Chapter 1

“Song Zhiya! Don’t think you can escape this by pretending to faint! I’m telling you, it’s useless! Get up now, pack your things, take your child, and get out of our Song family!”

Song Zhiya, who was sound asleep, was abruptly awakened by a roar. Known for her bad temper when woken up, she sat up on the bed with a jolt, her eyes landing on the handsome young man standing before her. If looks could kill, this man would be dead right now under her gaze.

The man, seeing her rise instantly with a look of hatred in her eyes, became even angrier. “I knew it, you were faking it! You stole Xiaoyuan’s necklace and were going to sell it, now we’ve caught you, and you’re trying to play the victim by pretending to faint. We won’t fall for it. Mom and Dad don’t want to see you anymore. Take your child and get out of our Song family!”

Song Zhiya was bewildered, “Who are you? Did you get your head stuck in a door?”

Song Yufeng, upon hearing this, was instantly furious. However, the next second, he saw Song Zhiya on the bed, her eyes looking around in panic, filled with disbelief.

Upon noticing the room’s decor, Song Zhiya realized something was wrong. This wasn’t her room! She had initially thought the man had broken into her home, but her house was newly renovated with a modern minimalist style, definitely not the retro style of the 80s and 90s she saw now.

Just as Song Zhiya thought she was kidnapped, a flood of memories, not her own, surged into her mind, causing her to contort in pain.

Oh no! It seemed she was getting a brain upgrade! Or rather, she seemed to have transmigrated! She had transmigrated into a book she had just finished reading, becoming the cannon fodder female lead.

When she read the book, she found the female lead’s name, the same as hers, a bit jarring. She didn’t intend to read it, but her best friend recommended it. When her best friend sent the book, she also attached a message: “This cannon fodder female lead has the same name as you. You should memorize the entire book. In case you transmigrate one day, this book will be your cheat sheet!”

Oh man! She exclaimed, “Oh man!” Her best friend was known for being a jinx, but she never thought she could be so accurate, even with transmigration!

Based on her memories, Song Zhiya immediately understood the current plot. In the original plot, the real heiress’s necklace was lost. It was actually stolen by a maid who sold it. But when the maid was caught, she gave the buyer one yuan and promised to sell him any beautiful jewelry at a discounted price in the future. The buyer then pointed the finger at the original owner, claiming she was the one who sold the necklace.

Since the original owner was known for being willful and spoiled, everyone believed the buyer’s story and let it go. The original owner, already trying to get her family’s attention by refusing to eat, fainted from anger. The Song family thought she was faking it and left her alone, seeing how long she could stay on the floor. When they finally realized something was wrong, she was already dead.

The man who was yelling at Song Zhiya for faking it was Song Yufeng, the eldest son of the Song family, three years older than her. The Song family also had a second son, Song Mingzhao, who was currently in college. The real heiress, Song Yuanyuan, was the third child after returning home. The original owner was not included in the family ranking.

As for the child Song Yufeng mentioned, it was a child born to the original owner before the real heiress returned. The original owner was worried that the real heiress would take her engagement, so she went ahead and slept with her former fiancé, resulting in a child. After sleeping with him, she made him take responsibility. However, the fiancé never really liked her, so he simply filed a marriage report, got married, and left her behind. He never returned, only sending a small amount of living expenses every month. He probably didn’t even know that she was pregnant and had a child, otherwise, he wouldn’t have increased the living expenses.

Song Zhiya had only read this book for entertainment, never expecting that she would actually transmigrate. She was truly shocked.

Seeing her stunned, Song Yufeng clenched his fist and asked, “Are you done pretending?”

“Don’t think you can get away with this by acting dumb. Mom and Dad didn’t kick you out, they’ve already done you a favor. You even stole something. We don’t have people like you in the Song family! Get out now!” Song Yufeng repeated.

At this moment, the child in the room opened the door, only to hear his father’s loud yelling. Scared, he closed the door again and huddled in a corner, afraid to move.

After recalling these events, Song Zhiya took a deep breath.

Damn! Thankfully, she read this book early, she had already figured out the plot. This was definitely a cheat sheet!

But now, she had a headache. This mess the original owner created was truly difficult to clean up. She could only get through this hurdle first.

She took a deep breath and looked up. “I wasn’t pretending. I was just thinking about how to tell you that there’s a thief in the house!”

“Can you stop threatening to kick me out? This hasn’t been confirmed yet!”

“I didn’t steal anything! The reason I fainted was because I heard that person say I stole it, I was so angry that I fainted!”

Song Yufeng, seeing her quick-wittedness, sneered, “If you didn’t steal it, who did?”

“Is what we’ve done not enough for you?” Song Yufeng pressed closer. “We’ve been incredibly kind. No matter what you say, I won’t believe you. Please leave our house immediately, take that child and get out!”

“I told you, I didn’t steal the necklace. Let me finish speaking before you go on,” Song Zhiya pointed at the maid opposite her, “Look, she’s the one who stole the necklace!”

The maid, a woman in her thirties, was called Sister Zhao in the house. She had been working there for three or four years. Seeing Song Zhiya pointing at her, Sister Zhao rolled her eyes in displeasure, “Miss, you even found a witness, he’s already accused you, and how can you still frame me?”

Sister Zhao had no fear because she was confident. When she sold the necklace, she had already planned a way out.

Song Yufeng rubbed his temples, he had no patience left for Song Zhiya. “I’m not making excuses, she’s the one who stole the necklace. She has sticky fingers and she even collaborated with that person to cause me trouble!”

Although Song Yufeng’s attitude was bad, Song Zhiya couldn’t say anything. After all, this was all the original owner’s doing.

Initially, when Song Yuanyuan returned, the family was still good to her, saying they would treat her as their own daughter and continue to raise her. But the original owner was a bit slow. After going out for a while, she heard some gossip and thought that everything she had would be taken away by Song Yuanyuan. So she started acting out, causing Song Yufeng and the others to treat her worse and worse.

“Brother,” Song Zhiya suppressed the chaotic thoughts in her heart and called out, “I know what you’re saying, and the family has been really good to me.”

“Even though I’m not Mom and Dad’s biological daughter, they didn’t kick me out, they didn’t mistreat me, they didn’t make me go without food or clothes, they still gave me allowance. So do you think I need to steal things and sell them? I don’t need the money at all!”