Reborn 99 Days Later, Becoming a Landlady and Getting into Tsinghua and Peking Universities

“Your sister Liang Ruotao didn’t even go to high school. You went south to work, and your father sold her to human traffickers right afterward.”

“Liang Yongchang hasn’t worked for a long time. He has a TV, washing machine, and a big refrigerator at home. Did you save up the money you’ve been scrimping and saving to send back all these years?”

Liang Yili felt a sharp pain in her temples and tried to open her eyes, but she couldn't open them no matter what she did.

Everything from the past played on repeat in her mind like a slideshow.

Less than a month after Hua Hechun, the mother, tragically died while saving a drowning child, Liang Yongchang, the biological father, brought back his illegitimate son whom he had been raising outside the home.

Along with them came her stepmother, who was like a pure white lotus flower.

It's going to rain, and her father is going to remarry; Liang Yili can't stop it or stop him.

But what she never expected was that Liang Yongchang, despite his low level of education, was exceptionally good at solving math problems.

Especially this math problem that manipulates the Liang Ruotao and Liang Yili sisters, making them dedicate themselves to his wonderful life.

At first, while the two sisters were immersed in grief over the loss of their mother and had no time to think about anything else, Liang Yongchang took all the compensation money sent by the families of the drowning children who had been rescued, as well as by the county, city, and factory.

"I'm your biological father, would I possibly harm you?"

“You are still young and can’t manage money. I don’t want this money. I’m just helping you manage it and saving it for your future schooling.”

“This money is your mother’s hard-earned money. It must not fall into the hands of others. It can only be used for you two sisters.”

Driven by a deep longing for their father, Liang Yili and her sister ultimately chose to believe in their biological father.

But as the old saying goes, it's better to have a beggar mother than an official father.

With a stepmother comes a stepfather.

What's more, Liang Yongchang was already a questionable person because he had affairs before marriage.

However, within a week, Liang Yongchang suggested that since he could not afford to send both children to school, one of them should go south to work.

"High school tuition is so expensive, how can your mother's meager earnings from working so hard be enough?"

Your brother is a boy, in high school just like you. I only earn so little; even if I worked myself to death at my desk, I couldn't support three people!

With a stepmother who is sweet on the outside but bitter on the inside, and a biological father whose heart has long since turned away from her, Liang Ruotao and Liang Yili clearly realize that the two sisters cannot both go to high school.

The problem is that both sisters have good grades and each has their own strengths.

From a young age, her older sister Liang Ruotao displayed amazing talent in subjects such as mathematics and physics.

She has only just finished junior high school, but she has already won quite a few awards in competitions.

My younger sister, Liang Yili, didn't show any favoritism, but she excelled in all subjects and did quite well in every one.

Actually, it was Liang Yili who was admitted to the No. 1 High School of the city, while Liang Ruotao was admitted through special admission based on her special subject.

Both sisters wanted to go to school, and each wanted the other to go to school too.

Unable to reach an agreement, Liang Yongchang said, "Then let's decide by drawing lots. I have two branches in my hand. Whoever draws the longer one can continue their studies, and the shorter one can go south to work in a factory. No matter who draws the shorter one, they can't complain; it's all fate..."

Finally, Liang Yili drew the shorter one.

Although it was a pity, she felt it was all worth it as long as she thought about her sister being able to continue her schooling.

After starting work at the factory, every time Liang Yili received her salary, she would leave only enough for her personal expenses and then send the rest of the money back home.

Other girls her age would always buy some pretty clothes and dress themselves up.

She never would and dared not, for she was afraid that if she spent too much, her sister wouldn't have enough money for school.

She worked on the assembly line from dawn till dusk for three years. Then, thinking that her older sister was about to take the college entrance exam, she didn't tell anyone and quietly went home, planning to give her sister a surprise.

But what awaited her was not a pleasant surprise, but a terrifying one.

There is no one named Liang Ruotao.

"She didn't even come to report."

At that time, telephones were not yet widespread, and communication relied entirely on letters.

For the past three years, she has communicated with her sister through letters.

My older sister would tell her about the difficulties she encountered in her studies, share her experiences at school, and of course, complain most about how much she had to pay in fees.

But when they arrived at the No. 1 High School in the city, they couldn't find such a person.

Who was she corresponding with during those three years?

Most importantly, where did her sister go?

She searched frantically for him, but couldn't find him anywhere.

When she asked her grandparents, the two elderly people were surprised and asked her in return,

"Didn't your dad say that you were doing well in the south and that you took your sister with you?"

When pressed for answers, Liang Yongchang kept changing his story, saying his sister had gotten married and then running off with someone else...

Liang Yili sneered and decisively chose to call the police.

“Your sister Liang Ruotao didn’t even go to high school. You went south to work, and your father sold her to human traffickers right afterward.”

"The person you've been corresponding with all these years is Liang Yongchang. Haven't you noticed the handwriting is different?"

How could Liang Yili not have noticed?

