Countdown to Awakening

Qi Yuanyuan was still wondering, the original owner had the same name as her, but died of heatstroke?

As she walked out of the village clinic, she heard a voice slowly approaching her ears from nearby: "Rongfeng, what a blessing! Your daughter has made it big and got into university! When are you going to have the wedding banquet? Then we can all come and share in the blessing."

After the man finished speaking, Qi Rongfeng smiled at him foolishly.

Qi Yuanyuan quickly searched for this person in her mind. Then, she loudly called out, "Uncle Zhang," which made the man burst into laughter. "Yuanyuan is the same as before, polite and sensible. You're really getting better and better as you grow up. You guys are the first batch of college graduates in the village..." Uncle Zhang continued to laugh after he finished speaking, his eyes full of envy.

After chatting with him for a while, Qi Rongfeng took Qi Yuanyuan home.

Flowers and plants grow on both sides of the village paths. Flowers of various colors compete with each other in beauty, sometimes attracting butterflies and bees.

Qi Yuanyuan looked up at the sky. It was a deep blue she hadn't seen in a long time, a blue she'd never seen before—at least not in her memory. A few clouds shone solitary beside the sun, which was bright but not hot enough to cause heatstroke. The air was fresh, and there was no need to worry about the rain burning her skin.

This world is so wonderful... Not only does the original owner have the same name as her, but the environment here also makes her feel very comfortable. She likes this world very much.

While thinking about these things, a person suddenly appeared in my mind. It was... the original owner's good friend here, Sun Pandi. The two grew up together and had a deep friendship. They could talk about anything and were better than family members.

Just by listening to her name, you can tell that she is not welcomed at home. She has heard from her grandmother that families who give girls with such names don't like the girls.

The scene of the two of them going to get their admission letters a few days ago automatically came to mind. When they arrived at the village entrance, they bumped into Sun Pandi's mother. After thinking for a while, I felt like I hadn't seen her in the past few days...

Even though she had just crossed over, she felt like she belonged in this body, very comfortable with it. And now, for some reason, she had a bad premonition... and it was quite strong!

Qi Yuanyuan suddenly stopped. This startled Qi Rongfeng, who was walking with her. He looked at his daughter, his worry evident on his face, and asked, "What's wrong with you, Ni'er? Are you feeling unwell again?"

"Dad, I'm going to Pandi's house." After saying that, she ran in the other direction.

"Nell, slow down!"

Qi Rongfeng smiled and shook his head. The relationship between the two of them was really good!

After running for a while, Qi Yuanyuan suddenly realized that relying on herself was not enough... Then she remembered that she and Sun Pandi had a good friend, Zheng Haifeng. So she ran to Zheng Haifeng's house again.

On a beautiful day, Zheng Haifeng's mother and son were drying chili peppers in the yard. Their family wasn't wealthy, with only a modest yard and a two-story house left by his father. Zheng Haifeng's father, a soldier, died during a disaster relief effort, so his mother raised him single-handedly.

A figure hurriedly ran in from the door, breaking the silence. "Zheng Haifeng!" Qi Yuanyuan's voice rang out.

Zheng Haifeng looked up, immediately stopped what he was doing, and asked in confusion, "Yuanyuan? Why are you here?"

When Qi Yuanyuan saw that Zheng Haifeng's mother was also there, she quickly called him aside.

Jiang Lili looked at them with a puzzled look on her face. Why didn't Pan Di come this time? But she didn't care much. After all, the three children had always had a good relationship and now they were admitted to university together.

After a while, Zheng Haifeng walked quickly to his mother Jiang Li and said in a panic, "Mom, I have something to do and need to go out with Yuanyuan."

Jiang Li usually doesn't ask what's going on, she just agrees to let him go.

After Zheng Haifeng left, Jiang Li finally smiled to herself. The three of them had always been close, like siblings. To be honest, Jiang Lili was still wondering which of them would become her future daughter-in-law.

——The two of them rushed to the Sun family in a hurry.

