Chapter 1 Rebirth
[Transformation, system, single, workplace, parallel world. One chapter was revised, so there will be some problems with the paragraph review.]
Inside a rental apartment on the sixth floor of Building 4, Gate 4, Xingfuli Community, in the old town of Haining City, Haizhou Province, a young woman sat unsteadily in the corner of the bathroom, her head leaning against the wall. Her face was pale, a deep cut on her left wrist. A fruit knife was clutched in her right hand, blood splattered across half the floor, and her body was covered in blood. The blood had already clotted, and the wound had stopped bleeding.
This is a very clear suicide scene. Neighbors or landlords may not discover the body for several days, or even more than ten days. However, the woman who seemed to be dying opened her eyes and looked around blankly. In the dim bathroom, all she could see were tiles, a toilet, and a sink. "Where did this come from?"
"No, my throat..."
The woman reached out and touched her neck, and felt pain again. She lowered her head and saw her blood-stained clothes and her slender wrists cut by a sharp blade. She felt a little dizzy.
In an instant, countless memories flooded into my mind.
It was unknown how long it took before the woman gradually woke up.
She traveled through time.
As a man, he lived for 23 years. While walking on the road, he was hit by a dump truck and traveled to a parallel world where he was in the body of a woman who had just committed suicide.
The woman's name is Jiang Ningyue, also 23 years old. Born in the countryside, she worked hard to get into Haizhou University of Communication. After graduating from university, she did not choose to return to the impoverished county, but chose to stay in Haizhou to take the civil service exam.
In this parallel world, the application period for civil servants in Haizhou Province is December and January, and the application period for professional positions is June and July.
Unfortunately, she failed the civil service exam the first time, failed the civil service exam at the beginning of the year, and this year she is taking the exam for the second time. The time has come to announce the interview qualifications, but Jiang Ningyue still failed.
Her family has paid too much for her to go to college and take the civil service exam in the past few years, and she still owes the landlord two months' rent.
She could not accept this cruel reality, did not dare to face her parents' accusations, did not dare to imagine her own future, and finally chose to commit suicide by cutting her wrists.
Speed through this life.
But, I will help you pick up the life you don’t want!
The man before, now Jiang Ningyue, struggled to get up, but the scene before her was very blurry.
Jiang Ningyue just realized that this body was extremely myopic.
Placing the fruit knife on the toilet lid, Jiang Ningyue fumbled for a pair of old black-framed glasses, wiped them, and put them on. Looking at them, Jiang Ningyue couldn't help but remember that they were the glasses her sister had given her when she was in college. It had already been six years. Although she took good care of them, she had also used 502 glue to repair them several times.
Jiang Ningyue slowly stood up, held onto the wall, and slowly walked to the sink. She turned on the bathroom light, leaned against the sink, and looked at herself in the dressing mirror.
The woman was extremely thin, as if she had been seriously ill and emaciated to the point of being unrecognizable. Her hair was messy and dull. However, upon closer inspection, her features were exquisite, her eyebrows and eyes were picturesque. Thick black-framed glasses covered most of her face, perfectly obscuring the exquisiteness of her features and making her look like an ordinary person who could be lost in a crowd at any moment.
Jiang Ningyue turned on the faucet and rinsed the wound. This hideous wound was not caused by a single knife, but was cut open one by one with a not-so-sharp fruit knife.
What surprised Jiang Ningyue was that after washing, the wound did not bleed, but instead showed signs of adhesion.
Maybe this is the benefit of time travel.
She took off her bloodstained clothes and pants, selected a slightly cleaner part, cut off a piece with a fruit knife and wrapped it around the wound as a simple bandage, and threw the rest into the dirty clothes basket beside her.
The body beneath the clothes looked even younger. This skinny appearance made Jiang Ningyue, who had a girlfriend in her previous life, not only have no improper thoughts, but also feel a bit of fear in her heart. Leaning against the wall as she walked out of the bathroom, Jiang Ningyue saw this shabby rental house.
