"Fei Fei... why?" Lu Chen said as he falls to his knees, holding onto the bloody wound on his abdomen. His voice quivers in disbelief at his wife's sudden betrayal.

Her crystal-like black eyes shine through the darkness. A peerless porcelain white face devoid of any impurities. Which made her turn into the definition of what a goddess should look like. Just by standing anywhere, she would make the area look like a world- class artwork.

The couple were childhood sweethearts and were arranged to be married to each other by their families. When Lu Chen heard about this arrangement the first time, he was overjoyed as he had been in love with Liu Fei Fei since their childhood.

He made an oath to himself that he wouldn't let his wife have any suffering, and every day will be the happiest day of her life. And that he did, every single day whatever she wanted, he would do it.

Some orders were nearly impossible to accomplish. However, Lu Chen was able to achieve it given some time.

Each, and every time, he would tell her about how he accomplished what she wanted. He had a look of longing. Lu Chen wants to be praised by the woman he adores, but the only thing she said to him was,

"Oh, is that so," and continues to give Lu Chen an indifferent gaze. The gaze of indifference that displays no ounce of compassion or love.

Even now, she shows no signs of guilt or remorse as she holds in her hand the knife covered in her husband's blood.

Lu Chen slowly gets up and places one of his hands on her shoulders, "Fei Fei, I love you more than anything. I know that you didn't like to marry me in the beginning, but isn't there any feelings?"

Yet, no response.

Tears form in his eyes as sadness begins to overflow in his heart as he continues, "We've been together since we were kids. How could you do this to me?!"

When Lu Chen brought up their history together, Liu Fei Fei's indifference turns to coldness as she glares at Lu Chen. She slaps his hand off her shoulder like he was a pest.

"Lu Chen, let me ask you this." From her gaze, Lu Chen was stunned at Liu Fei Fei's expression, and she continues, "When have you ever loved me?" Her statement was cold as ice, devoid of any emotion.

"Fei Fei, I have always loved you since we were kids!" Lu Chen roars, tears trickle down at his eyes, mixing with the blood coughing out of his mouth.

How could she doubt my love for her!

Lu Chen was in disbelief. The love of his life doesn't realize how much she meant to him.

Liu Fei Fei chuckles at the baffled Lu Chen, "Love me? You forced me into this marriage, don't you remember?" She remembers how Lu Chen had threatened to kill himself if she doesn't marry him.

She coldly smiles as she declares, "That isn't love. It's an obsession. You're just a sick person."

Her words pierce Lu Chen's heart as he breaks down in tears.

"hic.. no... hic... I don't believe it."

Liu Fei Fei continues as she doesnt care about how devastated Lu Chen was, "Accept reality. I never slept with you in our eight years of marriage, and I will never show you my affection."

Lu Chen wanted to continue, but all he saw was her hollow eyes, devoid of any emotion or warmth. The same dull eyes she had given him throughout their marriage.

It had clicked for Lu Chen. He didn't want to believe it was true, but he was forced to now. Liu Fei Fei's heart has no ounce of love for him.

As Lu Chen was processing this thought, a figure walks through the front door.

The person that walks through is a man with a height of 182cm, his face chiseled like an artwork, and his eyes show tenderness and care. He was the perfect image of the flower boy.

When he walks into the living room, Liu Fei Fei's eyes glimmers in delight. Lu Chen knew who this person was as he glares viciously, "Why are you here, Long Shen?!"

Long Shen had gone to the same high school as the two. But more than that, he was Liu Fei Fei's ex- boyfriend.

He smirks at Lu Chen, "Why am I here? For my wife, of course." He walks past Lu Chen towards Liu Fei Fei and embraces her.

"I'm here now, my Fei'er." He whispers gently into her ears as she kisses her cheeks.

Liu Fei Fei didn't resist the kiss. Instead, she wraps her arms around his neck to make the kiss more intimate. This intimate scene left Lu Chen in shock and despair. He roars at Long Shen, "LONG SHEN, GET AWAY FROM MY WIFE!"

But Long Shen only laughs at him like he was a monkey at the zoo, "haha, your wife? When had Fei'er ever been your wife, Lu Chen?"

"...."

Lu Chen knew he married Liu Fei Fei, but that's only on paper tho. Did he have her heart? Definitely not.

Seeing his silence, Long Shen continues, "The only reason why you were able to marry my wife is that you threaten to kill yourself if she didn't marry you." Long Shen smiles as he continues, " She did it out of family obligations and pity. Nothing more, nothing less."

"..." His words left Lu Chen with more silence, devastated as he didn't want to believe Liu Fei Fei married him without any ounce of love for him.

"Lu Chen, you said you would give Fei'er endless happiness that she deserves, right? Well, I'll tell you how she can truly be happy."

