Ning Xin transmigrated again.
Just a moment ago, she had taken five hundred taels in consultation fees from the steward of the Prime Minister’s residence for treating the old madam. In the blink of an eye, she was lying on muddy ground.
Above her head stood a sharp-featured, mean-looking woman, pointing a finger at her face and shouting, “Ning Xin, you damned girl! Don’t think you can get away with this by playing dead! You must give up this job, there’s no room for discussion! Your father is dead, so the job should go to your third uncle. That’s only right and proper! You’re just a worthless little girl, and you actually dare to try to take it for yourself, why don’t you just ascend to the heavens while you’re at it?!”
What was going on?
Ning Xin looked utterly confused.
Seeing that she had opened her eyes, the woman only grew more aggressive.She jabbed a finger into Ning Xin’s forehead and snarled,
“So you’re not pretending anymore? Playing dead is useless! Back then, when we came for the funeral, you were the one who insisted on holding your father’s funeral first, and your uncle agreed. Now that the funeral is over, you want to go work at the factory? On what grounds? You dead brat, did the family even agree to this?!”
“Why should what I want to do need your approval?” Ning Xin suddenly cut her off.
Just moments earlier, while the woman had been spewing insults nonstop, a stream of memories had surfaced in Ning Xin’s mind.
And that was when she realized,
This time, she had transmigrated into a book.
The last time she transmigrated, she had been a student at a top-tier medical university and ended up in ancient times, in a place called the Dahong Dynasty, becoming a girl not yet six years old.
She endured twelve bitter years, putting in efforts beyond what ordinary people could imagine, and finally became the most renowned female physician of that era.
She thought her life would continue like that, but who would have guessed that, for no reason at all, she would transmigrate again?
And this time, she had entered a period novel, becoming a cannon-fodder supporting character who shared her name.
In this book, the purpose of her and her brother’s existence was simply to give the family’s ancestral recipe book, along with their house, to the female lead, laying a solid foundation for her path to wealth.
At this moment, Ning Xin was at the very beginning of the book.
According to the story, her “cheap” brother, Ning Yi, would soon return and see her injured.
To avoid being entangled by this woman and to get her to the hospital as quickly as possible, her brother promised to hand over her job to their third uncle, something that the awakened Ning Xin resented him for.
That resentment made her decide to secretly escape in the middle of the night, without telling her brother, and go to another city to work and earn money.
Along the way, she would encounter bandits, after which her fate, dead or alive, would remain unknown.
As for Ning Yi, he could only abandon everything, carrying endless guilt for his sister, and set out on a long journey to find her, eventually dying far from home…
Ning Xin: Haha!
She felt she must have a lifelong grudge against whoever wrote these transmigration stories. Otherwise, why would every transmigration be worse than the last?!
Still, once you transmigrate, there’s nothing you can do but adapt.
With her experience from her previous life, Ning Xin could remain completely calm no matter what came her way.
No matter how low the starting point, she could gradually fight her way through.
Ning Xin wasn’t worried about her future at all. Right now, the first thing she felt she needed to do was, get revenge!
At this moment, the right side of her face burned with pain, her lips were so swollen she could barely open her mouth, and sticky stuff covered the area under her nose. She didn’t even need a mirror to imagine how pathetic she must look.
She knew this was the result of being beaten by the woman in front of her.
It was this woman’s slap that had made the original owner of this body both angry and resentful, ultimately deciding to leave, which inexplicably allowed Ning Xin, sharing the same name, to arrive here.
No matter what the original owner had intended, now that Ning Xin had taken over the body, this grudge had to be settled!
Having lived two lifetimes, Ning Xin had no patience for anything fake or hollow.
Anger harms the body, and any revenge that could be carried out immediately, she would never let it wait until tomorrow!
She rubbed her face messily with her hand, smearing the nosebleed all over.
Then she grinned at the woman, baring her teeth, and slowly said, “You ask me why? Because I don’t want to give it to you! Because I won’t! Because I’m not willing!”
Ning Xin’s voice was terrifying, cold and sharp, carrying a chilling intensity.
Blood still stained her teeth, and her bloodied face twisted into a strange smile.
Even Zhu Chunhong, who had leaned in to listen, was so frightened she shivered violently, feeling cramps in her calves.
She staggered backward in fear. “Y-you… what nonsense are you spouting? Say that again and see if I don’t slap you!”
Zhu Chunhong couldn’t understand how she, an adult, could be so terrified by a little girl.
She stiffened her neck, shouting fiercely but weakly, while bluffing by stretching out her hand.
Ning Xin fixed her gaze on Zhu Chunhong’s eyes so intensely that she instinctively looked away.
Then Ning Xin planted her elbows on the ground, pulled her legs back, and launched a powerful kick that slammed straight into Zhu Chunhong’s stomach!
