Chapter 1 Chapter 1 The Sky Collapse Begins

End of March 1985.

At No. 9 Qiuzhi Lane, Nancheng District, red lanterns were hung in front of the Shen family compound, and a large "囍" character was posted on the door.

Around nine o'clock in the evening, several people walked out of the yard, but they didn't go far before they started whispering.

"I heard it was a childhood marriage, and the woman kept her word. She married Shen Weizhou even though she knew he was in poor health."

"Well, I heard that the girl was mistakenly taken away when she was little and raised in the countryside. She was only brought back two years ago. When she first heard that she could marry into the Shen family, she was extremely happy. But then she heard something and wanted to cancel the engagement. It's true. My cousin from my mother's side is their neighbor and she told me herself."

"No wonder the bride hasn't shown her face yet. It seems she's just unwilling to marry. Hey, the Shen family is so well-established, and Shen Weizhou is such a handsome man. If it weren't for his health, she wouldn't have gotten the chance to marry into the family!"

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A few people walked away quickly while chirping, and soon disappeared at the end of the dark long alley.

At the same time, in the east wing of the Shen family's courtyard, Liu Mianmian huddled in a corner of the old bunk bed, looking at the 1980s bedroom in front of her in frustration.

Old-fashioned furniture, a wooden washbasin stand, a tin thermos with peony flowers... If it weren't for the inexplicable information in her mind, she would have suspected that some bad friend had taken her to the set of a period drama while she was sleeping.

The fact is, she had always been a lazy person, but she accidentally worked overtime and ended up dying of a heart attack.

After her death, she neither went to heaven nor to hell. Instead, she caught up with the trend of time travel and traveled into a period novel, becoming a cannon fodder female supporting role with few roles.

The original owner was also called Liu Mianmian. She was taken away by the wrong person when she was born. She grew up in the countryside until she was eighteen years old. It was only two years ago that she was taken back to Nancheng by her biological parents.

At first, the original owner was quite happy. After all, life in the countryside was not easy these days. Moreover, her biological father was the workshop director of the Nancheng Military Factory, and the other family members were all workers. Their conditions were many times better than those of her adoptive parents.

But it wasn't long before the barriers and conflicts caused by their different growing environments were exposed.

Her biological parents were always dissatisfied with her words and actions, thinking that she was vulgar and embarrassing them in front of the neighbors. Her brother and sister-in-law were similarly indifferent, and although they didn't say it, their eyes always revealed a hint of disdain.

A phrase my parents often say is: If you don’t understand, just learn more about Jinshi.

Liu Jinshi is the girl who was mistakenly taken away from the original owner. She is said to be both virtuous and academically excellent, talented and beautiful, and is the pride of the Liu family.

In the middle of last year, Liu Jinshi passed the internal recruitment examination of the military factory and joined the Propaganda Department.

Being a Propaganda Department Secretary is a cadre, which is more prestigious than being a worker. Compared with the original owner, one is like pearls and the other is like dead fish eyes.

The original owner was eager to gain the approval of her biological parents, so she imitated Liu Jinshi in dressing, speaking and doing things. After a while, the boys in the compound chased her and shouted "Dong Shi Xiou Pin".

Just when the original owner's life was getting worse and worse, the Shen family came to visit.

After knowing that she had such a prominent family as her childhood sweetheart, the original owner agreed without hesitation.

However, shortly before the wedding, she learned from a scoundrel named Zhu Yongqi in the family compound that her husband, Shen Weizhou, the eldest grandson of the old commander Shen, was not in poor health at all, but was terminally ill. The Shen family was marrying off to "bring good luck," and her parents had tacitly agreed to marry her off so they could establish a connection with the Shen family.

The original owner was completely disappointed with her biological parents and wanted to cancel the engagement, but Zhu Yongqi advised her not to make a fuss and gave her a bad idea.

Zhu Yongqi was handsome and good at sweet talk, and he coaxed the original owner, who had always been belittled and despised by those around her, into a completely devoted lover. He urged the original owner to marry into the Shen family first, and then find a way to get some money from the Shen family, so that they could elope together and go to the south to do business and make a fortune.

Zhu Yongqi also said that the Shen family had lost both their wealth and property, and would definitely not let the Liu family off the hook. This way, they could both avenge her cold-blooded parents and save some capital for their future, killing two birds with one stone.

The original owner actually listened to him, and a few days after marrying into the Shen family, she took the money and eloped with Zhu Yongqi.

But Zhu Yongqi is not a good person.

After arriving in the south, he coaxed the original owner into spending all his money, then turned around and sold her to a human trafficker. The original owner ended up in a remote mountain village, beaten to death by the old bachelor who bought her.

Today was the day the original owner married into the Shen family. She was unhappy and had a bad face the whole day. She even went into the bridal chamber early and went to sleep.

As a result, he fell into a deep sleep, literally falling asleep. When he woke up, he was Liu Mianmian who had traveled through time.

Her father doesn't love her, her mother doesn't care for her, her husband is terminally ill, and her lover is a scumbag - how could she be so unlucky to have such a devastating start?!

Just as she was feeling sorry for herself, a few suppressed coughs suddenly sounded in the quiet space. Liu Mianmian was so scared that she almost jumped up. It took her a while to react and she looked cautiously at the bulge in the quilt on the bed.

