Quick Transmigration: My System is a Big Liar

Early spring of 1972.

S Province just had a heavy snowfall, and thick layers of ice and snow still remain on the trees and rooftops.

At dawn, two little girls with braids sneaked away from the villagers to the riverbank not far from the end of the village.

The two huddled close together, whispering as if discussing something important.

Zhou Lingling looked at Jiang Lan's newly made floral cotton coat and red leather shoes.

Looking at herself, her cotton coat was so worn that its original color was barely discernible, and her thumb was sticking out. Her eyes turned red with envy, and she wished she could become the other person immediately.

At the same time, he felt a little smug. So what if he was pampered at home? He was still a fool who was completely fooled by him.

"Xiao Lan, hurry up and jump! Bai Zhiqing will be here soon."

Jiang Lan had just teleported over when she was pushed and nearly fell into the water, but luckily she managed to steady herself at the last moment.

"Xiao Lan, what are you standing there for! Don't you want to marry Bai Zhiqing anymore? Don't you want to become a city dweller? It'll be too late if you wait any longer!" Zhou Lingling was getting anxious. Could this idiot have changed her mind?

Jiang Lan ignored Zhou Lingling and turned to leave.

Although she no longer has the original owner's memories, she is not stupid. From what she just said, it is not hard to tell that the original owner planned to deliberately jump into the water in order to marry the educated youth surnamed Bai, and then wait for Bai to come and save her, so that she could marry him.

Ah!

In this weather, even wearing cotton-padded clothes, I feel the cold wind whistling and penetrating my flesh.

Jump into the river? Isn't that tantamount to suicide?

Besides, he's just a man, is it really that big of a deal?

"Jiang Lan, are you kidding me? I dropped everything to come with you, and now you want to back out?" Zhou Lingling grabbed Jiang Lan and said stubbornly.

"Let go. You know perfectly well whether you're here to keep me company or not." Jiang Lan glanced at the arm that Zhou Lingling was holding and spoke coldly.

As for jumping into the river, let whoever wants to jump, jump; she certainly won't do it.

Zhou Lingling was stunned by Jiang Lan's gaze and guiltily let go of his hand. Of course, she didn't come here specifically to accompany this idiot. If it weren't for the fact that this idiot was easy to coax, she wouldn't have wasted her time on him.

Success seemed within reach, but did Jiang Lan find out something?

No, it's impossible.

Jiang Lan ignored Zhou Lingling and called out to the system in her mind as she walked. Fortunately, there was only one road leading from the river to the village, so she wasn't worried about getting lost.

[System, plot.]

[Okay, host, I'll deliver the plot to you now.]

Jiang Lan felt a throbbing pain in her brain as a memory that didn't belong to her was forcibly inserted into her mind.

She skimmed through the original owner's short life.

The original owner, Jiang Lan, was the only girl in the Jiang family and was pampered by her parents, uncles, aunts, and brothers since childhood.

In the rural areas of the 1970s, the preference for sons over daughters was still very strong. A girl as pampered as the original owner was one of a kind in the surrounding villages.

Rural girls have endless housework every day, but the original owner of this body is an exception.

Therefore, from childhood to adulthood, the original owner had no same-sex friends besides her brothers.

In the past two years, Zhou Lingling would occasionally talk to the original owner and chat with her. Gradually, the two became close friends who could talk about anything.

Of course, this was the original owner's one-sided thought. Little did she know that Zhou Lingling only saw her as a sucker and went to her just to freeload and, incidentally, dig a pit for her to ruin her reputation.

Just like when the original owner first met Bai Xiuwen, the educated youth, she simply thought he was handsome and admired him purely.

But Zhou Lingling kept telling her that she and Bai Zhiqing were a perfect match, a match made in heaven, and that as long as she married Bai Zhiqing, she would become a city dweller, and so on.

After hearing it so many times, the original owner believed it to be true and thought that she really liked Bai Zhiqing. She created opportunities to meet him repeatedly and asked Zhou Lingling to help deliver things from time to time.

To everyone's surprise, Bai Zhiqing accepted all the gifts, but he still refused to mention dating.

Little did the original owner know that everything she gave her ended up in Zhou Lingling's mouth. Bai Zhiqing had no idea of ​​her intentions and had never accepted anything from her.

Seeing that her true feelings were not moving Bai Zhiqing, the original owner listened to Zhou Lingling's advice. Knowing that Bai Zhiqing would exercise by the river at the end of the village every morning, she jumped into the water in advance, waiting for Bai Zhiqing to come to her rescue.

But things just happened to be so coincidental. Bai Zhiqing had caught a cold and had a fever the day before, so she didn't go out to exercise. Naturally, the original owner couldn't wait for Bai Zhiqing to save her.

When Zhou Lingling saw the original owner sinking little by little, she was so frightened that she turned around and ran away, without even thinking of finding someone to save the original owner.

The original owner drowned in the river, and his soul could not enter the underworld, so he could only wander in the village.

Her body was discovered several hours later. The Jiang family had assumed she hadn't gotten out of bed yet, never imagining she would lose her life on such a morning.

The Jiang family was devastated by the original owner's death. Jiang's mother was particularly heartbroken and fell ill, passing away not long after.

Jiang's third uncle was a retired soldier. He sensed that his niece's death was unusual, so he secretly investigated.

However, it was early that day, and the original owner and Zhou Lingling deliberately avoided people, so there were no witnesses. Zhou Lingling also denied seeing the original owner that day, so in the end, they had to give up.

The original owner's soul stayed in the village, watching Zhou Lingling marry Bai Zhiqing. After the college entrance examination was reinstated, the two of them were admitted to university together, left the village, and never returned.

After reading the original owner's memories, Jiang Lan fell silent. She couldn't imagine how a teenage girl could continue living as before after witnessing the death of a life. Wasn't she afraid that the original owner would come back to claim her life in the dead of night?

[System, what is her wish?]

[Host, the original owner's wish was for Zhou Lingling to pay the price for her actions, stay away from Bai Xiuwen, and get into university.]

Killing Zhou Lingling is easy.

The system popped up the moment Jiang Lan had this thought.

[Host, this is a society governed by the rule of law, not the apocalypse. Taking lives at will is illegal.]

"Okay, I understand." Jiang Lan asked casually, "System, are there any newbie gift packs or similar rewards? I'm a newbie, I haven't done anything, have I?"

She would not let Zhou Lingling, who had killed the original owner, go, nor would she risk her own life.

[Yes, host, would you like to see it now?]

"Good thing we have it, let's keep it for now! It's freezing, thank goodness we got here early." Otherwise, she probably would have frozen into an ice sculpture.

Jiang Lan sneezed and unconsciously quickened her pace.

it's too cold.

Fortunately, she arrived in time.

Otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable!

"Lanlan, when did you go out? I didn't know. Look how cold your little hands are. Go warm them up in bed. I'll call you when breakfast is ready." Jiang's mother warmed Jiang Lan's hands in her arms and said with heartache.

Jiang Lan mimicked the original owner's coquettish manner, smiling as she leaned against her mother's chest, "Thank you, Mom. It's so good to be your daughter."

These were Jiang Lan's honest thoughts. Before the apocalypse, her relationship with her parents was always neither too close nor too distant, just a polite one.

After the apocalypse, they hurriedly left with their younger brother, and as for their daughter, she was probably long forgotten!