Chapter 2 18 Years Old Again

The large screen was playing once of the most iconic songs of Xi Mufeng's career. He was in his thirties in the video, dressed in a white shirt and jeans, sitting handsomely in the middle of the stage, with the familiar guitar in his arms.

When the familiar melody sounded, Xiang Lianyi was crying, though she didn't know why or when she started.

She felt her head grow even dizzier, and she mumbled, "Oh, Xi Mufeng..."

Suddenly, there were a lot of noises and screaming around her.

She only felt as if she had been hit by a truck and flew away. Severe pain washed over her entire body in an instant. She landed on the ground heavily and her consciousness soon began to drift away.

In the last moments of her life, her mind was filled with Xi Mufeng's cold and steely face.

Everything related to him swept through her mind one by one like a replay!

Xiang Lianyi's life was so tragic that she actually felt a sense of relief in the face of death.

Finally, it was over!

The scariest thing in life is when the things you fear keep repeating themselves in front of you.

When Xiang Lianyi was a child, she was bitten by a neighbor's big German Shepherd, which almost disfigured her. She will remember how the big black dog bit her in the face with its big bloody mouth to the day she dies.

This incident became the most terrifying memory of Xiang Lianyi's life.

"Ah, don't, don't, get up!" Xiang Lianyi was running hard in her dream, with the big black dog she was most afraid of behind her.

"Lianyi, Lianyi, are you having a nightmare? Come, get up, your father is waiting for you to go to the market with him!" Qin Zhu shook to Ripple and said softly.

"Mom?"

Opening her eyes, Xiang Lianyi realized that it was her mother who had woken her up. She thought she might still be dreaming.

She closed her eyes and lay back on the bed.

"Girl, what's the matter with you? You're awake now and you should get out of bed. You're really getting lazy." Qin Zhu's chattering voice and the hand holding her own were both so real.

Xiang Lianyi sat up sharply, "Mom? It's really you? Am I not dreaming?"

"Do you know what time is it? Look at the sun! And you're still in bed, dreaming." Qin Zhu glared at her with slight annoyance.

With a "wow" sound, Xiang Lianyi threw herself into Qin Zhu's arms and cried, "Mom, I miss you so much!"

She was crying too sadly, causing Qin Zhu to panic a bit. "Lianyi, what's wrong with you? Don't scare mom."

Raising her teary-eyed face, Xiang Lianyi looked carefully at her mother.

With a beautiful face and long black hair with a few silver roots in the middle pulling into a simple style, this was her mother sixteen years ago.

At that time, she was only in her forties, and hadn't been bent by the hardships of life, nor had her hands been worn down by working day and night, nor had she....

Xiang Lianyi cried and laughed. She had a wild guess.

"Mom, what year is it?"

"Um, 98." Qin Zhu froze and said, "Lianyi, what's wrong with you?"

"I'm fine, I..."

Xiang Lianyi's words were interrupted by a male voice.

"Is it Lianyi crying? What's going on? Did you two girls fight again?" Xiang Guoping leaned against his walking stick and walked slowly to the door.

The tears that had just stopped coming to Xiang Lianyi's eyes came back again, and she pulled Xiang Guoping in a hug.

"Dad!"

This is her father from sixteen years ago, all elegant and gentle. Even though he had bad eyes, it was definitely not so bad that he can't see anything yet.

It was good to be back!

Back to sixteen years ago!

This time around, she had to protect her parents and bring them to a good life.

And that man.....

"I don't know what this girl is up to so early in the morning. Old Xiang, you have to control her, I can't control her." Qin Zhu rolled her eyes at Xiang Lianyi and turned back to the kitchen to continue making breakfast.

"Lianyi, did you make your mother angry again?" Xiang Guoping smiled and patted the girl in his arms.

"Dad, I was just having a nightmare, it's fine now. I'm going out, I'm not going to eat breakfast. I'll come back later and take you to the market. I'll leave mother to you, now." Xiang Lianyi stuck out her tongue at her dad, and ran off after saying her words playfully.

Behind her was Qin Zhu's exasperated words as well as Xiang Guoping's voice pleading on her behalf.

It was as if Xiang Lianyi's tear ducts were broken, and the raging tears came back to her eyes. However, she knew that they were tears of joy.

She rode on her bike, facing the sun, and the tears on her face were quickly dried by the wind.

Sixteen years ago today, she hadn't met Xi Mufeng yet.

This magnificent young man born with a golden spoon in his mouth!

Xi Mufeng's grandfather was a general, his father was the premier figure in South City, and his mother was a successful entrepreneur.

He seemed to have known no hardship since childhood.

Perhaps he was a bit inferior emotionally, but materially, he was above many others.

She clearly remembered that it was two days later, when she helped her mother deliver the dresses for the Xi family's banquet, that she first met Xi Mufeng.

He was standing on the balcony of the Xi family, a small, white building. From her angle, she could only see his beautiful chin until he lowered his head and face and asked her expressionlessly, "Who are you?"

Xiang Lianyi clearly remembered how her heart felt as if it was about to jump out of her chest.

It was as if she could get lost in those eyes forever!

She couldn't wait two more days. She wants to see him now!