《Revenge》 Chapter 1 Marital infidelity Chapter 1 Marital infidelity A voice message had shattered Amanda¡¯s dreams about her happy marriage and overturned her view of his perfect husband; Bill Fu was having an affair!? "Babe, I miss you, I''ll be waiting for you at our old ce tonight, and remember to wear my favorite ck bra...She''s flying to Paris again; so, babe, let¡¯s meet up and I will show you some new tricks tonight!¡± Bill Fu¡¯s voice cannot be more familiar to Amanda, except for that erotic tone; it contradicted his chaste and serious image of usual; gripping the phone fiercely, Amanda¡¯s hands were trembling. Juan Family was S City''s leading rich family with its main industries including the real estate and chain hotels; being an only daughter, Amanda had been privileged in the Juan Family; and as her husband, Bill Fu was deemed as a perfect match with his handsome appearance, profound educational background, graceful manner and oversea study experience. Lord Juan treated him as if he was his own son. They got married right after Amanda graduated and returned from abroad. Bill Fu had been such a gentle man and supportive husband to her as she started building up her own cause; he was also growing in her heart with time and as everyone envied such a perfect match of them. Three years marriage had not gifted them any baby child yet, even though her parents were praying all day long; Today, she was due to fly to Paris for Fashion Week, but was dyed by a trip to the hospital to pick up a pregnancy-test report. Ironically, her extreme joy at the great news on the report stopped abruptly at the voice message... Amanda did not see Bill Fu being mistreated by any means in this marriage; he and her cause were her everything; his vow to take her as his lifetime wife and to love her, take care of her till death did them part was still ringing in her ears when three years ago her father walked her down the aisle and handed her over to him. So, that was how he loved her and took care of her by sleeping with other woman? Amanda knew he was having an affair for sure; it was so like an old TV drama in which the mistress trying to rece thewful wife and took over all the assets; only difference was, Bill Fu was, in the end, a live-in son-inw to Juan Family; the divorce would leave him nothing. Everything was endurable, but not infidelity and betrayal! Amanda was boiling with anger. Old ce? Well, she wanted to see how crazy could they go! She called her friend, Lydia Du, "Lydia, help me check if this ID number has been checked into any hotel recently." Lydia Du had her own magic ways with her special profession but was still surprised: "Bill Fu? Amanda, what''s going on? What''s wrong with Bill Fu? Why are you checking on him?" Amanda tried to remain herposure. "Just tell me what I asked. I''ll fill you inter." Lydia Du paused for a second and said: "The most frequented hotel was...''Royal Garden Hotel''." This text is ? N?velDrama/.Org. What an ironic joke. ''Royal Garden Hotel'', a chain hotel owned by her family. What a good job, Bill Fu. Her parents went on a trip abroad half a month ago and will note back till tomorrow. She had no one to talk to. But on other hand, what was there to talk about any more under such circumstance? Amanda wiped the tears from her face which was streaming down involuntarily. She just felt lost. Love would wither and marriage was not countable either; what and who else could she trust? But, Amanda had a tough personality; she was only 25 years old and had a bunch of great time ahead; she did not rely on Bill Fu, why should she, especially while he was a cheater? The more clearly she thought, the more calm she was. She took a bath, changed her clean clothes, and went out after the evening closed in. Instead of driving a car, she took a taxi to the Royal Garden International Hotel by theke of Ciwi. "Please help me to find out which room Bill Fu was in." Amanda said to the receptionist. "I''m sorry, miss, but we can''t give away the guest information." The receptionist apologized. "I''m Amanda Juan, the owner of this hotel; Bill Fu is my husband. I just flew back from abroad and I am nning on giving him a big surprise." Amanda stared coldly at the receptionist. The daughter of the big boss? The receptionist was a bit panic at her title and checked immediately on theputer before saying earnestly: "Mrs. Fu, Mr. Fu is in #888 Presidential suite on the 16th floor. This is...the spare room card." "Thank you!¡± Amanda took the card and turned around and walked to the lift gracefully and composedly. But no sooner had she turned the corner than the receptionist dialed a number and spoke into the phone, "Mr. Fu, she''s on her way." Amanda was stepping into arge web of intrigue. Yet she hadpletely no idea. Staring at the 16 on the board of the lift, Amanda found her step extremely heavy; standing outside the room of #888, she hesitated; The failure of her marriage may simply mean a fresh start for her; but how about her parents, would they be able to take the hit? And the baby she just conceived...he was innocent. But, what could be worse than the marital infidelity; if he was cheating on her, he should be punished by her and by thew, if she managed to catch him in the act and get the evidence. Amanda swiped the card on the panel, opened the door, sneaked in and gently closed it again; the whole presidential suite was immersed in the melodic and romantic music; two sses of red wineid on the table a little lonely; woman''s red high-heeled shoes, brace skirts, man¡¯s shirts, pants were spreading everywhere and led her to the inner bedroom; the door was ajar with a ck bra stuck. ¡®Babe, I miss you, I''ll be waiting for you at our old ce tonight, and remember to wear my favorite ck bra...¡¯ That erotic voice message rang in her head once again; Amanda felt a bit suffocated; she was about to catch the adultery of...the man who had promised to love her for the rest of the life in the act. Three years of marriage, those honeyed words, everything was in vain? How could he humiliated her like this! Amanda was itchy to smash the wine ss on Bill Fu. Moaning of the man and woman drifted out of the room-- "Ah! Bill!" Amanda peeked through the crack of the ajar door; the man, Bill Fu, beyond doubt, was plowing on top of another woman... Amanda smiled bitterly, what a spendid scene to watch. "Bill, you''re so good, what a luck to be your wife..." "Honey..."The man gasped: "you are better..." "Bill, you glib talk was so sweet, but, I love you..."The woman leered. Everything was beyond redemption; thought Amanda. Done watching and recording this, she pressed ¡®stop¡¯ on the mobile phone, saved and uploaded it to the cloud and turned around; she cannot bear one more sight of this; and with the video she just recorded,w was on his side. However, as soon as her handnded on the door handle, arge hand grasped hers from behind and stopped her from twisting the door handle. She looked back in rm and saw Bill Fu standing right behind her with only a bath towel wrapping on his waist. "Amanda, wanna leave right after you are done watching?" Bill Fu looked down at her with a faint smile on her handsome and delicate face; there was not a trace of guilt or remorse to be detected; his voice was as gently as usual. He was like a stranger in front of her? "Bill Fu, don''t you feel sick?" Amanda struggled to shake off his grip. "I have served you well before, haven¡¯t I? We could do threesome if you wanna join us?" Bill Fu stared at her with a sneer on his lips, then he stepped forward and encircled his arms around her waist, firmly buckled, ignoring Amanda¡¯s struggles. He almost carried her off the floor before dragging her back into the sitting room and threw her on the sofa heavily. Her belly ached faintly at the impact; the woman in the bedroom wearing a bathrobe walked out, showing her slender pale-skinned legs, her long hair scattered around her shoulder and chest and her voice extreme sweet: "Bill, your wife is here, how horrifying.¡± Bill Fu held out a hand to her: "Lily,e here and meet my darling wife, Amanda." The woman obediently walked barefoot to his side and threw herself elegantly into his arms, her eyes staring and challenging Amanda all the way. Chapter 2 Fire! Chapter 2 Fire! "Lily Shen?" Recognizing her, Amanda eximed out of shock. The woman''s eyes rounded and she pretended to be surprised too. "Well, Lady Juan recognize me? Am I so well-known already?" Lily Shen, one of the most popr actresses in the entertainment industry these days and a former model; she had once taken over the headlines of the medias for her tall and slim figure and thatrge- sized breasts hanging in front of her. Almost her every piece of picture was showing off her eye- catching ample bosom. She, in shortly years, became an A-lister with the media hype. ¡°One thing, Lady Juan, I have booked thetest wedding dress you designed, called ¡®princess''s wedding gown¡¯, right? What a wonderful design; I am going to love it.¡±Lily Shen said to Amanda with a smile. Lily Shen said in her ssic affectedly sweet voice with not a bit feeling of regret or remorse that gave Amanda the creeps; men would have swooned over that sort of sweetness in her voice; and what she meant by saying so was that she was going to wear the dress Amanda designed, took the man she wedded to and reced her as the next Mrs Fu. Nausea and the pain in the belly blended and swept over Amanda. She struggled to her feet not engaging in the eye contact with them while Lily Shen trotted towards her andforted her in the same tone saying: ¡°Bill, look at Lady Juan, she seemed not feeling very well.¡± With that, she reached out her hands and gave Amanda a big shove, which sent her back onto the sofa. She dropped to her knees on the couch, pulled Amanda by the hair, and gazed into her eyes fiercely saying, "Do you have any idea what rtionship we have? We have lived together long before you got married. Unfortunately, I am not so lucky as you. You were born as ady of a great family, so you have everything. And I, as Bill¡¯s first and real love, I have to hide behind scene and be his mistress; is it fair?!" N?velDrama.Org holds this content. Amanda burst into tears in pain. It turned out that Even Bill Fu''s marriage to her was a scheme! The courtesy, the mutual respect and the harmony they had over the past three years was but a fraud! Lies! All lies! Amanda was outraged, she mmed her hands onto the face of Lily Shen, making her scream like a frightened kitty; then, she grabbed the wine bottle, ¡°Bang¡± smashed it on the desk and pointing the splinter of the broken ss towards Bill Fu: ¡°Bill Fu, you such a shameless liar! How long have been fooling my father! Did we mistreat you by any means since you walk into our home? Where is your conscience? This is what you want, just tell me! I don¡¯t care who you are going to get married to! It is none of my business. We''ll get divorced!" Bill Fu looked at her with amusement; he walked towards her as gracefully and gently as he always behaved and smiled warmly: ¡°Amanda,e on, you would not want to stab me, would you? You would faint over the blood remember? Good girl, put it down and let''s go home. Who is talking about divorce, we are a happy family." He paused, as if being reminded of something, then raised eyebrow to ask her: "Amanda, did you just say, I lied to you father? You''re going to tell them, aren¡¯t you? Well, I have invited them over!¡± Since it was allid on the table, what Amanda was about to see was only going to get worse; she was even puzzled at what he just said: ¡°What did you just say?¡± As Bill Fu stepped forward and kicked open the bathroom door, Amanda cried out in horror at the sight of the her bound parents sitting on the floor: "Dad! Mom!" Their mouths were taped shut, their hands tied behind their backs, unable to move or speak, their eyes fixed on Bill Fu. Amanda dashed towards them carelessly but before she could reach them, Bill Fu held her around her waist from behind. He was so strengthful that Amanda could not inched forward; in a moment of desperation, she waved the ss splinter in her hands to stabbed towards Bill Fu. The splinter sliced into his shoulder and blood gushed out; Bill Fu cursed and shoved her so violently that the back of her head knocked onto the wall behind her. At the impact, she copsed onto the floor. Pregnancy seemed to exhaust her energy even faster and the blood dripping down from his shoulder made her whole body trembled with fear. Her face turned pale at the strong smell of blood, but Instead of cking out, Bill Fu kept her awake by gently striking her face and saying, "To tell you the truth, Amanda, from the first day I walked into the door of the Juan Family, I have started nning on something; you really thought I would fall in love with you, didn¡¯t you? I feel sick having to act so sweet in front of you..." Amanda squeezed her arm so hard to keep herself awake. Everything was plotted, from that voice message to now catching him in the act. She was led here. Amanda shouted at him with all the strength she had left: "Bill Fu, you bastard! What do you want!" "What do I want?" echoed Bill Fu, brushing away the tears from her eyes like what any lovers would have done to each other. ¡°Hehe, you''ll see, very soon..." He rose to his feet suddenly, walked toward the bathroom, dragged Amanda¡¯s mother out and mmed her beside Amanda; then out of nowhere, he held a tank gasoline and poured everywhere in the bath room, where her father was still tied firmly insides. "Nooo! Bill Fu, I beg you,don¡¯t do this!" Amanda knew what Bill Fu was up to, and she struggled and crawled to him, hugged his leg and begged. "You wish! Good girl, why don¡¯t you ask your father what he has done, ask him what he owes Fu Family!" In a fit of emotion, Bill Fu grabbed the cor of Lord Juan and said fiercely. ¡°Why my mother and I had to wander on the street, beg for crumbs from others¡¯ tables and live on the relief fund while you father and your family were enjoying the luxurious life? Amanda, do you really think that your father is that kind of person you look up to? Do you really think that he adopted me because he has a good soul? He has a guilty conscience! My father died because of him, so that he can live on top of the world, why! I''ve lived in fear and humiliation all these years, trying to please your family all the time, ever since I married you and the stigma of live-in son-inw is killing me every day and night! I''ve had enough of that!