Bai Jiu had been having the same dream lately. In it, she was always following a woman who shared her exact first and last name, watching her cry and laugh. But the moment she woke up, Bai Jiu wouldn’t remember a single thing. This cycle repeated for over half a month.
One time, upon waking from the dream, she received a legendary cheat ability—a storage space. It was massive, large enough to fit countless versions of herself.
As an avid internet surfer, she knew a magical space wouldn’t be given to her for no reason. Connecting it to the dream she kept forgetting, her heart skipped a beat. For some unknown reason, obtaining the space filled her with a sense of urgency. She felt frantic to fill it up. However, her financial capacity was limited, so she could only do her best.
As if controlled by someone else, Bai Jiu grabbed all her savings and left her house. In the following days, she felt as though her soul had been separated from her physical form. She could only watch as her body spent her money to fill the space. As a surgeon, she had always been a staunch atheist, but what was happening to her now left her feeling utterly powerless. She wanted to regain control, but no matter how she tried to intervene, her body refused to listen.
Watching her body sell her car and house, then go on a massive shopping spree with the deposits, her heart bled. That was her hard-earned money! Gradually, however, Bai Jiu’s trembling heart calmed down. She had to admit that women simply had zero resistance to shopping. Since she couldn’t fight it, she might as well enjoy the ride.
Her body was smart. Instead of going to supermarkets or shopping malls, it went straight to the source. At the rice mill and fabric factory, it directly purchased fifty tons of goods, making Bai Jiu ache for her wallet. Still, being a spendthrift felt pretty good. It wasn’t just rice and flour; there was also corn, black rice, cornmeal, millet, glutinous rice, and other grains. It didn’t buy fifty tons this time, but rather five tons of each.
After stocking up on staple foods, Bai Jiu’s body headed to the non-staple food wholesale market. Another massive batch of supplies was swept away. Afterward, Bai Jiu saw it book a flight to Inner Mongolia. She wasn’t stupid; it was definitely going there to buy meat. This body really was... just as smart as she was.
Beef and mutton in Inner Mongolia were very cheap. It purchased a batch of both at rock-bottom prices, roughly a ton and a half of each. After securing the meat, it bought local specialties like dried meat, milk powder, and cashmere.
Did you think that was it? No, Bai Jiu’s body then visited a pig farm and bought out all their pigs. Live pigs couldn’t be easily stored in the space, so her body had the farm workers slaughter and process them, sorting all the meat into categories. Just like that, the space gained another five tons of pork.
And it still wasn’t over. With the pork secured, her body didn’t hold back on buying chickens, ducks, and fish. It didn’t spare their eggs either, purchasing them by the ton. By the time it finished hoarding all this, her funds had been halved.
Vegetables couldn’t be left out, either. Her body tracked down a vegetable greenhouse and bought out their entire stock, roughly fifty or sixty tons. Bai Jiu’s transparent soul trembled at the sight. There was so much food that she wouldn’t be able to finish it in a lifetime.
Bai Jiu thought it would finally end there, but her body gave her yet another surprise. Seeing the plane ticket in its hand, Bai Jiu realized she wouldn’t have to worry about the rest of her life anymore. Meat, eggs, rice, vegetables, and now even fruit was on the agenda. She sighed.
Upon arriving in Xinjiang, her body immediately purchased a massive batch of melons and fruits. Buying from the source was not only cheap but also ensured exceptional flavor. Grapes like these would cost a premium per pound back in her city. But here, they were just a fraction of the price. It really was a huge money-saver.
After watching for so long, Bai Jiu simply gave up and embraced the chaos. Two-thirds of her money had already been spent. What would be the point even if she regained control of her body? Could she return the goods? Setting aside whether the sellers would agree, with such a massive volume, returning everything would take forever. She let out another sigh.
Next, she watched her body buy dry goods. It bought cooked foods and more. It didn’t even skip steamed buns, ordering everything in the thousands. Cooked food was bought by the half-ton. She sighed again. She had lost count of how many times she had sighed.
With the food mostly sorted out, her body went on to order a large amount of medicine. This was Bai Jiu’s area of expertise. Seeing her body buy drugs, she grew excited. However, when she saw it only buying basic cold, fever, and anti-inflammatory medications, she lost interest. She thought her body might buy some large-scale medical equipment she had always wanted but could never afford. It seemed she was overthinking it.
After this shopping spree, Bai Jiu’s savings plummeted to seven digits, and the smallest kind at that—just over a million. Good heavens, what sin had she committed? Didn’t other people control their own cheat abilities when they got them? Why did hers feel like a demonic possession? WAAH, she wanted to file a complaint!
Her body constantly checked the inventory in the space. Seeing that the food and drinks were mostly ready, all that was left were personal items. It sprang into action once more. It bought pots, pans, bowls, and knives. Fortunately, it didn’t buy a thousand of each this time.
But its next move made Bai Jiu panic. It proceeded to drain every last cent of her remaining savings. Not only that, it even sold the jewelry Bai Jiu’s grandmother had left her. The sheer audacity drove Bai Jiu crazy.
Afterward, it hoarded batches of feminine hygiene products, skincare, baby supplies, and everyday necessities. Adding all these odds and ends together, there was barely any money left. Then, it ordered fabrics, shoes, quilts, and more. It even bought a bunch of four-piece bedding sets, all in terribly tacky styles. And with that, her money was completely gone.
By the time Bai Jiu regained sensation, her body had left her with absolutely nothing but a bed to sleep on. Even the bed belonged to a cheap family-run motel. Bai Jiu wanted to die.
But before she could actually do it, her mind went black. When she woke up again, she found herself lying on a dilapidated bed with straw stuffed underneath her. She was covered by a foul, blackened quilt, and a biting chill seeped into her bones. Bai Jiu shivered. Her head throbbed agonizingly, spinning with severe dizziness.
Just as she was about to curse out loud, a flood of memories that didn’t belong to her rushed into her mind. Bai Jiu remembered. These memories were everything she had witnessed in her dreams. She had become that pitiful, cowardly woman who shared her name. She had traveled back in time to the most special era of Blue Country.
Thinking back to her own life, even though she was in her thirties and considered a leftover woman, she was free and financially independent. She had a house, a car, and savings. Her life couldn’t have been better. But this woman... she had married at eighteen and given birth to two children—a boy and a girl. They were twins, four years old this year. Because she married early, she was still only twenty-four.
In the modern world, this was the prime of youth. Yet here she was, already a mother of two. According to her memories, the original host was beautiful, and her husband was an outstanding, exceptional man.