Lin Xi's heart trembled instantly. If that young girl hadn't already returned from seeing the homestay owner off, she would have definitely taken out her phone to carefully check the reply in the drift bottle. Seeing the girl walking towards her, Lin Xi tucked her phone back into her pocket.
"My name is Wu Yuxia, what's yours?" Wu Yuxia was naturally warm and outgoing. After learning that Lin Xi knew Hang Xingyue, she became even more enthusiastic. Years of military life had given her skin a bronze tone, with a slight roughness from wind and sun. But her eyes were very bright; looking at her eyes and her energetic gait, you could tell this was a person full of vitality.
She was a completely different kind of person from Lin Xi. If it weren't for the appearance of that chat group, Lin Xi had always felt her life was like a stagnant pond. Seemingly infected by Wu Yuxia's vigor, Lin Xi's smile grew even brighter.
"My name is Lin Xi." Lin Xi followed her into the main hall. The houses in the whole town were quite similar. Her home had been renovated—yellow floor tiles, a European-style combination fabric sofa, a white coffee table. Opposite the three-seater sofa was a large-screen television, its screen currently dark. The décor and furniture obviously didn't match, but ten years ago, this style was all the rage across the country. Not just in Yunnan Province, but in other provinces too, Lin Xi had often seen this kind of interior design.
"Lin Xi, please sit, please sit. Let me get you something to drink." Wu Yuxia was very familiar and at ease. After saying this to Lin Xi, she headed towards the room on the left. In a moment, she came out carrying two cups.
She placed the cups on the coffee table in front of Lin Xi. A faint, sweet aroma of wine wafted out. The milky-white liquid, held in transparent glass cups, was free of any impurities. "This is the wine my mom brewed last year. Since the weather's hot now, I moved it to the fridge. It's perfect to drink now. Have some."
People in Yunnan love to drink, especially homemade sweet rice wine. This sweet wine can be made from glutinous rice or corn; this cup was made from glutinous rice.
Wu Yuxia urged Lin Xi to drink, tilting her own head back for a big gulp. After drinking, she made an expression of utter satisfaction. Lin Xi also took a sip.
The rice wine had probably been chilled in the fridge for a long time. It was cool upon entering the mouth, followed by a rush of sweetness and the fragrance of the wine. A mouthful of the cool rice wine going down made her whole mental state feel much better.
"It's delicious."
"Right? This is what I missed most in the army. But the rules are strict there; it was really hard to get a drink." As if one cup wasn't enough, Wu Yuxia ran back into the room and brought out a pitcher. At the bottom of the pitcher floated grains of white glutinous rice, and water droplets slid slowly down the outside of the cold pitcher.
After refilling Lin Xi's cup, Wu Yuxia finally asked how Lin Xi knew Hang Xingyue. Hang Xingyue had been gone for ten years; Lin Xi would have only been in her teens back then.
"She came to our area for a photoshoot back then and had a meal at my place. I'm on a self-drive tour here now, remembered her family was from here, and wanted to visit. I asked the homestay owner after arriving and only then found out she had passed away." Before her transmigration, Hang Xingyue had been a print model, often needing to travel for shoots. Wu Yuxia nodded, understanding. She thought Lin Xi was just acting on a whim, as she had described—like when she herself was traveling and suddenly remembered an old acquaintance who lived nearby.
"My sister Xingyue has been gone for over ten years. Come on, I'll take you to see her." Wu Yuxia finished her rice wine, and Lin Xi also drank the cup Wu Yuxia had poured for her. Wu Yuxia put the remaining wine back in the room and came out again holding two straw hats.
"Let's go, let's go. The sun is fierce; wear a hat."
"It really is hotter here than where I'm from," Lin Xi said, placing the straw hat on her head.
The two walked along the Xunchang River upstream, the path growing more and more remote. Finally, they climbed a hillside by the river.
White camellia flowers bloomed along the way. As they walked, Wu Yuxia would occasionally pick a couple of "tea treasures" for Lin Xi to eat. They were very sweet; Lin Xi remembered eating these as a child too.
When they reached the mountainside, Wu Yuxia was still chatting with Lin Xi. The higher they climbed, the quieter Wu Yuxia became. Aside from warning Lin Xi about thorns or pits on the path, she fell silent.
Amidst a grove of tung flowers, they reached the cemetery on Xun Mountain. Wu Yuxia, familiar with the place, found a hoe and a sickle from the roadside.
