Chapter 181: Fastest Small World

　　Jiang Youtao sped all the way. When she passed by the duty room, she waved. One of the two people on duty ran out and followed her, while the other one called for help.

　　Jiang Youtao ran to the place indicated on the map. It was a small and shabby courtyard. Jiang Youtao kicked the door open. The courtyard was quiet. Only the back house was still lit. Jiang Youtao pushed the door open. There were two people inside. The one tied to the bed was a simple-dressed girl in her teens. The other had big curly hair and wore a red plaid long skirt. They both looked out the door, as if they hadn't reacted yet.

　　The first person to speak was the girl in the plaid skirt who was standing there. She shouted sternly, "Who are you? What do you want to do by breaking into a private house?"

　　Jiang Youtao ignored her and went straight to untie the girl she had tied to the bed.

　　Xiao Zheng, who came with Jiang Youtao, stood beside her. They obeyed Jiang Youtao's orders. In many cases, as long as Jiang Youtao wanted, they could follow her orders unconditionally.

　　The girl in the plaid skirt shut her mouth when she saw Xiao Zheng in police uniform.

　　Jiang Youtao glanced at her and information about her popped up in her mind.

　　Her name is Jiang Ruyun. She traveled through time a year ago. Before traveling through time, she was just an ordinary girl. Her family had a little money, but it was far from rich.

　　She traveled through time after reading a novel about the real daughter of a wealthy family. Because she had the same name as the vicious female supporting character in the book, she endured the nausea and finished the book. After reading the final chapter, she could no longer bear it and directly wrote a 3,000-word long review criticizing the real daughter and her family.

　　After posting the comment with satisfaction, she fell asleep peacefully. When she woke up, she became Jiang Ruyun of the 1970s.

　　The Jiang family is a military family. From Grandpa Jiang to eldest brother Jiang Ruxin, they are either retired soldiers or active soldiers. Those who have retired have also worked in the military and police.

　　Jiang Ruyun is the youngest girl in the Jiang family. In a family with more boys than girls, Jiang Ruyun, as the only granddaughter, is spoiled and very willful.

　　According to the book, in the winter of 1979, the Jiang family found out that the daughter they had raised for more than a decade was not their biological daughter, but was a mistake when she was born 18 years ago. The Jiang family, especially Jiang's mother, found it difficult to accept.

　　The Jiang family went to the hospital where Jiang's mother gave birth to check the files and found the mother who had given birth to her child in the same ward. They went to look for her one by one. Jiang's biological daughter was named Lu Xinyu. Her parents died early and she lived alone with her grandmother. In the spring of 1979, her grandmother also passed away. Lu Xinyu had an uncle, but her uncle and aunt were not good people. They had been thinking about marrying Lu Xinyu off so that they could monopolize the house of Lu Xinyu's adoptive parents.

　　When the Jiang family found Lu Xinyu, the uncle and aunt of the Lu family had just received the betrothal gift from the director of the cement factory and were forcing her to marry him. The director of the cement factory was already sixty years old, old enough to be Lu Xinyu's grandfather, so Lu Xinyu naturally didn't want to, and the uncle and aunt of the Lu family were planning to force her.

　　When the Jiang family saw the Lu family's situation, they decided not to send Jiang Ruyun back. Anyway, the Jiang family was big and wealthy, so it would not be a problem to support another Jiang Ruyun.

　　Lu Xinyu has been missing for more than ten years, and every member of the Jiang family feels guilty about her. They try to please her carefully, fearing that they might hurt her feelings if they are not careful.

　　The actions of the Jiang family inevitably hurt Jiang Ruyun in the book. She was originally the favorite of the Jiang family, but as soon as Lu Xinyu came back, she was forced to stand aside. Jiang Ruyun had been willful and domineering since she was a child, so how could she bear such neglect?

　　In order to regain her parents' favor, Jiang Ruyun did many things that were detrimental to others and not beneficial to herself, which eventually caused resentment from the Jiang family. After she got married, they sent her away. Even then, she was not at peace and did many illegal things outside under the banner of the Jiang family. In the end, she implicated the Jiang family and ended up behind bars.

