Chapter 1

“Good heavens, what sins have I committed to be burdened with such a daughter? I’ve raised her for over ten years, and she poisons the whole family and sends us to the hospital. She’s not a daughter, she’s a living Devil!”

Lin Xiangnan had just opened her eyes, her body still weak and limp. Hearing the woman’s curses from the courtyard, she was startled and quickly sat up in bed, thinking in confusion, “Is she scolding me?”

Waking up to such a situation, Lin Xiangnan quickly accessed the original body’s memories and breathed a sigh of relief.

Good news: she wasn’t the one being scolded.

Bad news: she was the one poisoned by the mushrooms.

The one cursing was her mother, Hu Meili. Yesterday, her stepsister Liu Hongying had made a dish of dried mushroom stew with potatoes, which had poisoned the entire family and sent them to the hospital.

Lin Xiangnan loved mushrooms and was the most severely poisoned. Her stomach was still uncomfortable, and her head was dizzy, so she took a day off from school.

Their family was a blended one, and the atmosphere had been tense lately due to the children’s upcoming rural assignment. The mushroom poisoning incident had completely enraged Hu Meili.

When Hu Meili returned from work, she slammed the door and banged pots, making a loud noise that let everyone in the courtyard know she was in a bad mood.

The courtyard was home to factory families, and several elderly women who were known for gossiping gathered around Hu Meili, pretending to comfort her but actually fanning the flames.

“Don’t get angry, you’ll get sick. Who knows what will happen to your job then?”

Hu Meili immediately crossed her arms and yelled, “She dares! If she has the guts, she can poison me to death. Let’s see if the police arrest her.”

“Hongying is a good-for-nothing, not only does she have no job, she can’t even manage household chores. What’s going to happen to her in the future?”

“Poor thing, she’s only 22 and her leg is crippled. Life in the countryside is really hard.”

Speaking of the rural assignment, the elderly women asked Hu Meili about Lin Xiangnan.

“You have two children graduating this year. It’s going to be difficult to get them jobs, right? Is your daughter, Lin Xiangnan, going to the countryside?”

Hu Meili declared confidently, “My Lin Xiangnan is a girl. Her best years are only a few, I’m definitely keeping her by my side.”

“Has Lin Xiangnan’s job been settled?”

“Not yet. She’s only graduating high school at the end of June, it’s only April now, there’s still time. If you hear of any jobs being sold, be sure to tell me.” Even if she had to borrow money, Hu Meili wanted to keep her daughter in the city.

Hu Meili was scared.

Her biological son, Lin Xiangdong, and her stepdaughter, Liu Hongying, were both assigned to the countryside in 1968. At that time, all junior and senior high school students from the classes of 1966, 1967, and 1968 were sent to the countryside, often to remote and border areas. They were assigned according to hardship, and there was no way out.

Lin Xiangdong was fine, he was a boy, and even though life was hard, he could still endure it. But Liu Hongying suffered greatly. Last year, she was discharged back to the city due to a crippled leg. The leg injury wasn’t serious at first, she deliberately made it worse to return to the city.

One of her fellow educated youths had married a widower ten years older than her, who already had children, in order to return to the city. Compared to that, Liu Hongying was already lucky, she didn’t have to starve, freeze, or be bullied.

It was now 1974, and their children had been in the countryside for six years. City parents knew what conditions were like in the countryside.

To keep Lin Xiangnan in the city, Hu Meili had been trying to find ways. She was looking for jobs while also finding suitable partners for Lin Xiangnan. If she couldn’t find a job, getting married would be fine, as long as she could stay in the city, anything would do.

While Hu Meili was planning for Lin Xiangnan, Lin Xiangnan was lying in bed, thinking about the rural assignment.

Lin Xiangnan was born in the 21st century and her daily routine was to lie flat and collect rent. When her parents were living (relying on their children for financial support), they also gave her a few properties.

In the past, she had been urged by her grandparents to be ambitious, but after she went to college, her parents and grandparents passed away, and without anyone to supervise her, she started to slack off. Her family left her a huge inheritance of over 100 million yuan, which completely eliminated her interest in working. She just wanted to eat, drink, and have fun.

Yesterday, she was shopping when suddenly a handsome man in a black long robe appeared in front of her.