There weren't many graves here. Two of them were quite large, and it seemed no one had visited them for a long time, as many weeds grew around them.
While cutting the grass, Wu Yuxia said to Lin Xi, "The flood that year was too massive. Many people were washed downstream. Most of the bodies recovered were beyond recognition, completely unidentifiable."
"So everyone buried them together." The smile on Wu Yuxia's face faded. "Usually, anyone who comes to tend the graves on Xun Mountain will clean the surrounding ones too."
That year's flood was the worst the Xunchang River had seen in a century, and the people living along its banks suffered greatly. For most people in Hongzhou, mentioning that flood still brings heartache.
Lin Xi listened as Wu Yuxia recounted the events of that year.
"I was only eight. Our family lived closest to Sister Xingyue's family. Her family ran a small shop. Sometimes when I was craving snacks, she'd give me some. We both really loved a certain spicy strip snack; sometimes we could eat over a pack a day. When my aunt saw it, she'd always scold us."
"When the flood came, I climbed a big tree and stayed there for a long time. Just when I thought I was done for, Sister Xingyue came. She put me on a small boat she had rowed over. I was rescued. But just as the people on the shore were about to save her, the floodwaters suddenly surged and swept her away."
"The flood receded the next day." At this point, Wu Yuxia silently shed tears. Lin Xi didn't speak. Hang Xingyue, on the other end of the live stream, also didn't speak, quietly listening to Wu Yuxia talk about what happened after her death.
"Later, I went back to school. My dream was to become a soldier. I thought if a flood ever came again, I could be like Sister Xingyue and the others, saving more people. Later, I got into military academy. I became the person I wanted to be as a child."
"Actually, many kids around my age chose to become soldiers or doctors." The shadow cast by that flood over the children of the Xunchang River banks was too heavy.
Some chose to escape, but more chose to become the kind of people who had pulled them from the water.
Both Lin Xi and Wu Yuxia were accustomed to farm work. It took them over two hours to clear the weeds around the graves.
It was only at this moment that Lin Xi and Hang Xingyue learned that her parents had been found all those years ago, and those people had buried the family of three together.
Hang Xingyue's last bit of regret was finally filled. Wu Yuxia placed the offerings she had carried up in front of the tombstone, lit incense, and then led Lin Xi back down the mountain.
On the way down, she regained her usual cheerfulness. When they reached the small town, she treated Lin Xi to a bowl of cold rice noodle rolls.
The method of mixing cold rice noodle rolls is similar to that of rice tofu, but because the chili peppers are different, the method of making the pickled vegetables is different, and the sour soup has slight variations, the taste becomes distinct.
"This cold rice noodle roll shop has been open for many years; I remember it from when I was little," Wu Yuxia said as she mixed the noodles. Hang Xingyue looked at the familiar food, and tears gushed forth once again.
The rice noodle rolls were very sour, very spicy, and very delicious. Just before finishing, Lin Xi packed an extra portion to go. Wu Yuxia dropped her off at the entrance of the homestay and then left.
Lin Xi went to her room. Behind her room was the emerald-green, rushing waters of the Xunchang River. A sand dredging boat passed on the water, and Lin Xi saw a boatwoman come out with a mop to wash it in the river water.
The homestay she was staying in was quite similar to an ordinary small inn, not expensive. It was the off-season now, 80 yuan a day. The proprietress said this was the off-season; if it were the peak season, a room could go for three hundred yuan.
After delivering the cold rice noodle rolls to Hang Xingyue, Lin Xi clicked the message-in-a-bottle button.
Instantly, a scroll of pages slowly opened before her. Behind the text she had posted, there was an additional line of reply.
["If that's really the name, then I have seen him before. --- From Iris of the Magical World."]
A surge of sour bitterness rose from her chest to her nose. She sent another inquiry: ["Could you please tell me his details? I can exchange something for the information. --- Lin Xi of the Earth Realm."]
The moment Lin Xi clicked send, the scroll filled with black characters rolled up into a cylinder, was placed into that white bottle, and finally disappeared.
Lin Xi couldn't quite articulate what she was feeling now. Perhaps it was because she had lived with her grandparents, or perhaps because Lin Zhongxun was missing. Even though there had been no news of him for so many years, every single person she had met told her that Lin Zhongxun was a good man.
