Half an hour later, Ding Yun's soul entered the planes where the two missions she had accepted were located.
She had also taken over Zhu Xin's body.
It was the body of the concurrently accepted client.
Next, of course, was to check the specific tasks.
【Client: Zhu Lingyun
Commissioned Task: To help her mother in the 1960s alleviate life's pressures, ensure her mother eats well, and no longer goes hungry. If possible, to also help her mother improve her health, so she can live longer and healthier.
If she could enjoy a few more years of comfort, that would be even better.
Commission Reward: Thirty thousand merit, thirty thousand fortune】
【Client: Zhu Xin
Commissioned Task: Make money, raise children well, preferably make her family regret their actions, prove her persistence was not wrong, and make her ex-boyfriend's family suffer as much as possible.
Commission Reward: Ten points of origin, three hundred fortune】
Origin points are actually soul origins. Ding Yun and her colleagues generally prioritize collecting merit, followed by fortune.
Soul origins are only collected if merit and fortune are unavailable.
They cannot collect too much of these because collecting too much would cause the client's next life to be one of idiocy, or even complete soul dissipation. Therefore, missions that only offer soul origins are essentially acts of charity.
Those whose own soul origins are not damaged are generally unwilling to accept such missions.
"The tasks don't seem difficult, but raising children will likely take a lot of effort. Never mind, I'll check their memories first. I need to know myself and my enemy," Ding Yun muttered.
She prioritized reviewing Zhu Xin's memories, as that was the body she was currently inhabiting.
It seemed more convenient.
Zhu Lingyun was still alive, and the memories she provided were only the ones she deemed shareable. These could be treated like watching a movie or TV show later; there was no rush.
Soon, Zhu Xin's memories from the past twenty-odd years unfolded one by one in Ding Yun's mind.
Her childhood was quite good. Although she wasn't favored by her grandparents because she was a girl, her parents had no plans for a second child at the time, and as the only child, her treatment wouldn't be too bad.
This continued until she started junior high school.
She could have commuted to school then, but her parents specifically arranged for her to board. On several occasions when she went home, she happened to find her mother visiting her maternal relatives. At the time, as long as she had enough pocket money, she didn't think too much about it.
She only found out the specific reasons and why things were the way they were about a year later.
It was right after returning home for winter break. The moment she walked through the door, her mother, who was in confinement on the bed, and her grandmother, who was attentively caring for her mother, happily informed her.
She had a younger brother.
A brother thirteen or fourteen years younger than her.
At that moment, she felt the deception of her own family and finally understood that her mother's weight gain during the summer was not just that, but pregnancy. And the reason for not showing up for the two or three months leading up to winter break was not that she was visiting her relatives, but because her belly was too big, and she was hiding from her.
Her parents' excuse was that they were afraid she wouldn't agree.
It seemed they cared about the child's feelings, but if they truly cared, they wouldn't have kept it a secret all along.
Since it was a fait accompli, even though the original body threw a tantrum and cried for a while, she eventually had to accept it.
Besides, she didn't particularly dislike the little child.
And she didn't need to take care of him.
Most of her time was spent at school, and she only had more contact with her younger brother during winter and summer breaks. So, after an initial period of dislike, she eventually got over it and would sometimes play with him or help take care of him.
At that time, the original body would only occasionally get angry when her mother said things like, "He's your brother, you have to let him have his way. He's so young, why argue with him? He's young and doesn't know any better, just like you," and so on.
Later, when she went to high school and college, she specifically set aside some time during winter and summer breaks to work part-time. She had even less time to interact with her brother, so naturally, she had fewer grievances.
As for why she worked part-time, it was because with an extra child in the family and no significant increase in household income, the standard of living would inevitably decline slightly.
Her pocket money and living expenses would also be reduced considerably.
She could only work to supplement her own expenses.
But overall, the original body could still accept these changes. The most that happened between her and her parents was a bit of bickering.
There were no major conflicts.
Unfortunately, this relatively harmonious situation only lasted until she graduated, started working, and began dating.
The matters of finding a job and a partner caused a very unpleasant rift between the original body and her mother. This was because the original body's mother wanted her to find a job in her hometown after graduation, or at the very least, pass the civil service exam or become a teacher.
If all else failed, finding a husband who was a civil servant would also be acceptable.
She didn't aim for great wealth or status, just stability.
But the original body did not obey. After graduation, she stayed in the large city where her university was located.
Not only did she find a job.
She also found a boyfriend who was an extra actor.
To the original body's mother, this was simply defiant and unfilial, deliberately going against her wishes. On one hand, she wanted to stay in the big city and continue her relationship with her boyfriend. On the other hand, her mother demanded that she immediately break up with that idle boyfriend, who didn't have a proper job, and return home to prepare for the civil service exam.
With such a huge divergence of opinions, it was no wonder they argued.
But at that time, the original body was even more stubborn than during her rebellious phase. After the argument, she simply blocked her mother's phone number and refused to communicate. Her mother, in turn, vowed that if she didn't return within a specified period, she would disown her.
The two of them truly were mother and daughter, possessing the same stubbornness. Neither would yield to the other, and neither was willing to back down.
Later, she only maintained occasional contact with her father.
She wouldn't say much, just a safety check-in every so often.
Two years later, her relationship with her mother finally began to thaw. Then her mother started urging her to get married. If she wasn't going to get married, she should find someone else. A man could afford to wait, but a daughter couldn't afford to waste her youth.
The original body also had the intention of getting married.
Thus, the two families naturally met to discuss marriage arrangements.
The original body's mother demanded a new house and a betrothal gift of 131,400 yuan. She would provide a car or cover the renovation costs for the new house.
Overall, the demands were not excessive.
However, Hu Lin, the mother of the original body's boyfriend, Zhou Shou, still felt the betrothal gift was too high. She also mentioned that in their region, betrothal gifts were usually a token of three to five thousand yuan, and since they already had a house, there was no need to buy a new one.
Her words were also quite belittling, implying that their family was from a big city and the original body was from a small county, so marrying into their family was a step up for her.
Naturally, the meeting ended unhappily.
As soon as the other party left, the original body's mother immediately demanded that the original body break up with her boyfriend and simultaneously registered new accounts for her on several dating websites.
Although the original body was somewhat uncomfortable with her boyfriend's mother's attitude, she clearly had no intention of breaking up. So, she quickly escaped her mother's pursuit and went after her boyfriend.
After that, there was a stalemate for several months.
Until the original body unconsciously vomited and discovered she was pregnant.
This was unexpected for the original body, as she hadn't planned to get pregnant so soon. If she had intended to have a child, she would have prepared and planned for pregnancy in advance.
Later, she discovered that her boyfriend had done it intentionally.
He even claimed it was to "cook the rice until it's done," meaning to make the marriage a fait accompli.
This way, both sets of parents wouldn't object.