Chapter 1 Escape (1)_1
In the 27th year of Huian, a devastating drought and flood struck Lingnan, affecting the entire Six Prefectures and Eighteen States. Over a thousand miles, not a blade of grass survived, the dead littered the fields; in the townships, nine out of every ten homes were emptied, either by residents fleeing north in search of a way to live or by turning to banditry, wreaking havoc among the people, bringing the disaster all the way to the Capital, causing an uproar throughout the court...
When Mo Yan regained consciousness, she felt an uncomfortable hardness beneath her. She opened her eyes groggily, only to be blinded by the glaring sunlight, which brought tears to her eyes.
"Big sister, big sister has woken up, second sister, come quickly, big sister has woken up!"
A sharp child’s voice by her ear startled Mo Yan so much that she sat up abruptly, and before she could see who was speaking, a small figure threw itself at her. She instinctively tried to dodge but failed, and she was toppled over, her head hitting the ground hard. Stars burst before her eyes, nearly causing her to pass out from the pain.
Following that, another excited shout: "Ah—big sister, big sister has woken up, she’s really woken up!"
Before Mo Yan could even ponder why she was still alive, she was thoroughly confused by the two sudden calls of "big sister": she was an only child, with no siblings!
Just as the thought crossed her mind, her head felt as if it was being pierced by needles, and a flurry of strange and chaotic memories flooded into her mind. The pain caused her to sweat profusely, and she almost fainted, her already pale face turning ashen.
Seeing their sister in pain, Mo Xin and Mo Zhen were too scared to move. Six-year-old Mo Zhen thought he had hurt his sister and cried in fear, anxiously clutching his second sister’s hand, "Second sister, big sister is in so much pain, Zhenzhen didn’t mean it!"