As the saying goes, a broken mirror is hard to mend, and spilled water is hard to gather up again. Whether it was intentional or unintentional, words spoken are like water spilled; as long as the listener takes them to heart, that's enough.

As soon as the words left his mouth, he immediately regretted them. He didn't know what had gotten into him; seeing Ji Xiaoxiao's absent-minded and anxious appearance, a strange impulse surged into his heart, and he spoke without thinking, hurting Ji Xiaoxiao.

Upon hearing this, Ji Xiaoxiao was at a loss for words, unsure whether to laugh or cry, flustered and at a loss for what to do. After a while, a heavy, awkward atmosphere permeated the dark space. Everyone went about their own business, the adults hanging their heads and remaining silent. Ji Xiaoxiao, flustered and unhappy, also kept quiet, focusing on the book in front of her.

Name: Ji Xiaoxiao

Gender: Female

Spiritual power: 7

Mental strength: 98

Progress: 9%

Title: Underachiever

Rewards: *White Lotus Sacred Technique*, *Dao Tian*

After getting a brief understanding, Ji Xiaoxiao's figure disappeared from the dark space. When she groggily woke up, the person on the bed was stretching out her small hands and feet, seemingly feeling slightly uncomfortable, and couldn't help but let out a muffled groan. Subconsciously touching her new body, Ji Xiaoxiao's mind went blank, realizing that her body was like a cheap piece of clothing, having shrunk several times over after being washed.

The moon hung high in the sky, the heavens were cloudless, and the pure blackness resembled the pristine clarity of a meticulously swept sky. The glittering stars, like countless tiny drops, converged, creating the Milky Way, a river flowing through the night.

The leaves rustled outside the window, and if you listened closely, you could hear the hustle and bustle of the city mixed in. The frogs croaked tirelessly, their joyful calls creating a strangely tranquil atmosphere amidst the noise.

It was a dark and windy night, and Ji Xiaoxiao felt no threat. Just as she was about to close her eyes and accept the original owner's memories, a soft, squishy thing crawled onto Ji Xiaoxiao's stomach, kicking and thrashing about. Meanwhile, she felt a wet and warm sensation on her right side.

"Could this be the legendary sleep paralysis?" Ji Xiaoxiao's face suddenly turned ashen, she was trembling with fear, covered in cold sweat, and tried to raise her lucky left hand.

"Huh, it can move?" Ji Xiaoxiao breathed a sigh of relief. Under the dim moonlight, she groped around aimlessly and was lucky enough to find the light switch.

Click! The LED fluorescent light suddenly turned on, illuminating the room and dispelling the gloomy darkness and the palpitating fear.

Ji Xiaoxiao squinted, taking a while to adjust to the sudden light. Her eyes focused and widened as she spotted the soft, fluffy things beside her. No wonder Ji Xiaoxiao hadn't sensed any danger; they were two little bundles of flesh, about two or three years old, fast asleep.

The little ones were round and chubby. One was clinging to Ji Xiaoxiao's arm, dreaming sweet dreams, grinning foolishly, and drooling all over Ji Xiaoxiao. The other lay on Ji Xiaoxiao's belly, smacking its lips and occasionally scratching its protruding belly, looking very content.

Ji Xiaoxiao was both helpless and kind to the children, and couldn't help but chuckle as she gently patted the two chubby little ones' chubby cheeks. Seeing the little ones' furrowed brows, Ji Xiaoxiao quickly turned off the light, and, holding the two soft creatures in her arms, drifted off to sleep.

Tie Aimei and Bai Shengran, both in their late twenties and early thirties, met through a blind date and married quickly after dating for less than six months. A year later, they had a daughter, Bai Xueqingqing. Bai Shengran adored Bai Xueqing and cherished his wife; the couple were deeply in love.

However, influenced by the traditional belief that raising sons is for old age security and to carry on the family line, ten years later, Tie Aimei gave birth to twin brothers: Bai Yiliufeng and Bai Yiliuyun. With two sons all at once, Tie Aimei finally regained her pride.

With a large family and four mouths to feed, Bai Shengran had to work even harder. When the twins were two years old, during a frequent business trip, Bai Shengran had a stroke of bad luck and was involved in a rare rear-end collision. The car flipped over, spun several times, the fuel tank leaked, and a spectacular explosion occurred. When Bai Shengran's body was found, it was unrecognizable, his face completely mutilated.

Tie Aimei was timid, cowardly, and shy by nature, and had never had her own opinions since childhood. After settling Bai Shengran's affairs, Tie Aimei could not resist her parents' instigation and temptations, and reluctantly married Qian Cai, who was in the construction business.

Qiancai is a man whose name means "money-grubbing"; greed and avarice are his motto. He would marry a divorced woman with three children, entirely because of Bai Shengran's huge insurance premium and company compensation.

With money to spend and a beautiful wife, Qiancai was content, and the group lived peacefully together for three years. Until the twins were five years old, Qiancai discovered many strangely shaped pieces of gold inexplicably in their home. The matter seemed suspicious, and after careful observation, Qiancai discovered that the gold was the work of the brothers Bai Yiliufeng and Bai Yiliuyun.

After several experiments, Qiancai confirmed that the twin brothers possessed the ability to turn lead into gold. This discovery overjoyed Qiancai; gold equals money, and having countless amounts of money is like having the world. Heh heh, with the twins, Qiancai would never have to worry about money again for the rest of his life.

To protect his own interests, Qian Cai disregarded Bai Xueqing's objections and imprisoned the five-year-old twins at home. Ten years of imprisonment and morally ambiguous upbringing turned Bai Yiliufeng and Bai Yiliuyun into Qian Cai's personal gold suppliers.

They were clearly two handsome young men, but Qiancai had deliberately distorted their values, making the twins subservient to him and obey his every command. When Bai Xueqing returned home after graduating from university, the scene before her made her want to gouge her own eyes out.

To rescue her younger brothers from their suffering, Bai Xueqing gave up her beloved painting and devoted herself entirely to the noble cause of science. Bai Xueqing was simple-minded, believing that once she solved her brothers' problem of turning stones into gold, they would return to normal.

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