Oh no! Seven kids at the start, all yellow and skinny.

The Real Reason for Chapter 444's Arrival

Chen Rui knew she was going to die, and the ghost messengers had come looking for her, but for some reason, they didn't forcibly take her away, so she remained in the human world.

To be honest, she didn't have much attachment to this world. Although her parents loved her, they loved her brothers even more. Her two brothers, one a scholar and the other a warrior, were just right to carry on the Chen family's legacy.

As the youngest daughter in the family, she was indeed pampered from a young age, but that was only because she was well-behaved and sensible, and also because she could bring benefits to the Chen family.

For example, after Fang Yunyi disappeared, the position of the Third Prince's principal wife fell to her.

However, she really didn't like the Third Prince, but how could a woman like her be with the person she liked?

She could even imagine what the rest of her life would be like: confined in the Third Prince's mansion, fighting with the concubines and mistresses, and with all the female animals.

If the Third Prince wins in the future, she will have to fight against all the women in the harem.

If she can give birth to a son, that's fine. But if she can't, she has to endure everyone's criticism and then actively arrange for other women for her husband...

She felt she had enough of this kind of life.

But if she didn't do it, she would be letting down her parents and the family that had raised her.

Now that she's dead, I feel relieved.

But why won't she be reincarnated? If she could, she wouldn't want to be born now; she would want to go ten years from now, no, a hundred years from now, or even a thousand years from now, to see what the world will be like then.

"Hey, can you hear me?" Sixteen tentatively tried to communicate with Chen Rui.

"Yes." Chen Rui's eyes lit up, and she quickly floated up. "But who are you? Why can't I see you?"

I'm here to take your place; that point of light in front of you is me.

You mean, I'm still alive?

To be precise, your body is still there, but my soul has been replaced.

Chen Rui: ...

【Hey girl, since we've detected that you don't really have any particular attachment to this world anymore, why don't you leave? I think I can still help you make a wish.】

Chen Rui's eyes lit up immediately: [A wish? What kind of wish?]

Aside from the fact that you need to stay in this world, I think I'll have a chance to help you achieve almost everything else.

Can I be reincarnated in the future?

【future?】

"Yes, I don't want to stay here anymore. I want to go see the world a hundred years from now, no, a thousand years from now. Is that okay?"

[This...] Sixteen fell silent. He had to ask his boss about this.

"Is it not possible?" Chen Rui's eyes dimmed instantly. "Then... should I try to hold on a little longer? As long as I don't die, I'm still alive."

sixteen:……

This girl has even learned to threaten people and systems?

"How about I ask around for you?"

Chen Rui's lips curled into a smile: 【Okay.】

As Yunyi was debating whether to enter the village now or wait until dawn, a thought suddenly popped into her head, and she couldn't help but chuckle: [Sixteenth Lord, you've remembered me amidst your busy schedule?]

Sixteen, feeling a little guilty, said: "Boss, I'm just eager for you to grow up, aren't I?"

"So, what brings you back to me?"

Chen Rui wants to be reincarnated a thousand years in the future. Do you think... you could pull some strings for her?

"What are you thinking about?" Yun Yi scoffed. "Although this era is fictional, it branched off in the late Ming Dynasty. The previous dynasty was established by Yuan Chonghuan. You should know which year he was from, right? A thousand years later, is she going to interstellar space?"

Sixteen chuckled twice: "I hadn't considered that. So, how many years do you think would be appropriate?"

[At most three or four hundred years, which would coincide with the era of my previous life, an era of civilization and harmony.]

Alright, let's do it four hundred years from now.

Yunyi: ...

I feel like I've been fooled by this guy.

Boss, you go ahead with your work, I'll go...

"Don't go yet." Yunyi used her consciousness to pull Sixteen back. "Let me explain what this era is all about first."

【What happened?】Sixteen felt guilty, but he couldn't show it.

【hehe. 】

Boss, don't laugh like that, it's scary.

If you don't want to speak up, then there's no point in you existing. After all, you can't help much, and you're just a nuisance, so...

"I can help, really. Think about it, if I become Chen Rui, I can marry the Third Prince. Then you won't be bothered by him anymore. Besides, it's like planting a time bomb next to him. I have firsthand information, so I really can be of use." Sixteen was anxious, and her voice cracked.

She is probably the most tragic and humble system. Not only can she not control her host, but she is also threatened by her host. It's really tough.

Let me first tell you how I got here.

Well, it's a long story, the child is motherless.

Let's make this quick and easy.

"This..." Sixteen choked for a moment. "Fine, I'll tell you everything I know." Knowing that her boss had already figured it out, she couldn't just give up without telling him. She didn't want to be paralyzed right now; she hadn't even been a real person yet.

Yunyi simply sat down on the rock.

Feng Yang had no idea that Yun Yi was talking to the system. Seeing that Yun Yi was neither speaking nor moving, he was curious but dared not make a sound, for fear of interrupting Yun Yi's train of thought.

Boss, do you remember how you died and how you sacrificed yourself in your past life?

Yunyi frowned: [Could it be related to Zhou Xiong?] He's the biggest drug lord in the Golden Triangle. Too many people have sacrificed their lives because of him.

[It's somewhat related, to be precise, it's related to his daughter, Zhou Ni.]

Yun Yi frowned. Back then, her special operations team had raided Zhou Xiong's hideout, dismantled three major drug trafficking networks, and captured over a thousand people, earning a collective first-class merit.

However, Zhou Ni was very cunning. Taking advantage of her youthful appearance, she pretended to be an innocent little girl and ran away. She saw through her opponent's disguise, and in the end, the two of them died together.

It was around that time that she was bound to Sixteen by merit, and traveled through three thousand small worlds to save the desperate heroine. If she could maintain the normal order of the small worlds, she could be resurrected and go back to enjoy her retirement life. However, a bug occurred in the end, and she came to this fictional world.

[Back then, because she was so unwilling to accept defeat and harbored so much resentment, she was bound to my rival system. She then followed you through three thousand minor worlds, wanting to defeat you, but each time she was utterly humiliated. So, in the end, she persuaded her own system to betray the main system, wanting you dead. But how could I let them succeed? That's why I came here.]

[So she's here too.] Yunyi had a pretty good idea who it was. Since it was an old friend, she should find a chance to go and catch up.