　　On the other hand, Lu Xinyu, with the protection of the Jiang family, not only became a graduate of a prestigious university, but also married the best-looking, most capable man in the military compound, who held a high position of power at a young age. She lived an exceptionally happy life.

　　Jiang Ruyun, who had read the whole book, traveled through time and was extremely indignant about this, but she did not act rashly. Instead, she used more than half a year to change herself, changing the original owner's tyrannical nature into a gentle and generous girl.

　　Not only that, she hung around East Street all day long, successfully became friends with Lu Xinyu, and took great pains to become Lu Xinyu's most trusted person. She also helped Lu Xinyu deal with the uncle and aunt of the Lu family who wanted to marry her to the director of the cement factory.

　　If she hadn't found out about Lu Xinyu's husband in her previous life a few days ago, and if Jiang Ruyun's secret crush hadn't been asking about Lu Xinyu openly and secretly, Jiang Ruyun wouldn't have done what she did today.

　　In fact, Jiang Ruyun regretted it after she kidnapped Lu Xinyu. When Jiang Youtao and the others entered the house, Jiang Ruyun had already decided to go all the way.

　　"Are you okay?" Jiang Youtao asked Lu Xinyu.

　　Lu Xinyu rubbed the marks on her hands and nod her head at Jiang Youtao: "I'm fine."

　　She looked at Lu Xinyu. Lu Xinyu really liked this cheerful, confident and generous friend. It was precisely because she really liked her that she felt even more sad when Lu Xinyu tied her up and was about to kill her.

　　"Jiang Rumeng, I sincerely regard you as a friend, but from today on, we are no longer friends."

　　Jiang Ruyun didn't say anything, she grabbed the bag on the table and was about to leave. Jiang Youtao raised her chin towards Xiao Zheng, who stopped her: "Madam, you are suspected of endangering her life. Please come with me now."

　　Jiang Ruyun glanced at Lu Xinyu and said, "I was just joking with my friend, comrade, please don't make a big deal out of it. Xinyu, I was wrong today. For the good relationship we had in the past, I apologize to you, okay?"

　　Jiang Ruyun was certain that Lu Xinyu would help her make things right, after all, he had once saved her life.

　　Lu Xinyu thanked Xiao Zheng: "Thank you, police comrade."

　　Jiang Ruyun looked at Lu Xinyu in disbelief.

　　Xiao Zheng took out handcuffs and handcuffed the still confused Jiang Ruyun. Before he could leave the house, he ran into his colleagues who came over fully armed.

　　Accompanied by Jiang Youtao, Lu Xinyu went back with them to take a statement.

　　In the small visiting room of the police station, Lu Xinyu was still shaking slightly as she talked about how Jiang Ruyun suddenly came to her house and tied her up without saying a word.

　　Jiang Youtao was sitting outside, discussing this matter with the melon-eating system.

　　[ Tong'er, you said Lu Xinyu is the protagonist of this book, then how can Jiang Ruyun also travel through the book? She traveled through the book, so why are so many things unreasonable? ]

　　Jiang Youtao analyzed them one by one for the melon-eating system: [ From the information you gave me, Jiang Ruyun's personality has changed drastically since she traveled through the book. She is more liked by the Jiang family than before, and her popularity in the compound is getting better and better. She made friends with Lu Xinyu in advance, and she also wanted to build a good relationship with her and live in peace with her in the future. ]

　　Jiang Youtao has met countless people like Jiang Ruyun since she was a child. She is that kind of egoist.

　　It was like she clearly hated Lu Xinyu to the point of staying up all night to write a 3,000-word essay criticizing her, but after traveling through time, she decided to be friends with Lu Xinyu without hesitation, and even gained Lu Xinyu's 100% trust.

　　Would such a person give up the good situation that she had painstakingly created for a man?

　　The Jiang family now knows that Lu Xinyu is not from the Jiang family. It is only a matter of time before Lu Xinyu is found in Xi'an. Jiang Ruyun has done so much, isn't it just to prevent Lu Xinyu from being abandoned by the Jiang family after she returns to the Jiang family?