¡± "But after today, everything will be different. I, Bill Fu, will be the richest man in S city, and no one will ever give me another look! Everything in Jane''s house belongs to me from this day on! '' Amanda¡¯s fear grew as Bill Fu vented his grudges; he had lost his sanity and he was going to kill her father! Amanda crawled towards him and begged with her hoarse voice: ¡°Whatever you want from us, everything Juan has is all yours; please spare my dad¡¯s life. Don¡¯t you feel any love from him over the past years; he had treated you like his own son...And, and I am pregnant, with you child; it has been two month; you are gonna be a father too; for the sake of our child, please...Ahhhh!¡± Before Amanda could even finish, Lily Shen¡¯s high-heels had kicked her in the stomach. Bill Fu''s twitched slightly at what she said then turned to look at Shen Lu. With her bare arms around Bill Fu, Lily Shen drew circles on his chest with her fingers. Her eyes fluttered. "What? You are shaken because of the child in her belly? You want child? I could give birth to one for you. What kind of bastard could she have?" Mocked Lily Shen, with her eyes scrutinizing Amanda:" Yo, what a rare scene to witness. The arrogant Lady Juan crying like a little bitch; my heart was melting by looking at that pathetic pretty face. I think you would hit the headline of medias if the journalists are able to see such a scene.¡± Blood streamed out from the lower body of Amanda; the pain was tearing her apart from inside her belly as the despair closed in and overwhelmed her. Her mother, with her mouth taped shut firmly, sobbed and wriggled towards her; her father red at Bill Fu trying to utter a word. "Look, Bill, your child is gone, what are you hesitating about? We have gone so far, do you really think they would let go of you?¡± Lily Shen reminded, the voice sounded more wicked than sweet at the moment. "I know." Irritated, Bill Fu pushed Lily Shen aside, stood up and went into the bathroom to make a call, "It''s about time, in 10 minutes." Then he dragged Lord Juan up, threw him into therge bathtub, where there was no water and lit a fire. Lord Juan was engulfed in the fireball in seconds; with only slight wriggling and a few dull and painful sounds, he soon withered like the stic bag in the heat. Amanda was crying and screaming watching that familiar face faded away in seconds before someone covered her mouth tightly and stabbed her belly with edged tool in the belly. Lily Shen held the bottleneck with its splinter ripped into the lower belly of Amanda; blood gushed out and drip down along the ss; Lily Shen soon let go of the ss bottle in disgust of the blood and leaned to her whispering: ¡°Gone is your child! Then you, from today on, I am going to be Mrs Fu, the hostess of the great family Juan, die, and ....save me the trouble, would you?¡± Lily Shen''s sweet yet disgusting voice mixed with the crack sound of fire, the strong smell of the blood mixed with the aroma of Lafite, stomach-turning scorched smell and also the scent of the Ciwi Lake from outside the window. Amanda had an delusion that she was in the hell. "Take the olddy and she is still going to be useful. It''s okay. She has lost her mind. If not, I would make her." Her mother was dragged out of the room, leaving Amanda watching with her vision gradually blurred, tears frozen and her body getting cold and stiff. At thest moment of her life, the familiar hands picked her up and smiled gently in her ear: "Amanda, go to sleep, it won''t hurt when you sleep. Go in peace, and I will live for you." He let go of her after that; Amanda felt the freedom she had never experienced before and she was flying, or more precisely, falling unceasingly as if it was bottomless; then, with arge sound of "ssh," she was drowned in the icy water. In March, Ciwi Lake water was so freezing cold... Chapter 3 Run! Damn girl! Chapter 3 Run! Damn girl! She tried to wake up; the pain in the head was nothingpared with the horror of her nightmare, in which there was fire singing and rampaging around her, blood everywhere, that handsome yet twisted face full of mocking... Amanda''s hand was clenched tighter and tighter with her nail piercing through the skin; finally, that the pain brought some soberness to her head; she opened her eyes with difficulty. Blurred vision. A warm yellow halo dazzled her eyes. It was soft underneath, she knew she was supposed to be lying in bed... The air was inundated with a strong smell of alcohol. There was water rinsing sounds not far away from her. Amanda tried to sit up, but she was too weak. It was ufortably hot in this room. Wasn''t the air conditioner on? But, she remembered it was still March... Suddenly, a ringtone sounded not far away from her, as if in the next door: "You have the smell of her, or is my nose misled, I shouldn¡¯t...¡± Perfume. Amanda had never been so disgusted by this song before. The sound of the running water came to a sudden halt, then the ringtone; reced them was the voice of a middle-aged man, very rough and like that of vendor¡¯s crying in the market: "Hello...President Liu, ha ha, hello, hello, you don¡¯t need to worry about that, of course I have to take care of her? Well, Yes, she must be the prettiest girl in your school, great, very nice..." Amanda felt something wrong; that sound was not very far away. She struggled to prop her head up and looked at herself. The green chiffon dress she was wearing was torn into pieces, exposing her pale and smooth leg; trousers and shirts of man were scattered everywhere near her; the smell of the wine was emanated not only from his dress but her hairs and body... Something was going on. Where was she? It looked like a room of a cheap hotel. White sheets and quilts... Someone was taking a bath in the bathroom. Amanda was in a state of confusion, she found it hard distinguish between the nightmare and reality; did she die? Was this what Bill Fu arranged? To set her up and fabricate evidence of her cheating with another man so he cane back and frame a case agaisnt her? "The dose I used seems a bit too much. She has not waken up yet. Ha, ha, ha, ha. But anyway, it would be thrilling to try something new...great, so great..." Lust overflowed from the words of the man in the bathroom. Dose? Amanda was in a state of panic. Yes, she couldn''t move a muscle, her body had no strength at all, and she could barely raise her hand. But there was no way she was going to resigned herself to such humiliation! She had to get out of here somehow! Her body was burning and mouth scorching; she wanted to tear the remaining half of the skirt by hands; Amanda fumbled her hands around and found there was an extra hairpin on her hair. She took the hairpin off and held it in her hand, but she found no strength to grip it at all. She tried many times and finally exerted all her power to stab her leg with it. The sharp end of the hairpin pierced through her flesh, and the acute pain regained Amanda some consciousness. She struggled to her feet and stood on the cold floor, where ady''s purse was lying there, a white-colored cellphone half exposed. She did not care who it belonged to and bent down to pick it up and dialed 110; the bathroom door suddenly opened at the moment! A portly man in his fifties walked out from behind the curtain wearing a white towel; he was still in the talk on the phone; the p overhung on his face and belly; as soon as he saw Amanda by the door, the smile disappeared all at once and he yelled into the phone: "Liu, that girl woke up and tried to flee! Send someone!" Amanda used all her strength to open the door; but before she could even walk out that portly man had caught up with her and dragged her hair, snatched the phone and smashed it on the floor right away. ¡°Silly girl! You wanna flee? There is no way!" The old man dragged Amanda back into the room; Amanda struggled, although the pain in her head was killing her; she had to get out of here before the helpers got here. Amanda stabbed the hairpin hard into the old man''s arm; the man let out of a scream in pain and let go of his hands; ¡°Pang¡±, Amanda fell onto the floor. She raised her head; from the gap between the scattered long hair, she saw that middle-aged man covering his hand around his wound which was bleeding out and cursed out of anger; she was doomed if she was not able to escape out of here. Fear surrounded Amanda; she grabbed the ss cup on the cupboard and smashed it fiercely onto the foot of the man; then, everything on the cupboard was flying towards; while the man was overwhelmed by the flying pieces, Amanda took the chance and ran for the door, not forgetting to picking up the phone... The old man was barefoot as she was and the ground was full of the fragments of ss, which should be able to detain him for seconds, or even more time; but she was not able to get through to 110, there was no signal at all! Amanda smiled wryly. Was it really the god¡¯s wish to destroy her? There were footsteps behind her. More than one man was chasing. Amanda ran desperately, but the footsteps of those people were getting closer and closer, and she heard the old man swear: "Damn girl, you are dead! I would kill you tonight! Run, run faster !" Another man immediately said, "Mr. Hu, calm down! She can¡¯t run away from us; the drug would soon kick in; you would surely have her under you tonight. Stop! You silly girl, stop!¡± Amanda felt it vividly that each step of hers was getting heavier; she was panting as her strength drained out fast; before she could make it to the end of the corridor, they were just one step away from her; Amanda staggered and fell down forwards; the phone in her hands fell out and flew; ¡°Bang¡±, it hit someone on the head before falling onto the floor. "Fuck!" He cursed. Amanda was lying face down on the floor and struggling to raise her head; it was a tall figure in front; the light behind him was so bright that she could not see his appearance. ¡°Damn girl! Keep running! If you could! Let¡¯s see how further could you go!" The men behind her had caught up, all out of breath. Amanda clutched the trouser legs of man in front of her and begged desperately, "Help me..." Belonging to N?velDrama.Org. However, the man stepped backward to avoid her. Without any resistance, he got rid of her clutches. He even bent down to wipe the ce where she had held him with with his handkerchief, as if it did not matter whether it was a life-threatening situation for her or not. Amanda knew she was doomed. Chapter 4 Heavy makeup! Chapter 4 Heavy makeup! These chasers stopped and were stunned by the strange man who was standing right in front of Amanda, but soon, after realizing that he seemed not interested in meddling in, one of the middle-aged man strode forwards and grabbed one arm of Amanda snorting: ¡°Damn girl! How did I just tell you, be good and be amb, you have everything; do you really have to choose the tough way? Come on, come back with me and enjoy your night with Mr. Hu!¡± Amanda seemed not to hear any of what he said but reached out her another arm and firmly clutched at herst life-saving straw, the man¡¯s shank; that man raised his feet trying to shake her hand off but failed; Amanda was not going to let go, not by any means; it was like she was hanging on the edge of the cliff, once letting go of the straw, what was waiting for her was endless falling into the bottom of despair...She was dying. "Let go!¡± The man spoke atst, in a low, impatient voice. He seemed to think it would be beneath him to kick her off. He crouched down slowly, pulling her clutching fingers apart one by one, his whole body filled with anger boiling inside and a sense of pressure that was hard to be ignored. But she was persistent and seemed to have the power that did not match her size; it took the man some time before he got rid of her third finger; then arge hand snatched her hand so fiercely that her last two clutching fingers fell off immediately. ¡°God damn it! You silly stubborn girl! You are a dead meat on my bed tonight! Go back now!" The patience of the so called Mr. Hu wore off and he picked Amanda up directly and carried her on the shoulder as if she was a littlemb; the bath towel wrapping around his pot belly was seemingly to fall at any second. Suddenly, from behind, arge foot kicked him on the back and sent him to knock onto the wall; Amanda fell off and rolled aside. The meatball hit on the wall and cked out. The man who just kicked the pot-bellied Mr. Hu stayed calm and indifferent and slowly retracted his long leg; he took the handkerchief out to clean his shoe carefully; when he had finished polishing his shoes, he dropped the handkerchief, put his hands in his pockets, and walked at a leisurely pace towards them. The two left helpers were outraged and the man who was called ¡°President¡± pointed his finger at the approaching man barking: ¡°Boy! Mind only your own business!¡± Aaron Gu, who had not intended to meddle into anything, stopped and stared at the ¡°President¡± with a pair of deep eyes. His lips were slightly raised, sneering... Thest thing he wanted to hear in his life was order, especially from a scum like the ¡°President¡±. "Get out of here, boy! This is Manager Hu of Juncai Group. If you offend him, he would make sure you won''t be able to walk any more in C city!" Added the ¡°President¡± trying to intimidate Aaron Gu. "Puff..." N?velDrama.Org holds this content. Aaron Gu was amused and gave out augh; Did C City really change so much over the past years that someone dared to talk to him like that? Then, his smile faded away and reced it was a look of fierceness; before Amanda saw what was going on, these two men had flew out and fell some distance away, crying out of pain. Aaron Gu patted the dust off his sleeve and his legs and stood there, waiting to see how these men were going to ¡®make him unable to walk any more in C City¡¯. Leaning against the wall, he nced at Amanda on the floor -- He never hit a woman, otherwise, he would have cut off her dirty hand that had been grasping his trouser legs and wringing his flesh! What kind of taste did she have to wear heavy makeup like that. The pathetic tears had washed off part of the makeup and leaving deep traces all over her face. Half of her dress was torn off. She was a mess. He took his eyes off her with a frown of disgust. These noises brought in the security guards of the hotel; at the sight of Mr. Hu and the two other groaning men, they were about to question Aaron Gu before one of them whispered: ¡°This...this is the young master of Gu Family?