Chapter 1
Yu Kingdom, 2050, Kangcheng Medical University.
The first light of dawn.
In the six-person girls' dormitory, the alarm clock rang one after another. Everyone else got up and washed up one after another, but the person on the upper bunk on the left side near the door was still lying in bed without moving.
After a long while, when everyone else had finished getting ready to leave, Xu Ying finally sighed and opened her eyes with a look of utter despair.
She had actually woken up a long time ago, but she just didn't want to face the harsh reality.
Just a few days ago, she was an online novelist on Earth, spending her days writing and reading. But in the time it took her to sleep, she transmigrated into the body of a medical intern in the Yu Kingdom who had died suddenly from overwork.
The original owner of this body shared the same name as her, Xu Ying.
She came from a poor family, had no parents, and lived with her grandmother to make a living. Her only relative passed away the year she was admitted to university.
Her family didn't have much money. The original owner spent all her savings on a simple funeral for her grandmother. As for herself, she relied entirely on student loans to go to university.
That's fine.
Even more terrifying, Xu Ying discovered that the original owner of this body was now a fifth-year university student, and according to regulations, she was doing her internship at a hospital... Who could understand the sense of collapse she felt after waking up?
Good heavens! She's just a lousy writer, what does she know about healing and saving lives?!
Even though she possessed the original owner's memories, theory is still theory, and in her heart, she knew absolutely nothing about medicine.
It can only be said that she was overthinking it.
Fifth-year medical interns are basically at the bottom of the hospital hierarchy. They don't get to treat patients or save lives; their only job is dirty, tiring work, and night shifts.
She felt much more at ease... Haha, at ease my ass, she was almost driven crazy these past two days.
She never knew that interning at a hospital was such a tiring thing, especially for someone like her who hadn't worked a job in centuries. After working for a few days, she almost died suddenly like the original owner of this body.
Despite her aching body, Xu Ying resignedly sat up and slowly climbed down from the upper bunk, her back hunched.
While brushing her teeth, she comforted herself, saying that her internship would be completely over in three days. She should just bear with it a little longer. The original owner of this body had worked hard for five years of university, and she should at least get her university degree to make it worthwhile.
As for the original owner's idea of failing the postgraduate entrance exam the first time and preparing for a second attempt, she selectively ignored it.
She had neither the interest nor the ability to become a doctor. Once she graduated, she would go back to writing novels.
However, writing a novel takes time.
Even if she starts writing now, she won't receive her payment until at least next month. Not to mention, she's currently doing an internship and has no time to brainstorm or write.
I wonder how much money the original owner of this body has left, and whether it's enough for her to last a month.
Fortunately, the original owner still had a house to live in in her hometown. Although the house was a bit dilapidated, at least she didn't have to pay rent herself.
As Xu Ying was lost in thought, a string of numbers suddenly popped into her mind: 1,900 yuan.
One thousand and nine?
Xu Ying raised an eyebrow; there was more than she had expected.
She knew that the original owner of this body had always had the habit of working part-time, since student loans could only guarantee her tuition fees, and she still had to earn her own living expenses.
It wasn't until her fifth year of college, when she had to juggle an internship and graduate school entrance exams, that she finally quit her job because she couldn't manage both.
The original owner of this body hadn't saved much money to begin with, and after a year of expenses, the fact that she still had so much left was already a result of her extremely frugal lifestyle.
well.
After brushing her teeth, Xu Ying spat out the toothpaste foam and felt a surge of emotion.
I don't know if the original owner was really dead, or if she transmigrated into my body.
She hoped it was the latter.
She had been writing for over ten years and had achieved financial freedom. Rather than letting that money go to those cunning relatives, she might as well let the original owner of the body enjoy life there.
After rinsing her mouth, Xu Ying put down the cheap plastic cup in her hand, picked up the small black hair clip next to her, and pinned her long, thick bangs back up.
She bought these little black hair clips yesterday at the school supermarket; she bought a whole tray of them.
She couldn't stand the original owner's thick bangs anymore. They were hot, eye-catching, and blocked her vision when they were on her forehead. It was so refreshing to just brush them off!
Xu Ying looked up and glanced in the mirror.
In her opinion, the original owner of this body was quite good-looking, with a clean and simple appearance, fair skin, and a tall stature. With a little grooming, she could be a potential pure and beautiful woman.
Especially her eyes, so clear and bright, with pupils that are like tiny stars, how beautiful!
The original owner clearly didn't have a clear understanding of her own appearance, otherwise she wouldn't have kept thick bangs all year round, completely covering her eyes.
Xu Ying couldn't stand such an eyesore.
She tied her hair up, neatly clipped her bangs back, quickly washed her face, grabbed her bag, and headed out.
She arrived at the department right on time.
The teachers and students in the department were all sitting at their workstations, and when they saw her for the first time, they almost didn't recognize her.
“Xu Ying, who do we have here? Your bangs make you look so much brighter,” said Dr. Xu, the older sister.
Others chimed in, "It really looks good; it should have been put on a long time ago!"
Xu Ying didn't speak, only giving a slightly shy smile.
People are used to it.
In their eyes, Xu Ying had always been an introverted and quiet person, like a little mushroom in the corner, attracting no attention at all.
Just two days ago, her sudden fainting caused a small sensation, which was probably the most attention she received at the First Affiliated Hospital of Kangcheng.
The conversation circled around Xu Ying several times without her responding, so it naturally shifted to other topics.
Xu Ying quietly huddled at her workstation, enjoying her freedom.
*
After enduring the tough last three days, my hospital internship has finally come to a complete end.
