Chapter 107: I Will Spend My Life Making Amends for My Mistake

The next morning.

The woodshed behind the hill.

As soon as Lin Xiaodou opened the door, she was met with a full-force embrace.

The girl in her arms clung to her tightly, sobbing her heart out.

"Waaah... Sister Xiaodou, thank you... thank you..."

Though it had only been a dream, Liu Yaner felt as if she had lived through it herself.

In her first life, for the sake of her parents, she married a man she did not love and became nothing more than a machine for bearing children. She had been utterly unhappy.

In her second life, Sister-in-law Liu tricked her into marrying a fool, and the end was even more tragic. In the end, she threw herself into the river and died.

Neither of those lives had held a shred of happiness.

After Liu Yaner jolted awake from the dream, she cried for a long time before she finally calmed down.

Only once she was fully awake did she realize that neither of those two lives had included Lin Xiaodou.

And now, because of Lin Xiaodou, everything had changed.

So it was Sister Xiaodou who had saved her.

Realizing this, Liu Yaner was overcome with emotion.

She quickly threw on her clothes and ran to Xiaodou's place without even combing her hair or washing her teeth.

Seeing her hair sticking out in a complete mess, Lin Xiaodou did not know whether to laugh or cry. She led her inside, fetched hot water for her to wash her face, and even combed her hair.

"What's wrong?" Lin Xiaodou asked. "Why are you crying at my place so early in the morning?"

Between hiccups and sniffles, Liu Yaner explained the dream from the night before.

But Lin Xiaodou was somewhat startled as she listened.

Last night, she had also had a dream, and it was about Liu Yaner as well.

Only, what she had dreamed of was Liu Yaner's second life, the events that followed after the female lead, Chu Ling, was reborn and came down to the countryside.

As she had said before, Lin Xiaodou could not see the contents of the book.

In the story, Liu Yaner's role amounted to nothing more than that of a vicious supporting character.

Judging from what Liu Yaner had said, her arrival here had inadvertently saved this wicked cannon fodder from destruction.

The scene felt strangely familiar...

Yes, back when she was in the capital, in that first sensational old-time novel about the real and fake daughters, the original host had also been a wicked cannon fodder.

If she had not crossed over, the original host would have died a terrible death.

Lin Xiaodou suddenly felt that her arrival in this era might have had a reason.

"Xiaodou sis, from now on you're my real sister! I'll be grateful to you for the rest of my life!"

Just thinking of the scenes in her dream frightened Liu Yaner half to death, and her gratitude toward Lin Xiaodou was beyond words.

"All right," Lin Xiaodou said. "If you want to thank me, then make me breakfast today. I happen to not feel like lifting a finger."

The girl was far too emotional. If she were not given something to do, she would probably just keep clinging to her.

"Roger that!" Liu Yaner instantly perked up.

Earlier, while she was pouring out her heart, the little golden monkey and the little brown bear had been watching from the side.

Now that they saw Liu Yaner heading into the kitchen, the two little fellows trotted over in a hurry.

"You're here too!" Liu Yaner said warmly when she saw the two fluffy creatures.

After that, she cooked while leisurely stroking fur, and her mood quickly brightened.

In twenty minutes, breakfast was ready.

White rice porridge, pickled long beans, and a plate of scrambled eggs.

The two sat down and picked up their chopsticks. Then Lin Xiaodou asked, "Yaner, how are you planning to get along with your older brother from now on?"

In the two lives she had dreamed of, Liu Yaner's older brother had been the same as he was now: utterly useless.

In her first life, after being abandoned by Sister-in-law Liu, he sank into depression and illness, and even made the old couple, their parents, care for him.

In the end, he died young, leaving the two elders in misery and forcing Yaner into a hasty marriage.

Had he shown even a trace of backbone, his family would not have been dragged into such misery by him.

In her second life, he had been even more selfish.

Yaner had fallen into the water for no apparent reason and been taken advantage of by the fool, leaving her with no choice but to marry him.

The greatest beneficiary of that incident was Sister-in-law Liu's maiden family; with a glance, Sister-in-law Liu looked the most suspicious.

And yet Liu Yaner's own brother did not want to pursue the truth any further.

When their parents suspected Sister-in-law Liu, he even spoke up for her, enraging the old couple so much that they broke ties with him again.

He had been cuckolded once and made to raise another man's child as if it were his own, and then he did it a second time.

Yes, Sister-in-law Liu gave birth to two children, one boy and one girl, and both of them were fathered by that womanizer, Wang Cai.

Even when the children grew up and did not resemble him at all, he never once suspected anything.

What a fool.

Liu Yaner had gone through both lives without ever realizing that she had been made a cuckold.

If he knew the truth, he would probably have spat blood on the spot.

At Lin Xiaodou's question, Liu Yaner's hand paused over her meal.

"Before yesterday, I was still thinking maybe I should persuade Mom and Dad to see if they could forgive my brother."

A bitter, mocking smile tugged at Liu Yaner's lips.

"But now, I don't want to forgive him."

That kind of stupid, heartless brother was not worth keeping.

After finishing breakfast at Lin Xiaodou's place, Liu Yaner went home.

Just as she reached the gate, she ran into her older brother, who had dark circles under his eyes.

"Little sister! Where did you run off to so early? I looked for you for ages. I was worried sick!"

His face was full of unmistakable anxiety.

Last night, he had had a strange dream. In it, his younger sister had been set up by that woman and forced to marry a fool, and in the end she had jumped into the river and died horribly.

Yet he had known nothing at all, and had still been stupidly raising someone else's child in the army.

In the end, even their parents had died young from anger.

And all of it had been caused by him with his own hands.

If he had not been so weak, so foolish, if he had not unconditionally sided with that woman, his sister and parents would never have ended up like that.

Liu Yaner's older brother was deeply shaken.

Fortunately, nothing like that had happened in reality. His sister and parents were all safe and sound.

For some reason, although it had only been a dream, he felt as if it had truly happened before.

So when he woke up early that morning, he could not wait to find Liu Yaner, to make sure she was all right.

But he could not find her anywhere.

Now that he saw Yaner unharmed, his heart finally settled.

"Little sister, don't run around so carelessly from now on, all right? If anything happens, tell your brother. I'll help you solve it."

From now on, he would protect his little sister and never let her be bullied again.

"You'll help me solve it? Where were you when Mom, Dad, and I needed you most?"

Looking at her older brother, Liu Yaner's eyes slowly reddened, yet she still said the ruthless words:

"Brother, this is the last time I'll call you that. I hope you never come up to me again."

With that, she brushed past him without another glance.

Liu Yaner felt a sharp pain in his chest, and tears of regret could not help but fall from his eyes.

No matter what his sister thought of him, he would spend the rest of his life making up for the mistakes he had made.