Wen Mo had suffered the backlash for cursing someone. Not only had she been punished by being transported into a novel, she’d also been made to give birth to quadruplets—all boys!
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“Mommy, hungry, want food~”
Beneath a bridge underpass, four identical little faces—one, two, three, four—looked up at Wen Mo with pleading eyes, their tiny hands clutching the four corners of her clothes.
Wen Mo’s stomach was growling with hunger too, but the babyish voices kept calling for food one after another, and she was on the verge of a breakdown.
The youngest one could barely muster the strength to open his mouth. Tears clung to his eyelashes, and he looked so pitiful it made her heart ache.
But when Wen Mo checked her pockets, she didn’t have a single coin. Her phone balance was down to just twenty-five cents.
Wen Mo had arrived in this world the day before yesterday. At the time, she’d been abroad, raising four sons all by herself and so broke she could barely scrape by, when a few plane tickets home had popped up in an app on her phone.
She’d immediately brought the four little children back to the country, all because the plane offered free meals.
She was this broke, with four little ones waiting to be fed. Other people got a system to help them when they entered a novel; all she got was a hard-labor experience card, and she had to haul four children along for the ride.
Before entering the novel, Wen Mo had just finished staying up all night reading one. Only after she finished did she realize the author had abandoned it ages ago. She’d been just about to see the male and female protagonists get down and dirty, and then the author just left it unfinished?
Wen Mo was left so frustrated she could hardly stand it.
Before going to sleep, she’d grumbled, “This author is so irresponsible. I hope you have quadruplets, all boys.” So Heaven punished her by sending her into the novel. Not only did she become the villainous supporting actress in the author’s book, she was also punished by having quadruplets—all boys.
The original host, Wen Mo, was a gold-digging woman who stole photos of her campus belle roommate and used them to get into an online relationship with the male protagonist.
But by the time Wen Mo arrived, that part of the story had already passed. It was now four years later, and after the original host had swindled money and fled abroad, she’d already spent it all without a care.
After swindling a huge sum from the male protagonist, the original host had planned to flee that very night.
Who could have guessed the male protagonist would suddenly appear and block her at the school gate?
To keep her identity from being exposed, the original host hurriedly put on a mask and claimed she had a rash on her face, so the male protagonist never saw what she looked like.
But after they met, the original host took a fancy to his looks. In a sudden stroke of inspiration, she boldly drugged the male protagonist and took him to a hotel that night, where she had her way with him.
She’d swindled his money and slept with him.
Afterward, afraid the truth would come out, the original host disappeared from the country and went abroad to spend her money freely.
The male protagonist she’d robbed and taken advantage of was Pei Sijie, the young master of a top wealthy family in the Capital Circle.
Back then, Pei Sijie had been young and innocent, never having fallen for anyone—until he fell right into her hands.
He’d given her his whole heart and everything he had.
Yet the online-dating scammer didn’t just swindle his money; she also defiled his pure and honorable virtue as a man.
Overnight, Pei Sijie had lost his money, had his heart broken, and been abandoned, becoming a laughingstock throughout the Capital Circle.
From then on, he shut his heart away and changed completely, going from a green young man to a coldhearted, suspicious, sinister Living Yama.
Good grief, had she turned an innocent college boy into a big shot of the Capital Circle?
And the most outrageous part was still to come.
After the original host fled abroad, she discovered she was pregnant and somehow gave birth to quadruplets.
But she was lazy and vain. How could she stand the hardships of looking after the children?
She spent all the money she’d swindled on herself, shopping for bags every day and caring only about her own food and fun, often leaving the children hungry.
The poor babies had never had a proper meal. By the time Wen Mo arrived, all four children were so hungry they were chewing on their fingers.
The children should have been chubby and healthy, but now they were severely malnourished and thin as bamboo poles.
As for the original host, after enjoying herself for four years, she finally blew through all the money.
Seeing she was nearly out of options and looking at the four burdens she had to drag around, the original host had another flash of inspiration: take the children back home, find Pei Sijie, that easy mark, and use the children to marry into his family and swindle him for money again!
Now that was sustainable development!
But just after the original host bought tickets home, she got into trouble. The foreign armed police chased her with guns for theft, and she ended up crashing to the pavement and dying.
Then her soul was replaced by Wen Mo, an unlucky office worker with the same name.
After absorbing all the memories, Wen Mo stared silently at the sky.
Still, since she was already here, she supposed she’d joined the ranks of people transported into novels.
“Mommy, hungry~”
Another faint voice came from one of the little children beside her.
Wen Mo looked down at the four pitiful little ones who were about to faint from hunger, and her heart instantly melted.
She was a social parasite who couldn’t even support herself. How was she supposed to raise four children?
