What era is this?
"Just entering the 21st century." 2002!
The most peaceful era ever~
Yuan Zhuan, carrying a stick, walked out with an aura of dominance—no, of kingly dominance!
As she crossed the threshold, painful gasps, children's screams, vile curses, and the gloating laughter of onlookers rushed towards her. The veins on Yuan Zhuan's forehead bulged, and a surge of hatred rose from the tip of her heart to her central nervous system. Her body's instinct made her want to tear the villain in front of her to shreds!
This isn't just her emotion, it's her emotion!
Within the range of the pupils, the body's mother and younger brother were being trampled underfoot by an old woman as strong as a calf. She was whipping them hard with a thin bamboo strip more than a meter long. The thin summer clothes could not hide the power of the bamboo strip. The wounds under the clothes could not be seen, but the exposed arms, neck and face were covered with thin, long swollen marks. Just by looking at them, you could tell how much pain they were in!
Perhaps Yuan Zhuan's gaze was too direct, or perhaps they didn't expect Yuan Zhuan to have the strength to get up, even carrying a stick in his hand.
Diao Lanhua paused under Yuan Zhuan's gaze, straightened up from her slight bow, raised her triangular eyes, and gave him a cold, venomous look: "What, you piece of trash, you think you can hit your elders?"
"Yuan Zhuan, you've grown bolder after this little death, huh? Hehe... Grandma, beat her to death! Beat her to death!" Yuan Zhuan's stepfather's son, his chubby face was full of malice.
"Zhuanzhuan, what are you doing?! Take your brother inside, Mom's fine." Zhao Yuxiang looked up when she heard Diao Lanhua speak. Seeing her daughter standing pale-faced at the door, she was initially overjoyed, but the joy didn't even have time to set off her gaunt face. She then panicked and pushed her son in front of Yuan Zhuan, whispering, "Close the door properly, Mom's not here... ah..." Before she could finish, she was slapped again, screaming in pain.
Yuan Zhuan watched this scene, sneered, and swung his stick horizontally without holding back any strength, hitting Diao Lanhua squarely in the mouth with a 'bang'!
"You old bastard, your mouth stinks more than manure!"
With a howl, Diao Lanhua was knocked back a few steps by the force of the blow. She covered her mouth and stared in disbelief at the unfamiliar Yuan Zhuan, even ignoring the yellow tooth that had fallen from her palm.
Take advantage of your weakness and kill you!
Yuan Zhuan never procrastinated when he did things!
Taking advantage of Diao Lanhua's momentary daze, he went up and struck her joints several more times with the stick. After the excruciating pain, Diao Lanhua couldn't stand and collapsed to the ground.
"Help! Scatter silver! Dedicate your lives to us!"
Everyone in the room, including the stepsisters and Zhao Yuxiang, was stunned by the sudden jerk.
The only one who reacted was the original owner's younger brother, Yuan Zhu. Unlike the others who were stunned, he seemed to have gained a new perspective. He picked up the slipper that Zhao Yuxiang had dropped when she was being beaten, rushed to Diao Lanhua in a flash, gripped the rubber-soled shoe tightly with his small hand, stuck out his bottom, and smashed it hard into Diao Lanhua's face.
crackling sounds...
Everyone: ...
Yuan Zhuan: ...
Does someone really need such a strong ability to imitate?
Diao Lanhua: "Ahhh...you little bastard, ahhhhhh..." Diao Lanhua was caught off guard and was hit a few times. She turned around and grabbed Yuan Zhu.
His face, already radiating a fierce aura, became even more ferocious!
It was murderous intent! She wanted to kill Yuan Zhu!
"Piggy!!" Zhao Yuxiang screamed.
"Grandma!" The step-siblings finally realized they should help!
In the past, when Zhao Yuxiang and her two children were beaten, the two siblings would also kick them a few times when they were in the mood. They had long regarded the mother and her two children as mud that they could trample on at any time. They never thought that one day, the lowly creatures would actually learn to fight back!
