Chapter 1 Gaining Space

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Xiaolin, where are you going to play tomorrow weekend?" He Lili is Chen Xiaolin's roommate and best friend. The two are not only college classmates, but also good friends who have known each other since childhood. If Chen Xiaolin's parents had not divorced, Chen Xiaolin lived with her mother and then moved out of her original home, the two would not have been separated for so many years.

"I want to go back to the old house. My grandfather is sick." Although Chen Xiaolin lives with her mother, she still often goes to her grandparents' house. Her grandmother passed away two years ago, and now her grandfather is the only one living in the old house.

"Is your grandfather seriously ill? Won't you meet your vicious stepmother if you go back? How about I go back with you?" He Lili was really worried that her best friend would be bullied by her stepmother. After all, her gentle best friend was no match for her stepmother.

Chen Xiaolin had lived in her father's house for a while, but her stepmother was afraid that she would come back to steal the family property, so she framed her, saying that she stole things, always bullied her brother, and wanted to strangle him to death. With her stepmother crying, her "stepfather" believed her and sent her back to her mother.

No, I'm not afraid of her now. I'm not the little girl I was back then. It won't be that easy for her to bully me again." When her mother found out about that incident, she called her father and scolded him. From then on, she never let Chen Xiaolin go to her father's house again.

"Although you are capable of protecting yourself now, you still have to be careful. If you have any problems, call me and I will pick you up." He Lili did not have a good impression of Chen Xiaolin's stepmother. She looked aggrieved all day long. Only Chen Xiaolin's father was blind and could not see it.

"Okay! My little housekeeper." Chen Xiaolin gave He Lili a big hug.

The next day, Chen Xiaolin drove a red BMW to the old house where her grandfather lived. Before she parked the car, she heard her stepmother cursing.

"You old fool, you left all your property to your money-losing granddaughter, so just let her come back to serve you! Why did you look for your son when you were sick? You deserve to die of illness because you are so partial." When Chen Xiaolin walked in, her stepmother was still cursing.

"My hypocritical stepmother, you are cursing so loudly, aren't you afraid of ruining your beautiful image? What do you think my dad will think if he sees his good wife insulting his father?" Chen Xiaolin would not give her face now. Anyway, there would not be many opportunities to meet her in the future.

"Hmph, don't think you are so great just because this old man is partial to you. Your father's things will all belong to my son in the future. As for your grandfather's old house, I'll give it to you if you want it." Hu Jing has kept Chen Xiaolin's father under control for so many years. She is not worried at all that Chen Xiaolin will complain to her father.

"You don't need to distribute my grandfather's things. Grandpa can give them to whoever he wants. Get out of here right now." Chen Xiaolin was angry about Hu Jing's attitude towards her grandfather. Her grandfather was bedridden, but she came over and insulted him.

"I'll just leave. I don't want to stay here. Humph!" Hu Jing left the old house without looking back.

"Linlin, come here." Grandpa Chen's voice was already very weak.

"Grandpa, what's wrong with you! Don't abandon me, Linlin!" Chen Xiaolin couldn't hold back her tears anymore when she looked at her grandfather's pale face.

"Linlin, be good. Grandpa is going to find your grandma. She has been waiting for me for too long. Linlin, this is the key to the bank safe. The things I left for you are all in there. Also, please help me get the box in the drawer." Grandpa Chen asked Chen Xiaolin to open the box, which contained an ordinary bracelet.

"Linlin, this bracelet was your grandmother's dowry and it's an heirloom in their family. I'm giving it to you now, and you must keep it well. Call your dad and ask him to come back soon!" Grandpa Chen tried his best to finish his words and then fainted

"Grandpa! What's wrong with you? Wake up!" Chen Xiaolin heard her grandfather's weak breathing and knew that he couldn't hold on any longer. She was so anxious that she immediately called her father.

"Dad, come back soon, grandpa can't do it anymore!"

"I'll be back soon." Without even hanging up the phone, Dad Chen hurried to the old house.

"Grandpa, please wait a little longer, my dad will be here soon." Chen Xiaolin watched her grandfather's breathing gradually weaken. She was very anxious, fearing that her father would not be able to see her for the last time.

After a while, Chen Xiaolin heard the sound of a car outside the door. She finally breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately she arrived in time.

Maybe the father and son had telepathy, because when Father Chen came in, Grandpa Chen just opened his eyes.

"Dad, what's wrong with you! You won't leave me, right?" Mr. Chen regrets very much now. Because of his wife, he seldom comes back to visit his old father

"Zhikang, I'm going to find your mother. You must treat Linlin well. She is your daughter too! Otherwise... I... will die... with my eyes open." After saying that, Grandpa Chen could no longer hold on.

Watching her grandfather slowly close his eyes, Chen Xiaolin couldn't hold back her tears any longer.

"Dad! Don't leave!" Chen Zhikang knelt in front of Grandpa Chen's bed

The more he thought about it, the sadder he felt. He felt sorry for his old father. He hadn't eaten with his father for a long time because of Hu Jing's quarrel with him.

Grandpa Chen's funeral arrangements took a total of seven days. After Chen Xiaolin finished her grandfather's funeral arrangements, she couldn't muster the energy to do anything and felt completely dazed.

She suddenly remembered what her grandfather said before he died, and took out the bracelet her grandfather gave her. No matter how she looked at it, it didn't look like something valuable. How could it become a family heirloom?

Suddenly, Chen Xiaolin lost her grip and the bracelet fell down. In a hurry, Chen Xiaolin didn't notice the fruit knife on the side of her table. Then tragedy struck, her right hand was cut, and the blood kept dripping down, just absorbed by the bracelet on the ground.

Chen Xiaolin was also shocked when she saw the blood on the ground being completely absorbed by the bracelet. If it weren't for the wound on her hand, she would have doubted whether she was injured.

Chen Xiaolin suddenly thought of the space in the novel. Could the bracelet also be a space? Thinking of this, Chen Xiaolin decided to give it a try.

"Go in"

In a flash, Chen Xiaolin appeared in a strange place. At a glance, there was a large piece of black land and a bare mountain in the distance. At the end of the black land, there was a villa. A winding river separated the black land from the mountain. There was also a well at the door of the villa. There was a sign on the well that read "Lingquan Water". Looking at the endless space in front of her, Chen Xiaolin wanted to jump up with joy. Sure enough, God will not let down those who work hard. She, Chen Xiaolin, also has space!

Chen Xiaolin remembered the rules in the novel. If there is space, one will travel through time. Then one will travel through time to the end of the world, ancient times, or the 1960s and 1970s, and one might even travel through a book.

No, she needs to stock up. Chen Xiaolin took out her bank card. Although she has not graduated yet, she is not short of money. After her mother divorced her father, she started to work hard and started her own company, which became bigger and bigger. In the past few years, she had no time to accompany her, so she could only keep sending her money. Chen Xiaolin checked and found that there was almost 100 million in the card her mother gave her. This shocked Chen Xiaolin, because she had money to spend, so she had never touched this card.

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