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Chapter 16 Transmigration into a Book VS Rebirth?

Wen Ci watched as the bathroom door opened, revealing countless scars on the man's back, a testament to Wen Ci's experience on the battlefield during the apocalypse.

I also found these wounds shocking.

Her heart ached with worry. What had Huo Jingyuan gone through all these years?
The room temperature was higher than the bathroom temperature. When Huo Jingyuan felt a little warmth, he thought the water heater had warmed up again. He turned around and his eyes met Wen Ci's.

Wen Ci's gaze involuntarily shifted downwards, a smile playing on his lips.

Huo Jingyuan quickly reached out and closed the door. He had been in such a hurry when he came in that he forgot to check if the door was closed properly, which caused this misunderstanding.
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After taking a shower, he put on a white T-shirt. Water droplets from his hair slowly slid down his Adam's apple, and Wen Ci's gaze immediately fell downwards.

The outline of his abdominal muscles could be faintly seen around his waist.

"Are you going to the mall?" Huo Jingyuan asked.

Wen Ci glanced at the clock in the room; it was almost 7:30. There wasn't much nightlife in the 1980s: "Are there still shopping malls open this late?"

"The market closes at 9 p.m."

Haishi is the provincial capital. Since the country encouraged the street vendor economy, nightlife has gradually started to flourish, and this time of day is when it gets lively.

"What should we buy at the mall?" Wen Ci asked.

Huo Jingyuan nodded: "My comrades asked me to buy some things to take back with them."

Soldiers in the Northwest Military Region have few holidays other than annual leave and marriage leave. After learning that Huo Jingyuan was going to take marriage leave, many people asked him to bring things back.

"I'd like to go and have a look too."

Wen Ci's hair wasn't completely dry yet. In those days, it was extremely difficult to buy a hair dryer, and women could only dry their hair with a handkerchief after washing it.

Drying your hair is a very difficult task; it usually relies on air drying.

Stepping out of the guesthouse, Wen Ci saw many small vendors selling things on the street, including sweet potatoes, creating a lively atmosphere.

Unfortunately, the store had closed early for the things Huo Jingyuan's comrade had asked him to buy. He frowned, "Looks like I can't buy them anything." "You can buy them something," Wen Ci blinked, "You take the first bus back to the compound tomorrow morning, and I'll wait for the store to open to buy them things for them."

"No." Huo Jingyuan rejected the suggestion.

How could we ask Wen Ci, who was new to the area and unfamiliar with everything, to help us buy things?
"But didn't you promise to buy things for them?"

"They can understand if there's an emergency."
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Meanwhile, far away in a courtyard in Beijing, Jiang Ye was lying on the sofa when she suddenly woke up with a start. She looked around the living room and her eyes widened. Tears immediately streamed down her face.

She was reborn?

In her past life, she had a boyfriend in high school who was a promising student for Tsinghua or Peking University. She heard that her parents wanted to marry her off to a man she had never met in the Northwest.

She resolutely refused and even discreetly revealed her background.

They arranged for Jiang's biological daughter to marry a man from the Northwest in her place.

but……

Decades later, Jiang Ye suffered countless injustices. Her boyfriend still harbored feelings for his beloved, and she remained childless due to health reasons.

She was utterly despised by her husband, and her life ended in a miserable state.

In contrast, Wen Ci, who was married in place of another, was still outwardly the glamorous wife of the Chief, even though the two had no feelings for each other.

Jiang Ye narrowed her eyes, feeling as if she had been given a second chance at life.

She was determined to defy fate, but she didn't know what point in time she was at. The door opened, and Jiang Ye saw her brother supporting their drunken father.

"Brother, Dad, I want to marry Huo Jingyuan."

(End of this chapter)