Annan residential area, Anan Street, Lipu County.
Unit 7, Apartment 301
Inside the bedroom, Ding Yun, with a head full of confusion, kept examining her body with her mental power. However, no matter how she checked, she found nothing wrong.
"That's not right, why is there no problem?"
Normally, the people she possessed were dead, and people didn't die for no reason. They either died due to physical reasons or spiritual factors. Whether it was death from illness, old age, or fright, or being harmed by others, there were always clues.
But this time, after entering the original host's body, Ding Yun didn't detect any issues. Her body was quite healthy.
So healthy that the original host shouldn't have died.
Naturally, she found it very strange.
However, since her mental power couldn't detect any problems with this body, Ding Yun could only temporarily give up digging deeper. She then turned to survey her surroundings, finding that no one else was present and the door was locked.
She immediately began to sort through the original host's memories.
Hoping to glean some information from them.
Before long, Ding Yun reopened her eyes, still wearing a puzzled expression. The original host's thirty-eight years of life had been quite complex, more exciting than most television dramas.
Thirty-eight years ago, the original host was born.
She became the only girl of her generation in their family.
What did the only girl of her generation mean? She had three older brothers, seventeen paternal cousins, and fourteen maternal cousins. There were no paternal or maternal older female cousins, let alone older sisters. After all, in this world, rarity commanded value. Even a family that favored sons would have to cherish a girl in such a situation.
Thus, one could imagine the original host's treatment.
By the age of three or five, she was already a terror in their village. Forget girls her age or younger, or boys slightly older or younger; no one dared to provoke her. They all looked up to her as their big boss.
With the protection of over thirty brothers.
Even though the eldest among them were just rambunctious youths.
That was enough for her to dominate the kindergarten crowd.
As for why her brothers helped her, it was naturally due to the elders' instructions. They were told they had only this one sister and absolutely must not let her be bullied. Coupled with their fondness for their sister, helping and backing her up gave them a sense of being heroes.
Moreover, it wasn't a troublesome or dangerous task.
It was natural for them to be willing to help.
When she started school, the original host's status remained the same. Their village had only one school nearby, and her brothers all attended that elementary school. Additionally, some who didn't study well were held back. This meant that from first grade to sixth grade, her brothers were present in every grade in the school.
And with just a call, they could rush over.
Who would dare to bully her? They would all shy away upon seeing her.
At a young age, the original host experienced what it was like to be unrivaled, to be supreme. She also experienced the feeling of being so high above that few classmates dared to befriend her. If she fancied a fair-skinned young boy, she couldn't just wait for him to pursue her; she had to force him with her might to be her boyfriend.
Of course, what children called boyfriends and girlfriends.
Was essentially playing together hand in hand.
At most, they would exchange small items. It wouldn't escalate to serious bullying or forcing boys into relationships.
This kind of "school tyrant" life, where she was supreme, lasted until the original host finished middle school and started high school.
There was only one middle school relatively close to their village. Most of her paternal and maternal cousins, as long as they hadn't dropped out, went there to study. Therefore, the original host naturally continued to receive their protection.
But high school was different.
Some relatives moved to other cities for work and brought their children along to study high school there. Some children's academic performance was really poor, so their parents enrolled them in vocational schools to learn a skill for a living. Some even directly dropped out to work because they didn't want to study.
Coupled with those who were three years older than the original host.
They had already graduated from high school, or were attending college or university, or had directly entered society. They were no longer in school, so it was impossible to provide support, no matter how much they wanted to.
The few brothers who were in the same school as her were mostly bookworms and generally couldn't be relied upon.
However, the original host was very happy because of this. She even felt a sense of breaking free from constraints. In the past, having so many cousins at school provided her with a sense of security, but it also made her feel inexplicably monitored and controlled. The older she got, the more uncomfortable she felt.
She also didn't dare to do some things for fear that they would report her.
This was probably adolescent rebellion.
She didn't want to be managed.
So after starting high school, although the original host didn't become a school tyrant, she became increasingly unrestrained. If she wanted to do something, she would do it. Things like wearing eccentric clothes, dyeing and perming her hair, deep conditioning and curling it, and even climbing over walls to get to the internet – she did it all. Among a group of students, she was definitely the most eye-catching and coolest one.
When other students were dyeing their hair yellow or purple.
She had already dyed hers pink and white.
When others wore ripped clothing.
She had already prepared studded pants and long studded boots.
Every day, she was either defying the teachers or the dean of students. The most outrageous thing was that her grades remained consistently good, hovering in the top three of her grade year after year.
No matter how much the class teacher and dean of students scolded her.
They couldn't bear to expel a talented student like her.
In their daily lives, they could only try to persuade her earnestly. In the end, when they had no other choice, they had to compromise slightly. The school wouldn't give her demerits, nor would they force her to cut her hair or dye it back to black, but she also couldn't be too arrogant.
She had to wear a hat and school uniform at school.
To cover up her colorful hair and eccentric clothes, to avoid being too conspicuous. Outside of school, she could do as she pleased.
Otherwise, to prevent her from negatively influencing the school's atmosphere.
Even if they were reluctant,
They would likely have to take some measures.
The original host knew very well that she couldn't truly fall out with the school completely, so she eventually compromised. However, even so, it became much more difficult for the school to punish students for eccentric clothing and dyed or permed hair afterwards. Although the students' objections were then countered by the school with the question, "Are your grades as good as hers?",
It still required more effort and persuasion.
Besides this, the original host also dated quite a bit in high school. However, strangely, even though her own hair was colorful and her clothes were distinctive, she didn't like the type of people who were similar to her.
Instead, she favored clean-cut boys.
The kind with a youthful appearance, with only a slight fuzz on their upper lip, slender figures, often wearing white shirts, or looking good even in a school uniform.
Note, the emphasis is on 'good-looking'.
However, such boys were not only a scarce resource to begin with, but they also generally didn't seem to like the original host's type. Therefore, the original host's romantic life in high school was undoubtedly quite bumpy, even more so than a teen drama.