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The pure white and spotless ceiling was especially blinding under the illumination of the incandescent lamp. Bai Yue opened her eyes with great difficulty and immediately felt a sharp pain shooting through her left leg. She frowned, endured the discomfort and propped herself up. Her gaze casually swept over her hand, and her face instantly changed.
Where had the ring that her boyfriend had just given her gone? She had just put it on yesterday, and before it had even warmed up on her finger, had it been stolen? Moreover... these hands were not right either! As a people's teacher, she had always been simple and plain, and would never have such exaggerated and gorgeous nail art.
Sensing something was amiss, Bai Yue gritted her teeth, endured the intense pain, sat up from the bed, and staggered over to the mirror by the wall. Reflected in the mirror was a somewhat unfamiliar face — although the outline was somewhat similar to her own, the face in front of her was clearly more delicate and glamorous. Long, thick, black hair cascaded down her shoulders, and her almond-shaped eyes were filled with an alluring glint, as if exuding a certain charm.
Bai Yue raised her hand and gently touched this strange yet familiar face, then poked herself hard with her nail — it wasn't a dream! She closed her eyes and tried hard to recall her last memory: Her boyfriend, with whom she had been in love for many years, had finally proposed to her. Just as she was about to end their long romantic journey, she was hit and sent flying by a car that ignored the traffic rules on her way home. That car was truly "rampaging" in the literal sense.
Just as her thoughts were in chaos, the ringtone of her mobile phone suddenly rang, interrupting her recollection. Bai Yue laboriously found a white mobile phone in the gap beside the bed. The caller ID on the screen showed a name that was both unfamiliar and somewhat familiar to her — Shen He.
This combination of these complex Chinese characters seemed to have been seen somewhere before? Before she could think it over carefully, the other party had already hung up the phone.
Wait a minute... wasn't this the name of a character in the novel she had recently been following? The moment this thought flashed through her mind, a severe headache struck, and immediately, some of the plot from the novel flooded into her mind —
She had now become another woman also named Bai Yue. Not only was she married, but she was also a wealthy socialite with both a son and a daughter. The original owner had married Shen He, who had a son, for wealth and glory. Although Mr. Shen was a supporting character, he was a typical wealthy tycoon, with both money and power. After marriage, the two of them had a daughter...
Logically speaking, such a life could already be considered fulfilling. Compared to her original identity as a hardworking office worker, it was worlds apart. However, the previous owner with the same name had squandered a good hand of cards, which was truly lamentable.
Bai Yue buried her face in the quilt and took several deep breaths before she could barely calm down. She had to accept the reality: she had traveled into the world of a novel and become the protagonist of another life. What should she do next? Was this a brand-new beginning or an even greater challenge?
According to the plot of the novel, her "nominal husband" would come to talk to her about divorce soon. The root cause of all this was that the previous female lead had a too cold and distant personality. She not only never tried to please her husband, but also always showed an indifferent attitude towards her stepson, and even rarely cared about her own biological daughter. Although Shen He had never lost his temper with her because of this, he had already taken all these things to heart. The fact that their daughter was ill today was just a fuse that finally ignited the long-standing resentment between the two.
It took Bai Yue half a day to digest all this information and barely adjusted her mindset. After all, what else could she do? She had no idea how all this had happened. What was even worse was that after she traveled here, she had neither a system to assist her nor a beginner's tutorial. Most importantly — she had just paid a hefty fee for trying on wedding dresses before she traveled, and now it had all gone to waste!
"Those who abandon me cannot be retrieved; the days of yesterday are gone." Bai Yue sighed inwardly, hoping that the "bargain husband" who would come to propose divorce later wouldn't be too overbearing.
However, things developed unexpectedly. Instead of waiting for him, she waited for the doctor first.
A gentle female doctor changed the dressing for Bai Yue's leg in a cast and then patiently reminded her of the precautions after a fracture. Bai Yue had always cherished her life very much, so she listened attentively and even took out her phone to record the key points.
"By the way." When the female doctor was about to leave after finishing, Bai Yue stopped her. She quietly made a request to the doctor, who nodded in agreement after hearing it and then turned away.
Just as Bai Yue lowered her head to sort out her thoughts, the screen of her phone lit up — it was a message from that "bargain husband": "Where are you now?"
Bai Yue took a deep breath and replied in the cold tone that the original owner had always used: "In the hospital." Then she sent the address.
She didn't know where Shen He had been before. Shortly after the message was sent, faint footsteps could be heard at the door of the ward.
It seemed that he had already arrived.
