When the Fair Rich Beauty Becomes the Poor Girl

Chapter 1: Swimwear Photoshoot (Part 2)

“It’s been one day and one night, and there doesn’t seem to be a problem with her. So why isn’t she awake yet? Is she feigning death?”

“I don’t know either. She shouldn’t be in this state right now, supposedly.” The nurse said.

Shen He Xiang had a look of annoyance on her face. It was all this wretched girl’s fault for going to school and learning to fight for a man’s favor[1]. Otherwise, why else would she be pushed into the man-made pond?

She’d already been laying in bed for two days and wasted her 3000 yuan! The main point was she couldn’t even find the perpetrator to pay for the loss and could only accept this misfortune!

“We need her to discharge from the hospital right now. Find a way to wake her up! There’s an important matter to do later!“

“How do I do it……” The nurse had a troubled expression on her face.

Shen He Xiang was walking back and forth around the hospital room twice when she finally decided. The nurse cried out in alarm as Shen He Xiang took the glass of water on top of the table and splashed it onto the girl’s face.

Jiang Bao’s head felt woozy[2] when a cool sensation was suddenly on her face. 

In an instant, she opened her eyes.

She reflexively wiped the water off her face, but some of the moisture trickled down her neck, which felt very uncomfortable.

Jiang Bao then sat up from her bed and glared at the woman who was holding the glass of water.

“Are you insane? How dare you splash my face?”

The woman who had applied heavy foundation on her face had a plump body shape, but an unfamiliar face.

Shen He Xiang forced out a slight smile.

“Little Can, it’s good that you’re awake. I was so worried. Now that you’re fine, let’s go! It’s already almost afternoon!”

Where were they going? Who was this crazy woman? Why was she talking to her in such a tone?

Jiang Bao examined her surroundings. This was not the hospital in London. Her entire view was white. The wall was white, the bedsheets were white and an unpleasant smell filled the air.

Oh, God! This room was only a few square meters, but accommodated six hospital beds!

Jiang Bao felt a sense of urgency to leave this horrid place at once. However, she had only moved a little when she realized that her body was weak all over. Her head felt like it was about to burst!

She took out some tissues from the bedside table and wiped the water off her face, feeling herself about to lose it.

Jiang Bao recalled back that she was flipping through the diary and had fallen asleep. So, how did she end up here?

This didn’t seem like a kidnapping case.

The nurse finally snapped back into reality, her entire face filled with shock and disbelief.

“Madam, how could you splash water on a sick patient?”

Shen He Xiang didn’t want to waste words explaining this matter. She dragged Jiang Bao out of bed and said, “We’ll fill in the hospital discharge form right now. There’s not enough time left!”

Jiang Bao forcefully broke away from the woman’s hold. She hated the touch of a stranger, even more so when she had a terrible impression of the lady in front of her.

No one had ever splashed her with water before! Jiang Bao wanted to go home right this instant! She definitely wouldn’t let these people who made fun of her get away with it!

Jiang Bao searched the surroundings for her phone. Finally, she found an old Nokia phone underneath the pillow. This obviously wasn’t hers, but she’d have to make do with it for now.

She turned on the screen, only to be dumbfounded as she saw the date shown on the phone.

14th October 2015.

Jiang Bao knew the fact that she was here was already bizarre as it was. Now, this situation was just uncanny. Was someone purposefully pulling a trick on her?

Was this actually a large-scale prank?

Jiang Bao, who had gotten used to using smartphones, wasn’t very used to the phones from years ago. She entered a string of numbers and was just about to call when she accidentally pressed a button she didn’t know, opening a photo gallery.

There were a few selfies in the album. She knew this person, it was Lin Can!

Jiang Bao and Lin Can were fraternal twins, both of them didn’t look alike. Jiang Bao’s facial features were more like her father’s and that man was a quarter French. Lin Can, however, had a face of ‘one’s first love’.[3]

So this was Lin Can’s phone?

Jiang Bao got a bold speculation in mind. She turned on the camera in front of the phone. Through the screen resolution that wasn’t very high, it showed a familiar face that didn’t belong to her.

Shen He Xiang was beside her and wasn’t pleased.

“You actually have time to do selfies?”

Back then, Lin Can had only relied on one photo to go viral and got into the search trends. Her 17-year-old self was even more innocent and bright, with a strong youthfulness that made people feel a great desire to protect her.

A netizen had once commented: If there was even more news about her, I wouldn’t dislike it. It’s not because I’m nice, but just her face is enough.[4]

Jiang Bao was stupefied. Not only had she returned to four years in the past, she even became Lin Can. This was preposterous!

If she became Lin Can, then where’s the actual Lin Can? 

Don’t tell me…… she became me?

The more Jiang Bao thought about it, the more her head hurt. The contents of the diary she had just finished reading were still fresh in her memory.

When she saw Lin Can’s black-and-white photo during the memorial, she felt a sense of regret. Perhaps she should’ve cared more about her.

She even had a thought. If Lin Can had been admitted back into the Jiang family earlier, her situation would have been better. Although she wouldn’t have any shares, she would still have a few million yuan of pocket money every year, which was far better than being sucked dry by her previous family.

But she definitely did not want to swap lives with her!

Jiang Bao lifted her head with a wary look as she asked, “Who are you?”

Shen He Xiang was puzzled. Did her fever fry her brain and turn her into a fool?

“Who else can I be? Little Can, there’s really no time left. You have a swimwear photoshoot today. It was really difficult to fight for this opportunity!”

Jiang Bao’s whole body felt sluggish. She remembered that Lin Can had joined a girl group before. It wasn’t a standard one. They relied on stage performances and fan meetings to earn their paycheck… There were also a bunch of high school dropouts.

Wait a second—

She came back to her senses as she asked.

“What did you say I had to shoot for?”

Shen He Xiang reached her hand again to pull her over.

“It’s the swimwear photoshoot! Didn’t you agree to it already? It pays 20 thousand yuan!”

“Don’t touch me!”

Jiang Bao used all her strength to push the woman who wanted to pull her over off her feet.

Truly absurd! Talk properly, don’t be all handsy with me![5]

They actually dared to sign her up for a swimwear photoshoot for only 20 thousand yuan? The current Lin Can wasn’t even an adult yet!

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Footnotes:

[1] 争风吃醋: fighting due to jealousy

[2] 昏昏沉沉: In this case, it’s more like a great bout of dizziness or that uncomfortable feeling in your body that happens after drinking or staying up too late

[3] 初恋脸: for those who want to google how first love looks like o(≧▽≦)o

[4] It didn’t specifically mention it was good news or bad news but I’ll just assume it meant any type of news about Lin Can

[5] 真是见了鬼，好好说话动手动脚!: I’m not sure if my translation got through so I’ll give another more direct translation (Gosh, I must have seen a ghost. Talk properly, don’t need to move your hands and feet! = don’t touch me, disgusting woman {{ (>_<) }}) 

TL note: 小灿 (Xiǎo Càn) = Little Can is normally called this for short or as a nickname by people older than them or closer to them.