But she didn't think much of it, assuming that her sister was too busy with school and had no time to write, which was why her handwriting was so messy.

Even though Liang Yili eventually succeeded in sending Liang Yongchang and her stepmother to prison, her sold sister could never return to her side.

She tried every possible way to make money, not letting go of any opportunity to find her sister.

However, the country is so big, finding someone who has disappeared for 3 years is like finding a needle in a haystack, how easy is that?

While earning money, Liang Yili searched everywhere for her sister.

She did all sorts of hard and tiring jobs to earn money.

Construction site bricklaying, dockside bag carrying, restaurant dishwashing, barbecue stall skewer making...

Whenever she had money, she would go to a printing shop to print missing person notices.

She has been to deep forests and remote villages...

Persistence pays off. From the age of 18 to 22, a full four years, Liang Yili finally found her sister.

But what I saw was a mound of yellow earth and the little pendant that my sister had worn around her neck since she was little.

After handling her sister's funeral arrangements, Liang Yili was hit by a car while saving a child across the street.

Just as she was relaxing and feeling finally free, she discovered that she had become a lonely soul.

Later, she witnessed the formal establishment of the Shanghai Stock Exchange, the advent of the PHS phone, the return of Hong Kong and Macao, and the rapid development and prosperity of the motherland.

I don't know how long I drifted like that, when a sudden pain shot through my head.

No, how could a lonely soul feel pain?

Liang Yili suddenly opened her eyes and looked at the white mosquito net above the bed!

This is!

here it is……

Shock surged into my heart like a tidal wave.

Liang Yili sat up abruptly in bed and looked around.

The dimly lit mud house had a layout and furnishings so simple they could be described as rudimentary.

A simple wooden bed and table made of rough planks, a pile of pickle jars in the corner, and a simple cabinet near the door—that's all the stuff in this room.

Liang Yili pulled out the straw that was sticking out from the edge of the wooden bed, but her gaze was drawn to her own tender hands.

These were hands that were completely different from the ones that later became covered in calluses and cracks; they were so fair and tender that she only had them before she was 15 years old.

Suppressing her shock, Liang Yili reached for the table beside her and picked up a vintage-style mirror to look at herself.

In the mirror, her oval face, as smooth as jade, was adorned with a pair of large, round eyes that were swollen and bloodshot. Her eyes were bloodshot and her nose was slightly red, all of which told the story of how she had cried not long ago.

Liang Yili slightly curled the corners of her mouth, and the person in the mirror instantly revealed two rows of neat, white teeth.

Liang Yili reached out and touched the young and innocent face that only appeared in her memories. The real touch made her eyes widen instantly.

She covered her mouth and looked around in shock.

Although she hadn't been here many times, Liang Yili vaguely knew that this seemed to be... her grandparents' room?

What puzzled Liang Yili was that she wasn't supposed to erase... a wandering soul.

A wandering soul that has drifted for many years, unable to reincarnate, commonly known as a ghost?

How did I suddenly go back to when I was 15?

Or do ghosts dream too?

Liang Yili reached out and pinched the flesh on her arm. She had only turned it 120 degrees when she felt excruciating pain.

It will hurt?!

Ghosts don't feel pain!

Could it be that she was reborn, like in those popular online novels later on?

But she just drifted around aimlessly, never encountering the Black and White Impermanence who would compensate her for taking the wrong soul and fearing she would report them to the King of Hell;

There was no issue with insufficient energy or a system that randomly bound to a host.

So we've gone back to 1987?

From a ghost to a human?

How can you immediately determine that this is 1987?

The rustling voices coming from outside are the best proof.

"You're getting remarried after only a month of He Chun's absence? People will gossip about you!"

That summer when she was 15, her mother tragically died while trying to save several drowning children.

She left in mid-to-late June, a month ago, so it should be around mid-July now.

Liang Yili's expression changed from shock to ecstasy.

Could it be that God took pity on her for living a quiet and law-abiding life as a ghost, and pitied her for the 22 years she lived that were too stifling, filled with too much helplessness and regret, and thus gave her a second chance?

But since we've been reborn, why can't we go back a month to before Mom died?

Liang Yili shook her head, suppressing the regret in her heart.

Being able to be reborn is already a blessing, let alone daring to pick a time?

Recalling her past life, Liang Yili's lips curled into a mocking smile.

To put it bluntly, the reason Liang Yongchang was able to deceive both sides was...

The biggest reason is that the two sisters always had expectations of him and hoped that he would have the heart of a loving father.

Little did they know that the threshold for having children in this world is far too low, and not every father is worthy of his child's cries.

Liang Yili clenched her fists at her sides and made a silent vow.

Since God has given her a second chance at life, she will personally sever any lingering desire for her father's love in this lifetime.

I will never believe a single word of Liang Yongchang's nonsense again.

She wants to live for herself.

I will never be separated from my sister.

Recalling the short fortune slip she drew in her past life, a resolute glint flashed in Liang Yili's eyes.

I'll start over and change my fate!

Money must be earned!

Books should be read too!