From the conversations of those people, she learned that Second Aunt had secretly accepted their ransom silver, which was why people were sent to the house to seize them.
Even if living meant being humiliated to death, she couldn’t bear for her younger sister to suffer the same fate. So she simply pulled Ren Jingyan and jumped out of the window.
That brothel was three stories high, and the alley below was paved with hard blue stone slabs. After that jump, they instantly smashed their heads open and died completely.
Thinking that death might be a form of release, she never expected that when she opened her eyes again, she would still be in that wretched temple where life was worse than death. After despair, she forced herself to stay strong. This time, she did not hesitate—she quickly found an opportunity to push Second Aunt off a cliff, smashing her into a pile of mud.
But even after eliminating that biggest hidden danger, they still did not live normal lives. After arriving in Lingnan, Second Aunt’s youngest son suspected her, set a fire, and burned the two sisters alive.
No matter how much effort she spent or how many changes she made, she could never change the tragic ending.
Until this time, when she returned again to the broken temple—but unlike before, she could not enter her own body immediately. Because the woman lying on the carriage had already flipped up and sat down, striking with lethal intent the moment she moved.
That entire day, she stayed by Ren Jingshu’s side without taking a single step away.
She watched her kill imperial soldiers, beat Second Aunt, save her sister…
Everything she had always wanted to do but could never accomplish.
At that moment, she suddenly seemed to understand something.
If she continued relying on her weak personality and fragile body, even if she were reborn a hundred or a thousand times, she still would not be able to change the fate of herself or the Ren family.
Fortunately… fortunately, she had finally arrived.
The original owner’s resentment was completely wiped away. She exhaled a faint breath, and her body became increasingly transparent, as if it could dissipate at any moment.
“I should go now. I hope you can live well…”
The original owner smiled faintly, then looked reluctantly at Ren Jingyan, who was still sleeping soundly. Her figure slowly faded.
This time, she could finally be free.
“Don’t worry, everything is on me…”
Ren Jingshu quickly promised, her eyes firm and resolute.
It was truly too tragic. Even someone like her, hardened by the apocalypse, couldn’t bear to watch it anymore.
It seemed she had been too merciful to them yesterday.
This time, she would play with them properly. Everything the original owner had suffered—she would make them repay it all.
Just as the original owner completely vanished, Ren Jingshu froze for a moment, then suddenly remembered something important.
The Ren family’s father and brothers were still imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison, being tortured at will.
Although the new emperor had declared a general amnesty and spared their lives, it was likely just to gain a reputation for benevolence.
But secretly, as an emperor, wanting someone dead was as easy as flipping his hand.
Now that she had both the original owner’s memories and knowledge of many things that had yet to happen—
The Ren family must live.
She glanced at her sleeping younger sister and couldn’t help but smile.
Wait for me. Big sister will bring Father and our brothers back.
Fortunately, they were not far from the capital yet.
Thinking for a moment, she quickly left the space. As for whether Ren Jingyan would discover any secrets after waking up, she was not worried at all.
In the apocalypse, she had already tested it: anyone who entered the space would fall into a deep sleep, and would only wake up upon exiting.
Once, she even placed a baby only a few months old inside the space. After several days of fleeing from mutated zombies, when she took the child out again, he was completely fine—healthy, eating and sleeping normally.
The forest at night was very quiet, aside from insect chirps and the crackling of a nearby fire.
Fortunately, her spiritual energy had recovered quite a bit. With a slight leap, she landed on a treetop.
The moon hung high in the sky, its bright light spilling through the forest like a layer of misty white gauze over the trees.
She had no time to admire the beauty. She scanned the distance, trying to identify the direction of the capital.
At that moment, the sound of a horse’s neigh echoed from afar.
Her heart tightened.
Horses—perfect.
The Ren family was in danger and could die at any moment. If she could get a horse, she would make it in time.
She leapt down and ran toward the direction she had determined.
She had already decided: whether by borrowing or by force, she was taking that horse.
After crossing a small hill, her eyes lit up. She quickly turned and hid behind a large tree.
Ahead on the official road was a wide grassland, where a large fire was burning. More than ten men sat slumped around it, heads lowered as if asleep.
Nearby were two carriages, and it looked like people were resting inside them as well.
Thinking of the earlier horse neighing, she scanned around and quickly spotted them under a nearby tree.
So many horses—good.
She felt around her body but found not even a single copper coin.
Of course. The Ren family had been confiscated and exiled—why would they leave her any money?
But it didn’t matter. In her space, she had stored a lot of gold from the apocalypse. At that time, gold and jewels were useless; even a gold necklace couldn’t be exchanged for a steamed bun.
She had collected them anyway, and now they came in handy.
She used her consciousness to search the space, preparing to pick out a suitable piece to exchange for a horse.
“Since you’re here, stop hiding. Come out.”
At that moment, a man by the fire lifted his head, his gaze sharp as he scanned the surroundings.
The others immediately gripped their swords, fully alert.
Ren Jingshu froze.
She had been discovered?
Just as she was about to step out, another burst of arrogant laughter rang out.
“Hahaha! Whether you look down on us or not, after tonight, who will even know?”
Her steps halted.
She quickly hid back behind the tree again.
Damn… so those people weren’t talking about her at all.