Drip. Drip.
The sound of the leaking ceiling, coupled with the earthy smell of the room, made Ma Xing's heart beat quickly.
Six months later, her daughter's brain tumor surgery was scheduled. But she had no savings.
Thinking about the hardship of her own life, Ma Xing's eyes teared up.
From childhood, her parents favored her younger brother; they forced Ma Xing to drop out and work in restaurants as a waiter.
As time passed, Ma Xing grew rebellious under the influence of her best friend, Xiao Lin.
She eventually fell in love with a construction worker named Han Dong and married him. Life was difficult, but she thought it would improve with both her and Han Dong working hard.
Two months into her marriage, she was pregnant.
Han Dong's mother moved in with them in the name of taking care of her, but all she did was order Ma Xing around.
She even forced Ma Xing to be more active so that Ma Xing could give birth to a 'boy'.
When Ma Xing complained to Han Dong, he asked her to endure.
However, during her pregnancy, she found out that Han Dong had learned to gamble and had gambled away all their savings.
She warned him that she would divorce him, and he finally stopped with his bad habits.
Who would have thought that after giving birth to a girl, he would change?
He started to beat her and gambled even more. While his mother tormented her day and night.
The breaking point came when Han Dong ran away with his secret mistress and left a debt of 1 million yuan on her!
She tried to hold Han Dong's mother responsible, but that old hag ran away too!
As if the misfortune wasn't enough, her daughter started to have frequent headaches, and when she used all the savings she had, she learnt that her daughter had a brain tumor.
"Why... why is my life so miserable..." Ma Xing sobbed.
Her daughter, as if sensing her plight even though she was asleep, hugged Ma Xing and patted her softly.
"Everything will become good, mother." She murmured sleepily. "Your destiny will change. God will help you."
Ma Xing swallowed her lips, tears streaming south from her eyes to her ears.
'I wish god could take pity on me and change my fortune.'
[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have been selected as a candidate to bind with Dream Visting System.]
Ma Xing's eyes widened as she looked around in terror. All that came to her view was a moldy, cramped house.
The ceilings were still leaking, the cramped kitchen was still near her bed, and the weak door was still doing its maximum effect to hold back the rainwater from slipping in (though it failed miserably).
Just then, a blue holographic screen appeared in front of her, floating just 2 meters away from her.
"Ah?" Ma Xing almost shouted in surprise, but covered her mouth when she thought of how her daughter was sleeping just beside her.
[Dreaming Visiting System is an advanced system that can allow a host to visit someone's future dream. Note: You can't ask for natural disasters. Only the information that can't affect the future can be revealed. Targets will be assigned randomly.]
Ma Xing was stunned by the flood of information. She gulped a little before asking in a worried voice,
"You... then what do you want in return..."
There was no free lunch in the world.
[Host has to change certain things in the present and also collect dream points. You can also exchange these dream points for special items. So would you like to bind?]
"Bind!" Ma Xing's eyes were filled with determination.
[Congratulations on binding! A newbie pack has been sent to your inventory!]
"Does it... include... any money?" Ma Xing still didn't have a hang of what a system was.
In her simple understanding, a system was most likely an angel sent by a god.
[Unfortunately, the host has no money.]
"Oh... then what was that inventory thing?"
[Host, inventory is the space where items can be stored. It is not visible to outsiders and is portable.]
"Wow..." Ma Xing's eyes brightened, and an idea appeared in her mind. "And how long is this inventory?"
[About 20 cubic meters. Would you like to check out the newbie pack?]
"Yes!" Ma Xing said hurriedly.
The screen in front of her switched, and a game-like inventory appeared in front of her.
In it were three cards, each in a different space.
Ma Xing, curious, picked the first one, and the card appeared in her hand.
The card image is of a beautiful starry vase with a background of dark blue.
"System, what is this?" Ma Xing asked curiously
[Antique Appraiser! Host, you can visit in a dream of an antique appraiser.]