Transmigration? Rebirth? Don't Be Silly, This Sister Reads Minds

Zhao Shiyu was a veteran player in a massive alien survival game, possessing the lowest-tier combat class known as Thief. Her survival depended entirely on her unique ability to steal items from NPCs, bosses, monsters, and other players. After five years of cautious gameplay, she was discovered and killed by a high-level opponent. Instead of dying permanently, she transmigrated into the body of an eight-year-old girl named Zhao Shiyu in a historical novel setting. She discovered she had inherited the Thief skill and gained the ability to read minds. The original owner of the body had a cousin, Zhao Shiying, who was also a transmigrator. Zhao Shiying had entered the novel world earlier with the intent to steal the female lead's destined opportunities and become the chosen heroine herself.

The Zhao family was a large, multi-generational household led by Zhao Yingzhang, a scholar who ran a private school. The family lived under one roof due to traditional beliefs and the tax exemptions granted to scholars. Zhao Shiyu quickly realized that Zhao Shiying was her rival. While Zhao Shiying pretended to be a sweet, innocent little girl, her inner thoughts revealed a malicious and calculating adult mind. Zhao Shiying was desperate to intercept the female lead's first major opportunity, which the novel plot identified as a magical Space Stone hidden on a nearby hillside. Zhao Shiyu, aware of this through her mind-reading ability, decided to outmaneuver her cousin.

During a family outing to gather wild vegetables, Zhao Shiyu used her Thief skill to steal a small amount of silver from Zhao Shiying, testing her retained abilities. She then feigned illness to avoid going with the group, allowing her to slip away secretly. Using the intuitive pull she felt as the female lead, she located the Space Stone before Zhao Shiying could find it. She completed a blood bond with the stone, which transformed into a mark on her thumb and granted her access to a private spatial dimension. This space was initially a hundred-square-meter glass-house-like area with fertile soil and a water source. Zhao Shiyu secured the space as her exclusive cheat item, knowing that the bond was tied to her soul and could not be stolen by external forces.

Meanwhile, Zhao Shiying arrived at the location too late, finding only an empty pit. She was devastated and confused, suspecting that another transmigrator or reborn individual might have interfered. Determined not to lose, she resolved to intercept the next opportunity in the plot: a hundred-year-old wild ginseng that the female lead was supposed to find and sell for a significant sum of money. Zhao Shiyu, having secured her space, began exploring the mountain and successfully used her Thief skill to capture wild animals and medicinal herbs, storing them in her dimension. She also encountered a troublesome villager, Yang Huahua, who attempted to steal her catch. Zhao Shiyu defended herself by causing a public scene and using an unconventional tactic to repel the attacker, eventually bringing a wild chicken home to gain her grandmother's favor.

The story establishes a ongoing conflict between the two transmigrators. Zhao Shiyu must navigate the complex dynamics of her large extended family while protecting her newly acquired advantages. She faces criticism from her aunts for gathering few vegetables but is redeemed by her successful hunt. The narrative follows her efforts to adapt to her new life, utilize her stolen items to improve her status, and counter the schemes of Zhao Shiying, who remains a persistent threat seeking to usurp her destiny. Zhao Shiyu's journey involves balancing her modern knowledge with the constraints of ancient society, all while hiding her true capabilities from those around her.