Hiding her Pregnant Belly to Escape Famine, the Childless King Embarks on a Long and Arduous Journey to Find His Wife

Lin Xiazhi, a skilled surgeon who survived seven years in a zombie apocalypse, transmigrates into the body of a sixteen-year-old girl with the same name. The original owner was sold as a child bride to the Chen family for five taels of silver and treated as a slave, subjected to daily abuse and starvation. Upon waking, Lin Xiazhi finds herself being force-fed Soul-Severing Soup by Chen Feicai and his mother, Wang Chuntao. Instead of dying, she uses her combat skills to incapacitate them, breaking their limbs and covering them in human waste to frame the incident as a thief attack. She retrieves her slave and marriage contracts from a hidden location in town, intending to dissolve the engagement and secure her freedom.

Her new life is complicated by the return of her supernatural abilities from her previous existence, including X-ray vision and a storage space containing modern items and weapons. She also summons her loyal German Shepherd, Naidou, from her space. As she navigates her new reality, she encounters Mu Zheng, a mysterious, limping young man who lives in isolation. Mu Zheng intervenes when Lin Xiazhi threatens to kill the Chen family, warning her that murder will lead to her execution under the law. He reveals that the Chen family killed his wife, establishing a shared animosity toward them, though his true identity and motives remain unclear.

Lin Xiazhi’s plans are disrupted when she discovers she has been drugged by Chen Feicai, who intended to use the drug to force himself on Zhao Xiuxiu, a woman he desires. In her delirious state, she encounters Mu Zheng in a bamboo grove and sleeps with him, only to flee the next morning to avoid emotional entanglement. Meanwhile, Chen Feicai and Zhao Xiuxiu are discovered together in the house, having also been affected by the drugged tea. Lin Xiazhi sets Chen Feicai’s broken legs, allowing him to walk again, but warns him that the healing is temporary if he does not cooperate.

She forces Chen Feicai to accompany her to the county yamen to dissolve the marriage contract. There, they face Magistrate Zhao, who is revealed to be Zhao Xiuxiu’s father. Chen Feicai attempts to accuse Lin Xiazhi of assault and theft, but Lin Xiazhi counters by exposing his attempted rape and abuse. She displays her bruises and scars, and with the testimony of villagers Liu Juan and Zhao Xiaomei, she paints a picture of a victim fighting back against a cruel family. Mu Zheng arrives as a witness, but his testimony contradicts Chen Feicai’s claims, describing Chen Feicai as the aggressor. The magistrate, enraged by Chen Feicai’s behavior toward his daughter and Lin Xiazhi, begins to investigate the Chen family’s crimes, setting the stage for further conflict as Lin Xiazhi seeks to dismantle the family that oppressed her.