Surrounded by scorching flames, Lu Man laid weakly on the floor and watched as her childhood sweetheart held her stepsister in his arms.

“Sl*t!” Lu Man glared at the shameless couple in front of her.

“Elder sister, you have already gone to prison, and you won’t have a good future even when you are released. Your mother is dead as well, and there is no one left in the world who cares for you anymore, so what is the use of staying alive?”

“The two of you schemed to send me to jail, caused my mother’s death and now you even want my life!” Lu Man’s whole body was weak, and her eyes were blood-red with anger.

“You deserve all of this,” He Zhengbai said. “If you are left alive, you will definitely tell people about what happened but I will not let you destroy what we have now.”

“Rest in peace, Elder Sister. Dad already knows about this whole thing and has also prepared an auspicious burial site. He remembers what you have done for the Lu family, and won’t mistreat you even after your death,” Lu Qi said gently.

Lu Man laughed loudly, her eyes bloodshot.

That was her own blood-related father. Yet for Lu Qi, he would even kill his own daughter!

Her father and her childhood sweetheart were the most important men in her life.

Yet her father only acknowledged Lu Qi as his daughter, while her childhood sweetheart treated Lu Qi as a treasure, and cared very little about her.

And now both of them wanted her to die!

Seeing the glass shards next to her hands, Lu Man suddenly pressed her hand onto them. The intense pain searing through her palm cleared her mind.

Clenching her teeth, Lu Man abruptly lunged at Lu Qi.

Lu Qi screamed, having been pushed down by Lu Man.

“Lu Man, let go of her!” He Zhengbai yelled loudly, heading forward to help save Lu Qi.

Lu Man used all her strength to pull Lu Qi into the flames, opened her mouth to bite Lu Qi’s ear.

Lu Qi gave a shrill scream.

With blood flowing out from between Lu Man’s teeth, she said, “Since you want me to die, then you might as well die with me!”

“No! Let go of me! Brother He, save me!” Lu Qi shrieked in fear. However, the flames had already begun to engulf both Lu Man and Lu Qi.

As He Zhengbai rushed over, a wardrobe that was on fire suddenly fell towards him.

Lu Man saw He Zhengbai’s features twist in fear as he got trapped beneath the closet.

With her face red, from the reflection of the flames, Lu Man cursed, “Both of you deserve to die a horrible death.”

Finally using her last bit of strength, she pulled Lu Qi into the flames with herself.

***

As Lu Man opened her eyes, she suffered from a splitting headache and felt like she had just come out of hell, so she was shocked when she saw her surroundings.

She found herself in a hotel room and on the carpet, around 4 to 5 feet away from her, lay a man in a pool of blood

This scene was all too familiar for Lu Man , as she has once been through this exact situation.

However, that was a very long time ago, almost as if it had happened in her past life.

Her past life...

Lu Man felt confused as she suddenly remembered about the incident. She should have died in the fire, yet how was she still alive?? Yôur f𝒂vorite stories on 𝒏/o/(v)𝒆/lb𝒊n(.)c𝒐m

She raised both her hands and found herself holding a bloodied table lamp in her right hand. Frightened, she quickly threw it away.

However, both her arms and hands were completely unharmed, pristine and fair and without a single scratch.

After taking one more look at the man, she finally confirmed when she saw his face that she had returned, back to when she was 22 years old.

In her past life, at this time, she was already Lu Qi’s assistant. Lu Qi had entered showbiz at 16-years-old, and by the time she was 20-years-old, she was already a popular star.

Lu Man’s dream had never been to enter showbiz, much less to be someone’s assistant. She had dreamed of becoming a fashion designer.

However, just because the two years younger Lu Qi had wanted to be an actress, Lu Qiyuan, Lu Man’s biological father, had invested in a film production company just to support Lu Qi. He was also scared that the ‘innocent’ Lu Qi would lose out in the complicated entertainment circle; so he had forcefully made his biological daughter, Lu Man, who had been studying fashion design at that time, pull out of school to become Lu Qi’s assistant. In fact, everyone in the company only knew Lu Qi as the daughter of the Lu family and did not know that Lu Man was a Lu family daughter as well.

Ha, even though she was the actual daughter of the Lu family, Lu Qiyuan’s biological daughter, it was Lu Qi, who had only entered the Lu family because her mother married into the Lu family, who was treated as the real heiress of the Lu family.

But she had never bothered about it as she still had to treat her mother’s illness. If she left in a fit of anger, what would have happened to her mother?

The man currently lying on the carpet is a certain famous director. Lu Qi wanted to be the main female lead in his movie and had come to this hotel room to discuss the role.

