Chapter 1: The Perfect Human Being, Reborn and Back
"The patient has been unconscious for two days, with a persistent high fever. If she cannot wake up and the fever doesn't go down tonight, Madam, I'm afraid you will have to prepare for the worst."
"What!" There was a momentary frown and dissatisfaction on Zhou Ru's face as she glanced at the girl on the bed.
Then she shook her head, her voice indifferent, "Then send her to the hospital and let the morgue prepare."
Even if she were to die, she must not die in the Wen family's room. Bad luck.
The doctor had no objections. Seeing that the IV medication was almost used up, he planned to pull out the needle, only to find that the girl's originally scorching temperature had already cooled down at this moment.
Before he could react, he felt a pain in his abdomen and then fell to the ground, letting out a cry.
The girl who was comatose on the bed, her voice slightly hoarse, "Don't touch me."
Zhou Ru and the family doctor were both stunned.
Ji Chuxing rubbed her forehead, her memory still frozen at the moment the lab exploded, and she was hit by the powerful current of air. She found her headache unbearable.
She looked up at the ceiling and sniffed the scent of the medication, another unfamiliar memory flooded into her mind.
"This is the Wen family's home, not the Ji family's. You need to remember that you are a guest, don't have any unrealistic fantasies. Although Xinyue and Xiaoyang call you their older sister, Xinyue is the real young lady of the Wen family. You can't compete with her for anything, otherwise, you will offend your Uncle Wen, and I will have to send you back to the countryside."
"Xiao Yang is your younger brother, you should let him have his way. What? He bullies you? Who taught you to slander others at such a young age? Xiaoyang is so obedient and well-behaved, how could he possibly bully you?"
"You look at your grades, they're so poor, yet you still want to participate in the art competition? It wasn't easy for me to bring you back from the countryside, don't embarrass me in public."
......
Scenes of unfamiliar memories and heart-wrenching words coalesced and crossed her mind like a movie, finally freezing into the despairing gaze of a girl leaping from a high building.
Countless memories flashed through Ji Chuxing's mind, all in a matter of two or three seconds.
She confirmed, she had reincarnated from the most perfect creation of an otherworldly lab, once hailed as the top researcher and a“scientific genius” and “medical prodigy”, to a girl of the same name and surname in this world, Ji Chuxing.
She was aware of her life's destiny.
Astounded by the revelation, Ji Chuxing lay dazed on the bed, feeling the lingering emotions of her previous life.
Zhou Ru hadn't yet come to terms with the fact that her biological daughter had abruptly awakened. The family doctor stumbled and fell huffily, shooting an irate question to the girl on the bed: “How dare you kick me!”
Indeed, his abdomen had been kicked by Ji Chuxing, so fast that Zhou Ru couldn't catch a glimpse.
Ji Chuxing laid down flat and unmoved, didn't spare him a glance, replying coldly: “I told you not to touch me.”
She was hoping to get more sleep, but that seemed impossible right now. Swiftly, she yanked the needle out of her hand.
Humph! Inferior medical technology.
Doctor Sun was the Wen family's private physician, a recognized medical practitioner from a prestigious family. His standing in society, as well as within the Wen family, was high.
Being courted by the head of the family, Wen Huayang, he couldn't stand the girl's disrespect towards him. In a cold huff, he commented: “Truly, a country bumpkin she is, lacking any manners. Nowhere near Miss Wen, who do you think you are to summon me for medical attention?”
Zhou Ru snapped back to reality; as the wife of Wen Huayang and the lady of the Wen family, she took great care to maintain her image before outsiders.
Looking at the girl lying on the bed, she scolded: “Little Xing, how can you be so unruly and unreasonable? Doctor Sun has been treating you for two days. Instead of being grateful for him waking you up, you are being rude towards him. Isn’t this how I’ve taught you?”
Turning her attention to Doctor Sun, she apologized politely: “I'm truly sorry, Doctor Sun. Little Xing might have lost her temper because she has just woken up. I hope you can show us some tolerance.”
"You must not offend a doctor, this is a rule."
Zhou Ru's apology greatly satisfied Dr. Sun's vanity, he lifted his chin in response: "No need to apologize. However, I must say, with her temper, I wonder how much trouble she'll cause for you later. Let it be for today. I am the family doctor of the Wen family, treating her is more about giving face to Mrs. Wen and Mr. Wen."
Zhou Ru continued politely: "That is Xiaoxing's good fortune."
Ji Chuxing, who was lying in bed, heard the exchange between the two and turned to Zhou Ru, innocently asking: "Would you want this good fortune?"
She pouted her mouth, glanced at the family doctor and said, "A doctor who brings people into the morgue, huh, that's quite a special skill."
