Chapter 1: Back to 1977

2028.

Bai Ru Qiao, a renowned Chinese economist, reached the pinnacle of becoming the world’s richest person.

She donated all her wealth to the country.

During an interview, she smiled with relief.

“I’m not as great as everyone thinks. I’ve been working hard all my life, just for my son and husband.”

Her black hair was neatly tied up. At the age of 68, she still possessed her beauty, as if time had completely forgotten her.

Only the weariness and loneliness in her beautiful eyes revealed the passage of years.

The entire internet was filled with sighs and tears. Who didn’t know that Bai Lao had lost her son and husband long ago?

It was said that her husband was a soldier.

Was this an act of accumulating virtue, or fulfilling her husband’s last wish?

Everyone said that Bai Lao was too sentimental, but it was a pity that time couldn’t be turned back.

Many people who had read “The Biography of Bai Ru Qiao.”

All wished they could travel back to the darkest period of Bai Lao’s life and rewrite the fate of her family of three.

Unfortunately…

Bai Lao herself could do this.

Lying in a rocking chair, Bai Ru Qiao looked at the moon faintly visible outside the window, gently closing her eyes.

Forty years, finally this day had arrived.

‘System, are you sure you can send me back to 1977?’

‘Host, your faith value has exceeded the budget. I was unsure before, but now I can confirm it. Just… ‘ I can’t control the time period.

‘Then hurry up, don’t dawdle.’

She couldn’t wait any longer.

‘Okay, host.’ The system complied.

1977, Nanyang Village, Zhao family.

Inside a four-square-meter earthen house, on a four-poster wooden bed.

Bai Ru Qiao took a deep breath and suddenly opened her eyes.

All she saw was pitch black.

A musty smell suddenly filled her nostrils.

She instinctively held her breath, only to realize her mouth was gagged and her hands and feet were tied to the bedposts.

She was stunned for a moment.

‘System?’

What was going on?

Did I time travel?

‘Time travel successful, back to 1977. System energy depleted, going into hibernation.

The space can still be opened. Host, you’re on your own from now on. Please find another system to merge with as soon as possible.’

The system went silent after that.

At this time, a low voice came from outside.

“Don’t worry, that cheap slut is tied up for you. Be careful not to wake up your father and little sister.”

“Mom, you’re the best to me. I’ll definitely give you a big fat grandson from Qiao Qiao.”

“Humph, if you weren’t so stubborn and only wanted that cheap slut, Mom wouldn’t let my precious grandson come out of her belly.”

“Hehe, Mom is the best. It’s just that about the fourth brother…”

“Don’t worry, even if he finds out, it’s his wife who’s being a slut and cheating. If he dares to trouble you, Mom will tear him apart.”

Hearing the vague conversation outside the door, Bai Ru Qiao’s pupils constricted.

Memories flooded back, instantly surging from the depths of her mind.

She remembered.

August 27, 1977.

This night was the beginning of her family’s downfall.

Because she received news that her younger brother, Zhao Sihai, had been injured and discharged from the army.

Zhao Lao San, who had always harbored ill intentions towards her, couldn’t sit still.

He used the excuse of having a child through her and letting the fourth brother raise it.

He persuaded Zhao Pozi to help him get Bai Ru Qiao.

That night, Bai Ru Qiao’s four-year-old son, Zhao An An, caught a cold.

Bai Ru Qiao went to Zhao Pozi to discuss taking her son to the health center.

But Zhao Pozi knocked her unconscious and tied her up.

Her son was tied up and locked in the kitchen.

In her previous life, she desperately resisted and escaped, but she was caught by people Zhao Xiao Hui brought.

She was also slandered by the Zhao family and dragged to the field to be publicly humiliated.

It was Zhao Sihai, who had just returned, who exchanged his clean break from the family and the work assigned to him for Zhao Lao San, in exchange for the Zhao family to change their minds.

But when they found their son.

He was already dying. Although he was rescued at the hospital, he became mentally disabled.

Zhao Sihai risked going to the black market to sell things to raise money for treatment, but he was reported by Zhao Lao San.

She rushed to the town after receiving the news, but when she arrived, she was told that her son had drowned.

At that time, she was utterly heartbroken and fell into a deep depression.

She was unconscious and taken to the capital for treatment by Qin Lao, who was about to return to his hometown.

When she recovered and was discharged from the hospital, she learned from her father, who had come to visit her, that Zhao Sihai had gone mad, killed everyone in the Zhao family, and surrendered himself to be shot.

