Disguised as a man, she became the biggest villain in the book.

(Chapter 3 begins)

"Wah~ Wah~ Wah~" The cries of a baby came from inside the room.

The man outside the door, who had been anxious, instantly became overjoyed.

Just then, the midwife came out of the door excitedly carrying a baby, shouting, "It's born! It's born! It's a girl!"

The man quickly took the baby and looked at it, then asked the midwife, "Where is her mother? How is she?"

"Oh my, mother and daughter are safe and sound. Zheng Xiucai, what a blessing! I can tell from the girl's clear and bright cry that she is healthy," the midwife said to Zheng Yuxiang with a smile.

Zheng Yuxiang took out a red envelope from his pocket and gave it to the midwife, then said, "Thank you, Granny Wang. May I go in and see my wife?"

"The smell should have dissipated quite a bit by now, so we can go in and take a look," the midwife said with a beaming smile.

Upon hearing that he could go in and see, Zheng Yuxiang quickly carried the child inside to see Zhong Shufang.

Zhong Shufang had just given birth and was pale. When she saw Zheng Yuxiang come in, she said weakly, "Where's the baby? Let me see the baby!"

Zheng Yuxiang quickly took the child over to show Zhong Shufang, and said with a smile, "Shufang, you've worked hard. It's a daughter. Our daughter is so cute."

Looking at her daughter, Zhong Shufang happily rubbed her face against her mother's and said weakly, "Yuxiang, this is our first child. What should we name him?"

After thinking for a moment, Zheng Yuxiang said, "How about Luoqi? Luo means strong and resilient, and Qi means beautiful jade, our rare treasure. What do you think of this name, Shufang?"

“Yu Xiang’s name is very good, I like it very much,” Zhong Shufang said happily, her brows relaxed.

"Luoqi, Luoqi, Xiaoqi?" Zheng Yuxiang hugged Zheng Luoqi and comforted her as she cried.

Zheng Luoqi seemed to have heard something, and suddenly smiled slightly in perfect unison. When Zheng Yuxiang saw Zheng Luoqi smile, he smiled too.

Zhong Shufang sat up in bed, and Zheng Yuxiang quickly helped her up, letting her sit by the bedside. Then Zhong Shufang took the child and looked at Zheng Luoqi happily.

When Zheng Luoqi woke up, she saw this scene and found herself in the body of a child. Listening to the couple's conversation and looking at the scene in front of her, Zheng Luoqi realized that she seemed to have traveled through time.

While others transmigrate into noble ladies or princes and grandsons, Zheng Luoqi is speechless, realizing that being born into the right family is indeed a skill.

Then Zheng Luoqi grew up in this family, and then she realized that she seemed to have transmigrated into a book she had read, and her father was Zheng Yuxiang, the powerful villain in the book.

When Zheng Luoqi realized that her father was the main villain in the book, she was devastated. However, as time went on and they got to know each other better, Zheng Luoqi discovered that her father wasn't a bad person at all. He was handsome, honest, and devoted to his wife. No matter how many women secretly admired him, he didn't even give them a second glance; he only had eyes for Zhong Shufang.

So this happened before Zheng Yuxiang became the villain? Zheng Luoqi wondered, then thought about the contents of the book. She only remembered how the male lead, Emperor Xue Huaiyu, and the female lead, Chen Xianlin, the son of a capable minister, were deeply in love and then joined forces to fight against the villain Zheng Yuxiang and regain power. But she hadn't even seen the ending yet when she was transported here.

The male and female leads hadn't appeared yet, and Zheng Luoqi didn't know how her father had become a major villain, when he was perfectly fine now.

Zheng Luoqi decided that if she couldn't figure something out, she would stop thinking about it, be a good child, and enjoy her wonderful childhood.

After living in this world for two years, Zheng Luoqi discovered that his mother, Zhong Shufang, was a martial arts practitioner, and that his father was currently a scholar preparing to take the provincial examination.

In the past two years, Zhong Shufang and Zheng Yuxiang have been very good to Zheng Luoqi, spending their free time playing with her, and she has been very happy.

Until the year Zheng Yuxiang was preparing to take the provincial examination, the weather was bad. The prefecture where Zheng Yuxiang lived suffered a drought, and many fields failed to yield a harvest. Zhong Shufang had no choice but to go hunting in the mountains to supplement the family income.

On his way to take the provincial examination while fleeing famine, Zheng Yuxiang took his mother and daughter with him. Along the way, they saw that many towns had been destroyed and people were fleeing the famine.

When they arrived at the town closest to the provincial examination, a large number of refugees had already gathered outside the city, and the government had closed the city gates, not allowing the refugees to enter.

As more and more refugees gathered outside the city, the city gates slowly opened the next morning, and government officials came out to provide disaster relief. They gave people only watery porridge, with hardly any rice and some mud mixed in.

But the people around them drank it down as if it were a lifeline. Zheng Yuxiang and his wife, along with Zheng Luoqi, weren't exactly pampered either; they were starving and didn't care about anything else, quickly finishing their drinks.

Then news suddenly came from the city gate that they were recruiting female workers to weave cloth and do needlework, and that wages would be paid.

Then some people asked, "Is this true? Is there really any pay? What is the job?"

"It's just some ordinary weaving. They're only calling for people because they're short-handed. Otherwise, why would they be calling for people like you? Stop talking nonsense and hurry up and sign up. If you're late, there won't be any left," the officer said impatiently.

Just as Zhong Shufang was about to go over and take a look, Zheng Yuxiang stopped her, saying worriedly, "I have a feeling this matter isn't simple; I'm afraid there's something fishy going on."

"It's alright, I'll just go take a look!" Zhong Shufang reassured Zheng Yuxiang.

Zhong Shufang stepped forward and approached a soldier, asking, "Sir, I'd like to inquire about the job openings. Specifically, what kind of work is required for a needlework position?"

"I already said these are just ordinary needlework and women's work clothes. They're not for anyone else in the end. They're for you disaster victims to wear. They're just coarse cloth and linen clothes. If you want to go, go line up over there. If you don't want to go, go to the other side. Don't bother the people behind you," the officer said impatiently.

After Zhong Shufang returned, she recounted everything that had just happened. Although Zheng Yuxiang was worried, he still let her go. After all, Zhong Shufang knew martial arts, and Zheng Yuxiang felt that if there was any danger, she should be able to escape with her martial arts skills.

When Zhong Shufang went to register, Zheng Yuxiang repeatedly reminded her to remember to run if anything happened.

Then Zhong Shufang left. Zheng Yuxiang and his daughter watched Zhong Shufang's back as she left. Little did they know that this departure would be their last.

When Zhong Shufang had been gone for a day and still hadn't come out, Zheng Yuxiang became anxious and ran to ask the soldiers why the female workers hadn't returned yet. The soldiers only said that there was too much cargo and they needed to keep it for a while, and told us not to worry, they would be out in a few days.

After several days without any news, Zheng Yuxiang and some other family members of the female workers could no longer contain themselves and kept asking the soldiers about their whereabouts, but this time they were met with beatings from the soldiers.

One of the soldiers said fiercely, "Are you looking for death? If you cause any more trouble, I'll throw you all in jail!"

Then the soldier kicked the vagrant who was asking questions.

Zheng Yuxiang tried to go forward to ask more questions, but was surrounded and beaten by several soldiers.

Zheng Luoqi was extremely anxious. Seeing her father being beaten, she couldn't help but burst into tears, crying out loudly, "Don't hit my dad! Don't hit my dad!"