1983, Shangba Village.
“I’ve already stripped Jiang Yunshu of her clothes. Once we push her into the water, you jump in and hold her tightly. I’ll call people right away!”
“When there are lots of people around, just press your hands on her chest, then go up and kiss her hard—blow air into her mouth!”
Jiang Yunshu’s head throbbed painfully. In her dazed state, she heard her stepsister Jiang Yumeng’s voice.
Soon, a lecherous man responded, “Alright, alright! Kiss and grope, right? Got it.”
Jiang Yumeng dragged Jiang Yunshu to the riverbank, her eyes full of malice. “Sister, don’t blame me and Mom for being cruel. Our brother will need a bride price in the future!”
“You’ve been half-witted for six months with no cure. The marriage that was arranged for you had no choice but to be transferred to me. You should just live a good life with Old Wang!”
“He may be ugly, lame, and barely have any hair left, but he’s older and knows how to care for people. He doesn’t mind that you’re stupid—he’s a perfect match for you, sister!”
Jiang Yunshu snapped awake and met her stepsister’s triumphant gaze.
As Jiang Yumeng leaned closer, a necklace hung boldly around her neck—it was the one Jiang Yunshu’s mother had left her.
A perfectly round seawater pearl.
Jiang Yunshu suddenly reached out.
“Ah!! Damn it!! You bitch!!!”
Jiang Yumeng scrambled to her feet in a sorry state. Jiang Yunshu had yanked her so hard she fell near the riverbank, knocking out a tooth—her mouth filled with blood!
She glared hatefully as Jiang Yunshu sank into the water, never expecting her to still have strength after taking sleeping pills!
For a moment, she almost wished Jiang Yunshu would just drown. But behind her, the old man could no longer hold back.
He yanked at his waistband and rushed forward. “Little beauty, here I come!”
As Jiang Yunshu sank, countless images flashed before her eyes, and a suffocating sensation closed in.
Only then did she realize—she was actually the early-dead “white moonlight” in a period novel titled The White Moonlight of the 1980s Tycoon, the female lead the male protagonist Qi Zihao loved deeply, who appeared briefly before dying.
Because Jiang Yunshu was merely cannon fodder, her gentle and kind mother had met with tragedy while searching for her father.
By the time Jiang Yunshu finally found him in Shangba Village, her scumbag father had already remarried a widow who brought along a daughter.
After arriving in the village, Jiang Yunshu became Qi Zihao’s “white moonlight,” and their families had long arranged their marriage.
But the good times didn’t last. An accident swept Jiang Yunshu away in a flood right before Qi Zihao’s eyes, and she disappeared for two years.
When she returned, she was much thinner, mentally unstable, and muddled—like a fool.
Her stepmother then swapped the marriage arrangement, letting her own daughter Jiang Yumeng marry Qi Zihao, while selling Jiang Yunshu to an old bachelor in the village, cutting off all of Qi Zihao’s lingering feelings.
What they didn’t expect was that Jiang Yunshu’s body was so weak that after falling into the water, she couldn’t be saved.
Qi Zihao watched helplessly as the girl he once loved died, leaving an indelible scar in his heart.
What one cannot obtain is always the most regrettable.
Jiang Yunshu thought drowning and bloating in water was already miserable enough—but even after death, the plot still wouldn’t let her go.
Her stepmother and stepsister somehow spread rumors that when Jiang Yunshu had disappeared, she had actually been trafficked and even borne someone else’s child!
Unfortunately, the child died during childbirth. Not only was she “defiled,” but she also couldn’t bear children—so she was cast out and returned to Shangba Village.
Qi Zihao’s “white moonlight” filter shattered completely.
All his affection had stemmed from her gentle aura and beautiful appearance.
Once she was deemed “impure,” she no longer deserved the title of white moonlight. He then devoted himself to his career, building wealth alongside his destined female lead.
Jiang Yunshu almost laughed in anger.
But her body grew weaker, heavier—oxygen dwindling fast.
She didn’t want to die here.
Why should she deserve such a miserable fate?
She wished she could drag those who framed her into the water—let them all die together!
If she died, they wouldn’t live either!
As if responding to her thoughts, the pearl in her hand suddenly emitted a soft glow.
Warmth spread through her palm.
Startled, Jiang Yunshu saw the pearl her mother left her float up—and in the blink of an eye, it vanished at her lips.
What?
Her eyes widened in shock as she looked down at her body.
Just a moment ago, she had been suffocating—but now she could breathe normally underwater.
Even her heavy body felt light.
It was as if an invisible, gentle force supported her beneath the water, and even the current became a driving force propelling her forward!
Her eyes reddened. She hadn’t expected the pearl her mother left her to be such a treasure—saving her life at a critical moment.
With a splash, another heavy body entered the water.
Jiang Yunshu snapped back to her senses—Old Wang had jumped in. She quickly swam aside and concealed herself.
Completely unaware that Jiang Yunshu had regained consciousness, Old Wang looked excited, eager to drag her out and take advantage of her.
But after searching desperately, he saw no trace of her underwater.
He was stunned. Where did she go?
A light figure drifted past. In the blink of an eye, Jiang Yunshu was already above him.
Thinking of his disgusting collusion with Jiang Yumeng, she felt sick.
She knew clearly—if she didn’t die today, she would be captured by this old man and abused to death.
Without hesitation, Jiang Yunshu stomped hard on Old Wang’s head!
“Argh—!”
He immediately choked on water.
He had no idea what happened. Clutching his throat, he struggled desperately to breathe—but couldn’t.
He could only watch himself sink like a stone.
On the shore, Jiang Yumeng kept looking around, waiting for a signal.
Once Old Wang pulled Jiang Yunshu out, she would call people over.
But after waiting and waiting, nothing happened. She grew irritated. “What is that old bastard doing? Can’t even handle something this simple!”
“I already told Mom to go call people. By the time they arrive, he hasn’t even started mouth-to-mouth yet—idiot!”
As she leaned forward to look, she didn’t notice a figure silently appear behind her.
Soaked through, Jiang Yunshu had already climbed ashore from another side, hiding among the reeds.
Seeing Jiang Yumeng like this, Jiang Yunshu showed no mercy.
Just as Jiang Yumeng felt a chill behind her, someone suddenly lifted her leg—
and kicked her hard in the butt!
“Ahhhh—!”
Her pig-like scream echoed across the riverbank, immediately drawing people over.
Jiang Yunshu coldly withdrew her foot and jumped back into the water from where she had come ashore.
With just a few strokes, she was already behind Jiang Yumeng.
Underwater had become Jiang Yunshu’s comfort zone—even more than land.
She could swim swiftly without effort.
Her movements were completely unhindered by the water’s resistance.
Raising her hand, she tore off Jiang Yumeng’s thin outer garment from behind, then shoved her straight toward the old bachelor!
Already on the brink of death, the old man grabbed onto whatever he could.
Underwater, he clutched Jiang Yumeng tightly, scratching her exposed arms until they were torn.
In the chaos, her blouse was ripped apart in several places.
Hearing footsteps approaching, Jiang Yunshu lightly kicked off and swam away, ignoring the two wretched figures tangled together behind her.
Today, she would see exactly who ends up marrying that bald old man!