Zhenniang: The Three of Us (Chapter 37)
Zhao Zhenniang began to recall her youth, when she was picked and chosen by the Song family.
She sat among a room full of people. Although she was a very large person, everyone's gaze could pass right over her and communicate directly. Even if they occasionally glanced at her, it was as if they were looking at an object.
She didn't like that kind of scrutiny, and she didn't like that condescending attitude.
Now things have finally changed. What has changed?
The person who looked down on her from a high place no longer had the surname Song, but Zhao.
His surname is Zhao, he was born in Zhao Family Village, his power was granted by her, and she created a new master for herself.
Haha, how could such a ridiculous thing happen?
After laughing, Zhao Zhenniang fell silent.
They won a century-long war, only to find, in retrospect, that a "millennial war" awaited them.
This war has been too long; perhaps it can no longer be called a war, but rather a war of domination and obedience.
Because it has been ruled for thousands of years, oppression is no longer called oppression, but tradition.
Rebellion isn't really resistance; it's asking what else you're not satisfied with.
The old era has been burned away, but the shackles on women are made of iron, steel, invisible, and difficult to burn even when exposed to fire.
Everyone stood equally before this enormous creature, but the woman had a small, exclusive shackle tightly fastened around her ankle.
Its form is invisible, yet it has already become entangled in flesh and blood.
The blood from the woman's feet fell silently into the soil, but apart from the woman herself, others might also complain that she walked too slowly with a limp.
Other shackles can be removed, but this one cannot.
There are too many people who can draw nourishment from these shackles.
It's not a majority against a minority, but rather a 50/50 split.
Zhao Zhenniang suddenly felt a sharp pain. Was it Third Aunt who was giving me advice again?
While I revel in the self-satisfaction of being enveloped in perfection, let me become another person and personally appreciate my own "perfection"?
The world has ended, and Ye Xiqing can still sit in the system space to watch the subsequent developments. He immediately shook his head vigorously at this: No, that's not it.
She simply gave Jian Yu'an a [soul transfer].
The next day, Jian Yu'an reconnected from the fragmented memory and looked at the unfamiliar surroundings: Huh?
...
Jian Yu'an was not Zhao Zhenniang of the old society; she had more ways to obtain information and immediately noticed something was wrong.
I opened my phone, and the date had jumped forward one day.
Modern mobile phones are virtually immune to timing errors, so she immediately knew how much time had been lost.
As she stepped outside, her brother gave her a mocking look, as if she were about to be in big trouble.
Looking up at her mother's face, she saw that her mother's face was so dark it looked like it could drip water. Upon seeing her, her mother slammed the bowl on the table and began to unleash a torrent of abuse.
Jian Yu'an used to close his ears and pretend he didn't hear, but now he analyzes every detail carefully.
After understanding the cause and effect, Jian Yu'an slowly widened her eyes. What had entered her body?!
Unlike Zhao Zhenniang, who initially thought she was possessed by a ghost, Jian Yu'an immediately realized that he had been possessed.
As for why I don't suspect I have multiple personalities, nobody knows whose body it is.
Although I feel like I want to die every day, how could I develop mental problems so easily, let alone such a sophisticated illness as multiple personality disorder?
In her mind, anyone who gets this disease must be a protagonist or a villain. She would rather believe that she has been possessed than believe that she has a disease!
Upon discovering that she had been transported to another world, and that the transmigrator had even ruined her blind date, Jian Yu'an was furious. Who was this transmigrator who took it upon himself to choose her life?
So, she's become a template that needs to be transformed by the female lead?
Jian Yu'an hates the kind of transmigrators who wear the original owner's skin, have a bunch of cheat codes, and look down on the original owner for not knowing how to manage things.
Angrily, she wrote a letter to the time traveler: Whoever you are, get out of my body! I don't need anyone to save me!
Jian Yu'an waited for the transmigrator's reply, but the cycle of controlling the body separately was about a day. Another day passed before she received a reply.
The person who replied seemed surprised that she was still there, and apologized to her repeatedly, saying things that Jian Yu'an could understand.
However, Jian Yu'an fell silent during the self-introduction segment.
The person who replied said: Her name was Zhao Zhenniang, or you could call her Aunt, born in 1901 and died in 2000.
I don't know how I came to be resurrected in your body, but I'm afraid your marriage contract is not suitable, because she is a descendant of the same clan, and marriage is not allowed.
Please forgive me.
Jian Yu'an: ...
ah?
She tried to find out what the other person was trying to trick her about, but the person who replied used very archaic language, and the whole text was written in traditional characters. It felt like traditional characters were the first language she learned.
Not only that, she didn't know how to use a smartphone, and told her many questions she didn't understand, asking her for clarification.
And I apologize to her again; she doesn't know how to use a computer and doesn't know how to do her work.
I pretended to faint at the company to skip my shift and then went to a computer school to cram for computer knowledge.
The computer teacher asked her for two thousand yuan, saying it was taken from her phone. Please confirm if this is true.
And your job seems to be foreign language translation.
Her friend is fluent in foreign languages, but she isn't.
