cause and effect
For the remaining days, Xu Nian devoted himself to reading. Elementary school Chinese and math were relatively easy these days, though there was also a test on political ideology, and writing essays required careful wording. So Xu Nian spent most of his time memorizing Chairman Ma's quotations and reading positive heroic stories.
The Xu family lives in the back street of the village. Generally, families with many children live here because the residential land they are allocated can be larger. The only downside is that it is next to fields and the back hillside, which makes it even muddier when it rains.
As luck would have it, just after dinner that day, a sudden wind picked up. Soon after, heavy rain began to fall. Fortunately, the wheat had already been delivered to the commune and the families had dried and stored it.
At first, you could still hear the voices of people hanging out on the street, but when it started to rain heavily, there was only silence and darkness except for the sound of rain. There was little entertainment in the countryside, so in this kind of weather, everyone could only go to bed early.
Not sure if it was due to a cold, Xu Nian felt uncomfortable all over in the middle of the night, dizzy and his senses were blocked. In his daze, a mechanical voice appeared in his head, but he couldn't find the direction of the sound, and Xu Nian was anxious and sweating.
When Xu Nian felt something was wrong, the crackling sound came from far away.
Xu Nian subconsciously shook his head to wake himself up, and muttered to himself, "Is someone talking?"
"Yes." Xu Nian's heart suddenly jumped when such a clear voice suddenly appeared. She couldn't help but bite her lip subconsciously, and then said calmly, "Who are you?"
The voice sounded again: "Hello little girl, I am the Time and Space Messenger. I am sorry that I was delayed by something and only showed up now."
"You now are actually yourself in this dimension. Because of the rupture of time and space, you overlap with the 'you' now."
Xu Nian had just heard the clear voice when he received such a long paragraph of words, which made him dizzy. However, he could not see any living creatures. In the hazy state, it was like a dream and seemed unreal.
Then I tried to say, "So my current situation is actually all your fault?"
A voice rang out from the fog again: "This is a rare event. You can consider it a kind of luck."
"Do you want this luck?" Xu Nian complained subconsciously.
The strange voice paused for a moment and then said, "As compensation, I can tell you your ending in this time and space."
Xu Nian now felt a little more confident and said, "Oh, then tell me."
The person who called himself the "Messenger of Time and Space" said impatiently: "In this time and space, you will have no worries about food and drink, your parents will love you, your family will care about you, and you will live a happy life."
Xu Nian had indeed felt something these past few days, but the appearance of this strange thing made her feel that it couldn't be simple, so she asked, "So your appearance is telling me that I am happy in this time and space?"
The Time and Space Messenger was surprised by her sensitivity, but still said: "Of course I am telling the truth, but there is a prerequisite."
Xu Nian was puzzled, "What's the premise?"
This time, the messenger paused even longer, finally saying, "You will be abducted and abused at the age of sixteen. This is a major hurdle in your life. To avoid it, you need to change a man in this time and space."
The more Xu Nian listened, the more it sounded like the novels he usually read. He suddenly remembered the piece of iron he held in his hand before traveling through time. Could it be that everything was destined?
Thinking of this, Xu Nian quickly answered into the mist: "I am the heroine of this world. Do I need to conquer that man?"
Seeing the fog dissipate a little, he said, "You can understand it this way. In your words, that man is a villain. Your role is to help the villain grow into an upright, tolerant, and kind person."
Xu Nian didn't notice that the answer didn't mention that she was the heroine at all. All she was thinking was that I might not be such a person, and you asked me to train the villain to become such a person.
This is too unreliable. Besides, if the "Messenger of Time and Space" dares to say this, then the person "it" is talking about must have nothing to do with integrity, tolerance, and benevolence!
Then he shook his head seriously and said, "I probably can't do it. You should find someone else." Then he said angrily, "I haven't bothered you yet. You brought me to this backward and poor era."
The Spacetime Messenger was first embarrassed, then silent. Having detected the recent severe fluctuations in this space, he had no choice but to find a solution. This spatial world had already collapsed once, and another collapse would have a series of deteriorating consequences.
Furthermore, as a monitor, it couldn't freely enter the world. It had searched for a long time for a chance to finally find this host. It would only try this once, regardless of whether it would work or not.
"Little girl, I am serious. If you don't do this, the original owner's fate will be - being abducted and then bullied to death." The machine suddenly made a deep voice.
Seeing that Xu Nian stopped talking, the Time and Space Messenger felt a little reluctant. "But after you died, that pervert named Xu Hongqi took revenge on society. He buried a lot of explosives underground and detonated them, causing the sacrifice of many national heroes. This was not enough. He also created a biological crisis. In short, most people died, and those who survived had a hard life." His words were heavy and angry.
Xu Nian was silent for a while after listening to this. Of course, she also heard the reluctance and anger in the tone of the "Messenger of Time and Space", but she really didn't think she was so great that she could change others. She was thinking in distress, and the Xu family in reality was very anxious.
Xu's mother was about to go to bed. After chatting with her husband, she thought about how well her daughter had been behaving recently, which must have been hard work, so she prepared to give her a small amount of money as a reward.
Na Cheng thought that he couldn't wake the girl up after calling her several times. When he touched the child's body, he was shocked to find that his daughter was hot all over. He quickly called Xu's father and sons and sent his daughter to the clinic.
Xu Nian was completely unaware of the outside world in her coma. Now her imagination was running wild and she couldn't help but shyly ask the other person, "He doesn't love me, so you asked me to change him."
The Time and Space Messenger didn't know why she suddenly thought of that aspect, and was speechless for a moment, but after thinking for a while, he finally told the truth, "You're overthinking it. The main reason is that Xu Hongqi, Bai Yueguang, and Qi Meiyue were kidnapped and tragically killed with you. The other reason is that he feels that life is meaningless and he's had enough of it."