　　The melon-eating system confirmed Jiang Youtao's question: [ This is the host. Jiang Ruyun was accidentally dragged into the 20th small world by the turbulence of time and space. The moment she entered the book, the 20th small world was particularly wary of her. Today's incident was caused by the 20th small world. But it didn't expect Jiang Ruyun to be so cruel and directly take Lu Xinyu's life. ]

　　[ Before the consciousness of the No. 20 small world asked me for help, Lu Xinyu had already been killed once. ]

　　The heroine died before the story even began. How could this little world not collapse?

　　No. 20 used up all its energy, but could only rewind the time of the small world by two hours. After merging with the big world, No. 20's small world immediately sent a distress signal to the big world. The melon-eating system woke up Jiang Youtao as soon as it received the signal.

　　After what happened with the consciousness of small world No. 19, Jiang Youtao did not completely believe what the melon-eating system said about small world No. 20.

　　In response, the melon-eating system said, "After the consciousness of the 19th small world lied to people, the consciousness of the big world and the main brain specially developed a program to detect the authenticity of the small world. When the 20th small world was received, the program had already started. The small program showed that everything was normal and there was nothing hidden in the 20th small world."

　　The melon-eating system is unreliable, but the big world and its main brain are reliable. Jiang Youtao believes in the detection results of the big world.

　　[ So what this means is that Jiang Ruyun's book-traveling is just like a pimple growing on the body of Small World No. 20? Small World No. 20 is not used to it and wants to squeeze it out, but the wound gets infected and kills itself? ]

　　This description is really accurate. The melon-eating system excitedly patted its round body, and the consciousness of the small world No. 20 fell to the ground crying.

　　It believes that it is definitely the weakest small world consciousness.

　　Jiang Youtao felt relieved: [ Now that we have rescued Lu Xinyu, Small World No. 20 can continue to operate successfully, right? ]

　　[ Theoretically, yes. ] The melon-eating system looked at the green progress bar below the No. 20 small world and was very happy.

　　This is the fastest small world that it and Jiang Youtao have monitored.

　　Jiang Youtao stood up and prepared to go home.

　　After taking a few steps, she passed by a group of people in military and police uniforms.

　　She knew without the system telling her that these people were members of the Jiang family and Lu Xinyu's real relatives.

　　Jiang Youtao walked outside, waved goodbye to Xiao Zheng and others' escort, and then she walked slowly towards home.

　　The October sky is bright with a bright moon and sparse stars, illuminating the earth in front of us like daylight.

　　While walking on the road, Jiang Youtao read the final ending of Small World No. 19.

　　The consciousness of the 19th small world has been sent into an infinite cycle by the big world. In that infinite cycle, it will be like its predecessors, becoming the innocent people who died because of them, living out their lives one after another, until finally, the energy is exhausted and dissipated between heaven and earth.

　　Jiang Youtao opened the progress bar of number 19 and started to look at the subsequent life of Bai Yulan and Bai Yanlan.

　　After leaving the Bai family, Bai Yulan returned to her biological mother's home. After living there for a year, reform and opening up began.

　　She was born with an adventurous personality, and she felt that life was brighter after she no longer had to deal with men. When she saw the fine mushrooms her stepfather had picked from the mountain, her heart was moved.

　　She proposed to start a business. Her biological mother's previous children were all gone, and she followed the old lady Bai and her husband to the mountains just to have enough food.

　　When she was young, she loved and hated her daughter Bai Yulan, but when she grew old and lived many years of peace, she began to miss Bai Yulan. Bai Yulan was her only child, and Bai Yulan wanted to do business, so of course she, as a mother, had to insist.

　　Her husband listened to her and gave Bai Yulan the mushrooms and other mountain products at home without saying a word. He also went from house to house in the village to speak well of Bai Yulan. Bai Yulan received a batch of high-quality mountain products at a very low price.

　　Her mountain products were very popular among the city dwellers, and she made a lot of money. She continued to resell mountain products, and after making money, she did not forget the people who helped her in the past. She built a road for the mountain village to make it easier for the villagers to travel.

　　She also built a primary school in the mountains, and children from the surrounding villages all went to school there.

　　She was especially kind to her biological mother and her stepfather. When Bai Yulan was 35 years old, she brought a girl back from an orphanage. She had beaten many children and could no longer have children.