¡± Young master of Gu Family! The name startled all the security guards, who immediately changed their attitudes and greeted him respectfully: "Mr. Gu, you are back? Well...Sorry for the chaos here; please ept our apologies! Please forgive them and forgive us, forgive our ignorance..." Security guards apologized. The two on the ground trembled with fear, Mr. Gu, Aaron Gu... Within C City, there were several great families, but no one was so notable as the Gu Family; Lord Gu was an eminent businessman and his sons and daughters were also well known for their methods and commercial acumen; everyone in the Gu Family was hard to deal with while Aaron Gu definitely topped the list... Aaron Gu was annoyed by them gabbling on and on; with his brow furrowed, he said: "Clear them out of the road, I am going back to my room.¡± At the order, the guards cleared the way by dragging the three men on the ground to the side. Then they winked at each other, picked up Amanda, and looked up at Aaron Gu obsequiously, "Mr. Gu, do you want this girl? Eighteen - year - old school belle! Pretty face, amazing body!" They knew Aaron Gu loved prettydy and tried to cater to his taste. Sure enough, the word ¡°school belle¡± seized Aaron Gu¡¯s attention; theid his eyes on Amanda again, but was once again disgusted by her heavy yet spoiled makeup; ¡°Get her out of here as well!¡± He snapped impatiently. The guards took Amanda to the side, too. "Mr. Gu, the phone..." At this time, a man walked up to Aaron Gu and handed him the white mobile phone. It was the exact one that hit him on the head! Aaron Gu was furious at the sight of it; but when he turned around, the hands of these guards were groping her skins gently and lustfully as if she was some gold that was leftover by the master while they themselves were the gold goblin. After taking over the mobile phone, Aaron Gu changed his mind as his long fingers lit up the screen of it and a pretty and pure-looking girl¡¯s image was showing up on it. He raised his lips carelessly. "Take her to my room." The guards did not dare to disobey him; they immediately picked up her belongings and carried her to the room of Aaron Gu. In the room, right after Aaron Gu took off his coat, the drug she had been fed kicked in; Amanda felt her body on fire; a yawning and lust for him and his body was surging in her heart; she hugged him on his leg and rubbing her body against it like a snake. "What kinda monster dosed a girl so heavily?" Aaron Gu paused his shirt unbuttoning, looking down from above, caught sight of therge pale expanse of her skin, which was indeed delicate like a jelly. He pinched Amanda''s chin with two fingers, forcing her head up so that he could scrutinize her face again...Goddamn it, that heavy makeup powder made her look like a ghost! He picked her up, stuffed her into the tub, and showered her head and that ugly face. The coldness of the water stimted every nerve of Amanda and she struggled out of instinct; the water was sshed everywhere and everything in the bathroom, Aaron Gu included; Cursing, Aaron Gu tossed away the showerhead and left her there. Soon, the water filled the whole tub and the woman¡¯s hair floating on the surface of water, so was her torn dress; her graceful body was lying in the tub and exposing unobstructed in front of him. Choking on the water, she kicked her feet and sent her body up above the surface, gasping for air; she wiped away the hair that stuck to her face; gone along with it was that heavy makeup she wore and water beads on it; a new delicate face and naturally paleplexion was exposed before him. Aaron Gu squinted his eyes with his previous views of her all gone within seconds. He stepped into the huge bathtub and tore her chiffon skirt to pieces with both hands. The sound was so wonderful... Chapter 5 Awakening! Chapter 5 Awakening! With the sound of her dress tearing apart, her pale skin turned pink; the water on her hair dripped back down into the tub. Aaron Gu was not going to let her off so easily since she had asked for it. And obviously, it was also not her first time, either. "Psst, babe, don''t cry, I would be gentle..." Aaron Gu dragged her over, hugged her in his arms, sealed her lips on her damp red lips and tried to calm her anxiety. He was a real flirt; soon, his gentleness and tender caress got the girl''s response; the drug in the blood and her desire blurred her eyes and pushed her to kiss him back fiercely; the water cleansed the cheap makeup and perfume and revealed the true girl she was; her hair stuck to her chest and his chest. No longer able to resist the temptation, Aaron Gu had her in the tub then in the bed for the whole night. At thest moment, he suddenly heard the girl in his arms calling out a name at her climax. ¡°A.¡± ... "Hiss-" In the darkness, with the curtain block out all the lights, Amanda woke up, thirsty, feeling her body ached as if ran over by a car; she wanted to turned over but there was a great pressure above her... Then, as her consciousness gradually returned, she felt the hot heat on her back; lowering her eyes, she saw an arm extending from behind and ced around her waist, therge hand sping her in a rude manner. Amanda opened her eyes wide and froze. Everything was so odd. Amanda''s shock and fear was not just originating from the unknown man behind her, but from the strange birthmark on her left chest-- It was a mole, half the size of a fingernail, shaped like a "heart". When did she get this birthmark? Was it the work of that middle-aged man who drugged her yesterday? Belonging to N?velDrama.Org. Did he nted it on her... But, it can¡¯t be! Amanda soon found something extremely odd; even with the bruise, this body was almost perfect with the pale skin color, smooth texture and, specifically, ample bosom and meaty hips; It was a masterpiece of God. Was this a dream? This was definitely not her body! Therge hand grasping her waist suddenly squeezed her with some force; Amanda moaned at the dull pain and felt more strange to her reaction; if this was not her body, why would she felt the pain? The man behind her heard her voice and leaned closer, his hot breath hitting on her ear, his deep, seductive voice saying, "You are awake, babe?" Amanda turned her upper body in amazement at the sound of the man¡¯s sweet and maic voice. After seeing Amanda turn around and stare at him, Aaron Gu raised the corner of his lips and said yfully, "Baby girl, you have a really great flexibility and your waist is soft. Are you student of the dancing schools?" He did not expect her answer at all but turned her all over around to face him; "You..." Amanda was surprised; and the man seemed to be intrigued again; he looked her into her eyes and soon ayer of sweat rose over his tanned skin. With her fingernails sinking into the man''s skins on the broad shoulders, Amanda stayed silent and stared at the man with her eyes wide open, as if to see through him. After a while, the tears involuntarily welled up in Amanda¡¯s eyes and blurred the image of the man in front of her; she suddenly found him so strange and found everything so surreal... "Why are you crying, my dear? Do you feel ufortable?" Aaron Gu looked concerned as he lowered his head and kissed her on the forehead, the scolding hot breath of him hitting on her forehead aggressively. Amanda thought, she must be crazy, or she must have long died. That was why she dreamed of her virgin night with Aaron Gu. Chapter 6 Parasite Chapter 6 Parasite This man, Aaron Gu, was always a pain in her heart; although so many years had past, his image was still imprinted in her mind; she had dreamed about him before, but never for once, so vividly like it was now. "Babe, what''s the matter with you?" The handsome face of Aaron Gu was so close yet so unreal; but that sometimes gentle and sometimes aggressive kisses of him and that strong male body odor of him was saying to her that what she was experiencing was not a dream. "babe, lovely girl, don¡¯t you cry."Aaron Gu kissed away the tears from Amanda''s eyes with affection. That charming smile on his face would have women swooned over him. Amanda was shaking. Her hands clutched at the sheet, let go, clenched at it again. Then she buried her face in the soft pillow. The image of that young sunshine boy was shattered as the innocence and shyness of him on that virgin night faded away; he was now a man of self indulgence and lewdness. Belonging to N?velDrama.Org. When Aaron Gu finally had enough, he hugged Amanda''s shaking body and said in a gruff voice close to her ear: "I hate women who cry in bed..." Amanda''s eyes were staring nkly into the darkness of the room. Unlike a dream, everything was so real, her senses were real, the pain and the pleasure were real, what Aaron Gu had just said were real -- ¡®I hate women who cry in bed.¡¯ Hehe. "I wonder if he remembers? Once the love was so deep and heated, in that spring and summer. Yet now. Don''t talk, it''s raining, and we prefer to stay naive..." The ringtone of the phone broke the awkwardness. "Pick it up, baby." When Aaron Gu saw her in a daze, he grabbed the phone from the cab, threw it to her, and without a second thought, he got up from her, flexed his muscles, and headed for the bathroom. "Will he still know me, if we meet again one day? Does he still remember, that I was once his only lover. Does he still keep the note that writes ¡®I love you¡¯...¡± The ringtone continued to sing the song of a girl¡¯s missing for her first lover. Amanda did not answer but looked in the direction of the bathroom where water was sshing insides. "It doesn''t really matter, at least we''ve shared the same secret and the same memories, whether he still recognizes me or not..." Suddenly, the door of the bathroom ¡°crack¡± opened. Amanda was shocked. She grabbed the phone tightly and stared into Aaron Gu''s eyes without blinking. Aaron Gu craned his upper body out, beads of water rolling down his tanned chest; there was still white foam on his chin, and his dark, mesmerising eyes cold red at her as he said impatiently: "Babe, don''t let me hear the damn ringtone again!" With that, he mmed shut the bathroom door again. He could still manage to call her ¡°babe¡± even when he was actually angry and impatient; hum, that was men; so was Aaron Gu, so was Bill Fu. "Rae Yan" was the name that popped up on the screen of the ringing phone; right before Amanda could press the answer key, the phone stopped and the "Rae Yan" hung up the phone. She did not know her. Amanda tried to get up, but every muscle and bone of hers were aching; Aaron Gu had worked so hard on her; and besides the burning, a scar that seemingly scabbed recently caught her attentions just like the cinnabar mole. Cinnabar mole? Amanda lowered her head to check on her chest; that ¡°heart¡±-shaped cinnabar mole was still there; she held out her fingers to touch it; her fingers were extreme long as well with her nails untrimmed; Amanda would have trimmed all her nails due to design work. And the long hair, was it growing over night? She remembered that she had a short hairstyle for years; it was not her, not at all. Amanda wrapped her arms around her body and walked over to the mirror. Her eyes widened in horror as she saw the figure reflected in the mirror -- who was she? Not only the body, but the face was oddly strange; the eyebrows were well matched to the eyes and made it extremely charming while the perfect red lips ttered the delicacy of the face; The only drawback should be childishness that she bore; but it did make her look pure and innocent somehow. The dull pain in the lower abdomen made Amanda frowned, so did the girl in the mirror; Amanda reached her hands and touched it gently, so did the girl in the mirror. Then, all of a sudden, Amanda saw a trace of blood stain on the cloth spread like a flower blossomed and soon engulf herpletely; she was drownedpletely in the mixed smell of blood and burning and the odor of Lafite... "Dong". Amanda copsed onto the floor and bumped into the cab; she struggled to her feet with the support of the cab; she pinched herself trying to wake herself up; but it was not dream; it hurt...Amanda resigned to her vision and slid down again to the floor; everything was real; her parents... The sound of the running water came to a halt, Aaron Gu pulled the door open and stepped out wearing a white bath towel; drying his hair with another towel, he gave her an indifferent peek before walking to sofa and turning on the TV. "I saved your life from a bunch of old men for sure," he said, pressing the remote control casually as if there was not a show that could even intrigue him then pointing in Amanda''s direction. "But you have gave me a wonderful night and morning. By the rules, here''s the check on the table." Amanda was still lost in her thought; on hearing this, she turned to look nkly at Aaron Gu. Amused by her absent-minded expression, Aaron Gu threw away the remote control, leaned back on the sofa, stretched out his long arms and asked: "What? Are you dumb? I haven''t seen you say a word since this morning. Didn''t you know how to talkst night? Virgin night, right? Let me know if the money is not enough." He tossed the check at her. The check fluttered unerringly down at Amanda''s feet. Staring at the digit written in the familiar handwriting on it, Amanda suddenly opened her lips and smiled. It was indeed arge amount of money for her virgin night. She picked it up, examined it unblinkingly, then slowly opened her mouth saying. "That was very generous of you. Thank you for the reward." The voice was also unfamiliar and a bit too young to Amanda; there was the softness of a southern girl and a sense of intimidation of a young in her tone . "I wonder if he remembers? Once the love was so deep and heated, in that spring and summer. Yet now. Don''t talk, it''s raining, and we prefer to stay naive..." The ringtone sounded again from the sofa, where Amanda had threw it; the name popping up on the screen suddenly dawned on Aaron Gu; he smiled: ¡°Ali, Ali...Babe, is Ali your boy friend? You had been calling his namest night.