From those last few “ah” sounds, you could almost glimpse the speaker’s complete breakdown.
And Wen Wan’s few words immediately sparked a reaction from the group members who had been lurking quietly. Apart from Chu Qianmo and Lin Duxi, most people in the group had at least some understanding of the ABO world.
【Overbearing CEO & Villainess Ye Bingbing: Wow, I thought I was already unlucky enough to have transmigrated into a world full of crazy overbearing CEOs, but who would’ve thought—someone actually transmigrated into the ABO world!】
Seeing Wen Wan’s messages, Ye Bingbing finally felt a sense of balance in her heart. There were actually people even more miserable than her!
As everyone knows, the ABO world is a unique setting created specifically for… well, adult content.
The entire world is made up of Alphas, Betas, and Omegas. Alphas are the leaders, with both mental and physical strength to match. Betas are the ordinary people and also make up the majority of the population. Omegas play the roles of the fragile and the bearers of life.
These three groups are further divided into six genders: male Alpha, female Alpha; female Beta, male Beta; female Omega, male Omega.
【Primitive World’s Xu Huanhuan: I thought transmigrating into this era where everyone barely wears clothes was already hopeless enough, but to end up in the ABO world?】
Having grown up in a modern civilized society, Xu Huanhuan could never forget the awkwardness she felt the moment she stepped out into this world and saw a pair of lovebirds necking right in front of her.
If her own world was already like this, wouldn’t the ABO world be even worse? After all, in the ABO world, relationships aren’t based on mutual affection or compatibility—they’re all about pheromones!
Before transmigrating, Xu Huanhuan had read novels where both Alphas and Omegas had heat cycles. When these two types were in heat, it was easy to trigger group interactions.
Those affected would be controlled by their instincts, with no room left for rational thought.
Thinking of this, Xu Huanhuan glanced at Wen Wan’s recent message and breathed a sigh of relief: 【Primitive World’s Xu Huanhuan: You’re a Beta? Then you’re fine.】
As everyone knows, in a world where Alphas and Omegas can go into heat anytime, only Betas remain unaffected. Whether others are in heat or not, Betas just keep doing their work.
Betas are like the worker ants of the colony, diligently contributing to the development of the entire group at all times.
【Ancient World’s Xu Huanhuan: Is the ABO world really like the books say? Do Alphas and Omegas each have their own unique pheromones? Does everyone naturally smell nice?】
Xu Huanhuan had recently been researching perfumes, so when she saw the ABO setting, this was the only thought running through her mind.
【Wife-Slayer Chu Qianmo: Your transmigration is pretty trendy—your whole family went through it. That’s great, at least you’ll have each other in a new world.】
Chu Qianmo had no idea what the ABO world was; his focus was on the “ABO” part. After traveling alone for days on end, bored enough to want to chat with ants, Chu Qianmo spoke from the heart.
Lin Xi wasn’t in a hurry to leave either. After refueling, she parked the car and immediately grabbed her phone to start watching the drama unfold, afraid she’d miss out if she was late.
She had just joined the group at the perfect time: Chu Qianmo had just finished speaking, and Wen Wan was starting to talk again.
【Wen Wan’s Whole Family Transmigrated into an ABO World: Damn, it’s like heaven finally has eyes! All those people who called me a mother hen that can’t lay eggs—now look, every single one of my family members can lay eggs!!!】
The moment Wen Wan said this, everyone in the group chat realized they must have misunderstood earlier. So that crazy, screaming “ahhhhhh” wasn’t because she was overwhelmed by transmigrating into that world—it was pure excitement!
Lin Xi pulled out the colorful glutinous rice she bought a few days ago from her space stash, tore open the plastic bag, and started eating.
Glutinous rice that’s been soaked in plant water and then steamed stays soft and sticky even when cold. Lin Xi felt a bit disappointed that the old lady selling the colorful glutinous rice didn’t add any filling inside.
Even just a little sugar would have been nice!
While she was regretting this, Wen Wan began to share her story.
【Wen Wan’s Whole Family Transmigrated into an ABO World: Zhao Xuanqi and I were college classmates. I’m a local from Spring City. My parents divorced when I was little. Later, they each remarried, so I lived with my mom. They say when there’s a stepmother, there’s also a stepfather—and in my case, with a stepfather, there was also a stepmother.】
【Life with my stepfather’s family wasn’t easy. Whenever I clashed with my stepfather’s kids, my mom always sided against me, blaming me whether I was truly at fault or not.】
In this ABO interstellar world, Wen Wan sat in a square, pigeon-cage-like room, tapping her fingers on the watch beside her as she typed message after message into the transmigrator group chat.
