Chapter 1: Division of the Family
Great Zhou Dynasty, during the summer of the first year of a new imperial reign. Dawn was just breaking, the sky slowly brightening.
In Zhao Village, inside a farmer’s bedroom, a drama was unfolding.
Sun Mei and Zhao Dong woke up almost at the same time. They both sat on the bed, staring at each other with wide eyes, neither speaking first.
In the end, Sun Mei couldn’t help it. She had read many novels and had figured out the situation by then. She had time-traveled!
Her eyes flashed, and she immediately reached up to hold her head, feebly saying, "Ouch, my head hurts so much. What happened to me? Where am I? Who are you, and who am I? Why can’t I remember anything?"
As for Zhao Dong, who was staring right back at her, his heart, which had just been pounding, suddenly calmed after seeing her ’over-the-top’ acting. "Honey, it’s me. I’m your husband."
Sun Mei continued her act. "Ah, are you my husband? But I don’t remember. What happened?"
Zhao Dong: "..."
After quietly watching his wife perform for a while, Zhao Dong finally couldn’t take it anymore and interrupted her. "Alright, Honey, stop acting. With that dramatic flair of yours, I recognized you right away. Honey, it’s me, Dongzi."
This familiar way of speaking instantly put Sun Mei at ease, and she said excitedly, "Darling! You time-traveled here too! That’s great! I thought I was the only one; it scared me to death."
She wasn’t lying. While reading novels, she always longed to time-travel, but when it actually happened, suddenly ending up in an unfamiliar place, all she felt was fear and helplessness.