Xu Mumu swiftly opened the door and walked out. Judging by the time, Xu Xue, the protagonist, should be reborn around now.
No wonder Xu Minglei went to get an egg just now; it turned out he was off doing something bad.
"Sis, you’re not well, why are you going out?" This brat Xu Minglei might not be good to others in the family, but he truly cares for his sister Xu Mumu. Whenever the siblings get up to mischief, Xu Mumu devises the plans, and Xu Minglei becomes the troublemaker.
"I’m just going to look around. Little brother, you’d better stop hitting people randomly in the future." Xu Mumu looked seriously at Xu Minglei. Since she could be reborn through this body, she didn’t want her close ones to turn bad.
In the book, Xu Minglei is particularly naughty, always up to mischief and not into studying, destined to become a young delinquent.
"Sis, that dead girl Xu Xue made you like this, why would you ask me not to hit her?" Xu Minglei was quite unhappy.
"Why are you so foolish? What if you hit someone to death? Do you want to end up in jail?" Xu Mumu said helplessly and then walked out of the room with Xu Minglei.
She looked at the weak girl sitting in her small patch of land outside. Xu Mumu’s gaze sharpened, instantly noticing the hatred in Xu Xue’s eyes when she saw them.
In the past life, Xu Xue accidentally caused Xu Mumu to fall into the river, leading to Xu Mumu being ill for a long time. Both grandparents adored Xu Mumu as did her wicked aunt.
The life for the second household was already difficult and it became even harder afterwards.
When she was eighteen, her aunt persuaded the grandparents to marry her off to a widower old enough to be her father.
That man was a drunkard, a gambler, and abusive; he had all these qualities. She lost two children because of him.
Later, that man got drunk and was beaten to death outside.
She thought her hard days were over and wanted to earn money, so she started a small food business, fortunately, she had a knack for it.
After earning some money, life got a bit better.
Then she met the second man in her life, a teacher, gentle and romantic, with a refined temperament like light, deeply attracting her.
She thought she would live a happy life with him but eventually discovered that he already had a family; he was with her because she was gullible and had some money.
Left with nothing, both emotionally and financially, Xu Xue was determined to die and directly jumped into the river to end her life.
She never expected to be reborn back to the very beginning. Seeing everything around her familiar yet strange, Xu Xue held back her tears.
Since life can restart, she definitely won’t follow the old path; there must be a separation of households. Her marriage mustn’t be controlled by those two old folks.
She also wants to take revenge on the members of the first household; it’s them who ruined her life.
Watching Xu Mumu and her brother emerge, Xu Xue covered the wound on her forehead, ignoring them, and quickly left.
She was heading to the village health center to ensure she wouldn’t have a scar.
In her past life, she had a scar on her forehead for years, which she was mocked about for many years.
Watching Xu Xue leave, knowing what she was about to do, Xu Mumu wasn’t bothered and went back to her room to rest. Matters of the future would be considered later as she was not one to shy away from trouble.
Since Xu Xue was reborn, it shouldn’t take long for the household to split, and by then their first household would need to take care of the elderly.
Xu Mumu wasn’t concerned about it; she was capable and would undoubtedly be able to support herself in the future. As for her family, she needed to keep a closer eye on them to prevent any mischief.
Especially her mother, the real scheming one in the family, full of deceit.
The elders of the Xu Family always favored sons over daughters, with Xu Mumu being the exception. Xu Mumu was mostly raised by them during her childhood, blessed with good fortune and pretty looks as the eldest granddaughter, naturally receiving extra love and care.
Xu Mumu’s mother, Li Caixia, and Madam Chen, Xu Mumu’s grandmother, were from the same village and related distantly, making Li Caixia highly regarded as the eldest daughter-in-law.
"Sis, that dead girl went out, let’s follow her and beat her up again," Xu Minglei’s eyes gleamed.
"No, you forgot what I just said?" Xu Mumu had a headache with this brat.
"Sis, what’s with you, acting so strangely?" Xu Minglei looked at Xu Mumu with doubt. Normally, Xu Mumu would order Xu Xue around, demanding this and that.
"Nothing, just thinking of other ways to deal with her. You don’t need to bother," Xu Mumu said calmly, determined not to break character as she was playing a villainous white lotus.
"Really? What way? Sis, tell me about it," Xu Minglei’s eyes sparkled, this was more like it, more like his sister’s style.
"It’s a secret. I’m going to nap; you can go play," Xu Mumu intended not to elaborate as she was too lazy to deal with Xu Xue and only wanted to arrange her thoughts well.
As long as Xu Xue didn’t scheme against her family, Xu Mumu was too lazy to interact with her.
"Alright, sis, I’ll go get you some bird eggs," Xu Minglei nodded. As the grandson of the first household, Xu Minglei was pampered, which was why he was able to attend school.
In the Xu Family, not everyone could attend school; the family was too poor. Among those who studied, only Uncle Xu He and Aunt Xu Qingxing had gone to school.
In the grandson’s generation, only those in the first household studied; Xu Minghui attended middle school and then stopped, Xu Mumu had better grades and went to high school, and Xu Minglei was currently in elementary school in the village.
The third household lived in the city, and their children also studied there.
"Okay, go ahead." Xu Mumu nodded, still feeling unwell and not wanting to move.
After Xu Minglei left, Xu Mumu returned to her bed, the quilt still warm from the lingering heat.
After drinking a bowl of water, Xu Mumu sat on the bed, contemplating the story’s plot. It was the novel she’d read before the apocalypse, which was less than six months ago, so she remembered most of its content.
After the apocalypse, she too awakened her superpower, but her superpower was strength, dramatically enhancing her physical power.
Previously, they encountered mutated animals, and to protect a seven or eight-year-old child from a mutant tiger attack, Xu Mumu fought with the mutant tiger.
The battle attracted many mutated animals; the difference in strength was vast, so the team abandoned her and fled.
In the end, she was killed by the mutated animals.
Ripped apart and bitten by a horde of mutants, the pain was unbearable even now.
She hadn’t expected to be reborn after dying, even if reborn into a book.
This filled Xu Mumu with joy, as who wants to die when they can live, especially now, with clean air and no zombie virus, without the murkiness everywhere or zombies stalking the land.
Despite the poverty, Xu Mumu still liked it here.