Clackety-clack, clackety-clack, clackety-clack…
Su Mi opened her eyes, which felt swollen and sore, to the sight of scenery speeding past the window and a completely unfamiliar scene inside the train carriage.
Everything that met her eyes was exactly like the scenes from the period dramas she used to watch with her grandmother and mother.
But how long ago was that? So long ago that Su Mi herself couldn’t remember when she had watched those dramas with her grandmother and mother.
After that pandemic, she, still young, lost the company of her family during her formative years and was left alone in the world.
Even though she later had a stroke of luck and became the youngest medical doctor in the medical field, the family she lost could never return.
It couldn’t make up for the longing in her heart for the company of her loved ones.
She had lived only 36 years in total, divided into three parts: one part was filled with the happiness of growing up with her family by her side.
Another part was spent studying medicine day and night, busy saving lives and becoming the youngest top surgeon. She only felt physically and mentally exhausted, but every time she saw the grateful looks and words of thanks from the families of those she successfully treated, she felt warmth.
In the remaining few years, the zombie virus suddenly spread worldwide for unknown reasons, plunging the globe into the apocalyptic era.
Every day, Su Mi had to guard against being eaten by zombies or being killed by the people around her.
She also had to find food to survive. However, her reputation preceded her, and in the final moments, the authorities sent people to rescue the rather disheveled Su Mi and bring her back to the base.
Then, every day, she was busy again researching the virus to cure zombies and finding ways to stop its spread.
Even with her Dimensional Space at hand, Su Mi and her team spent nearly three years researching the virus to cure zombies.
But where there are people, there is society, and minds are always different.
Less than half a month after Su Mi developed the serum to cure the zombie virus, the base was directly hit by a missile, leaving nothing behind.
Su Mi’s final thought was, thankfully, she had already sent her research results to the research department of the military district.
Otherwise, her death would truly have been in vain.
Su Mi closed her eyes uncomfortably as complex fragments flashed through her mind like projections.
There was her own life, and also the brief life of a woman who shared her name and even looked slightly similar to her.
Su Mi reached out to her Dimensional Space and found it was still the same as before, which calmed her somewhat panicked heart slightly.
After seeing the brief but truly happy and joyful life of this person also named Su Mi, who was 20 years younger than her original self, she felt uncomfortable.
She felt like a despicable robber, a thief, forcibly occupying the other’s body.
Just as Su Mi was at a loss, wondering if she could try to leave this body, another memory suddenly surfaced.
After reading this memory, Su Mi felt a mix of emotions for a moment.
So, she had transmigrated into a book.
And the original owner existed in a novel called *Military Wife: The Precious One*.
In the novel, she was a side character who added flavor to the female lead’s life in the early stages, not even a proper side character—more like an extra.
The original owner’s family was simple: her parents, grandparents, and maternal grandparents were all involved in medicine-related work.
Her maternal grandfather was the heir to a family tradition of Chinese medicine, and her maternal grandmother loved medicinal plants. The two met and married because of this.
As for her paternal grandparents, it goes without saying—her grandfather’s family dealt in medicinal herbs, including cultivation.
After the founding of the new nation, Father studied Western medicine and met Mother, who was also studying Western medicine. After they married, they had two sons and a daughter. The family was harmonious, and the children were well-behaved, making them an enviably happy household.
Grandfather had foresight and sold off the family business early on, donating the money to the Red side to support the motherland’s struggle for weapons, artillery, and medicinal supplies.
The maternal grandparents’ family was no less remarkable, providing a steady supply of finished pharmaceutical products for our side from beginning to end.
It wasn’t until they grew old and passed away one after another that the family’s ancestral pharmacy finally closed its doors.
The original host’s mother studied Western medicine and only had a superficial understanding of traditional Chinese medicine, so she couldn’t keep the family business running. She could only watch helplessly as her father’s life’s work was shut down, and later events proved that she was actually somewhat relieved!
It was now 1972, and the Su family was left with only Su Zhongjun, his wife Jian Yuejian, their eldest son Su Wenbo, second son Wenjie, and youngest daughter Su Mi.
The original host’s father, Su Zhongjun, was the director of the Second Hospital, and her mother, Jian Yuejian, was the head nurse of the respiratory department.
Eldest brother Su Wenbo joined the military last year and went to the army, while second brother was still in his second year of medical school.
The original host had been influenced by a toxic friend’s instigation and, in a moment of recklessness, signed up to go to the countryside.
At that time, young people of a certain age who were not employed or married had to go to the countryside for re-education.
She was afraid that her family would be reported, which would cause her second brother to lose his chance at education and ruin his life. As a girl, she felt it didn’t matter as much for her.
So, without telling her parents or her two brothers, she secretly signed up to go to the countryside.
In the original plot, after the young girl boarded the train to the countryside, her family found the note she left on the desk. Both parents were heartbroken and anxious. After waiting five days without any phone calls or telegrams, her mother couldn’t bear it any longer. Overwhelmed by worry, she took leave and boarded a train.
On the way, she encountered human traffickers. Already on edge, her mother completely lost her composure when faced with the traffickers. While resisting, she was stabbed to death.
Father Su, already worried and anxious at home, had been under immense pressure. After calmly completing a three-hour-long surgery, he received the devastating news of his wife’s tragic death as soon as he left the operating room.
Overwhelmed physically and mentally, he collapsed and fainted. When he woke up again, his hair had turned completely white. Before he could even leave the hospital, he received news of his daughter’s death.
This completely crushed Su Zhongjun’s will to live for the sake of his children. He collapsed and never woke up again.
The successive tragedies involving their parents and sister left the eldest brother, who was training far away in the army, unable to recover for half a year. During a mission, he was momentarily distracted by a scene reminiscent of his family, which led to his sacrifice.
Second brother Su Wenjie didn’t fare much better. Especially after learning the reason his sister went to the countryside, he felt everything was his fault. He eventually gave up on himself, faded into obscurity, lived in a daze every day, and ultimately died of illness.
In short, the Su family, once admired by everyone who knew them, was completely destroyed in less than two years. They became a fleeting memory in the lives of those who knew them, evoking sighs of regret whenever mentioned.
Su Mi was speechless. Was this the butterfly effect?
She didn’t quite understand, but if the original host hadn’t gone to the countryside, perhaps the family wouldn’t have been destroyed? No one could know for sure about something that never happened.
Su Mi felt weary and rubbed the space between her eyebrows.
She felt a slight regret—why hadn’t she read this novel a little longer back then? What was she doing at the time?
Oh, right. She had been drawn to another, more captivating novel. As for this one, if it hadn’t featured a character with the exact same name as hers, she probably wouldn’t have spared it even a glance.