Jiang Meishu thought she had misheard.
System Ba-ba?
What was that?
A piece of shit?
“No swearing allowed.”
Jiang Meishu, “…”
Quite an intelligent little system.
Outside.
After Jiang Meilan said those words, she received no response for a long time. Unable to contain herself, she raised her voice, “Meishu, are you listening to me?”
Jiang Meishu looked down at her.
“Let’s do a marriage swap, okay?” Jiang Meilan clung to her leg, genuinely panicked now. “Don’t you think the Liang family is good? You go on a blind date with Liang Qiurun!”
“I’ll go on a blind date with Shen Zhanlie!”
As soon as these words fell.
The entire scene fell silent.
Jiang Meishu was still somewhat confused. Her freshly graduated college student brain, clear yet foolish, wasn’t processing things too quickly.
What did she mean by that?
Beside them, the experienced Wang Limei had already grasped the situation. She strode over to her eldest daughter Jiang Meilan and yanked her up. “Tell me, have you been planning this all along?”
So that was it!
Why had her eldest daughter suddenly refused the blind date with Factory Director Liang?
So she had been waiting for this moment all along.
“Was your target from the very beginning Meishu’s blind date—Shen Zhanlie?”
Jiang Meilan staggered from the pull but stubbornly retorted, “So what if I was? If you won’t plan for me, can’t I plan for myself?”
“You give the best to Meishu and leave the worst for me. Can’t I fight back?”
These words were truly heart-wrenching.
“What kind of ungrateful nonsense are you spouting?”
Wang Limei staggered, her face flushed with anger. “Have you forgotten? I wasn’t the one who introduced Factory Director Liang as your blind date.”
“It was your aunt who pulled strings, used connections, and sent gifts to secure this blind date opportunity with Factory Director Liang for you.”
“Jiang Meilan!”
Wang Limei’s throat tightened with emotion as she spoke, “You truly have no conscience. You always think I’m favoring your sister. If I really favored her, when I first learned you had such a good blind date prospect, I should have taken Factory Director Liang from you and given him to your sister.”
Jiang Meilan knew she was being unreasonable, but she blustered on, “Go ahead and take him then! No need for you to take him now—I’m willing to give him up myself.”
Seeing her stubborn eldest daughter acting so shamelessly.
Wang Limei raised her hand and slapped her across the face. “Are you really willing to give him up? No, you’re not!”
She glared at her furiously, “You’ve taken a liking to Meishu’s blind date, so you want to steal her prospect. You’re trying to pawn off what you don’t want onto your sister, making her clean up the mess you created. Don’t make it sound so noble, saying you’re willing to give him up? Are you really willing? No, you’re not!”
“You’re just finding a high-sounding excuse to steal your sister’s blind date.”
As her own child, could her thoughts really escape her mother’s notice?
All of Jiang Meilan’s dark little schemes.
Were now completely exposed on the table, stripped bare for everyone to see.
Clutching her stinging cheek, the sharp pain sobered her somewhat. Suppressing her shame, she retorted, “Yes, I want to steal him. So what?”
“Haven’t I had enough things stolen by Jiang Meishu since we were children?”
“Only she’s allowed to take what’s mine, but I can’t take what’s hers?”
That’s how it had always been since the twins grew up together.
If you don’t steal from me, I’ll steal from you.
Unless parents can create two identical items, every instance turns into utter chaos.
“How can this be the same?”
Wang Limei felt utterly exhausted. “Before, you were fighting over objects. But what are you fighting over now? A person! A living, breathing person! A marriage prospect! A match that could change your destinies!”
“With something this important, is this how you behave?”
“Jiang Meilan, you’ve truly disappointed me.”
Hearing this, Jiang Meilan trembled from head to toe. She had always been her mother’s pride and joy.
This was the first time her mother had ever said she was disappointed in her.
Jiang Meilan couldn’t describe the turmoil in her heart. She lowered her head, tears falling pattering down. “Mom, you know how important this is. If I don’t fight for it, no one will help me.”
“You’ve always taken Jiang Meishu’s side.”
Meanwhile, Jiang Meishu had just finished communicating with her system.
