Chapter 4: Denial

Even if it was only at the second level, Luo Qiao was already incredibly happy. As long as her ability was still there, she could slowly level it up. Besides, in the original book, Qingshan Village was surrounded by mountains and forests.

Furthermore, this was a time of peace; there was no urgent need to raise her ability level for self-defense.

Knowing that her ability had followed her gave her a sense of security. Even if no one took her in, she could still live comfortably. At worst, she could go up the mountain to find some rare flower seedlings to cultivate, and she would be able to sell them for money to support herself.

Thinking of flowers and plants reminded her of that dream from before. She thought to herself that it would be great if she had a spatial dimension, but she wasn't a delusional person. Even in the apocalypse, spatial ability users were not very common, and she didn't have that kind of "lucky koi" fortune.

With her ability, her livelihood was guaranteed, and her mood relaxed. Perhaps it was because she had lost too much blood yesterday, but before long, she slowly drifted off to sleep again.

Unexpectedly, she continued having the same dream as before. This time, Luo Qiao returned to the front of the bamboo building. Still not encountering anyone there, she gathered her courage, pushed open the front door, and walked inside.

Luo Qiao saw that the space inside was quite large. After walking around the first floor, she found that besides the living room, there was a kitchen and a utility room. After looking around the first floor, she looked up at the second floor. She knew it wasn't right to go up rashly, but her curiosity compelled her to head upstairs.

There were three rooms upstairs: a bedroom, a study, and a room filled with musical instruments—guzheng, guqin, pipa, erhu, suona, xiao, dizi, sheng, taoxun, and konghou.

There were many pieces of each instrument; it seemed the owner of this place was someone who loved music.

The bedroom contained quite a few pieces of jewelry, every one of them a masterpiece. There were also several embroidery frames of various sizes, and the cabinets were filled with finished embroidery pieces, as well as many high-quality embroidery fabrics and threads.

The books in the study were eclectic, ranging from medical texts and music theory books to books on embroidery. Luo Qiao randomly pulled one out, and it contained embroidery techniques.

Just as she was about to open the book in her hand to take a look, she heard noisy sounds coming from outside, getting closer and louder, which forced her to wake up.

Listening carefully to the commotion outside, she heard a woman say, "It's not that we don't acknowledge her; it's that she really isn't my daughter. My daughter passed away right after she was born."

Then another woman said, "Then why did you agree to let her stay? If you don't acknowledge her, why didn't you let the Luo couple take her away with them?"

A third woman chimed in, "The woman from the Luo family gave the Zhao family two hundred yuan, which is why Gao Suhua agreed to let her stay."

"Since you took their money, you should take her back to your house to raise her. What's the meaning of dumping her at Lu Yichen's place?"

"The captain is here! The captain is here!"

Then a man said, "Gao Suhua, what is this that your Zhao family is doing? Dumping a person at Comrade Lu's house and then ignoring her?"

Gao Suhua replied, "Captain, it's just that it's far away, and the doctor said yesterday that it's best not to move her. It's really not convenient for us to come over."

The captain said, "Then when will you take her back? She can't stay at Comrade Lu's place forever."

Gao Suhua said, "Captain, you know I have six daughters to raise. It's not that I don't want to acknowledge her; she really isn't a daughter of the Zhao family. Why don't we see if anyone else in the village wants a daughter and let them take her home directly?"

Luo Qiao, listening to their conversation from inside the room, was truly furious. What did they take her for?

Then she heard Lu Yichen say, "You should listen to what the young girl thinks before making a decision."

Writing a book is not easy; I hope everyone will show their support!

(End of chapter)