Xu Ying stood by her workstation, carefully putting the items belonging to the original owner of her body into her bag, then said goodbye to the people in the office before leaving the hospital.
It's already the end of May.
Before she transmigrated, the original owner had already taken her graduation exams, and now that her internship was over, all that awaited her next were trivial matters like taking graduation photos and receiving her diploma.
She can handle it perfectly well.
Thinking of this, Xu Ying felt wonderful.
She carried her bag, ate dinner at the cafeteria, and then slowly walked back to her dormitory.
The dormitory is on the sixth floor.
As soon as Xu Ying went upstairs, she ran into her two roommates who were carrying suitcases. The two greeted her warmly, "Hey, Xu Ying, you're back! I'm going home now, bye-bye!"
"I'm leaving too."
It was already evening, but since they were both locals, it was still very convenient for them to go home.
Xu Ying nodded, waved to them, and went into the dormitory.
The air conditioning was on in the dormitory.
As soon as Xu Ying entered, a cool breeze greeted her, which felt very comfortable.
She put down her schoolbag, sat down at her seat and drank water. Li Jia, who was next to her, leaned over and asked, "Xu Ying, are you going home tomorrow?"
There's not much going on at school lately, and we probably won't be able to pick up our diplomas until mid-June, so many eager students have booked their tickets and are leaving tonight.
Xu Ying shook her head: "I'm not going back."
The original owner's hometown was in a small county in a neighboring province. To get back from there, one had to take the high-speed rail and then transfer to a bus, which would cost more than 400 yuan round trip.
The journey was exhausting and costly; she might as well just stay at school until graduation, especially since the school cafeteria was cheaper than eating out...
Not wanting the conversation to stay about herself, Xu Ying asked in return, "What about you? What are your plans?"
"Me? I'm going on a trip. I've already made plans with my friends to climb Chongming Mountain, and during the summer vacation, I'm also going on a trip abroad with my family, hehe!"
Li Jiaxing spoke excitedly about his plans.
She wasn't deliberately showing off in front of Xu Ying; she had no idea about Xu Ying's family background. In fact, no one in the entire dormitory knew.
They were doing their internships in their fifth year, and their roommates were reassigned based on the hospitals where they were interning.
Therefore, they spent less than a year together, during which they were busy with their postgraduate entrance exams and internships, and they were not really close to each other.
The original owner was a taciturn person who would never have a deep conversation with her roommates.
So people only vaguely knew that her family was of average means, but really no one knew that she lived alone, let alone that even if they searched her thoroughly, they could only find 1,900 yuan.
The original owner of this body may have had some inferiority complex, but Xu Ying did not.
As she listened to her roommates chattering about their upcoming travel plans, she felt incredibly free, knowing that everyone else in the dorm had left and she was all alone.
With electricity, internet, and air conditioning, what's the difference between this and staying in a luxury single room?!
*
The roommates got up early the next day to start packing their things.
Even though they tried to be quiet, the rustling noises still woke Xu Ying. Xu Ying closed her eyes and tried to fall asleep for a while, but found that she couldn't. So she sat up and started tinkering with the original owner's second-hand computer on the upper bunk.
In the blink of an eye, she has been in this world for six days.
For the first five days, she was busy with her hospital internship, and her understanding of the world was only superficial. She only knew that the country she was in was called Yu.
Although the country names are different, the writing and language here are the same as in China, so Xu Ying automatically regarded this place as a parallel world of China.
However, things did not go as she had expected.
Xu Ying looked at the information retrieved on the computer with a shocked expression.
The world's level of technological and military development is indeed similar to that of Earth, but the history and culture of the Yu Kingdom are completely different from those of China.
There are no Qin Shi Huang or Emperor Wu of Han here, no Emperor Taizong of Tang or Emperor Taizu of Song, and not a single one of the literary figures she knew. All the famous historical figures she was familiar with have vanished...
Xu Ying found it hard to believe.
She sat on the upper bunk, looking dazed. Li Jia, who was packing her things downstairs, saw this and asked with some concern, "Xu Ying, what's wrong?"
Xu Ying stared blankly at the screen, head bowed: "Do you know Ying Zheng?"
Li Jia tilted her little face up and swayed it from side to side.
"What about Li Bai, and Du Fu?"
"I don't know," Li Jia shook her head again. "Is this a character from a TV series, a novel, or a celebrity?"
Xu Ying blinked, then came to her senses and denied it, saying, "It's nothing, I was just talking nonsense."
Li Jia didn't even know such a well-known figure. It seems that this world really has nothing to do with China.
Xu Ying felt somewhat melancholy.
In fact, the information on the computer had already clearly told her, but she was still unwilling to give up.
She had just briefly reviewed the history of the Yu Kingdom. After all, it was a civilization that had lasted for thousands of years, with dynasties rising and falling and the landscape changing—a truly magnificent and eventful history.
However, they are ultimately different.
She is a native Chinese, and the history and beliefs of China are deeply ingrained in her bones and blood. In her heart, this is the best.
A sudden surge of ambition rose in Xu Ying's heart.
Perhaps what she came into this world for wasn't just to make money by writing; maybe she could use her own hands to write a story about growing flowers.
Writing isn't enough; we also need to film it so the whole world can see it...
Xu Ying got more and more carried away by her thoughts, but the next second, the noise from the dormitory pulled her back to reality.
She looked down at the worn-out secondhand computer on her lap, then thought of the 1,900 yuan she had left, and decisively shook her head.
The ideal is beautiful, but the road is tortuous. It's more realistic for her to write a novel that's in line with current trends and earn some living expenses as soon as possible.
A note from the author:
I'm here! [shy]
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