I remember hearing my landlady tell me that this rental apartment was allocated to former employees of the Haining Alkali Factory. It was about 50 to 60 square meters. The decor was quite old. The bathroom had been waterproofed and tiled because of a leak, but the living room and bedroom had simple cement floors.
However, Jiang Ningyue is also quite clean and keeps the small house very clean on weekdays. It is precisely because of this that the landlady is willing to delay the rent for two months for Jiang Ningyue.
The toilet is in the living room. Since there is no dining room, there is also a dining table in the living room.
He walked to the dining table and picked up the suicide note he had written earlier.
By the time you read this letter, I'll be dead. I'm suffering from severe depression, and the heavy pressure is suffocating me... Sister, Dad, Mom. I'm sorry, just pretend you never gave birth to me! I'll repay the kindness I owe you in my next life!
Jiang Ningyue read the suicide note again. The note was wet with tears several times. It seemed that Jiang Ningyue didn't want to leave this world.
She crumpled up the suicide note and threw it into the trash. Later, she went to the bedroom, opened the wardrobe, and saw the few clothes inside. She picked out a pair of jeans and a white T-shirt and put them on. Then, Jiang Ningyue sat on the bed and began to think about life.
Jiang Ningyue was born in a rural area in the mountainous area of Taozhou City, Shannan Province. Her family has made a living by farming for generations.
My parents are honest and genuine farmers. Besides Jiang Ningyue, there is also an older sister in the family.
Although Jiang Ningyue was admitted to the No. 1 Middle School in the county, her parents did not want her to continue studying. They wanted her to go out to work and then marry into a good family.
It was her older sister, who had dropped out of school to work, who defied all odds and took the initiative to cover Jiang Ningyue's tuition. As for university tuition, Jiang Ningyue relied on student loans, financial aid for impoverished students, and her older sister's support to pay for it.
By the way, because he was the first college student in the village, the township also gave him a scholarship of 2,000 yuan.
In other words, Jiang Ningyue's high school and college education were all thanks to her sister and the country, and her parents did not help at all.
This was her predecessor's thinking and reasoning. Jiang Ningyue thought carefully and realized that although her parents didn't support her, they should have paid for it. Otherwise, it would be difficult for her sister to support it alone. It was just that her predecessor was full of resentment and was obsessed with it.
Of course, this is Jiang Ningyue's guess.
Unfortunately, although the elder sister supported her so much, Jiang Ningyue prepared many times, failed in the career position, failed in the civil servant position, and failed again this time.
Thinking of this, Jiang Ningyue could only use the word "stubborn" to describe her predecessor. Perhaps in her family environment, taking the civil service exam was the best way to "come back."
There are many differences between this world and my past life. For example, there was no Haizhou Province in my past life. Also, the time is off. It's 2018 in this world, but it was 2024 in my past life. I don't know about other things, but the entertainment seems to be a little different too.
After resting for a while, Jiang Ningyue regained some strength, calmed herself down, and picked up the mobile phone on the bedside table.
This phone was bought by her older sister when she was admitted to university. By then, her older sister was already married and relatively well-off. She couldn't bear to buy a new phone herself, but instead bought her younger sister an expensive one.
But it’s been five years, and it’s obviously stuck.
The fingerprint unlocks the phone. The current time is 9:45 am.
The screensaver and desktop of her phone were both artistic photos of a beautiful woman—this woman was called Gu Meng, and she was Jiang Ningyue's only close friend. If it weren't for the fact that they shared a dormitory, Jiang Ningyue might never have crossed paths with such a person in her life.
Although the beauty was very beautiful, far surpassing the starlets of her previous life, Jiang Ningyue no longer wanted to delve into it. The only thing she wanted to know was how much money she had left. She wanted to have a big meal to replenish her lost energy.
When people are hungry, they will have fewer worries because there is only one thought in their head, which is eating.
Jiang Ningyue opened WeChat to check her balance - '2.3'.
"pretty."
Jiang Ningyue couldn't help but let out a cheer.
Alipay — No Alipay?!
Where's your bank card? There should be some money here, right?
Jiang Ningyue checked the balance of her bank card, but the memory in her brain had already given the answer - no money.