She had no money and no experience. How was she supposed to handle this mess?
Did she really have to ask the children’s father for money? Keep swindling money to feed the kids?
After all, he was the father of the four children. He had to pay some child support, right?
No, the thought had barely crossed her mind before Wen Mo stamped it out.
She wouldn’t go looking for that Living Yama even if it killed her.
In the original novel, after the original host brought the four children back home, she went straight to the male protagonist to ask for money.
The male protagonist, who’d been swindled and robbed of his innocence, already hated her to the core. He hated not only her, but also the fact that she’d secretly given birth to his children—so much so that he wanted to strangle them.
Half a year earlier, the male and female protagonists had already crossed paths. When he saw the campus belle herself, he fell in love with the female protagonist at first sight all over again.
The real female protagonist was Wen Mo’s campus belle roommate—the very same campus belle whose photo had made the male protagonist decide to start an online relationship.
As they got to know each other, the male protagonist found that she was just as innocent, lovely, and kind as she looked in the photo. In the end, he fell in love with her.
Wen Mo had become a thing of the past, a former girlfriend with a stain on her record.
And yet the original host, oblivious to the danger, wanted to use the children to marry into his family.
But even after scheming and plotting, all she did in the story was stir up trouble.
After pushing the male and female protagonists’ romance forward, she was ultimately sent to prison by the male protagonist, shedding tears behind bars.
As for the four children, after the original host used and manipulated them time and again, two died, and she accidentally beat one to death herself.
The one remaining child did survive, but having such a mother twisted his mind. He became the little villain, only to be crushed by the female protagonist later.
Wen Mo couldn’t help looking at the little children in front of her.
The eldest was the one who survived but became psychologically twisted—the little villain.
At that moment, the little boy was staring straight at her. Of the four, he was the most devious and hardest to handle.
Though he was calling her Mommy for food now, it was all just a means of keeping his true feelings hidden. Once he was strong enough, he’d be the first little demon to rise up in rebellion.
After the original host used the second and third children several times, they not only failed to win the male protagonist’s affection for his children, but also became cannon fodder who died tragically in the fight for his favor.
As for the fourth child, his fate was even more pitiful.
After the second and third children were gone, the original host wanted to use the fourth to win the male protagonist back. But she thought the fourth child was stupid and couldn’t even carry out the task she gave him. In a fit of rage, she beat him brutally and killed him.
After that, the eldest completely turned evil and became a little demon.
So Wen Mo absolutely did not dare go looking for Pei Sijie.
In this life, she was determined to be a decent person, look after the children properly, work hard to make money, stay away from the male protagonist, and live out her days in peace.
She would never follow the original host down that path of self-destruction!
Fortunately, none of the tragedies had happened yet. The four little children were only three years old. Although they were somewhat disappointed in and afraid of the original host, their nature as children meant they still depended on their mother.
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Half an hour later, Wen Mo picked up two coins that a kind passerby had tossed beside her feet and hurried off to buy four steamed buns.
She came running back with the hot buns in her hands. “Food’s here~”
The little children, who had been crouching obediently beneath the bridge underpass, poked their heads out. When they saw Wen Mo return with four buns, their big, dark eyes lit up at once.
They all reached out their dirty little hands to grab one.
Wen Mo handed them out one by one as she said, “Don’t rush, don’t rush. There’s one for every little baby. One, two, three...”
When Wen Mo handed out the fourth bun, her hand suddenly stopped.
Wait.
She looked up and counted the little heads in front of her.
One, two, three.
Huh? How was one of the little ones missing?
“Where’s the other one?” She stared at the three little ones in front of her, certain one was missing.
The three little children all shook their heads in unison. “Dunno~”
Wen Mo’s scalp prickled.
She searched every inch beneath the bridge underpass, squeezing into every corner big enough to hide someone. She called until her voice was nearly hoarse, but couldn’t find the fourth child.
The fourth child was missing.
Worst of all, the four children looked exactly alike. She still couldn’t tell them apart, and didn’t even know which one was missing.
The little child was only three years old. What if he was lost—or had been snatched by a human trafficker?
Wen Mo’s palms sweated with worry. She pulled out her phone and dialed 110.
“Hello, officer, one of my babies is missing...”
“Ma’am, please tell me exactly what happened.”
After reporting it, Wen Mo crouched down and looked at the three children left behind. “You three, tell me your names.”
The three little children obediently puffed out their chests.
“Yi Yi.”
“Er Er.”
“San San.”
Wen Mo’s vision went black.
The original host hadn’t cared about the children and couldn’t even be bothered to give them names. She’d always just called them one, two, three, and four.
The ones left here were Yi Yi, Er Er, and San San.
Then the one who was missing was...
Oh crap, it was Si Si—the dumbest one.