"Yuan'er, my Yuan'er, wake up! If you leave, how can your father live?"

A mournful male voice cried out in Fang Yuan's ears.

She was so confused she was almost scared to death.

He quickly released his divine sense and found himself lying on the riverbank, completely soaked.

A crowd of onlookers gathered around to watch the spectacle.

The pitiful cries just now came from a man lying on her body.

The man looked to be in his thirties, with delicate features but a sickly appearance. He was wearing a faded long gown.

She threw herself on her own body and cried miserably.

Not far away, one or two young men were kneeling, also soaking wet.

One of them was close to her, looking at her with red eyes, while the other was some distance away.

Two middle-aged men and women stood in front of him, cursing him.

Fang Yuan looked around and noticed that the men and women here didn't look quite right.

She sensed something was wrong, so she continued to play dead.

Take the opportunity to have the system transmit information.

"System, quickly transfer the original female lead's memories to me."

[Received, host, please check your memories!]

Fang Yuan used his divine sense to observe his surroundings while absorbing memories.

"Smack!"

The man kneeling in the distance was soaking wet when the woman in front of him slapped him hard, knocking his thin body to the ground.

"It's all because of this jinx! He made you marry someone and you tried to kill yourself? Now you've not only survived but you've also caused someone else's death. You're a real menace, and you've done a lot of harm."

The woman's shouts were exceptionally loud, as if she wanted everyone to know how much she disliked the man.

“That’s right, it would be better if you died yourself, but now how is your mother supposed to keep her company?” The man next to the woman chimed in.

The young man on the ground was filled with malice in his eyes.

“I said, at least this person was saved, so don’t pressure him anymore, he might jump again!” another villager said gloatingly.

"Pah! He dares? I'll beat him to death today!" the woman said, glaring at him fiercely.

His face was full of disgust, as if he were some kind of long thing.

“Are you worried about this now? Shouldn’t you be concerned about the person who saved your eldest son?” Other villagers who disliked the situation spoke up.

"Tch, they're just faking it on purpose. They're afraid of paying compensation if someone dies!"

Furthermore, the villagers who knew what kind of people these two were said without any politeness.

The middle-aged woman who hit the man raised her chin and said, "When did I, Wang Lan, say I didn't care?"

She forced herself to look in Fang Yuan's direction and said to the widow on top of him:

“Mrs. Liu, since your silly daughter died saving this jinx, then I’ll give him to you as compensation. From now on, he’s your family member, and you can do whatever you want with him.”

Anyway, now that this man is being hugged by a woman, the landowner won't want him anymore.

Since staying at home would incur a fine, she decided to simply throw the person out.

"Mother, Mother, please don't! Don't send me away! I can go back to work!"

The young man looked up and pleaded desperately.

He didn't want to be sold to a landowner in his fifties; was he now being sold as a slave?

Why can't we be nicer to him? He's her child too!

“My dear son, you’re already eighteen. If you stay home after the New Year, we’ll have to pay a head tax of one tael of silver. How can we dare to keep you at home?” Wang Lan’s husband, Shi, replied, feigning difficulty.

Looking at that face reminded him of his despicable father, who was much more popular with the mistress back then.

Unfortunately, she was unlucky and died in childbirth.

That little bitch is incredibly lucky; he's been tormented like this and she's still alive.

“That’s right, Liu Shi, I’ll give you this eldest son. Everyone can be a witness. I’ll give you a son as compensation, and we’ll live like this.”

Before Liu Yun could get up and reply, the two men quietly slipped away, wiping themselves clean.

Wang Dalang, who had been repeatedly told not to go home, was left kneeling there with a hopeless expression.

"Wow~ It's a matriarchal world!" After absorbing the memories, Fang Yuan also gained a pretty good understanding of the situation outside.

That's really quite strange.

Because in this world, men give birth through some kind of fertility process.

Although the physical structure of a woman is still that of a woman, the women here do not menstruate.

They are also generally taller and stronger than men.

Women typically handled the outside work, such as fighting wars, farming, and doing business, while men generally stayed at home.

Of course, ordinary people don't care so much.

At least Wang Dalang, whose face was swollen from being slapped, did all sorts of things at home.

She said that the men and women here looked a little off earlier!

Thinking of this, Fang Yuan pretended to cough twice, then acted as if he had just woken up.

"Cough cough... What's wrong with me?"

