After transmigrating, I became a stepmother.

"Alright, you can go now! I'll call you if I need anything." Having obtained the information she wanted, Lin Hao didn't say anything more to Fu Cui. Watching Fu Cui bow and leave, she lay on the bed quietly thinking that she should pay more attention to the little bun in the future.

It's funny, really. She and the little boy are complete strangers, yet she's worrying about his mental health—it's really meddling. But if it weren't for the little boy, she probably would have had a very tough time lately!

She wondered what had become of her, whether she was alive or dead, whether her parents had returned, and how they would have reacted if they had seen her then. As she pondered these thoughts, her eyelids grew heavier and heavier, accompanied by the faint fragrance of clivia.

In a hazy dream, she seemed to be back at her home, watching a family of three happily eating at the dinner table—her parents and her, or rather, her body. She watched the person occupying her body eating delicately, every movement exuding fragility, a figure reminiscent of Daiyu.

Such an obvious change—she couldn't believe her parents wouldn't notice—yet they were still laughing and joking. Lin Hao felt a pang of sadness. Had her parents abandoned her so easily? She anxiously wanted to confront them, but found herself passing right through them without them noticing.

At this moment, Lin Hao was devastated. She couldn't accept that she was leaving her parents in this way. There wasn't even a proper goodbye, as if she had never existed. She couldn't help but break down and cry, but there was no one to hug her, pat her back, or say, "Don't cry, Hao Hao, you won't be pretty if you keep crying."

When she finally cried herself to sleep, she realized it was already evening. Her parents should be getting ready for bed by then, and Lin Hao couldn't understand why she was still there. Just then, she heard soft voices coming from her parents' room, and she couldn't resist going over to listen to them more.

"Old Lin, tell me, how is our Haohao doing now?" Lin's mother's voice was choked with sobs.

"I don't know either, but since this girl can live in a healthy body, I think our Haohao can too." Lin's father gently put his arm around his wife's shoulder, both to comfort her and to comfort himself.

"So we must treat this girl well. Maybe, somewhere else, someone will treat our Hao Hao well too!" There was a hint of sadness in Lin's father's voice. She was his precious daughter, whom he had cherished for over twenty years. How could he not worry? But as the pillar of the family, he needed to stand firm and support his wife.

“You’re right, we have to treat her well. I hope she can live a good life over there and learn to take care of herself! Otherwise, how can I rest easy?” Lin’s mother wiped away her tears.

Hearing this, Lin Hao understood everything and burst into tears. She was truly despicable! How could she, how could she question her parents' love for her? She knew perfectly well how much they loved her.

Mom and Dad, I'm sorry! I'm sorry I can't be by your side, I'm sorry I doubted your love, I'm sorry I made you worry about me! Lin Hao silently apologized to her parents in her heart, although this did not lessen her remorse in the slightest!

At that moment, she heard a sound coming from her bedroom. Strangely, she had wanted to go into her parents' room to see them again, but she couldn't get in no matter what she tried, while she could go directly into her own room.

She was hunched over the table, writing something. Lin Hao leaned closer to look; it was her diary. Originally, it only went up to the day she fell ill, but now it had been updated. The latest page read:

I feel very conflicted right now, and I don't know how to fully express my thoughts. Undoubtedly, arriving in this completely unfamiliar environment makes me very uneasy; everything here is so strange! I still can't fully adapt; there are many things I've never even heard of, let alone dared to use. I'm afraid to go out; I only dare to stay indoors.

So my parents took the day off for me. I'd never been cared for like this before. Although I knew they just wanted someone to treat their daughter as well as they treated me, I still felt warm. I longed for this warmth, even if it made me look like a despicable thief, stealing something that belonged to another girl.

I don't know when this beautiful dream will end, but I hope it can last a little longer so that I can gather enough warmth before going back to ward off the cold!

After finishing writing, the person slowly walked back to the bedside, picked up the watering can from the bedside table and watered the clivia next to him, then slowly lay down, a satisfied smile on his lips.

Lin Hao felt a moment of disorientation, and when she opened her eyes, she saw the familiar curtains. Was it all just a dream?

But Lin Hao preferred to believe that this was happening in her original world. After all, she had already encountered something as absurd as time travel, so what else was impossible?

It turned out that the original owner of this body didn't know what was going on either. Therefore, whether she could go back was uncertain. Thinking of her parents' words, her heart ached, but just as they said, she must live well and never give up easily!

As for her parents, they both have pension insurance and retirement benefits, so their later years shouldn't be a problem. Besides, judging from Lin Hao's appearance, she doesn't seem like an ungrateful person. If she really can't go back, she should be able to help take care of them.