Chapter 25: Chapter 25: Better Late Than Never

The view before her was of a small hill, with patches of green grass at its base.

Behind her stood a thatched cottage, seemingly not very large, perhaps around ten square meters.

Though there was no wind, it wasn’t hot.

It was bright, yet the sun was nowhere to be seen.

Yi Meng raised her head, then lowered it, looked around again, and finally couldn’t hold it in, bursting into tears.

“Oh, wicked heaven! I had finally found happiness, and just like that, it’s taken away. It’s too unfair!”

“Waah, Brother Jin, my daughter, parents, my sons, waah, I, I’ll never see you all again.”

The more Yi Meng cried, the sadder she got, and she felt more and more miserable, until she sat on the ground and cried her heart out as if trying to pour out all her grievances and sorrows.

Thinking back, when she first traveled through time, she found herself in water. If not for Qi Quanjin jumping into the river to save her without hesitation, she might have died right after traveling through time.

Later, Qi Quanjin married her to protect her reputation.

At that time, she was in a daze due to being waterlogged and newly traversed, having caught a cold.

Back then, Qi Quanjin took care of her the whole time.

She woke up later and understood her environment.

She had no travel pass, no Silver, and couldn’t even remember any information about the original owner of her body.

If she left the Qi Family, she’d be undocumented; once caught, it would either mean exile or even death by caning.

Besides, Qi Quanjin was handsome and attentive; Yi Meng chose to marry him.

She thought, she was a time traveler. Surely, she’d make something of herself.

But just as she was about to start her career plans, she became pregnant.

She finally gave birth to her first child, who had just turned one and could be cared for by her mother-in-law, when she got pregnant again.

She ended up having four children in a row, one of whom was the daughter most desired by the Qi Family.

Unfortunately, that child had a weak fate, becoming feverish on the journey home after being born.

They intended to find a doctor, but the timing clashed with her mother-in-law’s illness.

The household had only so much Silver Coin, and the doctor said the medicine could only save one.

So Yi Meng had to endure the heart-wrenching pain and choose to save the elder.

Because of this, the family, fearing gossip and Yi Meng’s feelings, agreed to announce the deceased as a son. Her mother-in-law treated her like a daughter in return.

Later on, Yi Meng came to terms with it.

Not every time traveler had to become a formidable figure in history. Their simple, uneventful family life was quite good.

She had truly come to terms.

Especially after having another lovely little daughter, she felt her life was complete.

Who knew the second time travel would come so abruptly.

She crossed over again!

The more she thought about it, the sadder she became; the sadder she became, the more she cried, until she felt faint.

Just as her consciousness was about to fade, Yi Meng suddenly heard a soft little girl’s voice.

“Mom, are you done yet? Manbao has finished eating!”

Manbao?

Dear Manbao!

Waah, Mom, Mom is here!

Yi Meng wanted to call out, but having cried so hard, her voice wouldn’t come.

In her eagerness and frustration, Yi Meng screamed in her heart, “I want to be with my daughter! Let me out!”

As soon as that thought flashed by, Yi Meng felt her vision blur, and suddenly, she was back in the room she had lived in for years.

“This, hic!”

Opening her mouth, she let out a sobbing hiccup but found she couldn’t cry anymore.

She looked around in shock, feeling as if she had just woken from a dream, or maybe everything before was an illusion.

Illusion?

Instinctively, Yi Meng looked down at herself.

She found herself lying on the bed, quickly scrambling up to notice a handprint on the clean mat.

The handprint had dirt in it, with a few strands of bright green grass mixed in.

She had been busy in the kitchen before, her hands should not have touched any dirt.

So where did this dirt come from…

Yi Meng suddenly realized something, and urgently screamed in her mind, “I want to go in! I want to go in!”

Sure enough, her vision blurred again, and she was back in that strange environment where she had cried uncontrollably before.

“Oh my goodness! It really is a space!”

Yi Meng was shocked and jumped up and down on the spot.

Space! Space, she really had it!

She once thought her time travel was just a coincidence, not the legendary journey of an extraordinary heroine; otherwise, aside from having children, she had no other special abilities.

But now, her special ability had manifested!

Though it came a few years late, better late than never!

“Mom!”

“Aunt!”

Qi Manman and Qi Shilang’s voices rang out nearly simultaneously, pulling Yi Meng back to her senses.

She hurriedly exited the space, brushed off the dirt on her clothes, and rushed out of the house.

She saw the two little ones, each holding an empty bowl, with faces like little flower cats, eagerly looking at her.

“How did you two eat? How did you end up with food all over your faces?”

Yi Meng was helpless.

She didn’t understand, how could children manage to get food all over their faces just by eating?

“Hee hee hee!”

Qi Manman grinned.

Though his face was painted like a flower cat, that grin was still so adorable, it made Yi Meng’s heart melt into a puddle.

She collected the two empty bowls, fetched water for the children to wash their hands and faces, and once they were all clean, let them play in the yard.

Alone in the kitchen, Yi Meng was so excited she jumped up and down again, then scooped a bowl of boiling water from the pot and carried it into the space.

The space still looked the same, so Yi Meng directly went into the thatched cottage.

The thatched cottage was empty, with nothing in it.

No items, no dust.

She placed the hot bowl of water on the ground, thought for a while, then brought another bowl of hot water and placed it a short distance away on the grass.

She wanted to test the space’s time flow rate and the alleged preservation function.

She wasn’t greedy; even if only the cottage had the preservation function, it would make the upcoming journey of escape much easier.

Exiting the space again, Yi Meng forced herself to calm down.

The matter of the space was too unbelievable, and for now, she didn’t plan to tell her family.

As for the future…

Future matters could wait for the future; for now, she needed to prepare food supplies.

With that thought, Yi Meng picked up the kitchen knife to continue chopping vegetables.

But as soon as she picked it up, she noticed a tiny bit of ash where she had been chopping before.

A tiny bit of light-colored ash stood out noticeably on the dark cutting board.

“Where did this ash come from?”

Yi Meng picked up the ash with a corner of her apron and let it fall to the ground while also involuntarily looking up at the roof.

The roof was intact, with no damage.

So where did that ash come from?

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