Chapter 2: Transmigrating as the Female Lead’s Annoying Relative

Chapter 2: Transmigrating as the Female Lead's Annoying Relative

Lin Laosi took a small bite of the steamed cured meat and a big bite of the steamed bun, enjoying the hearty meal. He happened to notice his little daughter staring at the steamed bun in her hand with a bitter expression.

His little daughter was born prematurely and had always been weak. Although she was a seven-year-old girl, she looked more like a five or six-year-old. Feeling sorry for her, he leaned close to her ear and whispered, "If you don't want to eat it, don't force yourself. After this, I'll ask your grandma to make you some steamed egg custard."

Lin Xixi was pulled out of her thoughts by the voice beside her.

Although she sat quietly at the dining table, her little mind was busy gathering information from the conversations around her. She pieced together that she had somehow transmigrated from the modern era into a novel set in the 1960s.

Her name in this world was the same as in her previous life, Lin Xixi, but she was much younger here.

The female lead was Lin Dongzhi, the second daughter of her third uncle's wife. After accidentally falling into the water, Lin Dongzhi woke up to find herself reborn. She vowed not to live as poorly as she had in her previous life, promising to give her parents and sister a better life and to make those who had wronged her pay.

The story would then follow how the female lead handled her annoying relatives, changed her pushover parents, fought for her chance to go to school, earned her family's first pot of gold, and led them to a moderately prosperous life. Her strong character would deeply attract the male lead, leading to a happily ever after for the family.

When Lin Xixi had read this book before, she had often criticized it.

In the book, her family was portrayed as greedy, lazy, and leeching off others, serving as the female lead's cannon fodder. They seemed to have lost all intelligence, constantly setting obstacles for the female lead.

The reborn female lead would take them down, and it had been satisfying to read at the time.

Who would have thought she'd end up here, as the annoying character's own daughter?

Thinking about the future outcome, Lin Xixi felt awful.

In her previous life, Lin Xixi had received an acceptance letter from her dream university. After finally getting into her dream school, she decided to relax and joined a famous local tour group. She had just fallen asleep on the bus when...

After working so hard and nearly losing her hair from all the studying, she somehow ended up... in a novel.

She had grown up in a fairly well-off family. Her parents were very busy with work and didn't spend much time with her, but she never lacked material comforts. She was raised by her grandparents, who had other grandchildren besides her. Since her parents weren't around, she learned early on that if she didn't compete with her siblings and willingly gave up her toys, she would receive brief praise.

She rarely saw her parents, maybe only a few times a year, and often hoped they would come back to spend time with her. But they either broke their word or forgot, and over time, she stopped expecting anything.

If it weren't for the gifts she got from both parents during birthdays and holidays, sent from two different cities, she might have forgotten that she even had parents.

As she grew older and understood more, she secretly guessed that her parents must have divorced. Otherwise, why would they be in two different cities? Even if they were living apart, their relationship wouldn't be so cold.

Since the adults kept it from her, she obediently pretended not to know.

At least she didn't lack material comforts; she had always had the best food and clothes.

Later, she confirmed from her grandparents that her parents had indeed divorced and had each started new families with children of their own. She had become the odd one out.

"Dad, if Xixi doesn't want to eat the steamed bun, can I have it? I'm still hungry," Lin Nan said after finishing his steamed bun and a sweet potato. He had clearly heard his father say he would make egg custard for his sister, so she probably wouldn't eat the steamed bun.

The speaker was Lin Xixi's second brother, Lin Nan, who was two years older than her, making him nine years old.

In the book, he was described as inherently bad. At a young age, he skipped school and spent his days with a group of kids in the village, either hunting birds, fishing, or stealing chickens and dogs. In short, he was disliked by everyone.

As he grew up, he followed in his father's footsteps and became the second troublemaker in Linjia Village.

Later, as if he had a death wish, he constantly provoked the female lead. Annoyed, the female lead used a simple trick, and he fell for it without thinking, ending up in prison for three and a half years.

The number one troublemaker wasn't Lin Nan, but his older brother, Lin Dong, who was ten years old.

Thinking of this, Lin Xixi secretly glanced at her older brother, who was sitting two seats away from her. He had a youthful face, slightly thinner than Lin Nan, and inherited the good looks of both Lin Laosi and Li Chunxing. Both parents were good-looking, so their children were also attractive.

The two brothers had similar bad habits, both influenced by their parents. They had been wasting their time since childhood, from elementary to middle school. In elementary school, they were already skipping classes and getting into fights, acting like real troublemakers, which drove their teachers up the wall.

Everyone at school knew Lin Dong was fierce in fights, so they steered clear of him, too scared to face him head-on. Even if adults were informed and came to his home, with Lin Laosi and his wife, Li Chunxing, never admitting fault and always spinning the truth with their words, even when Lin Dong was clearly at fault, they could twist the truth with their words. Over time, folks just stopped messing with Lin Dong.

After entering middle school, Lin Dong made friends with several well-off classmates from the local commune and went off the rails, playing enforcer for the commune crowd, and later, Lin Dong even had the gall to collect protection money.

As time went on, he started making a name for himself, setting up internet cafes, pool halls, and dance clubs.

After Lin Nan's incident, Lin Dong, to avenge his brother, went all out against the heroine Lin Dongzhi. Later, with the help of the male lead, Lin Dong also met his demise.

In short, their family's ending was not good. Even Lin Xixi, jealous that Lin Dongzhi had won the male lead's heart, kept trying to charm the male lead with her looks, only to be severely humiliated by him.

Finally, Lin Xixi was tricked by the heroine into marrying a poor, ugly, wife-less abuser.

As their children encountered troubles one after another, Lin Laosi and Li Chunxing's golden years were pretty bleak.

Thinking of the miserable life ahead, Lin Xixi clenched her fists, hoping she'd wake up from this bus-ride dream.

When she woke up, everything would be back to normal.

Seeing his sister Lin Xixi still holding the cornbread, her little face all scrunched up like a dumpling, Lin Nan thought she was reluctant to give it up. "Sister, if you can eat it, go ahead. I don't really want it that much. You need to eat more to recover. I'll just have a sweet potato," he said.

Lin Xixi didn't say anything and directly handed the cornbread to Lin Nan.

"Thank you, sister. I'll get you some bird eggs tomorrow," Lin Nan happily promised.

Seeing him smile so broadly over a piece of cornbread and even thank her, Lin Xixi thought he wasn't entirely bad and could still be saved.

After finishing his meal, Lin Dong wiped his mouth and secretly slipped two candies to Lin Xixi before running off.

Lin Nan got one and smiled so much his eyes turned into slits.

"Sister, eat it. It's candy from big brother. It's so sweet. Big brother is really capable," Lin Nan said, his cheeks bulging, admiring Lin Dong's ability to get candy.

Lin Xixi found two more candies in her little hand and some peanuts in her pocket. She noticed that her family members would stuff things into her hands without a second thought.

She knew that in these times, a piece of candy or a handful of peanuts were considered good things.

And although Lin Nan was a bit greedy, he didn't covet the two candies she had.

What bad intentions could a greedy little kid have!

Under Lin Nan's urging, Lin Xixi peeled open a candy and ate it.

Lin Nan's cheeks puffed out on one side, then the other, and he kept urging Lin Xixi to do the same.

Such childish behavior, Lin Xixi didn't follow, pretending not to hear.