“So you’re saying my sister was reborn, learned that her previous life’s brother-in-law Shen Zhanlie became the richest man, and now she wants to steal him to live a comfortable life?”
System: “No, she wants him because in her previous life, her brother-in-law Shen Zhanlie was highly fertile – capable of fathering eight children. That’s why she’s trying to steal him.”
“She’s not after wealth, just the man.”
The system savored this revelation, meaningfully adding, “After all, Shen Zhanlie possesses exceptional skills in bed.”
Jiang Meishu tentatively asked, “Big dick?”
System: “???”
Listen to this! Is this how a proper person speaks?
Is this how a contemporary female university student should talk?
Seeing the system fall silent, Jiang Meishu felt puzzled. “Not a big dick?”
“Then what makes him so skilled in bed? Does he have two dicks or something?”
The system was shocked, taking a long moment before responding, “Aren’t you a university student? How can you be so vulgar?”
Jiang Meishu rolled her eyes.
“I may not have eaten pork, but I’ve seen pigs run.” Anyone can make dirty jokes.
Otherwise, why would her sister be after his bedroom skills?
Still, Jiang Meishu was curious. “You keep saying he’s amazing in bed – just how amazing is he?”
She refused to believe he could be better than the male protagonists from the erotic novels she’d read before.
“The standard in novels is a ‘Seven Times a Night Man’ – he can do it fourteen times.”
Jiang Meishu: “…”
Holy shit.
That’s truly extraordinary.
Her face instantly flushed. “Wouldn’t that much… activity… literally screw someone to death?”
According to Shen Zhanlie’s standard, fourteen times a night meant no sleep at all.
Basically, it would mean rubbing and grinding all night long.
Wouldn’t that cause chafing?
Whether it’s the “land” or the “gun,” both would probably get worn down to nothing.
System: “It won’t kill you, but it can make you pass out from exhaustion!”
“Otherwise, why do you think you’d give birth to eight children if you married him?”
“Even if he got a vasectomy, he’d still manage to impregnate you.”
Jiang Meishu: “…………”
Jiang Meishu was utterly shocked!
For the first time, her mind raced rapidly. “So you’re saying if Jiang Meilan fails to steal him, and I end up marrying Shen Zhanlie, whether he gets a vasectomy or I get my tubes tied, I’ll still end up having eight children. Is that right?”
System: “In principle, yes.”
Jiang Meishu let out a terrified shriek: “I DON’T WANT TO!!!!”
She was a pure, innocent university student.
Eight children!
That would be worse than death!
She didn’t want to have even one child!
She’d rather starve to death!!!
Than accept this poisonous meal ticket.
This wasn’t a meal ticket at all.
This was basically sperm with legs.
Just being near him, she was afraid she’d get pregnant!
It was terrifying.
Most importantly—she couldn’t accept her body going through eight pregnancies either.
Her life shouldn’t just be about bearing children.
Her existence shouldn’t solely revolve around having babies.
She was her own person first.
Everything else came after.
Outside.
“Don’t even think about it! Shen Zhanlie is the match I picked for your sister!” Wang Limei glared furiously at Jiang Meilan. “Shen Zhanlie can only be your sister’s match.”
Jiang Meishu instantly reacted, speaking rapidly, “No no no, Mom, my sister can still consider him.”
Wang Limei, “???”
Wait, are you even listening to what you’re saying?
Jiang Meishu knew she was being abrupt, but the image of sperm with legs had truly terrified her.
She took a deep breath. “Mom, can my sister and I talk privately?”
This—
Wang Limei frowned, feeling somewhat worried.
Jiang Meilan scoffed, wiping her tears. “What? Are you afraid I’ll eat Meishu or something?”
In their mother’s eyes.
She would always be the domineering one.
Jiang Meishu would always be the one needing protection.
Just as Wang Limei was about to say more, Jiang Lamei beside her tugged at her sleeve. “Let’s go out. Let the children resolve their own matters.”
This time, Wang Limei didn’t object.
After they left.
The palm-sized room held only Jiang Meishu and Jiang Meilan.
“Do you think I’m terrible?”
“That I steal everything from you?”
Jiang Meilan asked Jiang Meishu.
Jiang Meishu thought for a moment. “A little.”
Seeing Jiang Meilan’s expression darken.
