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Pei Jiayue is the late-born daughter of Emperor Jianwu of Great Zhou. She grew up listening to stories about her father and mother.

Her father said, “Your mother was famous for being gentle and virtuous throughout the whole area back then. So many people came to ask for her hand that they nearly wore down the doorstep.”

Her mother said, “Your father was the most handsome and refined young man in our town back then. Girls would sneak glances at him wherever he went.”

She believed them without a doubt.

Then, one day, she woke up to find herself in her family's old home in the northern lands, thirty years in the past.

After asking around for news of her parents, she followed the clues to find them.

At a butcher's stall, someone was deliberately making trouble, picking through the meat without buying any. With a loud thud, a bloodstained boning knife was slammed onto the chopping block. A pretty young girl planted her hands on her hips and snapped impatiently, “Buy it or don't! If you're not buying, get out! Can't you see all these people waiting behind you?”

Pei Jiayue stared in a daze. This was her gentle and virtuous mother?

Then, at the corner of a street, a heavyset middle-aged man was knocked down with a punch. He struggled to get up, but someone planted a foot on him. Following the black boot upward, she saw a young man with his arms folded, gazing down and asking nonchalantly, “Boss Zhu, when are you planning to pay back the twenty taels you owe to Xing'an Ward?”

Pei Jiayue looked dazed. This was her refined and handsome father?

Theme: Seeing is believing.