Even if they learn computers, it will be difficult for them to be competent in the following work in a short period of time.
Hopefully, she can be mentally prepared.
Jian Yu'an: ...
Is it true or false?
Pick up your phone and head to the office immediately.
She studied foreign languages in college and now works as a translator at a company. It sounds like a very leisurely job, but in reality, she doesn't get more than three days off a month.
The blind date can be arranged for one day, the time traveler can use her body to arrange another day, and then another day, and then she can quit her job.
When she arrived at the company, as expected, her colleagues treated her like dirt and dumped her tasks on her.
Seeing the undeniable facts, Jian Yu'an went to her office to resign with tears in her eyes.
Her supervisor, who used to get angry at her all the time, resigned, but they tried to persuade her to stay.
But now she can't stay even if she wants to. Can she still work in the Yin-Yang class?
She took her things home. What kind of life does she have? Not only is she not allowed to go through the path of arranged marriages and marrying into a wealthy family, but she also lost her job!
After what happened, Jian Yu'an absolutely dared not go home, so she rented a cheap apartment to avoid being bothered by her mother.
All of this was caused by the outsider on her body, but she couldn't say anything, after all, he was a senior!
With tears welling up in her eyes, she asked the other soul within her body: "Senior, what are your thoughts on the path ahead?"
Zhao Zhenniang: Let's do something that's acceptable to both of us.
Jian Yu'an: What kind of job?
Zhao Zhenniang: Let's open a shop.
Jian Yu'an: ...
Where did the money come from to open the shop?
Zhao Zhenniang: I've gotten you 100,000 yuan.
Jian Yu'an: Hmm?
She suddenly remembered who this person was. Could it be that you, senior, can also control the massive Zhao family conglomerate?
Zhao Zhenniang: ...
No, but it wasn't without reason that the people of Zhao Family Village sought out Jian Yu'an for a blind date.
On the eve of the War of Resistance against Japan, Zhao Zhenniang handed over the debts of the Chinese Merchants Alliance to all her descendants, saying that the debts could not be wiped out even after death.
Later, due to the war, many creditors were scattered. Zhao Family Village never forgot to search for the descendants of the creditors until they found Jian Yu'an's generation.
Originally, it was supposed to be a repayment arrangement, but unexpectedly, it turned into a debt of gratitude that required her to repay with her body. Zhao Zhenniang didn't know what to say.
Chen Xiangyuan herself wanted to give herself to him as a woman, so she didn't ask for money. Zhao Zhenniang, however, didn't want that and insisted on getting the money she was owed.
The loan from the past has now reached 100,000 yuan due to inflation and interest accrued on personal relationships.
This was what they deserved, so Zhao Zhenniang went to get it back.
Jian Yu'an: ...
Does my mom know?
"I don't know. Even if I did, would it still be in your hands?"
"So how did you convince my mom?"
“I couldn’t persuade her. I told her to go apologize to Aunt Zhao. She thought there was still a chance, so she didn’t ask the Zhao family for money. Then I got the money from the Zhao family and transferred it to your card.”
Jian Yu'an immediately picked up his phone, opened the text message page, and discovered that his account balance had indeed reached six figures!
With bonuses, she can earn about 50,000 yuan a year. 100,000 yuan is two years' salary for her, which is theoretically not a large sum.
But earning 100,000 in two years is different from suddenly having 100,000 extra money for no reason. Jian Yu'an immediately jumped up from the narrow bed: As expected of a senior!
In an instant, Jian Yu'an felt the value of this legendary figure. His extraordinary money-making ability, proven by history, was trustworthy!
I humbly seek advice from the senior colleague on how to further develop my career.
Zhao Zhenniang: ...
"I'm not very familiar with this world anymore. You are the master of this new world, and it's your turn to make the decisions."
Jian Yu'an: Huh? She decided? She doesn't know anything?
Upon hearing this, Zhao Zhenniang instantly thought of her timid self. She had been taught little by little by her third aunt and second sister, and now it was her turn to teach the newcomers.
Zhao Zhenniang had a better temper than her third aunt and second sister. She gently comforted them, saying, "No one is good at nothing. You always have things you want and things you like. Passion is more important than anything else. What you like may be what you are good at."
Jian Yu'an fell silent: What does she like?
Upon hearing Zhao Zhenniang's words, she remembered that she actually really liked traditional Chinese makeup and often posted photos on her account. Deep down, she longed to become an overnight sensation and gain both fame and fortune.
But reality is often disappointing. There are too many people involved in this industry, and she is trapped in it, unable to even make a ripple.
Now that she had found 100,000 yuan for nothing, and with this powerful man from the Republic of China era as her backer, she suddenly wanted to give it a try.
With a heavy heart, I used the 100,000 yuan to rent a small shop, thinking that if I could make it work, I would, and if not, I would switch to being a Tony or a nail technician.
Thanks to the fact that she often needs to dress up but has no money and has to do it herself, she actually has some nail art and hairstyling skills, and then she also takes on some wedding makeup and hairstyling jobs on the side.