Despite this, Jiang Ningyue still refused to believe it and logged into the 'Haizhou Bank APP' to check.
Well, there is indeed no money.
A penny can be a tough sell, what can I do? Should I borrow some money from my best friend?
Now that things have come to this, let’s go to sleep.
The exhausted Jiang Ningyue lay on the bed and fell into a deep sleep. Not long after, she was awakened from her sweet dream by a phone call.
Jiang Ningyue hesitated for a few seconds before answering the phone, "Hello."
"Jiang Ningyue, right? I'm from the Human Resources Department of Haizhou Television. Because the candidate ahead of you declined to take the interview, you've been selected as a candidate. Are you ready to take the interview?"
"Sure, sure."
Jiang Ningyue was overjoyed. The pain and fatigue in her body disappeared in an instant. She was a little sleepy at first, but now she immediately felt alert.
"Okay. Three days later, that is, next Monday at 8:00 a.m., please come to the conference room on the 19th floor of Haizhou Radio and Television Station for the interview."
"Thank you, thank you."
Jiang Ningyue hung up the phone with many thanks, and her smile vanished in an instant. Although she had the interview opportunity, she didn't have the money yet.
I have an interview next Monday, but it's not 100% certain I'll be hired. Even if I do, it'll be at least a month before I start getting paid. What should I do in the interim?
My beautiful best friend...it's up to you!
I remember that my best friend helped Jiang Ningyue a lot, and even cried once because Jiang Ningyue didn't want her money.
At this moment, a voice sounded in Jiang Ningyue's mind.
[The strongest career system is successfully bound! ]
[There is a newbie gift package available. Do you want to claim it? ]
After a brief moment of surprise and astonishment, Jiang Ningyue responded, "Receive it!"
[The host does not need to speak, but can communicate through the mind]
[According to the host's wish, the current occupation is bound to 'TV Livelihood News Reporter'. Distributed: 'Livelihood News Interviewing Primary Experience Pack', 'Livelihood News Shooting Primary Experience Pack', 'Video Editing Primary Experience Pack', 1 Scar Recovery Ointment, 1 Vision Restoration Eye Drops.]
Jiang Ningyue suddenly felt that she had gained some more knowledge and experience in her mind, which was the experience of interviewing people's livelihood news. At the same time, she also had a tube of white ointment and a bottle of eye drops in her hands.
Unwrapping the simple bandage on her left hand, she discovered that the horrific scar hadn't become inflamed, but was actually healing. Jiang Ningyue picked up the ointment on the table and applied it to the wound on her wrist. The wound healed incredibly quickly, returning to its original state.
"As expected of a system!"
Sighing inwardly, Jiang Ningyue put away the remaining ointment and waited for a full minute until the system stopped talking. Then she slowly asked, "Excuse me, where's the money?"
After finishing speaking, Jiang Ningyue repeated it in her mind. "Is there a cash reward?"
[Newbie Task: Independently complete a livelihood news shoot and release, and receive a 10,000 yuan bonus.]
"Isn't this right? My interview isn't until next week, and even if I pass, I'll still have to go through on-the-job training after the interview. By the time I'm able to interview independently, that's when. Can you be a little flexible? System, you don't want your host to starve to death in a rented house, do you?"
[Now is the new media era, everyone can be a journalist.]
Jiang Ningyue pondered, "So, if I shoot a video myself and post it on TikTok, it counts as a news interview?"
[It must meet the basic elements of a news video: time, place, people, cause, process, and result.]
"Understood."
Jiang Ningyue immediately became excited. She stood up suddenly, but because she was weak, her vision went dark and she almost fainted. Fortunately, Jiang Ningyue held on to the table and did not fall.
In this small rental house, there is a large desk in the bedroom, which is filled with various civil service exam books and thick notebooks. What a hard worker!
There was a laptop computer among a pile of books.
"Yes, there is a computer. This phone can't edit videos, but I can use the computer to edit them."
Everything is ready, only the east wind is missing. Jiang Ningyue put on her shoes, took her keys and cell phone and walked out of the room.
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