【Wen Wan’s Whole Family Transmigrated: When I was twenty, I met Zhao Xuanqi. He was handsome and ambitious. After joining the company, he quickly started pursuing me passionately. Because of my family situation, I longed for a real family. Zhao Xuanqi fit my aesthetic perfectly and didn’t have any particularly bad habits. After six months, we started dating.】
【After dating for half a year, I went back home with him. His family lived in a village in Guisheng Province. His parents were ordinary farmers without jobs.】
【When I first arrived, his parents treated me very well. His father was quiet but spoke gently to me. His mother held my hand and promised to treat me like her own daughter.】
【His younger sister was also very sensible, calling me “sister-in-law” with a respectful tone.】 Wen Wan’s expression, once soft, gradually turned cold as she spoke.
The group chat fell silent, everyone quietly watching Wen Wan share her story.
【At that time, my mind was in a daze. Their kindness made me feel like all the injustices I’d suffered in my earlier life were just a prelude to meeting such a good family like the Zhaos.】
【About a month after arriving at Zhao’s home, under his parents’ encouragement, I married Zhao Xuanqi. There was no bride price, and likewise, I brought no dowry.】 Wen Wan didn’t think that not having a bride price or dowry was a big deal at all.
Back then, she was so naive. She thought that since she didn’t have a dowry and Zhao Xuanqi didn’t give a bride price, it was all perfectly fair.
Now, Wen Wan looks back and thinks only one word can describe her former self: idiot. Absolutely brainless. Whether or not to ask for a bride price was her own business, but whether the groom’s side gave one or not clearly said a lot about their attitude! The worst part was she was too young to see this at the time.
“One day after we got married, I woke up early to use the bathroom. When I came back, I overheard my mother-in-law telling the neighbors that I was a shameless gold digger,” Wen Wan said, a cold sneer curling on her lips.
Looking back now, she finds human beings downright laughable. If you ask for a bride price, some people think you’re selling your daughter. But if you don’t ask for a single cent and marry in, at first they’re proud, but gradually they start looking down on the bride’s family, thinking the bride is worthless, like she’s the one who’s desperate.
“After I married Zhao Xuanqi, I didn’t go out to work. Zhao Xuanqi ran a small convenience store in their town.”
“It didn’t make much money, but it was enough to keep us from starving. His whole family moved to the town with us. We rented a place to live, and I found a job that earned me three to four thousand a month. Zhao Xuanqi’s mother, Du Ermei, stayed home doing housework. His father, Zhao Mushan, worked odd jobs around town.”
“His sister was just at home doing nothing.”
“After a year of marriage, when I still hadn’t gotten pregnant, the whole Zhao family’s attitude changed. Zhao Xuanqi’s parents started calling me an unproductive hen behind my back.”
“His sister, Zhao Xuelian, even told her friends while playing games and chatting that I wasn’t going to have children. I happened to overhear it.”
“I got into a fight with her. His parents and Zhao Xuanqi himself all came to help.”
“The result of that big brawl was that I knocked them all out with a single slap. I also passed out afterward.”
“When I woke up, we didn’t know how, but we found ourselves living in an interstellar era. During the crossing, they somehow had their bodies altered into Omegas. As for me, I became a useless Beta.”
Wen Wan couldn’t help but laugh out loud at this point.
The strange ABO world — between A, B, and O, there’s reproductive isolation. If an Alpha wants to have offspring, they have to find an Omega. But Omegas are especially rare in the ABO world.
Their rarity can be described like this: out of 100 people, there are 60 Bs, 38 As, and only 2 Os. These Os are protected by state institutions from the moment they’re born. From daily life to marriage, everything is arranged by the government. They’re like dolls with no freedom to make choices.
Since there are more Alphas than Omegas, each Omega can only be bonded to one Alpha. It’s a classic case of too many Alphas and too few Omegas — some Alphas never find an Omega their entire lives and die alone as bachelors.
Qiao Yisi was one of those leftover bachelors. Although he was the ruler of a planet, M248 wasn’t in the main star system. They belonged to a remote star outside the main system, so Qiao Yisi, as a planetary lord, was at best like a farmer compared to those in the main star system.
