As soon as the door opened, Shen Yaozong and Xiang Meimei squeezed inside.
Shen Yaozong was still wearing casual clothes, and his hair wasn’t even combed properly—clearly he had rushed over from the study.
Xiang Meimei still had an apron in her hand, dusted with flour. She had probably been preparing a late-night snack.
No matter how big the Shen family business grew, Xiang Meimei insisted on cooking herself and never left it to anyone else.
“You’re fine? Look how pale your face is!”
Xiang Meimei reached out to touch her forehead, but when her gaze fell on Shen Shuangshuang’s neck, she suddenly cried out, “Oh my! What happened to your neck? Why is it bleeding?”
Shen Shuangshuang instinctively shrank her neck, but it was already too late.
Shen Yaozong frowned and gently pulled aside her collar. When he saw the still-reddened wound, his face darkened instantly.
“How did this happen? Tell Dad the truth.”
“It’s just from when I fell earlier. A piece of glass cut me.”
Shen Shuangshuang couldn’t hide it anymore. She pointed at the glass shards on the floor.
“It’s already stopped bleeding. Just a small cut.”
“A small cut? It’s on your neck—how is that small?”
Xiang Meimei grabbed her hand and pulled her out of the room.
“Come to the living room quickly. There’s a first-aid kit at home. I’ll disinfect and bandage it. We can’t let it get infected.”
Shen Yaozong followed behind them silently. He picked up a broom and carefully swept away the glass shards, then wiped the floor several times with a wet cloth, afraid that tiny fragments might remain and hurt someone.
In the living room, Xiang Meimei took out the medical kit from the storage room. Inside were iodine, cotton swabs, and gauze—everything prepared for Shen Shuangshuang, who often got injured from working overtime.
She carefully dipped a cotton swab in iodine and disinfected the wound, her movements as gentle as if she were touching fragile treasure.
“Does it hurt? If it hurts, tell me.”
Shen Shuangshuang shook her head. Looking at the worried expressions on her parents’ faces only made her feel worse.
She opened her mouth, wanting to talk about transmigration, but the words stopped at her lips and were swallowed back.
The matter was just too bizarre. Would her parents even believe it?
After applying sterile gauze and checking carefully to make sure there was no problem, Xiang Meimei finally sat beside her.
Shen Yaozong also set down what he was holding and sat on the sofa opposite them, his hands clasped on his knees, looking like he wanted to say something but hesitated.
“Dad, Mom… do you have something you want to tell me?”
Shen Shuangshuang spoke first. She knew her parents too well—this expression clearly meant they were hiding something.
Shen Yaozong sighed and glanced at Xiang Meimei before slowly speaking.
“Shuangshuang, lately… Dad had a very strange dream.”
“A dream?” Shen Shuangshuang’s heart stirred.
“Exactly!” Xiang Meimei quickly continued, her face slightly pale.
“I had the same dream as your dad! In the dream our family was raided, you were wearing prison clothes and being beaten by guards, and behind you there was a huge flood… It scared me so badly I couldn’t sleep all night.”
Shen Shuangshuang’s eyes widened instantly.
“Your dream… also had confiscation, exile, and a flood?”
“How do you know?” Shen Yaozong and Xiang Meimei asked at the same time, their faces full of surprise.
“Because I had the exact same dream!”
Shen Shuangshuang could no longer hold back. She told them everything—from the nightmare, to falling and bleeding, to discovering the space. She even explained the necklace changing color and the transmigration countdown.
The living room became so quiet that the ticking of the wall clock could be heard clearly.
Shen Yaozong and Xiang Meimei looked at each other, both seeing shock in the other’s eyes.
“Shuangshuang, you’re saying… you can enter a space with fields and land?”
Xiang Meimei still found it hard to believe. She reached out and touched the necklace on Shen Shuangshuang’s neck.
“Just relying on this?”
“Mom, I’m not lying.”
Shen Shuangshuang held her hand.
“I’ll take you in right now so you can see.”
She focused her mind and silently thought, “Enter the valley space.”
The next second, a white flash appeared before all three of them at the same time. When their vision cleared, they were already standing in front of the ancient courtyard.
“My goodness…”
Xiang Meimei stared at the stream and the pond in front of her and covered her mouth in shock.
“Th-this really is a space?”
Shen Yaozong was a bit calmer, but he still walked to the courtyard gate.
Looking at the exquisite redwood furniture inside and then toward the miniature sea in the distance, his eyes were full of disbelief.
“This place… is even more comfortable than our villa.”
Shen Shuangshuang smiled and nodded.
“Dad, Mom, this is only one of the spaces. There’s also a planting farm, a breeding ranch, and a preservation warehouse.”
She first brought them to the planting farm.
As soon as they stepped into the wheat field, golden stalks brushed against Xiang Meimei’s clothes in the wind. She reached out to touch the full wheat grains, her eyes lighting up.
“This wheat looks amazing. It’s much stronger than the crops grown by relatives back in our hometown.”
Meanwhile, Shen Yaozong noticed the medicinal herb field nearby. He crouched down and carefully examined several ginseng plants.
“With the quality of this ginseng, it would sell for at least six figures per jin on the market. Shuangshuang, this space is truly incredible.”
“There’s something even more amazing.”
Shen Shuangshuang led them to the breeding ranch.
Across the endless grassland, although there were no animals yet, the soil gave off a fertile scent.
“You can raise cows, sheep, chickens, ducks—whatever you want here. And you don’t even need to worry about diseases.”
Finally, they went to the infinite storage preservation warehouse. The endless white space made Xiang Meimei a little uncomfortable.
Only after Shen Shuangshuang stored her phone and took it out again did Xiang Meimei exclaim in amazement,
“If we stored meat and vegetables here, wouldn’t they never go bad?”
“That’s right. Time is frozen here.”
After saying that, Shen Shuangshuang brought them back to the valley space.
“This place is the most comfortable. If we can’t get used to living in ancient times, we can come here to rest.”
Just as she finished speaking, a mechanical notification suddenly sounded beside all three of their ears.
[Ding. External personnel detected. Would you like to set them as administrators? After becoming administrators, they may freely enter and exit the space within 100 meters of the owner. However, they must follow the rule: the secret of the space can never be revealed by any means.]
“Who said that?”
Xiang Meimei moved closer to Shen Yaozong nervously, looking around cautiously.
“Is there someone else in this space?”
“It’s not a person. It’s the space’s notification.”
Shen Shuangshuang was also surprised. She hadn’t heard anything like this when she entered before.
“It must have been triggered because you came in.”
Shen Yaozong quickly understood and looked at his daughter.
“Shuangshuang, what does ‘administrator’ mean? Does it mean we can also freely enter and exit this space?”
“It seems so. But there’s a condition—we can’t reveal the secret.”
Shen Shuangshuang looked seriously at her parents.
“Dad, Mom, it’s your choice. If you don’t want to become administrators, I won’t force you.”
“We agree!”
Xiang Meimei interrupted before she could finish, her eyes slightly red.
“You’re a girl. Ancient times are dangerous. How could your dad and I feel at ease letting you go alone? Besides, we’re both retired now. We don’t have any attachments in the modern world anymore. If we go with you, we can at least cook for you and help out.”