...2024, Summer, June, Z City...

"Summer is ending, but I have no story ideas at all, what should I do?" muttering Monica Lu while typing the keyboard

"What are you having trouble with, it's been several years since you visited!" ask Julia Chu who is old now

"Oh, grandma, thank you very much for borrowing your home computer!" said Monica Lu who is Sarah Tang daughter that go to Z City for vacation

"Of course, what do you type in the computer?" ask Julia Chu to Monica Lu

"Oh I'm writing my summer vacation revision!" reply Monica Lu to Julia Chu

"Okay, then grandma will come down first, if you need anything just call me!" said Julia Chu then leaving the room

"Yes, of course, thank you grandma!" said Monica Lu then started to thinking

After 10 minutes she sat down and looked for ideas on the internet but not a single idea came out of her head.

"How about this, what should I collect later?" said Monica Lu panicked

After that, she asked her friend in the chat for ideas.

"I will write about some celebrity biography!" said Elshe Wu in the chat

"Oh yes, that's right, biography seems like I'm going to write a biography too, only I don't know who I should write about, thank you!" reply Monica Lu to Elshe Wu

"You're welcome!" reply Elshe Wu

"Okay now what celebrity should I write about?" said Monica Lu in while searching on the internet

"Celebrity, hmm should I just write a biography of grandma?" said Monica Lu while searching

"But what grandma has achieved in her life, shall i ask her, or maybe in this family there is someone who has high achievements before!" said Monica Lu stopped her typing then started to walk downstairs

After that he went to ask permission from his grandmother to visit their family's collection of belongings in the heirloom.

"The Tang family's legacy, it seems like it would be useful for writing the biography of someone who has lived before!" said Monica Lu step inside

"Where is the Tang lineage and family?" said Monica Lu while looking around

After that she found, she read some family lineage and connection.

"My great-grandfather had 2 wives before, unique!" said Monica Lu started to reading another

"Grandpa's younger brother died in a car accident, it was very tragic!" said Monica Lu while looking at Jay Tang and Darlene Song picture at the family photo

After that she walked around the room, and found lots of photos.

Her eyes were fixed on a photo of Erly Duo sitting on an antique chair.

"A woman who looks very classy, I wonder who is she, I never heard about her!" said Monica Lu taking the picture of Erly Duo

While walking again she was suddenly surprised and stunned, because she saw a portrait that looks very similar to her.

"How can she look like me, this is impossible, I must have seen things wrong!" said Monica Lu shocked took a photo and send it to Elshe Wu

"How can she be so similar to you?" ask Elshe Wu in the phone

"I don't know I just saw it this time, and I was really surprised!" said Monica Lu to Elshe Wu

"I think you should write a biography, I think everyone will be surprised because of that!" said Elshe Wu to Monica Lu

"I think so, then see you later!" said Monica Lu then hung up the phone

"Lauren Lu, her surname is the same as mine, are we family?" ask Monica Lu to herself shocked

"She was the young lady of the Lu family, she was engaged to Ryan Tang and then Ryan Tang cheated on her, and she died a few days later, allegedly due to suicide!" read Monica shocked

"It's so tragic, I wonder about her life, what she did, why she killed herself?" said Monica Lu started walking again

"Should I ask father if there was anyone in our family named Lauren Lu before?" ask Monica Lu then walk out from the room

After that she immediately rushed to the room and tried to find out about Lauren Lu on the website.

But there was nothing she could find because it was an old case, but then she accidentally found a site that discussed cursed families.

"Cursed family, generation after generation Never rest in peace!" read Monica Lu pressing the website

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...2024, Summer, June, Z City...

"Whose biography should I write, family biography, or artist biography?" said a girl sitting at a chair in living room trying to type something, her name is Monica Lu

"Monica, do you want grandma to make something for lunch later?" ask Julia Chu, who is now getting old already

Monica Lu is Sarah Tang's daughter, who comes on vacation to her grandmother's house.