¡± Chapter 7 Gone girl Chapter 7 Gone girl She kept calling Ali¡¯s namest night? Huh. Amanda looked at Aaron Gu''s face and smiled wryly. What a wild and absurd dream. Seeing her mute again, Aaron Gu threw the phone at her and said impatiently: "Take the money, take your things and go." One second ago, he was concerned about whether it was her boyfriend who she was calling and seemingly feltcent about it. And now he was sending her away ruthlessly; maybe it was but a funny game to him. By the time the phonended at Amanda''s feet, the ring had stopped. Amanda looked at the shredded fabric on the floor and couldn''t believe that, one day, she would be so humiliated in front of Aaron Gu; she picked up the dirty and broken clothes and putting them on one by one. Soon she was ¡®decently¡¯ dressed with all the fabrics she could find on the floor and turned to look at Aaron Gu, whose attention appeared to be caught by the TV screen. Amanda picked up the purse that was supposed to be hers and was about to leave, while suddenly the news on the TV drew her attention: ¡°It has been three months since the Royal Garden International Hotel¡¯s massive fire took the lives of dozens innocent guests and the owner of the hotel, CEO of Juans Group, Biden Juan and his only daughter, the prestigious fashion designer, Amanda Juan; the son-in- law and husband, Bill Fu wasn¡¯t taking this ident well and was suffering from serious depression; he refused to give anyment or ept the interview from the journalists; today, our journalist for the very first time film of him going to the Bluesky Cemetery to mourn over his beloved wife and father-in- law; our condolences and prayers were with him, may he recover from this tragedy soon...¡± Amanda stared at the hypocritical face of Bill Fu in the TV; the reporter was giving him a close-up shot, where Bill Fu was facing her tombstone and a picture of her smiling back at him...It was not a dream, the murder and nightmare were real, everything she was reluctant to believe was real, her dad was dead, she was dead and the unborn child in her belly was... N?velDrama.Org holds this content. With a "snap," the TV screen suddenly went ck, and all the images of the mourning vanished. Amanda turned to Aaron Gu, who was staring nkly at the ck screen with the remote in his hand. It was obvious that he had just flipped the switch. Amanda was curious how Aaron Gu was thinking about right now. As he had hoped, they would never see each other again. Soon, Aaron Gu realized the presence of Amanda, who was staring at him. He narrowed his eyes and red at her coldly. That coldness in his eyes was nothing like that yful look or disgust of the earlier; he roared with his hoarse: "Get out!" Amandaughed wryly. Aaron Gu was not happy. He had always been moody, but now the anger was because of her presence here or the decease of Amanda Juan? The noble and domineeringdy Juan was finally dead...Now, who was she? Did it matter? Whoever she was, it had nothing to do with Aaron Gu! Amanda knew she should really leave now before Aaron Gu expelled her once more; Opening the door, she paused a second to tear the check into pieces and scattered them backwards into the room before striding out of the room and mming it. Walking out of the hotel, Amanda felt a bit chilly; it was just dawn; not many people could be seen, but everyone passing by her was staring at her broken clothes and whispering. Amanda didn''t know where she was going, but when she saw a 24-hour pharmacy, she walked in. "What would you..." "Contraceptive pill." Before the middle-aged woman at the counter could finish her question, she blurted it out. A girl of seventeen dressed so maturely and in such a mess, and felt not slightly ashamed of buying the contraceptive medicine at all? The sales clerk who had bore sympathy for whatever she had been through exchanged a look before tossing the pill on the counter, and muttered: "Whores nowadays dressed up like high school students." "Such a young age, isn¡¯t it better to receive more education in the school?"The other answered. Amanda remainedposed; she fumbled through her purse for the money; after paying for the bill and buying herself a bottle of water, she swallowed the pill and walked out. Far from the drugstore, the loud voices of the clerks chatting were still following her. The sun was rising, and more and more people were gathering in the areas and walking in her direction. Amanda felt strange; she knew what was going on around here till she turned around and saw the large hydrogen balloons flying over sky with a sign reading ¡°Happy Children¡¯s day!¡± She died on March 7th. Today was Children''s Day, 1st of June. "Mother, who is she?" A kid asked curiously not far away. "Oh, she''s a superstar, Lily Shen." Following the sound and pointing of the kid, Amanda saw not far away arge fluorescent screen showing a video of Lily Shen sitting among a bunch of kids; she was well blended in the children with her smile as innocent and bright as those of the kids; she patted a boy on the head and said in a affectedly sweet tone: ¡°Kids are the gift from the heaven; you are melting my heart by your lovely existence; I wish the best for every single kid in the world, hope you enjoy your day and grow up happily and healthily!¡± "How beautiful she is! Mammy, mammy, let''s go in!" The childughed happily. Amanda''s fingernails clenched into the skin of her palm, her eyes fixed on Lily Shen''s smiling face -- as the scene yed over and over on the big screen. Lily Shen and Bill Fu were both alive and kicking, one pretending to shed tears before her tombstone, the other showing her innocence and love to the world and to the kid?! No one knew what kind of monsters they were behind that masks. "I wonder if he remembers? Once the love was so deep and heated, in that spring and summer. Yet now. Don''t talk, it''s raining, and we prefer to stay naive..." The ringing of her phone brought her back. Amanda, trying to cool down the boiling rage in her heart, looked at the name "Rae Yan" shing on her phone. This was the second time she had called. Amanda hesitantly pressed the answer button. Chapter 8 Rae Yan, homie? Chapter 8 Rae Yan, homie? As soon as the phone got through, Amanda heard a female voiceing from the other end questioning her: ¡°Mia, what¡¯s wrong with you? You did note backst night? Is everything okay? We have ss at 6:30, remember? You are done once Madam Gorski find out!¡± From what she had seen earlier in the mirror of herself, she was now a school girl; and now, the call just confirmed it once again; Amanda took in a deep breath and answered. "I don''t know the way back." "Where are you now?" Asked Rae Yan, who seemed silent for a moment. "Tianjiao Amusement Park," Said Amanda, looking back at Lily Shen''s grinning face on the big screen above the amusement park. This text is ? N?velDrama/.Org. Rae Yan wondered: "How could you have gone so far? Forget it, you''re such an idiot withpletely no sense of direction all the time; I doubt you would ever crawl back even if I tell you the route now; I will send you a message and follow my instruction; if you still cannot find the way, just hail a taxi...¡± Soon a message came through; Amanda knew now for sure that the body she had taken belonged to a girl named ¡°Mia¡±, an art school student in C City; if she wanna live on, the body was her only hope and from now on she had to be ¡°Mia¡±. But after everything ofst night, with the messy clothes she was wearing, she was going to be mocked by the others. Amanda did not go back as Rae Yan had instructed her; she fumbled through her purse; judging from the cash and small items in the purse, ¡°Mia¡± was not rich. Amanda managed to buy two cheap pieces of clothes from the street vendors and changed into them, a white T-shirt and jeans, just good enough to cover up the bruises on her body; she tied up her straight ck hair, which reached to her chest. In the mirror of a public restroom, she saw a face with a clear face and dark, bright eyes. Perhaps because she had already died once, Amanda was particrly distressed by the girl in the mirror. She vaguely remembered something aboutst night: she or ¡°Mia¡±, which she could not distinguish well, had been taken by the president of the school to attend that special asion with a boss ofpany. If she hadn''t met Aaron Gu, God knew what would happened to her... She smiled wryly at the girl in the mirror. Should she thank God for Aaron Gu recueing her from the devil''s ws and raping her while she was almost unconscious? ¡°Mia¡± might be an idiot with no sense of direction at all, but not Amanda at all. She was familiar with C City, although not so much with the suburb. She followed the instruction of the message of Rae Yan and embarked on her trip back to the school. All kinds of people crowded in thepartment of the morning subway. Students wore earphones and bowed their heads immersing in the world of themselves, memorizing letters or reading novels. Office workers held newspapers in their hands or scrolled their mobile phones to watch the news of today. This was the living world. To live meant countless possibilities. Amanda pulled out her phone and searched for clues to her previous owner. There were a few unchecked text messages from "Ali". "Mia, where are you? Why don''t you answer my phone? You have to believe me, Rae Yan and I, there was nothing between us, I love you!" "Mia, I was wrong, I shouldn''t have made you angry, it wasn''t what you thought, Rae Yan was just my dancing partner, Madam assigned her to me, what else can I do? If you are not happy with that, I tell the Madam and rece her with you?" "Mia, pick up the phone, I''m worried about you..." Aaron Gu seemed to be right about this Ali; he was Mia¡¯s boyfriend but unluckily, a cheating boyfriend. In the phone album, the first of it was a selfie of him and her. Mia smiled coyly and snuggled up against a tall boy, who was beaming brightly at the camera... It must be Ali. The next pictures were the gate of the school, dancing room, dormitory building and even the inside of her room, the bed... Aaron Gu was impressive that he even knew that she was a dancer simply by sleeping with her for one night. Mia clearly loved taking selfies; there were also a lot of selfies in her album and she even used her selfie as the mobile phone wall paper. But it was the good habit of Mia that saved Amanda a lot of trouble in spection. She also nced a photo that was taken in the People''s Hospital of C City. It was taken way earlier than others; in the photo was a patient, hard to tell the gender by the back, wearing the hospital gown with the head almost bald. Amanda made it back to ¡°her¡± school until 9 am. She stood there still examining therge name of the school"C City Art High School". Although she knew what the dancing room and dormitory building looked like, she did not know the way. Rushing into the school would surely make people suspect. She was about to try her luck by asking the passengers about one of the two names she knew of, Rae Yan, when suddenly from behind someone hugged her. "Mia!¡±Shouted the one. The odor of the sunshine boy mixed with slight smell of sweat made Amanda feel a bit lost. That man was once a boy as well, and was as energetic and innocent as him; but now, perfume could hardly covered that disgusting corrupting aura of him. The boy held her for a moment; noticing that she was silent, he let loose of her, took her face in his hands, and kissed it earnestly. Amanda did not even see his face; she was taken aback and avoid his kiss out of instinct. He seemed to be a bit disappointed, "Mia, why? Are you still mad at me? There was nothing going on between me and Rae Yan; you have to trust me; I...¡± ¡°Mia!¡± Before the boy could finish, a harsh voice rang from behind. Amanda recognized it immediately. It was Rae Yan; they had spoke on the phone. Ali¡¯s hands trembled slightly and turned to look at Rae Yan nervously. Amanda examined Rae Yan as she got closer; she was a good-looking girl, wearing a loose, half-hip- hop dress with her t belly and seductive navel proudly exposed; young as she was, the light makeup made her extreme maturely charming. She walked over to Amanda, rolled her eyes at Ali before looking back at her with aplex look: "Mia, I just heard from Madam Gorski that you are expelled." Chapter 9 Boyfriend! Chapter 9 Boyfriend! She got expelled? ¡°Is it?¡± Amanda looked Rae Yan with unusual calm. She was not Mia and she watched the incident and everyone involved as an outsider; Mia would have felt so panic and sad as Rae Yan expected, but not Amanda. The unusual coolness and indifference of Amanda, sure enough, made Rae Yan feel uneasy; with her eyess evasive and hands firmly clenching at the backpack, she turned to look at Ali. "Why, aren''t you worried? I was so worried that I came out looking for you." It took Rae Yan a while to speak, watching Mia and squeezing out an awkward smile. Ali rested his hands on the shoulder of Amanda and seemed not to feelfortable leaving her and Rae to talk alone; but Amanda pushed him away and walked toward Rae Yan against his wishes on purpose. She held Rae Yan¡¯s arm saying: ¡°you have got to apany to the president tonight, I don¡¯t wanna get myself fired; I hate to leave you guys.¡± Content is property ? N?velDrama.Org. With that, Amanda looked back at Ali and smiled at him. Ali responded her with a smile, his eyes curved. The atmosphere was so harmonious that Rae Yan, surprised at her soft words, said, "Ok, I''ll go with you." One thing Amanda felt good about was the independence and self focus of Rae Yan; she was leading the way in front while she and Ali was following behind. She could use her guide right now. "Mia, where were youst night?" Still, Rae Yan repeated the same question as if determined to get a result out of her mouth. Amanda, with her expression unchanged, looked at her and smiled. "Where do you think I''ve been? You must be so worried?" Mia''s voice was so soft and tender that no one should have detected any harm from it, but still the lighthearted rhetorical question was making Rae Yan, who must be at her 17 or 18 years old as well, feeling ufortable; she tried to avoid the eye contact with her. As if to do this on purpose, Rae Yan said: "Yesterday, after school, people saw you get into Mr. Hu''s car and they said you were a mistress of his. Well, Ali was very sad and had been looking for you for the whole night. President called in Madam Gorskist night this morning when you did not show up in the ss; and when Madam Gorski got back, she said that you were expelled.