She immediately changed the subject. “No, I don’t understand—what’s your real purpose in wanting this marriage swap? What does Shen Zhanlie have that you want?”
She still didn’t believe what the system said.
Could there really be someone this foolish in the world?
Even if Jiang Meilan was after Shen Zhanlie’s future as a local tycoon, she could understand that.
But wanting him for his fertility?
His exceptional skills in bed.
Enough to screw someone to death.
Is this enjoying life?
This is suffering.
Mentioning Shen Zhanlie.
Jiang Meilan’s expression turned complicated. “You wouldn’t understand.”
In her previous life, she grew old alone, ultimately without any bloodline of her own.
This was her greatest regret.
Unfortunately, Liang Qiurun was impotent—she had never fulfilled her desires as a woman, nor her wish to become a mother.
She lived her whole life as a living widow.
This lifetime, she just wanted to find someone skilled in bed.
Someone who could satisfy her!
She wanted to die happy in bed this lifetime!!!
She wanted to have lots and lots of babies sharing her bloodline!
She wanted children of her own.
Seeing Jiang Meilan’s expression.
Jiang Meishu knew—the system had been right after all.
Jiang Meilan really did want Shen Zhanlie for his fertility.
She was utterly shocked, completely unable to comprehend it.
What does fertility represent?
Each birth is like passing through the gates of hell.
Eight births mean passing through hell’s gates eight times!
Even the underworld guards would find it unlucky!
And what else?
Sagging breasts, uterine prolapse, ruined figure, breastfeeding, diaper changes, sleepless nights, and raising troublesome children.
Never mind that Shen Zhanlie would become a local tycoon in the future.
Even if he became the world’s richest man, it still wouldn’t be worth it.
Jiang Meishu truly couldn’t accept it. She looked at Jiang Meilan as if seeing a madwoman. “Have you really thought this through? Do you want to swap dating partners with me?”
Jiang Meilan, “I’ve thought it through.”
Wait.
“You agree?”
She had prepared a whole speech to persuade Jiang Meishu to agree, never expecting the other party to consent so easily.
This gave Jiang Meilan an unreal feeling.
Jiang Meishu nodded, “I agree.”
Even without Jiang Meilan, after learning that Shen Zhanlie could father eight children, she would have decisively called it off with him!
Call it off!
Must call it off!
She’d rather starve to death than bear eight children!
Jiang Meilan felt somewhat unsettled, “Do you know what you’re giving up?”
Jiang Meishu thought to herself, of course she knew. She was giving up the possibility of having eight children.
But she couldn’t say that. After thinking for a moment, she played the innocent card, “If sister wants him, you can have him.”
That well-endowed sperm donor – she absolutely didn’t want him!
Moreover, she had no interest in competing with other women for men.
If her sister liked that Shen Zhanlie, she could have him.
After all, when her sister became wealthy, she’d still share with her!
Jiang Meilan’s feelings grew more complicated. She already felt guilty about stealing her sister’s potential partner, and now her sister was being so generous. She felt even more indebted to this understanding younger sister.
“I won’t take him for nothing.”
She walked to the side and pulled out a small cloth bundle from behind the table corner, handing it over completely, “This is the little nest egg I’ve been secretly saving from Mom for two and a half years.”
“There’s forty-three yuan total, all for you as compensation.”
Jiang Meishu’s eyes widened, “You’ve spent so much on me, and you still have this much left?”
She didn’t have a job, while Jiang Meilan worked. Whenever Jiang Meilan got paid, it was like a holiday for Jiang Meishu.
Jiang Meilan glared, “Do you want it or not?”
Jiang Meishu nodded like a chicken pecking rice, “Yes, yes, yes.”
Without another word, she took it and started counting the bills.
Seeing her money-grubbing expression, Jiang Meilan shook her head, “This is all the money I have right now.” She paused, her expression complex but honest, “But I won’t hide this from you – Shen Zhanlie will become the richest man in the future.”
She thought her sister might regret her decision upon hearing this.
But no, Jiang Meishu never looked up from counting her small bills from beginning to end.
Jiang Meilan probed, “You don’t regret it?””
“Shen Zhanlie will be the richest man in the future!”