Maybe it was also because she had seen so much of Gu Dahong's care for Da Mingbao that Lin Xi was filled with anticipation for Lin Zhongxun.
She had actually yearned for Xue Min's maternal love too, but every time she went to her maternal grandmother's house, even though Xue Min was clearly inside, she just wouldn't come out. Her grandmother would come out and tell her not to come looking anymore. All of Lin Xi's expectations for Xue Min cooled down at those times.
That's why she hadn't gone to see Xue Min for so many years. So, even when she learned that Xue Min might have been taken over by a transmigrator, and that this possibly transmigrated Xue Min had also entrusted her grandparents to pay child support for her, Lin Xi's heart didn't stir much.
She was even a little afraid to think back on Xue Min, whether the current one or the former one. Lin Xi felt she was sometimes like a turtle withdrawing into its shell; after being hurt once, she would subconsciously guard against the person who had hurt her.
Therefore, even when Chi Xiangping told her how much Xue Min had loved and cared for her before remarrying, Lin Xi held it with skepticism.
Her feelings towards Lin Zhongxun were similar. Lin Xi lay back on the clean white bedsheets behind her and couldn't help but wonder: if the Lin Zhongxun that Iris from the Magical World knew was really her father...
What were his thoughts about her? Would he miss her like Qin Suyuan's father, Xu Huanhuan's father, or Ye Bingbing's father missed them?
If he really had transmigrated to another world, did he have a family there? Did he have other children?
Lin Xi thought of many things, and the more she thought, the more tangled her thoughts became. When she was little, Lin Xi craved paternal and maternal love. As she slowly grew up, Lin Xi thought she no longer craved it. But at this moment, Lin Xi realized she hadn't stopped craving it; she had just suppressed those yearnings deep in her heart.
Lin Xi suddenly remembered a line she had once read: An unhappy childhood is not a torrential downpour; it is a dampness that permeates one's entire life.
Those with unhappy childhoods spend their whole lives searching for a sun that can dry out that dampness.
Lin Xi had the love of her grandparents. Sometimes she felt she was fortunate, but other times, when she saw children walking outside holding their parents' hands, she felt her own life was full of regret.
The corners of her eyes felt damp. Lin Xi suddenly felt a strong urge to cry. She took a deep breath and pushed down this sudden surge of negative emotion.
She picked up her phone and clicked into the group chat. Bai Qingting and Chu Qianmo's statuses still showed they were busy.
[1960s Boxer Xiang Qianlan: You know, with Dog Brother suddenly not in the group, it's a bit boring.]
[Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland Lin Duxi: Tell me about it. I even miss his annoying antics.] Chu Qianmo would provoke the group chat system every now and then, and it had to be said, he brought a lot of laughter to everyone.
[Power Politics World Lu Shenzhi: Without him, there is indeed much less amusement.]
Even Lu Shenzhi joined this topic.
The group was still predominantly female, so Lin Duxi showed concern for the male members: [@Power Politics World Lu Shenzhi, brother, how are you doing now?]
In the ancient power politics world, Lu Shenzhi stood by the window looking outside: [It's raining heavily here.]
Rain was scarce in the desert region, and in ancient times, there was no artificial rainmaking technology. So, whenever it rained, everyone was extremely happy. Any container that could hold water without leaking was taken out and placed in the courtyard.
Lu Shenzhi's courtyard was also filled with jars and vats of various sizes. After this period of hard work, Lu Shenzhi's small house had been built. The small dwelling was divided into an inner and an outer room.
The inner room was Lu Shenzhi's bedroom, with a simple desk by the bed. The outer room was also a bedroom where his two nephews slept. There was also a sand tray in the room. No matter how tired he was from the day's work, Lu Shenzhi would teach the two children to recognize characters before bed.
After several months of constant labor, compared to his body just after transmigrating, Lu Shenzhi had lost weight, but he had also become much more sturdy.
He clicked into his private chat with Lin Xi: [Power Politics World Lu Shenzhi: Miss Lin, hello. Would it be possible for you to help me purchase some calligraphy supplies—ink, brushes, paper, and inkstones?]
Lu Shenzhi loved calligraphy. During university, he had joined the calligraphy club. Due to his diligent efforts, in his sophomore year, he even apprenticed himself to the club's faculty advisor.
From university through his working years, his calligraphy skill could be said to be quite proficient.
