Yun Qingxue felt she had only taken a single step, yet in the blink of an eye, that step transported her from the gloomy underworld to the sunlit world of the living.
They landed on the rooftop of a high-rise building. Gazing at the towering skyscrapers and the speeding vehicles crisscrossing the roads below, Yun Qingxue felt as though she had stepped into another lifetime…
“Where do you want to go first?” Xiao Xiaoxiao asked with a smile.
“To the orphanage in the suburbs,” Yun Qingxue replied softly. Before beginning her revenge against Zhou Dao, she wanted to visit the kind-hearted matron from her memories.
“Let’s go!” Xiao Xiaoxiao took Yun Qingxue’s hand, and the two vanished, riding the wind with their magic. In no time, they arrived at the orphanage Yun Qingxue had mentioned.
As they landed in the courtyard, the sound of children’s laughter and playful shouts filled the air.
Under the wisteria tree sat an elderly woman, her face kind and serene as she watched the children running around.
Seeing the matron’s gentle expression, Yun Qingxue’s eyes moistened slightly, though the corners of her lips curled upward in a faint smile.
Knowing the matron was well brought her peace.
“Xiaoxiao, do you know how many years the matron has left?” Yun Qingxue suddenly asked.
Xiao Xiaoxiao followed her gaze to the elderly woman beneath the wisteria and shook her head. “I don’t. When I was a ghost envoy, the underworld officials in charge of the Book of Life and Death would notify us where to collect the souls of those whose time was up. I’ve never seen the Book myself, and even if I had, the world is so vast—how could I remember everyone’s fate?”
“The matron is a good person. Xiaoxiao, if one day she passes peacefully and arrives in your realm, please take care of her for me,” Yun Qingxue pleaded earnestly.
She was no longer part of the 21st century and couldn’t repay the matron’s kindness in life, so she had to find another way.
“Don’t worry!” Xiao Xiaoxiao smiled warmly at the elderly woman in the distance. “Just by her face, I can tell she’s blessed. And with all the good she’s done caring for orphans, even in the afterlife, she’ll be treated well! If she reincarnates, she’ll surely be reborn into a wealthy family and live a life of comfort!”
As Xiao Xiaoxiao finished, Yun Qingxue met her gaze, and the two shared a knowing smile—perhaps they were getting ahead of themselves.
Still, good deeds would always be rewarded.
“Let’s go,” Yun Qingxue said, bowing deeply toward the matron before taking Xiao Xiaoxiao’s hand and flying away from the suburban orphanage.
Following her memories, Yun Qingxue found the Lin family mansion.
But when they reached the gate, the glaring official seal plastered across the door stopped her in her tracks.
The seal was from the police—had something happened to the Lin family? Had they already faced retribution for their misdeeds before she could exact her revenge?
“Qingxue, is this your friend’s home?” Xiao Xiaoxiao frowned at the seal, concerned.
“Enemies. They’re the ones who killed me in my past life,” Yun Qingxue replied darkly. Even after two lifetimes, the memory of Lin Chuchu’s family trying to forcibly take her heart still made her blood boil with the urge for vengeance.
“Evildoers always meet their end. Seems they got what they deserved,” Xiao Xiaoxiao mused.
Yun Qingxue glanced at her, her voice distant and hollow. “There’s one more person—my childhood friend. I saved his life when we were young…”
“Qingxue!” Xiao Xiaoxiao frowned, looking troubled. “You don’t belong to this world anymore. Even if you find him, you can’t rekindle what you had.”
“Rekindle?” Yun Qingxue let out a bitter laugh, her eyes tinged with sorrow. “If I could turn back time, I’d wish I’d never saved him at all.”
She pointed at the luxurious Lin estate, her voice laced with icy mockery. “The only daughter of this family, Lin Chuchu, had a congenital heart condition. And me? I’ve always had an unnatural ability to heal. No matter how severe the injury, a single night’s rest would restore me completely.”
“Only two people knew my secret—the matron we just saw, and Zhou Dao, my so-called childhood friend.”
Her tone turned colder. “Back then, when he fell down the stairs and was on the brink of death, I saved him with my blood. That’s how he learned the truth. We grew close after that. Zhou Dao was quiet and introverted, often bullied by the other kids. Once we became friends, I always stood up for him. I fought nearly every boy in the orphanage for his sake.”
“As adults, we entered society together. I worked at a small company, while he joined the Lin Corporation. By chance—or perhaps design—he met Lin Chuchu, whose heart condition was so severe she could die at any moment. Even a heart transplant only had a 20% success rate for her.”
Her voice trembled with suppressed rage. “I’ll never forget that rainy day… I was walking home under an umbrella, passing a quiet street, when a gray BMW pulled up beside me. Two burly men stepped out, drugged me without a word, and threw me into the car.”
“When I woke up, I was locked in a storage room inside this mansion. Guards at the door, windows sealed shut… I was terrified, unable to understand why I—a poor girl with no money or enemies—had been kidnapped. What could they possibly want from me?”
Her nails dug into her palms. “Then, at night, Zhou Dao appeared before me, his face pale. I thought he’d come to save me…”
A hollow laugh escaped her. “Instead, he knelt and begged me to save Lin Chuchu. I told him I wasn’t a doctor—how could I help? He looked at me with those pleading eyes and said, ‘Qingxue, give your heart to Chuchu. You’re not like normal people—your heart can save her!’”
“Damn it!” Xiao Xiaoxiao couldn’t hold back a furious curse, her face flushing with outrage. Even hearing it secondhand filled her with righteous fury, making her wish she could tear Zhou Dao apart with her bare hands.
What kind of monster would do that? If he loved Lin Chuchu so much, why didn’t he cut out his own heart for her?
Betraying the person who saved his life—calling him an animal would be an insult to animals!
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