3: Activate the Peak System.

Xiao Niannian opened the cloth bag. Inside was the wooden bracelet, along with a lot of small change in denominations of a few cents, ten cents, twenty cents, and one yuan, plus several larger ten-yuan bills.

Xiao Niannian put all the money into her pocket. Much of this money was earned by the original host through work. In the past, besides going to school, all her other time was spent doing tasks ordered by Second Uncle Xiao's family. She barely slept three or four hours a day...

"How dare you steal my money, Xiao Niannian! My parents won't let you off. If you know what's good for you, kneel down, kowtow to me, and beg for my forgiveness. Otherwise, I'll definitely get my parents to beat you to death..."

Xiao Niannian curled her lips slightly and looked toward Second Uncle Xiao and Second Aunt Xiao, who were trembling with fear beside her.

"Who should kowtow to whom?"

Her gaze swept over them. Second Uncle Xiao and Second Aunt Xiao, who had been thinking of running away, instantly felt as if they had been targeted by a wolf. Suppressing the anger in his heart, Second Uncle Xiao forced a smile and said,

"Niannian, Yueyue is still young. She doesn't understand things. Don't stoop to her level."

"Yes, yes, that's right," Second Aunt Xiao also forced a smile, echoing her husband's words.

Seeing that Xiao Niannian remained silent, they were afraid she might hit someone again. The two of them dragged Xiao Yueyue and quickly ran out.

"Thud."

Running too fast, all three of them crashed into the courtyard gate, letting out cries of pain. But they immediately scrambled to their feet, not daring to stop for even a second.

Xiao Niannian put the wooden bracelet on her wrist and found that it fit her hand perfectly.

The next moment, Xiao Niannian felt a sharp pain in her wrist, as if pricked by a needle.

A voice flashed through her mind.

"Congratulations, Master, on binding with the Peak System."

Binding with a system? What Peak System? Xiao Niannian stared blankly at the wooden bracelet in her hand. But the next second, the bracelet instantly vanished before her eyes.

"Master, from today onward, work hard and you will surely become the Peak Sovereign."

What the heck? Peak Sovereign?

Her entire body, however, felt warm, and the fatigue from earlier disappeared completely. Before she could even figure out what was going on, that voice sounded in her ear again.

"Ding. Master, would you like to activate the space?"

Hearing the voice in her mind, Xiao Niannian immediately said,

"Activate."

"Master, you can use your spiritual sense to store items in your hand into the space. As your physical fitness improves, you will be able to retrieve objects remotely..."

Retrieve objects remotely? How is this like a myth?

Store the cloth bag in hand.

As soon as she thought this, the items in Xiao Niannian's hand instantly disappeared.

Take out the cloth bag from earlier.

The next second, that cloth bag reappeared in Xiao Niannian's hand.

Store it, take it out...

Xiao Niannian played with it several times in a row before looking around.

Grandma Xiao was sitting on a broken chair at this moment, calling out,

"Niannian, quick, come with Grandma to the village chief's house. You can't stay at home anymore, otherwise that Wang Dazhuang will be the death of you..."

Over the years, Grandma Xiao had heard many stories about the things Wang Dazhuang had done.

"Grandma, don't be afraid. He can't bully me."

Grandma Xiao was so anxious she was about to cry.

"Niannian, his father is the commune accountant, and his uncle is a cadre in the Committee. We can't afford to provoke them. Grandma doesn't want you to be taken to the Committee by them. They'll definitely fabricate some false charge to harm you..."

Grandma Xiao pushed Xiao Niannian, wanting to shove her out the door and take her to the village chief's house.

Memories of the village chief flashed through Xiao Niannian's mind. The village chief was a fellow clansman of the Xiao family named Xiao He. He was good brothers with Grandpa Xiao and had always pitied his Nephew, Xiao Zhan, who sacrificed himself for the country. All these years, he had been helping Grandma and her.

"Grandma, I'll listen to you. Let's go to the village chief's house."

Hearing her Granddaughter agree, Grandma Xiao was overjoyed.

"Grandma packed some things for you. Take them quickly."

Grandma Xiao, on her bound feet, went to the room next door and brought out a large sack filled with the things she had packed for her Granddaughter.

Xiao Niannian lifted the sack with one hand. This must weigh over twenty pounds. What on earth had Grandma packed for her?

"Hurry, once we get to the village chief's house, they won't dare do anything to you."

Xiao Niannian's old house was at the end of the village, over two hundred meters from the village chief's house, while Second Uncle Xiao's house was only a few dozen meters away.

The lightning and heavy rain outside had also stopped by now. The moon shyly peeked out. By its light, Xiao Niannian suddenly realized her eyesight was much better than before.

"Ding. Eyesight +1."

As this voice sounded in her mind, Xiao Niannian found that even though the moonlight was somewhat faint, she could see very clearly over ten meters away.

This system is really not bad.

However, Second Uncle Xiao and Second Aunt Xiao were so vicious. Even for the sake of the original host, she couldn't let them off.

"Grandma, I'll carry you on my back."

Xiao Niannian carried Grandma Xiao on her back. With her other hand, she lifted the sack weighing over twenty pounds. Every step she took was steady, and she even broke into a light jog.

"Niannian, put Grandma down quickly. Your health is weak..."

Grandma Xiao said worriedly.

It wasn't that Xiao Niannian's previous body was inherently poor, but that she had been tormented too harshly by Second Uncle Xiao and his family. She ate little and worked a lot, so her body naturally became weak.

"Ding. Physical Strength +1."

Carrying Grandma while walking could also increase physical strength by one? When she was hitting people earlier, she did feel this body was somewhat weak. But after binding with the system, her body warmed up a bit. Now, with strength increased by one, as long as she trained properly, she could definitely restore this body to its previous physical condition.

This is really great.

Although she didn't understand why she had traveled from 2025 to 1970, since she was here, she would live well.

The original host was gone. She had to take good care of Grandma Xiao on her behalf.

Once she settled Grandma Xiao, she would go out and strive.

However, in the 1970s, she remembered her Grandparents saying that during this time, you needed introduction letters to go anywhere, and there were all sorts of unsavory characters everywhere. She had heard her Grandparents talk about many things from this era.

No wonder that Wang Dazhuang was so arrogant and cocky.

Bullying so many girls, causing the deaths of two, and driving several others insane. Such a person didn't deserve to live. She wouldn't kill him directly, but she could cripple him.

From the original host's memories, Xiao Niannian knew the location of Wang Dazhuang's house. None of Wang Dazhuang's family were good people. Their family's wealth was all seized from others, and they had caused the deaths of many families...

Not only would she cripple Wang Dazhuang, but she would also take the things they had seized.

Second Uncle Xiao and Second Aunt Xiao were also no good. For so many years, they had taken all the pension and annual subsidies from her Adoptive Father. The money Grandma Xiao and the original host earned had also been taken by them.

She couldn't let these people off either.

Xiao Niannian quickly formed a plan.

Not long after, they arrived at the village chief's house.

Someone had just informed the village chief that Wang Dazhuang had taken people to Xiao Niannian's house, and he might be planning to take Xiao Niannian away.