What else was there to discuss, with the meeting being held in a hotel room?

Lu Qi clearly understood it, but even Lu Qiyuan did not have enough authority to ask this movie director for a favor.

Even though the Lu family was rich, they still lacked behind in terms of their standing in society.

Lu Qi had called Lu Man to the meeting as well, but he had barely spoken before he started touching Lu Qi inappropriately, and even wanted Lu Man to join in. Lu Qi then decided to have Lu Man stay behind and entertain the director, with her leaving first.

Of course, Lu Man had refused and started to push and shove at Lu Qi. So in order to make Lu Man let her go, Lu Qi had taken the table lamp on the desk and had hit Lu Man’s head with it, causing Lu Man to become unconscious.

However, when she had been waving the table lamp around, she had accidentally cut the director’s neck with the sharp metal end of the lamp, causing blood to instantly flow out.

As Lu Man checked the time, she recollected that there remained only around two minutes before someone would come in and arrest her.

Her nightmarish life had started from that point onwards.

She must escape!

Just as Lu Man was about to climb out of the window, she suddenly saw the fallen table lamp by her side.

In her past life, Lu Qi had made use of the time when she was unconscious to wipe off the fingerprints belonging to Lu Qi and change it to Lu Man’s fingerprints.

Also in her past life, she had not woken up that early. Even after the hotel staff had entered the room, she had still been unconscious, and the table lamp in her hand had become the evidence that she had harmed the director.

However this time, Lu Man cleaned off the fingerprints on the table lamp, and surveyed the surroundings carefully, confirming that there was not even a single strand of her hair remaining.

Just when there was less than a minute left, she climbed out of the window.

Just as Lu Man jumped out of the window, someone pushed the door open.

However, Lu Man did not care about that anymore.

Luckily, there was a balcony outside of the window with enough space for her to stand after she had jumped.

Through the window, Lu Man saw that the people in the hotel room were planning to check the balcony; thus, she anxiously looked left and right and was pleasantly surprised to find that the window to the hotel room on her right was open.

Enduring her fear of heights, she climbed towards the window on her right, quickly stumbled down it and landed onto the carpet with a ‘plop.’

She rolled twice before coming to a stop when suddenly a pair of feet wearing slippers came into her vision.

This pair of feet were much larger than hers, and with one look she could tell that they belonged to a guy. His toenails were neatly trimmed, and as her eyes moved upwards, she saw his uncovered calves, which were long and straight. Even his lower legs seemed to be longer than those of an average person.

Upon lifting her head a little more, she realized that there was only a towel covering him; thus, she could see his distinct abs. This man had a great figure that made one want to throw themselves at him.

However, she froze upon seeing his face, as if she had been struck by lightning.

This... Isn’t this Han Zhuoli?

In her past life, she did not have a chance to see him this closely. She had only seen him from afar at events as Lu Qi’s assistant.

Han Zhuoli was the CEO of the Han Media Company and frequently appeared in media reports.

Despite having a devastatingly handsome face, and owning more than half of the entertainment industry, there had never been any gossip of him being with any female celebrity.

As such, he had always been regarded as a male god, and many young women with romantic fantasies regarded him as their ideal partner.

But why was he here? She pondered.

Could it be that in her past life, he had always been next door?

Then had he seen her discomposure as she was taken away by the police?

Han Zhuoli looked at her mockingly. “I have seen several women who actively throw themselves at me, but I have never seen someone climbing through a window just to throw themself at me.”

As Han Zhuoli bent down slightly, Lu Man’s eyes were drawn to the towel he had wrapped around his waist, which seemed like it would fall off anytime with his movements.

The next moment, her lower jaw was held by his long and slender fingers. “We are at a height of 26 floors. It seems that you’re trying very hard.”

Just as Lu Man was about to speak, there was an uproar from the balcony outside.

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Lu Man froze at that sound.

Whether it was her past life or this life, she would never forget this voice.

This voice belonged to her b*stard boyfriend, He Zhengbai’s, who later became her fiance.

In her past life, the director did not die. He had only been harmed severely.

While she had been imprisoned on the charge of a crime of intentional injury, and she had been given a sentence of eight years because the victim had suffered severe injuries. As soon as she had gotten into trouble, that man had instantly told the media that he had broken up with her long ago, and no longer had any relations with her.

Yet if it were only that, she would not have hated him, she would have just taken it, as she had been blind when she fell for him.

However, when she had been released from prison, she found out that he had become Lu Qi’s fiance, and the two were admired by the public as a golden couple.

It turned out that even before this whole incident had happened; they had already been seeing each other.

So, after Lu Qi had harmed someone and escaped, the person she had asked for help from was He Zhengbai.

