Xia Lingxi woke up in a wave of pain. Before she could even regain her senses, a series of memories that did not belong to her flashed through her mind like scenes from a movie.
She had transmigrated.
She had transmigrated into ancient times and become Du Lingxi, the daughter of a marquis’s household. At that moment, she was being hunted down together with her mother.
She remembered that she and her mother had just gotten leave from the military and were preparing to return to her grandmother’s home.
Her grandmother’s eightieth birthday was only two days away.
The mother and daughter had not even reached the entrance of the military base. They were still several meters away from the gate when the ground suddenly collapsed beneath them. Before they could react, they fell straight down.
They seemed to have fallen for a very long time. In the end, a rock struck her head, and after that, she knew nothing.
When she woke up, she was already lying here.
Just as she was thinking about this, a transparent little figure appeared before her. Looking at her excitedly, it said,
“Master, you’re awake?”
Xia Lingxi frowned, thinking she was seeing things.
The transparent little figure spoke again.
“Master, are you all right?”
Xia Lingxi was now certain that the transparent little figure was real.
She asked, “What are you?”
The transparent little figure replied,
“I’m not a thing. I’m the spirit of the Space Lock.”
Xia Lingxi was about to ask another question when the Space Lock Spirit interrupted her.
“Master, there’s a hole in your head, and you’re still bleeding. Don’t ask anything for now. I’ll explain everything later. I have a spiritual medicine that can heal injuries. Take it.”
As soon as it finished speaking, a leaf that looked like a blade of grass landed on Xia Lingxi’s lips.
Her head really hurt terribly, and she didn’t think too much about it. Things had already come to this point how much worse could they get?
She opened her mouth and swallowed the leaf, chewing it twice before swallowing.
Immediately, she felt a warm sensation spread throughout her body. The pain in her head gradually faded, and the bleeding from the back of her head stopped as well.
Only after she had recovered did Xia Lingxi remember that the original mother and daughter had been hunted down and had jumped off a cliff.
She sat up and looked at the original owner’s mother, who was lying beside her.
That face looked exactly like her own mother’s, except she was younger. She appeared to be only around thirty years old.
The Space Lock Spirit spoke again.
“Master, I brought your mother here too. This body and soul originally belonged to your mother. She should be waking up soon.”
As soon as it finished speaking, her mother opened her eyes.
Xia Lingxi didn’t think too deeply about the words “this body and soul originally belonged to your mother.” When she heard that her mother had been brought here too, she immediately went over and called out,
“Mom!”
Xia Ruolan stared at her daughter, who looked only around a teenager, and froze.
Then, a sharp pain suddenly struck her head.
Xia Lingxi hurriedly asked the Space Lock Spirit for medicine.
“Lock Spirit, quickly, give my mom a medicinal leaf.”
A leaf fell into her hand.
She brought it to Xia Ruolan’s lips.
“Mom, take it quickly. Your head won’t hurt anymore.”
After Xia Ruolan swallowed it, she felt the same warm sensation spreading throughout her body, and the pain in her head gradually disappeared.
Memories that did not belong to her also appeared in her mind.
The original owner had been the daughter of the Loyal and Brave General’s Residence of Xining Kingdom. She had married the heir of the Jing’an Marquis’s Residence, who was now the Marquis of Jing’an.
Before she was attacked, she had caught her own husband having an affair with her sister-in-law.
That day, for some reason, she had suddenly felt like going to an abandoned courtyard in the residence.
It had once been the residence of one of the Old Marquis’s concubines. When she approached, however, she heard some inappropriate sounds coming from inside.
Having experienced such matters herself, she immediately knew what was happening.
Listening more carefully, she realized that the voices sounded very familiar.
She couldn’t believe that the two people inside would do such a thing. She wanted to leave, but her feet refused to move.
In the end, she pushed the door open and saw her husband, Du Peizhi, together with her second brother-in-law’s wife, Xue Wanyi, engaged in an illicit affair.
Furious, she rushed forward and shouted,
“How could you two do this?!”
The two people inside had not expected to be caught and had no choice but to stop.
Since they had already been discovered, Xue Wanyi simply decided to come clean.
“Marquis and I were already together before you two got married. But you’re the eldest daughter of the Loyal and Brave General’s Residence, and the Marquis’s Residence needed your family to support its status. Otherwise, how could you have become the Marchioness of Jing’an?”
