Chapter 5: 5. Chapter 5: Qin Yike's Secret

Chapter 5: Qin Yike's Secret

In the dead of night, Qin Yike sat in her small room, lost in thought.

The farce had finally come to an end. Deng Caijie had stopped crying, and Qin Weiming had promised her he wouldn't mention divorce again. The couple had settled down for the time being, but resolving the issues with Deng Caijie's maternal family would not be so easy.

As the saying goes: "Three feet of ice is not formed in a single day."

Furthermore, her relationship with Deng Caijie seemed to have grown even more strained.

But Qin Yike didn't care!

The phone rang, and she casually pressed the answer button. "Hello..."

"Qin Yike! You just left without a word! You're a heartless, unfeeling traitor!"

A furious voice erupted from the other end of the line, making Qin Yike's ears ring. "Wu Xiaoxiao, watch your mouth!"

After half a year of knowing her, Qin Yike still couldn't get used to Wu Xiaoxiao's bluntness. This Beijing girl was far too outspoken!

Wu Xiaoxiao was frantic on the phone. "How could you promise me that? Didn't we agree you'd stay in Beijing to be with me?" Her dream was to live in the same city as her best friend, work together, get married, have children, and grow old as a pair of besties.

But Wu Xiaoxiao never imagined that in the brief time she was away attending an exchange conference, Qin Yike would actually return to her hometown.

It must have been premeditated!

Qin Yike had no words to counter her friend's interrogation.

To be precise, Qin Yike was no longer the original Qin Yike.

She had transmigrated! She had traveled to another dimension and inhabited the body of a girl with the same name.

Six months ago, the real Qin Yike had gotten into a massive argument with her family over her post-graduation plans. The original owner wanted to stay in Beijing, and her university had even offered her a position as a teaching assistant, but her family insisted she return to her hometown for work. In a fit of rage, the original owner fainted. When she woke up, a new soul had been injected into her body—a girl named Qin Yike from another world.

Qin Yike couldn't come up with any other explanation, so she simply said, "It's too complicated to explain in a few words. The die is cast, Xiaoxiao."

"Your mother pressured you again, didn't she?" the hot-tempered Beijing girl asked through gritted teeth.

"She threatened to jump off a building and take pills again. What could I do? I can't just stand by and watch her do something foolish, can I?" The original owner had very few friends; in five years of university, Wu Xiaoxiao was her only one. However, for the current Qin Yike, this wasn't necessarily a bad thing.

She tried her best to replicate the original Qin Yike's personality, even mimicking her tone of voice.

Wu Xiaoxiao fell silent for a long while, and finally, all her words dissolved into a sigh. Yike was truly too unlucky; having parents like that was even worse than her own luck!

"Yike..." Her voice steadied, but it carried a hint of helplessness and bitterness.

Qin Yike gave a soft laugh. "It's fine. I'm not one to give up easily. Just wait for me in Beijing. We might see each other again before you know it."

Wu Xiaoxiao didn't realize it was merely a comforting platitude and took it seriously.

"Then I'll wait for you! Once you're back, I'll help you find a job!"

"Alright, it's a deal."

Qin Yike hung up the phone and let out a great sigh of relief. Return to Beijing? Not a chance. Wu Xiaoxiao knew the original owner better than anyone; Qin Yike was trying to stay as far away from her as possible! On the other hand, how many of these so-called "relatives" actually truly knew the original owner?

She had been back for several days and had even intentionally left many clues, yet unfortunately, no one noticed that "she" had undergone a massive personality shift!

Her original world was a martial-oriented one. The technology and civilization there were far less advanced than this world, and everyone preferred to settle things with their fists; the winner was the boss.

Although technology was lacking, the people there had excellent physical fitness and were highly skilled at developing their physical potential. Most importantly, they far surpassed the people here in the inheritance of martial arts techniques.

The people here had lost so many precious skills...

Coincidentally, the original owner of this body was also a martial artist. Despite being a medical student, she had practiced martial arts. Although it was only superficial, "flowery" training, she had never given it up over the years and had even joined a Sanda club during university. She certainly had perseverance.

As for herself...

In her past life, she was a successor of an ancient martial arts family. Just as she was about to take over the family legacy, she was assassinated. She never expected that she would survive such a disaster only to transmigrate to this place.

Living a second life could be considered a blessing from heaven. She only wondered if those people she had dragged down with her would also get a chance to live again. They probably died without ever understanding how a person, poisoned and dying from an explosion, could erupt with such terrifying potential to take them all down with her.

Take them all down?

The corners of Qin Yike's mouth curled upward. Killing one was breaking even; killing two was a profit. Before she died, she had killed seven heads of great families—she had made a massive profit!

The simultaneous passing of so many high-level figures would surely cause a massive shockwave! However, none of that concerned her anymore. Since she had arrived here, she could only live her life according to the will of heaven.

Although she had inherited the original owner's mess—a cowardly, weak father, a mother with a "brother-complex" and questionable values, and a large group of eccentric relatives—all of this was child's play compared to the storms she had weathered in her previous life. It wasn't even worth mentioning.

Humans are imperfect; it's just that Qin Weiming and Deng Caijie had a few more flaws than most. She didn't mind reforming them to ensure they lived a truly happy life from now on.

Didn't the Qin family despise Qin Weiming for being incompetent and penniless?

Then she would find a way to make Qin Weiming rich. Once he had money and status, he could finally stand tall and speak with authority in the Qin family! Qin Yike was truly looking forward to seeing what the faces of those relatives would look like then!

As for the Deng family...

How many years of life did Li Chunlan have left? She was suffering from a major illness without even knowing it; it would only be a year or so! And Deng Xinmin? Heh, the whole family was full of petty people. Without Li Chunlan backing them up, they were nothing!

It was a pity Deng Caijie's father had passed away so early. If the old man were still around, Li Chunlan wouldn't dare be so arrogant. It was precisely her excessive indulgence that had raised their only son to be a useless waste.

Spoiling a child is akin to killing them, yet she remained completely oblivious.

Everyone has their own fate, so one must never struggle against heaven!

For instance, she had been leaving early and returning late for the past few days. Everyone thought she was out submitting resumes and looking for work, but only Qin Yike knew she was busy "fixing the gaps" for heaven.

To reform her parents, she needed startup capital!

She possessed the skill to heal the world and save the dying; making money wouldn't be difficult. Moreover, since the original owner was a medical student, her actions would be traceable, so she didn't have to worry about exposing herself or being suspected.

However, while her medical skills appeared similar to the original owner's, they were fundamentally different. Furthermore, she wouldn't save just anyone. For someone like Li Chunlan, no matter how much money she offered, Qin Yike would not save her.