My husband of twelve years had an affair.
The night I discovered this, my two children and I were burned to death in our ho.
When I opened my eyes again, Gu Yuanzhou was standing beside .
A sadness hit . I threw myself at him like a madwoman and grabbed his arm,
“Yuanzhou, I had a nightmare. I dreamt that our children Zhenyi and Xiaoyi died in a fire…”
Gu Yuanzhou’s fiery dark eyes stared at , as if he were looking at a demon, and he shook off violently.
“Get out!”
Before I could react, his secretary rushed in and took outside without uttering a word,
“Are you fucking insane? What’s the matter with you, marching straight into the CEO’s office? Don’t you know that President Gu just lost his wife and kids? You’re poking at his wound, are you asking for trouble?”
I was dazed by the secretary’s scolding.
I suddenly looked up and saw my own reflection in the changing room mirror.
There was a young girl in her twenties, wearing a small suit, a work badge on her chest, and an innocent face.
This face wasn’t mine, but a young employee nad Song Xiaoyun’s.
And I… I was reincarnated as her.
I unlocked my phone and news headlines flooded in, all about the fire-gutted Golden Bay villa and the scene of my children being carried out of the fire.
I dared not watch, nor could I listen.
Because each word could turn into a sharp blade, piercing my heart into pieces.
I don’t understand why the heavens allowed to be reborn.
The feeling of unbearable pain made wish I could join my children in the other world right then and there.
It was not until I saw a different news headline from all the others.
The president of Zhenyi Group, Gu Yuanzhou, has another family on the side, and in order to legitimize his mistress, he hired a killer to set his wife on fire…
This news struck like a thunderbolt.
It woke out of my suffering.
On the day of the fire, our nanny, who usually takes care of us, suddenly went ho on leave. Late at night, after Gu Yuanzhou gave a glass of milk, he said he had a business matter to attend to and left.
Just as the fire started, the automatic sprinkler system in the villa malfunctioned, allowing the fire to spread. It cornered my children and , but Gu Yuanzhou’s phone was always engaged.
Was all this coincidence, or…
With that thought, I suddenly recalled my best friend Wenya once hinted at : Xiaoyun, have you ever doubted your husband?
Back then, I did not have a single doubt about Gu Yuanzhou and naturally didn’t pick up on the hint.
But now, thinking about it, she might have known sothing.
With this thought, I made up my mind to go see her.
Once I got off work at noon, I took a taxi straight to A University to find Wenya.
I rushed all the way and unexpectedly bumped into soone.
It was a young female university student, my bag was knocked to the ground, and my wallet and work card scattered everywhere.
“I’m sorry, I didn’t an to.”
The girl imdiately squatted down to pick up my bag for .
She had gentle long hair, eyes like black paint, pure and clear, with a sweet smile, which was very similar to a girl I rembered.
But at the mont,
My attention was drawn by her dress with a blue base and white floral print.
A few years ago, when I went to Yunnan Dali on vacation, I was attracted by the unique ethnic costus and was suddenly inspired.
I blended so ethnic styles into a few designs of long dresses.
This one integrated the style of a Dai ethnic group’s long skirt. It was a dress I designed for myself and sewed with my own hands.
However, I got pregnant before I had a chance to wear it.
After that, I never saw this dress again.
Gu Yuanzhou said he had donated it to a charity event, at the ti I didn’t think much of it. But now seeing this young and beautiful girl, a thought naturally ca to mind.
“Excuse , could you do a favor?”
As I looked at her, she also looked up at ,
“What’s wrong?”
“I, um…I suddenly have a stomachache.”
I clutched at my stomach and squatted down in pain.
The girl is indeed a kind-hearted person.
Seeing my condition, she hurriedly helped to her dormitory…
After helping sit down, she poured a cup of warm water, and kindly brought so pills for my stomachache.
Her voice was gentle when she spoke, and her smile was healing. When she looked at you quietly, her watery eyes were really likable.
A girl as delicate as a fawn like her could easily stir a man’s urge to protect her.
Gu Yuanzhou would indeed be easily drawn to such a girl.
As these thoughts were crossing my mind, I was feeling more and more uncomfortable.
“You’re a fashion design student?”
I pointed to an unfinished dress hanging on a rack against the wall.
The girl smiled and said,
“Yes, I’m a junior this year. This is my graduation project. I’ve been preparing for three months now, but I always feel sothing is missing.”
“The color combination is off. That green patch on the left shoulder should be changed to a light yellow hue, and a piece of gauzy flowers should be added on it…”
“Uh, could you demonstrate it for ?”
“Sure, just give a second!”
I know a thing or two about fashion design because I’ve been gifted since childhood. Back then, my uncle sent to France to study fashion design.
But I t Gu Yuanzhou before I graduated…
I fell for him at first sight. For him, I gave up my studies, gave up my career, and willingly beca his full-ti housewife.
He said he liked Little Mian’ao, so I gave birth to a girl for him at twenty, nearly bleeding to death on the delivery table.
He said he wanted a male heir, so I gave birth to a son for him at twenty-six.
The second pregnancy was extrely difficult, I threw up everything I ate, even water made vomit until I was spitting up blood, and I was practically bedridden, surviving on IV drips until I gave birth.
Because of pregnancy-induced hypertension, I couldn’t have anesthetics. So, when I was giving birth to my second child, I was cut open alive, one cut after the other.
The pain of a knife cutting flesh is sothing I’ll never forget.
But all of that doesn’t compare to the day of the fire when I helplessly watched my two babies perish.
Thinking of this, I couldn’t help but tear up… breaking down in tears.
“What’s wrong?”
The girl quickly ca over to comfort .
“I’m sorry, I just broke up with my ex-boyfriend and couldn’t control my emotions… I made a fool of myself… By the way, what’s your na?”
“I’m… Ye ngyan. And you?”
Ye ngyan, no wonder she looked familiar. It turned out she was a university student I had once sponsored.
However, Ye ngyan obviously didn’t recognize after my rebirth, so I just smiled and replied,
“My na is Song Xiaoyun!”
When Ye ngyan heard my na, she paused for a mont.
“What? Is there sothing wrong with this na?”
“No, it’s just that you reminded of a beloved elder sister!”
“Elder sister?”
“Yes, her na is similar to yours. She’s called Song Yun. She’s a really good woman. Very beautiful, very kind. It was she who sponsored my studies at the university. Unfortunately, she suffered a tragic fate and died in a fire not long ago. Sigh!”
As she spoke, Ye ngyan wiped away the traces of tears from the corners of her eyes.
From the slightly husky sound of her voice, I could tell that she seems to be sowhat grateful to .
“It’s a pity she died so young… her husband must be heartbroken, right?”
“Yes, they were deeply in love! Lately, I’ve been going to comfort him often.”
After all, she was a student, Ye ngyan was kind-hearted, and very naive.
After I helped her redesign the long skirt, she opened her heart to even more, expressing that she wanted to beco good friends with , and even shared many of her personal stories.
However, just when I was about to let go of my doubts.
I noticed a supplentary bank card on Ye ngyan’s table—it was Gu Yuanzhou’s card!
When I used to sponsor Ye ngyan, it was always doing the transactions, transferring money from my account to Ye ngyan, Gu Yuanzhou never interfered.
Why then, would he privately give Ye ngyan a supplentary card?
I picked up the card and casually asked, “Is this… your bank card?”
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