“...Deputy Director Qian even said that if you marry him, he will definitely treat you like an ancestor. Not only will the betrothal gift be one thousand, but there will also be the 'three turns and one sound,' and his future salary will all be under your control. After marriage, you won't have to go to the countryside anymore.”
Lin Yuexi leaned weakly on the bed, looking at the chattering girl in front of her with a dazed expression.
She looked around again. This was a room of about twenty square meters. The four walls were snow-white, but the furniture inside was very antique and heavy, with a strong wooden feel, like a large wardrobe, a dressing table, and so on.
Crammed together, the room appeared somewhat cluttered, exuding a strong sense of the era.
“Xixi, we are good friends, and I'm doing this for your own good. Others don't care about your poor health, but I do. The countryside is no place for you. Uncle Leng and Aunt Zhang are not your biological parents, so they might not be able to consider everything.”
Wang Yue said while carefully observing the young girl in front of her, afraid she would discover her true intentions.
In the entire compound, no, it should be said that the entire Beijing City, you couldn't find a more beautiful girl than Lin Yuexi.
She had a face like a hibiscus, eyebrows like willow leaves, skin as fair and flawless as a peeled egg, and delicate features perfectly combined. When she smiled, there were two shallow dimples, like a jade carving of nobility and preciousness, with a natural, ethereal aura.
She was a beauty that could topple cities and nations, peerless and not to be profaned!
The only pity was that due to premature birth, Lin Yuexi had been sickly since childhood, unable to tolerate heat, cold, urgency, or anger. Every time the season changed, she would have to lie in bed for half a month to a month.
Because of this, she looked very thin and fragile, like a porcelain doll that would shatter at the slightest touch.
Yet, heaven seemed to favor her exceptionally. While others who were chronically ill were either emaciated or skin and bones, she, despite being sickly from childhood and having brushed with death several times, was completely unaffected in her appearance. Even when thin, she was stunningly beautiful, and her illness only made her more pitiable.
Every time Wang Yue saw that face, her heart ached with jealousy. If not for her reason, she would have scratched that face, which didn't belong to this world.
If you are a celestial being, then return to your heaven.
Seeing that she remained silent, her already pale face gradually turned greenish. Wang Yue thought her plan had succeeded and she had successfully driven a wedge between Lin Yuexi and Commander Leng's couple. A smug smile appeared on her face.
She quickly concealed it, her expression changing like a master actor to one of concern.
“Xixi, don't worry, I'll go call Ren Yan.”
Saying this, she got up and rushed out of the room, moving as fast as if she were escaping.
Lin Yuexi's expression was not due to Wang Yue's incomprehensible words, but because the original host's memories suddenly flooded her mind. She felt like a high-performance CPU installed in an old, outdated computer. Her frail body couldn't handle the influx of eighteen years of memories. If her mental power ability hadn't also come with her and continuously guided the process, she would have fainted by now.
However, the situation wasn't much better. Her ability, which was previously at level nine, was now only at a weak beginner level. The throbbing pain in her head not only made her face pale but also caused her body to tremble slightly.
A few seconds later, she couldn't hold on any longer and fainted.
Ren Yan rushed in and saw this scene. Startled, she hurried over and picked her up, shouting outside, "Aunt Li, help me ask Xiao Wang to prepare the car."
Aunt Li outside responded with an "aiyo" and stopped her rush into the room, turning and running outside in a hurry.
It was after lunch, and many elderly men and women were taking a walk after their meal.
The sudden commotion attracted everyone's attention. A while later, they saw Commander Leng's car speeding out of the compound, and they were all accustomed to it.
After all, they lived in the same compound. They gathered in twos and threes, their faces showing concern and worry.
"Didn't they say the hospital prescribed good imported medicine? Why did she faint again?"
"Fortunately, Commander Leng dotes on his daughter and applied for a car. She can get to the hospital immediately if something happens."
A new daughter-in-law, unaware of the situation, asked, "Is Commander Leng's daughter not in good health?"
Old Mrs. Wang, who loved to join the fun, replied, "Xixi is a premature baby. She's eaten more medicine than food since she was little. Now she has to go to the countryside, I don't know... alas~"
Hearing this, the new daughter-in-law's impression of Commander Leng's family instantly improved by several notches. The Leng family was truly good, not only willing to raise a sickly girl but also, from what she could gather from the surrounding conversations, they doted on this daughter immensely.
The preference for boys over girls was a common phenomenon now. However, in many rural areas, there were still many bad customs that made it more pronounced. In fact, cities were not much different.
If a family had a sickly child, especially a girl, her fate in the countryside was usually abandonment, either in the mountains or thrown into a river. In the city, mountains and rivers were not absent either.
Everyone knew about such things, and no one intervened, nor could they. As long as the Public Security Bureau wasn't involved, it was as if nothing had happened.
In the hospital's emergency room, Lin Yuexi lay on the hospital bed, being resuscitated by several doctors. Her breathing was intermittent, and the monitor connected to her heart only beeped once after a long while, indicating to the doctors that she could still be saved.
In reality, she was still conscious. Her entire body felt like it was being taken apart and reassembled, causing unbearable pain. Her head felt like several electric drills were constantly boring into it.
The original host's memories gradually unfolded in her mind amidst the pain.
After receiving the original host's memories, she suddenly realized with a shock that she had not only transmigrated but also transmigrated into a book. The protagonist of the book was Wang Yue—her stepsister.
The original host was not the biological daughter of Leng Zhi and Zhang Hongying, but the orphan of Leng Zhi's comrade-in-arms.
Speaking of the original host's background, it was both pitiful and fortunate.
Her biological father was a martyr who had sacrificed himself when she was only seven months old in her mother's womb. Her birth mother had a deep affection for her husband. Upon receiving the news of his heroic death, she was so stimulated that she went into premature labor and difficult labor. After giving birth to the original host, she didn't even get to see her before following her husband.
Afterward, the original host was adopted by the Leng Zhi couple.
The Leng Zhi couple had three sons. Their eldest son, Leng Xingshu, worked at a scientific research institute. It was rare to see him, let alone talk to him in a year. Writing letters was impossible without an address.
Their second son, Leng Xingchen, inherited his father's wishes and had long since enlisted in the army. He was now in the Northeast Military Region and had already reached the Deputy Regiment Commander level.
Their third son, Leng Xingran, was not very lucky. He graduated from high school just as the down to the countryside movement began and became an Educated Youth in a place called Hongxing Brigade in the Northeast.
When the original host arrived at the Leng family, the eldest brother was 20 years old and already working at the research institute. The second brother was 15 years old and had already enlisted. The only one at home was Leng Xingran, who was 9 years old and attending primary school.
One was due to the large age gap, and the other was due to the good upbringing by the Leng Zhi couple. Fortunately, she was not ostracized by her three brothers. On the contrary, all three brothers were doting older brothers.
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