“Fu Nanxun, do you have anything else you want to say?” In the dark room, a police officer held a gun, its pitch-black muzzle pointed directly at the man opposite him.
Fu Nanxun shook his head, his eyes empty. His once handsome and resolute face had long since been tortured beyond recognition.
Bang!
A gunshot rang out, and blood sprayed everywhere like a fountain, splattering all over Nan Qianqian’s face.
The blood instantly stained her vision red. She stared in horror at the man lying on the ground, his face covered in blood and his eyes wide open.
Nan Qianqian’s lips opened and closed, but at that moment, she was like a mute. All she could manage were muffled whimpers, unable to utter a single word. She tried to reach out and grab him, but there was nothing she could grasp.
Ring, ring, ring! Ring, ring, ring!
“It hurts.”
Nan Qianqian opened her eyes, her head throbbing as though it were about to split apart. The horrifying crimson blood from her dream still seemed to linger before her eyes.
She was seriously about to die of frustration.
Could it be that staying up late every night reading novels had driven her crazy?
Young people these days barely earned any money, yet the pressure they faced at work was enormous.
She wasn’t talking about anyone else. That young person was none other than herself, a workplace rookie who was good at absolutely nothing except eating.
After finally getting off work and returning to her own little nest, of course she wanted to do whatever she pleased!
She didn’t have any serious vices like excessive drinking, womanizing, or gambling. Her only hobby was reading novels, and more novels.
After all, life was already difficult enough. Sometimes, immersing herself in a sweet romance novel was an incredibly wonderful experience.
For example, having endless sweet dreams every night, either being pounced on by a cold and aloof CEO or turning the tables and pouncing on a sweet, puppy-like younger man.
If she wasn’t dealing with some white lotus who wore spaghetti straps, she was ruthlessly putting a scheming green tea bitch in her place…
But recently, she had been completely listless. She kept dreaming about a man getting his head blown off, with blood splattering across her entire field of vision.
A woman named Nan Qianqian also kept appearing in her dreams. Her death was absolutely miserable.
The ridiculous thing was that the woman had exactly the same first and last name as her. As a result, she kept unconsciously imagining herself in the woman’s place, making her nervous and paranoid all day long.
What was she supposed to do about this?!
She had already restrained herself from reading novels for an entire week, so why were these dreams still going on and on?
Having read so many novels, she was also the type to forget a book as soon as she finished it. It never took her long to forget what she had read before.
Even now, she still couldn’t remember which author’s masterpiece this was. If she could remember, she, Nan Qianqian, swore she would steer well clear of it.
Actually, she couldn’t be blamed for not remembering. If anyone was to blame, it was the men in those novels, each one more breathtakingly beautiful than the last.
Well, she was a woman. It was perfectly normal.
She, Nan Qianqian, had merely made a mistake that every woman in the world would make.
She simply couldn’t control her heart and couldn’t help falling in love with every handsome man she encountered.
Naturally, once she found a new love, she would forget the old one.
“Working people, working souls! Working hard will put us above the rest! Nan Qianqian, let’s go!”
No matter how difficult life became, she must never forget to feed herself a little motivational chicken soup.
After saying this, Nan Qianqian prepared to spring upright like a carp leaping out of the water.
However, before she could even get up, her vision suddenly went black, and she lost consciousness.
“Qianqian, hurry up and wake up! If anything happens to you, how is your mother supposed to go on living? Tell me, you silly girl, why would you do something so foolish?”
“Will you give it a rest? You just keep wailing without stopping. Forget about Qianqian not waking up, you’re about to wail this old man to death!”
“You damned old man! How can you say something like that? Is she even your biological daughter? How could my Qianqian have such a heartless father? Oh, my poor daughter!”
“You… Tell me, why are you, an old woman, so unreasonable? If I’m not her biological father, then who am I?”
“Whoever you want to be! Just tell me, what kind of biological father would push his precious daughter into a pit of fire?”
“…”
“His parents helped you, so you want to repay their kindness. Then go repay them yourself! Give them money or grain, anything would be fine. But why must you insist on marrying my daughter into their family? Don’t you know that Fu Nanxun came back from the army this time with a crippled leg? How can you marry our daughter off to someone like that?”
