"Yes, I was supposed to take over, so why did I sign up?" Chen Xiaozhen murmured as she sat down. The matter of signing up kept echoing in her mind, but the memory of that period was extremely vague, as if it was not herself who was controlling this body during that time. This feeling made Chen Xiaozhen's face turn pale.
"Dad... I... I'm scared," Chen Xiaozhen was so scared that her teeth were chattering and making a "crunching" sound.
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid." Chen Guoxiong, with his righteous spirit, was not afraid of ghosts or gods, but at this moment, he also felt a little cold for some reason. Looking at the fearful faces of everyone present except Huo Yang, he said softly, "Well, it's okay, it's okay. Maybe it's because of being in love, just like drinking. Yes, just like drinking."
This metaphor almost made Du Jiang laugh out loud, and it also made everyone who were frightened just now wake up and laugh out loud at the same time.
The laughter dispelled the haze of the unknown, and everyone spontaneously changed the topic and talked about something else.
Du Jiang looked at the gradually darkening night outside the door, stood up and walked out, saying as he walked, "I'm going to cook."
When passing by Chen Guoxiong, two handfuls of noodles were stuffed into his hands. "Du Jiang, let's have noodle soup tonight. Cut some sausage into it. It's easy to make and tastes good."
The things were provided by Chen Guoxiong, and Du Jiang had no reason to refuse, so he nodded immediately and said, "Okay, I'll listen to Uncle Chen."
Looking at the white noodles in Du Jiang's hand, everyone cheered. The plain noodles with sausages no longer had a bland taste. Instead, they were filled with the aroma of sausages, which instantly made the originally bland noodle soup with only salt taste fragrant.
After eating and drinking, Aunt Du from Huoyang and Aunt Cui each lent a quilt to Chen Xiaozhen and Chen Guoxiong.
The bed was already spacious, so even with one more person added, it didn't seem crowded.
As usual, Du Jiang washed up and lay on the bed flipping through the textbook. After Qian Meili and Chen Xiaozhen blew out the lights and went to bed, she reluctantly put away the textbook and put it under her pillow.
It is actually very easy to fall asleep at night, not to mention that Du Jiang has been doing farm work all day, but he is afraid that he will have to go to bed late tonight.
"Do you think I've been bewitched?" Chen Xiaozhen's voice rang out faintly in the room, seeming to carry a hint of confusion and fear. "If not, then why did I fall for Zhuang Changrui, a man with questionable character? You know, Uncle Zhou treats him exactly like his own son, sometimes even better than a biological son. But not only does he not know how to be grateful, he also bullies Changshou and the others, and even wants to abduct Yuanyuan to the countryside. Each of these things sounds like something a good person would do. Then why did I, Ze, trust him so much, sign up without telling my parents, and even sacrifice myself for his so-called injury?"
"Yeah, I find it strange too. You're the most selfish person, always enjoying yourself, and your aunt gave you a job." Qian Meili was also very puzzled. "The last time I saw you, you looked like someone who didn't know you would have thought you were having some kind of life-or-death romance, especially when you said goodbye to Zhuang Changrui at the door and got in the car, not to mention that heartless drinking at the wedding. Anyway, it was quite contradictory."
Chen Xiaozhen: "Right, to be honest, Meili, my memory of that period is very vague now. It seems like something or someone is controlling this body. That feeling is so terrifying, it doesn't feel like myself at all."
"No, it shouldn't be like this," Qian Meili was frightened by Chen Xiaozhen's words and locked herself in the quilt. "The country has been founded, this kind of thing shouldn't happen, right? Or are you trying to scare me, Xiaozhen, please don't scare me."
Chen Xiaozhen rolled her eyes in annoyance, "Why would I scare you? I really can't get up right now. It's only been a short time, I shouldn't have forgotten or guessed wrong. Besides, I even remember my memories from my childhood, so why can't I remember what happened some time ago?"
"I don't remember. What's there to remember? Just forget it. It's not something important."
Chen Xiaozhen rolled her eyes again at Qian Meili's carelessness and indifference. "Please, this isn't a question of being careless or not, this is a matter of principle. With my personality, I would remember this kind of person very clearly. After all, I would retaliate against everyone who offended or hurt me, but now I can't even remember what happened during that time."
Du Jiang, who was standing by, listened to the conversation between the two without saying anything. She was tired after a day and just wanted to sleep.
Maybe she was too tired, even Chen Xiaozhen and Qian Meili's chat did not disturb her sleep.
However, this sleep was different from the previous one. In the dream, Du Jiang seemed to have turned into Chen Xiaozhen. He had a falling out with his family by using her body, and followed the man still called Zhou Changrui to Xiazhuang Village. He was unfamiliar with the place and regarded Zhou Changrui as his only support.
Amid Zhou Changrui's sweet words and those seemingly beatings but actually plotting against her, she resolutely married his epileptic brother to protect her beloved man. After marriage, she remained chaste for him, constantly provoking her husband until he became ill but she stood by and watched, and even hid the medicine he took, causing him to suffocate to death due to the severe attack.
However, after becoming a widow, Chen Xiaozhen did not leave, but continued to stay in the countryside. As for her husband's job, she gave it to Zhou Changrui. Later, she tried her best to torment the two elders of the Zhuang family. Although they were not good people, the miserable state of being tormented in the dream still made Du Jiang feel unbearable. Unfortunately, she was imprisoned in Chen Xiaozhen's body and could not move at all. She could only watch the three members of the Zhuang family die one after another. Afterwards, Chen Xiaozhen and Zhou Changrui dug out the gold hidden under the Zhuang family's wing room, and used it as funds to leave Xiazhuang Village.
Du Jiang thought that this was the end, but she was still trapped in Chen Xiaozhen's body, following her out of the village and back to Lincheng.
In Lincheng, Zhou Changrui was arranged a job by his adoptive father, who worked hard and financially, and even neglected his family. As Zhou Changrui was promoted step by step, the gap between him and Chen Xiaozhen became apparent, especially after Zhou Changrui gained the favor of his boss and married his only daughter to him, Chen Xiaozhen was abandoned by him. But even so, Chen Xiaozhen was still devoted to Zhou Changrui. Not only did she not resent him, she also made excuses for him.
Du Jiang nestled in Chen Xiaozhen's body with a bored look on her face. She no longer had any hope for Chen Xiaozhen's train of thought, especially after Chen Xiaozhen had fallen into depravity and become the other party's mistress. Du Jiang was speechless. She didn't want to see this miserable life at all and just wanted to wake up quickly and get out of this body. Although she was curious about why Qian's beautiful figure appeared at every stage, and seemed to be the one fueling the flames of their relationship, compared to curiosity, what Du Jiang was most anxious about at this moment was to get out of the dream.
Perhaps her will was too strong, and this time the dream finally had some fluctuations, as if a mirror was broken. Du Jiang woke up in the middle of the night and looked at the corner of the curtain blown by the breeze, and then looked at Chen Xiaozhen and Qian Meili who were sleeping soundly and not in a very good sleeping posture beside her. She suddenly felt that it was unreal, or perhaps that was Chen Xiaozhen's fate.
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