"What are you having trouble with, it's been several years since you visited!" ask Julia to Monica trying to help

"You should go for a walk, you rarely come here!" said Julia to Monica

"I'm just doing my summer homework, by the way grandma, is there anything interesting in the heirloom, I want to see something!" said Monica suddenly to Julia

After getting permission from Julia, Sarah finally went to the Tang family heirloom to look around.

"Interesting place!" said Monica walking inside trying to find inspiration while looking at her eyes stunned upon a picture of a young lady

She was shocked because the woman in the picture looked exactly like her.

"Who is she, why does her face look so similar to mine?" ask Monica to herself looking around

"Lauren Lu, the beautiful and intelligent socialite who died tragically!" read Monica Lu from a piece of newspaper

Curious, Monica Lu finally spent several hours there and dug up her mother's rather dark family story.

"This family is truly cursed!" said Monica standing up get a bit of document

After leaving there, she looked for information regarding Lauren Lu, but there was no information that was too specific regarding the incident.

"It seems like such information only exists in newspapers!" said Monica type her computer trying to search other keyword

After a while of giving up, she finally called her friend Elshe Wu, who was also working on her biography.

"Elshe, I think I need your help with my biography assignment!" said Monica to Elshe

"Biography, yes I finally decided to write a biography of my mother, I find her journey very inspiring!" said Elshe to Monica

"Great, I can't wait to read it!" reply Monica

"So what do you need me to help with?" ask Elshe to Monica curious

"I found a picture of someone who is very similar to me, you wouldn't expect it, I found her interesting, so I kind of wanted to write her life!" said Monica to Elshe

"But when I searched for information about her on the internet, there wasn't any, if there was, only her name was mentioned!" said Monica while trying to type another keyword

"What year do we think this picture is?" ask Elshe to Monica

"I think it was around the 1920s!" said Monica to Elshe

"It's been a long time, try sending me a photo, I'll try to see it!" said Elshe to Monica

After Monica sent the photo to Elshe, Elshe was surprised because the photo of the woman really looked like her.

"I didn't expect it, it's like you've been made up as a 1920s woman!" said Elshe with a laughter through the phone

"Don't you try to find out where this photo was taken, who knows, you might find out something about her!" said Elshe to Monica

"You're right, thank you for your help, I'll wait for your mother's biography, see you!" said Monica then hung up

After that she went back to the family's Heirloom to look for information related to the photo, but she didn't find anything.

Not giving up she finally posted it on the internet asking for people's help. And a few days passed, and she finally got some replies, and someone said they knew the style of the photo.

After getting the address, she finally went to the place where the photo was apparently taken, then when she went in she was shocked because there really were lots of pictures that looked similar to the ones in the heirloom.

"Welcome, have you made a reservation in advance?" ask a worker there

"Oh I just wanted to ask something, was it your studio that took this picture?" ask Monica show the image on her cellphone screen

"Oh yes, this photo is very precious and is one of the first photos taken by our family!" said the worker to Monica

"Does any of your family know about the woman in this picture?" ask Monica curious to the worker

"I don't know about that, but I think the person in this picture is someone important!" said the worker to Monica

"Yes she is very important, I want to write a biography about her, I have searched the internet, but there is nothing about her, I read newspaper scraps, but there is nothing covering her life!" said Monica looking at the worker

At that time, a middle-aged man happened to come in, and he said that he knew the story about the woman in the picture.

"Dad, you're home!" said the worker to the middle age man

"Do you really know, sir?" ask Monica excited a little

"Yes, sit down, I will tell you some stories that I know related to the woman in this picture!" said the middle age man

"I'll make you some tea!" said the worker walking inside

"Thank you so much, I was about to give up and write someone else, and luckily you showed up!" said Monica to the middle age man

"Let me introduce myself, I'm Austin Hu!" introduce the middle age man to her

"Monica Lu!" said Monica with a smile

"By the way, the woman in this picture is very similar to you!" said Austin to Monica

"Yes that's the reason I wanted to write about her!" reply Monica while looking around the studio

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"The woman in this portrait is Lauren Lu, she was one of the famous socialites in the 1920s, because of her tragic life story!" said Austin to Monica

"This photo was taken by my great uncle, Nicholas Hu, he and Lauren have been close friends since childhood so they seem to have known each other for a long time!" said Austin tell the story to Monica

...Early 1920s, City Z...

