This is Lin Xiazhu's old hometown in the countryside, a poor and desolate place where unruly people are born.
"Why aren't you saying anything? Are you feeling guilty? It was you who did this! I knew it! I knew it! You vicious woman, why did you do this to me?"
Yan Xin broke down in tears and rushed over to grab Lin Xiazhu's neck with both hands, but before she could exert any force, the latter grabbed her wrists, pinned her hands behind her back, pressed her stomach against a single wooden stool, her head drooped, and her feet kicked wildly on the ground.
"Fine, I'm in your hands now. Do whatever you want with me," Yan Xin gritted her teeth in resentment. "But don't get too cocky. Even if I die, I'll haunt you. You just wait."
"You monster!" A skinny child who was not even ten years old exerted tremendous strength. What else could he be but a monster?
Lin Xiazhu hadn't uttered a sound since she came in. She only let go of Yan Xin when Yan Xin was too tired to cause any more trouble. She then sat calmly on a low stool, her eyes flickering with a complex mix of emotions.
"To be honest, if you weren't in my mother's body right now, and you were hurling such nasty insults at me, I would have torn your mouth apart and broken one of your arms or legs."
Lin Xiazhu said this casually, and even grinned at her. She was at the age of losing her baby teeth and was missing a front tooth, so she spoke with a slight lisp. "You know I can do it, so you'd better watch your mouth when you speak."
"Who cares about this lousy body? I've never been this ugly." Yan Xin is very beautiful and cares a lot about her appearance.
In her previous life, she had read many transmigration and rebirth novels. Every female protagonist in those novels was beautiful and had a cheat code, leading a life of face-slapping and cheating.
Why is it completely the opposite when it comes to her? She is dressed as a middle-aged woman with four daughters, whose family is so poor they can't even afford to eat, and who has lost her husband at a young age.
No, this husband can die, otherwise her situation would be even more dangerous.
No, how could she think that? Just because the original owner's husband died, did she think she could accept this new identity and live in this godforsaken place?
In just a few dozen seconds, Yan Xin's heart went through several rollercoaster rides, and finally, she lost her temper. Driven by malice, she jumped up and rushed towards Lin Xiazhu, pinning the latter to the ground.
“I can’t just accept my fate like this. If I’m going to die, I’ll take you with me. I’ll kill you first, and then drag your three younger sisters down to the underworld with me.”
Yan Xin decided to perish together with Lin Xiazhu's family. She would rather die than live like this. She would never live like the people she hated. If Lin Xiazhu wouldn't let her have an easy time, she wouldn't let the other party be too smug.
It's good that she's dead. Maybe if she dies, she can go back, leave this place, and be herself again.
But while the imagination is beautiful, reality is cruel. Although Yan Xin has taken over Zhao Xiaolian's body, which she has worked in for many years, she still cannot do anything to Lin Xiazhu, who is only eight years old at the time.
With a single exertion, Lin Xiazhu turned the tables and in the blink of an eye, Yan Xin was once again pinned down and unable to move on the ground. This time, Lin Xiazhu showed no mercy and used exceptional force, making Yan Xin feel as if her hand bones were about to break.
To be honest, she didn't care whether her hand was broken or not; the problem was that she had to endure this excruciating pain, which was suffocating.
"Lin Xiazhu, you bitch, little monster... no, old monster, let go of me right now! Open your eyes and see clearly, are you really twisting my hand right now?"
“These are your mother’s hands.” She didn’t want to be Lin Xiazhu’s mother at all, but at this critical moment, she had no choice but to assert her identity.
Lin Xiazhu's eyes flickered slightly. In her previous life, Zhao Xiaolian was very indifferent to her. From childhood to adulthood, she rarely cared about her and usually ignored her. Her daily interactions consisted of yelling at her and ordering her to do this or that.
Later, her mother remarried and treated her even worse. The only contact she had with her was to ask her for money, and she kept asking for money.
Well, so when Lin Xiazhu discovered that Zhao Xiaolian had been possessed and was now dead or alive after her rebirth, she didn't have much of an emotion. After all, these bizarre things happened beyond her control.
Even if Zhao Xiaolian hadn't been possessed by Yan Xin, and it was Zhao Xiaolian herself, Lin Xiazhu would never again let her mother exploit her like she did in her previous life.
No matter how dissatisfied I am, there's nothing I can do about it.
No matter how bad Zhao Xiaolian is, she is still her biological mother. Lin Xiazhu would never beat or scold her. Even if Zhao Xiaolian has a different soul now, she still cannot do anything too outrageous to her.
“I don’t know why I was reborn, nor do I know why you transmigrated. If you insist that my last words before I died played a role in these events, then I have nothing more to say.”
Lin Xiazhu let go of her hand and stood aside, speaking slowly in a voice that was both childish and mature, "...Things have come to this point, and how you choose to proceed is up to you." In any case, she cherished this chance to start over.
Yan Xin felt none of the calmness and joy that Lin Xiazhu displayed. All she wanted now was to die and go back. Even if she couldn't go back after death, she didn't want to stay here as a mother of several children, as a poor and old rural woman.
Over the next few days, Yan Xin tried various ways to die: hanging herself with a rope, banging her head against the wall, going on a hunger strike, breaking a bowl and cutting her wrists, cutting her neck... Perhaps because this body was not her own, she was incredibly decisive and efficient when she did it.
However, no matter how much she wanted to die, she couldn't. In the end, she was left half-dead, suffering all kinds of hardships and experiencing a severe blow to her mind and body.
Yan Xin finally came to terms with reality. She couldn't escape Lin Xiazhu's dying wish; she had to endure the suffering Lin Xiazhu had gone through.
But what merits does Lin Xiazhu possess that she deserves to be punished in this way?
Yan Xin was very unwilling, but she couldn't think of a solution. That night, she developed a high fever and stayed in bed for several days. Then she had a very strange dream.
In her dream, a golden-glowing doll claiming to be an envoy spoke to her in a childish voice: "I won't waste time with nonsense, I'll get to the point. Your time is up. Even if you don't transmigrate into Zhao Xiaolian, you'll transmigrate into someone else."
Now that you're here, just play your role well. Once you've raised Zhao Xiaolian's four children to adulthood, your mission will be complete.
Then you can be yourself again, but remember, you're not allowed to abuse children, or you'll stay here as a rural woman forever.
Then the golden doll disappeared.
Regardless of the dream's reality, Yan Xin had no choice but to face it bravely.
Seeing that she had finally calmed down and stopped threatening suicide, Lin Xiazhu brought in a bowl of chicken soup for her to drink. "Drink this, or you'll turn into a dried-up corpse."
Yan Xin was ten years younger than her. Although she had said many hurtful things to Lin Xiazhu in her previous life, and had even angered her to the point of dying a day early.
However, Yan Xin has already suffered such a severe punishment, which is quite pitiful. Lin Xiazhu decided not to hold a grudge against her for what happened in the past. As long as Yan Xin doesn't do anything to harm her or her family, she can still consider getting along well with Yan Xin.
Yan Xin didn't say anything and quickly finished the chicken soup. If she couldn't die, she would live well. As long as there was hope of being herself again, she could endure the impoverished life she was about to face.
However, "Lin Xiazhu, you have to help me. I can't survive in this environment on my own, and I have no one to rely on. You are the only one I know."
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