“Lin Xiangnan, your time is up, come with me.”

The man in black was incredibly handsome. Lin Xiangnan stared at him for a while before she realized what was going on and took a few steps back. “Where are you taking me?”

“To the underworld. To be reincarnated.”

Upon hearing this, Lin Xiangnan immediately stopped. “I decline. I haven’t lived enough yet.”

Her refusal was invalid. Lin Xiangnan was immediately bound by a thin chain and forcibly taken away.

Lin Xiangnan quickly explained, “You’ve got the wrong person. I had a physical exam last month and I’m perfectly healthy. My death date definitely hasn’t arrived yet.”

The man in black sneered, “Everyone who hasn’t lived enough says that.”

“My body could have died from a sudden heart attack, is there no justice in the world? You must have made a mistake, I’m not convinced, I’m going to report you!”

Lin Xiangnan was dragged all the way to the office building. When her identity information was being verified, the problem arose.

The one who was supposed to die was another ‘Lin Xiangnan’, not her. It was just a coincidence that they had the same name and appeared on the same street at the same time. The soul reaper had accidentally taken the wrong soul.

“I told you you made a mistake.” Lin Xiangnan rolled her eyes in anger.

Upon hearing this news, the sneer on the man in black’s face disappeared, replaced by an eight-tooth smile.

“Sorry, Ms. Lin. Due to my work error, I have caused inconvenience to your life. I have prepared several compensation packages for you, please take a look.”

The man in black then handed her several standard contracts.

The modern population was growing explosively, and there were too many deaths every day. It was common for soul reapers to take the wrong soul. Therefore, the underworld employees had a standard procedure for dealing with such situations.

As long as compensation was paid, the soul reaper would be deducted from their performance bonus and pay a fine, but at least they wouldn’t be implicated in karma.

Lin Xiangnan briefly glanced at the compensation packages and put the paper aside. “No need to be so troublesome, just send me back and guarantee that I’ll be healthy and safe for the rest of my life. I’m very satisfied with my current life of eating, drinking, and doing nothing.”

With money and free time, plus good health, what more could she ask for?

The smile on the man in black’s face became humble. “Sorry, your body is frozen in the morgue and will be cremated soon, you can’t go back.”

“Ha? Are you speaking human language?” Lin Xiangnan sneered and immediately flipped out. “Then what are we talking about? Forget it, I don’t want any compensation, I’m going to report you!”

She still wanted compensation, but she had to bargain and get more benefits for herself.

The man in black quickly calmed her down. “Don’t worry, it’s all negotiable. You can make up for your remaining lifespan elsewhere.”

Finally, after extreme push and pull from both sides, Lin Xiangnan became a member of the transmigration army. She also got a space and a welfare mall system. The balance in the system was her assets from her previous life, including savings, stocks, and real estate, totaling over 200 million yuan, which was enough to ensure she could live comfortably for the rest of her life.

As soon as Lin Xiangnan’s consciousness entered the space, she saw the villa she had lived in before. She didn’t look at the house, she directly summoned the mall.

【The items you purchased have arrived, do you want to receive them?】

“I haven’t bought anything yet?” Lin Xiangnan was confused, but she still clicked confirm.

A flash of white light, and two bottles of pills appeared in front of her.

Body Strengthening Pills: One bottle of 30 pills, one pill per day, will make you healthy and eat anything you want.

Refreshing pills: One bottle of 30 pills, one pill per day, will make you clear-headed and learn quickly.

She had lived a life of carefree luxury before, so the space and mall could only maintain her previous standard of living. Therefore, she also requested a healthy body and a sharp mind.

This was the benefit the man in black had promised her. Lin Xiangnan quickly put the pills away and prepared to buy a bottle of mineral water from the mall to take the pills. But when she clicked on the mall page, her eyes widened.

“Are these mall prices serious?”

Rice was 1.4 yuan per pound, white flour was 1.8 yuan per pound, pork was 0.8 yuan per pound… and her balance was over 200 million yuan.

Lin Xiangnan unconsciously gave a thumbs up. “The brothers in the underworld are really honest.”

At that moment, the man in black in the underworld was clutching his chest, his face full of pain. “This dead ghost is so difficult to deal with, I’ve worked for nothing this year.”