Lu Chen looks up, wondering what it was that would make Liu Fei Fei happy. That has been his objective his entire life.

From Lu Chen's expression, Long Shen smiles, " She could only be happy by my side." He wants to see how shattered Lu Chen would be after he said this.

"No... No." Lu Chen's mind had finally broken.

"Tsk. I took your company, your wealth, but there was only one thing that I wanted from you; it was my Fei'er." Long Shen's words made Liu Fei Fei blush. When he heard what Long Shen said, Lu Chen's mind broke even more. He had let everything be destroyed because of his obsession.

Long Shen lets go of Liu Fei Fei and pulls out a gun. He walks towards Lu Chen, "You were a frog trying to eat swan meat, go repent in the afterlife." Before he pulls the trigger, he whispers in Lu Chen's ears, "And by the way, even if you guys were married, I was the one who took her first time. You will always be nothing but second place." He mocks Lu Chen one last time as he pulls the trigger.

Bang

12 bullets entered Lu Chen's body. Blood spurting out from each hole, littering the floor with a pool of blood.

Lu Chen starts to lose consciousness as blood continues to leak out of his body. He stares at Liu Fei Fei with sorrow and despair; he just wants a sliver of warmth from his love in his final moments. However, she walks up to embrace Long Shen, disregarding him as if he wasn't there.

It's all my fault.

Before Lu Chen's consciousness begun to darken, all he thought about was everything that had happened in his life. His coldness to his parents, his arrogant nature towards the people that care for him. All of them were gone now. His company, all of it stolen away from him, and what he got from it was a wife that didn't care for him.

Endless regret piled as his mind fades away into the darkness.

"Xiao Chen, come downstairs and have breakfast!" A voice calls out to Lu Chen from downstairs.

"Uggh." Lu Chen groans as he starts to wake up.

Wait, I'm waking up, didn't I die

. Lu Chen is confused. The only thing he remembers is lying in his own pool of blood as he watches Long Shen and Liu Fei Fei. He looks around and notices this wasn't his original bedroom.

He walks towards the mirror at the corner of the room. He looks into it and notices his face was covered by god awfully long hair. Lu Chen's mouth went wide enough for him to put an apple in it, as he knew who was in the reflection.

It was him, but a different him. To be more specific, Lu Chen was looking at his younger self.

Am I in the past? Lu Chen's eyes widen as he double- checks himself in the mirror to see if he had actually turn back into his 18-year-old self.

Still in shock by the sudden situation he is currently placed in, Lu Chen doesn't realize his Lao Ma (mother) was calling for him again.

"Xiao Chen, come downstairs! Your breakfast is getting cold!"

Lu Chen snaps out of his shock and realizes his Lao Ma was calling out to him again. He rushes downstairs as fast as possible, hoping the voice he heard was not an illusion. And when he got downstairs, tears begin to form in his eyes as he saw the people he wanted to see most was there.

Walking into the dining room, he saw his Lao Ba (father) reading the newspaper and his brothers chatting with each other over at the table. A woman who looks to be in her mid-30s walks out from the kitchen. She gave off a warm and comfortable aura towards others. Lu Chen's Lao Ma, Zhang Wenling, notices her son was bawling his eyes out.

She said with concern, "Xiao Chen, what's wrong? Why are you crying?"

Lu Chen wiped his tears away, "Nothing, Lao Ma. I just have something in my eyes." He couldn't tell her how happy he was to see them all alive.

To see his Lao Ba was killed in a car accident. Then his Lao Ma killing herself out of grief, and his brothers disappearing from S city. All of them were alive and living, right in front of his eyes.

"Lu Chen, you look like somebody owes you some money. Go wash your face." One of the boys at the table said jokingly to Lu Chen. The person who said this was Lu Chen's second brother, Lu Hao. He looks to be in his early 20s and had messy black hair. He had a handsome face that gave him a wild and carefree aura.

Turning his head to Lu Hao, Lu Chen knew his annoying remark was something different than what he meant. Lu Hao had always been there to clean up the messes he had caused.

"Ok, second brother." Lu Chen said warmly.

Hearing how his youngest brother didn't retort back at him and instead agrees with him made Lu Hao's eyes widen. Lu Hao thought the sun has risen from the west as he asks Lu Chen with worry,

"You good, little bro? Did you eat something weird before you went to bed?"

''..."

Forgot he was such an ass.

Lu Chen was about to retort back when another voice interrupted him.

"Lu Hao, stop teasing Xiao Chen."

Lu Aotian, Lu Chen's first brother, interrupts the two of them. If there were any words to describe him, then it would be; a mature role model. His looks are the opposite of Lu Hao, prim and proper, but he still has a handsome air around him.

He turns to Lu Chen, "And Xiao Chen, go clean yourself up. I can still see drool stains near your mouth."

"Yes, sir." The two said in unison.