“Lauren Lu, Lauren Lu come on tell us what happened!" said a journalist following Lauren

"Can you explain to us what happened between your relationship with Ryan Tang!" said another journalist following her

Lauren who was seen speeding herself up she finally ran to Nicholas Hu's house.

"Nicholas can you let me in for a moment!" said Lauren wearing her sunglasses standing in front of Nicholas Hu door

"Lauren, why are you still outside at this hour, it's already so late?" ask Nicholas to Lauren opening the door

"Those damn reporters chased me all the way here to ask about my relationship with Ryan, can I hide here?" ask Lauren to Nicholas

"Yes of course, you sit down first, I'll prepare some tea in a moment!" said Nicholas put his book on the table

"I just came out of the restaurant with Juliet and after that I was immediately chased by them to death!" said Lauren took off her sunglasses

"What happened to you and Ryan, are you both not okay?" ask Nicholas while making some tea

"I don't want to meet him for now, I can't believe he betrayed me with Marie!" said Lauren to Nicholas mad

"I should have believed you at that time, stupid me, who had helped him get to this point and in the end this is what I got!" said Lauren mad

"So what do you want to do now?" ask Nicholas to Lauren handing her a cup of tea

"I want to cancel our engagement, then I will fire Marie!" said Lauren looking at Nicholas

"I think Juliet should have arrived home safely!" said Lauren

"Juliet, you are still friends with her, I don't want to talk bad about her, but aren't you suspicious of the strange things about her?" ask Nicholas

"I don't know, she's my only close friend since school, I can only trust her the most!" said Lauren sipping her tea

"Speaking of photography competitions, what will you use as the competitions material?" ask Lauren curious

"I don't know, I haven't found it yet!" said Nicholas looking at her

After chatting for a while, Lauren and Nicholas finally walked out of Nicholas' house, at that time Nicholas took his camera and took pictures around at night, and at that time he used his camera to take pictures of Lauren using the lights.

And who would have thought that the picture would be the one that Nicholas would later use as competition material, and when he won the competition he became a famous photographer in the city.

Because he managed to take the last picture of Lauren, before her death, at that time he built a photo studio, but because he had been single all his life, he finally handed over his shop to his nephew. And his nephew is Austin's grandfather, who is the successor to this photo studio now.

...Flash End...

"That's the story of how this picture came to be taken!" said Austin to Monica

"She sat elegantly on a garden chair, looking very formal!" said Monica with a smile

"So is there anything else you know besides this?" ask Monica to Austin curious

"I don't really know, but my great uncle keeps some of his belongings, maybe there is something, and I think I can lend them to you!" said Austin stood up from his chair

After successfully borrowing Monica finally walks back to her grandmother's house, while walking she reads a little of the journal from Nicholas' point of view.

"Lauren, the first time I met you at school, I fell in love with you, but you, you only saw him, a man who would hurt you later!" read Monica while walk around

...Early 1910s, School M, City Z...

"I think I like that boy!" said Lauren to Nicholas and Juliet

"That boy, he looks so nerdy, you like him?" ask Juliet shocked in disbelief

"Yes, I know he is not from a rich family and my father would not approve of him, but he is a good person, I still remember yesterday he helped me!" said Lauren with a smile looking at Ryan from afar

"It seems like you're crazy, I heard that his father is a businessman who sells illegal businesses!" said Juliet while looking at Ryan from afar

"I think there are still many better and richer people in this school!" said Nicholas looking at Lauren

"You are promoting yourself!" said Juliet to Nicholas then the both of them laugh at each other

It turns out that Lauren has secretly liked Ryan since high school, who at that time had nothing. She tried to attract Ryan's attention as if she was someone who was in the phase of falling in love, like a high school student in general.

However, Ryan didn't care about her, his cold nature made it difficult to approach him, but Lauren didn't give up.

...Flash End...

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