Lu Shenzhi hadn't practiced for a very long time, and he missed the feeling of holding a brush intensely.
Moreover, Lu Shenzhi was now certain that the emperor and the people sent by his original body's father's political rivals to watch him had left.
Once he confirmed they were gone, Lu Shenzhi was ready to make his move. During this period, King Yu, who had been demoted to this region, had sent someone to contact him. King Yu was the best stepping stone Lu Shenzhi could grasp at the moment.
However, the ancient times were fundamentally different from the modern era. If he truly decided to board King Yu's ship, he would be staking his entire family's lives on King Yu. He needed to investigate further.
He believed King Yu also needed to vet him. With brush, ink, paper, and inkstone available, his actions would be much more convenient.
[Earth Girl Lin Xi: Okay, can you wait for me? I'll go buy them for you in a little while.]
Having a task to do pulled Lin Xi out of her low mood. Perhaps to distract herself, she started chatting with him intermittently.
They gradually began talking about their lives. Lu Shenzhi was gentle and polite, making conversation with him very comfortable.
The largest supermarket in the town sold everything, including brush, ink, paper, and inkstones, though they were slightly more expensive compared to big cities.
Lin Xi returned to her homestay room with the purchases, handed them over to him, and then asked about his life before the time travel.
While grinding ink, Lu Shenzhi told Lin Xi about his past.
[Intrigue World Lu Shenzhi: My family lived in a large mountain area in Meng City. According to my grandfather, our family used to be the largest local landowners. After the land reform, our family's class status changed. Because of the poor class status, my father didn't get married until he was thirty-five or thirty-six.]
[My mother was a refugee from elsewhere. They married and soon had me. The year I turned five, the man she had left behind in her hometown found her, and she left with him. My grandfather passed away when I was eight. My father worked day and night to earn money. Later, due to exhaustion, he became mentally fatigued, made an operational error, and fell from a height.]
[The responsibility was his, so we didn't receive much compensation. I used that money to bury him and managed to get through high school with what little was left. I almost dropped out in my first year of high school. My middle school teacher found out, walked two hours on mountain roads to my home, and funded my entire high school and university education.]
[Earth Girl Lin Xi: Where is he now? Would you like me to check on him for you?]
Seeing Lin Xi's reply, a smile appeared on Lu Shenzhi's handsome face. He said: [My teacher went abroad during my sophomore year of university. Their daughter married overseas and had a baby. They went to help care for the child. I called him before the New Year, and he said they aren't coming back, as the cost of living there is somewhat lower than in China.]
[However, when the time comes, I'll prepare some local specialties. If possible, I'd like to trouble you to mail them to my teacher for me.] Lu Shenzhi felt Lin Xi was truly a kind-hearted person.
He had noticed carefully that when people in the group asked her for help, some would give her compensation, but others did not, and she never mentioned it.
When she sent him the gene repair serum initially, she hadn't asked for anything in exchange. Lu Shenzhi recalled her appearance from the livestream—her clear, beautiful features, and the little canine teeth that showed when she smiled, adding a touch of cuteness.
He really liked her quite a bit. Looking at the messages from Lin Xi, Lu Shenzhi replied while thinking how nice it would have been if they had met before he time-traveled. But then he thought, if he hadn't time-traveled, they probably would never have met in their entire lives.
Unaware of Lu Shenzhi's regret, Lin Xi went out to play in the afternoon, but their chat never stopped. Occasionally, they would reply to a few messages in the group, one after the other.
As Lin Xi strolled around Xunjiang Town, if she came across anything interesting, she would casually take a photo and send it to him. Lu Shenzhi would also send her pictures of raindrops falling along the thatched eaves.
They chatted like this until late at night. The negative emotions Lin Xi felt in the afternoon because of Lin Zhongxun had completely dissipated. In the evening, Lin Xi was invited by Wu Yuxia to her home for dinner.
The dinner table featured the same rice wine she had in the morning. The dishes were stewed cured pork trotters and stir-fried chicken. Both the pig and chicken were raised by their family, and the taste was fantastic.
Besides the rice wine, Lin Xi also drank two cups of baijiu. After returning to the homestay, she slept soundly until dawn. The next morning, after having breakfast with Wu Yuxia, she prepared to leave.
Wu Yuxia was very reluctant to see her go. Interestingly, Wu Yuxia was actually two years younger than her, but they got along very well and had already exchanged contact information.