¡± So that was it. Amanda thought for a second, adding, "You''re my best friend. Do you believe in what they said?" ¡°Best friend¡±? ! As if being stung by the ttery, Rae Yan bit her lip and didn''t speak; she suddenly stopped and pushed Amanda forward. "There it is, the president''s office; I''m going to the ss!" Then she turned around and walked away without looking back. Amanda looked at Rae Yan''s slender waist beneath herrge hip-hop dress and smiled with the self- aware irony. As the ¡°best friend¡±, she had done enough for her. ¡°President¡¯s office¡±! Amanda raised her hand and knocked. "Come in." A familiar voice of a middle-aged man''s voice came through the door. Ever since her death, Amanda had been so sensitive to sound that she was positively certain she had heard it in the hotel hallwayst night. Amanda opened the door and walked in. At the moment he saw her, the middle-aged man sitting behind the desk stiffened his body and his face turned cold. "You? How dare youe here?!" Amused, Amanda grinned; she closed the door behind her and took a couple of steps forward, facing the man behind therge desk: ¡°Didn¡¯t we just meetst night; didn¡¯t you just say how beautiful, young and tender I was? Well, didn¡¯t you feel happy to see me stand here in front of you?¡± President Liu snapped: "Mia, you''ve been expelled! Call your parents to pick you up and take you home! We don''t need students like you here!" Amanda, covering her mouth trying to smooth out herugh and with a feigned look of grievance in her eyes, looked at President Liu and cut to the chase: "President Liu, there are three reasons you can''t expell me." Frowning, president Liu asked "What reasons?" "Firstly, I was taken out by you, president of the high school, and now the whole school knows about it. Even if I am seventeen, not exactly a little girl, but I am still a teenager girl; if this were to get out, it would not only ruin your position as the headmaster, but also the reputation of the school!" Amanda tilted her head to look at President Liu. Then she said: "Secondly, that Mr. Hu seems to have a lot of business dealings with President Liu? The Art building was one of his construction, right? I am but a thank-you gift from you to Mr. Hu...Thank him for what? I am pretty curious what good did you get out of it? I will try to find out after I get expelled; I am pretty sure I am not the only victim. Can¡¯t wait to see how many secrets and dirty deals are to exposed?!¡± President Liu was startled to see the changes of her; the always introverted and timid teenager girl was now calm, clear-headed and full of courage and listing pros and cons for him? Before he could say anything, Amanda continued, ¡°Thirdly, Aaron Gu of Gu family seemed to be very content with mypanyst night; he even drove me to the school this morning after giving me a lot of money. Well, I am pretty sure he woulde back for me in not time; what do you think he would do if he doesn¡¯t see me in the school?¡± President Liu could not keep his head any longer at the fourth. Yes,st night she was with the Mr. Gu-- the one who did not dare to provoke by any means-- whole night; and that probably exined the sudden attitude change of hers. Amanda had never been a soft woman to deal with; seeing him sweating heavily, Amanda strode forwards and handed him the tissue, mocking: ¡°President Liu, wipe away your sweat...This summer is scorching hot and would only get hotter. Cool down your AC, the school is not so broke, at least not yet!¡± Before he could take over the tissue, Amanda dropped it in front of him and strode toward the door. No sooner had her hand reached the handle than Amanda turned back, whipping her ck ponytail nicely in the air. "President Liu," she said, smiling, "I''m going back to ss, if everything is okay.¡± Greeting her outside the door was the heat of the hot summer day; the office was left silence with the President sitting there ck-jawed; the smile Amanda wore the whole process faded away and was reced with a solemnity; in the end, she was not longer the arrogant Lady Juan, but the timid and humble Mia, and she had to protect herself by bragging about her rtionship with Aaron Gu... Fate was bitch; ¡°both¡± her virginity were lost to Aaron Gu at the age of 17; and, moreover how many girls¡¯ virginity had been lost to Aaron Gu these years? A yboy, a filthy man. It was so unfair. Now, while Aaron Gu was enjoying his dissolute life in the colorful world, She was lying under the cold tombstone, with her body long burned into fine ashes trapped in the urn, and she can no longer point to Aaron Gu''s nose and say, even if I turn to ashes, I would still remember you. She still remembered Aaron Gu''s smile at that time and he took her pointing finger yfully to correct her, saying: "Wrong, Amanda, you should say, I would still be able recognize you even if you turn to ashes..." ¡®Do you recognize me, Aaron Gu? I am now a handful of ashes with my soul trapped in this slender body...¡¯ "Mia!¡± Ali¡¯s voice interrupted Amanda thought; his tall figure blocking out the scorching sun, he took her by her hands saying: "Mia, university entrance exam is around the corner; I would have to focus on the culture course these days and I won¡¯t be able to be with you; bute visit me after my exam, would you?¡± University entrance exam? So he was senior while Mia was sophomore? Amanda, still trying to sorting things out, nodded along. "Okay.¡± Then all of sudden, Amanda was caught off guard by a passionate kiss; his tongue was knocking on her gritted teeth trying to slip in while his hands wandering from her waist to her breasts squeezing skillfully. Amanda felt herself suffocated; her high-heeled shoes stamped on the instep of his feet so fiercely that Ali sprung away and barked angrily: ¡°Mia, are you nuts! I am your boyfriend! You did not want to sleep with you all the time and now not even kiss? You are not longer a virgin, then stop acting like one!¡± Chapter 10 Dance demonstration! Chapter 10 Dance demonstration! After Ali realized what he was saying, he held her hands exining and apologizing again: ¡°Mia, that¡¯s not what I meant...I was insane...¡± Seeing Amanda not respond, he pped himself in the face. Amanda felt not insulted by him at all, neither did she feel sorry or distressed seeing him p himself. Sometimes the words he blurted out without deliberation were the ones he most wanted to say. After a moment of silence, Amanda looked Ali in the eye and asked, "You''re my boyfriend. They say I''m no longer a virgin, do you believe it?" "I..." Ali hesitated for seconds and nodded. "Of course not, Mia! I love you!" Amanda felt amused; even she was still 17, she wouldn''t have believed theme lie. However, she was not going to breakup with her ¡°boyfriend¡± on her first day back in school. He would still be very useful; Amanda took in a deep breath and beamed at him with an attitude of earnestness saying: ¡°whatever they said, it''s enough that you trust me." She had never said his name because it kept reminding her of ¡°A¡±, the way she used to addressed Aaron Gu. Ali gave out a sigh of relief and squeezed her hands affectionately saying: ¡°Mia, hurry back to ss, I have to go..." "Don''t!"Amanda, who had been cold, suddenly grabbed his hands and was reluctantly part from him: ¡°Walk me there would you? I am afraid...¡± "Don''t be, Mia, you have me!" The big boy held her by the hands and led the way; his palm was scorching hot just like that man, but it was way tender and his strength was unlike that of that man, either. The building they they were going in was the one they had walked past earlier, the Art Building, donated by Mr. Hu with that red cloth reading ¡°Thank you for your kind donation¡± still hanging there. Taking the elevator to the third floor, Ali stopped before the practice room, saying: "Here you are, Mia, no boy is allowed in; the front is a locker room, you are on your own, good girl.¡± He bent down and kissed Amanda on the lips. Amanda didn''t back away from that kiss, but she didn''t respond, either; over his shoulder, she saw Rae Yan stand at the end of the hallway. When Rae Yan saw them making out, her steps stopped and her eyes darkened. Amanda was more sure that they had affairs. This text is ? N?velDrama/.Org. "Baby, call me. I''ll miss you." Ali pinched her face gently and walked away without noticing the sullen girl behind his back. With her gaze following Ali, Rae Yan turned around abruptly and disappeared into another door before mming that door shut loudly. Jealousy? "Mia, it''s time for ss. Why are you still wearing your leisure clothes? The warm-up should begin in minutes, couldn¡¯t you be more sensible!" A heavy girling out of nowhere shoved Amanda as she saw her stupefied there and sent her plunge forwards. "Lady Mia is the top student of our school, her dance skill is outstanding and so are her methods. She could erase her scandal and crawl back after being official expelled. Who are we to her?¡± The slim girl standing right next to that heavy girl rolled her eyes and jeered at her. Hearing the noise, girls in the practice room all gathered around them and chitchatting. Girls of this ages were all gossipers and big mouth; besides, Mia must be such an excellent dancer to deserve so many attentions and hostility. "What¡¯s the fuss about? Why are you all crowding here? ss!" After a shrill and sharp snap, the girls dispersed in seconds. At the end of the hallway, in the empty space, stood a middle-aged woman in loose-fitting dress, her figure erect and elegant, which must be the result of years of studying dance; she was supposed to be the teacher. With her eyes piercing and her face cold, Amanda thought she must be the "Madam Gorski" Rae Yan had mentioned. Madam Gorski gave Amanda a grim look, nced up and down, and then dropped her a word: "Mia, you may be good and gifted in dancing, but don¡¯t you ever try to provoke me. Go get changed now, if I haven¡¯t seen you in two minutes, a hundred sit-ups!" Amanda obediently went to the locker room; she felt relieved that it was hip-hop course rather than ballet while undressing; she would not be able to exin away the bruises on her body. As she entered the practice room, Madam Gorski turned her head back to look at her and say: ¡°Mia, as the leader and with your solid foundation and talent, you demonstrate what we have learned yesterday to everyone else.¡± Amanda froze not knowing what to do; she was not even here yesterday, how was she supposed to demonstrate for them? Chapter 11 Mias life Chapter 11 Mia''s life After taking a deep breath, Amanda said calmly, "Madam, I...I am little under the weather." There were mirrors all around the room, and Amanda didn''t need to look back to see the faces of each of the girls, who seemed surprised and stared at her as if they had heard something incredible. Madam Gorski looked at her in surprise, too, and said, "Rae Yan, you are up." Rae Yan took one look at Amanda before standing out and stepping into the middle of the practice room; Amanda and the rest of the girls stepped aside. As the music yed, Rae Yan danced gorgeously and effortlessly, her long, loose hair flying over her face, her eyes blurred and sexy. Some of the girls wriggled with her to the music, and Amanda heard a few whispering: "The dance queen is acting strange today. Usually, even when her periodes and it hurts like hell, she won¡¯t let go of such chance to demonstrate in front Madam and everyone else. What do you think is wrong with her today?¡± "Look at her legs; she cannot even close them properly;st night must be a tough night for her as she lost her virginity!" "Really...No wonder...What a slut..." Amanda frowned; the "dance queen" they were talking about must be Mia. Mia was so flexible that she even earned the ttery from Aaron Gu; and within the body, Amanda felt a strong urge to dance to the rhythm of the music and she had to remained herposure as every cell was throbbing. And it was an instinct of the body not of Amanda. "Pa pa pa --" As the music broke off, Madam Gorski pped her hands, followed by a flood of apuse; Amanda joined in; and Rae Yan lifted her hand to brush away some of the sweaty hair from her face and lifted her chin to smile. "Yes, Rae Yan did a great job. Come on, everybody." Madam Gorskimanded. Girls took their ces and formed two lines, one of which was led by Rae Yan at the head, and the other of which clearly for Amanda. However, Amanda did not move but continued to take a rest by the side; she had said that her body was not feeling well, how can she be inconsistent? She took the chance to scrutinize everyone girl in the room; and, indeed, Rae Yan did it best; another girl, who seemed to be absent-minded, looked back at Amanda from time to time. Soon, the morning passed; the girls were all gathered around Madam Gorski as she concluded the morning practice and gave an encouraging speech to the girls: ¡°The university entrance exam is in days, after that you would be the senior of the school; whether it is the dancing courses or general knowledge courses, you have to work extremely hard and pay extra efforts for you own dream. Mia, Rae Yan, you two are my best students and also the best students of the school. I hope that you settle down and work hard for your future. Don¡¯t do anything stupid to ruin yourself, your future!¡± Madam Gorski nced at Amanda''s face as she said these words. Then she pped her hands and dismissed the ss The girls packed up and went back to the locker room to change. Only Amanda and Rae Yan were left in the training room. Suddenly, Rae Yan came up to Amanda and said in a harsh voice, "Mia, what did you mean?! You have never yielded such demonstration chance to me. Yet on this, you know I''m not proficient in this hip-hop dance, so you want to see me make a fool of myself, right?!" "Ahhh, No!? I think you did a good job." Amanda smiled andplimented. But thepliment turned into sarcasm in the ears of Rae Yan; she fumed: "Mia! Let¡¯s wait and see; I won''t lose to you! You think you are better than me?! Your boyfriend, the first ce will all be mine!" "Well, try me." Amanda picked up her backpack on the floor, her eyes sweeping over Rae Yan, her tone nd. "Mia! I warn you! Don¡¯t go too far on this!