Chapter 1: Fate is unpredictable

*This story is set in a fictional time and is purely imaginary. Please do not compare it to history!*

"Sigh!"

This was the Nth time Hua Chengtian sighed since coming to this world.

Sitting under the eaves, she rested her chin in her hands, watching the clouds drift by with a trace of bewilderment occasionally crossing her eyes.

It's been more than half a month since she came to this world, and she still couldn't understand how she ended up in this strange place, inhabiting the body of a ten-year-old girl.

She never even dreamed... that she would encounter the now-popular trope of transmigration and reincarnation.

What kind of fate is this!!!

... How did she come to this inexplicable world?

They say... there usually is some kind of trigger.

Like an explosion, car accident, drowning, or saving someone, but how did she end up in this strange world so muddled?

It's not scientific!!

No matter how much Hua Chengtian thought about it, her mind remained blank.

And did anyone ask whether she wanted to come here? Did she want to?

How did she end up in this world she had never even heard of?

The Qingming, Yuan, Song, Tang of the Dragon Kingdom, but the country in this world clearly was none of those, not any country she recognized.

These days were enough for her to glean some information, both openly and secretly.

Maybe she was just ignorant, but overall, the country she found herself in was from a dynasty she had never heard of. Hua Chengtian leaned towards believing she had come to a parallel or fictitious age.

The country was called Guyan, and as for specifics, Hua Chengtian knew nothing at all, though, from what she had seen, it didn't seem too bad.

The current home, although not offering anything particularly good to eat, at least didn't leave her hungry. Life was tough but not as tough as she expected; they could still eat to 70 or 80 percent fullness, which was quite satisfactory for farmers reliant on the land.

Most importantly, her family was not one of those particularly troublesome ones; she had grandparents, parents, two older brothers, and a younger brother, making her the only girl in the family.

Even more crucially, there was no preference for boys over girls in the family. Although she was a girl, she was the most cherished in the family.

Especially her grandparents, who, for now, were very fond of her. Anyway, her brothers had to queue after her.

A bit of consolation was that her current body had the same name as her, Hua Chengtian, so aside from being a bit young and a little uncomfortable, there was at least no worry about being exposed as someone from another time.

After all, some habits are tough to change, no matter how quick your reactions.

The story goes that the little girl fell down a hill, and she woke up in the little girl's body.

Other than the initial shock, she felt no discomfort, as if this body is naturally hers.

Initially upon waking up, she was really, really confused. Fortunately, because she was injured, they were all too worried about her quietness to think much, believing she was too unwell, and this gave her time to adjust, preventing her from revealing her abnormality and being mistaken as a demon.

It also gave her time to gradually absorb the original host's memories. Though the little girl was no longer around, her memories hadn't completely faded. Despite being somewhat fragmented, they were enough to give her understanding.

She was a lively, cheerful, and sensible little girl who was occasionally quiet, on the whole, a lovely little girl.

Her home village is called Hua Village where the surname Hua is the most common.

Hua Village is located against a mountain, relatively elevated compared to surrounding villages, and because of this, with its rich resources, it is a bit more prosperous and sometimes earns extra income.

Her grandfather, Hua Man, is the village chief, and she is the only girl in the village chief's family, as well as the only girl in Hua Chengtian's branch of the family.

So it's not without reason that she is so treasured.

Being part of the village chief's family, their days were naturally better off in Hua Village, so coming to this family didn't make Hua Chengtian feel particularly miserable, at least spiritually quite abundant.

Of course, it was nothing compared to modern life.

But for some reason, Hua Chengtian always felt like she was forgetting something?

But what was it?

Retracting her thoughts, Hua Chengtian looked up at the sky and sighed again.

So many days had passed, it seemed she really couldn't go back.

What a pity, her house would be a bargain for the state, really, without her parents, there weren't any direct relatives left for her.

"Ah! The house and the leftover savings, really not reconciled!"

Hua Chengtian couldn't help but wail inside.

And the items stored in half of her storage room, thinking that she would never again taste delicacies like snail noodles, Hua Chengtian suddenly found life dreary.

"Sigh!" She sighed heavily again.

"If only there was some kind of traversal perk..." like returning to her house.

Even knowing her thoughts were ridiculous, Hua Chengtian couldn't help but hope.

After all, her coming to this world was absurd enough that a bit more absurdity wouldn't be surprising.

Who knew...

As soon as her muttering stopped, a sense of weightlessness hit suddenly, and Hua Chengtian disappeared from under the eaves.

"Jin'er..."

At that moment, in the backyard, Mrs. Qi was doing laundry, holding a basin in her arms as she entered the courtyard, instinctively glancing at where her daughter had been sitting, only seeing a lonely stone next to the threshold.

She looked at the tightly shut door and didn't think much of it, assuming her daughter had gone back inside, and went on to hang wet clothes on the drying rack.

Meanwhile, in a different place, Hua Chengtian was tearing up in the familiar space, hearing her mother's voice from the courtyard, feeling a moment of relief.

Thankfully, her mother hadn't seen the stunning scene of "Now you see her, now you don't" just now, or else... Well, better not imagine.

Thankfully, thankfully.

But what was going on?

Standing inside a very familiar living room, Hua Chengtian couldn't stay calm, her mouth agape in a silly daze looking at everything before her.

Though she had the thought, when actually finding herself inside it, Hua Chengtian still found it incredible.

She had... returned to the home she yearned for, heaven truly opened its eyes, or was it to send her back home?

But... Hua Chengtian looked down at her small body, and the thrill that had just risen was instantly doused by a cold splash.

Especially since she could still feel everything outside, even the sound of chickens foraging in the backyard was clear.

Hua Chengtian knew she was overthinking it.

Looking at the familiar living room, the next moment Hua Chengtian ran back to the bedroom. Seeing the soft, fluffy bed, her body automatically lay down on it, smelling the familiar scent and hugging the fluffy quilt, it was too real to be a dream.

"Nothing beats your own bed," Hua Chengtian couldn't help but sigh.

Thinking about her own hard bed, Hua Chengtian was reluctant to leave.

But only for a moment before her body hastily moved from the bed heading toward one direction, her storage room.

It was next to her bedroom, diagonally across, which had been converted into a storage room.

She opened the door to see shelves filled with snacks, various foods, vacuum-packed rice, flour, grains, and more; Hua Chengtian couldn't suppress her smile.

Ever since her parents passed away in a car accident, although she seemed strong on the surface, even giving off an impression of a tomboy, inside she truly was someone with no sense of security, leading to her habit of hoarding everything, buying things in bulk, which brought her great satisfaction, calming her.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have a dedicated storage room.

It housed all sorts of things, not just food, but also medicines, daily necessities, tools, knives, self-defense weapons, camping equipment, even mountain bikes, electric cars, and more.

Some larger items were kept in another room, of course.

Surveying the storage room, Hua Chengtian couldn't hold back any longer, tearing open a pack of meat floss bread and starting to eat.

Hmm... so delicious, Hua Chengtian was immediately moved to tears.

She thought she'd never taste it again in her lifetime, yet unexpectedly, she had another chance to savor it.

Thanks to heaven for not making things too harsh, otherwise, she really felt ready to curse the heavens.

After all, if anyone was living comfortably with a house, car, looks, and money, only to suddenly find themselves in another world, wouldn't they feel the urge?

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