My Whole Family Transmigrated, and My Parents Became the Emperor and Empress

My dad drank the broth down to the last drop from the final packet of braised beef instant noodles. He licked the little fleck of oil at the corner of his mouth and sighed contentedly. "Wan Zhou, Dad gets paid tomorrow. We'll buy two packets!"

My mom, Su Huilan, was pasting paper boxes together. She didn't even look up. "Try to save a little, Lao Lin. We're still three hundred short on next month's rent."

I, Lin Wanzhou, was nineteen and had just finished the college entrance exams. I was trying to figure out where to get a summer job. Outside the window, the early summer evening was stiflingly hot, and inside, the room was like a steamer. The three of us were crammed into this run-down thirty-square-meter apartment. The only appliance was the energy-saving bulb hanging precariously overhead.

"Bang!" It happened without warning.