The Path of Revenge After Rebirth - Chapter 20
My school application was processed quickly.
Jiang Tian’s injuries were much more severe than mine. Even after I recovered, he remained in the hospital.
Su Lan came to visit me at home with a large bouquet of lilies of the valley.
“I heard Lin Jiu went to see him and comforted him, saying it wasn’t his fault, but rather your heartlessness.”
“Those two are a perfect match, trying to break your leg. I wonder where exactly you were heartless?”
I glanced at the flowers in her hand. “These must be expensive, right? The bonus is meant for you all to keep.”
“It’s alright. Everyone knows you’re going abroad, so each chipped in a bit and sent me to buy them for you.”
She pushed the flowers into my hands, took a deep breath, as if making some kind of decision,
“Xinxi.”
“Yes?”
“I always feel like you know something I don’t. Ever since Lin Jiu transferred here, something’s been different… I don’t know how to say it. If you don’t understand, just consider it my rambling.”
She avoided the bouquet, carefully came over and hugged me,
“Come back soon. When you return, I’ll still be your friend.”
The night before I left, I sat on the balcony with my mom as the evening breeze blew by.
She looked at me, hesitant to speak.
I held her hand, gazing into her eyes, “Mom, don’t worry about me.”
In my past life, my mom died in a car accident.
While she was around, no matter how biased my dad was, Lu Xinting didn’t dare to directly target me.
Thinking of this, my heart suddenly tightened.
In my past life, towards the end, Lu Xinting was almost madly in love with Lin Jiu.
Could my mom’s sudden car accident have hidden motives?
Thinking of this, my heart tightened, and I unconsciously gripped her hand harder:
“Please be careful and protect yourself.”
After a pause, I still said,
“…Be cautious of Lu Xinting.”
“Xinxi, you seem different from before.”
My mom looked at me in a daze, sighed,
“It’s my failure.”
“You used to be so naive, believing whatever anyone said. I said Jiang Tian wasn’t reliable, and you argued back, ‘He’s not like you say.'”
“For your birthday, I asked your dad for shares, but you undermined me, saying jewelry and dresses were fine. It made me so mad.”
“Back then, I hoped you’d be a bit smarter, a bit more clever. But if this change came at a painful price, I’d rather you stayed naive.”
In this world, how could a mother not understand her own child?
In my past life, I was a naive fool, always assuming the best in others.
That’s why I was tricked by Lin Jiu countless times, never truly retaliating against her.
That’s why I ended up dying at my own engagement party.
“No, Mom.”
I pressed my reddened eyes, chuckled softly,
“In this world of survival of the fittest, the naive are only prey.”
Unfortunately, this truth I only understood after dying once.
