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Tang Lejun had good talent but lacked luck, becoming one of the majority who failed, passing away in the twentieth year of the post-apocalyptic era.

She knew she was dead, but when she saw herself standing in an antique courtyard, she felt as if she was still alive...

This was a small, neglected courtyard: over a dozen weeds grew between the gray tiles on the roof of the reversed-eaves house, the paint on the pillars had faded from its original color, the window paper on both sides of the wing rooms was torn and shabby, and the window frames were riddled with wormholes.

In the courtyard patio, there was a large piece of quaint rock, beside which stood a cluster of withered bamboo, and on the north wall of the west wing was a plum tree with a bleak vitality.

Suddenly, the sun rose above the rooftops, with a few rays of warm light pouring down, startling two sparrows perched on the plum tree.

The sound of their wings fluttering made Tang Lejun realize that the scene before her was real.

This realization was like a gate opening, and a flood of memories not belonging to her poured out.

After a long time, she finally realized that this was not the post-apocalyptic world, and she was no longer herself. The memories that suddenly appeared in her mind belonged to Tang Lejun, the cousin of the reborn female lead in the fictional novel "Rebirth: The Female General of the Tang Clan".

She shared the same name with her, every character the same.

It was a light novel with martial arts as its social background, telling the story of how the female lead corrected her mistakes from the previous life, abandoned the first-rank scholar in the national mansion who belonged to someone else's heart, married a young rake from a noble family, successfully fought within the mansion, successfully tamed her husband, and ultimately assisted her husband in rebel suppression and supporting a new emperor to ascend the throne with the Tang Clan's mechanisms in turbulent times.

The original character in the book was a green tea persona, serving as a foil and contrast to the female lead.

She was sixteen years old, born into a branch of the Tang Clan. Four years ago, her father died of illness, and she and her younger brother were adopted by the main branch of the Tang Clan.

Her younger brother had a talent for martial arts and was sent to the Tang Clan's home to study martial arts. The original character, with her good looks and clear mind, was taken into the capital by the second main branch of the Tang family where the female lead resided, preparing to find her a suitable marriage after she reached the age of fifteen.

The original character was one that she sympathized with the most but also despised the most in the book.

She sympathized because they both lost their parents; she despised her because the original character was cunning and scheming, always coveting things that didn't belong to her.

Knowing she was living under someone else's roof, she humbled herself while harboring sky-high ambitions, wanting to marry into a wealthy family with her beauty and outwit her female cousins, seeking a lifetime of glory and wealth.

She pretended to be cute and clever in the Tang family, striving to please everyone, learning their preferences,洞察 their secrets, and using them as leverage to achieve her goals.

Although she wasn't overtly bad, over time, the Tang family members learned their lesson after suffering losses, and understood everything.

So, when she was framed by the reborn female lead and intercepted the male secondary character Ji Peizhi beside the fish-releasing pond at the rear mountain of Shengyun Temple, pretending to fall, Ji Peizhi dodged to the side, and was kicked into the pond without hesitation by his servant, the Tang siblings ignored and pretended not to hear, which was not surprising.

After this incident, the Tang family worried that their children's reputation would be ruined by the original character, so the Tang old lady stepped in to negotiate with her, threatening to send her back to her ancestral home in the suburbs with the future of her younger brother as leverage.

The original character wasn't good to others, but she had always had a good relationship with her younger brother. She knew that other members of the Tang family were ultimately outsiders and unreliable, and the only one she could rely on was her younger brother.

After weighing the options, she had to keep silent, accepted five hundred taels of silver and a promise of a suitable marriage from the Tang family, and returned to this small two-courtyard house with a facade.

Barely three months after moving in, she encountered the newly widowed commander of the imperial guards and used some dishonorable means to marry him as a second wife...

"Knock knock." The courtyard gate was knocked twice.

Tang Lejun's reverie was interrupted. She cautiously looked towards the gate and saw a slightly overweight woman leaning in halfway, "So... Tang's niece is back!"

The woman was in her mid-thirties, dressed in simple clothing, with a dark complexion, a round face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a kind look, appearing capable and friendly.

She should be a neighbor.

The book didn't elaborate on the original character's life experiences in this courtyard. Tang Lejun only felt familiar with her but couldn't remember who she was for a moment, so she managed to squeeze out a fake smile, "Yes, I'm back."

The woman looked startled, pushed open the gate, and walked over quickly, "It's really you! Niece, how come..."

Tang Lejun didn't know what she wanted to say, "What's wrong with me?"

The woman's gaze fell on the seven or eight trunks casually stacked in the courtyard patio. She stamped her foot and said with frustration, "You girl, you came here to find a good match, so why did you come back?"

True...

When the original character left here, the women in the neighboring houses had envied her for "flying up to the branches and becoming a phoenix." Now that she had returned in disgrace, it was feared that it would attract many gossips.

Tang Lejun was concise and to the point: "Something happened." She didn't care how others viewed the original character, just telling the truth, and also seeing if this seemingly warm-hearted woman was really warm-hearted.

"What happened..." The woman swallowed the question rolling on her lips, "Forget it, I won't ask. Let me help you tidy up."

Tang Lejun said, "Thank you, but it's okay. I can carry the things in myself."

"How can that be?" The woman turned and walked out, "Wait a moment, Auntie Tian will get you a basin and two brooms. It's been a year or two since anyone lived here, and it's full of dust and cobwebs..."

She went out while talking.

Tang Lejun nodded, introducing herself. She was straightforward and seemed like a nice person.

She took out a key from her pouch, walked to the door of the main room, and unlocked the brass lock, thinking that it was indeed not easy for a single woman to live alone in this era, but as long as she could stay alive, a little hardship didn't matter.

"Hello, Host 8238." A mechanical voice appeared in Tang Lejun's mind.

Tang Lejun picked up the door bolt and sternly asked, "Who is it?"

The mechanical voice replied, "I am the Pharmaceutical Development System of the Hourglass Space Administration."

Although Tang Lejun was born in the early years of the post-apocalyptic era, she was not unfamiliar with the technological civilization before it. Moreover, she found that the voice came from her mind, not a mental attack from another psychic ability user.

Regardless of what it was, it posed no threat to her safety.

Tang Lejun relaxed her furrowed brows and continued to walk in with the door bolt in hand.

The system probably read her brainwaves: "Yes, I pose no threat to the host, but if the host wants to survive here, they need to accept and complete tasks issued by the Hourglass Space Administration."

Tang Lejun thought, what tasks?

Without knowing how the system operated, a halo appeared before her eyes, with a line of bold calligraphy on it: The host must save the male secondary character. If the male secondary character lives, the host lives; if the male secondary character dies, the host dies - accept the task by pressing your right fingerprint anywhere on the panel.

The male secondary character was Ji Peizhi, the wisest and most eccentric character in the entire book, without a doubt. At eight years old, he personally killed three eunuchs and two maids in the queen's palace, and then was poisoned by a strange toxin. Both the Medicine King Valley and the renowned doctor Li Wubing were helpless except for providing a method to suppress the poison...

The task was difficult, but that was okay. The key was that this person had psychological issues. If there was no external pressure forcing him to live, he might not have wanted to live very much.

Saving someone who didn't want to live was very difficult.

Forget it, why should she consider him? As long as she wanted to live, that was enough.

She had to accept it!

The post-apocalyptic world was so difficult, and she had persevered for twenty years. Here, there was food, drink,