"I'm sorry, Weiwei, I've always only seen you as a younger sister. I don't like you."
"Song Wei, Luo Yecheng and I are friends. Please don't appear in front of him anymore; it's causing us both a lot of distress."
"Song Wei, have you no shame? Luo Yecheng has already said he doesn't like you..."
*Splash*...
The feeling of suffocation as her body fell into the water was extremely unpleasant.
Countless memories flashed through her mind like a TV drama. Song Wei suddenly opened her eyes, only to be met with an old, pure white ceiling.
Wasn't she dead?
But now... what's going on?
"Song Wei, you're awake. How are you feeling?"
A woman with two braids, dressed simply and even patched, came over and asked with concern.
"How could you be so foolish? Even if Luo Yecheng didn't like you, you shouldn't have jumped into the water to commit suicide."
Seeing her awake, Li Juan breathed a sigh of relief.
Song Wei looked at her hands, her pupils trembling slightly, her eyes reddening, and tears uncontrollably streamed down her face.
But they weren't tears of sadness, but tears of joy and excitement.
She... had transmigrated.
She had transmigrated to a world free from radiation pollution and mutated animals and plants.
The air here was so fresh that she greedily wanted to breathe it in deeply.
Li Juan saw her crying but assumed she was sad.
"Don't cry, everyone already knows Luo Yecheng and Jiang Xiaowan are dating, you're like this..."
Song Wei's voice was hoarse: "I'm fine.
I'm happy. "
*Gurgle, gurgle...*
Her stomach rumbled, the familiar feeling of hunger.
But Song Wei remained expressionless; this feeling happened every day in the wasteland world, she was used to it.
"Look, I forgot."
Li Juan quickly brought out a rather plain, well-worn aluminum lunchbox for her.
"This is your portion of food, I brought it for you."
The lunchbox opened, releasing a fragrant aroma of food, and Song Wei's eyes gleamed with greed.
She almost impatiently snatched the lunchbox, pouring the coarse grain porridge into her mouth without even using a spoon.
Li Juan was startled by her wolfish ferocity.
How hungry must she have been to drive a pale, sickly girl to this state?
It was more of a cornmeal porridge than porridge, made from dried, old corn, mixed with small, unprocessed pebbles. It was
a bit harsh on the throat, but Song Wei loved it.
It was truly natural food, unpolluted and with the aroma of grain.
"Eat slowly, no one's going to take it from you,"
Li Juan said, quickly handing her a bowl of water to prevent her from choking.
Song Wei took the water and gulped it down, feeling much better. She
continued eating.
Song Wei ate quickly, finishing the cornmeal porridge in a few slurps.
The feeling of food in her mouth and stomach was incredibly satisfying.
When she woke up, the doctor examined her. She was still a little weak, and the doctor asked if she wanted to stay in the hospital or leave.
She chose the latter.
The doctor looked at her, hesitant to speak.
After all, Song Wei looked like she might faint at any moment.
Her appearance was the delicate beauty typical of women from the Jiangnan water towns, slender and frail, with a graceful, almost delicate air. Beautiful as she was, she clearly wasn't cut out for manual labor, yet she was sent to the countryside as an educated youth.
Now, with her pale, sickly face, it was truly heartbreaking to see.
"Why don't you reconsider?"
Song Wei's eyes were firm: "No, I want to leave."
"Okay, all the expenses are one yuan."
Li Juan felt a pang of heartache just hearing about the one yuan medical fee.
What was she thinking? Now she's not only suffering but also having to pay for it.
The doctor also advised Song Wei: "You're so young, what's wrong with you? Jumping into the water in this freezing weather and suffering like this, don't do it again next time."
Song Wei nodded, somewhat embarrassed, and asked Li Juan to pay for it first.
"I don't have any money on me."
Although Li Juan felt the pinch, she still paid for her first.
"You must remember that."
One yuan was a huge sum for her.
Song Wei nodded: "I'll pay you back when I get back."
With the memories of this body, Song Wei knew where her money was.
Although her body was still weak, Song Wei's steps were light, and her eyes were filled with excitement.
Li Juan was puzzled; why was she so happy?
She had taken an oxcart back to the brigade, and today, coincidentally, the brigade's oxcart was waiting at the usual spot.
When they arrived, several women were already chatting on the oxcart, carrying small baskets.
Song Wei, with her sharp ears, vaguely heard her own name.
"Isn't that Song Zhiqing?"
They were just talking about her when she appeared, and everyone on the oxcart turned to look.
"Oh, Song Zhiqing, are you better now?" She didn't seem too well.
"Come sit here, you're finally better! Everyone was worried about you these past few days."
There was worry, after all, it was a life lost, but there was also a lot of schadenfreude.
Now, everyone in the brigade knew about Song Wei's suicide attempt because of Luo Zhiqing.
"Aunt Ma, Aunt Guihua..."
Song Wei's face was pale; she had broken out in a cold sweat from the journey, and her lips were almost white, as if she might faint at any moment.
But she knew she was perfectly fine now.
Mainly, her stomach was full, and she felt very content. She recognized several of the women from her memories, but there were many she didn't recognize.
After all, the original owner had only been in the countryside for less than a week.
"Song Zhiqing, you know Luo Zhiqing is getting married to Jiang Xiaowan, right?"
Suddenly, an older woman approached her and said, "Tsk tsk... Luo Zhiqing is really popular. But you even jumped into the water for him, and he's not worried at all. He'll still get married. It's clear he doesn't care about you at all."
Another older woman immediately scolded, "Liu Guifen, why are you saying all this? Are you just looking for trouble? Song Zhiqing just got out of the hospital. What if something happens to her? What will you do then!"
What kind of person is she? Song Zhiqing just got out of the hospital and doesn't look fully recovered. Isn't she afraid of upsetting her and sending her back to the hospital?
The older woman called Liu Guifen immediately moved away from Song Wei: "I was just telling Song Zhiqing what happened in the brigade. If anything happens to her, it has nothing to do with me."
She seemed afraid that Song Wei would blame her if anything happened to her.
Song Wei glanced at her. She recognized this older woman named Liu Guifen; to be precise, she was very familiar with her from the original owner's memories.
The original owner of this body had only been in the countryside for two days when she got into a conflict with an old woman, Liu Guifen, who was the old woman's daughter-in-law.
"I'm fine, thank you, Aunt Ma, but..."
she said, her eyes filled with doubt, "Who said I jumped into the water because of Luo Zhiqing?"
The people on the oxcart exchanged bewildered glances.
Liu Guifen immediately said, "Song Zhiqing, you're not just trying to save face, are you? Everyone knows you jumped into the water for Luo Zhiqing."
Although Song Wei hadn't been there long, everyone had witnessed her chasing after Luo Zhiqing.
Song Wei still looked bewildered.
"I did like Luo Zhiqing before, but jumping into the water for him is impossible. I met Comrade Jiang Xiaowan by the river, and we did argue a bit because of Luo Zhiqing, then we started pushing each other. The stones by the river were slippery, and it had rained that day, so I slipped and fell in."