Chapter 171: Chapter 171
When An Ning returned to the space, it was already ten years later. It had to be said that retirement life was indeed the most beautiful in modern times. Even after passing seventy, she could still travel far and wide with her own sisters on private planes.
But Lu Ting, that person, just couldn’t get along with her sisters. Even as grandpas and grandmas in their seventies or eighties, they could still quarrel endlessly. Poor Xu Zhiyan, the brother-in-law, was always tongue-tied and couldn’t help at all. Because of this, Yang Wan kept nagging him non-stop...
Glancing at the usual fully starred panel, An Ning calmly opened the storyline in her hand...
About half an hour later, even An Ning fell silent for a moment.
In the previous life, after the original body died, the Yan family tried to hide it and even went so far as to forge the original body’s handwriting.
But in the end, they underestimated Third Sister’s determination as the elder sister. The original body’s little girl was visually impaired and naturally couldn’t attend school properly. Almost all the handwriting was personally taught by Third Sister as her elder sister.
How could she possibly not recognize it now?
After repeatedly trying and failing to see her sister, Third Sister, no matter how naive, realized the original body might have met with misfortune. In her panic, she threw caution to the wind. Taking advantage of the night, she used a club from her space to knock out the Yan family guards and escaped.
An Ning’s previous guess was correct. Third Sister’s golden finger was a huge storage space. Before crossing over, she suddenly obtained this space and thought she would face an apocalypse. For almost half a month, she stocked up a huge amount of supplies inside.
Of course, because of this, the situation in Zhang Family Village improved quite a bit in that life. The price was that the “miraculous” nature of this small village got passed around.
Country villagers’ mouths never stayed shut. Some secrets slipped out despite the team leader’s strict orders to keep quiet, fearing trouble. Only a few truly cared.
However, the speaker was unintentional, while the listeners had their own intentions...
Plus, occasional suspicious encounters made her deliberately get closer. Thus, Third Sister was dramatically exposed.
However, Third Sister’s space had one advantage—it could hold people. Relying on this, after enduring various hardships, she finally escaped right under the Yan family’s noses.
After escaping, Third Sister immediately wrote a letter of accusation.
In fact, it wasn’t. As the saying goes, even a sinking ship still has three iron nails. The reason this life collapsed so quickly, besides the bad luck from having a son hiding forbidden books, was mainly the crazy stabbing from trusted followers behind her back.
Third Sister was an ordinary person, unfamiliar with the Haishi area and unaware of the political situation. She couldn’t even make the slightest ripple. Moreover, the Yan family dared to act because they were well-prepared. Third Sister couldn’t produce any evidence proving they were holding her sister captive.
She herself almost got framed.
After this battle, Yang Wan fell into despair and madness, completely losing her earlier innocence. Taking advantage of the darkness, she poured entire buckets of gasoline on the Yan family’s house and set the whole place ablaze.
Only after confirming that the culprits were all dead did she flee alone to the port city.
The hardships she endured during this time need not be mentioned.
Years later, looking at the fleeting graceful figure on the screen, amidst a sea of dazzling lights and wine, the visitor was tall and slender, wearing a sleek black dress. There was a faint aloofness and coldness in her brows and eyes, yet in an instant, she smiled and chatted gracefully, skillfully holding a wine glass and exchanging greetings with passersby.
Thinking of how in this life, at seventy or so, she still pulled her along enthusiastically to Xiangshan Mountain to watch the sunrise, happily competing with her granddaughter for food downstairs, and occasionally winning a card game against Lu Ting with luck, then laughing with her hands on her hips for a long while—Third Sister.
Even the seven-year-old Xi couldn’t help but facepalm.
Her invincibly lively big aunt!
In short, comparing the two lives, even An Ning was stunned for a moment.
One could only say that human potential was truly endless.
Her own elder sister always said she wasn’t smart, but that wasn’t entirely true...
Closing the storyline in her hand, An Ning let out a soft sigh. Speaking of which, after Third Sister left in the previous life, the Yang family’s life, including Li Xiaocao’s, naturally wouldn’t be good.
Un life’s peaceful retirement, losing two daughters in succession, having a husband like that, and facing hopelessness, Li Xiaocao barely endured past her forties.
Yang Second Brother was even more unfortunate—he was hated by his own son for almost a lifetime. The only daughter, Third Sister, never returned home. The “filial piety” both lives had was complete. This life, he was chained to Old Man Yang, working like an ox or horse his entire life—not exactly a “filial son.”
One would imagine this person must be quite “happy”!
As An Ning clicked her tongue lightly, the dog beside her couldn’t stay silent.
“Host, host, I leveled up successfully!”
“Host, come look! Isn’t my new form super cool? Whoa, oh yeah!”
Inside the space, the familiar teacup dog spun 360 degrees and confidently flashed a victory sign!
Looking at the familiar teacup dog in front of her, An Ning said, “...”
Sorry, except the form was bigger and there was a streak of reddish-brown hair on its head, she really couldn’t see anything else...
But seeing the clear familiar look in its eyes, An Ning subconsciously relaxed. Although she took the chip decisively the moment she got it in the previous world and had checked it several times on the computer before, this chip—well, it was just as well she acted first...
“Tell me, besides upgrading the core defense system, what new functions does it have?”
“Hehe, host, the new function this time is that it can erase memory and even emotions!”
“Host, do you want to...”
Before the other could speak, An Ning shook her head to reject the system’s suggestion.
If she lost all her past memories, would she still be herself?
An Ning once watched a foreign animation that had a viewpoint she remembered clearly and strongly agreed with.
If this was reincarnation, once you lost your own memories and emotions, no matter how good that person was, they would no longer belong to you...
As for feelings, over time they naturally fade. Why risk messing with your own mind?
As for her system, it had upgraded but still refused to increase its intelligence or improve learning ability.
Was it because she, as the tasker, was still a rookie not worthy of being too guarded against? Or was it because a growing AI was a bigger threat?
But at this moment, An Ning had no time to think about this. Accompanied by a familiar dizziness, she still tightly closed her eyes and skillfully reached for the bed beneath her.
The fabric was Rain Silk Brocade, not top grade, but certainly not terrible. Looks time, at least materially, there were no problems.
But the next second, a slightly hoarse young voice came from beside her:
“Master, master, the doctor is coming soon. Master, you must hold on!”
No way, reflexively, through the thick quilt, An Ning’s hand quickly reached down beneath her...