This time, she used all her strength and sent the woman flying a great distance.
Then came a thud, and Zhu Chunhong fell onto her back, landing flat on the ground with all four limbs sprawled out.
Zhu Chunhong cried out in pain, struggling to get up and fight Ning Xin.
But Ning Xin was much faster. By the time Zhu Chunhong screamed, she had already stood up from the ground.
She wiped her face with her mud-covered hands, tore half the hair tie from her hair, and tousled her hair into a messy heap.
Then, shouting loudly, “Help! She’s killing me! Auntie, stop hitting me! You can’t hurt me even if you try!”
She ran toward Zhu Chunhong and kicked her again and again in a chaotic flurry.
Zhu Chunhong, who had barely gotten halfway up, howled in pain and collapsed back to the ground.
Only then did Ning Xin run toward the yard gate.
The Ning family lived in an independent little courtyard, with a screen wall separating the main gate from the yard.
Earlier, the two of them had made a commotion inside the yard. People outside could hear the noise but couldn’t see anything.
Everyone knew that relatives had come to the Ning household and that someone inside was scolding Ning Xin, but no one knew exactly what had happened.
Now, seeing Ning Xin running out of the courtyard with a bloodied face and hair in disarray, crying as she ran, the neighbors were all shocked!
People rushed out, and Wang Jinying, who lived opposite the Ning household, grabbed Ning Xin in a tight embrace. “[1]“Xiao” (小) means “little” or “young” jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_2000873_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_2000873_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });Xiao Xin, what happened? Who did this to you?”
The crowd gathered around, all sucking in a sharp breath of shock!
The Ning family’s little girl had five deep finger marks on her face, swollen to an alarming degree, her eyes barely open!
That wasn’t all, her lips were split and bleeding, blood seeping out. Her head and face were smeared everywhere with blood, and her body was caked in mud.
It was obvious she had been slapped unconscious and thrown to the ground!
Seeing this, everyone was furious!
Master Ning had passed away, leaving only the two siblings at home.
If a child made a mistake, it was normal for relatives to come and give a scolding. But hitting a child to this extent, what kind of behavior was that?!
When Ning Chengwen was alive, he was a well-known good man on the street, well-regarded by the neighbors.
Now seeing Ning Xin being treated this way, some people in the crowd immediately couldn’t stand it!
“Hey, Master Ning only passed away less than a month ago, and the bones aren’t even cold yet, and the relatives are already bullying her? Do they think no one on our street will stop them?”
“Exactly! Go, I just saw Officer Xiao Li from the local police patrolling here, someone go find him. After being beaten like this, the police can’t just ignore it, right?”
“Hurry, hurry and get Ning Yi back here!”
…
The crowd buzzed with discussion, some offering advice and plans, others just fanning the flames and making a ruckus.
Ning Xin, however, held Wang Jinying tightly, her whole body shaking as if she were in the dead of winter, yet stubbornly biting her lip to keep from crying out.
Seeing her like this, Wang Jinying’s heart ached.
After all, the two families had been neighbors for more than a decade, and this girl had grown up right under her eyes.
She reached out and gently smoothed Ning Xin’s hair. “Xiao Xin, tell me what happened. If someone wronged you, Auntie will stand up for you!”
Hearing this, Ning Xin seemed to finally come back to herself.
She lifted her head, her eyes brimming with tears, looking at Wang Jinying with gratitude. Then she forced a small smile and explained, “Auntie, I’m fine. I just got upset while talking to my third aunt, and she slapped me. I got scared and ran out. I’m sorry, my courage failed me and made everyone worry. I’m fine now; it doesn’t hurt anymore.”
As she spoke, she released Wang Jinying and gave a small, apologetic bow to everyone.
But the movement must have triggered a sore spot, she let out an involuntary hiss of pain.
Seeing how well-behaved she was despite everything made everyone feel even more heartbroken.
Wang Jinying scolded sharply, “Why are you trying to be tough, little one? Look at what they did to you! And your third aunt, how could she do something so cruel to a child?”
As she spoke, she saw a police officer pushing through the crowd from outside and pointed, saying, “Xiao Li is here. If you don’t want to tell us, at least tell the police, right?”
Seeing the officer in uniform, Ning Xin panicked immediately.
She waved her hands frantically. “It’s nothing, nothing! My auntie and I just had a little argument, we were just playing around…”
Before she could even finish her sentence, Zhu Chunhong, as if determined to oppose her, hobbled out of the yard.
She was still sore all over from being beaten by Ning Xin.
Most importantly, the thought that someone so much younger than her had actually hit her made Zhu Chunhong unable to swallow her anger!
Like a madwoman, she raised a rolling pin in her hand, charging forward while shouting loudly, “Ning Xin, you little wretch! How dare you hit me? I’ll beat you to death!”
Hearing her, the crowd immediately grew furious!
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