Qiao Yisi was plain-looking. Although he was an Alpha, his mental strength was only rated D, which was practically useless among Alphas—he didn’t even qualify to compete for an Omega.
Suddenly, four Omegas appeared on his planet, which was like a gift from heaven for Qiao Yisi!
He had been single for decades, and now with four Omegas arriving at once, Qiao Yisi was completely spoiled for choice.
Zhao Xuanqi’s father, Zhao Musheng, and his mother, Du Ermei, were both forty-five this year. On Earth, they would be considered middle-aged, and a few more years would push them into old age. But in this interstellar ABO era, where the average lifespan was around 200, they were still young adults! As for Zhao Xuanqi and his sister Zhao Xuelian, being in their twenties, they were just coming of age—fresh and full of vitality.
After pondering for two days, Qiao Yisi decided to first build relationships with the four Omegas, to see which one he liked best, and then be with that person.
As for the useless Beta, Wen Wan, Qiao Yisi didn’t even bother with her. He tossed her into an empty room and, considering she was family to the four Omegas, made sure she had good food and drink.
Nowadays, Wen Wan’s favorite pastime was watching the drama unfold.
But it was incredibly lonely to enjoy gossip alone.
Wen Wan had a ton of things bottled up inside her, desperate to be said, but she simply couldn’t find anyone to share with, which made her miserable.
One day, she unexpectedly noticed a familiar WeChat icon on a wristband Qiao Yisi had given her. She couldn’t believe it. She even had someone from the planetary administration check it out, and they confirmed that this software tag shouldn’t be visible.
After hesitating for a whole day, Wen Wan finally clicked it open. There wasn’t a single contact in the app, which left her disappointed. But soon, an empty chat interface suddenly showed a new group chat called “Time Travelers Chat Group.”
Wen Wan eagerly clicked in, saw the members’ nicknames, and after scanning the chat history, she was overwhelmed with excitement.
After venting her excitement, she hurried back inside, tapping away at her keyboard, pouring out all her thoughts.
It was just too lonely to enjoy the gossip alone.
At that moment, none of the group members knew what to say. They all thought they had seen a lot in their lives, but this situation was truly unprecedented! Especially Lin Duxi and Chu Qianmo, who had been schooled on what the ABO world was all about.
They could barely imagine how mind-blowing it was for a man to give birth! Just the thought of it made their scalps tingle.
After a brief silence, Lin Xi was the first to speak up: [Earth Girl Lin Xi: I don’t know whether to feel sorry for them or think they deserve it.]
[Ancient World Ah Huahua: No kidding.]
Wen Wan smiled softly, just about to reply when someone knocked on her door.
She got up and opened it to find Du Ermei standing there with a stern expression. She was already very different from before.
Zhao Xuanqi was able to catch Wen Wan’s eye mainly because of his handsome face. As Zhao Xuanqi’s mother, Du Ermei also possessed quite an impressive appearance. A sudden twist of fate had transformed her physical condition. Before the time slip, Du Ermei was thin, yes, but her face was marked with wrinkles, her body bore the stretch marks left by childbirth, and even her hair showed signs of graying.
After the time slip, all those wrinkles vanished; her skin became fair and tender. Of course, her physical condition changed dramatically as well. The night she fought with Wen Wan, Du Ermei wielded a broom with fierce energy, but now she was so fragile she couldn’t even lift a broom anymore.
At this moment, she wore a pink Rococo-style dress, a hat perched atop her head with lace draping over the right side of her forehead. She lifted her chin high, radiating an air of haughty pride, like a peacock in full display.
This time slip had transformed Du Ermei’s appearance from a woman in her forties into a youthful twenty-year-old, blooming with vibrant beauty.
But the moment she opened her mouth, that youthful illusion was completely shattered.
“Wen Wan, why are you only opening the door now? Let me tell you, you’re nothing but a hen that won’t lay eggs. Next time I come knocking and you don’t open up, just see what happens!” The time slip gods were fair but firm.
They had granted Du Ermei a new body, but had also taken away her pleasant voice. Now, Du Ermei’s voice was no better than An Lingrong’s in her later years.
As a delicate Omega, being soft and fragile was a given, and a sweet, clear voice was a must. But Du Ermei’s rough, grating voice was more like that of a broken gong—almost on par with Zeng Zhiwei’s.
