Chapter 2: There are Treacherous Subjects Trying to Harm Me

Just as the old lady went downstairs to tidy up, the front door was pushed open, and a boy of about fourteen or fifteen walked in.

After entering the house, he immediately went to the old man's side.

"Grandpa, I can't find anyone on Dad's side." The boy's voice was choked with sobs, and his eyes were brimming with tears, but he stubbornly refused to let them fall. "Grandpa, did something happen to Dad?" He spoke out of fear, his voice trembling.

Seeing his little grandson return with such a sorrowful face, the old man knew that this matter likely wouldn't end well.

"Jie'er, don't be afraid. With Grandpa here, I certainly won't let anything happen to you all." Even if he had to give up his very life, he would ensure his granddaughter and grandson survived.

Looking at his grandfather, whose hair was now streaked with white, Mu Jie fell silent.

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After entering the room, Mu Yu immediately found a safe place to hide; this was a habit she had developed during the apocalypse.

After hiding herself under the bed, she finally began to merge with this body's memories.

This young girl was a pitiful one. Shortly after turning eighteen, her family met with a great disaster—some members of the family died, while others were imprisoned.

In any case, none of them had a good end.

And the culprit responsible for this outcome was the female lead of this world.

Why say the female lead? It was because this world was an evolution of a novel.

And her setting was that of a cannon fodder character meant to deliver treasures to the female lead.

That's right, just cannon fodder; she didn't even qualify as a supporting female character.

Supporting female characters are usually stumbling blocks or lubricants for the male and female leads' romance; she wasn't even worthy of that.

She was merely the cannon fodder who died right at the beginning of this book.

The female lead's setting was interesting: she was talented, beautiful, and even richer. At the start, in that era of various restrictions, the female lead had obtained a windfall of unexpected wealth, which allowed her to directly buy a job. This meant she wouldn't have to go to the countryside, as she was just a newly graduated candidate waiting to be sent down.

Her family's conditions were average, and there were four children in the house. She wasn't the youngest, but stuck in the middle; her parents' love for her wasn't as much as it was for the eldest brother, nor could it compare to the youngest brother.

Her older sister had long since married, so the only two left in the family were her and her younger brother. The younger brother would also graduate next year; if she didn't go to the countryside, it would be her brother.

Naturally, her parents would not agree.

And so, the cannon fodder appeared, delivering a large sum of wealth to her, allowing her to establish herself in the city.

Saving her from the hardships of the countryside.

As for this cannon fodder, in order to deliver treasures to the female lead, she directly sacrificed her entire family to the heavens.

Those who didn't die were no different from the dead, because they couldn't make waves anyway, and the female lead didn't even spare them a glance.

The entire book revolved around the female lead. After reading through the plot, Mu Yu shouted out loud: she wanted to wipe out all of humanity.

Forget it, she didn't have that kind of ability.

No wonder she felt a sense of crisis when she first transmigrated; so that was it.

So now, she only had one path to take: running.

However, she couldn't let go of the original body's family.

She wouldn't admit it, but she envied the original body for having such a harmonious and happy family.

Hmph.

Crawling out from under the bed, Mu Yu began to study the plot; after all, this was her "golden finger" from transmigrating.

Thinking of this, she immediately closed her eyes, appearing as if she were in a deep meditative state.

As her mental strength expanded, a wide smile slowly spread across Mu Yu's small, closed face.

Because, not only had her superpower come along with her, but she had actually obtained a spatial fragment from her self-detonation back then.

Looking at the spatial fragment floating in her mind, she didn't hesitate and immediately used her mental strength to wrap around it and investigate.

The mouth that had just split open now let out a terrifying laugh.

Then.

The Mu Yu in the room vanished.

When she opened her eyes again, Mu Yu was rolling on a patch of green grass.

"Ah, so happy! Heavens, you did a good job, hahaha!"

She stayed there smiling foolishly for an unknown amount of time before she finally calmed down.

"It seems I didn't just transmigrate into a book; I also brought my Wood-type superpower and even obtained a space-time fragment, which is this very space."

Mu Yu surveyed everything she now possessed. "This space is bound to her mental strength. Does that mean even if she dies, this space cannot be separated from her?" she muttered to herself.

If that were truly the case, then wouldn't transmigrating into this book be like having a direct cheat code? This was pretty good. Besides, that female lead clearly wasn't anything good; after taking so many things from them, she didn't show a shred of pity after the original owner's family met with disaster. One must know that the original owner's grandmother was starved to death in her own home, and there was also the child, Mu Jie, who was similarly beaten to death on the street.

He had only been trying to pick up some rotten vegetable leaves for himself and his grandmother to stave off hunger, but after being seen by those people, he was directly mobbed. At that time, the female lead just stood there watching him be beaten to death, even saying that she had "seen the reality" and "had grown up."

Bah.

She didn't even look at the mindset with which the original owner had helped her back then; how could the other person ever repay her?

Naturally, those were matters for later. Right now, the first thing she had to do was carve out a path of survival for herself and her family. If she died at the very start, wouldn't her transmigration be in vain?

As for the female lead's family, she would naturally find an opportunity to take revenge.

Grandpa Mu had retired due to health issues caused by injuries and was then arranged to take a position back in his hometown. Over the years, while one couldn't say he had great merits, he was indeed a good leader who did practical work for the people.

Now, simply because of his son, he was being targeted and was being pulled down by the ill intentions of the female lead's family. How could he not be angry?

And he was also confined to the house, unable to go anywhere; the only way to contact the outside world was that single telephone.

One could understand their actions, but one could not empathize. Being worried was correct, but when the one being investigated is your own family, it's somewhat...

But they didn't think about it—if there truly were any ulterior motives, there would have been some movement within these past ten-plus years. Why was there movement only now?

It was simply because some people couldn't stand to see others doing well.

The fact that the Mu family's son was a specially returned talent was kept very secret, and the rumors had become increasingly tense over the years, which is what allowed certain people to set their sights on them.

The female lead's family targeted the Mu family because the female lead's father worked in the same unit as the Mu family's father. However, the former was a high-and-mighty researcher with many scientific achievements, while the latter was merely an assistant.

To put it nicely, he was an assistant, but in reality, he was just a handyman.

If he had ability, it would be one thing; he could have risen through the ranks sooner or later. But he lacked ability and possessed only a heart that looked for trouble every day.

It was also the people with malicious intent who had fostered the birth of such an incompetent petty man.

Thus, he "recommended" the Mu family's father, directly causing the Mu family's young and old to face fates of either death or imprisonment.

Ultimately, relying on the merit of his recommendation, he sat squarely in the position of Director. Even during later reviews, he used his daughter's influence to take even further steps forward.

Truly laughable.

The plot wrote it very clearly: the female lead later hooked up with a second-generation wealthy individual from Beijing and directly brought all her family members to Beijing. It could be said that this entire family rose steadily all the way.

And she herself became a famous tycoon. To be worthy of the male lead, the female lead naturally had everything go her way in the plot, reaching the peak.

But no one saw that the stones beneath those peaks were all skulls.

Thinking of this, Mu Yu felt that there were treacherous people trying to harm her, and she had to save herself.

Also, those treasures the grandmother gave her—she had to put them into the space; she wouldn't give them to that ungrateful female lead for cheap.

They were worth more than just a few bubbles in the water; giving them to her? Hah, better to just throw them away.

A new book begins, please look after me!

(End of Chapter)