Rebirth: Solely Cherished by the Devoted Commander

Chapter 1 - 1: Back Again?

In the early hours of midsummer, just as dawn broke, the fields were already bustling with activity.

Sun Chan bent over in the corn rows, weeding, with bruises on her face and body from her husband's beatings. Her arms were too weak to lift, but her husband would never do these chores. If she didn't hurry, the crops would be ruined.

After working for several hours, she was so exhausted that she saw stars. As she tried to stand, her legs gave way, causing her to collapse onto the ground. The earth was scorching, and the pain made her groan, but she couldn't move at all.

Bitterness welled up in Sun Chan's heart, yet she felt relieved: I might just work myself to death like this...

In a daze, she felt a cold sensation as water was poured over her head, soaking her entirely. In the heat, it made her shiver all over, and then someone pushed her hard, with a familiar voice ringing in her ears.

"All you do is eat and sleep! Abandoned and humiliated, yet you still have the nerve?"

Sun Chan sat up, dazed. Wasn't she dead? How could she still be scolded for not working now that she's in the underworld?

Looking at her adoptive mother, Zhao Xiuxia, who appeared much younger, she was momentarily confused about what was happening.

Her eyes glanced around at the shabby courtyard, the mud walls, and missing glass patched up with plastic bags.

Everything was so familiar. Sun Chan suddenly covered her mouth, terror filling her eyes. She had been reborn twenty years ago, to the day before her engagement!

Zhao Xiuxia was still nagging, but Sun Chan's heart was overwhelmed with excitement, unable to hear anything clearly.

mother, widowed early on, with only

old; her daughter Sun Lijuan was three years younger, clever and lively, and also

and her son was a fool. Zhao Xiuxia was always worried about her son's marriage. Coincidentally, when the son turned five,

in and named her

plan to marry her off to serve the son when grown, but the son died of an

Sun Chan worked at home like a servant, handling farm chores, feeding pigs, washing laundry, and cooking. Zhao Xiuxia and Sun Lijuan constantly mistreated

knew this stubborn girl would find herself a partner, but luckily it failed, or they wouldn't

was unresponsive, Zhao Xiuxia jabbed her forehead with her finger, "Just know how to play dead and

chance to start anew. She would take control of her fate, and she'd rather die than

to work, or I'll deal

all the chores at home? I only got sick for a few days, and you treat me like this? No matter what, you have to let me recover for your sake so

girl... But, you're agreeing to the

had always opposed this marriage, even falling ill because of it. Zhao Xiuxia worried if she pushed too hard, she'd drive her

Chan slid her feet into her shoes and walked

are you going? To find Ding

"What if I am?"

hearing this, shouting, "That stinking kid's family is dirt poor, with a crazy mother. I've advised you countless times to end it, and you

Mei being together was suggested by

for a good price, so how could they let her marry a poor guy? Sun Lijuan encouraged her friend Liu Mei to pursue Ding Hu, and even

had no hatred for Sun Lijuan because Ding Hu was a

no matter what you say,