Who could bear to listen to that? Qiao Yisi certainly couldn’t! He was feeling cocky now. Before, he thought that having one Omega was a blessing from the heavens, and no matter what kind, he would treat her like a treasure. But now, with four Omegas at his disposal, he grew increasingly disgusted with Du Ermei, whose voice was a glaring flaw.
So, Du Ermei, who was cold-shouldered by Qiao Yisi, refused to take it lying down. In the entire planetary manor, there were few people she could bully, but Wen Wan was definitely one of them!
Upon hearing this, Wen Wan burst out laughing. “Who do you think you are? What can you do to me? Du Ermei, if you have the time to come bother me, why not go talk to your husband and your son? See if they can talk Qiao Yisi into giving you some attention.”
“Oh, and don’t forget your daughter.”
Wen Wan chuckled at the thought. Since their time slip two months ago, the Zhao family, who had once been united in verbally and physically tormenting Wen Wan, had completely fallen apart.
Now, all of them were confined within the planetary manor by Qiao Yisi. Each was assigned a personal servant; apart from these servants and Qiao Yisi himself, no outsiders were allowed in.
While serving them, these servants constantly whispered into their ears, brainwashing them. In the current Zhao household, fathers were no longer fathers, sons no longer sons, mothers no longer mothers, and daughters no longer daughters.
Wen Wan watched helplessly as they transformed from family members who once encouraged each other into rivals who wished nothing more than to crush one another. She couldn’t help but feel a pang of sorrow.
But after that moment of melancholy, she felt an overwhelming sense of relief. She thanked the heavens and the gods of time travel for not making her an Omega!
When Du Ermei heard Wen Wan say this, her face darkened instantly, a flicker of resentment flashing in her eyes. She resented Zhao Mushan, who had always obeyed her on Earth, and she resented Zhao Xuanqi and Zhao Xuelian, who had crawled out from her own womb. How much lexie had she sacrificed for them! Why couldn’t they just give her a break?
Seeing the expression on her face, Wen Wan said, “Hurry up and go. If you don’t, who knows what your competitors will cook up about you next.”
After Wen Wan’s words, she laughed out loud. Du Ermei was genuinely scared. Without another word, she grabbed her skirt and ran out again.
Wen Wan raised her wristband and sent a message to the group chat: [Whole Family Time Travel ABO Wen Wan: Do you all think that since they’ve all become Omegas, it’s okay for me to mock them like this? That would be really unkind. After all, legally speaking, we’re still family. We shouldn’t take pleasure in their misfortune.]
Before Wen Wan spoke, Lin Xi and the others were chatting in the group. Wen Wan’s message arrived just as Lin Xi was about to have a casual conversation with Chu Qianmo.
She wanted to ask Chu Qianmo if he had taken any pills that could change one’s physical state.
Before closing the chat group, Lin Xi saw the message and replied: [Earth Girl Lin Xi: I’ve always believed the saying “Don’t advise others unless you’ve endured their hardships.” It’s really true.]
[Someone who desperately wanted a family changed her mind so much in just one year. I think you must have been through a lot.]
Lin Xi’s two messages quickly received likes from every member of the group.
Although they didn’t say anything else, their actions showed their support for what Lin Xi had said.
Seeing this, Wen Wan suddenly felt a bit emotional.
She was actually a very sensitive person and cared deeply about what others thought. After sending such a long message just now, she couldn’t help but wonder: after all, she and the Zhao family were still family in name.
They had suffered so much, all turning from normal people into Omegas, while she was so gleeful at their expense. What would the people in the group think of her?
The more she thought about it, the more uncomfortable Wen Wan felt.
To prevent herself from falling into a cycle of self-torment, she decisively asked the question.
She steadied herself, sat back down, and typed: [Whole Family Time Travel ABO Wen Wan: Because their family tricked me into a fake marriage.]
Her eyes grew cold: [During the time I was dating Zhao Xuanqi, although we lived together, we never took the final step of physical intimacy.]
[Every time we were about to cross that line, Zhao Xuanqi would pull back at the last moment. He said these things were disadvantageous for girls. If we didn’t make it to the end, the one who would suffer would be me.]
【In today's world, where just having a meal with a man is often taken as an unspoken agreement that he can take the woman to a hotel room afterward, meeting a man who genuinely cares about the woman—someone who, even if he's struggling himself, still chooses to endure quietly for her sake—felt like hitting the jackpot in the lottery for me back then.】
【I love reading novels, and sometimes I even think Zhao Xuanqi is the embodiment of a male protagonist in those stories. Handsome, polite, gentle, and respectful toward women!】
As soon as Wen Wan said this, Ye Bingbing, who had experienced the stench of overbearing CEOs, chimed in.
