Rosamund Keating seemed to come from a good background.
Her family had money, and at first glance, she looked like a deeply doted-on girl.
Back then, Julianna Garland had been introverted and somewhat insecure about her origins as a descendant of the abandoned.
After mistakenly joining the club, she hadn’t dared to speak up.
She only suffered through it because of the club’s rule that members had to stay for three full months before quitting.
She planned to just slack off and leave as soon as she had killed enough time.
Due to her poor background and lack of worldly experience, she had only ever seen certain foods in pictures or on the internet.
During cooking classes, she hadn’t known a thing, nor did she have the money to buy ingredients to practice with.
At the time, Rosamund had been very friendly to her, repeatedly inviting her to practice together.
Over time, they had grown close and even added each other as friends on the Astral Domain Net.
Unfortunately, after the three months were up, Julianna still couldn’t handle the pressure and quit the club, gradually losing contact with Rosamund.
The two would occasionally greet each other when they bumped into one another on the Astral Domain Net.
Now, Rosamund had sent a message saying she was getting engaged, which momentarily stunned Julianna.
After a long while, she hesitated before replying, “Congratulations.”
As soon as the message was sent, Rosamund’s invitation arrived, inviting her over to her little home on the Astral Domain Net.
Julianna clicked “accept” and was immediately pulled into Rosamund’s house.
“Julia, I haven’t contacted you in such a long time.”
The “home” Rosamund had created on the Astral Domain Net was different from Cedric Sutton’s.
Hers was much smaller, but the decorations were exquisite, with a lot of effort put into the fine details.
The living room wasn’t large.
It contained a sofa and a coffee table, and the walls were adorned with perfectly placed decorations.
When Rosamund saw Julianna’s appearance, she paused in surprise, then sat down next to her with a worried look.
“Julia, it’s been so long.
How have you been?
“I heard the news about you on the campus network a few days ago.
They said you suddenly fainted during a job interview.
Are you feeling any better now?”
Back then, the two had only been in the same club for a short time and weren’t deeply acquainted in private.
Hearing Rosamund’s concerned questions now, Julianna felt touched and smiled.
“I’m fine now.”
She gave a brief overview of what had happened that day, not wanting to keep the topic revolving around herself.
At the end, she asked, “What about you?
I just saw your message saying you’re getting engaged?”
“Yes.” Rosamund nodded, a shy expression appearing on her face. Follow the newest chapters on novelping.com.
“Jude Sharp and I have been dating since we were in school.
Our families are old family friends who know each other well.
Now that we’ve graduated, Jude has to take over his family’s business.
Both of our parents believe we should start a family before establishing our careers.
Since getting married is just a matter of time anyway, they suggested we get engaged first.”
Marriage was too distant a concept for Julianna.
She listened as Rosamund chattered on about her fiancé for a long while before finally saying, “But the wedding details are still in the planning stages.”
She looked a little troubled mentioning this.
“The engagement is fine, but the wedding is a bit of a hassle.
We want to imitate the outdoor weddings from the Earth Era and invite guests to attend.
We’ve looked at many resort planets so far, but we still haven’t decided on one.”
Julianna asked her when the wedding would be, and Rosamund replied, sounding both sweet and slightly vexed, “The ninth of March, the year after next.”
“You still have more than a year.
There’s plenty of time to look around slowly,” Julianna comforted her.
Rosamund nodded.
“I suppose so.”
The two chatted for a little while longer.
Since they hadn’t spent that much time together in the past, Julianna soon ran out of things to say and stood up to take her leave.
Rosamund didn’t force her to stay.
She simply said, “If you’re free the year after next, you have to come to my wedding.” Before she could finish, she let out a small gasp, as if remembering Julianna’s situation, and quickly added, “Once the location is set, if you’re willing to come, I’ll cover your spaceship tickets and accommodation.
“It’ll just take up a couple of days of your time,” she continued generously.
