The Rebirth of Yu Li

Yu Li awoke in the darkness, instantly detecting another breath in the room.

Someone was there!

Her hand shot out like lightning, gripping the person's neck. Just as she was about to snap it, a sudden sensation from her fingertips made her freeze.

Yu Li's hand stiffened.

At that moment, a flood of memories rushed into her mind, causing a sharp pain that broke her out in a cold sweat in an instant.

Yu Li was a person born in the post-apocalyptic era.

These "New Humans" were warriors raised as weapons, born in research institutes with no parents or relatives, and sent to training camps at the age of three.

She spent over a decade in the training camp, and at fifteen, she joined the cleanup squad, leaving the city to eradicate pollutants and mutated species.

From age fifteen to twenty-five, Yu Li fought constantly against all kinds of pollutants and mutated beasts, until she sacrificed her life during a purging mission.

Yu Li was not surprised by this outcome. Over the past ten years, she had executed countless cleanup missions and sustained numerous injuries; her body had long been contaminated. Even if she hadn't died on a mission, her body would have broken down eventually due to her high pollution index. It was merely a matter of dying sooner or later.

She just hadn't expected that she would be reborn.

Currently, she was a village girl named "Yu Li," the eldest daughter of the Second Branch of the Yu family in Qingshi Village.

The Yu surname was prominent in Qingshi Village, and the Yu family's household was quite large.

The old Yu couple had five children: three sons and two daughters. Of the two daughters, one married into the county town and the other into a neighboring village. The three sons had all married and had children, causing the Yu family's household to grow increasingly crowded.

Yu Lao Da was the eldest son and the most favored by the old Yu couple. They had even married him to the daughter of a scholar from the neighboring village.

Yu Lao Da and his wife had four children: three sons and one daughter. Except for the daughter and the youngest son, the two eldest sons were sent to a private school in the county town to study.

Perhaps because the parents placed all their love and hope on their eldest son, when Yu Lao Er was born, his situation was the complete opposite of his elder brother's.

Yu Lao Er was a simple, quiet man who only knew how to work with his head down.

The old Yu couple did not like this honest and simple second son, but they weren't overly harsh either. When Yu Lao Er came of age, they chose Madam Liu, a refugee from the north, to be his wife.

Yu Lao Er and his wife also had four children, but unlike Yu Lao Da, all four of theirs were daughters.

Madam Liu shared her husband's temperament, being both honest and submissive. Perhaps because she had only given birth to daughters and had no son to rely on, she was highly insecure. She only knew how to work hard, constantly fearing the dislike of her mother-in-law and sisters-in-law.

In particular, when Yu Lao San and his wife married after them and gave birth to consecutive sons, Madam Liu's insecurity deepened even further.

As the eldest daughter of the Second Branch, Yu Li not only had to help with household chores but also care for her younger sisters. It could be said that she ate the least but worked the most, seemingly born to labor.

When she reached the age of fifteen, she should have been matchmade. However, because the Yu family had to support the studies of the First Branch's two sons, which cost a significant amount each year, Old Madam Yu targeted her granddaughter to demand a high bride price. This caused all potential matchmakers to back away.