After a year of depression, she was sent abroad.

Four years later, when she returned to China, she accidentally bound a system.

It was the old pocket watch that her son had been clutching in his hand when he drowned, which Qin Lao had brought back and given to her.

The system told her that it was supposed to be bound to her son, but it failed because the host died, and half of its data was lost.

As long as she accumulated enough faith value, it could rewind time.

She could rewrite her fate. Its condition was to find the other half of its data and merge with it.

This became the reason why she lived and strived for decades.

Rewrite fate…

She turned her head slightly, her eyes fixed on the door, her fists clenched.

Not enough.

A dagger appeared in her hand, and she swiftly cut the ropes.

Listening to the chattering voices outside, she turned her head to look at the place next to the bed where the calendar was pasted.

It was a window that had been abandoned and sealed.

You don’t like to calculate?

You don’t like to watch the show?

You want to make a big deal out of it?

Fine, I’ll grant you your wish.

Outside the door, Zhao Lao San impatiently perfunctorily answered his mother a few times, then impatiently turned around and pushed open the door, sneaking into the room.

Zhao Pozi glared at the closed door, her already mean face becoming even more sinister and distorted.

“Tsk, you little slut, you’re getting away with it. Just wait and see how I’ll deal with you later!”

Zhao Lao San entered the room and immediately turned on his flashlight.

Seeing no light, he slapped his palms twice.

The orange light swayed, illuminating the bed, allowing him to see the outline of the raised blanket.

His eyes lit up. “Hehe, Qiao Qiao, San Ge is here. Tonight, I’ll give you a good time…”

He reached out to touch her, but his palm felt like it was pricked by something.

It wasn’t painful, but he thought it was Bai Ru Qiao’s doing. Not only was he not angry, but his smile became even more lewd and vulgar.

“Qiao Qiao, don’t resist. Tonight, you’ll be my woman no matter what.

What’s so good about Lao Si? He’s just a dog adopted by our Zhao family. As long as you’re with me, I promise Mom will treat you like an ancestor. Hehe~”

At this moment, Zhao Xiao Hui also used the excuse that a thief had entered her sister-in-law’s room.

She called the village head and the team leader, along with a large group of people, and they headed towards the Zhao family.

Looking at the crowd ahead, Zhao Xiao Hui pretended to wipe away tears and slightly curled her lips.

By now, San Ge should have succeeded.

Bai Ru Qiao, from today onwards, you’ll be a slut who’s slept with everyone.

Let’s see if Yu An Ge will still like you!

“Xiao Hui, don’t worry, we’ll definitely catch the thief.”

Liu Shen saw her shoulders twitching slightly and thought she was worried, so she comforted her.

Zhao Xiao Hui choked back a sob. “Auntie, I’m just… I’m just worried about my sister-in-law. She’s a widow with a child. What if the villain does something to her…

Wuwuwu, it’s all my fault for being too cowardly. I ran out in a panic.”

Her voice was loud, and everyone around heard her words.

They looked at each other, their eyes flickering.

Yes, it’s been so long.

She’s a widow with a child, and Bai Ru Qiao is a famous beauty. It’s hard to say…

I heard that Zhao Sihai is coming back soon. There’s going to be a good show to watch.

Some people who didn’t get along with Bai Ru Qiao or Zhao Sihai had a look of schadenfreude on their faces.

Only those who had a good relationship with Bai Ru Qiao or Zhao Sihai were filled with worry and anxiety.

Zhao family.

In Zhao Sihai’s room, Zhao Lao San had been talking for a long time without getting a response.

Finally, he lost his patience, his face darkening as he reached out to grab the blanket and pull it back.

“Whether you want to or not, tonight you’ll have no choice but to accept it. Just resign yourself to your fate.”

He was about to pounce on her.

But when he got on top of her, he realized something was wrong.

“Why is it a pillow! Qiao Qiao? Qiao Qiao? Bai Ru Qiao?”

Finally realizing something was wrong, Zhao Lao San’s face changed, and he immediately walked towards the door.

“Mom, Bai…”

“Bang!”

The sound of a chair falling to the ground interrupted Zhao Lao San’s words.

Then came Zhao Pozi’s usual sharp and mean voice.

“What are you doing? What are you doing in my house?”

Zhao Lao San’s body froze, and he didn’t dare to speak for a moment.