Chapter 1

“Hurry! Faster! A little faster!”

“It’s coming, it’s coming, I’m going as fast as I can! Stop nagging!”

“You know nothing! Even though it’s late at night and no one usually comes to the village edge, what if someone comes here tonight? If things get out, we’ll all end up in jail…”

“……”

The low, urgent whispers mixed with heavy breaths, filled with a sense of panic.

Gu Wan was being carried on someone’s back, running frantically towards the dilapidated thatched hut at the edge of Zhaojia Village.

The panting, combined with the chirping of cicadas in the rural fields, carried by the wind, almost made Gu Wan laugh.

The opening lines were indeed suggestive, sparking endless imagination.

But Gu Wan had no time for such thoughts.

The drug inside her was starting to take effect.

Though not yet obvious, the medicine her mother had given her was potent, and she wouldn’t last long…

Gu Wan was exasperated. She had made a pact with her system to complete a thousand quick-transmigration missions and then be reborn as the daughter of a wealthy family, living a carefree life of leisure.

But…

Just as she was about to be reborn, a sudden, violent whirlwind swept her to this backward place.

She had no time to react.

Not only that, she had been thrust into a period novel where a real daughter had been switched with a fake one.

It was 1983, only a few years since the reform and opening up.

Thinking about the tragic fate of the cannon fodder real daughter, Gu Wan couldn’t help but rant, wondering if the system 3888 had deliberately done this, otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence?

It had robbed her of reincarnation and instead thrown her into a period novel as cannon fodder.

The start was extremely bad!!

—In this book, the female supporting character shared her name, but her fate was miserable.

—The female supporting character had been treated as a slave by the Gu family’s siblings since childhood.  She was disliked by her adoptive parents, who scolded her as a money-losing burden, a jinx.

—A few days ago, the Gu family couple had contacted their biological daughter, and they saw the female supporting character as an obstacle to their daughter’s rise.

—So, they conspired to drug the female supporting character and let the village’s old bachelor ruin her reputation, completely cutting off her path.

—Then, they would bring villagers to the thatched hut to catch them in the act, claiming that the female supporting character was lonely and shameless, seducing the old bachelor. In the countryside, such an affair was extremely embarrassing, and the villagers would not tolerate it.

—Therefore, the consequences were obvious. The female supporting character, humiliated, would be driven out of the Gu family and then drown herself.

—The hidden danger would be eliminated, and the fake daughter could safely stay in the Xia family in Shenzhen as their daughter, marry into a wealthy family, enjoy a privileged and prosperous life, and live happily ever after.

—And the poor female supporting character would become a forgotten tragedy!

What made Gu Wan even more speechless was that in the book, when the female supporting character’s real parents learned that the daughter they raised wasn’t theirs, they didn’t do anything. Instead, they felt that their biological daughter’s affair was a disgrace to their family, a shame to them.

So, weighing their interests, the couple simply went along with the mistake, continuing to pamper the fake daughter as their own, while completely ignoring the female supporting character.

How could this be the attitude of real parents? It was clearly…

Gu Wan took a deep breath. The heartless system was truly merciless!

They had known each other for so many years, completing one quick-transmigration mission after another. Yet, as they neared their separation, the dog system had played a dirty trick, throwing her here to suffer.

Fortunately, the system had a bit of conscience and allowed her to bring her space with her.

As she pondered, they reached the thatched hut.

“Huff… huff…”

Gu’s mother took a few large strides into the dilapidated thatched hut, roughly threw Gu Wan to the ground, and then gasped for breath, her mouth wide open.

She looked at the unconscious Gu Wan with disgust, her words devoid of any affection, “Almost killed me, this little bitch. She looks skinny, but she’s surprisingly heavy to carry…”

Then, as if still not satisfied, she kicked Gu Wan.

Gu Wan gritted her teeth, her eyes flashing with coldness. You old witch, go ahead and kick, you’ll get what you deserve later.

Sister Wan always believed in one principle:  “I’d rather destroy others than compromise myself!”

Gu’s mother suddenly shivered, feeling inexplicably uneasy. But thinking of her precious daughter, her eyes immediately hardened.

“Eldest, stay here and watch this little bitch, I’ll go see if Li Mazi has arrived.”

“Youngest, go home and find your dad, tell him to call people to the thatched hut to catch them in the act in twenty minutes.”

Tonight’s plan must succeed!

They were about to go to Shenzhen to live a good life. To ensure that their secret of switching children would never be revealed to outsiders or the Xia family, Gu Wan, this little bitch, must stay in Zhaojia Village, and only in Zhaojia Village.

Even if she died, she could only die here…

“Okay! I’ll go find my dad now.” The young boy said excitedly, then turned and ran out of the thatched hut.

Gu’s mother followed closely behind. She glanced at Gu Wan, then ruthlessly turned her bucket waist and walked out.

As soon as Gu’s mother left the thatched hut, Gu Xiuhua immediately turned her gaze to Gu Wan, her eyes filled with seven parts smugness and three parts hatred.

“…….Pfft! You little bitch! Slut! What good is it that you’re pretty? What good is it that you have a good background? You’re still treated as a slave by us for over ten years!”

Then, she immediately boasted to Gu Wan with a triumphant air, “Gu Wan, you wouldn’t believe it, in half an hour, you’ll become a slut that everyone in our village will beat and scold. No one will look down on you, and no one will sympathize with you…”

“You’re a bitch like this, you don’t deserve to compete with my second sister for the identity of a rich girl!”

When she mentioned the words “rich girl,” the jealousy and hatred in Gu Xiuhua’s eyes became even more intense.

She was jealous of her second sister, who had transformed from a country girl into a rich girl, and she was angry that her parents hadn’t switched her to that family to enjoy the good life.

Just thinking about missing the opportunity to become a wealthy daughter, Gu Xiuhua’s face couldn’t help but become distorted, her features twisted, her hatred growing like a flood.

She glared at Gu Wan with resentment, wishing she could gouge out a hole in Gu Wan’s beautiful oval face, “It’s all your fault, you fox spirit, you ruined my chance of becoming a rich girl, I’ll scratch you to death, you lowly bitch…”

She was about to grab Gu Wan’s face.

She had been jealous of Gu Wan’s face for nineteen years. Even though Gu Wan had done all sorts of farm work and been exposed to the sun for years, her face had never tanned, it was still white and tender, as smooth and delicate as a peeled egg.

Every time she saw that beautiful face, like that of a fairy, she was filled with envy.

Just as Gu Xiuhua’s fingers were about to land, Gu Wan, who had been unconscious, suddenly opened her eyes.

In an instant—

Those apricot-like eyes were exceptionally cold.

“You… uh…”

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