Chapter 1: Life’s Dead End
In January, Wen City entered the thick of winter.
During winter, the air in the city was still moist. Temperature remained at about 3 to 5 degrees Celsius, and although there was no snow, it was extremely chilly. The trees along the streets were bald and scrawny, and it all looked a little depressing.
Lu Manman was in a black luxury car as it cruised down the wide lanes in Wen City. She had just left the hospital.
It was a bustling city that kept its liveliness despite the gloomy weather.
New Year’s Day had just passed, and there was still some air of festivities in the streets. The decorations were still up, and crowds were squeezing through one another.
Lu Manman was smiling as she rested her hand on her abdomen. She looked out the car window, but did not quite register the bustling scenes outside. She was holding a test report in one hand, and it wasn’t hard to see how important it was to her.
The journey in the luxury car was exceptionally steady today. A 20-minute trip took twice that amount of time on this trip.
The car stopped at the entrance of a three-story villa.
The chauffeur respectfully opened the door for Lu Manman, and she got off the car.
The winds in Wen City were cold, and as they blew towards her, she intuitively pulled her coat more closely towards her. She wrapped her scarf more tightly, and all that was left exposed was her beautiful, soulful eyes.
She proceeded through the entrance and walked past a garden, heading into the living room.
There was enough warmth in the living room to warm her body up instantly. She took off her scarf and headed one floor up.
Wen Yun wasn’t home at this time.
She would give him the surprise tonight then.
She smiled so blissfully as she opened the bedroom door.
Her gaze landed on the spacious bed before her. A pair of figures were intertwined, and she couldn’t help but widen her eyes.
Widen them…
The people on the bed seemed to sense that the door had been opened. The intense movements stopped the next second.
That prim and proper man, that loving husband in the eyes of everyone else, turned to look at her with a lovestruck expression.
But he wasn’t lovestruck because of her.
Lying under him was a petite figure. After they stopped their “exercise”, she even eyed him like a spoiled child deliberately, appearing smug.
So.
She’d entered the wrong room.
Lu Manman was standing at the door, her face pale.
But she did not cry or make a scene. Her education and upbringing as well as the respect they had had towards each other as a couple kept her composed. She wouldn’t lose her image out of agitation.
Seven years of marriage.
Was this what they said about the seven-year curse?!
“So, I’ve entered the wrong room?” she asked him in the quiet room.
She spoke to her wonderful husband, the “good man” whom tens of thousands of people in Wen City respected. The man who once held her hand and walked down the red carpet with her as he declared to everyone, “In this lifetime, I, Wen Yun, will love only Lu Manman.”
That scene seemed like such a travesty at this point.
The man named Wen Yun got off the bed.
His body was completely bare, and he seemed to think it was all justified.
He walked towards Lu Manman and stopped right before her. There was some sarcasm in his low voice as he said, “Lu Manman, our superficial marriage… ends here.”
However.
“I’m pregnant, you know that?” She tightened the grasp on the test report, and it began to crumple.
“I’ve been adding contraceptives to your food consistently, can you even get pregnant?” Wen Yun scoffed. “Are you sure the doctor gave you a proper check-up?”
Chapter 2: Life’s Dead End 2
“Consistently?” Lu Manman smiled and then chuckled softly.
She had been hoping and trying to get pregnant for the past seven years, but what she got in return was such a cruel truth.
It was quite a joke indeed.
“I don’t love you, Lu Manman. I married you only because of the Lu Family’s assets. Now that I’ve gotten hold of them, you’re useless,” Wen Yun said it so casually and easily.
“I’m useless…” Lu Manman repeated those words as her heart went cold.
“You should count yourself lucky that I gave you seven years of a blissful life. For seven years, I tried so hard to act like a good husband. I tried so hard to gain your trust… Don’t you think that you aren’t actually worse off at all?” Wen Yun said it matter-of-factly.
“So you’re saying that I should thank you?” Lu Manman asked him. Her eyes went red, but she did not break down.
Wen Yun smiled. “But of course. But Lu Manman, I really admire your calmness. You’ve been faced with such a situation, and you’re still so composed. What a pity, I was hoping to see you lose your mind and go hysterical. But I guess this is your parents’ credit. Then again, given how well brought up and held together they are, I wonder if news of the Lu Family’s bankruptcy overnight would shock your parents to death.”
“You’re too brutal!” Lu Manman held her abdomen as she spat.
“You call this brutal? This is just natural selection.”
“So you consider yourself an animal,” Lu Manman said through clenched teeth. “An evil beast.”
“No, you’re wrong, my Manman. You’ve forgotten; I once reminded you in bed that I was a lion, a lion that bit people. But you were too silly!” Wen Yun laughed deviously.
The words that were said in bed through gentle ear nibbling had now turned into cold hard truths now.
It hurt so much she was practically numb.
Scenes of the past played through her head like a film. It ate into her soul and mocked her blindness!
