Transmigration was already bitter enough, but after receiving the original host’s memories, Lin Jiaojiao felt an even deeper bitterness in her heart.
This was a girl despised by her family, toiling like a beast of burden for her younger brothers and sisters—doing the most work at home while eating the worst food.
Yet even though she worked like an old ox, enduring all hardships without complaint, she had never received a single kind word from her family.
It was as if she didn’t belong to this household at all.
Having just transmigrated over, Lin Jiaojiao found herself in the wilderness.
Wrapped in a tattered straw mat, she could hear the howling of wolves nearby.
She struggled to crawl to her feet, feeling a chilling sensation on her head, along with a dull ache.
A wave of dizziness washed over her, followed by the absorption of all the original host’s memories.
As two people sharing the same name, she deeply empathized with the original host’s plight.
In her past life, she had been an orphan who grew up relying on the charity of kindhearted people at the welfare home.
She never expected that after transmigrating, she would likewise be someone with little affinity for family ties.
Though she had once yearned for it, since she had never received it, there was no need to cling to it.
Now that she had a second chance at life, she would surely live well, carrying on for both herself and the original host.
Since this family thought the original host was dead, she might as well truly disappear.
It just so happened that she had already been signed up to go down to the countryside as a Zhiqing; the notice and the train ticket had always been in her possession.
The original host had hidden them in her room.
Tomorrow morning, once the Lin family left the house, she would go back and retrieve her things.
From then on, the sky would be high enough for the bird to fly, and the sea wide enough for the fish to leap.
Thinking this way, even the wound on her head didn’t hurt as much.
However, her stomach began to rumble loudly. It had been far too long since she last ate, and she had lost so much blood.
Her body was naturally struggling to hold on.
“Awoo—”
The distant wolf howls served as a grim reminder that this mountain was far from peaceful.
Lin Jiaojiao quickly scrambled to her feet and groped her way toward the village.
At the very least, wild beasts from the mountains wouldn’t easily enter the village.
It would be safe there for the time being.
Yet before she had walked very far, her foot caught on a tree root, sending her crashing to the ground once more.
The wound that had already stopped bleeding began to gush blood again.
With this fall, the pain in her head intensified.
Struggling to lift her head, she realized that the scene before her had changed.
It was no longer the pitch-black wilderness; instead, she had collapsed right in front of a house.
“Wait, that’s not right.”
“This place…”
Wasn’t this her home from her past life?
A detached courtyard house on the outskirts of the city that she had spent all her savings to buy.
Back then, because it was a secondhand property and housing prices were plummeting, she had gritted her teeth and bought it to give herself a real home.
Had she transmigrated back to modern times, or had this house come along with her?
Observing her surroundings carefully, she discovered that the neighbors’ residences were completely gone.
She could finally confirm that her Space had accompanied her.
Fortunately, with her home here, her heart was no longer so flustered.
She hurried inside and soon found food in the kitchen.
All the furniture she had bought back then was intact, and both the refrigerator and freezer were sitting neatly in the kitchen.
They were stocked with ingredients, exactly as they had been when she left.
She cooked herself a bowl of hot noodles, and after eating her fill, she took a bath.
Then, she changed into clean clothes and applied medicine to the wound on her forehead.
While bathing, she had already discovered that the original host’s body was covered in scars of all sizes.
Every single one was a masterpiece of that family.
Sleeping on her familiar, large bed, she finally regained some of her vitality.
When she woke up, it was already the next morning.
Leaving the Space, she got her bearings and sneaked back to the original host’s home.
The original host’s parents had already gone to work, while the younger siblings were either at school or out loafing around.
It was the perfect opportunity for her.
Familiar with the route, she found the hidden key, evaded everyone’s sight, and slipped inside.
“Since you left no path of survival for the original host, there’s no need for me to show any mercy.”
Life in this era was tough; one had to watch every step and every word.
Moreover, she was about to go down to the countryside as a Zhiqing, which required a vast amount of supplies.
Her family lived in a Tube-Shaped Apartment Building. If she hadn’t been worried that setting a fire would implicate the other households, Lin Jiaojiao would have loved to burn this place to the ground.
Still, there were other ways. Swiftly, she began sweeping everything within sight into her Space.
From furniture to bowls and chopsticks, from clothes and bedding to brooms and dustpans.
As long as it could be moved, she took it all.
Even the few bundles of dry firewood stacked in the kitchen were collected by her.
She didn’t even spare the straw in the corner.
Finally, gazing at the empty house, she was just about to slip away.
Before pushing open the door, however, she stepped back inside.
“These door panels aren’t bad. I’ll take them to use as firewood later.”
After dismantling all the door panels from the rooms, she finally felt content.
Fortunately, there were few people outside at this hour, allowing Lin Jiaojiao to smoothly leave the Tube-Shaped Apartment Building where her family lived.
She took out the train ticket the original host had stashed away; the date was precisely today.
“That damned Lin family—they wouldn’t even spare the original host on her very last day.”
“Not only did they fail to prepare any supplies for her to take to the countryside, but they also beat their own daughter to death.”
“The original host must have had eight lifetimes of bad luck to be stuck with parents like that!”
Her train was scheduled for two in the afternoon. Since it was still early, she planned to take a stroll through the black market.
Just as she arrived at the black market, panicked shouts rang out all around.
“The red armbands are here! Run, everyone!”
As soon as this voice rose, both sellers and buyers scrambled to flee for their lives.
Some stall owners didn’t even have time to pack up their goods.
Lin Jiaojiao was startled as well. She had never experienced anything like this, but fortunately, the original host’s memories came in handy.
She hurriedly took an alley the original host had used for escapes in the past, following the crowd away.
“Split up and chase them down!”
A stern male voice sounded from behind. Lin Jiaojiao glanced back and saw a young man with a grim expression.
Just as their eyes met, the man darted toward her in pursuit.
“Damn it!”
This gave her quite a fright, and her footsteps quickened.
However, she knew that with her physical stamina, she was simply no match for him.
If she kept running, she would be caught sooner or later.
Therefore, after turning a corner, Lin Jiaojiao ducked straight into her Space.
Reaching up to touch her face, she realized she was still wearing a green headscarf, which allowed her to breathe a slight sigh of relief.
Amid the chaos, and with her disguised, that man surely wouldn’t remember her.
Frightened by this ordeal, Lin Jiaojiao was no longer in the mood to wander the black market and headed straight for the train station instead.
She walked for a full hour. By the time she reached the station, there were still two hours left before departure.
She sat on a waiting bench, clutching a small cloth bundle tightly against her chest.
Before she could even catch her breath, someone tapped her on the shoulder.
“Comrade, why are you trembling so much?”
A somewhat authoritative voice reached her ears. Lin Jiaojiao turned her head instinctively, only to see a face that bore a striking resemblance to the man who had just chased her.
“I’m fine.”
She answered quickly, then hugged her bundle and moved to another spot.
However, the man followed her over and kept his eyes fixed on her.
Lin Jiaojiao grew uncertain. Could this really be the man who had just been chasing her?