While driving through Hongzhou City, Lin Xi bought Lu Shenzhi a higher-quality set of brush, ink, paper, and inkstone. Thinking he probably used a lot of paper for brush writing, she bought a large quantity. After shopping, Lin Xi took a Disguise Pill. She randomly found a courier station on the street and mailed out that large package of anti-cancer drugs.
These medications covered many prevalent cancers. For many cancers, there were no effective targeted drugs domestically; they had to be imported. Even the cheapest bottle of a targeted drug cost several thousand yuan.
Lin Xi only hoped that the medicine she sent out could help those fighting against illness.
When filling in the address, the group chat system popped up and directly provided Lin Xi with Professor Gu Anbang's current address.
Lin Xi was also surprised that Professor Gu Anbang was now at a biological research institute, but it was just a change of address. She didn't overthink it and simply filled it in.
This courier station she found was particularly busy. The shop owner only asked Lin Xi what she was mailing before directly handing her a box. Lin Xi carefully packed the medicine inside. These drugs were brought back from Hang Xingyue's dimension. The system seemed to have an automatic correction function; the drug boxes no longer had the original manufacturer's address, only the efficacy and ingredients of the medicine.
Lin Xi had discovered this function when she returned from her time travel. She was very pleased; this feature greatly facilitated her actions. At the very least, she didn't have to scrape off information from the drug boxes with a small knife.
After packing the medicine, the shipping label was printed. The shop owner directly sealed the box and stuck the label on it.
This time, Lin Xi provided the ID number given by the group chat system.
After leaving the courier station, she deliberately wandered around the area in her disguised appearance. Finally, she entered a small alley without surveillance cameras before canceling the disguise effect.
At that moment, she took out her phone: "System, System, I know you can hear me. What's the deal with you proactively giving me the shipping information this time?"
Ever since Chu Qianmo provoked the system and got electrocuted, everyone in the group knew the group chat system possessed a certain level of intelligence; it just usually couldn't be bothered to engage with people.
Lin Xi had long been aware that the group chat system might have some intelligence, but she had never specifically tried to chat with it. Today, she was genuinely curious.
[System Message: This system is bound to you. When you do good deeds, the Heavenly Dao will reflect the power of virtue back to you. As the medium through which you perform good deeds, this system also gains some of that virtue power.]
After sending this message on the phone, the group chat system went silent as usual. But Lin Xi already understood its unspoken meaning. Because she had sent those items to the state, helping many people, it had also benefited. So, it was willing to help her.
A wide smile spread across Lin Xi's face. She knew the system's capabilities. With its help, Lin Xi felt the day she might be exposed was pushed even further away.
She found where she had parked her car, started it, and drove home.
On the way, she called Chi Xiangping. Learning that everyone was at the guesthouse, Lin Xi headed straight there.
There were quite a few villagers out and about along the road. The poppies that had budded a few days ago were now in bloom, clusters of varying shades of red crowded together, incredibly beautiful.
Lin Xi walked to the guesthouse. Upon arriving, she noticed several people in the tea room.
Lin Xi asked Yao Yuran, who was cleaning: "So many people at the shop today?"
Yao Yuran's smile was impossible to hide: "Yes, they all said they came after seeing Wang Peng's video and the videos from those two customers yesterday."
"The family rooms are all booked." The family rooms were the most expensive ones at Lin Xi's guesthouse.
Currently priced at 388 per night, the room was divided into two small sections by a screen. The inner section had a 1.8-meter large bed, and the outer section had a 1.2-meter small bed.
Lin Xi also knew her price was on the low side; she would definitely raise it during the peak season.
Having business made Lin Xi happy too. Learning that Chi Xiangping was in the backyard, Lin Xi went to find her. The backyard was accessed through Yao Yuran's room.
It was a small courtyard with several clotheslines strung up and a small vegetable plot on the other side. After Yao Yuran could walk again, she had come to sow vegetable seeds. Now the vegetables had grown quite tall. Since the guesthouse opened, she had moved in, and these past few days they'd been eating the vegetables she grew.
Chi Xiangping had pulled a bamboo stool to the side and seemed to be sewing something. Lin Xi walked over and chatted with her. She wasn't as young as she used to be; for tasks like sewing, she now needed reading glasses.
Seeing her like this, Lin Xi felt a pang of sadness. She lay down on Chi Xiangping's lap, just like she did as a child.
