Ordinary observers in fast time travel

Shi Jia was somewhat dazed. What had just happened? Was there gold in the river?
She looked closely and saw Li Xiaomei struggling desperately in the water. Her gaze shifted backward and she saw a human-like object being blocked by a wooden stake erected in the center.

Oh, no, that's a person! A man!
Shi Jia blinked. Was Li Xiaomei preparing to save someone?

The next second, Li Xiaomei's actions confirmed her guess. Her target was indeed that person! Li Xiaomei grabbed the man with both hands and swam back.

But after swimming only a few meters, Li Xiaomei seemed to have exhausted herself and began to sink.

"Help~ glug glug~" Li Xiaomei panicked immediately. She involuntarily let go of the person she was holding. Seeing that the person was about to be swept away by the current, she quickly reached out to grab him again.

Without thinking twice, Shi Jia tossed the fish basket aside and swam quickly over. She swam fast and soon reached Li Xiaomei's side.

Li Xiaomei grabbed Shi Jia as if she were grasping at a straw. Before Shi Jia could react, she pulled him into the water. "Ah!" Li Xiaomei was startled. She pulled Shi Jia down with both hands and tried to keep her neck above the water.

Shi Jia reached out and pushed Li Xiaomei aside, surfacing herself, then knocked her unconscious with a karate chop. She looked at the man Li Xiaomei was dragging, his face pale and his life hanging in the balance. She pushed the man towards a wooden stake in the middle of the river, making sure he was firmly stopped by it, before dragging Li Xiaomei towards the shore.

After throwing Li Xiaomei ashore, she immediately turned back into the river and rescued the man.

"Huff... huff..." Shi Jia gasped for breath and collapsed. She reached out a hand to feel the man's carotid artery. The pulse was weak, but he wasn't dead!
She glanced at his blood-stained military uniform; he was still a soldier.
She glanced at the unconscious Li Xiaomei again, and recalling Li Xiaomei's every move, she quickly analyzed her purpose in her mind. Li Xiaomei was here specifically to save people.

Therefore, this man has a special identity!

Shi Jia carefully examined the man's features. He had excellent bone structure, even wheat-colored skin, thick eyebrows, a round and full nose, and somewhat thin lips. He was a handsome man.

She thought of the protagonist; wasn't this the protagonist's face?
She then looked at Li Xiaomei. She was short and thin, with a gaunt figure, but that was normal. She was always hungry and it was a miracle she was even alive.

Judging from her bone structure, she is at most pretty, but her face is far from that of the female lead.

If we're talking about who could be the female lead, Wen Yueyin would be a good choice.

The image of Wen Yueyin flashed through Shi Jia's mind.

She raised an eyebrow, and a story about a female supporting character being reborn as the protagonist quickly played out in her mind.

Wow, is that interesting?
Lost in thought, Shi Jia calmed down. She stood up, squatted down next to Li Xiaomei, patted her face hard, and then pressed on Li Xiaomei's acupoints to wake her up.

Li Xiaomei groggily got up, her gaze sweeping past Shi Jia before landing on the man. She instantly snapped out of it and exclaimed, "Fu Zhengqing!"

Fu Zhengqing? The name of the "male lead"?

Shi Jia smiled and said, "You stay here and watch over him. I'll go and call the village chief."

She got up to leave after she finished speaking.

"Wait a minute!" Li Xiaomei suddenly called out to her.

"what's up?"

"You were the one who saved Fu... just now?" Li Xiaomei looked at Shi Jia with rejection and wariness in her eyes.

Shi Jia smiled and said, "Yes, after all, it's a human life. We can't just leave it there, can we? Don't you think so?"

There was nothing wrong with what she said, but Li Xiaomei was still unhappy. "Why did you knock me out just now?" she asked, staring at Shi Jia with a scrutinizing gaze.

Was she also reborn? Did she also know Fu Zhengqing's true identity? Did she know that Fu Zhengqing would become a marshal in the future...? Yes, definitely! In her previous life, Li Xiaohua had already died in the mountains by this time.

But now, Li Xiaohua has not only survived, but she can also do bamboo weaving, gather herbs, fish, and fight... In short, she is completely different from the weak and pitiful Li Xiaohua in her memory!
So she must have been reborn!

She suddenly came to fish; she must have known that Fu Zhengqing would be here today!
Li Xiaomei thought this way, and she asked it out loud.

Shi Jia smiled without saying a word. She was quick-witted, but she wouldn't admit it. "Li Xiaomei? Have you taken the wrong medicine today? What time travel or reincarnation? What are you talking about?"

"I'm not talking to you anymore, I'm going to call the village chief." Shi Jia said and turned to run, shouting as she ran, "Uncle Village Chief, Auntie Xi, help! Someone is floating in the river."

Li Xiaomei's expression changed. Forgetting about whether Li Xiaohua had been reborn, she rushed to Fu Zhengqing, crying, "Wake up! Wake up!"

Seeing that she couldn't wake him up, she tried to perform artificial respiration again and again, following her memory.

"Ah~, Li Xiaomei, what are you doing!" A sharp voice rang out, followed by a short, thin woman rushing over and shoving Li Xiaomei aside.

Li Xiaomei fell backward, lost her balance, and nearly tumbled into the river. "Watch out!" Shi Jia reacted quickly and grabbed Li Xiaomei.

"Mom, why did you push me! I almost fell into the water!" Li Xiaomei glared angrily at her mother, Aunt Hui.

"Shut up, don't embarrass yourself here." Aunt Hui grabbed Li Xiaomei's ear. The latter, of course, wouldn't back down and forcefully pushed Aunt Hui away.

Just as the mother and daughter were shoving each other, Fu Zheng, who was lying on the ground, woke up.

"Who are you? Where is this?" Fu Zhengqing suddenly clutched his head, feeling a headache coming on. "And who am I?"

"Uh, this..." The villagers looked at each other in bewilderment.

"This is Xinghua Village. I saw you floating down from upstream when I was taking a walk by the river just now." Li Xiaomei, having somehow broken free from Aunt Hui's grasp, rushed to Fu Zhengqing's side.

"Who are you?" Fu Zhengqing instinctively leaned back, but then stopped himself. He asked, "Did you save me?"

"Mmm!" Li Xiaomei didn't hesitate at all, as if she were the one who had saved him! Perhaps in her mind, it was she who should have saved Fu Zhengqing.

Shi Jia stood in the crowd, raised an eyebrow, and said nothing.

"Thank you. What's your name?" Fu Zhengqing asked.

“My name is Li Xiaomei,” Li Xiaomei said, but then the name Wen Yueyin came to mind, and she added, “It’s the name my parents gave me.”

"Thank you, Li Xiaomei," Fu Zhengqing said, not caring who named Li Xiaomei. Or rather, a normal person wouldn't hesitate to introduce themselves, wondering who gave them the name.

Everyone else admitted they hadn't thought much of it, except for Shi Jia. Shi Jia wasn't intentionally overthinking it; it was just that her mind started racing after hearing Li Xiaomei's words.

She quickly concluded that Li Xiaomei was dissatisfied with her name and wanted to change it in the future.

However, whether Li Xiaomei wants to change her name or not is none of her business.

Meanwhile, Fu Zhengqing had already started talking to the village chief, who told him to go to his house to rest for a while and that his son, He Shun, would take him to the town to report the crime the next day. Fu Zhengqing agreed.

"No!" Li Xiaomei exclaimed hurriedly. (End of Chapter)