No wonder the two of them were so shocked that they stood there, unable to come to their senses for a long time.
Seeing the brother and sister resorting to desperate measures, Yuan Zhuan's eyes were filled with mockery, and her hatred made her so strong that it was almost overflowing!
He rushed forward, delivered a few more blows, and snap... snap... severed Diao Lanhua's arms.
"Ahhh..." The excruciating pain caused Diao Lanhua to writhe in agony, her pig-like screams nearly shaking the entire courtyard.
Worried about attracting the attention of the neighbors, Yuan Zhuan grabbed the rubber-soled shoe from Yuan Zhu's hand, stuffed it into Diao Lanhua's mouth, and then tore off Diao Lanhua's belt and tied it behind her back.
Suddenly, the room became quiet.
"Sister, bamboo strips!" A thin, bony hand handed over the bamboo strips that Diao Lanhua had dropped on the ground.
Yuan Zhuan looked down into the child's eyes, smiled, and took the item, giving a thumbs-up and saying, "Smart!"
The child smiled, revealing a set of tiny baby teeth.
'Whoosh whoosh...' a few times!
'Click...'
"Awooooo..."
"Ouch! That hurts..."
"Murder! Help!"
The lingering hatred in the original owner's heart made Yuan Zhuan show no mercy. The two siblings were in so much pain that they scurried around the room like cockroaches, but they couldn't escape the bamboo whip. The bamboo whip in Yuan Zhuan's hand seemed to have eyes, specifically targeting their delicate skin. Their howling and screaming continued for a long time.
"Sis, Dad's about to wake up!" Yuan Zhu's reminder made Yuan Zhuan pause for a moment, deciding to end the bamboo shoot and pork stir-fry.
He knocked the men unconscious with a few blows, then took the rag that Yuan Zhu handed him and stuffed it into their mouths. He then took the rope from Yuan Zhu's hand and tied them up.
The siblings were so in sync and their movements were so swift that Diao Lanhua, who had been watching all the way, seemed to have fallen into a dream. Her mouth was wide open, full of blood and foam, and her triangular eyes were wide open. She even forgot the pain!
As Yuan Zhuan turned around, his still fierce eyes met Diao Lanhua's. The latter shuddered, rolled her eyes, and fainted from fright.
"Zhuanzhuan, Zhuanzhuan!" Seeing her eldest daughter's unfamiliar appearance, Zhao Yuxiang's eyes reddened as she scrambled to her feet. She stumbled and hugged Yuan Zhuanzhuan tightly, gently patting her back. "Don't be afraid, Zhuanzhuan, it's alright, Zhuanzhuan is back... Mommy's Zhuanzhuan..." People in extreme anger can do some abnormal things, that's what her father said. She just needs to shout, shout a little, and Zhuanzhuan will recover, she definitely will.
"Attention, host! The rapid power recharge function is disintegrating. In one hour, you will enter a 72-hour coma!"
Yuan Zhuan? ? wtFK?
"Damn it, system, why didn't you say so earlier that the power could disintegrate?" 72 hours in a coma?
Is this a way of letting her whole family die at the hands of these vampires? Just based on what she did just now, even if she dies, they'll probably be dragged up and whipped!
No! No! No!
"It's because your body is too weak, and the power the system is giving you is too strong; your body can't handle it. Now, the countdown begins..."
Yuan Zhuan: ...
Alpaca!
"Mom, let's leave here as a family. Let's go to the big city, and our family will be together forever." Yuan Zhuan didn't even have time to pretend to have amnesia. He pulled away from Zhao Yuxiang's embrace and grabbed her shoulders, firing at her like a machine gun.
Zhao Yuxiang shrank her neck, terrified by her daughter's change. She stared blankly at Yuan Zhuan, whose usually lifeless and wooden eyes were now shining brightly.
