Chapter 1

Across the gloomy streets of Wind City, a car was about to skid off into the curb.

The screeching sound of its tyres was overshadowed by thunder and ceaseless raindrops against the asphalt. The car somersaulted across the sidewalk before landing violently in a smoking heap.

"Yu Boyuan!" a heart-wrenching shriek emerged near the car.

Jiang Yan hastily unfastened her seat belt and looked around.

After hearing of her family's schemes to set Yu Boyuan up in a fatal car accident, she dropped everything to stop him from going out. However, by the time she caught up with him, she could only watch his car drive off.

Heavy raindrops transformed the entire crash into a blurry image.

The window beside the driver's seat was completely shattered. Yu Boyuan's head was facing the ground, and his forehead was bleeding.

His consciousness was about to fade away.

Was he hallucinating Jiang Yan calling out to him?

She was so eager for his death. Now, she could be free from everything.

Shouldn't she be happy?

"Yu Boyuan!" Jiang Yan called out again.

It wasn't a hallucination, after all. Yu Boyuan suddenly opened his eyes.

"Don't die on me, Yu Boyuan!" Jiang Yan pleaded. "It's not your time yet."

She wept as she made her way towards Yu Boyuan.

She struggled to drag Yu Boyuan out of the wreckage. Kneeling on the ground, she let his head rest on her legs.

Jiang Yan's face was full of tears as she whimpered, "Why? Why?!"

Her hands were trembling as she held Yu Boyuan's face.

The most charming man she had ever known was now a shadow of his former self. His breath was frail, for he was on the verge of death.

She lowered her head and planted a kiss on Yu Boyuan's forehead.

"Yu Boyuan, please!" she shouted. "Don't die on me!"

She placed her head on top of his to shield him from the rain.

Yu Boyuan opened his eyes. He mustered up his remaining strength to lift his left hand and carefully caressed Jiang Yan's cheek as if it were a national treasure.

"Yan, were you crying for me because I'm about to leave you? Do you love me?"

Jiang Yan's mind instantly went blank.

Had she fallen in love with Yu Boyuan?

It was undeniable. She couldn't help but nod.

Yu Boyuan's eyes lit up. "Really? I'm so happy."

Jiang Yan shook her head heavily. "Yu Boyuan, I never thought of letting you die. I tried my best to beg for your life and they promised. But now, they went back on their word. Yu Boyuan, I'm so sorry. This is all my fault…"

Yu Boyuan reassured, "Don't be, Yan. As long as I know you love me, I can die in peace."

"Have you really fallen in love with him this time?" a merciless voice came from behind the couple.

A well-dressed man held a black pistol in his hand and pointed it at them.

Chapter 2

There was indescribable disappointment in Jiang Yunfeng' eyes as he held his sister at gunpoint.

At least he wasn't alone. His other sister and the source of the merciless voice, Jiang Yueqing, was holding an umbrella for him. She was clad in a red dress as she let out an extremely gorgeous smile.

"Jiang Yunfeng, just do it. Zhiru I said, this little b*tch has been by Yu Boyuan's side for four years. How could she still be the innocent girl you once knew? Do you still think there's nothing between them right now?"

She reached out to grasp Jiang Yunfeng's hand, pull the trigger of the pistol and said, "What's keeping you? Look how sad she is. If she knew you killed Yu Boyuan, I'm afraid she'd go after you. Why don't you just kill both of them instead?"

Jiang Yan looked over in disbelief. Her gaze was filled with undiluted agony.

"For f*ck's sake, Jiang Yunfeng, I'm your little sister," she cried out. "How dare you try to kill me?!"

Jiang Yueqing suddenly grabbed the gun in Jiang Yunfeng's hand and aimed it at Jiang Yan. Her smile looked so vicious.

She couldn't help but bask in the moment. "Hahaha! It's true everyone says you have the prettiest face in the world. But what was that about being our little sister? I want you to know before you die, you're not related to us by blood. You're just a b*stard our family had to put up with. If it weren't for your talent with painting, would our family have adopted you? You've been stealing the attention of the family as the youngest for so many years. I can't take it anymore!"

Her sister's words seemed to strike a chord in Jiang Yan's mind.

She remembered a certain elegant and graceful lady by the name of Qin Xinyu who had been her mother for over two decades.

Qin Xinyu had once said to her, "Yan, I'm sorry to trouble you with this. You're the one I love the most and we don't want you to be with Yu Boyuan. But he's gone too far this time. If we can't get rid of him, he'll get rid of us. We'll bring you back as soon as the Yu family becomes penniless."

Four years ago, she had entered into an arranged marriage with Yu Boyuan.

Needless to say, she hated that man so much.

She ended up with Yu Boyuan only because Qin Xinyu had claimed he had taken a liking to her. The Jiang family could afford to stay in Hua country only if she became his wife.

This filled Jiang Yan with so much resentment that she had promised herself to get back at Yu Boyuan's family during her marriage.

Jiang Yueqing went on, "Don't you know our entire family has been lying to you? You think we love you so much, when actually we're going to leave you dead here."

Indeed, the family had raised Jiang Yan to be arrogant and unscrupulous, so she could be a ticking time bomb for Yu Boyuan.

