It was said to have been left behind by her mother.
A complex emotion flickered in Song Siyi's eyes. She pushed aside further thoughts, found a pair of scissors, pricked her finger, and let a drop of blood fall onto the peace talisman.
In less than a second, the blood was absorbed by the talisman. The next moment, Song Siyi felt a tremendous force pulling her violently into the space.
She had expected to see the exact same scene as in her previous life, but the sight before her eyes left her utterly dumbfounded.
Standing directly in front of her was a three-story villa.
Next to the villa was a warehouse. Through the glass door, she could clearly see shelves inside packed full of supplies.
Song Siyi rubbed her eyes, making sure it wasn't an illusion.
In her past life, the space had only contained spirit fields and Spirit Spring Water—there were definitely no such supplies or villa.
Song Siyi stepped forward toward the villa. As soon as she pushed open the main door, she was stunned by the sight of the room filled to the brim with wooden crates.
Song Siyi swallowed hard. By rough estimate, there had to be four or five hundred crates.
She casually opened one crate near her feet and was nearly blinded by the sight.
It was completely filled with gold bars!
This crate alone must contain over a hundred gold bars!
This…
Song Siyi was momentarily too shocked to speak. Could this be what her mother had left for her?
Then who exactly was she?
In her previous life, it wasn't that she hadn't asked the Song family, but they didn't know either.
Because her mother's identity was unknown, Li Yufen had always looked down on her.
Song Siyi opened the crates one by one. Ten in a row were all filled with gold bars.
The smaller ones contained jewelry, bundles of Great Unity banknotes, and even a crate of ration coupons—all usable in the present.
Song Siyi didn't dare imagine how arrogant Lu Yan would have become if she had possessed these things in her previous life.
Fortunately, Song Siyi felt immensely grateful.
Just as she was about to continue opening crates, a "knock, knock" sound came from outside the door.
Song Siyi slipped out of the space, composed herself, and opened the door.
Standing outside was Tiedan from the fourth branch of the family. Upon seeing Song Siyi, Tiedan couldn't help but roll his eyes.
"Hmph, money-waster, Grandma wants you in the main hall."
Hearing this, Song Siyi unceremoniously reached out and twisted Tiedan's ear. "If I'm a money-waster, then your sister is a little money-waster, and your mother is an old money-waster."
"Ow—ouch, ouch! Let go of me."
Not only did Song Siyi not let go, she twisted harder. "Will you keep calling me that?"
Tiedan was in too much pain and could only back down. "Third Sister, I'll call you Third Sister. Let me go."
Song Siyi warned him fiercely, "If you're rude again, I'll hit you."
After Tiedan's repeated pleas for mercy, Song Siyi released his ear.
The moment she let go, Tiedan stuck out his tongue and made a face at her. "Nyah nyah, money-waster, money-waster! I'll call you that, I will!"
Just as he turned to run, Song Siyi lifted her foot and kicked him squarely in the butt. Tiedan fell flat on his face.
Literally face-first—except what he ate wasn't dirt, but chicken droppings.
When Tiedan realized he had eaten chicken droppings, he was as if struck by lightning. As he opened his mouth to wail, Song Siyi threatened him in a chilling tone.
"If you dare cry, I'll make sure every kid in the brigade knows you ate chicken droppings."
Tiedan seemed as if his neck had been squeezed shut, and he immediately closed his mouth.
But as soon as he did, he remembered his teeth were covered in chicken droppings. Tears streamed down his face.
Song Siyi paid him no mind. With her hands clasped behind her back, she walked leisurely toward the main hall.
The moment she stepped over the threshold, the Song family’s gazes fell upon her in unison, their eyes as if ready to devour her.
As the head of the Song family, Li Yufen saw that no one else was speaking and had no choice but to break the silence. "Girl Song, you must think this through. If you truly sever family ties, you’ll have nothing to do with the Song family anymore."
Song Siyi didn’t hesitate for a moment. "I know."
Hearing this, the old lady looked at her with an inscrutable expression.
She had only just learned from that girl Sijia that Xie Jingzhou’s injury had damaged his foundation, and he would never be able to perform in that regard for the rest of his life.
After all, he was the only son of the third branch. Originally, she hadn’t wanted to be so ruthless, but this ungrateful girl had demanded such a large sum of money outright and insisted on severing ties with them.
Then she couldn’t blame her for being heartless.
From the look in the old lady’s eyes, Song Siyi could roughly guess what she was thinking.
Most likely, Song Sijia had already told her about Xie Jingzhou’s condition.
In her previous life, it was precisely because Xie Jingzhou couldn’t perform that Song Sijia had an affair with a city hoodlum and eventually became pregnant.
The brigade leader’s family couldn’t tolerate an unfaithful daughter-in-law and forced her to divorce Xie Jingzhou.
After the divorce, Song Sijia fell even deeper into depravity, becoming involved with many men in unclear ways.
After the reform and opening-up, it was said she eloped with someone, and no one knew where she went.
The next time Song Siyi saw her was when she stabbed her with a knife in the street.
Old Lady Li said, "Since you’ve made your decision, we respect your choice. You know the family’s situation—we simply can’t come up with over two thousand yuan."
"Besides, all these years you’ve lived at home, it’s not like you didn’t eat or drink. I’ll take charge and give you eight hundred. If you agree, that’s it. If you don’t, then there’s nothing we can do."
Song Siyi appeared to be deep in thought, while the others were inwardly bleeding.
That was eight hundred yuan!
If that eight hundred were spent on them, what couldn’t they do?
Song Sijia’s tone was dripping with sourness. "Cousin, I advise you to know when to stop. Don’t push your luck, or you might end up with nothing at all."
Song Siyi scoffed coldly. "Isn’t that all because of the mess you caused? If you hadn’t jumped into the river for no reason, would I need to ask for money?"
Hearing this, the other branches of the family immediately turned their eyes to Song Sijia. Indeed, if it weren’t for her, none of this would have happened.
But the old lady doted on her the most. Who knew what spell she was under, refusing to marry a perfectly good military officer and instead wanting to marry some pretty-faced educated youth.
The old lady slammed the table, and everyone immediately fell silent.
She looked at Song Siyi. "Siyi, what do you say?"
Song Siyi was also afraid of pushing them too far and ending up with nothing. After all, she could take her time settling scores with them later.
She nodded. "Fine."
Hearing this, Song Sijia immediately handed over the prepared severance document. "Here, sign it."
How eager she seemed.
Song Siyi reached out her hand. "Where’s the money?"
Seeing this, the old lady turned her face away in disgust. "Give it to her!"
Sun Hongmei reluctantly handed over the money, and Song Siyi counted it right in front of everyone.
The Song family’s faces grew even darker at the sight.
After confirming that the eight hundred yuan was all there, Song Siyi picked up the pen to sign. But then, as if remembering something, she paused and said, "The exchange marriage was your decision. If the groom’s family doesn’t agree, I won’t return the money."
Sun Hongmei’s face was full of spite, and her tone was unpleasant. "Just sign. The rest is none of your concern."
Song Siyi said, "Good."
Whether she married or not didn’t matter. After experiencing her previous life, she had long lost hope in marriage.
In this lifetime, she had freed herself from the Song family, and with the space as her support, life would surely not be too bad.
After the Song family members signed and pressed their fingerprints, Song Siyi carefully tucked the sever family ties document into her pocket.
Sun Hongmei pulled Song Jianshe and hurried outside, "Let's go to the brigade leader's house."