¡± As Rae Yan shouted behind her as she walked away indifferently; there was something she needed to confirm and she was not into the girls y between Mia and Rae Yan. Back in the dormitory building and locating Mia¡¯s room and bed, Amanda found Mia¡¯s bed to be clean and clear and that the life for her was straitened as she had expected. Unlike other girls, who had each owned their personalputer and countless dazzling clothes, cosmetics and snacks, she had nothing in her locker; but everything was tidy and clean as if someone just cleared them up. Content is property ? N?velDrama.Org. Amanda suddenly felt a bit sad about Mia; where was her soul since she took over her body? She had help her survivest night¡¯s humiliation. She was going to live her life and avenge herself with the body of this little girl. Without a personalputer, Amanda went to the school''sputer room, which was now empty except for a few young boys who gathered to yputer games and swore from time to time. Amanda opened the web page and typed in her name; popping out on the front page was the encyclopedia of Baidu titled "The Fall of the Talented Designer", which had filled in the birthday and death day of her, 1986.8.5-2011.3.7 and the cause of her death of Royal Garden International Hotel fire. It even gave out a description of Bill Fu¡¯s interview; ording to the Bill Fu oral ount, on the day of his parents-inw¡¯s return from a trip to Europe, he had set up wee-back banquet in Royal Garden International Hotel for them; his father-inw Mr. Juan and his wife Amanda were the first ones attending while he was picking up his mother-inw from beauty salon; a fire breaking out parted him away forever from his beloved wife after his struggle to save her. Mrs. Juan lost her sanity after the ident and was not yet recovered; he was left alone hear-broken and struggled to arrange for everything from funeral to the family business... Such a talented actor. If Bill Fu set his foot in the entertainment business, he would be the best actor of the year. Beloved wife? Heart-broken! Amanda was aching to find out Bill Fu, stabbed him in the chest, and let him to taste the pain she was now feeling! However, she can''t. Now, she was thousands of miles away in C City; she was Mia, a teenager high school student, a nobody; what could she do even Bill Fu was right in front of her? Could it be any easier for Bill Fu, who had set up such a horrific arson that killed her father and threw her body into the icy Ciwi Lake, to destroy the current her, a little girl? Why didn''t the police even suspect Bill Fu, who was clearly the biggest suspect? Why the public opinion wasrgely one-sided for him and none of my father''s old friends came forward to question him? Amanda continued to search; those so-called partners and friends of her father, on the contrary to coming forwards and questioning him, were throwing out their olive branches to Bill Fu, expressed their condolence and supports to Bill Fu and wished to continue the partnership with him on the business. Amanda looked at the screen as her hands squeezed the mouse so hard as if to crash it; she were itchy to rip him out of the screen and stab him like crazy. How could he be so shameless and ruthless to kill her father and her so brutally before using the prestige of Juan family to promote his own career! How to right the wrong? Amanda calmed herself down and thought! She remembered that she had taken a video of Bill Fu and Lily Shen making out at the hotel that day and she had uploaded it to her email... However, when Amanda tried to log onto her email ount; it had been unregistered, so were all ounts that were registered under her ID. Bill Fu erased herpletely; she died cleanly with nothing left. Lydia Du... Amanda suddenly thought of her best friend; but a bad feeling rose from bottom of her heart; she had asked for her help before the ident and if Bill Fu found out, what would he did to her? Was she.... As Amanda scrambled to reach Lydia Du, the female electronic voice inside repeated, "Sorry, the number you dialed is out of service." The phone slipped as Amanda felt extremely concerned; did Bill Fuy hands on Her?! And her mother, the news said that she lost her sanity; and the reality could only be worse, how was she? A feeling of bewilderment and fear enveloped herpletely for the first time after the rebirth of Amanda. What should she do? Her enemies was leading a colorful life while her loved ones were either dead or suffering; what she could now do was but meaningless spection; she wanted get back to T City right away, but she cannot even afford the fares... Well, she shouldn''t have torn the check that Aaron Gu had given to her into pieces this morning; dignity was nothing in the face of reality! Amanda came back to herself until someone came yelling: "Rest time over, go to ss now!" The old man in charge of theputer room knocked on Amanda''s desk, and when he saw the tear marks on her face, he was take aback and said, "What''s wrong, girl? Why are you crying? Come one, whatever you are being through, you would get over it. Go before you arete and get punished." Amanda stood up mechanically, walked to the door numbly; just outside theputer room and under a tree, a squat middle-aged man standing under the shade. Amanda recognized him immediately, the fat man ofst night--Mr. Hu. Mr. Hu saw her too; he threw a lustful and greedy nce at her. Chapter 12 Life-saving money! Chapter 12 Life-saving money! Amanda instinctively took a step backwards. She had barely survivedst night, and it disgusted her simply at the thought of his big fat hands and bloated belly. Then, behind Mr. Hu came the President Liu who she had just met this morning. He was grinning broadly at Amanda and said in a hoarse voice: ¡°Mi,e on,e over here.¡± Mi? Well, what¡¯s that endearment about? Amanda had seen faces like that a lot, and she was sure there was something President Liu wanted from her; was it to please Mr. Hu and spend another night with him again, or... She did not duck, but went down the stairs and walked toward Mr. Liu and Mr. Hu. "Mi, sorry aboutst; there was some misunderstanding between Mr. Hu and you; Mr. Hu is actually a really good guy; he is the age of your dad; and she was like an uncle to you, so...¡± Said President Liu incoherently. Amanda was amused by his analogy, especially afterst night; what kind of monster uncle would have tried such things with his niece? Amanda remained cold-faced and interrupted him: ¡°President Liu, just cut the shit and tell me what¡¯s it. It is gettingte and I still have ss.¡± Content is property ? N?velDrama.Org. The tough attitude of Mia had now did surprise President Liu a lot; it was like she was another girl. President Liu had not other choice: ¡°Mi. We had a dealst night before heading to the hotel; one night sleeping with Mr. Hu and twenty thousand dors for you; I know your mother¡¯s illness was now in need of arge amount of money; that¡¯s why I help you in the first ce. You can not me Mr. Hu; besides he did do anything to youst night, did he?¡± That was her mother, the picture of a patient with hair loss...She was serious ill, that¡¯s why Mia sold herself to the society scum...for twenty thousand dors? Everything made its sense to Amanda all at once. Twenty thousand dors? Aaron Gu was such a noble and generous manpared with this Mr. Hu. Amanda was lost in thought and did not answer; President Liu added: ¡°So, you cannot bear grudge over Mr. Hu; it was your own choice and it was a fair deal; you are still young and you would know when you grow up a bit.¡± Amanda was fed up with his self-righteous lecturing; she turned around and said, "Alight! Let the bygone be the bygone. I''m going to ss!" "Don''t!" President Liu grabbed her by the arm; Amanda shook his hands off and red him in the eyes saying: ¡°Don¡¯t you even touch me. Even if you are the president, I could sue you for the sex harassment!¡± Mr. Hu was watching silently and wiping his forehead with his napkin again and again as his fat body seemed not to handle the heat of the summer very well; and suddenly his mouth opened and said, "Whoa, a rose with thorns!" President Liu winked at Mr. Hu to remind him of misbehaving then smiled obsequiously and apologetically: ¡°Mi, Mr. Hu has some issues with Mr. Gu overst night, misunderstandings...I think we are all friends and there is no need to make such a deadlock out of it; so...we are thinking of inviting Mr. Gu and apologizing to him face to face...¡± That why they were acting like this; Amanda knew it must have something to do with Aaron Gu before he even spoke. So President Liu bought what she made up of this morning. She decided to swim with the current and asked inly : ¡°So, what does it has to do with me?¡± President Liu¡¯s grin was even broader but his eyes narrowed into a crack, totally different from the domineering attitude in the morning: "Mi, since Mr Gu like you so much, we have a favor to ask from you: be our mediator and put in some good words for Mr. Hu; and let¡¯s solve the issue; what do you think?¡± So, they were nning on using her as the bargain chip. What a great idea. President Liu thrust a pile of red banknotes into her hand before she could even react and said: ¡°Mi, take the money and buy some food for you mother..¡± Amanda did not push the money away immediately; President Liu patted her palms holding the money gently, then retracted his hands back, straightened up his waist and said, "It¡¯s a deal! Mi, we will pick you up when we have Mr. Gu over for a meal." Then he turned to face Mr. Hu, who was still sweating like a dog: "Mr. Hu, it''s hot out here. Let¡¯s go to the office and have a rest. Don''t get sunstroke. Everything is settled, rx..." "Mi, go to you ss now!" President Liu turned to wave to her with the same smiling face. Amanda felt the money in her hand. There should be like twenty thousand dors. She needed the money badly... It was her ticket to get back to S City... She had so many things she wanted to do that she needed money. Obviously, money was thest things she had to care about for her whole life, but not now, she needed them so desperately. The dirty business was the easiest way to get money. That was why the 17-year- old Mia sold herself, wasn¡¯t it? Amanda was still hesitating when her cell phone rang in the same familiar melody: "I wonder if he remembers? Once the love was so deep and heated, in that spring and summer. Yet now. Don''t talk, it''s raining, and we prefer to stay naive..." The caller ID on the phone screen read: Dr. Cheng. As soon as the phone was put through, a gentle male voice came out from the receiver: "Mia, I know it is not easy for you but still I have to inform you that hospitalization expenses of this week would be...¡± Amanda smiled wryly; Mia¡¯s life was not any easier, not at all. Making up her mind, Amanda stuffed the money in her bag and said to the man at the other end, "Dr. Cheng, I''m going to the hospital right now. I...I have got the money for this week¡¯s expense." For her now and for Mia, money was something so important and life-saving. She would not blink her eyes in sacrificing anything for it, neither would have Mia... Amanda then took a taxi to the People''s Hospital in C. After consulting the reception desk, she found Dr. Cheng''s office; a warm male voice invited her in after knocking on the door, "Come in." Amanda pushed open the door. Behind the desk sat a man in a white gown, his head bowed, his long fingers writing something on a list. Contrary to his mature calmness in the phone, he was a very young man, with a handsome face and a pair of square sses before his calm and confident eyes. Amanda felt a sense of security just by looking at him. He smiled at Amanda who was standing a bit awkwardly at the door and motioned her to take a seat with his long fingers giving a habitual push to his sses: ¡°Mia, here you are; have a seat.¡± Chapter 13 Timmy Cheng Chapter 13 Timmy Cheng Judging from the attitude the doctor bore towards Mia, they should know each other well. Amanda sat across from him, her eyes darting to the badge on his white coat. "Doctor in charge, Timmy Cheng." She put her handbag on herb and clenched at the tape not knowing what to say. Timmy Cheng looked at her, smiled, and said in a gentle voice, "Don''t be nervous, Mia. I know your situation. I have already paid your mother''s hospitalization expenses for you..." Amanda looked up in surprise at him. What friendship was it between them when a doctor paid for a patient''s hospital stay? And why did he ask her toe over when he had already paid for her? He should have known she was still in ss... Amanda couldn''t figure it out. Timmy Cheng fiddled the pen in his right hands andughed: "When you said that you have got money, I was surprised." He said with a gloomy look: "Have you seen your mother today?" Amanda shook her head. Amanda waited quietly for Timmy Cheng to fill her in more information. Instead of continuing the conversation, Timmy Cheng suddenly stood up, closed the folder on his desk, and smiled gently at Amanda. "Let''s go together and it is time for me to go check on your mother¡¯s status by the way." Amanda knew nothing about the situation of Mia¡¯s mother; so she stayed quiet the whole time. The 2# ward on the eighth floor was not as quiet as the other wards as it was closer to the stairs. the nurse on duty opened the door of the ward to greet Timmy Cheng; he step into the ward and went for a patient straightly. Noticing Amanda was still standing in the doorway, he added smiling with his head turning to the bed behind him: "Go see your mother." On the bed a woman with rarely any hair left on her head huddled under a thin nket. She was extremely thin; her eyes rolled vigntly, telling Amanda that she was living person. Bold as Amanda was, she felt intimidated by such a dying soul. Her feet was heavy as lead; her eyes tried so hard to avoid any contact with hers. The woman on the bed seemed to get pissed by her evasion; she craned out her body and grasped Amanda¡¯s wrist so violently with her eyes fixed at Amanda¡¯s face.... The nature of the mother? She must have detected something unusual about her own daughter, right? What about her mother? At the thought of her own mother, Amanda¡¯s eyes was welled up with tears; witnessing the death of her husband and daughter and unable to do anything, how was her mother now? What did Bill Fu do to her? If she stood in front of her, would she be able to recognize her? Content is property ? N?velDrama.Org. Thought Amanda; tears blurred her vision, falling down drop by drop; Mia¡¯s mother let off her guard at the moment, gently patted the back of her hand with her thin ¡°ws¡±, and sang to Amanda," Mia, Mia, my little dancer...The great dancer......" Her voice was hoarse and awful, but she kept repeating the words "dancer" over and over. Was that what she expected of Mia? Arge hand patted Amanda on the shoulder; Timmy Cheng stood behind her and this time, he was solemnly serious: "Let me have a look at her¡± Amanda stepped aside to give him the space. Timmy Cheng bent down and check on her patiently and meticulously. While the nurse kept record of what Timmy Cheng instructed. From their conversation, Amanda soon came to a conclusion that Mia¡¯s mother was suffering from stomach cancer. After the routine check, the nurse said to Amanda, "The patient needs rest. You should go now." Amanda walked to the door; and when she looked over her shoulder, Mia''s mother had turned her back on her and buried her head in the nket... When the door of the ward closed, the elevator arrived at their floor; Amanda followed Timmy Cheng into the empty elevator. He reached out his delicate fingers and pressed the number key "3"; Timmy Cheng grinned at the sight of Amanda on the mirror: "Mia, you are surprisingly calm today; and also, you shed tears in front of your mother for the first time these years...your mother seemed happy about that you are not pretending to be strong before her. I think she hates to see you acting strong.