Chapter 1

"Smack—"

The air became quiet!

Everyone around was stunned and gaped. Mu Xiaoxiao, who was standing close to Huo Siyu's arm, was like a blooming white lotus. In that instant, she also widened her eyes and forgot to continue to pretend to be wronged and weak.

Even Mu Qingyu only realized what she had done after feeling pain in her hand. When she saw the man's face and his mouth opening and closing as he used morality to manipulate her, old and new grudges surged up in her heart, and her hand involuntarily swung out with great force—carrying the anger and resentment accumulated over the past five years since the apocalypse, she slapped Huo Siyu hard across the face.

Huo Siyu was spun around on the spot by the slap, and even Mu Xiaoxiao, who was right next to him, was knocked aside.

The moment Mu Qingyu finished slapping Huo Siyu, she instantly regretted it—regretted having so little strength! She should have smashed that bastard's head in!

Oh, and that slut next to that slut!

Mu Qingyu was filled with remorse, regretting that she hadn't slapped that woman across the face first, which led to her mother—yes, Mu Qingyu's biological mother—standing in front of Mu Xiaoxiao—not having the chance to give Mu Xiaoxiao another good slap!

"Mu Qingyu—Are you crazy? How could I have given birth to a child like you! Our Mu family has no child like you—" Ou Mingxin's shrill scream almost pierced Mu Qingyu's eardrums.

Mu Qingyu picked at her ears, and then she remembered what scene was before her! This wasn't the illusion she saw before she was on the verge of death; this was actually the scene from a month before the apocalypse, when the Mu family was dividing their inheritance! A truly real scene!

She's back! She's been reborn!

In fact, just seconds before, Mu Qingyu was in the post-apocalyptic world, five years after the apocalypse, clearing out zombies when Mu Xiaoxiao ambushed her from behind and pushed her into a horde of zombies—

Just moments before, the excruciating pain of being torn apart and gnawed was spreading across Mu Qingyu's neck; the next second, Mu Qingyu was standing in the Mu family's living room a month before the apocalypse began.

"Sister Xiaoyu, Brother Siyu was just advising you to be kinder and to think more about others. How could you hit him? How could you be so selfish?"

Mu Xiaoxiao first accused, then her tone immediately softened: "Sister Xiaoyu, you used to be the most soft-hearted. You would never want our whole family to be homeless, right?" She bypassed Ou Mingxin who was blocking her way, reached out and tried to grab Mu Qingyu's clothes, and put on a coquettish posture.

Mu Qingyu suddenly noticed the blood-red jade pendant on Mu Xiaoxiao's wrist. The blood-red light of the jade pendant shone brightly against her fair skin.

Mu Qingyu reached out and grabbed Mu Xiaoxiao's wrist with tremendous force, saying each word clearly, "My bracelet! Why is it in your hand!"

"Ah, sister, what are you doing?" Mu Xiaoxiao cried out in pain, but her eyes concealed a triumphant glint: "This is mine, Mom gave it to me. Dad, Mom, Siyu brother, please save me, sister has gone mad..." She even pretended to fall to the ground.

She had repeatedly used such opportunities to make Mu Xiangnan and Ou Mingxin dissatisfied with Mu Qingyu, which led to their current situation where they only loved their adopted daughter and deeply resented their biological daughter, Mu Qingyu.

If this were in her previous life, Mu Qingyu might have been stunned. She was never good at handling such situations, which is why she made so many mistakes in her previous life.

But standing here now is Mu Qingyu, who has struggled to survive in the apocalypse for five years, who has long seen through the true nature of this family, and who can cut off zombie heads like watermelons!

so--

Taking advantage of Mu Xiaoxiao's fall, Mu Qingyu snatched the red jade that originally belonged to her from her hand. Then, using the momentum, she pulled, causing Mu Xiaoxiao, who had planned to fall sideways to avoid real injury, to suddenly lose her balance—*thud*—and land face-first on the ground...

Mu Xiaoxiao screamed again.

This time, Mu Qingyu believed that her screams were genuine.

Everything happened very quickly, in just over ten seconds. By the time the others reacted, Mu Xiaoxiao was already lying on the ground, covering her face and crying bitterly.

"Xiaoxiao!" Huo Siyu was the first to react, lunging towards Mu Xiaoxiao. He half-knelt and pulled her into his arms, his eyes blazing with fury as he glared at Mu Qingyu: "Mu Qingyu, you crazy woman! You—"

"Smack—" Another smack rang out, this time not a slap, but the leftover cake on the table.

Mu Qingyu casually smeared cake all over Huo Siyu's face, successfully shutting him up.

Actually, Mu Qingyu wanted to throw a plate at him. Just imagining smashing the bastard's face with a plate and seeing blood splatter everywhere made her feel exhilarated.

But she couldn't; the apocalypse hadn't started yet, and killing was illegal.

"Huo Siyu, you used to be my pet dog, and now you're Mu Xiaoxiao's pet dog. How dare a pet dog speak in my Mu family's main residence?" Mu Qingyu said contemptuously, looking down at Huo Siyu and Mu Xiaoxiao.

Mu's father, Mu Xiangnan, and mother, Ou Mingxin, were stunned and couldn't come to their senses for a long time—was this Mu Qingyu?

Is this still the same Mu Qingyu who always kept her head down and remained silent? Is this still the same Mu Qingyu who never objected to any request from her family? Is this still the same Mu Qingyu who obeyed Huo Siyu's every command?

No, of course not. Only Mu Qingyu herself knows that she is now a demon who has crawled back from hell!

Having been given a second chance at life, she would never, and was unwilling to, repeat the mistakes of her previous life!

God gave her a chance to be reborn so that she could take everything back!

"Alright, stop arguing. Siyu is an outsider and doesn't really have a say in the Mu family. Let's resolve our own family matters," Mu Qingyu's uncle, Mu Xiangbei, said, seemingly trying to smooth things over.

"Xiaoyu, this main house is where our whole family grew up and lived together... It's unreasonable for your grandfather to give the house to you alone... You need to think this through..."

Mu Qingyu interrupted him coldly: "Uncle, you shouldn't tell me whether it's reasonable or not. Attorney Zhou is still standing there. Why don't you let him speak?"

On this day in my past life, it was the day when Grandpa Mu's will was read aloud.

In a rather dramatic twist, Mu Qingyu was the real heiress of a wealthy family who was switched at birth. She grew up in an orphanage, leading an ordinary yet difficult life. It wasn't until a few months ago that she was found by Mu's grandfather and returned to her family.

Mu Xiaoxiao was the fake heiress who was switched at birth. For twenty years, she enjoyed everything that should have belonged to Mu Qingyu. First, she stole Mu Qingyu's life, and finally, she pushed Mu Qingyu to her death in the apocalypse!

Mu Xiaoxiao is one of the people Mu Qingyu hates the most right now! And there are others, everyone who has hurt her, whose faces can be found in this living room.