“Does it hurt to end up in this state?” Wen Yun asked her.
“What do you think?” Lu Manman looked at him.
“Too bad, I won’t give you a chance to take revenge.” Wen Yun laughed like a lunatic.
Lu Manman looked at him. She’d loved this man so much and so deeply that she had given up all that she had just for his future.
The truth made her realize how silly she was.
“Yun.” The coquettish woman in bed suddenly hugged Wen Yun from behind.
She placed a hand on his body and caressed him suggestively.
“How long more are you going to talk to her, I miss you already…” That gentle and flirtatious voice, and that endearing look.
Lu Manman watched it unfold before her.
She saw the marks on Wen Yun’s body.
She remembered him saying something before. He had said, “Manman, for some reason, my body seems to only react to you.”
Although she didn’t really believe that, it was so good to hear him say it back then.
But now.
She looked at how much Wen Yun seemed to enjoy it. She turned around and left.
Behind her, she could hear the woman’s sweet voice and the man’s passionate panting.
Lu Manman wouldn’t lose her temper at others or make a scene. She would just leave silently.
Step by step, she made her way down the stairs with strength.
Her abdomen seemed to be hurting.
She felt a warm flow down her legs.
She did not turn back, so she did not see the red stains she left on the white carpet.
She walked out of the villa.
It was so cold out there, but she did not feel it at all.
She stood at the entrance.
A car she was familiar with drove towards her.
The car did not seem to be slowing down, and in fact, was picking up speed…
All of a sudden…
Bam.
The sound of the car hitting her resounded.
But in the warm bedroom on the third floor, the sound could barely be heard. The passionate movement on the huge bed went on and seemed to reach its peak, following the loud crash…
At this point.
Life’s dead end.
Or was it life’s strange path.
Chapter 3: Strange Path of Reincarnation
Pain.
Excruciating pain.
When she opened her eyes, the blinding light forced them shut again.
What was going on?!
She thought quietly.
She was already dead, so how could she still be feeling pain?!
The scene of her getting hit by the car replayed in her head on loop. She remembered being thrown into darkness all of a sudden. She had been holding her abdomen as she lost consciousness.
She had witnessed a huge incident before. Back then, the victim had been run over by a goods truck, and was completely unrecognizable in a mess of blood and flesh after that.
She’d probably experienced something similar.
It was such a tragic death, and at the entrance of her house no less. Was Wen Yun not afraid of retribution at all?
“Manman, you’re awake, why won’t you open your eyes? Don’t scare me.” She heard a familiar female voice by her ear.
Lu Manman was stunned.
She was hallucinating!
“Manman.” That person sounded anxious. “If you don’t open your eyes, I’m going to start hitting you.”
Lu Manman opened her eyes eventually.
This time, the light wasn’t so blinding anymore. She looked directly at the woman before her.
Wasn’t this woman already dead!?
“Have you gone foolish from the crash? Why are you looking at me like that!” The woman looked like she had a shock, and her brows were still knitted together.
“Gu Xin, are we in heaven or hell?” Lu Manman asked very seriously.
The woman named Gu Xin looked puzzled as her jaw dropped. She placed a hand on Lu Manman’s forehead, and then on her own. A while later, she said, “You must have damaged your brain from this impact! I’m living well, whom are you cursing!”
Lu Manman looked at her, clearly in shock. “You’re not dead?!”
Gu Xin rolled her eyes. “Forget it, I should get Wen Yun here. I don’t share a common language with a woman so deeply in love as you are.”
With that, Gu Xin was ready to dial the phone.
“Don’t call!” Lu Manman jumped off the bed in agitation and snatched Gu Xin’s phone.
Gu Xin looked at her in confusion. “You and Wen Yun had a fight?”
“Gu Xin, tell me the truth. Are we dead yet? Don’t lie to me!” Lu Manman was extremely serious.
Gu Xin was shocked by such a stern-looking Lu Manman. She calmly and firmly said, “I’m really not dead. But I don’t know if you are! I’m only 23 years old and at the prime of my youth, it wouldn’t be worth it to just die like that!”
“23 years old?” Lu Manman was shocked again.
Weren’t they already 30?!
How did she suddenly become 23 now?
“Manman, are you really foolish now? How am I going to answer to your parents now! I really regret calling you along to the theme park with me. You got hit by a car the moment we set off, and even have such a huge bump on your head now. And your brain is barely working now…” Gu Xin started sobbing.
Lu Manman felt her head hurt even more. “Alright, stop making so much noise. I didn’t become a fool! Let me think.”
“Okay.” Gu Xin quickly settled her emotions.
It was silent.
Lu Manman looked around her.
This was a room. It seemed like a hospital, however cozy the environment was.
She looked at Gu Xin’s dressing. This was the style and fashion they liked when they were 23.
But she was very sure that she’d just been in a car accident. In fact, she could still feel the physical and emotional pain.
So, all things considered.
Did she just reincarnate?!
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