"Grandma, do you hate my dad?" Lin Xi's voice was soft and gentle.
Chi Xiangping put down her needle and reached out to stroke Lin Xi's hair, just like when Lin Xi was little. Her palms were full of calluses, which would catch on Lin Xi's hair strands and sometimes feel a bit rough against her face.
Yet Lin Xi felt utterly at ease.
Hearing Lin Xi's question, Chi Xiangping said: "When he first went missing, I resented him. I resented him for being irresponsible. Leaving his parents was one thing, but how could he abandon his wife and child too?"
"But as he was missing longer and longer, I just started thinking, as long as he's alive, that's enough. Over so many years, I've come to accept it. Your father... he's probably met with misfortune. I still miss him sometimes." The time had been too long; Chi Xiangping felt her memories of Lin Zhongxun had grown fuzzy.
It made her quite sad. People say the sorrow of white-haired parents sending off their black-haired children is the greatest sorrow. She felt that the most sorrowful experience was like hers, wanting to grieve but not even knowing where to direct that grief.
Lin Xi didn't speak, nor did she mention the possibility of having news about Lin Zhongxun. That Iris from the magical world still hadn't replied to her message, so she didn't know the specifics yet.
She sat beside Chi Xiangping and looked at her phone. The group chat was still lively.
Hang Xingyue posted photos of where she was now.
It was an exceptionally beautiful small courtyard. Standing in the yard, you could see the river flowing right past the front gate.
Showbiz Slacker Control Group Hang Xingyue: I sat in the courtyard all last night. I felt my heart was completely at peace.
Hang Xingyue hadn't felt that kind of peace in a very long time. She felt her troubled heart had found redemption in that moment.
[Wealthy Family Eldest Daughter-in-law Ji Xinyu: Try fishing. River fish are the most delicious.]
Ji Xinyu rarely chatted in the group. The last time she appeared was when everyone was watching Hang Xingyue. Now that Ji Xinyu was here, everyone was particularly interested in her.
[Ancient World Xu Huanhuan: @Wealthy Family Eldest Daughter-in-law Ji Xinyu, tell us your story.]
In the Wealthy Family Eldest Daughter-in-law world, Ji Xinyu was sitting under a parasol on a private beach. Seeing Xu Huanhuan's message, she tossed her sunglasses aside.
Then she started typing: [My world is very interesting. The original owner of this body was a wealthy heiress. How wealthy? Think along the lines of a Hong Kong casino magnate's daughter, and key point—she was the only child!]
[She and her husband, Ren Pingzheng, had a marriage of alliance. The reason the original owner chose him was that she liked him, liked him very, very much, so much that she was willing to marry him even if it meant her family paid more.]
[Ren Pingzheng truly did not like her. He disliked her so much that even after three years of marriage, the original owner was still a virgin.]
As Ji Xinyu sent these messages, the corners of her mouth were curled in a cold sneer.
[I am the third owner of this body. In the original owner's first life, she was just a cannon fodder. She wasted many, many years in the Ren family. Even without her husband's affection, she stayed dutifully. She stayed until her maiden family declined. Unable to bear the blow, she committed suicide.]
[She had a chance to be reborn, but she gave it up. At that moment, the second host of this body arrived. She was the eldest daughter-in-law of a marquis' household who had traveled through time from ancient times.]
[She had looks and skills. After arriving at the Ren family, she pulled back Ren Pingzheng's love-struck younger sister who was determined to elope with a social-climbing man. She brought much warmth to Ren Pingzheng's younger brother, a top-tier celebrity in the entertainment industry.]
[She also straightened out his youngest brother, still in middle school, who only knew how to bully others. Her changes also attracted Ren Pingzheng's attention. With the matchmaking of the three younger siblings, they got together.]
[Not only that, she also took over her maiden family's business, managing both family and career successfully. Does everyone think that by this point, the life of the marquis' daughter-in-law was smooth sailing?]
[The Switched-at-Birth Real Heiress Qin Suyuan: Did Ren Pingzheng have an affair?]
Qin Suyuan made a reasonable guess. After all, a man who doesn't touch his wife for three years of marriage... For a grown man in his thirties to have no sex life for a long time, there are three possibilities. First, a physical problem. Second, his sexual orientation isn't straight. Third, he has someone outside to satisfy his needs.