“Someone like what? Nanxun comes from a good, upright family background. Even if his leg is crippled, he’s still a hero who made contributions while defending our country! You old woman, if you don’t understand anything, then stop talking nonsense!”
“I… I don’t care! Anyway, if you insist on making my daughter marry him, and she can’t go on living, then I won’t live either!”
“You… It’s because you’ve spoiled her every single day that she’s become so lawless! And now you’re blaming me instead!”
“What’s wrong with blaming you? You just…”
“Stop arguing.”
Nan Qianqian’s mind was still groggy. She had actually been awake for a while, but these two people were becoming more and more heated in their argument, making her head feel as though it were about to split open.
She had even thought she was dreaming again.
“Qianqian! You’re finally awake! You nearly scared your mother to death!”
Li Cuihua’s eyes filled with tears. Seeing that her daughter was about to sit up, she hurried over to stop her.
“What are you getting up for? You’ve only just woken up, and your body hasn’t recovered yet. Hurry up and lie down. Mom will go make you a bowl of sugar water.”
“That’s right. Listen to your mother and lie down properly. Whatever it is, we can talk about it once you’ve recovered.”
Looking at his daughter’s pale face, the village Party secretary swallowed the reprimand that had reached his lips and let out a silent sigh.
Nan Qianqian, however, was completely bewildered as she looked around.
What greeted her eyes was a low, dilapidated mud-brick house. The walls were covered with various patches and cracks. In the corner stood a wooden table with a chipped corner, and an enamel mug sat on top of it.
She herself was lying on a hard wooden bed, with a wooden chest placed at its foot.
What was going on?
Where on earth was she?
Even a television drama wouldn’t dare portray a place this run-down!
Ahem. At least, she had never seen one like it.
Panic began to rise in Nan Qianqian’s heart.
Suddenly, a sharp pain erupted in her head, and fragments of memories that didn’t belong to her flooded into her mind like a raging torrent.
When all those memories had surged through her brain, Nan Qianqian’s eyes abruptly widened, and she reached up to touch her bandaged head.
Had she transmigrated into a novel?
The answer was naturally yes.
The body she now occupied was also called Nan Qianqian. She was eighteen years old and the youngest daughter of the village Party secretary of Jishan Village.
She also had two older brothers, both of whom were already married.
Ever since childhood, the original Nan Qianqian had been the apple of her family’s eye. Her mother and two older brothers had spoiled her into becoming an arrogant and domineering young woman.
And now, after hearing that her father wanted to marry her off to a cripple who had retired from the army and was several years older than her, she had tried to kill herself by smashing her head against a wall.
Touching her head, Nan Qianqian couldn’t help thinking that the original owner must have succeeded.
Otherwise, she wouldn’t be here.
Combining the memories in her mind with her current situation, Nan Qianqian finally remembered.
She had transmigrated into an era novel she had read before.
It was also the very novel that had been giving her nightmares recently.
Wasn’t this exactly what people meant when they said that whatever you feared most was bound to happen?
Not only had she transmigrated into a novel, but she had also tragically become a cannon fodder supporting female character who constantly courted disaster and was practically asking for death.
The tragedy began with her refusal to marry Fu Nanxun.
Not only did she cause Fu Nanxun’s death, but she also eloped with a scumbag. Later, that scumbag abducted and sold her, leading to her miserable death far from home.
“Daughter, here, drink some sugar water. Look at you, silly child. How could you be so foolish? If you don’t want to get married, then you don’t have to. Who would dare hold a knife to your throat and force you?
“If you want to marry that Chen Feng, I think that’s fine too. At least he’s better than Fu Nanxun.
“After all, he’s an educated youth from the city, and he’s good-looking too. He’ll return to the city eventually. If the two of you get married, you might even be able to follow him to the city and enjoy a good life.”
Nan Qianqian frowned as she stared at her newly acquired mother, who had been chattering nonstop ever since entering the room.
When she heard the name Chen Feng, she couldn’t help trembling.
Wasn’t Chen Feng that huge scumbag who had disguised himself as a harmless sheep and deceived the original owner?
Follow that scumbag and enjoy a good life?
Seriously, this original owner’s mother was too much!
Nan Qianqian felt that a large part of the original owner’s tragic ending could probably be attributed to her mother.
Excessive indulgence was actually a form of destruction in disguise.