Jiang Meishu, “I know, but what does that have to do with me?”
Even if he were the richest man in the world, she still couldn’t accept him.
Seeing her sister like this, Jiang Meilan was dumbfounded, “Do you know what you’re giving up?”
Jiang Meishu nodded.
Thinking to herself, she was giving up a well-endowed man.
Giving up a man who could go fourteen rounds in one night.
And giving up a man who could father eight children.
Whether it was the former or the latter, she couldn’t accept either.
Seeing her sister like this, Jiang Meilan felt even more guilty. She seemed to make up her mind, “Even if Shen Zhanlie becomes the richest man in the future, I won’t be worse off.”
She knew the trends from her previous life and how to make money. She had skills and ability.
If Shen Zhanlie could become the richest man, why couldn’t she become a wealthy woman?
“When I have money-”
Before she could finish, Jiang Meishu immediately stopped counting money and pressed close with shining eyes, “Sister, if you become wealthy, don’t forget me!”
Was her sister stealing her potential partner?
No, no – her sister was taking on a high-risk job, then giving her the earnings to spend!
Jiang Meishu swore there was no better sister in the whole world!
Jiang Meilan didn’t know whether to laugh or cry at her antics, “Don’t worry, I’ll definitely make sure you’re taken care of.”
She had spent all her money on her younger sister since childhood.
And not only that—now that she had money,
The first thing she did was swap out that brother-in-law, Liang Qiurun.
Liang Qiurun was impotent—what happiness could her sister possibly have with him?
When the time came, she would treat her sister to all kinds of male escorts.
She refused to believe her sister wouldn’t be tempted.
Wouldn’t come to her senses!
Jiang Meilan’s gaze grew increasingly resolute as she looked at her sister. “In the future, I’ll make you experience how good men can be.”
Jiang Meishu, “…”
Absolutely unnecessary.
Seeing her sister so carefree and clueless,
Jiang Meilan grew even more frustrated. “You—”
“Do you even understand the Liang family’s situation? How could you agree to the marriage swap so easily?”
Jiang Meishu widened her eyes—her almond-shaped eyes were particularly clear, though to Jiang Meilan, they simply reflected pure foolishness.
“Of course I know.” Jiang Meishu said brightly, “Older, has stepchildren, big house, no children and never comes home.”
At this, she chuckled gleefully.
How could there be such a perfect match in this world?
She’d stumbled upon an incredible bargain, hadn’t she?
Didn’t this meet all her criteria for a long-term meal ticket?
Seeing her silly sister still thinking she’d gotten a good deal,
Jiang Meilan wished she could crack open her head. “Don’t just focus on his big house and guaranteed meals and be happy about it.”
“Him never coming home and not having children means you’ll grow old alone.”
“You won’t even have any sexual happiness.”
This had been her own path in her previous life.
When she was young, it didn’t seem like a big deal, but as she grew older, counting each passing day on her fingers—it was truly unbearable.
Especially when she saw those young male celebrities on her phone, all toned muscles—just looking made her mouth water, itching to touch them.
That was something she never got to experience in her entire lifetime.
Jiang Meishu, who had never tasted such “meat,” scoffed at this. “So what if I don’t have it? I’m actually afraid of having children anyway.”
“Besides, if I enjoy myself when I’m young and grow old alone, that’s just the retribution I deserve.”
Moreover.
What’s so bad about growing old alone?
It’s definitely better than having eight children and raising sixteen grandchildren.
After all, having eight children when young means cutting one hundred sixty fingernails.
Growing old and raising sixteen grandchildren means cutting three hundred twenty fingernails.
Just thinking about it is terrifying.
Seeing her sister so carefree and seemingly content,
“Don’t make so many excuses for my despicable behavior.” Jiang Meilan was both angry and ashamed. “I stole your match, don’t you know you should fight back and take him back?”
Or at least hit her or something.
Jiang Meishu happily counted the banknotes—money was wonderful. Thinking about how long it had been since she transmigrated here, this was the first time she’d seen so much money, and it was given by her sister.
She looked up. “No.”
“Female competition is meaningless, and besides, Shen Zhanlie isn’t my match yet.” She said seriously, “Sis, men in this world can be replaced, but sisters can’t.”