you?"

Li Xiangwan couldn't say anything else; even her questioning seemed so pale and powerless.

"Oh, what a little white rabbit you are, not even knowing how to fight back when someone rides on your head. Today I'll teach you a lesson you'll never forget!" Shi Yuanyuan forcefully pulled Li Xiangwan to sit down at the table, then back into Shi Liefeng's lap. "I'm not my brother's biological sister, we're a couple. You, Li Xiangwan, were born with a loving father and a good background, while we can only make a living under our master, constantly risking our lives. That's how unfair life is, so we have to be fair to ourselves. What we don't have, we can take, we can seize. And you, Li Xiangwan, have enjoyed enough in the first half of your life, it's time for you to suffer."

"What...what do you mean?"

"Don't you understand? I'm telling you, everything we have now was taken from you. Isn't that interesting? Oh, what a pity. If it weren't for Master wanting you, I really wouldn't want to miss out on such a delicious tonic."

What exactly do you want?

The original owner's question ultimately went unanswered. She was imprisoned in a dungeon by the brother and sister, watching them take turns with their partners each day, and then watching their partners turn to ashes and dissipate into the air.

The original owner remembered everything she saw when her soul left her body: the servants who had disappeared without a trace, her own father. She hated herself for being blind and letting the wolf into her home, hated the cruelty and viciousness of the Shi siblings, and hated her own powerlessness in the face of it all. So, on the way to be given away by the Shi siblings, she bit her tongue and committed suicide, sacrificing her soul so that Xiang Wan could avenge her.