“Cuihua, what nonsense are you spouting again? What’s so good about that pretty boy? He looks like a weak little chick.
“A grown man who doesn’t do any proper work all day and only knows how to hang around women. He can’t lift anything with his hands or carry anything on his shoulders. Can our daughter really marry someone who looks like a man but doesn’t act like one?”
The mere mention of Chen Feng infuriated the village Party secretary.
That man looked like a pretty boy and acted sneakily all day long.
He simply couldn’t understand why everyone seemed to have been bewitched by him.
“What the hell do you know?”
Nan Qianqian’s eyes lit up.
It seemed that the only sensible person in the Nan family was this village Party secretary father of hers.
He was also remarkably accurate at judging people.
“Mom, I think Dad is right. That Chen Feng doesn’t look like a good man at all. I don’t want anything to do with him,” Nan Qianqian chimed in.
She had grown up in an orphanage since childhood and had no family.
Now that she had both a father and a mother, she slipped into her new role very smoothly.
Calling them “Dad” and “Mom” became increasingly natural to her.
After all, she had read the entire plot.
In short, the farther she stayed away from Chen Feng, the better.
If that bastard dared to sweet-talk her in front of her, then he shouldn’t blame her for teaching him a lesson.
Since she was now Nan Qianqian of this era, she absolutely couldn’t allow herself to end up like the original owner, who had been sold off by someone and still helped count the money.
Hearing their daughter’s words, both elderly parents froze.
The village Party secretary wondered whether his daughter had somehow knocked some sense into herself by hitting her head.
Her mother, on the other hand, was completely dumbfounded.
Just yesterday, her daughter had been making a huge fuss, insisting that she would marry no one but Educated Youth Chen.
What was she up to now?
Could she have damaged her brain when she hit her head?
That wouldn’t do!
“Qianqian, what’s wrong with you? Her father, what’s happened to your daughter? Has she gone stupid? She’s even started talking nonsense!”
Li Cuihua was frantic. She grabbed Nan Qianqian and examined her from left to right.
However, after looking her over for quite some time, she couldn’t find anything wrong.
“Dad, is Fu Nanxun seriously injured?”
Nan Qianqian ignored her mother’s exaggerated reaction and turned to look at her father with burning eyes.
“Uh… It’s nothing too serious. He just injured his leg. Nanxun has a strong constitution, so he should recover after some rest. The army has also arranged for someone to look after him. He’ll be fine.”
As long as his leg was still there, everything would be fine.
“All right, then I’ll go visit him tomorrow.”
Judging by the current situation, the two of them probably hadn’t met yet.
She would have to take the initiative.
If she wanted to change her fate, she had to start by holding on to Fu Nanxun.
She would never let him get his head blown off again.
That bloody scene was simply too terrifying.
“Did you say you want to visit him?”
The village Party secretary’s eyes lit up when he heard his daughter’s words.
He thought to himself that his daughter had truly come to her senses.
“Yes, Dad. I think it’s a good idea for you to arrange for me and Fu Nanxun to date. I’ve thought things through this time.”
Nan Qianqian spoke with a serious expression before continuing.
“Fu Nanxun is quite pitiful. We should help him. After all, the Fu family has shown our family kindness. We can’t do something that would make people point fingers at us behind our backs.”
“Good, good, good! As expected of a daughter of the Nan family!”
The village Party secretary was so excited that tears glistened in his eyes.
Li Cuihua: “…”
The village Party secretary thought about the immense kindness the Fu family had shown him.
If Nanxun’s parents hadn’t saved him when he was on the verge of starving to death, how could he possibly have lived to see this day?
Now, both of them had passed away, leaving behind only their one and only son.
Not only could Nanxun no longer serve in the army, but he had also been left with a crippled leg.
How was he supposed to live on his own in the future?
He knew he was being unfair to his daughter, but there was nothing else he could do.
Now that his daughter was no longer making a fuss about wanting to die and had even taken the initiative to visit Nanxun, he couldn’t have been happier.
“All right, Dad will go with you tomorrow. You just get some good rest.”
The village Party secretary was so delighted that his eyes narrowed into slits. He slapped his thigh, stood up, and walked toward the door.
Watching his departing figure, Nan Qianqian’s eyes curved into crescents as she smiled.
So this was what it felt like to have a family!
How wonderful.