"You!" Dr. Sun prided himself as a renowned doctor in the southern city, even bigshots respected him. When Ji Chuxing belittled him this way, he became angrily embarrassed and was about to retort, but then he noticed an intimidating aura in her clear eyes despite her pale and sickly complexion. Something odd crossed his mind, but he quickly dismissed it as overthinking.
Coldly, he said, "Since Miss Ji doesn't need me, please seek someone more competent!"
He picked up his medical box and left. He couldn't stand this little girl looking down on him. Did she think he was a miracle doctor?
Dr. Sun was quite angry. Zhou Ru quickly stood up, "Dr. Sun! Dr. Sun!"
But it was too late. Dr. Sun had already gone downstairs with his medical box. Zhou Ru, helpless, turned to Wen's housemaid downstairs, "Could you please see Dr. Sun out, and apologize to him on my behalf?"
When she returned to Ji Chuxing's room, Ji Chuxing had already got up from the bed. Humph! What a mediocre doctor, he can't even give proper fever medicine!
Zhou Ru frowned. There was no outsider present, so she didn't need to put on a polite face with Ji Chuxing. This daughter was the biggest failure in her otherwise perfect life.
"What's wrong with you? How could you talk to Dr. Sun like that? How many times have I told you to get rid of your uncouth rural habits? This is the southern city, not the countryside. Hasn't anyone ever taught you?"
Ji Chuxing packed her schoolbag, turned back, and looked straight at Zhou Ru: "I've grown up without parents, no one has taught me to be polite to quack doctors."
"You!"
Ji Chuxing's father, Ji Jinzhong, disappeared when she was four years old, and was later adjudged dead by the police. Not long after, Zhou Ru, unable to tolerate the poverty of the countryside, abandoned her child and left.
Especially since Ji Jinzhong was a poor doctor who occasionally used his own family wealth to treat people. After he was deemed dead from his disappearance, Zhou Ru briskly packed her bags and left.
Soon, she met Wen Huaming, a wealthy man in the South, and not long after married him. She became the stepmother to Miss Wen, who was mentioned earlier by the family doctor, and now they have a common child, Wen Liyang.
The original host's illness this time is tied to Wen Liyang.
It was Wen Liyang who pushed her into the Wen family's swimming pool, causing her to drown and fall into a coma. In these two days, he took advantage of her unconsciousness to secretly come in and choke her throat and arm.
It was at this opportunity that she was reincarnated.
If you were to discuss how vile she was, there was plenty to say. Yet Zhou Ru never investigated, simply assuming the original host didn't know how to swim but still went to play in the pool, resulting in a serious accident.
As for Ji Chuxing, the four-year-old daughter, she was treated as a burden and left in the countryside by Zhou Ru. Since childhood, Ji Chuxing relied on her grandfather. Unfortunately, half a year ago, her grandfather passed away. Fearing for his granddaughter's well-being, he had entrusted a person to find Zhou Ru, her biological mother. Inadvertently, this news made its way to Madam Wen, a wealthy lady of the South city. Out of concern for her reputation, Zhou Ru had no choice but to bring Ji Chuxing back from the countryside, saving face.
Her grandfather, always considering her best interests, would be unable to rest in his grave if he knew the kind of hellish life she had been living in the Wen household for the past six months.
Her grandfather was the one who cared for the host the most in this world.
Although Zhou Ru left when Ji Chuxing was four years old, she was still her mother. To Zhou Ru, Ji Chuxing's words seemed to curse her to death, which made her so angry that she wanted to slap Ji Chuxing's face.
"Who taught you to talk like this!?"
But before her palm could fall, Ji Chuxing caught her wrist, "Don't move, this is your last chance."
From now on, she would not give Zhou Ru the opportunity to harm her, whether it's for herself or for the original Ji Chuxing.
The original host's biggest wish before her death was to never have such a mother.
Zhou Ru never expected that the frail-looking girl would have such strength to grasp her wrist. It was clear that her thin and pale wrist became even thinner due to excessive weight loss, revealing blue veins, and there were many bruises.
However, the embarrassment of being restrained by Ji Chuxing overshadowed everything else. "Ji Chuxing, I am your mother!"
"Mother?" Ji Chuxing snorted disdainfully, "Are you worthy? Have you ever taken care of me for a day? Before I was four years old, my father took care of me. After that, it was my grandfather who raised me. Have you ever fulfilled your duties even for a day?"
Although it was the cruel truth, Zhou Ru wouldn't allow Ji Chuxing to say this. She was even infuriated, "If you dare to disrespect me like this, never come back to the Wen family. Get out!"
Ji Chuxing was expressionless, "Don't worry, even if you plead me to stay, I won't."
This was never her home to begin with, there was no need for her to stay.
Zhou Ru, thrown on the bed by her, heard her words and felt both annoyed and amused. Beg her, on what ground?
A helpless country girl, how could she survive in Nancheng without the Wen family?
So naive, as if she would be begging her to come back!