Reborn in a Sorry State

"Mm..."

Her head was unusually heavy, and her body burned unbearably. Suddenly, she felt as though a thousand horses and ten thousand soldiers had trampled over her. Bai Mo's heart jolted, and she snapped her eyes open to find a handsome man before her.

His eyes were half closed and unfocused. His features were so exquisite that he seemed unearthly, and his skin was exceptionally fair. He bit his thin lips lightly, fragrant sweat soaking strands of his hair.

The room was filled with an intimate, lingering air. Both of them seemed to have been drugged with an extremely potent aphrodisiac.

After taking a long moment to process it, Bai Mo was left with black lines all over her face. This wasn't a dream??

Her memories returned. She seemed to have transmigrated to a fictional era where women held power. The original owner's thoughts were in utter disarray, and there was no time to sort through them properly. Only the most vivid fragments kept flashing back and forth.

It was because of the man before her that the original owner had come to the miserable end of having her corpse left exposed in the wilderness.

Bai Mo's gaze turned complicated, and she raised her fingertips slightly. Fortunately, her ability had come with her. A green glow appeared, and as she detoxified herself, she gently placed her hand against the man's chest and channeled her Wood-Element Ability into him to rid him of the aphrodisiac as well. Unfortunately, detoxification took time; the results couldn't be immediate.

The aphrodisiac was potent. Bai Mo closed her eyes, her body beyond her control. She wanted to cry but had no tears, and on top of that, her primal energy was exhausted and her physical strength badly depleted...

She gave herself over to indulgence ヽ(ー_ー)ノ.

A little over half an hour later...

The man opened his eyes, a moment of confusion passing through them. He glanced at the person atop him, and fragments of what had happened grew clearer and clearer...

She had dragged him into the room and pinned him beneath her...

She had intended to violate him!!

Then he remembered that he had ultimately succumbed to the drug's influence and his purity had been ruined. His face turned ashen!

He lashed out with a vicious slap. Fortunately, Bai Mo dodged in time, and it only grazed her neck. "Shameless wretch, how dare you!!"

Bai Mo's gaze instantly turned cold, filled with killing intent. He had struck so viciously without knowing right from wrong?

But time was running out. Once they escaped this disaster, she would settle the whole score with him.

As soon as Bai Mo got up, he snatched up his clothes. When he saw that Bai Mo's gaze had never left him, veins bulged on his forehead in distress.

"Shen Qing, you'd better calm down first! I was harmed by someone this time too. I just cured you of the aphrodisiac. It's extremely potent and does considerable harm to the body, so save your strength. Someone will be here soon, and we need to leave as quickly as possible. Otherwise, even if we had mouths, we wouldn't be able to explain ourselves."

Shen Qing dressed, his eyes full of anger and grief, and prepared to get up and leave.

"Third Princess, Young Master Qingya drank too much and was dragged here by that wastrel from the Residence of the Earl Who Protects the State. We must hurry and have a look, lest the beauty be subjected to improper advances."

"Is that true? How dare a waste like her covet someone I have my eye on? Is she even worthy?"

"Who is Young Master Qingya? How could he possibly have a tryst with that wastrel from the Residence of the Earl Who Protects the State? Don't talk nonsense."

"Who knows? Let's hurry over and see too."

The many young gentlemen murmured among themselves. Several noble ladies followed behind, apparently hoping to watch the spectacle as well.

A flurry of hurried footsteps stopped Shen Qing from leaving.

Bai Mo had spent ages putting on the ancient clothes. Once dressed, she smoothed out the bedsheets and quietly used her Wood-Element Ability to disperse the strange smell in the room.

She stepped forward and seized Shen Qing, giving him no chance to resist as she turned and pulled him behind the screen. "Close your eyes. I'll get you out."

"How will you get me out? There are people all in front of the door now, and outside the window is the scenic lake of the princess's residence. The water is extremely deep, and I can't swim." Shen Qing's lips were deathly pale, and his eyes were filled with despair.

Bai Mo raised her hand and covered Shen Qing's eyes. "Close your eyes."

A fresh, delicate scent of plants wafted over him, putting his heart at ease for a moment. Shen Qing resigned himself to his fate and closed his eyes.

He suddenly felt his body grow light, as though a long whip had wrapped tightly around him, and then he felt himself rise into the air...

A moment later, he landed safely. The momentum sent Shen Qing tumbling to the ground, pain shooting through his palms. When he opened his eyes, he was already on the other side of the lake.

Shen Qing looked around and saw no one. Frowning slightly, he hurried to his feet and left.

Was Bai Mu actually skilled in martial arts? There was no time to dwell on the question. He knew the predicament he was in.

Inside the room.