　　She is especially kind to her child.

　　At the age of 40, she was successful in her career and met Bai Yanlan, who no longer looked like she did in her youth.

　　After Bai Yulan left, Bai Yanlan lost her source of income, so she started to pester Su Zhiyuan, but when Su Zhiyuan didn't want to pay attention to her, it was useless for her to pester him.

　　Soon the family ran out of food. Under Bai Yaozu's constant pressure and Wang Yurong's wailing, Bai Yanlan had no choice but to go out to work. But she was hypocritical, clingy, and uneducated. Who would be willing to employ her?

　　Just then she met a man who was willing to give her money, and without much hesitation, Bai Yanlan surrendered.

　　After the first one, the second one was much easier. Bai Yanlan became the Bai Yulan she once looked down upon the most, and she didn't even have Bai Yulan's means.

　　Bai Yulan was able to escape unscathed when caught cheating on her husband by his wife, but Bai Yanlan was not like that. She was beaten every other day, and gradually her reputation became bad. She became the kind of person that everyone looked down upon.

　　Bai Yaozu lived on the money she earned from her sex trade and he would fight with her every few days. Bai Yaozu also became addicted to gambling and owed debts outside. When the debt collectors came to his home, he would use Bai Yanlan to repay the debts. Bai Yanlan was often tortured to death by those people.

　　Growing up in such a family environment, Wang Yurong never went to school. At the age of ten, he followed street thugs, doing all kinds of evil things. During the second wave of crackdowns, he was arrested and sentenced.

　　After Wang Yurong was sentenced, Wang Linqiang was released from prison. When he learned that his only child was in jail, Bai Yanlan became his trash can for venting his anger. After finally escaping from Bai Yaozu, Bai Yanlan became Wang Linqiang's puppet again before she had time to catch her breath.

　　Even at this point, Bai Yanlan's temperament has not changed. She still subconsciously tries to please everyone who treats her badly.

　　It had been like this her whole life.

　　Bai Yulan did not recognize her. From the day she left Yangshu Hutong, she no longer recognized Bai Yanlan or anyone related to her.

　　Bai Yanlan didn't see her. Wang Linqiang wanted to drink chicken soup, so she had to go buy it quickly. If Wang Linqiang woke up and couldn't drink it, she would be beaten again.

　　Jiang Youtao turned away the screen and let out a breath.

　　The melon-eating system chatted with her: [ Isn't Bai Yanlan reborn? Why is her life getting worse and worse? ]

　　The melon-eating system can't understand this.

　　Jiang Youtao said: [ Because rebirth doesn't make you smarter. Bai Yanlan was mentally retarded in her previous life, and she won't change much in this life. ]

　　[ If she had had a bit of brains in her previous life, she wouldn't have lived like that. In this life, without the support of the small world, without Su Zhiyuan as a big tree to rely on, and without the people who had been kind to her in the past, it's not surprising that she lives like this. ]

　　Passing by Bai Yanlan's house, Bai Yanlan's miserable life had not yet begun, and Jiang Youtao had no intention of helping her.

　　From the incident with Bai Yulan, she can see that Bai Yanlan cannot distinguish between good and evil. If Jiang Youtao helps her, not only will she not be appreciated, she might even be suspected of having bad intentions.

　　Jiang Youtao was living a good life and really didn't want to get involved in such a thing.

　　After the National Day, the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon, and Jiang Youtao has already started preparing for the Mid-Autumn Festival.

　　Before Gu Nianwei got married, she promised to go to the Fu family for the holiday this year. When she officially met her partner's family for the first time, Jiang Youtao was thinking about marrying Fu Shaohua again, and she still wanted to leave a good impression on others.

　　If for no other reason, just to avoid making things difficult for Fu Shaohua.

　　Just after dawn on the morning of the Mid-Autumn Festival, there was a knock on the door. When Jiang Youtao opened the door, she saw Fu Shaohua, dressed in new clothes and smiling foolishly.

　　Jiang Youtao saw him laughing and started laughing too.

　　The sun rose slowly from behind them, as if casting a layer of light on the two figures.