【Ye Bingbing, the domineering CEO’s villainess: Speaking as someone who’s been poisoned by a domineering CEO before, if I met a man like Zhao Xuanqi, I’d be completely smitten too.】
【Primitive World’s Ah Huahua: Who wouldn’t be? If it were him, I doubt I’d be much better than Wen Wan.】
【Sixties-era boxer Xiang Qianlan: It’s laughable, really. Respecting women should be the most basic requirement for any man. But somehow, it’s become something rare and precious.】
At this point, the only two men in the group chat, Lin Duxi and Chu Qianmo, wisely kept quiet.
Seeing this, Wen Wan added: 【Whole Family Time-Travel ABO Wen Wan: Exactly. Respecting women ought to be a basic quality in a man. But because so many lack it, when you meet someone like Zhao Xuanqi, you just fall for him.】
【Back then, I truly felt lucky to have met such a good man. But after we got married, I realized that all this talk about respecting women was a lie—Zhao Xuanqi was basically a eunuch!】
【His “equipment” was even smaller than that of a five-year-old child. It was only after we married that I found out that every night before marriage when he was “performing,” he was actually wearing inflatable underwear he bought online.】
【Just by pressing a valve, those things could be inflated to any size he wanted!】
Wen Wan’s face turned green as she said: 【I’m not a demanding woman. Before Zhao Xuanqi, I’d never even had a boyfriend. I didn’t care about his manhood—I cared about his deception!】
【But I was soft-hearted at the time. Zhao Xuanqi knelt and begged me, and because he had truly treated me well before, I agreed not to tell anyone or mention divorce. I wanted to wait and see how he behaved going forward before making any decisions.】
【To make up for it, Zhao Xuanqi treated me exceptionally well. So much so that whenever I asked for the stars, he wouldn’t give me the moon; if I asked for the moon, he wouldn’t give me the sun. At the time, I thought, even without a sex life, I might never find another man who treated me as well as Zhao Xuanqi did.】
【But I underestimated human nature. My compromise only encouraged Zhao Xuanqi to push his limits further. His parents started pressuring us to have children. Every time they called me a “barren hen,” he just sat quietly like a quail, refusing to say a word. They pinned all the blame for our infertility on me.】
【Every time his parents scolded me, he would kneel before me and coax me to endure it for his sake. But damn it, I’m not some kind of ninja turtle—I can tolerate once or twice, but how many times can I really put up with this? Three times? Four times? Eventually, I just snapped and exposed his tiny little problem.】
【Well, at least they stopped calling me a hen that doesn’t lay eggs. But Zhao Mushan, that shameless old man, actually suggested having a baby for his son!】
Wen Wan’s hands trembled slightly. Even now, whenever she recalled that morning, when the whole family was having breakfast and she overheard that conversation, she still felt like vomiting.
She had only read about this kind of disgusting in-law behavior in novels—never imagined there were people shameless enough to do this in real life.
Zhao Mushan looked decent enough, but he was almost fifty years old. Making such a request was just beyond disgraceful.
Wen Wan lost her temper right then and there. She flipped the breakfast table over in a rage.
The chat group fell silent. Lin Xi quietly turned off the car engine. When Wen Wan was gloating over the Zhao family’s transformation into Omegas, Lin Xi had already guessed that Wen Wan’s life with the Zhaos wasn’t going well.
But she never expected it to be this bad. Every single thing Wen Wan just mentioned could easily spark thousands of heated threads on the Haijiao forum.
A castrated man tricking someone into marriage plus a father-in-law trying to sleep with his daughter-in-law—talk about stacking the worst possible curses.
【Original World Ah Huahua: Your mother-in-law agreed to this too?】
【Whole Family Transmigrated ABO Wen Wan: Of course she agreed. Why wouldn’t she? If she didn’t, would they dare say such things at the breakfast table? But even though she verbally agreed, she was definitely not happy about it. I overheard her telling the neighbors I was a shameless gold digger right after that morning.】
【She treated me like a romantic rival.】 Wen Wan sneered coldly.
