Chapter 2 - Never again

Thunder was heard from afar, followed by the heavy rain. It's mornin', but the dark clouds covered the sun, dimming the surroundings. Through the mansion of the Xiong family, a girl woke up and sat up straight. Her face was pale and full of sweat. Her heart was beating so fast. She looked at her surroundings. She recognized her place. But she could not believe what she was seeing. She was dazed for a while, realizing something, she stood up and ran towards her dressing room. Facing the full-length mirror. She touched her face. 'It cannot be....how come I became young?! 'Is it all a dream?... But it felt so real....' Her face was full of disbelief. She still has a pale translucent skin that seems never to reach the sun. Her shiny black straight long hair reached to her waist. She still has a dark pair of cold and empty eyes protected by her long curly eyelashes, her thin brows, her straight nose that gathers envy from her cousins, her thin red lips that spoke only few words, her pointed chin, and her little heart shape face, were still the same except she look younger. Like a maiden who was still blooming. The maiden in the mirror had a perfect portion of a woman's body. Full b.r.e.a.s.t, small waist, and long legs. Even if the girl looks like a teenager, she can still capture a full-grown man's eyes. But that's not what the girl focused on. She quickly went outside her room and grabbed a maid. "What date is today?" The maid was startled at her sudden action. Because the young miss in front of her never speaks to them. Even asked a question. They know her only as the indifferent young miss. The girl who was alone in her world. "What date is today?" She asked again with a slight desperation in her voice. Hope was displayed in her eyes. The maid was shocked again. Never did she see the young miss show any emotion. But in front of her, the girl looked so vulnerable with a desperation in her voice. The maid felt like she had won the lottery. 'This was once in a lifetime experience! The young miss just talks to me and opens up to me...' The maid felt like crying. But when she felt that her arm was grabbed tightly, she remembered to answer. "Yo....young miss...today is June 4." The maid answered. "No...I mean, is....what year?" "Eh...2011?" The maid said hesitantly. Why did the young miss ask this? "2...2011?!" The girl was shocked. "So I'm sixteen this year?!" With wide eyes, she looked at the maid. The maid was equally startled. The young miss is SHOCKED! Wide-eyed! The maid seemed to want to write in her diary right now and add this scene to the most unforgettable moment of her life. She had seen many facial expressions of the stone-cold face of the young miss today. That even an earthquake or explosion could never affect her stoic face. 'I will brag it later to them hahaha' "Linfeng? Where is he?" The maid was pulled out of her thoughts by the girl's antics. "Who's Linfeng Young miss?" The maid looked at her strangely. There is no Linfeng in their household. The maid knows the names of all the people, from maids to bodyguards. Hearing this, the girl was confused, and fear and panic were seen on her face. Another maid came up, bowed, and said: "Young miss...your bath is ready. The uniform is already on your bed." "Uniform?" The girl asked. "Yes...from TIHS.. " The girl was shocked again. Sherann went to her room and looked at her uniform. The two maids look at each other questionably. Both thought their young miss was strange. The girl in the room held her uniform. 'It's the same....same school...it's not a dream...if it's not a dream...then what is it? Did it happen? Or did I reincarnate? Or Time travel? It's crazy.....' The girl was none other than Xiong Zhi. The young miss from the eldest daughter of the Xiong family. A moment later, her eyes suddenly lit up. 'Sixteen...June 4...first day of school...This is the day...the day Linfeng was introduced to me.' With that, though, she ran to her bathroom, not even glancing at the bathtub with warm water and roses, and she opened her shower. Closing her eyes, her thoughts wandered through the time of her dream, or she must say her past life. She was not sure. It felt so real. This time, her grandfather is still alive. After her grandfather died, the impending doom on her started. The scheming relativist strikes at her. Her fiancé took off his mask. Her wealth, her inheritance, and the company's strip from her. It all started two years from now. If she travelled from the future to this past, she must prevent it from happening. Or she must prepare. This was her second chance. The heavens gave her a second chance. To make no regrets in her life. Everything she gets, she will use it. Her wealth Her brain Her beauty Her surname Xiong This time, she will make everything right. "Never again to be weak...Never again wasted our precious time... I promise...In the next lifetime... I will protect you...and..love you..." Her final words rang clearly and loudly in her ears. The water from the shower was like the heavy raindrops of that night. The same sound of droplets and the coldness were all familiar to her. Opening her eyes, the emptiness was gone re replaced by sharpness and determination. The old Xiong Zhi was gone. A new reborn Xiong Zhi was standing now. "Never again..."