Chapter 2: Reshuffling the Cards

  There was a smell of disinfectant floating in the air, and from time to time, there were mechanical sounds of "beep-beep" ringing in her ears. Mu Yu subconsciously furrowed her brow, feeling extremely disgusted with this environment.

  This is a place she comes to almost every week, since her mother passed away, only she has been left to take care of her grandfather in the hospital, for three or four years, her familiarity with the hospital can be said to be recognizable even with her eyes closed.

  But she remembered, just the day before yesterday, she had gone to see her grandfather, and then yesterday was... Zi Rui, Mu Qing... holding hands with each other... Father's angry face... Mu Han falling down the stairs...

  Scene after scene flashed through her mind, and when she thought of Mu Han's pale but still smiling face, Mu You's eyelashes trembled restlessly before finally opening her eyes.

  At first glance, it was the white color that she was familiar with to the extreme, which was the unchanged color of the hospital, giving people infinite sadness and helplessness. It was here that she and her brother personally sent off their mother...

  With just a slight movement, Mu Yu felt pain in her left arm and ribs that wouldn't stop, she took a sharp breath of cold air, and immediately became dizzy.

  She was clearly injured in her wrist, but why is there no pain in her wrist now?

  And yet this painful feeling on her body somehow felt familiar?

  She slightly moved her hand and felt a warm palm tightly grasping hers, causing her heart to skip a beat.

  Who is it? In this world, who can still give her warmth, her only warmth has already left her...

  Who would have thought that just this slight movement would wake him up, and he reflexively looked at her, their eyes met, and they both trembled.

  Is this an illusion? Or is she dreaming? Why... why did she see someone who had passed away four years ago? The person she could only meet in her dreams after being wronged? That gentle and kind face, she thought she would never see it again for the rest of her life...

  "Xiao You! You're finally awake! How are you? Is there anywhere that hurts?" Warm and gentle words sounded in her ears, Mu You stared at the person in front of her without blinking, after a while, seeing that the person in front of her didn't disappear like before, she finally let out the tears she had been holding back.

  "What's wrong? Little You, is it very painful? I'll go call a doctor over...Little You?"

  "Mom! Don't leave me, I'm not in pain, not at all!" Just as Dong Qiu was about to turn around and call the doctor, she saw her daughter suddenly get out of bed, and was taken aback. She stretched out her hand to support her, but was tightly hugged by her daughter instead.

  Seeing her daughter's behavior, Dong Qiu was heartbroken and thought that the accident had scared her, so she comforted her in a soft voice. However, to her surprise, her daughter's tears did not stop but instead surged even more.

  "Xiao You, what's wrong? Mom is here, let's not cry, okay?"

  "Mom, I...I thought I would never see you again in this life. Mom, I miss you so much...Mom, mom..." At this moment, Mu You let out all the grievances she had suffered over the years through her tears, only wanting to lean into her mother's arms and hide from any storms, she was no longer the daughter who yielded to Mu Cheng, nor the sister who endured hardships for her younger brother, she was just a child, a weak and helpless little girl.

  "Okay, okay, little Yu is not afraid, nothing's wrong, Mom is right by your side. Is little Yu missing Daddy and Mommy so much that she bravely got through the danger period? Everything has passed, didn't you see Mom again? Dong Qiu saw her daughter crying so hard, still in a very weak state, worried to no end, yet helpless, could only comfort her repeatedly. Finally, after hearing this sentence, Yu's crying gradually weakened and slowly subsided."

  The two words "Dad" deeply stimulated her, and all the memories returned at this moment. What followed was a confused thought, a stunned emotion, and the incredible reality in front of her...

  If it weren't for the figure in front of her being so real, if it weren't for the warmth of his palm on her hand, and if it weren't for the occasional pain in her abdomen near her ribs, she would have thought this was just another exceptionally beautiful dream. But everything before her eyes reminded her that this is real... really!

  "Xiao You, you can't cry anymore, you just woke up and your body won't be able to take it. Mom will help you find a doctor and tell your dad the news at the same time!" After tidying up Xiao You's messy hair, Dong Qiu smiled warmly at her and walked out of the hospital room slowly. This time, Xiao You didn't stop her either.

  What's going on here?

  Muyou's mind was in a state of utmost confusion, her eyes wandering aimlessly until they landed on an object on the bedside table, and only then did her gaze gradually regain its luster.

  She stretched out her right hand and made a great effort to reach it, took it in front of her eyes, when Mu Yu saw the number displayed on it, she took a deep breath before suppressing the excitement in her heart.

  Because the page turned on that calendar was July 2002!

  Is this going back to the past? Back to ten years ago when all the misfortunes had not yet begun?

  Memories from the depths of my mind quietly awaken, what was I doing at that time? Ah! At that time, I was in the second year of junior high school summer vacation, but on the way back to school, a car accident occurred, resulting in a fracture of my left arm and two broken ribs.

  Isn't the current situation exactly as it was at that time?

  Does this mean that she will no longer have to go through those humiliating and painful years? Does this mean that she can better protect her family and prevent them from being hurt again?

  As soon as she thought of the humiliation and scolding she had suffered before her death, Mu Yu's heart felt a chill of icy pain.

  Even if all of this has become a thing of the past, buried in memory, the pain that once was will likely never be forgotten for as long as one lives.

  But this time she absolutely won't be the one being deceived! Fate has given her another chance to fulfill her vow, so how can she not grasp it tightly?

  Even if it's not for yourself, do it for your grandfather, for your mother, for...

  "Bang" went the door, which was hastily opened from outside. Then, a person rushed into the ward, panting and sweating profusely. It was Lai's Yu You, whose eyes welled up with tears again... Next, that person shouted in a clear voice:

  "Sister!"

  Mu You looked at his energetic and healthy younger brother, smiled with a mixture of relief and joy.

  Just watch...... Everything will be rewritten from this moment on!

  This time, I'm going to reshuffle that damned fate!