"Are you sure she's in trouble?" Zheng Haifeng asked again. Qi Yuanyuan nodded. "I have a bad feeling. I saw her mother at the village entrance last time. She said it's useless for Pan Di to study so much and she might as well get married soon. Anyway, I have a feeling something bad is going to happen."

Zheng Haifeng nodded. "I believe you." Then the two of them quickened their pace.

After arriving, they found that the door of Sun's house was not locked but open. Without thinking much, they went in together.

The Sun family was indeed not at home. Qi Yuanyuan found Sun Pandi's room according to her memory, but there was still no one inside.

"What should I do? I can't find her. I'm worried something happened to her." Although Qi Yuanyuan had traveled through time, she was also worried about Sun Pandi.

"Let's look again. He may not be at home." The two came to the Sun family's small courtyard again.

Zheng Haifeng was extremely anxious when he suddenly caught sight of a room in the corner of the yard. He pulled Qi Yuanyuan.

Qi Yuanyuan also looked over there. "Is that the cowshed... Could it be..." She and Zheng Haifeng exchanged a glance, then walked over there simultaneously.

"Why is the cowshed still locked?" Zheng Haifeng shushed her as he spoke. Qi Yuanyuan immediately shut up and listened carefully.

I only heard someone crying inside. The voice sounded like Sun Pandi's!

Zheng Haifeng turned around, found the axe he used to chop wood, and smashed the lock without saying a word.

After the lock was successfully broken, Qi Yuanyuan pushed the door open with a creak. A girl in a plaid short-sleeved shirt sat in the corner.

"Pandi!" Zheng Haifeng called out.

Sun Pandi's hands and feet were tied, her mouth stuffed with cloth, her hair disheveled, her bangs tangled. There were bruises and swelling on her arms, and even her fair face was red and swollen!

They hurried forward to untie the ropes on Sun Panddi, "How did you know I..." Sun Panddi said, and Qi Yuanyuan discovered that there were still traces of tears in the corners of her eyes.

"Let's go first. You go to my house first." Qi Yuanyuan said.

She helped Sun Pandi up.

As soon as I left the house, I ran into a boy, about fourteen or fifteen. "What are you doing? Who told you to let her out?!" the boy screamed. Perhaps seeing the tall and strong Zheng Haifeng, his usual arrogance was gone, and fear filled his eyes.

The three of them ignored him and just kept walking towards the door.

"Stop!" the boy shouted from behind.

As they left the gate, they saw a large crowd of people rushing towards them from a distance. Sun Pandi was horrified when she saw them and quickly hid behind Qi Yuanyuan.

Looking closely, I saw that it was Sun Pandi's parents coming here with a group of people.

"You go first, to the village chief's house!" Zheng Haifeng said to them. After hearing this, Qi Yuanyuan grabbed Sun Pandi and ran off in another direction.

Zheng Haifeng quickened his pace and came to Sun Pandi's parents. The boy also ran up to him quickly.

"Mom, look, it's them! They let that money-losing guy go!" The boy pointed at Zheng Haifeng and complained to Chen Juan. Chen Juan looked at her son lovingly and scolded him, "Silly boy, why didn't you stop him?" Then she changed her expression and looked at Zheng Haifeng.

"Zheng Haifeng, you are relatives of martyrs. We have always respected your Zheng family. What do you mean today?" Sun Degui, standing nearby, chimed in, "Yes! Did you know that we will soon become in-laws with the Ma family? We know you like Pan Di, but can you afford her? Ma Hui offered 20,000 yuan, can you afford it? What do you have at home?"

Zheng Haifeng looked at Ma Hui, a man in his thirties, divorced, with two children, greasy-faced and overweight, and said angrily, "You're breaking the law!"

The other party said disdainfully: "Don't talk about things we don't understand, get out of the way!" Then, Sun Degui pushed away Zheng Haifeng who was blocking his way.

Before Zheng Haifeng could react, two of Ma Hui's men came up and grabbed him. "Let's go!" Ma Hui said proudly. The others rushed in the direction Sun Pandi had run.