The bright morning sunlight streamed into the cozy bedroom.

The girl in her sleep had her brows furrowed and was muttering something.

"No, no... Mom..."

"don't want!!"

Startled awake, Jiang Zao sat up with a start, like a carp leaping out of its skin.

"Huff...huff..."

For a moment, the only sound in the room was Jiang Zao's panting.

After looking around the room and seeing it clearly, Jiang Zao realized that she had just had a nightmare.

Jiang Zao patted her small A-cup breasts with her hands, comforting herself.

"Thank goodness, thank goodness, it was just a dream."

Jiang Zao, with her exceptional mental fortitude, quickly put the nightmare behind her.

because!!!

She's a high school senior! She's going to be late!!!

Jiang Zao used all her speed to quickly get up, brushing her teeth, washing her face, and going to the toilet. After changing into her school uniform, she dashed out of the house.

...

End of a day of learning.

Jiang Zao was distracted in class all day, constantly thinking about the nightmare she had this morning.

When I got to my family's small shop, I found that the shop was locked up tight.

Jiang Zao frowned and looked at him strangely.

"It's only 6:30 today, why are they already closed?"

Jiang Zao didn't dwell on it and turned to walk home.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw my parents' shoes placed by the door.

"Oh, so they came back so early today."

Just as Jiang Zao was about to shout "Mom!", she heard low sobbing sounds coming from her parents' room, as well as her father's hushed voice.

Jiang Zao, unable to hear what her father was saying, walked over quietly.

The door to Jiang's parents' bedroom wasn't closed properly, and Jiang Zao peeked through the crack. What she saw was Jiang's mother crying uncontrollably in Jiang's father's arms, while Jiang's father, with red eyes, comforted her.

Just as Jiang Zao was about to go in and ask for clarification, she heard her mother say...

"What am I going to do? Zaozao is still so young, and I'm already in the middle stage of stomach cancer. What will I do when Zaozao grows up?

With tears welling up in his eyes, Mr. Jiang choked back sobs: "No, no, don't think like that. We'll treat you, we can definitely cure you."

Jiang's mother closed her eyes in despair: "It's cancer, Jiang Bin, cancer!"

Jiang Zao, standing at the door, felt a cataclysmic upheaval, a devastating collapse, before her mind went completely blank with a deafening roar.

She was stunned that her mother-in-law had cancer, and even more stunned that the dream she had that morning had come true.

This morning, Jiang Zao had a strange dream. She dreamed that her mother had stomach cancer. The family, which was not well-off to begin with, was finding it increasingly difficult to afford the high cost of cancer treatment.

Seeing the situation at home, and not wanting to continue to be a burden on her family, Jiang's mother ended her life with a bottle of pesticide on a sunny afternoon.

Faced with the sudden passing of Jiang's mother, Jiang's father could not bear the result. In his self-torture day and night, he finally followed Jiang's mother in death.

That day, Jiang Zao lost her last relative.

Jiang woke up suddenly at this time.

She had been treating it all day as just a nightmare, but now, it turns out, Aunt Jiang really does have cancer…

If... if that dream was real...

So... what can she do...?

She seemed...unable to do anything.

An overwhelming sense of panic swept over Jiang Zao.

What to do! What to do?!

Jiang Zao walked out of the house in a daze.

Her face was covered in tears. What could she do? How could she prevent all of this from happening?! She didn't want to lose her parents.

Jiang Zao walked into a small alley, squatted helplessly in a corner, and cried silently in despair.

As dusk fell

As Jiang Zao slowly recovered, she looked at the darkening sky and realized that her parents must be worried about her not being home yet. So, she got up and prepared to go home.

As a result, my legs went numb from squatting, and when I stood up, the soreness was unbelievable.

Jiang Zao almost stumbled and fell to the ground.

Cursing his bad luck under his breath, Jiang Zao could only shuffle step by step toward the alley entrance.

Suddenly, a scream rang out from outside the alley!

Jiang Zao was startled. What was going on?

Jiang Zao, who loved gossip, quickened her pace, wanting to walk to the alley entrance to take a look.

Suddenly, a large dark shadow appeared in front of her, hiding around a corner behind Jiang Zao.

Jiang Zao hadn't reacted yet when she froze, wondering if it was a thief!

Then I saw a group of women rushing past the alley entrance. Yes! That's right, a group of women rushing past.

That scene was a once-in-a-century event...

Jiang Zao didn't dare to go out. With her two unresponsive legs, if she went out of the alley now and got squeezed, she wouldn't even be able to crawl.

Jiang Zao, who cherished her life, waited for the group of crazy women to run past before daring to come out.

Walking on the curb on my way home, I was thinking about how to resolve the issues at home.

A loud honking of a truck's horn came from ahead!

Jiang Zao looked up and saw a three-year-old child in the middle of the road not far from him. Less than two hundred meters away from the child, a speeding truck came hurtling towards him. The driver also realized that there was a child in the middle of the road.

He slammed on the brakes, but the truck's inertia was too great; two hundred meters wasn't enough to bring it to a complete stop.

Jiang Zao didn't react much, but rushed over and pushed the three-year-old boy out.

"Bang--"

"Sizzle—"

A loud crash and the sound of tires screeching against the ground rang out.

Jiang Zao's body was hit by the truck and thrown out.

Jiang Zao's ears were already blurry; all she could hear was the noise, the children's cries, and the heart-wrenching pulling of their bodies.

My thoughts slowly, slowly drifted away.

My brain beeped.

"Host's life has been threatened."

"Emergency rescue! Emergency rescue!"

"Host, please bind to the system immediately! Host, please bind to the system immediately!"

Jiang Zao felt her mind was in a mess. A series of incoherent sounds came from her, and she only vaguely heard the words "Bound System". After silently repeating the word "Bound", she lost consciousness.

When Jiang Zao woke up again, she looked at the white ceiling in front of her.

Is she...is she dead?

She hadn't even been there for her parents through their difficult time, how could she have died?

She's dead. How heartbroken her parents must be!

The saddest thing is for a parent to outlive their child!

Jiang Zao, increasingly heartbroken, burst into tears.

Hearing the commotion inside, Jiang's parents rushed in and burst into tears upon seeing Jiang Zao lying on the hospital bed.

With tears in her eyes, Jiang's mother touched Jiang Zao's forehead: "Zao Zao, how are you? Does it still hurt a lot there?"

Father Jiang asked anxiously, "Is your leg hurting badly?"

Jiang's mother cried uncontrollably: "Waaah, you brat, you can't even take care of yourself, what are you trying to do? If something happens to you, what will I do? Your father and I won't live either!"