[Primitive World A Huahua: I think so too. After all, he's a wealthy family CEO. It wouldn't be normal if he didn't keep a few female college students.]
[Earth Girl Lin Xi: That makes sense, that makes sense. Before, the general manager of our building materials mall, who drove a BMW 3 Series, wanted to keep a mistress and eye a fourth. The entertainment papers over in Hong Kong are full of news every day about tycoons being photographed gathering with their concubines.] Lin Xi and the others each voiced their opinions. Xiang Qianlan and the rest had come out too, and everyone's guesses were pretty much the same as Lin Xi and her group.
[Period Novel Stepmother Xu Huixin: Let me take a guess. Did her husband swallow up her family's business?]
When Ji Xinyu joined the group, she already knew about Xu Huixin and the others' pre-transmigration professions. Seeing Xu Huixin's words, she said: [As expected of an investment banking elite, you hit the nail on the head right away. Ren Pingzheng did indeed annex the original host's maternal family's assets, and he did it while she was in confinement after childbirth.]
After Ji Xinyu's words, the group fell silent.
[1960s Boxer Xiang Qianlan: Damn, what kind of scumbag is this? Ah, I want to beat him to death!!!]
[Ancient World Xu Huanhuan: What a genuine son of a bitch.]
[Reborn Transmigrator Gu Nuanyang: All men are equally awful! This Ren Pingzheng is really not a good person, and utterly heartless too. His wife just gave birth to his child, and right after, he goes and swallows up her family's business!] Gu Nuanyang directly projected the situation onto the eldest daughter-in-law of the Marquis's household, and also thought of that scumbag from her previous life, making her grind her teeth in anger.
[Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland Lin Duxi: He really is quite a piece of work.] Even Lin Duxi couldn't stand Ren Pingzheng's actions.
[Interstellar Wanderer Yao Xiran: @Married into a Wealthy Family Ji Xinyu, How about this, let's get some poison and just finish off that scumbag directly.]
[Domineering CEO Villainess Ye Bingbing: I second that. This kind of man is a waste of land when dead and a waste of air when alive.]
Seeing the messages from the group members, Ji Xinyu was amused: [No need, it's not necessary. I've already sent that scumbag divorce papers. If I'm not mistaken, he's already scheming to annex the original host's family's property right now. Of course, I won't let him succeed.]
Before transmigrating, Ji Xinyu's family was also wealthy. Unlike the original host's family, she had a whole slew of siblings. They fought like cats and dogs over the family's resources. Ji Xinyu was the most outstanding among the younger generation of her family, and her previous life ended due to the internal family strife.
Now that she had finally transmigrated into the only daughter of a wealthy family, how could Ji Xinyu possibly give that up?
[Married into a Wealthy Family Ji Xinyu: Actually, both the original host and the eldest daughter-in-law of the Marquis's household are very outstanding women. The original host goes without saying; as the only daughter, all the family resources were poured into her. She was also excellent, graduating from a foreign business school at a young age. In the two years after returning when she wasn't chasing after men, her work achievements were quite impressive.]
[As for the eldest daughter-in-law of the Marquis's household, that goes without saying too. Coming from ancient times, being able to achieve what she did is already pretty amazing. She's a girl with a very strong sense of responsibility.] Everyone in the group agreed with this point made by Ji Xinyu. Whether it was the eldest daughter-in-law or the original host, while they were outstanding, they were also a bit naive and too trusting of others. But as everyone knows, being naive and trusting is not a person's fault!
[Earth Girl Lin Xi: That's right, they are both great girls. So, sisters, what have we all learned from these stories?]
[Mistakenly Swapped at Birth True Heiress Qin Suyuan: Men only slow down our sword-drawing speed! So, girls, severing emotions and cutting off love is the way to become a winner in life!]
Qin Suyuan's words received many likes.
Ji Xinyu found this utterly hilarious. While busy these past few days, she had been lurking in the group. She thought the members of this group were all very interesting, pleasant to talk to, and of good character. She was just about to say something when her phone started chiming repeatedly. She exited the group chat, and her phone refreshed with several new messages in quick succession. Ji Xinyu took a sip of juice before checking them. After reading, she clicked her tongue twice.
[Married into a Wealthy Family Ji Xinyu: Sisters, things just got interesting. It seems Ren Pingzheng's younger brothers and sisters have all been reborn.]
