Chapter 419 New Life
"Smack—"
A loud slap came flying, but before it hit the face, it changed its trajectory and landed squarely on the other person's face.
Xiao Yuyao stared at her hand in shock. She had used almost all her strength in that slap, yet it had landed on her own face instead!
At this moment, the burning pain on her face and the inexplicable humiliation fueled her anger.
She wanted to slap Qi Yuxuan a few more times, but she was afraid of repeating the same mistake, so she could only suppress her anger and remain uncertain.
"What kind of sorcery did you use?!"
Sorcery? Qi Yuxuan was bewildered; this dream was too absurd.
Empress Xiao glanced sideways and gave a signal to the servant beside her.
Then, an even stranger scene unfolded in the woodshed.
Every maid and servant who tried to harm Qi Yuxuan was slapped so hard that they were bruised and saw stars.
After several more attempts, Empress Xiao finally called a halt. Her phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, and she abandoned the idea of slapping Qi Yuxuan, instead turning her attention to winning her heart:
"No matter what kind of sorcery you used, today you will not be allowed to leave the Xiao family."
"To be honest, it really took me a lot of effort to find someone like Xie Tingzhou. Fortunately, he lived up to my expectations. He was a short-lived ghost who died young. You don't know, do you? He even came to see me when he was dying."
Empress Xiao's words were all about Qi Yuxuan's life, which seemed like a distant memory.
"He kowtowed and begged me, saying he didn't care about dying, but begged to spare your life and that of your child. Tell me, should I grant his request today?"
Qi Yuxuan felt a surge of sorrow welling up in her heart, but this sorrow was not at all like her true thoughts, leaving her completely confused.
Tears streamed down her face as she stared blankly at her falling tears, momentarily speechless as she failed to respond to Empress Xiao's words.
Empress Xiao enjoyed her reaction for a while, then, as if she too was getting annoyed, she scoffed:
"A piece of trash is a piece of trash. All you can do now is cry. But the people who would protect you in this world are all dead. Save your tears for the underworld!"
"It's best to cry a lot in front of the King of Hell so that he can arrange for you to be reincarnated into a better life."
"I want to see if you can climb out alive after being thrown into the lake in a pig cage."
With that, Empress Xiao turned and left, and the woodshed returned to its usual quiet.
Before long, two strong servants rushed in and roughly shoved her into the pig cage.
The lake water was icy cold in the dead of winter. She struggled painfully in the pig cage, while her parents and three older brothers on the shore remained indifferent and disgusted.
Lake water rushed into my nasal cavity and lungs, and waves of suffocating pain came over me.
Qi Yuxuan felt that the dream was becoming more and more absurd, and gradually lost consciousness.
Suddenly, a faint, ethereal voice drifted over—
"Wait, why has the world's fortunes reversed?! This shouldn't be happening! Damn it, who killed my female lead?!"
"What? The world's storyline is locked and can't be changed?!"
"Tsk... Let's try sending a mission participant in... No way, even the mission participant got trapped by the villain who's defying fate?!"
"...Never mind, let's submit another one! Oh no, the script was wrong... Hmm... It shouldn't be a big problem, right? This task taker seems smarter than the last one, let's observe him first..."
Qi Yuxuan was completely confused by the talk of a "lucky heroine" and a "missionary script." When she opened her eyes again, she saw Wei Qingqing and Qi You.
The pure white world was devoid of color. The two stood at a distance, and seeing Qi Yuxuan look up, they happily waved.
"Qi Yuxuan, come quick! The door's about to close!" Wei Qingqing's voice was loud, and her shout made Qi Yuxuan pause.
Are they calling her over?
Qi You waved his arm happily: "Sister-in-law, hurry up and run! Your brother is still waiting for you over there. Don't you want to see him?"
Brother? The only person Qi You can call brother is... Qi Jun.
She unconsciously bit the familiar name on the tip of her tongue. Having traveled through two lifetimes, Qi Yuxuan felt as if she was meeting this person for the first time, her heart filled with both unfamiliarity and bitterness.
In her first life, she and Qi Jun were not even strangers; they were just two unfortunate people whose luck was stolen by Qi Huan and Xiao Yuyao, and they died young.
In her second life, she schemed and plotted, step by step, and together with Qi Jun, she brought down Qi Huan and Xiao Yuyao, ultimately creating a prosperous and peaceful Great Qi Dynasty that lasted for thousands of years...
Qi Yuxuan took a step.
She walked faster and faster, her legs seemed to have the wind, and she almost flew away.
At this moment, she was neither a village woman nor an embroiderer, nor the Empress of the Great Qi Dynasty; she was simply a woman on her way to see her beloved, she was simply Yu Xuan.
As Wei Qingqing and Qi You stepped into an invisible threshold, Yu Xuan's vision suddenly opened up.
Before her lay an extremely bizarre place.
Everyone's clothes and appearance were completely different from those of Daqi, yet strangely, some of them were quite attractive.
Wei Qingqing and Qi You exchanged a smile and went off in two different directions, while Yu Xuan stood cautiously in place, observing the comings and goings of people.
Everyone here was dressed in strange clothes and looked hurried. Some people were carrying steaming cups, some were holding several folders, but most were focused on getting to their destination, running through the pure white buildings.
Worried that she might be blocking the way, Yu Xuan looked around and found a pure white table, where she stood for the time being.
Time passed by, and just as she was about to muster the courage to ask a passerby for directions, a familiar figure appeared before her.
Unlike the strange and unusual clothes around them, it was the familiar clothing of the Great Qi Dynasty.
The prince's black robes with gold trim accentuated his broad shoulders and narrow waist, giving him an upright posture and noble demeanor.
His face was extremely handsome, with sword-like eyebrows, deep phoenix eyes, red lips and white teeth, and he gave her a radiant smile.
He walked over and took Yu Xuan's hand. "Yu Xuan, I'm late."
She tilted her head slightly, looked steadily at the boy who was so close to her, and gave him a relaxed smile.
“Yu Xuan…and Qi Jun, right? It even rhymes a bit.” Suddenly, a crisp female voice interrupted their eye contact.
The tall woman in tactical gear glanced at their clasped hands, subtly raised an eyebrow, and muttered, "So they're a young couple..."
"Alright, let me introduce myself. I am He Ping, the head of the Space Special Operations Department. They usually call me Sister Yi, so you can call me that too."
"I've already reviewed your files. Let me briefly explain the situation—your original world's storyline has ended, but because you had direct contact with our mission takers, even re-entering the cycle of reincarnation won't erase those memories. So, we've had no choice but to forcibly recruit you to work for us. The specific job duties are still being arranged, but rest assured, based on humanitarian principles, we will absolutely not exploit our employees. Cases like Qi You's are rare..."
The woman spoke in one breath without pausing, her swift and decisive manner leaving both of them speechless.
He Ping turned around, looked at the two bewildered young men and women dressed in ancient costumes, and curled her lips into what she thought was a very gentle smile: "Alright, is there any other question?"
The two of them shuddered simultaneously: "No!"
He Ping closed the file: "Alright, please say goodbye to the past, you are about to enter a new life."
The End.
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