Fang Yuan's sudden clarity caused Liu Yun, who was on top of her, to widen her eyes, which then revealed a look of surprise:

"Yuan'er? Yuan'er, you're awake? Thank God, God bless you!"

Liu Yun tried his best to help Fang Yuan up, but he was weak and had been too sad to lift Fang Yuan up immediately.

It was the tall, young man on Fang Yuan's other side who stepped forward and helped Fang Yuan sit up.

"Huh~ I didn't expect this person to still be alive, that's really strange." The villagers watching the show looked at Fang Yuan and the others with curiosity.

"What's so strange? Is it wrong that he's not dead? You all can't stand to see others doing well, can you?"

The kinder woman replied rather irritably.

These are all families with sons and daughters. Who wouldn't be heartbroken if a child died? Isn't it better that the other family's child is alive?

"I only said one sentence, but..."

The man looked at Wang Dalang, who was standing there dumbfounded, and asked, "What about the person who lost money?"

“Zhang Wangshi, this Wang Dalang was given to the Fang family by the Wang family. What does it have to do with you? Why are you talking so much nonsense!” The aunt who couldn’t stand her continued to retort.

This Zhang Wangshi loves to gossip all day long and can't stand seeing others do well.

"Hmph!" Zhang Wangshi snorted coldly.

He rolled his eyes and quietly left the crowd.

Fang Yuan's side, Liu Yun touched her forehead with a worried expression:

"Yuan'er, Yuan'er, what's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"

My daughter's words sounded normal, and her eyes seemed normal too. Is she all better now?

Fang Yuan then began to put on an act: "You're my father, right? In my mind, you've always been so good to me!"

Her round eyes looked at Liu Yun with a serious expression, which moved Liu Yun to tears again.

"Yuan'er recognizes her father now? Yuan'er isn't stupid anymore?"

Is his child really cured? Is he no longer mentally impaired?

He was so happy.

"Yes, Father, I feel like the days I spent in a daze before were like a dream. Now I've suddenly woken up from the dream, and I'm sorry to have troubled you."

Fang Yuan held Liu Yun's hand with tears in his eyes and a look of heartache on his face, his performance was quite convincing.

Yes, I'm grateful for all those years of acting in my past life.

“You are my daughter, isn’t it only right that I worry about you? I’m not tired at all.” Liu Yun’s eyes were filled with tears but also with relief.

"Then... do you still recognize me?"

The tall man standing guard beside the two looked at Fang Yuan with some trepidation.

Fang Yuan also looked at him. The man had sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes, and even when he was kneeling, you could tell that he was very tall.

His physique was about as robust as the women here, and his appearance was more masculine, unlike the delicate features of other men.

Perhaps this appearance is considered 'unconventional' here, but Fang Yuan finds it very pleasing to the eye.

She deliberately remained silent for a while before smiling and saying, "Of course I remember you. You are Qin Yi. I'm so grateful for your care over the years. Thank you for everything!"

She noticed the man's unease, so she acted naturally towards him to avoid making him think she disliked him.

In her memory, this was the child husband her father had brought to her.

"It's enough that you...remember me!" Qin Yi's anxious heart finally settled down, and a smile appeared on his lips.

Looking at the pretty woman in front of him, he felt that all these years of waiting for her had not been in vain.

"Of course, I still remember that Father asked me to go to the government office with you to register!"

Fang Yuan said, taking his hand in return: "Don't worry, I remember all your kindness. I'm not an ungrateful person!"

These words brought a blush to Qin Yi's usually resolute face.

"No······"

"That's good, then Father can rest assured." Madam Liu looked at Fang Yuan with relief.

He was relieved that his daughter didn't reject or dislike Qin Yi.

His daughter is good; at least she's not the kind of person who judges people by their looks, which makes her very happy.

If Fang Yuan knew what he was thinking, she would definitely tell him that she was attracted to good looks, but her aesthetic sense was a little different from that of the people here.

"Uncle Liu, let's go back first, lest Yuanyuan catches a cold!" Qin Yi was in a good mood after hearing Fang Yuan's words.

But seeing Fang Yuan all wet, he worried that she might get sick.

Liu Yun nodded: "Okay, we'll go later. Let's go home first!"

He turned to look at the people around him who had helped or watched the commotion and said:

"Thank you all for your concern. My son is fine now. Please come to my house for a feast on his wedding day. Now everyone, please go home!"