Chapter 1: Disaster Right From The Start

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

“That promiscuous woman actually abandoned this group of young children to escape alone. She even took the valuables. She’s worse than an animal.”

“Father, even if we have to die, we don’t want to die with this bad woman. Let’s carry her outside.”

Chu Nanzhi woke up gradually. She heard the endless cursing even before she opened her eyes.

She suddenly opened her eyes. She was still feeling slightly uncomfortable. Her stomach was roiling, making her feel very uneasy.

She looked up and saw a few young children standing in front of her, staring at her resentfully.

When the children saw that she had woken up, they were so frightened that they scattered, finally hiding behind a man.

“Father, she’s not dead.”

“She doesn’t want us. We don’t want her.”

Chu Nanzhi looked at the man, who had an odd expression, and the group of children. Then she looked around.

In the dim candlelight, she could only see an old wooden house and some simple furnishing.

This was obviously not a wealthy family.

Shouldn’t she be dead?

She was an Interpol officer. She remembered being ambushed while trying to arrest a criminal. Unfortunately, she had been shot and died.

Chu Nanzhi’s head ached and she frowned slightly. A memory that did not belong to her immediately forced its way into her mind.

She had transmigrated. She had transmigrated to become Chu Nanzhi, the wife of Lin Jinxiao, a descendant of the disgraced royal family in Caifeng Village, Luyan Harbor, Dahe Empire.

The owner of the original body had been forced by her family to marry into the Lin family. She was especially dissatisfied with her married life. Not only did she beat and scold her husband and four children, over the last couple of years, she had also hooked up with a handsome young Taoist priest from the county. Rumors were rife as a result.

Three days ago, Lin Jinxiao was robbed while bringing the tax collection to the prefecture office. The county magistrate ordered him to arrest the robber within three days. Otherwise, he would be charged with colluding with the pirates.

Seeing that Lin Jinxiao was doomed, the Host had been afraid of being implicated. She had bundled up the valuables in the house and was about to escape alone when she was discovered. During the pursuit, she had crashed into a huge rock and died. Her body had been dragged back.

And she had transmigrated here just like that.

Chu Nanzhi looked at the few silver ingots peeking out of the black cloth bag on the table beside her. Before she could react, the oldest child snatched the bag away and held it tightly in his arms. He was almost in tears as he shouted at her, “This the last of the silver. We must save it to pay for Father’s crimes. You’re not allowed to take it away.”

His voice trembled.

Chu Nanzhi looked at his fearful eyes and shook her head speechlessly. She thought to herself, “Your father lost twenty thousand taels of gold. What use is a few taels of silver?”

She remembered some laws from this dynasty. Lin Jinxiao had been derelict in his duty and lost the taxes. Besides being executed, all the men in his family would be sent to the borders, and all the women would be sold.

At the thought of that, she also felt that the Host had been too heartless. Even if she was unwilling to bring the children with her when she fled, she should have left this bit of money for them.

As she hesitated, her stomach started to growl.

Remembering that the Host had been pretending to cook before her escape, she smiled at the children heartlessly. “I won’t take your silver. I’m hungry. I want to eat.”

But just as she got up, she was surprise to hear a man’s rough voice behind her, scolding her. “You evil woman, you’re really shameless. How can you think only about food at this time?”

“It’s hard to do anything on an empty stomach. If I miss a meal, I’ll be frantically hungry.”

After being a police officer for so many years, she had long developed the habit of remaining calm and composed. No matter what happened, she would fill her stomach first.

She glanced at the burly man, but did not realize that there was someone else behind her. She remembered that this was the man who had brought her back. His name was Li Ce. In the past, he had been a county official like Lin Jinxiao. They were also neighbors and good friends. Now, he had been sent by the county to keep watch on her family.

She was so hungry that she was in no mood to bother about him. She walked into the kitchen and saw that the pot was still steaming. She lifted the lid and saw that there was half a pot of porridge left.

She found a bowl and chopsticks, filled it with porridge, and added some leftovers. When she walked back to the living room, she saw that the group of people there were all silent.

They looked at her as though they would like to flay her.

Chu Nanzhi wolfed down a few mouthfuls of porridge and inadvertently saw the children glaring at her fiercely. She was so frightened that she shivered and almost dropped the bowl.