【She’s especially pathetic—too afraid to stand up to the men, so she turned her anger on me. She spread rumors about me outside. Hearing the neighbors join in on her accusations made her feel incredibly pleased.】
【And that’s not even the worst part. One night, I was sleeping in my room when the door was suddenly opened from outside. Zhao Mushan came in wearing nothing but a pair of briefs.】
【After he came in, Zhao Xuanqi locked the door. If I hadn’t known about their wolfish intentions and hidden a knife under my pillow, I probably would have been assaulted that night.】
【That’s also why I beat up Zhao Xuelian when I heard her calling me barren. Of course, when she was talking to her friends, she also said I was seducing her father.】
【I expected Du Ermei to come to help Zhao Xuelian, but I never imagined Zhao Mushan and Zhao Xuanqi would also come to help them beat me.】
【After transmigrating, their whole family completely changed—they went from united to fighting like a bunch of squabbling chickens. The contrast was just ridiculous!】
Wen Wan finished speaking and looked out the window. Qiao Yisi, short and stout, was walking at the front. Zhao Xuelian followed beside him, dressed in a green Rococo-style dress, her face adorned with a coy smile that was dripping with sycophancy.
Perhaps it was because her flattery amused Qiao Yisi that he took a piece of gold out of his pocket and handed it to her. Holding the gold, Zhao Xueli was as delighted as if she had just won a grand prize.
A few steps behind them, Zhao Xuanqi was slender, his black tailcoat outlining his tall and lean figure perfectly. A faint smile played on his face, with an air of indescribable nobility in his eyes and brows.
When Qiao Yisi glanced over and saw him like that, a look of infatuation appeared in his eyes. A flawless, deep green jadeite was then given away just like that.
Zhao Xuanqi nodded lightly at Qiao Yisi, then glanced back once more. His attendant immediately stepped forward and took the jadeite that Qiao Yisi had given him.
Du Ermei frowned upon seeing that her son and daughter had each received a jadeite and a piece of gold respectively. Zhao Mushan’s expression was no better. Qiao Yisi pretended not to notice.
Although all four were Omegas, everyone had their own preferences, after all. Qiao Yisi simply preferred those who were a bit younger.
But looking at Zhao Mushan, Qiao Yisi gave him a piece of translucent natural crystal, and Zhao Mushan’s expression softened. Seeing this, Du Ermei’s face darkened like the bottom of a pot.
Wen Wan laughed outright. What kind of “loving, united, and harmonious family” was this? The reason they were “united” and “loving” was nothing more than because the benefits given weren’t enough.
Qiao Yisi had given enough gold, silver, and jewels, yet how long had it been? Parents were no longer acting like parents, children no longer like children. It was utterly ridiculous.
The only question was whether, in the future, when they realized that the gold and jade they were given today were worthless in this era, they would regret their actions.
***
Lin Xi comforted Wen Wan in the group chat for a while, then obtained a pill from Chu Qianmo.
That pill was also left behind by the original owner for Chu Qianmo. After taking it, it could truly alter a person’s physiological structure.
For example, if Lin Xi wanted to transform into a man to send a package, her height, fingerprints, and Adam’s apple would all change accordingly.
One pill’s effect lasted for thirty minutes.
Thirty minutes was short, but enough time for Lin Xi to send the package.
She opened her phone to check the map, then decided not to drive further. Instead, she parked her car in the service area parking lot. Afterwards, she circled around to the back of the service area, where there was a staff entrance and exit route.
Walking down the road for ten minutes, Lin Xi arrived at the nearest village to the service area. In this age of booming online shopping, the village had also opened a Cainiao delivery station.
The Cainiao station was combined with a store. After Lin Xi explained her intention to send a package, the store owner didn’t say much. He had her fill out a form and printed out a shipping label, then checked the items she wanted to send. After sticking the label on the box, he tossed it into the shipping area.
To attract business, the store owner didn’t even ask for Lin Xi’s ID.
“The courier will come to pick it up in an hour,” the store owner said, then went back to reading the book in his hands.
Lin Xi glanced at it again. On the cover were a few blank squares of characters.
Lin Xi paid for her purchase, casually grabbed a bottle of mineral water, and then left. She retraced her steps and stayed in the woods for a while until the effect of the pill wore off.
Lin Xi returned to the rest area and took a stroll around before heading down to the shop where she had just sent a package, buying a cup of instant noodles and another bottle of water.
The shop owner glanced at her again and said, “Pretty lady, actually, the prices at the rest area aren’t that much higher than mine.”
The rest area where Lin Xi was located charged exorbitant prices—an ordinary cup of instant noodles sold for fifteen yuan, while at the shop it was no more than three and a half yuan.