¡± Amanda did not know how to respond to his spection; instead, she reached her hands into the bag and took out a bundle of cash: ¡°Doctor Cheng, here you are ten thousand dors...¡± Timmy Cheng was surprised: "where did you get it from?" It didn''t seem like what doctors should care about; Amanda looked nkly into Cheng''s eyes. As if realizing his rudeness, Timmy Cheng looked away instantly. "Ding!"They had arrived at the third floor. He did not take the money but strode out of the elevator, leaving Amanda wondering whether she should follow and go on her own from here. Timmy Cheng looked back at her wearing a slightly awkward smile on his slips: ¡°Mia,e over here, I have a word with you.¡± Amanda put the money back into the bag and followed up; what she should do now was to be amb and follow instructions; besides this doctor seemed like a nice guy...at least to Mia. He seated her and poured her a cup of tea; and after a second of hesitation, he said: ¡°Mia, I know it could be harsh for you, but as her daughter, you have the right to know the development of her disease...¡± Amanda clutched at the paper cup, slightly apprehensive. Timmy Cheng sighed and said, "The cancer cells have spread so fast that a surgery can''t be postponed any longer. You mother need to be operated immediately, and the cost of the operation is not what you can solve with the money that you have..." Cmities came in session. Amanda walked out of Timmy Cheng''s office and squinted into the harsh sunlight outside the ss windows of the hallway...She had never knew that money could be so useful; it did not heal the disease but it gave people like Mia and her mother the hope. There was no hope for Mia, whether she is alive or not. What about Amanda? What kinda of ending was waiting for her? She''s not the savior. She can''t save anyone. Now she just wanted to save herself... It waste when she got back to the dormitory. The other three girls had alreadye back and were ready for dinner and evening ss. Their dinner was very special. One girl was eating an apple, the second was eating the rice which was strictly portioned and the third was steaming something in the pot, which turned out to be vegetables with no oil and salt... This was the diet of dancers. After seeing Amanda sitting on her bed, the three girls winked at each other; the apple-nibbling girl finally broke the silence saying, "Where have you been this afternoon, Mia? You didn''t even go to ss. Rae Yan said... She saw you...Took money from the President..." "You can''t really be a mistress of some rich people, can you?" The girl who was eating the rice blurted out. The girl who was steaming the vegetable looked at Amanda in disgust and said, "My mother forbids me to live with sluts; Mia, if you are really so filthy, move out and stay away from us!" Words killed. One of the deadliest weapons nowadays in this world without war was people¡¯s talk. A bunch of ignorant girls... Well, it was norm that people turned blind eyes and deaf ears to the others? Amanda smiled wryly; if she was still that cockydy Juan, that highly-respected designer, she would never have felt what she was feeling as Mia right now. Amanda¡¯s mood was not affected by them at all; she picked up her bag and strode out of the room -- she could not care any less about whatever was waiting for her in front at this moment; unlike these girls, she was going to have her first decent meal after her resurrection. Chapter 14 Beancurd jelly! Chapter 14 Beancurd jelly! C City was not strange to Amanda. She came a long way to the food street outside the south gate of Jinghua University, where all kinds of snacks across the nation could be found. She was especially familiar with this ce. "A bowl of beancurd jelly, please!" Said Amanda to the busy chef, who was also the owner of the snack bar, as she sat down at a roadside stand in the twilight of the city. The chef looked up and shouted at a distance: "You want it salty or sweet?" Amanda paused for a moment and said, "Spicy!" Well, people from different ces loved beancurd jelly in different tastes; so ¡°spicy¡± was also not a surprise to the owner at all; Amanda looked around; the small bar were crowded with people, some students and some tourists from other ces...Time flied, but it seemed that nothing had changed within this small bar. She found it a bit difficult to differentiate between ¡°Amanda¡± and ¡°Mia¡±. Beancurd jelly was soon served; Amanda and her stomach cannot wait any longer. cing more spices into the bowl, she picked up the spoon and sipped at the amazing soup of it; the hotness made her coughing and tearing; the red oil sshed on her white T-shirt... The girl sitting across her was amazed by her gobbling the spicy jelly like that; she handed her a tissue and asked: ¡°Are you okay?¡± It took Amanda a while to realize she was asking her. She politely took the tissue and smiled back at her. "I am ok. Thank you." Her eyes were blurred by the steam. Amanda opened the lid of the small bottle of chilli, and added a little more into her soup. She was not crying, nor was the soup spicy enough... Soon ayer of red oil of chilli was floating on top of soup; after blending in more vinegar, Amanda started enjoying her delicacy. Sitting opposite her was a couple; the boy had a bowl of sweet beancurd jelly while the girl a salty one with a few chopped green onion floating on it. The girl was making fun of the boy ordering sweet one: ¡°Well, that¡¯s simply a waste of beancurd jelly. Why do you even eat jelly if you want them sweet with not that taste of spice, green onion and other seasonings? Come on, have a taste of mine.¡± She reached her spoon near his mouth. But the boy turned his head far away saying in a tone of disgust: ¡°Not interested, at all!¡± Amanda was amazed by the harmony between them; she looked at them with envy and grinned; The girl noticed herugh and said: ¡°Girl, you have boyfriend? Remember to find one who would eat the salty beancurd jelly!¡± Amanda responded her with a broad smile and nod before lowering her head to enjoy her hot and sour delicacy. Well, ording to her, Amanda thought, Aaron Gu was not qualified as a boyfriend at all. He had never been willing to taste the soup of hers, and he had even pretended to be stranger to her sometimes when there were many people surrounding them. He had never been willing to give in to her; he would say to her cockily: ¡°I only eat what¡¯s in my own bowl.¡± And she had always been reluctant to let him off the hook easily as well; she would have poured every seasonings into his bowl and smiled yfully at him: ¡°Well, eat it; it is still in your bowl! Do not waste every drop of it.¡± At that time, Aaron Gu was a student of military academy and was always dressed in camouge, had closely cropped hair; a presence of seriousness and sternness would break intoughter within seconds and he would pushed the bowl to Amanda and yelled: ¡°I knew it! You want mine as well. Well, it is all yours now!¡± And Amanda at that time would ept with great pleasure and sip at the soup slowly enjoying every bite of it; Aaron Gu would re at her saying impatiently: ¡°Aman! I don¡¯t have my whole life here with you eating so slowly! Drillmaster would punish me if I amte again.¡± At this time, a kiss from Amanda would dissipate every sullenness and unhappiness Aaron Gu had. Embarrassed and with his face blushing red and then turning into purple, Aaron Gu would seat Amanda back down and wipe his mouth with his eyes watching around vigntly as if everyone else was watching him. ¡°Aman! You are doing this on purpose...¡± "Such a freak! Crying over spicy beancurd jelly?" Amanda was brought back to the earth by the cold sarcasm. Standing not far away from her was Aaron Gu with his hands in his pockets. He was looking at her expressionlessly. His angr face was still the same as he was at 18 or 19; but the maturity and grimness he bore now was nothing like that sunshine young boy. What was Aaron Gu doing here? Surprised, Amanda choked on the jelly and coughed without giving him any response. Belonging to N?velDrama.Org. Why would he be here? Was he going to dine here? But Aaron Gu seemed to be in the right mood. He strode towards Amanda''s table. Ignoring the strange looks around him, he yelled at the chef: "A bowl of Jelly." "Salty or Sweet?" "Sweet." He blurted out without extra thinking. He sat facing Amanda, where the couples had been sitting at, and looked down at her bowl with contempt: ¡°What a waste...¡± Chapter 15 Spicy taste Chapter 15 Spicy taste Amanda¡¯s coughing subsided in the face of Aaron Gu''s sarcasm. "What are you doing here?" she blurted out. Aaron Gu looked at her coldly and asked: "What? Is this your shop? Em?" He was obviously very unhappy, and there was a chill in his tone. But Amanda had never been afraid of Aaron Gu. She was never afraid of him when she was alive, and she will not be afraid of him after she died, either... Died... Oh, yeah, Amanda had died. So Aaron was not here for her; and sitting across him was not Amanda but the teenager girl, Mia, who had been fucking with himst night and this morning; and Aaron Gu was as cold and ruthless as he always had been, not even to his little girlfriend. Night closed in; outside the peaceful snack bar was a noisy and bustling world they all came from; everything was still the same as yesterday, as years ago; Aaron Gu was sitting across her ordering his sweet jelly; but he was not that young sunshine boy any more and she was not Amanda; he could never see her face again, even if he wanted... Amanda smiled self-mockingly, lowered her head again, and continued to sip at her bowl of spicy beancurd jelly. "Enjoy." The chef served the bowl in person and greeted Aaron Gu politely. Aaron Gu stirred his spoon in his bowl but he seemed reluctant to eat the jelly. Amanda felt a bit satisfied as she almost finished the bowl; Aaron Gu said out of blue as if he was asking her or someone else: ¡° Does the spicy beancurd jelly really so delicious?¡±N?velDrama.Org holds this content. Amanda looked up at him. Aaron Gu stared at her bowl, ayer of red chili oil sticking on the smooth wall of her bowl; his brow slightly furrowed; he was obviously asking her. Amanda chuckled and said, "Everyone has his or her own taste. Like you, you might never like spicy beancurd jelly in your life, just like you hate women who cry in bed." Her voice was not loud, but Aaron Gu could hear it clearly. Finally, he lifted his eyes to look at her and the corner of his lips was raised: "I remember the Art school was in another direction. You came so far to eat a bowl of beancurd jelly. Well, you have a bunch of time, don¡¯t you? Get expelled?¡± He seemed to be gloating with not a trace of sympathy to be detected. Was he expecting her affirmative answer? Did he long to see her in pain? But expelled? No! President still needed her; he even gave her twenty thousand dors so that she could act as a pleaser to Aaron Gu... Aaron Gu was a coin tree, her patron...her welfare of the rest of her life may hinge on him... Mia, Mia, entertain him, please him, he would give you the money you most needed. He would save your mother¡¯s life. Amanda thought a lot within seconds about Mia, about the reality but when it came to the response, she was as ruthless and ironic as she would have always been: ¡°Mr. Gu! I am living the full of my life! I just feel like it today; none of you business at all.¡± Then she took the money out of her bag and put it on the table, imitating Aaron Gu, raising her lips and saying, "Thank you, Mr. Gu, for you mercy and kindnessst night. This bowl of sweet jelly is on me! Enjoy!¡± Mia was tall and slim; she looked down upon Aaron Gu as she stood up and before he could react, she strode out of the snack bar. Aaron Gu didn''t react long after she left. He stayed where he was after she left, feeling nothing about her generosity of buying the jelly for him. Aaron Gu took a spoonful of beancurd jelly and drank it. It was so sweet that his tongue felt a bit bitter on the tip. The boss came to clean up the table after Amanda left. After a long time staring at the small bottle of chili oil, Aaron Gu stretched out his hand to open the lid and scoop out arge tablespoon of red pepper and oil and put them in the bowl; then he moved on to the bottle of vinegar and poured half bottle of it into his bowl. He stirred the bowl and blended the crimson of the chilli with ck of the vinegar... "Red in ck, spicy in sour, fresh and delicious, Amanda-exclusive spicy-sour beancurd jelly!" That woman''s voice echoed in his ears. Aaron Gu frowned and tasted a sip of that very ferocious- looking beancurd jelly. He coughed vigorously and pulled the tissue on the table as his face glowed red. The chef wasughing at him saying: ¡°Slow down, dear guest...Not everyone can stand that spicy taste." The man in suit and tie sat on the roadside stall eating beancurd jelly and was choking on the spicy pepper? It would have hit the headline of the newspaper. Other female guests craned their necks to look at him and some took out the cell phone to creepshot him; some even eximed: ¡°Ya, Mr. Gu...who had been a lecturer in our school; he was so handsome; and he loves spicy beancurd jelly...whoa!¡± "Oh my god, he is so cute! Aaron Gu who gave up on his bright future and stepped into the filthy business circles..." ¡°But why?¡± "Don¡¯t know either..." Gossips were everywhere. But no one could tell which one was real and which was wrong. It was so hot that Aaron Gu could not even speak after a long period of time; she was right; everyone had his or her own taste and it was not easy to change. "Aman, you are doing this on purpose..." "Aaron Gu, you are so stingy. It is just a mouthful of beancurd jelly. And I am feeding you with my mouth! How are you handling it? Hot, isn¡¯t it?! Hahaha!