Chapter 1 001: Schemed at the very beginning
"Mom, we have to have an engagement party, otherwise Xiaoxiao won't give me the job."
"What engagement? I don't agree. Even if it's for work, our family can't bring such a jinx into the family."
Xiao Yuan, listen to your mother. She lost both her parents at such a young age, so she's clearly unlucky. If you really marry her, who knows, one day you might end up with...
Xiaoyuan, you are my only son. I don't want to bury my son one day.
I know you want the job she has, but you don't necessarily have to get engaged!
"You should coax her nicely, get the job first, and then Mom can find a way to ruin her reputation and force her to marry someone else. Then you'll have the job, and you won't necessarily have to marry her. Isn't that great?"
"Will this work? Xiaoxiao won't agree, will she?"
...
The voices outside the door were clearly audible, as if they didn't care if the people inside heard them.
Qin Xiaoxiao glanced mockingly at the door blocking the outside, her eyes bloodshot as she stared at the ceiling, her gaze filled with disbelief.
She died, and she came back to life. She died in the apocalypse and was reborn in a parallel world. Fortunately, this parallel world was in the 1970s, without cannibalistic zombies or insane fellow humans, only a lack of food.
The lack of supplies is not a problem. As long as she has hands, she can live well. People who have experienced the apocalypse know how to find food. In particular, she also has a big secret.
At the beginning of the apocalypse, she accidentally injured her finger, and her ancestral dragon-patterned jade ring disappeared, but a legendary space appeared.
Although the space is not suitable for planting, it is still quite large.
She spent a whole year filling the space. Because of this secret, she didn't even dare to team up with anyone, otherwise she wouldn't have been caught off guard and killed by a zombie.
Qin Xiaoxiao didn't care about anything else and quickly checked the space. Before long, the space reappeared. Seeing that the space was full of supplies, Qin Xiaoxiao secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
With these things, she was able to survive well even in an era of scarcity.
After glancing at the faucet, power outlet, and dripping sink on one side of the space to make sure they were all still there, Qin Xiaoxiao wiped her face, sat up from the bed, and stared blankly at the door.
The voices of the mother and son outside grew fainter, but Qin Xiaoxiao's hearing was exceptional, allowing her to hear quite a bit of information, which enabled her to quickly piece together the original owner's memories of the man and his mother.
The man, Huang Yuan, was originally Qin Xiaoxiao's childhood sweetheart.
The original owner had liked him since childhood, and Huang Yuan also had some feelings for Qin Xiaoxiao. However, Huang Yuan's mother disagreed because Qin Xiaoxiao had been in poor health since childhood and was also very attractive. She was not a good girl and was afraid that she would seduce her son and make him forget his mother. Therefore, she strongly opposed the two of them being together.
This time, the original owner's parents died while trying to save the coal mine assets, leaving behind not only the family fortune but also a job.
Huang Yuan was after Qin Xiaoxiao's job, which is why he approached the original owner just an hour after her parents died. He then proposed to her and tricked her into marriage. After the original owner tearfully agreed, her mother came to her door and berated her. The original owner died of anger.
They were outmaneuvered from the very beginning.
But why does this scene feel so familiar?
Qin Xiaoxiao frowned in thought; she had transmigrated into a book.
It's 1974 now. The original owner was just a cannon fodder passerby. After being tricked into getting a job, he was secretly enrolled in a rural job by his scumbag childhood friend's mother.
Alone and timid, she was kidnapped on her way to the countryside and forced to become the wife of four brothers in the mountains.
She had four husbands, all of whom were brothers. Over ten years, she gave birth to four daughters and two sons. She died during her seventh childbirth due to severe postpartum hemorrhage.
Qin Xiaoxiao clutched her heart and whispered, "Now that I'm here, I will never let you end up like that. I will avenge you and fulfill your unfulfilled wishes."
As soon as she finished speaking, Qin Xiaoxiao felt a lightness in her body, and her soul became even more in sync with this body.
The original owner has completely left. From now on, she is the original owner, she is Qin Xiaoxiao.
Standing up, Qin Xiaoxiao stretched her body, but she felt completely weak, and her arms were so thin they were practically just bones.
Qin Xiaoxiao took out a bottle of water from her spatial storage, added two drops of water from the pool inside, drank the whole bottle, and quietly waited for the changes in her body.
The tap in the space dispenses ordinary drinking water, but there is another tap in one corner that drips water into the pool below at a rate of one drop per minute. The spiritual spring water dripping from this tap can slowly improve a person's physique and quickly restore physical strength, which is exactly what she needs right now.
After waiting for about ten minutes, Qin Xiaoxiao clearly felt that her strength had recovered somewhat, and it was enough for her to use for now.
She stood up, opened the door, and looked at the mother and son in the living room. "Have you finished discussing it? If you have, let's have a fight. If you win, I'll give you the job. If you lose, get out of my house and cut off all contact with me from now on. We'll not recognize each other when we meet again."
The mother and son were so startled by Qin Xiaoxiao's sudden appearance that they fell silent and stared at her in shock. After hearing her words, their expressions changed drastically, and they rushed toward Qin Xiaoxiao.
"Xiaoxiao, listen to me, it's not what you think. My mom and I..."
Huang Yuan wanted to explain, but his mother didn't have many concerns and immediately grabbed Qin Xiaoxiao's hair.
"You jinx! You killed your own parents and now you want to harm my son. I'll teach you a lesson."
As Huang Yuan's mother spoke, she reached out her hand, but before her hand could touch Qin Xiaoxiao, it was firmly grasped by her.
Qin Xiaoxiao looked at Huang's mother with a sneer, "I'm a jinx, I killed my parents? Then what are you? You're a monster who eats people without spitting out the bones."
She shook off Huang's mother's hand, threw her to the ground, and then slapped Huang Yuan across the face.
"You want my job, but you don't want to marry me, and you even want to harm me. Should I give all my assets to you and your son before I commit suicide? That way you won't have to go to such lengths to harm me and then worry about being reported."
Get out! Get out of my house and never come looking for me again. We're done.
Huang Yuan was stunned by Qin Xiaoxiao's slap, staring in disbelief as Qin Xiaoxiao unilaterally severed all ties with him.
This won't do! He hasn't even gotten the job yet!
Huang Yuan ignored his mother who had fallen to the ground and quickly reached out to help Qin Xiaoxiao.
"Xiaoxiao, listen to me, I..."
"Smack!"
Another slap landed, drawing blood from Huang Yuan's mouth and stopping him from continuing to deceive Qin Xiaoxiao.
"Do you really think I didn't hear what you were saying outside? Huang Yuan, we grew up together. Yes, I like you, but it's not like I can't live without you. If you hadn't said you wanted to marry me, do you think I would be paying attention to you at this time?"
My parents just passed away, they're still in the hospital, and you're already scheming to get engaged to me? Do you even have a friend like that?
Have you thought about what people will say about me if I get engaged now?
They would say I'm unfilial, heartless, and a cold-blooded monster who couldn't wait to get married right after his parents died. Do I have any conscience at all?
Have you thought about what they said about me? No, right? You've only thought about yourself. You're about to graduate and will have to go to the countryside without a job. You can't stand the hardships of rural life, so you want to drag me down with you.
(End of this chapter)
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