Bai Mo's complexion was very poor too. Having forced herself to use her ability, she was nearly depleted. The most immediate effects were fatigue and drowsiness. At such a critical moment, she truly had no time to plan things out carefully. After all, being caught in the act this time was the starting point of every tragedy, and Shen Qing's reputation couldn't be ruined...

Bang, bang, bang! The knocking was deafening.

"Open the door! If you don't, I'll have someone break it down."

Hearing no movement inside, the Third Princess lost all patience. "Break it down for me."

With a creak, the door opened, and the many young gentlemen outside peered into the room.

"Elder Sister, you really are here? What have you done to Young Master Qingya? You even dared lay a finger on someone the princess has her eye on? I kindly invited you to come with me, so how could you do such a filthy thing? You've utterly disgraced our Residence of the Earl Who Protects the State." A young woman in purple shouted furiously at Bai Mo.

Bai Mo glanced at her. Bai Yuanshuang—what a good younger sister she was to the original owner. She was also the chief culprit who had framed the original owner. She was no simple character.

Bai Mo gathered her thoughts!

Bai Mo's gaze was somewhat vacant, and she looked as though she had just woken up. She gazed innocently at the crowd before her. "The wine at the princess's residence was truly delicious, so I drank too much. Feeling a little tipsy, I came to this guest room to rest for a while. I don't know what my second younger sister is talking about. What Shen Qing? Men and women shouldn't touch when giving or receiving things. Second Sister, don't talk nonsense. I care about my good name too."

Several young gentlemen chuckled. Who didn't know that the eldest miss of the earl's residence was utterly arrogant and overbearing, indulging in wine and pleasure every day? She also loved teasing young men. That notorious, good-for-nothing beauty cared about her good name?

The Third Princess glanced at Bai Yuanshuang and saw how certain she looked.

"Get out of my way."

She shoved Bai Mo aside and went straight into the room.

The bolder ones followed her inside, while the more timid young gentlemen watched from outside.

But the room could be taken in at a glance, and there was no sign of Shen Qing anywhere.

The Third Princess went behind the screen to look, then checked the windowsill. She even looked under the bed and in the wardrobe, but there really was no one there.

Bai Yuanshuang couldn't believe it. She knew very well what drug she had used. It was Blissful Union Intoxication, a fierce drug that robbed its victims of their senses. They had to couple within an hour, or they would die on the spot.

She had given both of them sufficient doses. There was no way they could have gotten out of bed in under four hours, and she had timed her arrival with the others precisely.

Bai Mo looked at her with an amused expression and said lazily, "Your Highness, Third Princess, since you've searched the room, you mustn't accuse me falsely. I can't hold my liquor, so I'll return to the residence first. I'm afraid I won't have the fortune to enjoy this Hundred Flowers Banquet."

The Third Princess was still worried about Shen Qing. She glared at Bai Yuanshuang and swept away with a flick of her sleeves.

Seeing that there was no more spectacle to watch, the others also left one after another.

The Residence of the Earl Who Protects the State.

Bai Mo let a maid support her back to her room. Looking drunk, she collapsed onto the bed.

"Eldest Miss, I'll make you some sobering soup. Please drink some before you rest." Lixia removed Bai Mo's leather boots, her eyes full of concern.

"No need. I'm terribly sleepy. You may leave."

Lixia answered yes and withdrew.

Bai Mo closed her eyes and began sorting through the chaotic memories. One unbearable, utterly foolish scene after another made her frown.

Who would have thought that she, Bai Mo, the supreme king of keeping a low profile, would see such a day? She had survived the apocalypse for nearly ten years, awakening both wood-element and spatial abilities early on. Time and again, she had found shelter in bases and lived fairly comfortably~

Unfortunately, her fighting ability was honestly average among ability users. Unfortunately, she lacked self-awareness, and when a base was besieged by a zombie king, she had shown some damnable kindness.

Thinking that it was, after all, the place where she had kept her head down for so long, and faced with so many familiar faces, she had mustered the courage to stand firm for once.

In the end, she still couldn't beat it... so she could only take the zombie king with her in a self-destruction.

With a bang, the sight had been too gruesome to bear!!

Being a hero was really hard...

She hadn't expected to transmigrate one day and arrive in this so-called Feng Dynasty Kingdom.

[Leave your values, brains, and logic here.]

Friendly reminder: This is a long wish-fulfillment novel that gets better as it goes, and the female lead goes through a period of growth. If you like one-on-one romance, you can stop reading now! This is a female-dominant, multiple-partner story; no matter how good the male leads are, they're only accessories. Each male lead has his own arc, so please don't leave a hundreds-of-words-long bad review attacking the author just because you personally like or feel sorry for one of them. A happy ending for everyone is guaranteed. Thank you!