"Meng Xixi, you're finally going to die!" Meng Shuang's voice carried a hint of gloating.
She stood next to the hospital bed, looking down at the dying Meng Xixi, "Since you're about to die, I will magnanimously reveal the truth to you and let you die in the know!"
"The reason why you've become so miserable is that I found an expert and secretly swapped your destiny with mine!"
Meng Xixi frowned slightly, "What... What do you mean? I don't understand…"
Meng Shuang laughed meaningfully, "What does it mean?"
"It means that the person who was sold to such a place to serve customers, who was maimed and forced to beg, was supposed to be me."
"As for you... You just took my suffering in my stead!"
Upon hearing this, Meng Xixi felt as if struck by lightning, her eyes wide in disbelief.
She had thought that she was living such a miserable life because she had done too many bad deeds.
She thought it was her karma for dumping her mute husband and running off with another man, leading to her being tricked, sold to a dirty place, and forced to become a street beggar after being maimed...
She thought all these were her retribution.
But to her surprise... she wasn't supposed to be this way, all these were Meng Shuang's destiny!
Once she thought about this, Meng Xixi trembled all over with rage, and her chest heaved violently.
She glared fiercely at Meng Shuang, gritting her teeth, "You ruthless and vicious woman! I will strangle you!"
As she said this, she struggled to sit up from the bed, but her illness was too severe, rendering her unable to move.
A deep sense of powerlessness caused her tears to involuntarily flow.
"Meng Shuang, for doing something so despicable, you will face retribution sooner or later!"
"Even if I become a ghost, I will never let you go!"
With an uncaring shake of her head, Meng Shuang replied mockingly, "Retribution? Now, I am a miss that everyone cherishes, whereas you, you are nothing but a pitiful creature that will be forgotten even in death!"
Upon saying this, she seemed to suddenly recall something and snorted coldly.
"Oh, by the way, not everyone has forgotten you. That mute husband of yours, the one you unceremoniously kicked out, he's still looking for you."
This statement left Meng Xixi stunned.
Chu Tianling, was he... looking for her?
So many years had passed, how could he possibly still be searching for her?
As her thoughts whirled, Chu Tianling's image gradually became clear in her mind.
She remembers that man who seldom spoke, how she heartlessly abandoned him, how she betrayed him for a man not worth her time...
She was sorry for him...
Pangs of guilt and regret washed over her like a powerfully raging tide, causing her tears to fall even more freely.
Seeing Meng Xixi's pain, Meng Shuang was immensely satisfied.
She continued to mock, "I don't know what kind of luck that mute Chu Tianling ran into, but now he's an absolute tycoon who has a prominent position in the capital."
"But what's the point? Not even able to see the last glimpse of the woman you love! You will never see her again! Hahaha..."
This statement completely set Meng Xixi's fury ablaze.
She glared with flaming red eyes, suddenly sat up and pounced on Meng Shuang, clutching her throat with all her strength!
"Meng Shuang! I will kill you, you evil woman!"
"Cough, cough, cough--"
Meng Shuang was gasping for breath, in the struggle she grabbed a water glass from the bedside table and hurled it towards Meng Xixi!
"Meng Xixi! It's you who should die! Go to hell!"
"Thump!!"
Meng Xixi felt a throbbing pain in her head, the world turned black before her eyes, and in an instant, she collapsed onto the hospital bed...
She was filled with hatred...
She hated not having killed Meng Shuang with her own hands to take revenge!
She hated herself for having left Chu Tianling in the first place and eloped with someone else...
She hated... hated living such a pathetic life...
If she could have a do-over, that would be great.
If she could start over, she would definitely...
Certainly...
——
"Xi...Xi Xi..."
Who?
Who is calling her?
Meng Xi Xi felt a sharp pain in her head, barely managed to open her eyes, only to be met with total darkness.
Where is this?
Hadn't she already died?
Also, the stuff on her body was unbearably heavy and stiff, almost making it hard for her to breathe.
"Mo...move..."
It seems like her words were heard, as the hand fumbling over her suddenly stopped.
The man's breathing got heavier, and hot breath was directly spraying on her ear.
A gust of cold wind blew in, lifting up the door curtain.
Meng Xi Xi finally came to her senses a bit, subconsciously opened her eyes.
She blurredly saw a figure in front of her, tall and strong, with messy hair, he looked a bit familiar.
Who is this...?
Why does he seem so familiar?
Seeing her awake, the man's jaw tightened. It seemed like he was desperately restraining himself from holding her, his body quivering uncontrollably.
The wind grew stronger, and Meng Xixi gradually regained consciousness.
She had reincarnated!
She had returned to a year after her family's crisis. Her father was gone, her mother had remarried, and her brother and she had been exiled to different places.
She was now in a small village in Inner Mongolia, within the Ulan Chabu production team. The man pressing down on her was the poorest and most destitute member of the Ulan Chabu team, her mute husband from her past life, Chu Tianling.
Then it came back to her!
She had been drugged today and had ended up embraced with the man on top of her. Soon, people would come to catch the adulterers.
As a "zhiqing", a city youth sent down to the rural areas from the capital, she was about to tarnish her reputation, all these traps laid by her cousin, Meng Shuang!
However...
In her past life, Chu Tianling had taken the blame for her.
He was accused of administering the drug, hiding the medicine, all just to marry Meng Xixi.
After her loss of virginity, Meng Xixi had no choice but to marry him.
After their marriage, she found herself involuntarily involved with Wu Zhiqing.
Wu Zhiqing promised her a better life away from here, which deeply moved her. But she never expected that once she ran away with Wu Zhiqing, she would be sold to that place and become a flower-twisting woman!
She resisted desperately, bit her tongue, and scratched her face.
They despised her, broke her limbs and forced her to beg. All she had to eat every day was stale rice and swill...
Meng Xixi suddenly recalled the words Meng Shuang said before her death.
She shouldn't have suffered like this, and even less should she have; she should have been enjoying wealth and luxury!
All of this was due to Meng Shuang's plots. She had no idea what method she used to swap their destinies.
The misery she endured should have been Meng Shuang's destiny!
Not only did Meng Shuang steal her destiny, but she took away her own mother!
Under Meng Shuang's matchmaking, her mother married Meng Shuang's father, her uncle!
Thinking about all of this, the hatred in Meng Xixi's heart surged again.
Maybe the heaven had sympathy for her miserable past life and gave her a chance to be reborn.
Meng Xixi grinned, but as she was laughing, tears unmanageably poured down.
Meng Shuang!
In this life!
You shall not take away my destiny again!
Everything from the past, I want you to experience it firsthand!
Meng Xixi's voice was inherently soft, even more so when she cried; it was so mellow and gentle that it stirred one's protective instinct.
This time, she was genuinely heartbroken; sorrow filled her sobs.
The man beside her panicked as soon as she started crying, attempting to step back.
But Meng Xixi held onto him tightly and kissed him without any hesitation.
Her fingers lightly traced him, first feeling the solidity of his Adam's apple, then his slightly prickly chin, and before their eyes met, his forehead…
Finally, she found his lips and imprinted hers onto them.
The man stood there dumbfounded, not reacting for a while!
His solid muscles tensed up like a rock, as if he had been struck by lightning.
But he was indeed a vibrant man; how could he resist such a temptation? Soon, he took the initiative, kissing Meng Xixi until she was almost breathless.
…
At a critical moment, the man slowed down, pausing at a key point.
He gently poked at her waist, as if asking her with his actions, did she really want to continue?
Meng Xixi tightly gripped his shoulders and murmured.
"Chu Tianling, I want you…"
