Upon returning, Ding Yun still went through the previous process, submitting tasks, writing trial reports, and checking if the second golden finger usage task had been approved and if she had received the corresponding rewards.
Unfortunately, the efficiency in this regard was truly slow.
It was still under review.
She wasn't too surprised by this. With a sigh, she applied for a new golden finger and, without even looking at the details, sent the relevant information to Jin Xinxin.
Waiting for him to arrange a new mission for her.
After a long while, Jin Xinxin sent a short message:
[The golden finger you tested this time doesn't have a perfectly suited mission, so I just found one for you. Handle it as you see fit when the time comes.]
"No perfectly suited mission?
Perhaps it's a mission issue, or perhaps it's a golden finger issue. Alas, it doesn't matter. I could still complete missions without a golden finger before, so be it!"
Ding Yun, who easily accepted this, clicked to accept the mission the very next second and then entered the mission plane.
...
[Client: Xiao Yunmeng
Commissioned Task: I hope to be able to save my family's lives. If not, at least find a way to help our Xiao family leave behind a single descendant to continue the lineage.
Rescue my younger brother. Even if it means living under an assumed name.
Commission Reward: Ten Time-Space Soul Points.]
Ding Yun understood the first part well, but the last commission reward truly puzzled her.
Soul points were soul points.
She had never heard of "Time-Space Soul Points."
This point indeed exceeded her scope of knowledge.
However, Ding Yun never dwelled on a single issue. If she didn't understand, she would set it aside for now and continue with the process of using the consciousness chip to read the original body's memories and integrate with them.
Soon, she began to sift through the original body's memories.
The original body was born in the Linjiang Count's Mansion, and her father was naturally the Linjiang Count, while her mother was the matriarch of the Linjiang Count's Mansion.
She was a standard legitimate eldest daughter.
For many years, even up until her engagement, the original body had lived quite well, not the best but certainly more than sufficient.
In the year of her engagement, her father and mother chose the legitimate eldest son of the Huaihe Marquis Mansion for her. Not long after they had exchanged birth dates, the legitimate eldest son of the Huaihe Marquis Mansion went hunting during the autumn hunt to show off.
He didn't manage to hunt a bear and was killed by one.
This marriage naturally could not continue.
No matter how much inferior a count was to a marquis, they wouldn't go so far as to arrange a ghost marriage for their legitimate eldest daughter to curry favor with a marquis.
However, this incident ultimately affected the original body. Therefore, during her second engagement, the suitor's status was slightly lower, or rather, much lower. He was merely the legitimate second son of the Jinglin Marquis Mansion, without inheritance rights.
Then, with all preparations made and the wedding scheduled for another half a month, the legitimate second son of the Jinglin Marquis Mansion suddenly died in a brothel. Reportedly, he wasn't with a woman when he died, but with a young man.
As a result, the engagement once again vanished into thin air.
Originally, these two incidents, from any perspective, were the fault of the original body's two fiancés for their self-destructive behavior. However, just as a fallen kingdom is blamed on a seductive concubine and chaotic governance on eunuchs, the two marquis mansions, to make their sons' deaths appear less unsightly, shifted the blame to the original body, spreading rumors that she was a jinx who brought misfortune to her husbands. They even enlisted many monks and masters to vouch for her being a jinx.
The original body's family was no match for two marquis families working together.
Therefore, she was naturally forced to bear the reputation of being a jinx.
The original body thus had no more engagements. Unless she married someone of a much lower status, it was basically impossible to find a suitable partner among other noble families. This matter not only infuriated the original body's parents but also made her very angry, even causing her to fall seriously ill with a cold.
She once teetered on the brink of death.
It was at this time that the original body had an encounter that was debatable as a fortunate one. Her soul vaguely entered the body of another person. That person lived in a world completely different from her current environment. The house was small, but she didn't recognize anything inside.
At the same time, that person had a pair of...
servants who treated her like an idiot and took care of her.
Later, through careful probing, she discovered that her soul had traveled to a place called modern society and entered the body of a girl who was already foolish. The pair she initially thought were servants were actually the girl's biological parents.
And the original body's cautious probing and ignorance of her surroundings made her modern parents believe that their daughter was indeed slowly recovering.
They actively took her out to see the world.
Soon, the original body accepted and fell in love with the new world and new body, which, though not wealthy, offered much more freedom. She became obsessed with watching various TV dramas, novels, and variety shows.
She felt that this life was much more exciting than her past life and made her happier, freer, and much more joyful.
The only drawback was that her soul could only stay either in modern society or in the ancient world. Once her soul was not in that body, the body would enter a state of silence and stupor.
At that time, if the original body hadn't been worried about her parents,
she would have even considered permanently residing in the modern body.
And not returning.
But life without marriage was truly difficult. Even though she already bore the reputation of being a jinx, her parents had not given up and still wanted her to remarry, lest it affect the marriages of her younger siblings. After repeated attempts, the original body eventually cut off her hair and became a nun.
And became a nun at home.
Which meant her parents built a small Buddhist shrine at home,
and she resided there alone.
Her parents were both moved and guilty about this. Therefore, they treated her quite well, giving her any Buddhist scriptures she desired. For her daily meals, they hired a special vegetarian chef. Thus, the original body lived a life where she ostensibly stayed in the small Buddhist shrine, chanting scriptures, but in reality, spent most of her time in modern society.
Happily living a simple, free life.
Over time, the original body became somewhat unfamiliar with, and even unaware of, the situation in her ancient world.
It wasn't until a few days ago, when she returned to her original body, that she heard a great commotion outside. Before she could even inquire about what was happening, a squad of soldiers with swords kicked open her door, dragged her out, and locked her and her parents, brothers, and elders in prison.
Only then did she learn what had happened through inquiries with her relatives.
It turned out that the Crown Prince had rebelled, and their family, in an attempt to gain merit by supporting the "dragon," had joined the Crown Prince's faction. While they did not directly participate in the rebellion, they had provided significant assistance. Now that the Crown Prince's rebellion had failed, he himself was merely placed under house arrest due to being the emperor's son. However, families that assisted him in the rebellion did not fare so well.
Thus, the original body's family was raided.
And it was likely they would be exiled or even exterminated.
It was even possible for all three generations of their family to be wiped out.
But regardless, the original body, as an unmarried young lady staying at home, could not possibly escape.
In fact, those who were married might survive.
This led to the original body's distress. Firstly, she worried about her family's lives. Secondly, she worried if her body in this world were to be beheaded, whether her body in modern society would be affected.
Furthermore, even if she could survive due to having another body, how could she bear to watch her entire family be executed?
The harsh environment of the prison, the original body's worries,
combined with her soul's frequent absence from this body in recent years, an unstable diet,
and her already very weak physical condition, all contributed.
As soon as the decree for the extermination of the entire family was passed down,
the original body breathed her last.
And knowing that her body in this world was her foundation, once her original body died, her soul would become disoriented in the chaotic time-space currents without a coordinate, turning into ashes.
Subsequently, related prayers were made,
and Ding Yun accepted the commission and arrived.