"Hiss!" Lin Zhiluo covered her head, got up from the cold floor, and collapsed onto the sofa.
"How did it come back to life?" She looked at her hands, which were fair and slender, but covered in calluses.
She lay on the sofa, drowsy, as if she were dreaming, dreaming of her life when she finally avenged her sect.
But then she dreamed of another girl's life, who was switched at birth and then lived in the mountains for more than ten years, growing up on the charity of the villagers.
Finally, he passed the college entrance exam by working part-time. During the winter vacation, he had nowhere to go, so he worked for 500 yuan and died in the cold winter.
Lin Zhiluo vaguely saw this girl's future. She would not be happy even if the so-called family found her and took her back. That family looked down on her because she was a girl from the mountains. The only thing they had to offer was the girl's Tsinghua University.
The original owner's family already had an adopted daughter, so her return was not welcomed.
Half-asleep, Lin Zhilu heard a sigh: "Is that so? It's better that you're leaving. Live well... Be happy..."
Lin Zhiluo opened her eyes again in the early hours of the morning; she had been woken up by the cold.
"Achoo~" She sneezed, turned on the electric blanket using the body left behind by the original owner, took a hot shower, and climbed onto the narrow little bed.
The original owner lived frugally and couldn't afford to turn on the air conditioner; one electric blanket was enough for her to get through the winter.
When Lin Zhiluo opened her eyes again, the sun was already high in the sky. She felt a stuffy nose and took her phone out from under her pillow. After fiddling with it for a while, she finally got through.
"Lin Zhiluo, you're already an hour late. If you don't want to work, then get out."
The tone on the other end was very aggressive.
Lin Zhilu gradually came to her senses: "I'm sorry, I'm taking the day off today. I have a cold."
The person on the other end paused, then softened their tone: "It's just one day off. It's almost Chinese New Year. If you take too much leave, I won't pay you."
Lin Zhiluo listened to the voice on the other end of the phone, then struggled to get out of bed. Looking at herself in the mirror, she was pale and thin. This girl had taken very bad care of herself.
She used a new toothbrush and washed her face according to the original owner's memories.
After washing her face, she felt a warm flow coming out of her nose. Once the nosebleed stopped, she let out a long sigh.
The original owner was destined to die young. Now that she has taken over the original owner's body, the body and soul are not well integrated, which easily leads to such problems. If she doesn't find a way to resolve this, she will die soon, and it will be very difficult to find a suitable body again.
She was dressed in thick clothes, but her hands and feet were still ice-cold, lacking the warmth of a living person.
She wanted to go out and buy some cold medicine because her nose was constantly stuffy and she felt very uncomfortable.
The original owner lived in an old residential building. When she went downstairs, she met an old lady with gray hair who was taking her grandson out to play.
The old lady looked at Lin Zhiluo's pale face with concern and asked, "Young lady, are you feeling unwell? Why is your face so pale?"
She's practically a living dead, clinging to life by sheer willpower; how could she possibly look well?
She put on her mask and said in a muffled voice, "I have a bit of a cold, I'm going downstairs to buy some medicine."
"You're such a thin girl, you need to eat properly," the old lady said, seemingly remembering her own child.
Lin Zhilu nodded. She looked at the old lady's face. In physiognomy, the glabella, tear trough, and philtrum all represent descendants. This old lady had dark aura in these three places.
She looked down at the little child she was holding and said with a smile, "Grandma, let's take your grandson a little further away from the water today."
"What?" Grandma Zhou didn't expect the little girl to say that.
Lin Zhilu explained, "I saw from the property management of the community that many children are skating on the artificial lake in the community. I think it's not safe to get close to the water today because the temperature is rising."
After saying that, she patted the child's head and said, "You're not allowed to play by the river."
The child felt the hand touching his head was cool. Her words were soft, but they were deeply imprinted in his heart. He was a little scared and shrank behind his grandmother.
They had just reached the first floor.
Grandma Zhou still took the children to visit the Chang sisters. When they passed the lake, she looked at the thick ice and said, "How can the ice melt so soon? There are still children playing on it."
Grandma Zhou's grandson originally wanted to go ice skating.
"You're not allowed to play by the river!" For some reason, Xiao Bao remembered his older sister's cold hands and her words.
Grandma Zhou's grandson obediently followed beside her. Grandma Zhou was curious why her grandson wasn't going ice skating today.
Without asking any further questions, she took her grandson to visit her old friends in the neighborhood.
They talked for a while, and then the neighborhood became noisy. Grandma Zhou and her friends went over to see what was going on and found out that the ice in the neighborhood had suddenly cracked and several children had fallen into the lake.
Fortunately, these children were close to the shore, and the ice on the lake had broken off; otherwise, I can't even imagine what would have happened.
Grandma Zhou felt ice cold all over. Xiao Bao always skated very fast and far, reaching the center of the lake each time. She couldn't imagine how serious the consequences would be if he went onto the ice this time.
It's the coldest time of the year now. In the northern winter, who would dare to swim to the center of this huge artificial lake? Even if someone rescues him, Xiao Bao's clothes will absorb water and become heavy. Can he hold out until the rescue?
Thinking of this, Grandma Zhou gripped Xiao Bao's hand tightly.
Grandma Zhou's phone suddenly rang. After Xiao Bao's mother learned from the owners' group that there had been an accident in the artificial lake and several children had fallen in, she immediately called her mother-in-law.
"Mom, how's Xiaobao? Is he alright?" I could still hear her rapid breathing; she seemed to be rushing here from home.
Xiao Bao has been very happy since he came back a few days ago. He told me that he went ice skating in the artificial lake and that he always went very far. She always told her mother-in-law not to let Xiao Bao go there.
But the mother-in-law didn't care, saying that the ice on the river was frozen solid, so how could anything happen?
Xiao Bao is her precious child. She can't imagine how she would live if something happened to him.
"It's alright, it's alright, Xiao Bao is perfectly fine, he didn't go ice skating," Grandma Zhou quickly said.
Xiao Bao's mother breathed a sigh of relief, but she was still worried and had to make sure Xiao Bao was alright.
While buying medicine at the hospital, Lin Zhiluo suddenly felt much warmer, as a tiny thread of merit entered her body.
It must be the good deeds of that grandmother and child from earlier.
After she finally managed to pay with her phone, she saw that over a hundred yuan had been deducted, leaving her with only a little over a thousand yuan in balance.
Lin Zhiluo's mind instantly conjured up images of tuition fees, rent, living expenses, and other costs.
She is now struggling with how to make money.
"A 79 yuan eyebrow pencil isn't expensive at all..."
Lin Zhiluo stared at the pharmacy owner's phone, who gritted his teeth: "This isn't expensive? These days, selling goods via livestream is really lucrative!"
This touched a nerve with Lin Zhiluo: "Does the boss make a lot of money from live streaming?"
The pharmacy owner said, "Of course, the more followers you have, the more money you can make. With a lot of followers, you could make millions a day."
Lin Zhiluo carried her medicine back to her rented room. As she entered, a cool breeze hit her, and it was actually warmer outside than in her room.
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