"Zhuanzhuan..." Yang Yuxiang's lips twitched a few times as she murmured Yuan Zhuan's name.
Alright, there's not much time left, but judging from this cheapskate mother's appearance, she doesn't seem like she'll be able to come to her senses anytime soon.
"Sister~" a soft, sweet voice came from beneath her.
Oh, right, Yuan Zhu!
Yuan Zhuan lowered his head and met a pair of bright, large eyes, filled with affection for his older sister.
"Piggy, tell your sister where Grandpa and Grandma's room is?" When going out, the most important things are money and household registration book, and Yuan Zhuan doesn't know where these things are.
"Host, 55 minutes remaining, countdown..."
"Okay, okay, stop talking, I know..." Yuan Zhuan said angrily, barely suppressing his emotions that were about to explode.
If the system hadn't reminded us so late, it wouldn't have taken so long!
"Sister, come with me." The little child grabbed his sister's thin hand and pulled her towards the inner room.
The wooden door to the easternmost room was secured with a brass lock.
"Sister, wait a minute." Just as Yuan Zhuan was about to smash it with a stick, the little guy spoke up, his short legs thumping away. He stepped on Diao Lanhua a few times, pulled out a bunch of keys, and ran back to Yuan Zhuan with a beaming smile, looking like he wanted praise.
Yuan Zhuan: ...
She seems to have an extraordinary younger brother!
The wooden door opened, and a strong smell of an old man's body odor mixed with the stench of urine hit Yuan Zhuan's nose, almost making him vomit.
The room was only a little over ten square meters. Besides a large bed, there was a long square table at the head of the bed and a 1.8-meter-long wardrobe at the foot of the bed. It was all laid out at a glance.
The stench was emanating from the wooden spout at the foot of the bed.
Those two old geezers are really masters of tolerating stench!
"So dirty!" he muttered, pinching his nose and carrying the boy behind the door. "Piggy, do you know where Grandpa and Grandma hide their money?"
"Here." The thin, dark finger pointed to the dirty, gray-black wooden cabinet by the bedside; it looked quite old!
Another big brass lock!
With a 'click,' Yuan Zhuan opened the wardrobe.
In a flash, all the clothes were pulled off, along with a bunch of bottles and jars.
"Piggy, quick, help your sister open these cans and pour the money onto the cloth." Yuan Zhuan hurriedly said, finding a piece of snow-white cloth to spread on the ground.
The old man's method of hiding money was indeed the same all the time. Yuan Zhuan quickly pulled out several paper packets from a few old cotton-padded coats. They were all neatly sealed in envelopes.
Tsk tsk...
Wow, that's a lot! Tens of thousands!
With the mindset of "better to kill the innocent than let the guilty go free," Yuan Zhuan searched through all the pockets of all the clothes. During this time, he also went out and locked the gate tightly, and from time to time went out to give the people lying on the ground a few more blows.
There was no other way; we had no medicine, so violence was the only option left!
The little guy emptied all the loose change from the can very quickly!
What amused Yuan Zhuan was that the little guy seemed to recognize money; he put aside the large denominations of two or five mao (0.2 or 0.5 yuan) notes.
Unable to find the household registration booklet in the cabinet, Yuan Zhuan had no choice but to go out and ask Zhao Yuxiang again.
Sure enough, it was taken into the old lady's room as well.
It's not in the cabinet.
So! Let's look around~
Comrade Yuan Zhuan, who has an exceptional ability to search for things, pulled them out from under the old couple's bed.
It was hidden quite well; it was even tightly wrapped with tape and stuck to the bottom of the bed.
Along with that, you'll get your ID card and marriage certificate!
Holy crap! They even have a marriage certificate!
The photos of Wan Datie and Yang Yuxiang are incredibly clear!
They're a real couple, which is a bit of a problem—it means they'll have to see each other again in the future!
Never mind, let's run first! Those three women are so weak, Wan Tiezhu could easily crush them!