The self-indulgent Xu Nian and the emotionless machine were both muted, leaving only the crackling electronic music.
Xu Nian lay down with his eyes closed and couldn't help but say, "Then what's the point of me coming to this dimension? You are too confident in me. You even said I'm a pervert. What can I do? I'm just waiting to die."
The Time and Space Messenger also felt that he shouldn't have been so angry and said words like "pervert" just now. Now he could only say slowly and gently, "I can detect that you are a kind and lovely girl. It is children like you who are given great missions by God, so I can't let you have such a miserable ending."
"We've also detected that Xu Hongqi is near your home in this time and space. He's still just a teenager, so it's quite convenient for you to do something. For yourself and your current family, why not work hard and find happiness?"
Xu Nian felt that the contrast was too obvious. She was thinking of herself as the heroine just a moment ago, but suddenly she was told that she had been completely ruined in just a few years, and it was so tragic. Then she said in a meaningless tone, "Then I have to work harder. I don't think I can bear the hardships of life."
Not long into the conversation with Xu Nian, the machine was speechless several times. However, the sense of mission to keep the various time and space running smoothly forced it to endure and speak: "In another dimension, your heart has stopped beating and your brain is dead. In this dimension, you live a happy life with a loving family, especially your parents who love you very much."
Having said that, Xu Nian had no choice but to look up at the sky in silence, thinking about his life in the Xu family over the past few days.
The Xu family she was thinking about was carrying her in the rain to the village clinic. When they arrived and found no one there, they quickly ran to the health worker's house and knocked on the door.
Xu Nian was a very pragmatic girl. She thought that since she couldn't go back, she might as well live on. Out of humanitarianism, Xu Nian still asked, "Where did the original owner of this body go?"
The increasingly scattered mist tried to gather together again, and Xu Nian actually felt that this thing was a little weak.
Sure enough, a tiny voice came, "Little girl, haven't you noticed that since you entered this body, your family and friends around you have never suspected that you are another person? In fact, the two of you are actually one person. This is the reason why you can exist after the separation of time and space."
Xu Nian got goosebumps after hearing this, but also felt inexplicably at ease.
I couldn't help but ask, "Will you always follow me and guide me to "correct" that Xu Hongqi?"
"No, I can only stay here for a little while. This is already my limit. Now I have passed on his general information to you, and I must leave."
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When Xu Nian opened her eyes again, she found that the sun was already high in the sky. However, this was not her home, but a hospital, and she had a bottle of fluid in her hand.
Turning around, he found Third Brother Xu standing right beside him, his arms folded as he stared at Xu Nian. "I say, you're sick and still dreaming. One moment you frown, the next you look serious, even shy, and finally you get goose bumps all over your body. It's so hot, what are you daydreaming about? Tell me."
Xu Nian's head was throbbing now, and she ignored his teasing.
Now, only one sentence remained in her mind: "Xu Hongqi, from Hua County, was smart and calm. He had a happy life, but his parents died when he was seven. He lived with his aunt in Xujia Village. His aunt was weak and incompetent, his uncle was cruel and greedy, and his cousins were selfish. In this difficult life, Xu Hongqi suffered humiliation, which shaped his arrogant, sensitive, cold-hearted, and paranoid personality. Later, he even took revenge on society."
"The only ray of light in his life was Qi Meiyue, who lived in the same village. Qi Meiyue was kind and wonderful, always positive and optimistic despite the difficulties of life. She grew up with Xu Hongqi, a member of the opposite sex. As they grew up, they began to avoid suspicion, but they helped each other privately. That was until Qi Meiyue fell in love with Jiang Fan, an educated youth who had come to seek refuge there. Later, she was abducted and sold by the Jiang family, and then tortured to death. Xu Hongqi began to take revenge on society, causing serious consequences."
When the text slowly disappeared, Xu Nian also came out of consciousness, and saw Xu's father coming in from the ward door with an aluminum lunch box in his hand.
When he saw Xu Nian wake up, the frown on his dark face gradually relaxed.
Xu Nian's nose felt sore and tears came to her eyes. It might be because she was sick, or because she suddenly realized that she could never go back, or because she was sighing that she finally had a home.
In short, his expression was extremely pitiful. Third Brother Xu, who had just been teasing Xu Nian, suddenly became a little anxious: "What's wrong? Are you still not feeling well?"
Father Xu also walked over quickly and touched Xu Nian's forehead.
Seeing that his family cared about him so much, Xu Nian quickly composed himself and said with a smile: "No, no, I just feel so happy to see that I have such a good father and brother. I don't feel sad anymore." As he spoke, he sat up and moved his body.
Seeing that Xu Nian was really fine, they were at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
"Dad, I'm fine now. Let's go home after the IV. I really want to go home now."
Xu Nian guessed that it might be because of the time and space messenger that she fell ill, so she didn't want her family to spend money in vain. In just a few days, she realized how difficult it was for people in this era to save money.
As Xu Nian lay down, Father Xu said, "My daughter, after your brother has checked with the doctor and is sure there's nothing wrong, we'll go home."
Xu Nian nodded in agreement.
It was not until she was discharged from the hospital in the afternoon that she found out that she had been sent to the county. Yesterday at the health center, Xu Nian's temperature could not be lowered, so she had to come to the county hospital. Fortunately, Brother Xu San was familiar with the county and was able to send her to the hospital in time.
After hearing what happened, Xu Nian, who had well-developed tear glands, was in tears again. He couldn't help but think that it was raining yesterday!
The heartwarming behavior of the Xu family touched her heart, making Xu Nian feel more and more like a family, and she also had the idea of protecting her happiness in this life. Of course, the most important thing is to "conquer" the villain Xu Hongqi, so that she can talk about the future!
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