Chapter 1: Reborn with a pregnant belly, she still wants to empty the Ning family's house!
1972.
Shanghai is sweltering in the summer heat.
"Xin Xin, from now on you will be Commander Xu's daughter-in-law. You will get whatever you want. Your dowry will make you proud."
"As for that troublesome brat Ning Tang, she almost ruined my plans. Anyway, since she's lost her virginity, I'll marry her off to the countryside. She'll never bother you again."
The Xu family has three generations of military service, and the old man Xu is now the commander of the Northeast Field Army.
His three grandsons are all successful, and the youngest grandson, Xu Qiaofeng, is already the captain of a special forces team.
Ning's mother sat on the sofa. Although she was nearly forty, she was very well-maintained and had a figure that was even more alluring than that of a young girl.
He spoke to his biological daughter with a smug and proud expression.
Sitting next to her was a girl who looked similar.
A light green silk dress accentuated her snow-white skin, and she wore pearl-white calfskin shoes, exuding an air of refined elegance that came from being carefully pampered.
At this moment, Ning Xin's expression was still somewhat dazed, as if she was thinking.
The distance was too far, and Ning Tang, who was eavesdropping at the door, couldn't hear very clearly.
I just felt that what I was seeing was too unbelievable.
When his gaze fell on the young reflection in the glass window, the confusion in his eyes instantly turned into excitement.
She was reborn!
Reborn to the day before my adoptive mother is about to marry me off to a country bumpkin!
Ning Tang clenched her fists tightly, the sharp pain bringing her muddled mind to a complete awakening.
Memories of my past life flooded back like a tide.
In her past life, her adoptive mother, in order to climb the social ladder by marrying into the Xu family, drugged Ning Xin when Xu Qiaofeng came to the Ning family, hoping to force Ning Xin to have sex with him.
As a result, in a confused state, no one knew how Xu Qiaofeng ended up in Ning Tang's room on the second floor.
She couldn't remember what happened after that.
I only remember being awakened by a strange heat.
When she woke up the next day, the glaring red on the sheets felt like a heavy punch that shattered all her dignity and composure.
When Ning's mother rushed in and saw that the person lying on the bed was not Ning Xin, but her, her eyes turned so cold that they seemed to want to devour her.
A month later, she was semi-forcibly sent to the countryside to marry an old man she had never met. Ning Xin, on the other hand, was sent to the Northeast to become the daughter-in-law of a commander.
That night, her morning sickness was discovered. The older man was furious when he learned that she was pregnant out of wedlock and had been cuckolded, but he had to suppress his anger to save face.
They dote on others in public, but beat and scold them at home.
She lost her baby when she was four months pregnant. For the next ten years, she lived like an animal until she finally breathed her last from a cold.
“Heh…” Ning Tang chuckled softly, her laughter carrying a chilling coldness.
Ning's mother wants Ning Xin to marry into the Xu family.
Xu Qiaofeng... the man she had a one-night stand with, he came from such a powerful background, how could she possibly be his match?
In this life, all she wants is to give birth to the child she's been carrying for almost a month.
I don't want to get involved in this mess anymore.
"Mom, Ning Tang has already slept with Xu Qiaofeng, and she might even be pregnant. I don't want to pick up secondhand things that other people don't want."
Ning Xin suddenly spoke, and the disdain in her words startled her mother.
Ning Tang frowned. This was different from her previous life, when Ning Xin was more anxious than anyone else.
“Impossible. You’ve forgotten that Ning Tang is as thin as a stick. You’d be afraid she’d break if you touched her lightly. How could she get pregnant so easily?” Ning’s mother smirked. “Besides, for all these years, your mother has been putting things in her food since she was little. It won’t affect you at all.”
Ning Tang had been missing for a year when her mother, longing for her daughter, brought back a little girl.
At just four years old, Ning Tang is already quite beautiful; if she grows any older, she'll be stunningly gorgeous.
Ning's mother was dissatisfied, believing that only Xin Xin was the most beautiful in the family. So, Ning's mother, from a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, set her sights on one of the children.
