The Only Daughter of the Nineties

Shen Nian was a first-year art student in the twenty-third century. On a college trip to paint landscapes in an ancient town, she slipped off a bridge and fell into the river. When she opened her eyes, she had become Shen Nian, the only daughter of an ordinary family living in the former food factory's staff compound beside the police compound. Life had gone back several decades. It was less convenient than in the future, but her family was well-off. She thought about how she had slipped and fallen, then broken her arm, and how people had declared her a fool. The day after she fell unconscious, her uncles came over to scheme about taking the house. Shen Nian was so furious that she leaped out of her hospital bed and attacked everyone indiscriminately. Pointing at her eldest uncle, she said, “You and the mother of your son's classmate were cuddling together. The two of you went to the West City Hotel arm in arm.” After seeing her eldest uncle's face scratched up, she turned to her second uncle, who was watching the show. “You lied to Auntie and told her your salary was only 200 yuan. In fact, you give Second Aunt 100 yuan every month, and you even steal clothes from home for her son to wear.” Seeing the two men locked in a scuffle, Shen Nian let out a shriek, jumped out of bed, and charged at her bewildered cousins. With one hand, two feet, and a mouth, she successfully cowed the whole staff compound and everyone nearby. People all said that the Shen family's girl had become a different person after her fall, turning into a little firecracker who snapped at anyone and fought anyone who crossed her. Even if a dog barked at her from the roadside, she'd chase after it and bark right back. Yet this little firecracker respected her teachers and elders at school and always came first in her class. Outside, she was polite and respectful to the elderly, and always greeted people with a smile. With her fair skin, big eyes, and pretty face, she was every bit the perfect child other parents wished they had. Only those who had fought with her knew what a little demon she could be. Well, what could you expect? She had a System that valued good manners and studiousness.