The original owner looked at the Marquis of Jing’an and asked,
“Du Peizhi, is what she said true?”
Du Peizhi answered,
“What Wanyi said is true. If my father hadn’t taken a liking to you because you’re the eldest daughter of the General’s Residence, I would have married Wanyi long ago.”
Those words felt like a bucket of cold water had been poured over her from head to toe.
The original owner’s tears flowed uncontrollably. Trembling, she pointed at Du Peizhi.
“How can you face your second brother after doing this? How can you face me? Do you two even know what you’re doing? The whole world will despise you for this! You could even be condemned to death by being drowned in a pond!”
At the time, Xue Wanyi looked at her mockingly.
“Do you dare tell anyone? If you do, Lingxi won’t be able to find a good husband either.”
She didn’t even know how she had managed to leave that abandoned courtyard.
After returning to her room, she remembered that her son, who had just turned two, had somehow left the house under the servants’ watch and fallen into a pond.
Such a young child had somehow managed to walk all the way to a pond that was so far away.
Thinking about it now, the suspicious details gradually became clear. It was probably that woman, Xue Wanyi, who had done it.
She didn’t want her own son to inherit the Marquis’s Residence in the future.
Since Xue Wanyi and Du Peizhi had already been together before the marriage, it was possible that her son was also Du Peizhi’s child.
The original owner decided to divorce him.
However, when she brought it up, Du Peizhi shamelessly made a condition.
She had to leave her dowry behind, otherwise he would not agree to the divorce.
The Jing’an Marquis’s Residence had once followed the former emperor in conquering the realm and establishing the dynasty. However, the family had declined with each generation, and now the entire household was surviving on her dowry.
The original owner threatened that if he refused to divorce her, she would expose his affair with Xue Wanyi.
Only then did Du Peizhi relent. He said that his mother was in poor health and proposed that she go to a temple to pray for his mother’s recovery. In return, he would agree to the divorce.
Wanting to free herself from that disgusting pair as soon as possible, the original owner agreed and took her daughter to the temple.
On their way home, however, they were suddenly attacked by assassins.
Thinking about how Du Peizhi had suddenly asked her to go to the temple to pray, combined with the fact that the assassins had pursued them relentlessly, what else could she possibly not understand?
She had never expected that, in order to seize her dowry and cover up their disgraceful affair, they would not even spare the life of their own daughter.
Xia Ruolan finally pieced everything together.
She pushed herself up and tried to sit. Xia Lingxi helped her into a proper sitting position.
The Space Lock Spirit spoke again.
“Master, could you two enter the space first? You’ve both lost quite a lot of blood and need to replenish your strength.”
Although Xia Lingxi was a soldier, she also loved reading transmigration novels. The moment she heard about a space, her face immediately lit up with excitement.
Besides, she was genuinely hungry.
She asked, “Can we enter the space just by thinking about going inside?”
Xia Ruolan couldn’t see the Space Lock Spirit. Seeing her daughter talking to thin air, she looked around in confusion.
The Space Lock Spirit answered,
“Yes, Master. As long as you think about entering the space, you’ll be able to go inside. If you want to bring someone in, simply think about who you want to bring with you.”
Xia Lingxi thought about bringing her mother inside.
In the next moment, the two of them appeared in a familiar place—the military base where they had been stationed.
The mother and daughter were both stunned.
Xia Lingxi looked up at the Space Lock Spirit and asked,
“What is going on?”
The Space Lock Spirit said,
“When I brought you away from your previous life, I copied everything within a five-kilometer radius of the place where you had your accident into the space. Go to the cafeteria and eat first. I’ll explain everything slowly afterward.”
Only then did Xia Ruolan ask,
“Lingxi, who are you talking to?”
Xia Lingxi answered,
“A transparent little person. He says he’s the spirit of the Space Lock and that I’m his master. He said he copied the military base into the space.”
Xia Ruolan was shocked.
“There really is such a thing?”
Xia Lingxi said,
“Who cares? As long as we’re alive, we’ve already come out ahead.”
Xia Ruolan nodded.
“That’s true. When we fell into that pit, I thought we were finished. Being alive now really is a stroke of luck.”