It was his idea to return to the hotel room along with Lu Qi for removing all the traces that she had left behind and put the blame on Lu Man.

No wonder she had gotten into trouble then! Thus when she had looked for him to ask for his help, she could not find him. It turned out that framing her had been his idea all along.

He Zhengbai even had a face of contempt upon seeing her after her release from prison, saying, “You should use a mirror to look at yourself now. Even back then, you could not match up to me, and now more than ever, you don’t deserve me.”

Then, as if she were a beggar, he had taken out a ten yuan note from his wallet and threw it at her feet.

Ha, 10 yuan. He actually tried getting rid of her as if she was a beggar.

He Zhengbai, the second young master of the great Long Qing Corporation, who was regarded as one of the best actors and also a talented producer, had somehow managed to find 10 yuan note in his wallet. It must have been really difficult for him 1 .

However, at that exact moment, the doorbell of the hotel room rang.

As Han Zhuoli turned his head around, he unconsciously loosened his grip on her lower jaw.

Lu Man took this opportunity to push his hand away and ran into the nearby bathroom.

Han Zhuoli’s eyes narrowed on hearing a clicking sound as Lu Man locked the bathroom door.

As the doorbell kept ringing, he thought about how she entered through the window and how there had been a commotion in the hotel room next door and laughed coldly before opening the door.

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Seeing the man in front of him He Zhengbai was surprised, and next to him, Lu Qi was pleasantly surprised as well. Somehow they were able to meet Han Zhuoli here!

No one had ever thought that Han Zhuoli would be next door!

Overwhelmed with excitement, Lu Qi had started breathing rapidly.

“Young Master Han, we apologize for having disturbed you,” the manager said. “The guest next door has suffered a serious injury, and the suspect is likely to have escaped not long ago. May we ask if you have seen any suspicious person?”

Han Zhuoli’s lips curved up mockingly. So the woman just now is the suspect who had harmed someone?

Just then, a charming female voice was heard from behind Han Zhuoli. “Li, why are you taking so long to come back? I’ve been waiting for you for such a long time already...”

This voice was very pleasing that it made people’s legs go weak. Somehow except Lu Qi everyone was affected by it in some way. Thus making everyone look towards the source of the voice, He Zhengbai and Lu Qi were dumbstruck upon seeing the woman.

That woman was none other than Lu Man.

Such an alluring voice actually came from the unromantic Lu Man?

He Zhengbai rubbed his eyes in disbelief.

However, there was no doubt about the woman who was wearing only a towel and walking towards them, she could only be Lu Man!

The white towel made her skin seem even whiter and more youthful. He Zhengbai neither knew that her skin was smooth as silk nor did he know that her figure was so brilliant that people did not want to take their eyes away from it, for the fear of missing out even with just a single blink.

Yes. He had never known any of this.

That was because Lu Man was prudish and old-fashioned, never letting him touch her.

Yet now, clad only in a towel, she stood in Han Zhouli’s room.

Han Zhuoli turned his back on the people outside of the door, raising an eyebrow at Lu Man.

Suppressing the nervous in her heart, Lu Man summoned up the courage to maintain her image of a Lu Man suppressed the nervousness in her heart and summoned up her courage to maintain her image of a seductress. Shaking her slim hips as she walked, she leisurely walked towards Han Zhuoli.

Thankfully, being Lu Qi’s assistant she had learned some acting skills while watching her films.

Stopping in front of Han Zhuoli, Lu Man tiptoed, wrapping her arms around his neck.

Han Zhuoli lowered his gaze, narrowing his eyes slightly, remaining calm and composed as he waited to see what she wanted to do.

He was just like a lazy leopard, bored stiff as he stared at his prey that was running around in front of him. He could kill the prey with one hit, yet he wanted to play with it first.

As he remained still, Lu Man could see that he obviously did not want to cooperate with her. So she braced her herself and moved closer. As if expecting to die, she closed her eyes and pressed her lips onto his.

Oh my goodness!!

She had really kissed the male god!

Suddenly Lu Man felt that her past life had been a wasted one. What was the use of living honestly and virtuously?

Since anyhow she had ended up being bullied by people, betrayed by her boyfriend and even schemed against by her younger stepsister. Moreover, she had also been abandoned by her father. All of this had resulted in her horrible death.

However, this time, she did not wish to live that way again!

She wanted to take care of her mother and seek revenge. She no more wished to be the honest and virtuous person, who was bullied by everyone ever again!!

In this life, she yearned to achieve all she had ever wished for.

Furthermore, she also desired to settle the score with that evil man and woman for what they had done to her.

As for the male god beside her, those who should be teased, must be teased!