Chapter 1: Transmigrated to Ancient Times

“Wuwu… Miss, please wake up quickly!”

“As long as you wake up, Tangyuan will never restrict your food again. I’ll make sure you get to eat your fill at every meal!”

A young maid of about fourteen years old was kneeling on the ground beside the bed. Her delicate little face was covered in tear streaks, her eyes red and swollen like a rabbit’s.

Right now, she was staring nervously and worriedly at the person lying on the bed, palms pressed together, murmuring nonstop.

“Amitabha, I beg the Bodhisattva to bless my young miss with good health and good fortune. Please bless her, Bodhisattva, please bless her.”

“Wuwu… My young miss has never done anything bad in her life. Aside from being a bit playful, greedy, and fond of spending money, she’s great in every other way.”

“She’s filial to the master and madam, loving toward the young master, and treats the Tangyuan family like her own. She’s never once treated us harshly.”

“Wuwu… My miss is the kind of good person you couldn’t find even with a lantern in broad daylight. Please, Bodhisattva, I beg you, let her wake up!”

“Mmm… so noisy.”

A soft, childlike voice came from the bed, the tone cute and sweet like a kitten that hadn’t been weaned yet. The words carried no authority whatsoever.

Anyone who heard it would feel their heart melt.

The little maid quickly covered her mouth, looking apologetic. She hadn’t meant to wake the young master—she just couldn’t help but speak up while watching her lifeless young miss.

She hurriedly whispered to comfort him, “Young Master, it’s Tangyuan’s fault for waking you. You go back to sleep, I promise I won’t make a sound again.”

On the exquisite canopy bed in front of her, two people were lying down.

One was a pale-faced young girl, eyes tightly shut, brows furrowed. Her features were delicate and beautiful—about fourteen years old, at the peak of blossoming youth.

The other was a young boy lying beside her. The two looked somewhat alike.

The boy appeared to be around five years old, with fair and tender skin—an extremely good-looking child. His large black and white eyes were wide open.

He blinked a few times, then suddenly sat up, pouting as he looked at his sister lying with her eyes closed.

His big eyes brimmed with tears as he sobbed in a soft voice, “Wuwu… Sister, please wake up. Xuan’er doesn’t want you to sleep anymore. You’ve already slept for two days.”

“Mother said, if you keep sleeping like this, you won’t wake up again. Mother also said—”

“If you keep sleeping, you’ll go meet the scary great-grandmother,” the little boy continued.

“Mother said Great-Grandmother hits people, and she hits really hard. Even worse, she won’t let you eat anything.”

“Sister, don’t you love eating the most? You mustn’t go see Great-Grandmother. She’ll punish you by not letting you eat.”

“For you, skipping even one meal is torture. Your little tummy won’t be able to take it. So Sister, please wake up. As long as you wake up, you won’t have to see Great-Grandmother.”

The little boy was articulate and spoke in a rapid string of soft, babyish words without even pausing.

The girl lying in bed had her hands tightly clenched under the blanket. Oh my god, she was about to lose it—two chatterboxes!

She had thought one talkative person was already hard enough to deal with, but to her horror, there were two!

Heavens! Earth! What did I do wrong to deserve this punishment? She was starting to feel like her ears couldn’t take any more.

You have to understand—she was also a chatterbox. So really, when chatterbox meets chatterbox, it’s like Mars colliding with Earth.

Peaceful days? Not happening. She had dreamed of a quiet and elegant life, but reality smacked her in the face.

She slowly opened her star-like eyes, her red lips parting ever so slightly as she said,

“Hey, girlie, little bro, can we make a deal?”

“Could you two please stop always talking about how much I eat? A lady needs her dignity, you know! If others hear that, how embarrassing! How awkward!”

Oh my goodness, her voice—what a beautiful sound, like an orchid blooming in a secluded valley, fresh and soul-soothing.

An Xiyan  felt giddy inside. This transmigration? Absolutely worth it. She had hit the jackpot—no regrets.

Back in her previous life, her voice had been soft and meek, which she hated. That kind of voice didn’t carry any weight, not even when she was angry. It made her sound like someone easy to bully.

Unfortunately for those who thought so, whether they were humans or zombies, anyone who tried to push her around got one of two outcomes: either beaten to a pulp or outright killed.

In short, she was a walking tempest. Her way of handling things was simple: if words didn’t work, fists would.

The little maid and little boy froze for a second, their mouths agape in shock and joy as they stared at An Xiyan. After a brief moment of disbelief, they both screamed with excitement.

“Ah! Ahhh! Miss, you’re awake! Tangyuan knew it! You must’ve heard me say I won’t control your food anymore—that’s why you woke up!”

An Xiyan: …

“……” At this very moment, a thousand alpacas were galloping across An Xiyan’s mind.

“Ah! Ahhh… Sister, this is great! You finally woke up! Xuan’er just knew it—you must’ve been afraid of Great-Grandmother, that’s why you woke up so quickly!”

An Xiyan: Sorry, she really didn’t want to continue this joke.

She just wanted to ask—what kind of monster was this so-called great-grandmother? If she were still alive, she must’ve been a ghost. If she were dead, she’d have long reincarnated.

This kind of talk… was only good for scaring little kids.

An Xiyan rubbed her temples with her fair, slender fingers.

She raised her hand to stop the two from going on another tangent and got back to the main point.

“By the way, about what I just said—about the deal—have you two thought it through?”

“What deal?” the two asked in unison, tilting their heads in total confusion.

“…What the hell,” An Xiyan muttered. She had said so much earlier, and not a single word had registered with them?!

An Xi Xuan blinked his big round eyes and asked in all seriousness, “Sister, what’s ‘what the hell’? Is it something to eat? I wonder if it tastes good?”

Tangyuan, the little maid, suddenly had a flash of inspiration and said quickly, “I got it! Miss meant that she wants to lean against something, so she shortened it to ‘I lean’! That’s it, right?”

An Xiyan: I can’t with you two. I’d salute you if there was a wall to lean on.

Tangyuan immediately got up, dusted off her knees, and hurried over to help the “weak” An Xiyan sit up, placing a cushion behind her back.

She winked playfully at An Xiyan and said with a smile, “Miss, now you can lean back—guaranteed to be super comfy.”

Seeing this, little An Xi Xuan also jumped up. His small figure rushed forward to help support her.

With his soft and adorable little voice, he said, “Sister, Xuan’er will help you lean too. Mom said your body’s still very weak. As your little brother, it’s my job to take care of you.”

The corners of An Xiyan’s mouth twitched uncontrollably. She stared at the little cutie with an indescribable expression and finally managed to choke out a sentence,

“Little brother, then Sister really must thank you properly.”

The proud little An Xi Xuan patted his tiny chest and waved his little hand like a mini grown-up, saying seriously,

“Mother said, the men of the An family must always take care of the women. That’s a matter of duty and principle.”

“As An family men, we must treat the women in our household like the heavens. We must understand the Three Obediences and Four Virtues and always put the women first in everything.”

An Xiyan couldn’t lie—after hearing that, she was genuinely shocked.