¡± Hot, wasn¡¯t it obvious enough? She knew that he could not bear any spicy food at all, yet she was making fun of him, all the time. And their first night in the hotel room, where she was purring like a little kitty under him and she seemed so happy and yful all the time, even though it was her virgin night and he had been a bit over recklessly at the strong desire. The moment she held him trembling, she bit his ear and cried piteously, "A, I miss you. I came from thousands of miles away to see you. I have to leave early tomorrow morning. So I need you to stay with me tonight...¡± It was a crazy night; they were both enjoying it a lot; Seeing her off after finishing their routine beancurd jelly breakfast, he was warned. ¡°Aaron Gu, next time you forget to wear the ring! I will throw a whole bowl of spicy beancurd jelly on your head!¡± She was so confident and arrogant as if he was one of her possession; she added: ¡°Well, I would put the ring on other guys if you don¡¯t wanna wear it. Handsome guys are lining up for me. I am Ms. Charming and boys are swooned over me. Aaron Gu, are you afraid?¡± Amanda never knew the word ¡°low-profile¡± and she seemed to want the world to know that she was in love. And Aaron Gu was not afraid at all, although they were in a long distance rtionship. Amanda was his, and they had made love like crazy; so she was his, body and soul, and he was hers wholeheartedly. His ringtone disrupted his mind-wandering. Aaron picked up the phone; the man on the other side yelled: "Aaron, Lisa Qin followed you here. Where are you, so noisy! Are you in the wet market? Come have a drink with me! And remember to bring your wife-to-be..." Chapter 16 Best friend Chapter 16 Best friend Aaron Gu frowned; his attention was still seized by that bowl of messy soup; he spoke indifferently to phone: ¡°Okay.¡± He took out a money from the wallet and handed it to the chef after hanging up the phone; chef did not take the money butughed at him: ¡°That girl has already paid for you, remember?¡± Aaron Gu seemed a bit surprised and looked up into the smiling eyes of the chef, his face cold and expressionless as usual. Seeing him turn around, the boss said politely after him, "Take your time ande here often when you are free. Do not try spicy jelly if you are not ready; I have only seen two girls who could do hot to that extent; one was a girl who has not shown up for years with her boyfriend, and the other, the girl who sat across you...Well, that¡¯s something...hahaha...¡± As if he had not heard what he said, Aaron Gu walked into the noisy crowd and felt a little lost. All is quiet at dead of night; Amanda sat in the open air on the flower bed, looking at the bright neon in the distance, feeling like a homeless ragpicker; she was still living the moment of their meeting in the snack bar; she had long made up her mind to be a sweet and obedientmb in front of Aaron Gu if she was to meet him again. But when she met him in the bar, she found it impossible. He had been acting like that he was mistreated and abandoned by the world. Was it because Amanda had died and disappeared from the world forever? He he, Amanda was amused by her own thought; she had been dead for over three months; Did Aaron Gu get the news till today? If he was saddened by her death, what had he been up to in this three month? The memory they shared, the happiness they had, what did they mean to him? Was it a bit too late to mourn for her and their past. Yeah, everything was toote, long before her death. Everyone passing under the neon seemed a ghost with no face to Amanda; suddenly as if reminded of something, she stood up and rushed for Jingdu Airport; she was told that thetest flight had taken off; someone suggested her to take the high-speed train, ¡°You would make it to S City at the first light of tomorrow morning if you depart now.¡± At the Southern Train Station, holding the ticket, Amanda¡¯s heart was jumping like crazy; She mechanically checked in, waited in the lounge finally hopped into the train. Everything seemed so surreal; outside the windows of was a ck void; she closed her eyes and wondered whether next time she opened her eyes, everything would turn out to be just a nightmare of hers and she was still lying in her own bed in Juan¡¯s vi? Not many people was onboard at such a timing; steward pushing a cart passed her seat from time to time and asked if she needed snacks or anything; everything was quiet except for the rhythmed sound of the train galloping. The first light of the dawn came through the window as expected and shined on the face of Amanda. Soon, the train came to a halt. The familiar S city logo, the familiar Southern ent, even the humidity in the air, made Amanda feel like she had been away for a lifetime. Her first destination was her home, one of the city''s top vis, where her family once lived and where she and Bill Fu never moved out. At the entrance of the vi, Amanda did get out of the taxi. She looked out of the window at the vi; the vi was under renovation with the overallyout being changed, the color of the wall being changed and the roof....Everything changed. The driver looked back at her and asked, "Little girl, are you looking for someone or something? Here we are." However, seeing this luxurious and vast vi, the driver did not hurry to go; he said with contempt: "Well, is it really morefortable to live in such a big house? After death, they are also caged in an small urn, isn¡¯t it? Even if the urn is made of gold, some graver robber may dig them out in a few hundred years. In my opinion, rich or not, life is still equal; look how bored they are, renovate a already brand new and beautiful vi!" Amanda didn''t answer; her full attention was caught by the house. The flowers she nted in her little garden had been swept clean and the house looked like apletely new ce to her...Bill Fu and Lily Shen were doing a great job in erasing her and her family...The name of a lovely husband and great son-inw did not allow him to sell the house, so he was going to reconstruct it into a love nest of him and Lily Shen...This vi had changed the owners from Juans to Fu and Shen. "Sorry, sir, I mistake the ce. Could you take me to this ce..." Amanda came back to herself, smiled at the driver and gave out another address. "Okay!" The driver turned around andughed. "Little girl," he said, "I was just thinking, you must be in the wrong ce. This is the district for rich people. Everyone here owned arge house and with high security guard!" Amanda knew that if it was not because of the renovation, they would not be able to get in this district in the very first ce. But she did not agree with what the drivers said; they were rich, but they were kind and good people. She may be a bit arrogant and domineering but she had never done anything to hurt others. She worked hard to earn her own money as well. No one should have taken the lives of her family simply because they were rich. The taxi stopped at the entrance to a neighborhood, and Amanda paid the fare and got out. She stood at the door and rang the doorbell. Amanda''s heart was in her mouth. The call had never got through and that worried Amanda sick. She wished to see Lydia Du open the door and be foul- mouthed, ming her for disturbing her sleep in such a early morning. The door was opened from the inside; through the crack of the security door Amanda saw a gaunt and haggard middle-aged woman; she looked at Amanda narrowly and asked: "Who are you looking for?" It was Lydia Du''s mother. Amanda knew her. But obviously she did not know Mia. With her voice a bit trembling, Amanda squeezed her own palm and asked: ¡°I... I''m looking for Lydia..." At the name of Lydia, her face darkened immediately: "My daughter passed away two months ago in a car ident." She said extremely inly, looking up at Amanda, whose tears were streaming down like crazy. "Can I help you?...Little girl, do you know my daughter?" She asked. Amanda choked back her tears as she made up a story: "I...I was one of her students when she was a volunteer teacher in university. I have always liked Miss Du a lot. This time I happened to be in S City on business, so I wanted to visit her..." This text is ? N?velDrama/.Org. Amanda knew almost everything about Lydia Du, so her lie was wless. "Come in and have a seat, girl," her mother said with a smile, as if she were remembering something far away. With that, he opened the security door and let In Amanda. Lydia Du¡¯s room stayed the same asst time she visited her. The only difference was a ck-and- white portrait hanging on the wall of Lydia Du smiling at her, her eyes ring at her. "Here, drink." Lydia¡¯s mother brought her a cup of tea and followed her gaze to look at the photo of Lydia. ¡°Don¡¯t cry, girl. That¡¯s her fate; I have never thought that she would die before me either. But it waste that night when she attended the funeral of her best friend. It must be her grieve that distracted her and she crashed into a big truck full of goods on it...When her father and I got to the hospital, it was almost...I can...I can barely recognize her...¡± She cried. Funeral of her best friend... Chapter 17 Tombstone Chapter 17 Tombstone Lydia died on the day of her funeral? Amanda''s eyes was misted with the steam of her tear as hatred burned her tear dried. What a coincidence, a perfect coincidence... After a pause, Amanda patted Lydia''s mother''s hand, unable to offer any words offort; Lydia had had the "ident" all because of her. Lydia¡¯s mother looked at the shut door of the guest room and continued: ¡°After the death of Lydia, her father did not take it very well...He locked himself in the room all day long and refused to see anyone...¡± "Emm...Are you and your uncle taken care of? Is there any difficulty in life?" That was Amanda''s biggest concern right now. "It''s all thanks to her best friend," She sighed. "They have been like blood sisters since high school. That poor girl had an ident and then Lydia; her husband is a good person; he showed up at Lydia¡¯s funeral andforted us saying that he could rte to our sorrow since he had just lost his wife and father-inw...poor kid. He said he is going to take care of us like we are his parents in ce of Lydia... Bill Fu? Ah. A wave of nausea swept over Amanda; what a hypocrite killer. He took the life of beloved Lydia of her parents and showered himself with their gratitude by acting like a loving son? "Well, then he...That''s some decent man..." Mocked Amanda, her lips curling with a smile, as she turned her eyes to the ck and white picture on the wall. Lydia was not going to rest in peace knowing that, either, was she? But at such a time, she could not reveal him. It was a mercy and her way of paying back at the moment to Lydia to let her parents live in a beautiful illusion. Moreover, her power was now so weak that she can''t even see Bill Fu, let alone avenge him. Amanda wanted everything to be confirmed: "Mrs, was the best friend of Lydia you mentioneddy Amanda Juan who died in the fire of Royal Garden International Hotel?¡± She nodded. "You knew Amanda, too?" "Ms. Du had told us about her best friend before. She said she was studying in Paris, but it never urred to me that both of them..." Amanda exined then asked calmly and inly what she cared about the most at the second: ¡°In the news, the Juan Family was ruined with the both the daughter and Lord Juan dead, how did the Mrs. Juan,dy Amanda Juan¡¯s mother, handle the situation?...¡± Lydia¡¯s mother sighed before saying: "Mrs. Juan was a poor woman; she lost both her daughter and her husband; luckily, her son-inw is such a nice person;st time, I paid her a visit in her vi, her son-inw told me that she was recovering in another remote vacation resort and was not ready to meet the others...well, he was such a sweet and kind kid. I am pretty sure Mrs. Juan is now in good hands.¡± In good hands? Or in evil hands? Amanda found it both funny and disgusting. Bill Fu could have killed her; or maybe she was, like herself, already rotting under ground. Anyway, he would always found a good excuse for whatever he did. Amanda knew she would have to find her mother soon, if she was still alive. ¡°Mrs Du, ept my condolence and take care of yourself...¡± Amanda cannot stay here any longer; she was losing herself as her tears were welling up all over her eyes. "Girl, have dinner with us..." Lydia¡¯s mother took her by the hand. "No, Mrs. Du, I''ve got something to do here, I think...I will go see Ms. Du at her grave..." N?velDrama.Org holds this content. Amanda, forcing a smile, rose to her feet. ... It was irony that even after death, people were ranked in the cemetery. At least it was so in the Blue Mountain cemetery. Maybe due to his guilty conscience, Bill Fu didn''t arrange a better ce for Lydia Du even though he had promised to take care of the Du Family. He just erected a hard stone tablet like ordinary people and buried it in a group of cemeteries of the same size and shape. It took quite a while and the instruction of the Mrs. Du for Amanda to locate Lydia. cing her fruit in front of Lydia Du''s gravestone, Amanda crouched down, unable to hold back her tears as she looked at the cold lettering and smiling portrait. "Lydia, no one will scold me like you did any more; no one would share my thought any more, and no one knows that I am still alive. If you are still lingering around, bless me to kill that beast Bill Fu with my own hands and avenge the blood feud!" Amanda touched the stone." Here''s your favorite mango, enjoy it; next time, I do not when I was able to see you again, I don¡¯t know if I would be still alive..." The stone stayed cold as the sun burning face of Amanda. Amanda stood up and walked toward the another corner of the cemetery. Her father was ced in a better ce, better view,rger space and cleaning stuff sweeping the floor daily. The tomb costed much more that of a house for the poor people; Amanda tittered at Bill Fu for what he had done. And her own tombstone was erected next to her father¡¯s; luxury was the word she could think of compared with that of Lydia Du. And it read ¡°R.I.P; Beloved wife, Amanda Juan¡± and signed below was ¡°Bill Fu¡±. Was what she felt right now how ghosts in the world felt standing right in front of their own tombstone? What a sweet and loyal husband! How lucky was she to be able to marry a man like Bill Fu... The picture on the stone was her with a confident smile; Amanda had never felt more envious of herself being so resolute. She was now lost, timid and confused. ¡®Amanda under the tombstone, tell me, what am I supposed to do?¡¯ Amanda caressed the face of herself in the picture while from behind a familiar sound of footsteps got close. Amanda turned around; Bill Fu, her dear husband, was walking toward her. The Novel will be updated first on this website. 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