She had already decided to take a solid, down-to-earth approach. After observing for so many days, Zhao Zhenniang discovered that in this era, the internet was the biggest opportunity; as long as you gained traffic, you could start a business very quickly.
Zhao Zhenniang learns things very quickly. Jian Yu'an can now communicate with her using his phone's memo app: "There are so many ways to make traffic online these days, how do we stand out?"
Zhao Zhenniang had also thought of a way to get ahead quickly.
He handed her a blurry video, which she had bought from the coffee shop where she had previously gone on a blind date during the event.
Jian Yu'an almost jumped up when he saw the video: "You want to ride this wave of traffic? What if you anger the Zhao family!"
After typing the words, it suddenly dawned on me that Zhao Zhenniang was the eldest member of the Zhao family...
Zhao Zhenniang remained silent upon receiving this inquiry. The village she had founded had gradually deviated from her original intentions.
He reached out and typed a string of words: "They are the ones who went astray; only through criticism and reflection can we make continuous progress."
"If you really can't listen to good advice, can't see the traps, and stubbornly go into the abyss of error."
"Everything I have built will also be destroyed by my own hands."
Jian Yu'an: ...
Such an amazing aura of a master! I suddenly want to find a picture of Senior Zhao online to use as my wallpaper, to experience his true influence...
But if she does that, Senior Zhao will probably be very embarrassed.
Jian Yu'an immediately came up with a solution: he bought Zhao Zhenniang a new phone, created a new account for her, and changed her profile picture to his own.
Zhao Zhenniang was very happy with Jian Yu'an's arrangement. Sharing a cell phone with someone else did indeed cause a sense of unease, as it both infringed on their privacy and violated her own. Now it was much better.
Jian Yu'an replied that he was glad the senior was satisfied, and then looked down at Zhao Zhenniang's profile picture and the chat wallpaper that matched it.
I feel so safe...
...
As soon as the live stream ended, viewers turned to Zhao Zhenniang's live stream to watch the sequel. Oh my god, it was so exciting!
Throughout the entire world, Ye Xiqing never actively streamed, but Zhao Zhenniang had completely inherited Ye Xiqing's popularity and become the new streamer.
Everyone was drawn to this reverse time travel setting, where the new BOSS even turned into the village he had built himself.
Whether it's the exhilarating feeling of a max-level player returning to the beginner village, or the unconventional setting of time travel between ancient and modern times, both attract the audience's attention.
The number of viewers didn't drop but increased after the live stream ended; this is much more interesting than the old storyline!
The audience was so excited, but the system could only wearily ask the world, "Why have you also opened the rebirth memory bank?"
The modern storyline of Jian Yu'an did not originally exist; now, in order to adapt to the storyline, the world has to work hard to write a new one.
Writing new storylines already takes up a lot of memory, and the system keeps asking me questions. Didn't your taskmaster tell me to do this?
System: Then why don't you just ignore her?
World: No way, her idea is pretty good.
system:……
Ever since discovering in the previous world that one could actually bargain, Ye Xiqing has gotten into the habit of bargaining with the world.
This time, instead of focusing on [memory engraving], she gave the non-existent modern Jian Yu'an a [soul transfer].
【Soul Transfer】is an equipment-type item similar to 【Contraceptive Pill】. As long as it is not removed, both people can continuously obtain the "Multi-Soul Co-existence" effect.
Since this is a world that defies conventions, let's take the anti-conventional approach to the extreme. A monotonous circular loop is so boring, let's try an "8" loop instead.
Zhao Zhenniang's end will become Jian Yu'an's beginning, and Jian Yu'an's end will also become Zhao Zhenniang's beginning.
Two people have lived two lifetimes together, so on average each person has one lifetime, no more and no less.
Moreover, it can compare before and after, dynamically correct errors, be self-sufficient, and eliminate the need for middlemen to make a profit. Wouldn't that be better?
Ye Xiqing said this as if she were joking, but what was scary was that her joke actually sounded very real.
Upon closer examination, this 8-character cycle actually has many advanced features.
The world thought about it and adopted the suggestion.
If a new storyline can be developed, then this 8-character cycle will be adopted in the future.
In modern times, Zhao Zhenniang's "previous life" memories from the Republican era are opened up, and in the Republican era, Jian Yu'an's "previous life" memories from the modern era are opened up.
Activating all memories at the same time is not feasible; it would be too chaotic.
Each new memory generated by each person in each round overwrites the old memories of the previous round. Everyone feels that they have been reborn, but they don't know that they have actually been reborn many times.
Twenty-five-year-old Jian Yu'an will meet 99-year-old Zhao Zhenniang, while sixteen-year-old Zhao Zhenniang will meet Jian Yu'an, whose age is currently unknown.
It has neither a beginning nor an end; it is both a beginning and an end.
Even if the cycle cannot be formed, it can return to the initial state and activate the [Memory Imprint] content of the tasker.
In addition to [Soul Transfer], Ye Xiqing also provided two [Memory Imprint] as a minimum guarantee.
The worst outcome is simply returning to a state of extreme poverty.
Three souls are too crowded. From now on, it's just the two of you.
She was going to travel to the next world alone.
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