When the original owner went to bed, there was no one else in the room, but it is obvious that who else could be in the bulge except Shen Weizhuo?

Liu Mianmian looked at the bulge vigilantly. If Shen Weizhuo woke up at this time and asked her to spend their wedding night with him, she was afraid that she would not be able to help but beat him... It would be bad if he became terminally ill and died.

Fortunately, after Shen Weizhuo coughed a few times, he didn't make any other noises.

Thinking of the wedding night, Liu Mianmian suddenly remembered something.

The original owner was a freak. She married into the Shen family with the intention of screwing over them, and of course, she had no intention of actually having any sexual relationship with Shen Weizhou. Not only did she not intend to have any sexual relationship with him, she even planned to go out on her wedding night to meet Zhu Yongqi. The two of them had agreed to meet in a corner of the alley that night.

She had a secret meeting with her lover on her wedding night and had quite a wild time.

Liu Mianmian glanced at the old-fashioned table clock on the chest of drawers. It was almost the time agreed upon by the original owner and Zhu Yongqi.

Recalling the plot later in the original book, Liu Mianmian hesitated between "Whatever the scumbag does, it's better for him to die" and "Take the initiative and cause some trouble for the scumbag", and decided to take the initiative.

There was no way she would elope with a scumbag, nor was there any way she would divorce and go home right after getting married. Besides, there was nothing good to return to that home.

In other words, at the moment, her best option is to find a way to stay in the Shen family for a while.

And Zhu Yongqi is the biggest obstacle for her to live peacefully in the Shen family.

Liu Mianmian has a strong execution ability and takes action immediately after making a decision.

She first observed the bulge in the quilt and confirmed that Shen Weizhou was sleeping soundly. Then she tiptoed to the end of the bed, determined the position of Shen Weizhou's feet, and quickly slid down along the edge of the quilt.

He couldn't slide anymore because his foot stepped on something. One foot was already on the ground, while the other was still stuck in the quilt. He did a split with great difficulty.

Liu Mianmian's heart suddenly started beating wildly.

After finally freeing her stuck foot from the quilt, Liu Mianmian secretly breathed a sigh of relief and this time she really slipped out of bed quickly.

But before she could step out, her arm was suddenly grabbed. The cold touch made her shiver all over and she couldn't help but scream "Ah". Only after she screamed did she realize that it was Shen Weizhuo.

Shen Weizhuo had sat up at some point. The light fell on his pale and thin profile, making his facial features more three-dimensional, with a high nose bridge, deep eyes, and an extremely superior facial contour... He looked like the handsome and melancholy male protagonist in an art film.

The only thing was that his eyes were a little fierce, cold, sharp, and even a little murderous. When he looked at me, I felt a little numb on my scalp and a chill on my back, as if I was being stared at by some ferocious beast.

It must be an illusion. He is already terminally ill.

Liu Mianmian decided to strike first: "What are you doing?"

Shen Weizhou stared at Liu Mianmian with a cold expression, his dark eyes fixed on her for a while, then let her go and asked, "What are you going to do?"

Although she had done nothing, Liu Mianmian felt inexplicably guilty and made up an excuse: "I'm hungry and want to find something to eat."

Shen Weizhou looked at her deeply, said nothing more, leaned against the head of the bed, lowered his eyes, and Liu Mianmian quickly slipped away.

The door closed with a creaky sound and the room became quiet.

Shen Weizhuo looked up at the closed door, then looked at the furnishings in the room, his expression a little dazed for a moment.

In her previous life, after Liu Mianmian eloped, her mother went to the Liu family and made a big fuss. On the way back, she had a car accident. She was rescued in the hospital for a day and a night, but she was still unconscious after leaving the operating room.

He was so angry and worried that his condition worsened. He died before his mother woke up.

Strangely enough, after his death, he was reborn in another world, a world filled with mutated monsters and zombies.

A system code-named "009" also appeared in his mind, giving him various survival tasks every day. It is said that completing each task can increase his health.

Every day when he opened his eyes, he would escape, fight, and kill, until one day, the system told him that all the tasks had been successfully completed, his health points had accumulated enough, and he could return to his own world.

When he opened his eyes again, he was indeed back home in China.

A long-lost, peaceful and tranquil world without monsters and zombies, without blood and fighting.

And it was the wedding night before anything happened.

Wedding night.

Shen Weizhou suddenly laughed sarcastically.

On his wedding night in his previous life, he woke up in the middle of the night with a cough, and Liu Mianmian was not in the room at all. He was not feeling well, and after waking up, he could not fall asleep again, knowing that Liu Mianmian did not return until dawn.

At that time, he thought Liu Mianmian didn't want to share a room with him and deliberately avoided the guest room. Later, Liu Mianmian eloped, and there were rumors in the alley. Some people said that they saw her meeting with a strange man outside on the wedding night.

You said you were hungry and looking for food, but you wanted to sneak out and meet that man, right?

Shen Weizhuo did not intend to stop her. At least, he did not want to make a scene on the first day of the wedding and make his parents, who had been busy preparing for the wedding banquet for half a month, worry and upset.

A few minutes later, there was a sudden "bang-bang" sound outside, accompanied by a woman's suppressed scream.