Those medicines couldn't make Ning Tang seriously ill, but they made her weak and frail all year round, suppressing her original spiritual energy.
"You're so fertile, if Xu Qiaofeng touches you, you'll definitely give birth to a great-grandson for the Xu family!"
Ning Xin remained stubborn. "I don't want to. The Xu family is notorious for being barren. People outside say behind their backs that the Xu family is like an iron tree, the kind that gets struck by lightning. I don't want to marry into that family and be talked about behind my back!"
"I still feel uncomfortable!" Ning Xin was determined; no matter what, she just didn't want to marry Xu Qiaofeng.
"Silly girl, just bear with it. Once you become the commander's daughter-in-law, you'll enjoy endless wealth and luxury!" Ning's mother was so angry she almost laughed.
She knew that the men in the Xu family couldn't have children, which is why she married her daughter off to them.
Even if it were true that the men of the Xu family were infertile, given Commander Xu's prestige, who would dare to say a word against him?
Just thinking about how Ning Xin got pregnant with the Xu family's child less than half a month after marrying into the family would not only make the Xu family proud, but even her, the maternal grandmother of her precious grandson, would be able to walk with her head held high!
"I'd rather find someone I love and live a simple life together than marry someone I don't love!" Ning Xin wouldn't listen; she just kept saying she didn't want to.
"I'll let you marry Xu Qiaofeng, but tomorrow, Mom, you can expect to be collecting his corpse!"
Ning's mother was so angry that her heart was trembling.
But he couldn't bring himself to harm Ning Xin, and he subtly cursed Ning Tang as a menace.
Ning Tang just found it funny.
But then she realized something was wrong. Given Ning Xin's tendency to cling to power, why would she suddenly not want to marry Xu Qiaofeng?
Once he realized that he would be leaving soon anyway, he stopped thinking about it.
Before turning to leave, he thoughtfully closed the door tightly for them.
Back in her room on the second floor, Ning Tang started packing her luggage. She also went to the safe where her mother kept her jewelry. The secret was that it was Ning Xin's birthday, so she looted everything inside.
When I touched a jade bracelet, my finger felt like it was being bitten by something.
The pain was intense and throbbing. I frowned and was about to put the bracelet in my bag when my wrist suddenly felt hot, and everything went black. I almost fell to the ground.
In a daze, a woman in a plain-colored cheongsam appeared before her, with a thatched hut behind her, smiling as she stood in front of her.
"Tang girl, you've finally arrived. Our family's medical skills must not be lost in your generation..."
"This bracelet has been bound to you by blood, and it will be yours from now on. Just repeat it three times in your heart and you can come in."
After saying that, the woman in front of him vanished instantly.
Ning Tang was deeply shaken.
Whether these words are true or false, the most important thing right now is to leave the Ning family.
If she hesitates any longer, she will be sent to that hellish place again tomorrow!
Ning Tang stuffed everything into her bag. Apart from Ning Xin's room, she took all the valuables from the other rooms and put them into the thatched hut where the bracelet was kept.
It can be said that not a single blade of grass was left.
With money and tickets, she could find a secluded place where no one would know her and prepare to give birth to her child.
As a weak woman, she could only protect herself during such turbulent times. As for the Xu family, if they ever found out the truth, they would definitely retaliate against her. She wasn't stupid enough to go and confess to the crime with 'evidence' in her belly.
Passing by Ningxin's room, I saw the mother and daughter still having a heart-to-heart talk.
They were completely unaware of the noise outside.
Ning Tang's tense heart finally relaxed after she walked out of the Ning family's gate.
She turned and headed towards the train station.
Not knowing where to go, I simply bought a ticket to the north, as far away from the Ning family as possible.
The train was crowded with people, and the stuffy air was filled with the smell of sweat and various other odors.
Ning Tang found a corner to sit down, covering her nose to try and make herself feel better.
Whether in her past life or now, she has always had severe morning sickness, especially in the first three months, when she would gag whenever she smelled anything she didn't like.
Just as I was about to close my eyes and go to sleep, the old lady sitting opposite me suddenly collapsed, clutching her heart.
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