Chapter 2

Baishuishui swallowed hard. The old Lu Zhiyao would never have made a fuss over these things—she used to silently endure the grievances.

So what happened this time?

She actually made this matter public. Wasn’t she afraid of becoming a laughingstock?

Besides, Baishuishui had warned her before: if this blew up, her husband might have to give up his military uniform. She had two kids and still needed his allowance to get by. Making a scene like this—how could it possibly benefit her?

The villagers were all quite superstitious. The moment they heard that Lu Zhiyao might be possessed by a ghost, the few who had gathered around earlier out of concern immediately took several steps back.

They acted as if they’d seen a ghost.

There had been cases of spirit possession in the village before—they had all witnessed them. Not only would the possessed person spout nonsense, but sometimes they even bit people.

Seeing everyone backing away, Lu Zhiyao looked up at Baishuishui and said, “In broad daylight, how could I be possessed? I’m perfectly fine. You used my husband’s money and now you’re trying to stir up trouble here. Isn’t your goal to break up my marriage? That’s interfering in a military marriage!”

Once she dropped the accusation of interfering in a military marriage, Baishuishui panicked even more.

She was a military doctor. She knew very well what the consequences were for destroying a military marriage.

That’s a crime!

“I’m going to take my kids to the military base and confront my husband to find out what’s really going on!”

In her previous life, she had been a surgeon, far more skilled than Baishuishui, a mere junior military doctor.

She had to go to the base with the two kids and get some answers—was her husband really that kind of man?

If he was, then divorce was the only option!

She could still live a good life raising the two children on her own.

The villagers, hearing what Lu Zhiyao said, found it made sense.

How could someone be possessed in broad daylight?

And judging by Lu Zhiyao’s behavior, she seemed perfectly sane. Not at all crazy. On the contrary, Baishuishui looked a little twisted and rather hysterical.

The villagers started thinking this wasn’t as simple as it seemed.

Maybe Baishuishui really was involved.

And ever since Baishuishui had become a junior military doctor, she came back with an air of superiority and looked down on everyone.

Once, someone went to her house to propose a marriage alliance, but she had kicked them out. Her arrogant attitude had left the villagers deeply offended.

Now, Baishuishui was completely flustered by Lu Zhiyao’s words.

If Lu Zhiyao really went to the base, it would be over!

Some of the things she had said weren’t even true!

“Yao Yao, you’ve really misunderstood me. I didn’t do anything like that!”

“I never tried to steal your husband.”

After she said that, Baishuishui even reached out to grab Lu Zhiyao, intending to warn her that if she kept talking like this, she would ruin Mu Qingyuan’s reputation in the village!

But Lu Zhiyao already knew what Baishuishui was trying to do. She reached out and gave her a light shove.

It was just a gentle push, but Baishuishui was already preparing to fall to the ground and act pitiful.

Lu Zhiyao grabbed the fabric on her shoulder, “Drop the act. I knew you were about to fall and try to frame me, right?”

“Then you’d play the victim and tell everyone I pushed you violently?”

Lu Zhiyao directly exposed the truth, leaving Baishuishui dumbfounded.

This had always been Baishuishui’s trick. Every time there was a conflict, she would approach someone—either to threaten them or initiate physical contact.

But before she even touched the person, she’d fall to the ground pretending to be hurt.

Once she acted pitiful, people would always take her side, and she could flip the situation back in her favor.

Otherwise, today’s scene would have spiraled out of control!

But Lu Zhiyao saw right through her. The villagers now looked at Baishuishui with awkward expressions, and she was so ashamed her head nearly touched the ground.

“Yao Yao, how could you say something like that? You and Shui Shui grew up together—how can you falsely accuse her like this?” Bai Dahai said anxiously.

“How I talk is my business. Since Baishuishui did such a shameless thing, I must go to the base and confront my husband!”

Lu Zhiyao took a deep breath and turned to leave. Watching her dripping wet, shivering figure walk away, the villagers felt a pang of sorrow in their hearts.

They couldn’t help but speak up and scold Baishuishui a few times. She was furious and stared daggers at Lu Zhiyao’s back.

Back at home, Lu Zhiyao didn’t know whether it was because of the original host’s emotions or because of her own shock from suddenly transmigrating, but she couldn’t stop crying.

She couldn’t control her emotions and walked home in tears.

The two little ones were sitting on the steps. When they saw her, they ran over at full speed.

“Mom, what’s wrong?”

The children were a boy and a girl—twins.

From the original host’s memory, she had suffered greatly during childbirth. But upon learning she had given birth to twins, she was incredibly happy.

And so was Lu Zhiyao.

In her past life, she had been abused by her stepmother, which damaged her body and left her infertile.

Later, when she went on blind dates, every suitor who learned she couldn’t have children showed disdain. Some even said awful things.

So she gave up on dating and marriage, deciding to live out her life alone, which seemed just fine to her.

She never imagined she’d transmigrate here.

And now, in this life, she could become a mother without any pain—that made her quite happy. She gently patted the kids on their heads and said, “Mom’s taking you to the military base to see your dad.”

The two kids’ eyes lit up instantly, bouncing in excitement. “Wow! We can really go to the base? We can really see Daddy?”

Looking at their sparkling eyes, Lu Zhiyao nodded.

She definitely had to go to the base. She wouldn’t be like the original host, cowering and crying all day at home.

If not for the kids, she might’ve lost the will to live long ago.

But she wasn’t that kind of person.

“Why are you so happy? Of course it’s real. When has Mommy ever lied to you?”

After speaking, Lu Zhiyao went inside to change her clothes.

Just then, the kids nodded and said, “Yeah! We’re happy because Auntie Shuishui told us before that Daddy didn’t want us!”

“We thought Daddy never wanted to see us again and that we’d never be allowed to go to the base!”

Both Dabao and Xiaobao spoke at once.

Just in time for the villagers—who had followed Baishuishui over—to overhear.

They had just told Baishuishui off earlier, and now she was angrily marching over to confront Lu Zhiyao.

She was determined to stop her from going to the base.

If Lu Zhiyao really went, all the lies would be exposed.

It would be game over.

But the moment the villagers reached the doorstep, they heard the two kids say that shocking sentence.

What?!

Baishuishui actually told the children they were unwanted by Mu Qingyuan?

Not just the villagers—even Lu Zhiyao was stunned.

This Baishuishui had really crossed the line. It was one thing to say cruel things to the original host—but to tell them directly to the kids?

“Baishuishui!”

Lu Zhiyao turned around, furious. Baishuishui widened her eyes and quickly shook her head. “I didn’t say that!”

As she spoke, she gritted her teeth in frustration.

What the hell were these two brats talking about?

Hadn’t she warned them not to tell anyone? That if they did, their dad would hate them even more?

Why did they still spill it—in front of everyone, no less?

She was about to lose her mind with anger.