“No choice, I’m used to being frugal,” Lin Xi replied, waving her hand as she walked away.
The shop owner went back to reading his secret manual. He wasn’t surprised to see someone like Lin Xi anymore. After all, the rest area’s prices were truly outrageous!
Ever since the rest area opened, customers like Lin Xi had become common for his shop. Instant noodles, as a quick meal option, had become his best-selling item.
Carrying the instant noodles back to the rest area, Lin Xi soaked them in the free hot water station and ate. After finishing, she continued driving, seamlessly switching between her two identities.
She stayed in the county town behind the rest area for two hours. Before leaving, she obtained the construction blueprints for a guesthouse from a local construction company.
Whether they would be useful or not was another matter, but at least she now had an excuse for crossing provinces. She didn’t waste a minute and left immediately.
By the time she got home, it was already seven in the evening. Chi Xiangping and the others had already finished dinner—sauerkraut and red bean soup.
The red bean paste had been cooked thoroughly, paired with the refreshing tang of sauerkraut, and a dash of chili to whet the appetite. Lin Xi used the soup to soak her rice and ended up eating two full bowls.
After dinner, everyone gathered on the sofa chatting. Lin Xi asked about Fang’s situation at school.
Fang looked up and said, “The teachers are very kind, and the kids are friendly too. I’ve made two friends at school.”
Fang used to attend Yushu Village Primary School, where everyone was familiar with each other. Because of her father’s situation, she had grown up without a single friend. Now, having made two friends, she was over the moon.
Lin Xi said, “Fang, that’s wonderful. Tomorrow I’ll take you to school and also buy two sets of clothes for you and Yue.”
Fang had mostly worn hand-me-downs from other village children throughout her life. The few new clothes she had were all gifts from her aunt.
Hearing about new clothes made her heart flutter, but she immediately looked at Yao Yuran.
Yao Yuran nodded at her. Her eyes lit up, and she exclaimed loudly, “Thank you, Auntie Xi!”
Yue held a cookie in her hand and, imitating her older sister, said in a babyish voice, “Thank you, Lin Xi.” Lin Xi ruffled their heads affectionately.
While Chi Xiangping was talking with Yao Yuran, she took out her phone to check something.
Wen Wan had already integrated into the group chat, chatting enthusiastically with everyone. Lin Xi joined the conversation, and everyone greeted her warmly.
[Original World Ah Huahua: Lin Xi is back?]
Everyone in the national group knew that Lin Xi was going to the neighboring province to send the phone watch.
When Ye Bingbing found out about the phone watch, she exchanged for a batch with Yao Xiran. The technology level in their era was on par with that of Earth’s dimension. And human traffickers were just as rampant.
【Earth Girl Lin Xi: I’m back. @WholeFamilyCrossingABO_WenWan, I’m on Earth right now. Is there anything you need me to help with?】
【WholeFamilyCrossingABO_WenWan: No, I don’t have any attachments over there.】
Wen Wan’s parents divorced early on, and they quickly moved on to their own new families. Wen Wan lived with her mother, but her relationship with her stepfather’s family was strained.
Her father’s side was even worse—there was no interaction at all, so naturally, no feelings either. They didn’t even manage to get through a single phone call all year.
On the rare occasions they did call, it was just a few dry words before hanging up. Nothing more to say.
The year Wen Wan started working, she had acute appendicitis. She didn’t have enough money, and when she called her parents for help, she got none. After that, she lost all hope and expectations from those so-called parents.
Now, having crossed into the ABO world, she was the most useless but also the safest Beta—and Wen Wan was completely content with that.
Besides, she wasn’t just sitting idle after arriving here.
She gave Qiao Yisi the idea to use gold, silver, and jade to lure the four members of the Zhao family. That was her suggestion.
Even the success of that plan was beyond Wen Wan’s expectations. After all, it was obvious—anyone with half a brain could have figured it out.
It’s the interstellar age now, with planets capable of seamless travel between each other. Of course, all kinds of minerals are abundant! Gold, silver, and jade were hard currency on Earth, but in the interstellar era, they were hardly worth anything! And yet, these people at this point still didn’t bother to check or inquire?
Wen Wan found it unbelievable. During her time crossing over, she had lost count of how many times she thought the Zhao family was utterly stupid—and spending two years locked in conflict with them made her feel like the biggest fool of all!
