“Hui Niang, push a little harder! The baby’s head is already out.”
An anxious voice rang in her ears. Gan Tian opened her eyes in a daze. Having just been born, her vision was blurry and she couldn’t see clearly.
Hui Niang…
That name was so familiar. It was as if she had read it in a novel.
What was the title of that novel? It seemed to be something like Against the Heavens: Poisonous Consort, the Prince is Slow to Pamper.
The wife of the main antagonist, Gan Fanren, seemed to be called Hui Niang.
Suddenly, she felt a massive force pulling at her.
“Why isn’t this child coming out yet?”
“If she doesn’t come out soon, I’m afraid we might lose both mother and child!”
I can’t die! Because of the declining birth rate, I waited in line for twenty whole years to get a chance at reincarnation. If I die just like this, won’t I have to wait another twenty years?
Gan Tian bit her lip and used her weak little hands to scramble out with all her might.
Ugh… so tired.
“Great! She’s finally out.”
“Congratulations, Scholar Gan! Both mother and daughter are safe.”
Through the haze, Gan Tian saw herself being picked up by the midwife and tucked into a man’s arms.
“Wonderful! I, Gan Fanren, finally have a daughter.”
[Gan Fanren? A rice-eater? A man-slayer!]
Having exhausted herself during birth, Gan Tian suddenly perked up when she heard this name.
Isn’t this the big villain from Against the Heavens: Poisonous Consort, the Prince is Slow to Pamper who goes against the male lead?
[Oh no, my dad is actually that crazy villain who fights the protagonist. Doesn’t that mean I’m the poor baby who gets eaten by the protagonist’s family?]
[Waaaah, I was just born! I don’t want to die yet!]
Gan Fanren’s arms suddenly stiffened as he held his daughter. His pupils shook, and he almost dropped her.
He had just heard a very, very sweet voice.
It seemed… it seemed to be coming from his little daughter.
[Wow, even though my dad is dressed in rags, he’s so handsome! Hehe, having such a handsome daddy in this life is totally worth it. My twenty years of waiting in the Underworld wasn’t for nothing.]
Hearing his daughter’s words, the fear in Gan Fanren’s heart vanished without a trace.
Regardless of whether what he heard was his daughter’s inner voice or not, this was his child, possessing the blood of both himself and Hui Niang.
Whether she was human or demon, he would protect her and see her grow up safely.
[Sigh, it’s a pity such a handsome dad dies such a miserable death. Not just him—in the future, none of our family will have a good end, especially my mom… my poor mother…]
Gan Fanren held his daughter, waves of shock crashing through his heart.
Why didn’t this child finish her sentence? What exactly was going to happen? She should just say it!
Gan Fanren was incredibly anxious, but he couldn’t show any outward sign of abnormality.
“Our daughter is so beautiful and cute. Why don’t we call her Tian’er?”
“Gan Tian… what a lovely name.” Hui Niang smiled radiantly. She propped up her weak body and carefully took Gan Tian into her arms.
[My mom is so pretty! No wonder so many people covet her.]
The smile on Hui Niang’s face suddenly froze.
She thought she had just heard some strange sounds.
Did it come from her daughter?
She slowly lowered her head and looked at the daughter in her arms. The little one waved her arms, revealing a brilliant smile.
[Waaaah, Mommy’s looking at me! I love Mommy most.]
[Mommy is really so beautiful. I love her so much.]
Hui Niang felt a brief moment of panic, but she quickly accepted the fact that she could hear her daughter’s heart.
A mother and daughter were connected by heart; it didn’t seem strange that she could hear her daughter’s inner thoughts.
She carefully pressed her face against her daughter’s, a smile full of maternal instinct appearing on her face.
[Mommy smells so good. I like it so much.]
“Hui Niang, you’ve just given birth to Tian’er and your body is weak. Why don’t you hand her to me and get some rest?”
Hui Niang really wanted to take care of her daughter herself, but her body was indeed very frail.
She hesitated repeatedly before handing her daughter to her husband. As soon as the child was gone, she couldn’t hold on any longer, closed her eyes, and fell into a deep sleep.
[My mom is truly a beauty. It’s a pity that Dad isn’t strong enough yet. In a poor family, beauty isn’t a blessing from heaven; it’s a disaster.]
[Oh, right! It seems Granny Meng gave me a Golden Finger. I was in such a rush to reincarnate that I didn’t have time to look at it. I wonder if this Golden Finger can help Mom and Dad.]
Thinking of this, Gan Tian babbled and waved her hands in the air.
In a space invisible to others, a large screen floated in front of her.
Virtual City System.
This system was very much like a city-building simulation game. She was the manager of the city. As long as she managed it diligently, she could unlock shops and various resources within.
And these resources could be brought into reality.
[Granny Meng is really the best for giving me such a huge Golden Finger! This way, I won’t have to panic when the flood arrives.]
Golden Finger?
What was that?
Gan Fanren didn’t understand, but he instinctively realized it was a gift from the gods.
His daughter was amazing; she actually had such a good relationship with the gods.
Should he offer more incense and spirit money to Granny Meng to ask her to take better care of his daughter?
[The book said the day I was born was the first day of the flood. It rained so hard, but no one cared at the time. As a result, many houses were submerged overnight… It’s a pity I can’t talk, otherwise I’d definitely warn the villagers.]
Rain?
Gan Fanren looked up at the sky. There wasn’t a cloud for ten thousand miles. How did it look like it was going to rain?
He shook his head and placed Gan Tian in an old wooden cradle. While he prepared pig trotter soup for his wife, he gently rocked the cradle.
The wooden cradle made a creaking sound that set one’s teeth on edge, but as a newborn baby, Gan Tian had very little stamina. Accompanied by this sound, she actually fell asleep.
Looking at his daughter’s sleeping face, a gentle smile appeared in Gan Fanren’s eyes.
Suddenly, a bolt of lightning from a clear sky shattered the silence. Gan Fanren went to the window and looked out in surprise.
A pitter-patter of raindrops began to fall.
He reached out his hand. The rain felt cold—chilling to the bone.
It was really raining!
What his daughter said was true!
Did that mean a flood was truly about to descend?
He turned to look at his daughter in the wooden cradle. She had been woken by the thunder, and her dark eyes seemed to carry a hint of worry.
[It’s raining. Tonight should be the Gan family’s last full meal. Everything will change after tonight.]
[I only hope Dad sleeps lightly tonight. Before the flood submerges the house, maybe he can salvage some valuable items so we won’t have to leave empty-handed like in the book.]
[But even with money, there’s nowhere to hide. There’s water everywhere. Not just Gan Village—everything within a hundred-mile radius will be flooded.]
[Oh, wait! The mountain will work. The terrain is high on the mountain, and there are wild vegetables and chickens. Even if we hide there for a month, it shouldn’t be a problem.]
The Gan family’s house was on relatively high ground; normal rain wouldn’t flood it. If it were to be submerged as his daughter described, then none of the families in the village would be spared.
He had to notify the villagers as soon as possible!
Gan Fanren no longer hesitated. He carefully extinguished the fire in the stove, picked up his daughter, and rushed toward the Village Head’s house.