The warm sunshine fills the garden. With the arrival of autumn, flowers of various colors bloom on the branches. However, the variety of flowers in autumn is less than that in spring and summer, so the garden looks a little cold.

The sun was shining brightly, the shadows of the trees were rustling, and the mottled light and shadows reflected on the ground looked like a gray painting, with two long and narrow shadows reflecting each other.

As soon as Yu Zhaozhao walked into the garden, she saw the two of them cuddling together.

She coughed twice, and then the two of them separated without any awkwardness.

Yes, we are about to become a family, but the only thing missing is the etiquette.

The wedding date is set for a month later. Yu Nian will marry three beastly husbands, but there will only be one legal husband, who is undoubtedly Bai Yuheng.

Ye Luo is a member of the Federation after all. Although Han Chen is Yu Nian's personal bodyguard and is in charge of a small legion, he is not as favored by the Queen as Bai Yuheng.

"Royal sister, you are here." Yu Nian smiled at the visitor.

Yu Zhaozhao asked with concern, "How's your health lately?"

Yu Nian gently touched her belly, which didn't have much of a curve. "No problem, the doctor said the due date is in seven days."

Tenderness appeared in Yu Zhaozhao's eyes. Although she and Yu Nian were not biological sisters, they had been sisters for more than 20 years, so their relationship was naturally special. Although she was indeed jealous of Yu Nian before, she felt relieved after learning that she was not her biological daughter... She could not blame Yu Wanying, nor would she blame Yu Nian, and she was even more unwilling to argue. She wanted to wait until some things were over, go on vacation for a while, and think about what she wanted to do in the future.

Yu Zhaozhao came to find Yu Nian now because of Liu Xi's matter. Her future needs to be decided as soon as possible.

"The old national master has temporarily locked that thing inside Liuxi's body. He can help Liuxi regain consciousness for an hour. If you have any questions, you can choose to ask then."

Yu Nian nodded: "In that case, let's go now."

In the dark and silent room, it was so quiet that even the sound of breathing was clearly heard.

The surrounding walls are paved with extremely soundproof walls. Only when the door is opened, the heavy door rubs against the ground and makes a harsh muffled sound, which makes people subconsciously feel fear in the endless darkness.

The sudden burst of light made Liuxi close her eyes.

"Liuxi."

She frowned and forced herself to open her eyes despite the discomfort.

"It's you." Her eyes swept over Yu Nian from top to bottom, finally landing on her face.

"Do you know why you are here?" Yu Nian asked.

Liu Xi paused for a moment, lost in her memories. Her voice was hoarse and slow, like a heavy object being rubbed against gravel: "I have a vague impression."

"Do you remember what you did? Or what your body was manipulated to do?"

"...I want to drink some water."

Yu Nian asked someone to pour her a bowl of water. Liu Xi hurriedly picked up the bowl and drank it as if it were a delicacy. The water droplets that she didn't have time to swallow flowed down her dirty neck and into her old clothes.

She gulped down the liquid for a few seconds, and then the bowl was empty.

"You guys ask." She paused for a moment and then spoke.

"Do you know there's another thing inside you? Do you know what it is?"

Liu Xi looked somewhat indifferent, or perhaps she had no attachment to this world.

"I don't know what it is, but maybe it has something to do with me."

Her voice cracked as she began to tell her story: she was born in a remote town to a modest family, but from a young age, she was taught that her family was very poor and that every penny had to be spent carefully. It wasn't until her younger brother was born that she realized it wasn't because her family was poor, but rather because they felt spending money on her wasn't worth it. Despite this, Liu Xi still loved her parents. It wouldn't be a lie to say she wasn't touched. The family affection she had secretly longed for her entire childhood felt like it had fallen from the sky, and she was instantly overwhelmed by joy.

However, when she returned home, she was endlessly pressured to get married and go on blind dates.

"Do you know? When I was in school, I even had to borrow sanitary napkins from my classmates! And when my younger brother was in junior high school, my mother wanted to use all the family savings to buy him a house in the city. It turns out that my family is not that poor!" As she spoke, her voice became more and more hoarse, and silent tears slid down her cheeks.

She laughed loudly twice, then turned to a sneer. "800,000! That's 800,000! They'd rather save 800,000 for a down payment on my younger brother who's in junior high school than spend even a little on me. We've lived frugally and rented a house our entire lives. Do you know how much our rent is? Just over 1,000 a year! And it takes over two hours by bus to get to the county town."

Liu Xi complained heartbreakingly about a pair of biased parents who were indifferent and unfair to her when she was young, and then began to covet her value and fertility after she was able to make money.

It's like a commodity with a clear price tag, with a bid of five hundred thousand.

The inferiority complex she suffered in her childhood haunted her throughout her life. Later, she began to write as an online writer. At first, it was just a passion, but later it was to make money. This book was just a discontinued work she wrote when she was still immature. As for why it was discontinued, she originally created a very large worldview for this book, but her writing skills were not mature enough, and her writing style did not keep up with the market, so she soon could not continue writing.

It is she, but she is not it.

Her regret, greed, resentment, desire... condensed into it. It felt unfair to her, and she felt sorry for her misfortune and angry at her for not fighting back.

Because she could never escape her original family, she almost became depressed, especially when she was thirty years old. She was like an expiring commodity, being aggressively marketed and sold at a price of five hundred thousand.

"It's me, the 30-year-old me." Before she came here, she had an extremely long dream. From 25 to 30, in just five years, all the vitality she had worked so hard to cultivate was exhausted.

And it told her: as long as she came to another world and started over, she could change her destiny with enough luck.

Of course she was moved, this was her only lifeline.

"Do you think I'm selfish?" she asked with a sneer.

Yu Zhaozhao: "If a man does not work for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth. You simply did what you thought was beneficial from your perspective." She commented lightly, then changed the subject: "But for us, you have undoubtedly infringed upon our lives and our loved ones. You cannot stay here any longer."

Liu Xi leaned against the bed and slowly stood up: "You are right..."

Her pair of dark eyes were like thick ink, but after being washed by tears, they shone with a dazzling luster, like finely carved obsidian. Although they still sparkled in the dimness, her face looked so tired and exhausted, and even her breathing was cautious.

She just smiled brightly, then smashed the porcelain bowl, held the pieces in her palm and brushed them across her neck.