Julianna smiled.
“I’m not working right now, so time isn’t an issue.”
Hearing this, Rosamund paused in surprise, so Julianna explained, “I have a great-aunt who left me some things a while ago.
I’ve left the capital planet and gone to her place.
Right now, I’m just doing some farming.”
“Oh, a planter.” Rosamund finally understood and smiled again.
“That’s perfect, then.
I’ll contact you once I’ve confirmed the planet’s address.”
They exchanged a few more pleasantries before finally saying their goodbyes.
After leaving Rosamund’s home on the Astral Domain Net, Julianna let out a long sigh of relief.
Although Rosamund was warm and welcoming, the old Julianna had always felt deeply inferior in front of her, constantly afraid of owing a favor she could never repay.
Now that Julianna had been reborn, thinking about the original owner’s state of mind made her sigh with emotion.
A moment later, however, Julianna gathered her feelings.
Seeing no other messages on her Astral Domain Net, she disconnected her consciousness from the network and returned to reality.
She was tired after a full day of digging and sowing seeds.
Julianna looked at the long experience bar in front of her, then checked the growth progress of the rice in her sea of consciousness—the seeds she had planted during the day were already at two percent maturity.
Harboring both pleasant surprise and anticipation, she slowly closed her heavy eyes and drifted off to sleep. This chapter was copied from g.com without permission.
That night, Julianna had a dream.
She dreamt that when dawn broke, the maturity of the rice in her fields had reached one hundred percent.
But just as she was about to harvest it, the Heartwell gifted by the system suddenly lost control.
A torrential flood surged forth, completely submerging the wooden cabin along with the entire Earth Star.
When Julianna woke up in a panic from the flood and opened her eyes, it was already broad daylight.
Her nightmare had been so realistic that she had broken out in a cold sweat in her sleep, completely soaking her clothes.
Julianna didn’t even bother washing up.
She first checked the rice within the system in her mind, only to be pleasantly surprised to find that the seeds she had planted yesterday had reached three percent maturity.
This growth rate clearly exceeded normal expectations and was likely due to a system buff.
She hurriedly took a shower and changed into clothes suitable for farming.
After eating her meal, she rushed out of the wooden cabin, only to see that after a night of being irrigated by the Heartwell, the soil was no longer cracked and pale as before.
The Earth Star’s climate was perfectly suitable, and with the aid of the Heartwell and Julianna’s “Planting Master” title, overnight, tiny, green tender Mannings had already sprouted.
This touch of green, interspersed within the withered, lifeless yellow that covered the mountains and plains, looked exceptionally vibrant.
Upon seeing the rice Mannings, Julianna couldn’t help feeling a mix of joy and worry.
Her joy stemmed from the fact that the growth rate of the rice before her exceeded her expectations—judging from the speed at which the rice Mannings were emerging, with the buff from being a “Planting Master,” her harvest time would be much faster than anticipated.
But at the same time, her worry was that the rice would mature too late.
The instant food Cedric Sutton had prepared for her would only last half a month.
Now that several days had already passed, the food supply was rapidly diminishing, making her inevitably anxious.
At this point, desperation bred change.
She recalled the suggestion Cedric had brought up on the Interstellar Net last night.
“If there’s really no other way, I’ll have to consider Lawyer Sutton’s proposal,” Julianna muttered to herself, then let out a long sigh.
In her past life, she had been a conservative person.
Because of her family situation, she would save every penny she could and had never spent beyond her means.
Now, after being reborn, not only was she in debt, but she also had to worry about food and clothing, and might even have to take on a massive new debt.
“Forget it.
I’ll just dig, dig, dig.”
Out of sight, out of mind.
Even if she were to seek Cedric’s help, it would have to be the next time she logged onto the Interstellar Net.
This period of time would serve perfectly for Julianna to mentally prepare herself.
Having made up her mind, she raised her hoe once more and resumed digging.