To avoid being caught after running away, Yuan Zhuan took all his documents with him.
The country has entered an era where you need an ID card for everything. Without an ID card, let's see how you track me down!
When the two children, one big and one small, returned to the living room each with a cloth bag, they saw Zhao Yuxiang sitting on a stool, holding a large bundle and looking uneasy.
This was a huge surprise for Yuan Zhuan!
She had been a little worried that her stepmother wouldn't want to bring them along.
"Zhuanzhuan, are we really leaving?" Seeing her daughter and son come out, Zhao Yuxiang felt like she had found her pillar of support.
Zhao Yuxiang, who had never done anything so outrageous before, was extremely flustered.
"Mom, we have to live on, live well. From now on, I'll take care of this family, and I'll make sure you and Zhuzhu live a good life!" Yuan Zhuan's words of comfort easily brought tears to his adoptive mother's eyes.
With red eyes, Zhao Yuxiang looked at the tall girl who was much taller than other children her age and felt a mysterious trust in her.
She's a grown woman, just like her dad in every way—tall and capable!
Yuan Zhu tilted her little head up to look at her older sister, who was almost half a head taller than her, then looked at her mother with red eyes, nodded seriously, and a naive smile spread across her dark face.
Following my sister and mom!
The three-wheeled motorcycle parked in the backyard brought a satisfied smile to Yuan Zhuan's face, the first one he'd seen since arriving.
Wow, you're pretty rich!
"Get in the car!"
Zhao Yuxiang gave directions, and the family of three rode away on a three-wheeled motorcycle, disappearing into the distance...
With the power of the system, even though she was only eight years old, she was able to perfectly control the three-wheeled motorcycle. The key point was that she was tall enough to reach the footboard!
My feet are a bit small, so the area of my foothold is small, which makes it very difficult to exert force.
Perhaps it was a blessing from heaven, as if it knew Yuan Zhuan was coming today, because the gasoline in the motorcycle was the same one Wan Tiezhu had just filled up the night before last, and hadn't had a chance to use it yet.
Train stations, regardless of the era, are always the places with the highest passenger flow.
Although it wasn't a holiday, the mother and her two children still couldn't get hard sleeper tickets.
Hard seat, what a sad word~
With the intention of not letting that family get away with anything less, Yuan Zhuan sold the motorcycle near the train station. Due to time constraints, the nearly new three-wheeled motorcycle, which was originally priced at over two thousand, was only sold for one thousand. But it was still worth it. This was done while the dealer was completely bewildered by his persuasive arguments. Perhaps when the dealer realized what had happened, he would investigate the origin of the motorcycle or feel that he had overpaid and that it wasn't worth it. But this amount of money was indeed enough for the three of them to live on for a long time.
Because of Yuan Zhuan's height, the ticket seller charged him a full-price ticket, while for Xiao Yuanzhu, to make him more comfortable, a half-price ticket was also purchased.
As the family of three sat down, Yuan Zhuan only had time to say, "I'm going to faint. Don't make a fuss. I'll wake up before the train reaches the terminal." When she bought the ticket, she had already confirmed that her location was in a remote mountain village on the northwestern border. This train was heading to a small city in Jibei, and the journey would take a long time, more than four days, enough time for her to wake up on the train.
"Zhuanzhuan!" Before she could react, Zhao Yuxiang cried out softly. Her daughter had already fainted, and she hurriedly reached out to hug her.
Fortunately, when they sat down, there were no passengers in the seats opposite them, so they didn't attract anyone's attention.
"Mom, is my sister asleep?" Yuan Zhu asked, a little worried as she saw her sister leaning against her mother's shoulder and nuzzling her head.
"Okay, my sister's asleep, don't wake her." Little did she know, this wait would last three days.
"Okay, Mom."
After a long and arduous journey filled with anxiety, the family of three was exhausted. With only five minutes until the car was to depart, they were safe for the time being.
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