Jiang Yueqing sneered. "At first, we were still thinking of giving you to that CEO once you were done with Yu Boyuan. What a shame you fell in love with him and wanted to spare his life. You even chased after him but it was too late. Well, luckily for you, I can make your wish come true. Both of you can be together in death!"

Jiang Yueqing pulled the trigger.

Jiang Yan remained frozen in place, not knowing how to react.

The bullet was released, but it didn't land on her.

She didn't expect someone on the brink of death to step forward and shield her from a gunshot.

Looking at Yu Boyuan weakly smiling back at her, Jiang Yan wailed, "Yu Boyuan, no!"

She wasn't worth saving at all!

There was a hint of jealousy on Jiang Yueqing's expression

At the end of his life, this man was still willing to protect her sister.

What did Jiang Yan have anyway other than her beauty?!

For some reason, Yu Boyuan would rather choose that b*tch over her!

"Yan, run…" Yu Boyuan choked out. The bullet struck him on the chest and blood was streaming out of the wound.

Jiang Yan reached out to stop the bleeding instead.

"Yu Boyuan, I'm not going anywhere," she said. "I've hurt you so much. I owe you my life!"

But before she died, she would take Jiang Yunfeng and Jiang Yueqing to the afterlife with her!

Jiang Yan stood up as a bolt of lightning flashed across the sky, illuminating half of it.

Facing her siblings with a determined yet solemn expression, she looked like a vengeful spirit! She took a step forward.

Jiang Yueqing swallowed hard and fired two more shots at Jiang Yan.

Chapter 3

Jiang Yan couldn't move for a split second.

But in the next second, she kicked away the pistol in Jiang Yueqing's hand. Then, she wrapped one hand around Jiang Yueqing's neck and lifted her sister off the ground.

Jiang Yan was born with extraordinary strength. Jiang Yueqing's five foot three stature was no match for it. It was like carrying a tiny chick to Jiang Yan.

Jiang Yan glared at Jiang Yueqing as the former tightened her grip.

Before Jiang Yueqing could call for help, her neck was snapped.

She died with her eyes wide open and her face locked into a disturbed expression.

Who would have thought that Jiang Yan would actually be able to muster up this amount of strength after being shot twice?

Jiang Yan turned towards Jiang Yunfeng.

Her brother was absolutely horrified!

Sure enough, Jiang Yan was a monster!

They should have killed her when they had the chance!

He picked up the pistol lying on the ground and fired away at Jiang Yan.

One of the bullets landed on Jiang Yan's head.

Jiang Yan was just a step away from Jiang Yunfeng when she fell down from the shot.

There was a glimmer of dissatisfaction in her eyes! She nearly had Jiang Yunfeng as well.

She couldn't accept this at all!

Jiang Yan looked at Yu Boyuan. She struggled to make her way towards him.

The rain had stopped a while ago. A long trail of blood tainted the ground below Jiang Yan. She held Yu Boyuan's hand as soon as she was right beside him. It was ice cold.

She wished she could apologize to Yu Boyuan for failing to give up her life for his.

She closed her eyes and a faint smile appeared on her lips. She finally felt at peace…

……

"Ugh…"

Jiang Yan groaned. She felt like she had the worst headache of her life. She tossed and turned slightly across a double bed.

She woke up to find herself having fallen off the bed.

Jiang Yan sat up straight. Half-open curtains fluttered against the morning breeze, letting in flickers of light into the room.

She looked around and finally understood: somehow, she had been brought back to this place.

Or, it could be said that she was born again.

She was where she had been four years ago.

It was the day when Yu Boyuan had come to pick her up.

Jiang Yan suddenly stood up and made a beeline for the bathroom.

She found her 20-year-old face looking back at her in the mirror. It was absolutely gorgeous.

Jiang Yan's fingers trembled slightly.

She examined her reflection, raised her eyebrows and made a coy expression.

She had been given a second chance in life!

She had another chance to trample everyone in the Jiang family with her bare feet!

Thinking of Yu Boyuan, she couldn't help but feel a little queasy about it. Her heart was beating like a drum.

Just as Jiang Yan finished showering and changing her clothes, there was a knock on the door. Qin Xinyu's voice came from behind, "Yan, are you up yet? Yan…?"

Qin Xinyu had the gentlest voice in the world, only for it to be overshadowed by Jiang Yueqing's. "What's taking her so long? Mum, you shouldn't spoil her."

Qin Xinyu replied, "Jiang Yueqing, Yan's your sister and she's the youngest of the family. Can't I show her a little love? Besides, she's going to be with the Yarbroughs soon. I can't bear to see her go and you're worried about whether I love her more than you."

Last time, she had been moved by her mother's words to the extent that she wished she could be her family's slave.

Although she was reluctant to leave them for the Yu family, she still agreed to do so.

Jiang Yan opened the door, and Qin Xinyu's gaze was filled with affection.

Jiang Yan stared back at her mother. She didn't smile as her gaze was instead filled with indifference and unfamiliarity.

She recalled that before her death, Jiang Yueqing had said the entire family were lying to her face.

Well, if she wasn't their biological daughter, who were her birth parents then?