The wheel of fate began to turn that day. Last night, Xiang Zi dreamed about Emperor Li excitedly writing at his desk with a brush. She felt like meat hung on a bamboo stick, where people applied soy sauce on it with a brush…
She pulled the quilt over her face to force those ugly images to disappear. When she felt like she was out of breath, Xiang Zi lifted the quilt and sat up.
No! I couldn't surrender to fate. That was a waste of the evil me. That was a waste of my memories, of my previous life in the immortal realm. I needed to fight against fate.
She bit her finger, pulled a long face, and thought about the future. Was there a way to get rid of that Chu Kong bastard?
Suddenly, a light flashed in her mind. The play that Emperor Li was writing was seven lifetimes of love. If one of them died early and reincarnated while the other person waited for his demise in any of those lifetimes…If that was the case, they didn't have to avoid each other; they'll naturally miss each other in every lifetime.
When she figured this out, Xiang Zi ran to the mirror and gave her reflection a kiss.
Her identity as the daughter of the prime minister gave her a justified reason to be lazy. Xiang Zi didn't want to give up on this kind of life. Then…
She looked at her reflection and laughed. "Dear Lu Hai Kong, for our happiness in the next six lifetimes, can you go die, ah?"
After days of detailed planning, Xiang Zi excitedly ran to the General's mansion. Now that there was no one around, it was a good opportunity.
Lu Hai Kong lay calmly in the cradle. Compared to a few days ago, he was more beautiful now. Soft white skin, long thick lashes. Xiang Zi couldn't keep herself from poking his pouting lips. He woke up from her poking. He looked at her with those big watery eyes. Her heart quivered, and she stood there in shock.
"Ah!"
He yelled and with his small hand full of saliva, he pulled at her braid.
"Ah!"
He had pulled so hard that her scalp hurt. It made her think of the red-dressed, hateful bastard.
Xiang Zi kept herself calm and put her hand around the child's neck. The soft and fragile feeling made her think that she wouldn't need to use strength. If she touched it a few times, it would break. He was, after all, not that rough-skinned young man…
She became soft-hearted again when she looked at his innocent eyes. How could this poor thing know why she was holding his neck? He released her braid and grabbed her finger instead. Like last time, he brought her finger to his mouth, sucking on it like it was the happiest thing in the world.
He kicked to show his excitement.
I also wanted to kick. Little brat, don't be so sweet ah! With you like this, how can this big sister bear to kill you, ah?
Xiang Zi was fighting her inner turmoil when the wet nurse and a group of people came in.
"Oh, why is the daughter of the prime minister here?"
"I…" She coughed to calm herself.
"I came to look at my little husband." Everyone laughed. Suddenly, the wet nurse caught her off guard. "We're going to bathe the little young master now. Miss Song, do you also want to stay?"
"No. I'll…" Xiang Zi took her hand back, but Lu Hai Kong began to cry. She looked at him. After a while, he cried harder. Tears were streaming down. He looked so miserable that she couldn't help but look in horror.
She was scared out of her wits. In Heaven, she hasn't seen anyone cry so miserably.
Subconsciously, Xiang Zi put her finger back in his mouth. The moment her finger was in his mouth, he quieted down and lay there with a happy face.
The wet nurse smiled and said, "This is good. Now the young master can't be without Miss Song."
Xiang Zi looked at these foolish humans.
Next, she was forced to see the naked Lu Hai Kong bathing. she didn't have any dirty thoughts, as it was more like an aunt washing pigskin. No matter what, she had wasted an opportunity to kill Lu Hai Kong just because of her soft heart.
Every day from then on, Xiang Zi went to the General's mansion. She saw Lu Hai Kong every day, but the wet nurse and the servants were always by his side. They didn't even give her a chance!
Xiang Zi was wondering if she should let the child grow a little. She could then go play with him alone and get rid of him.
This wait took five years.
Every time she looked at Lu Hai Kong, her eyes would shine with a hidden meaning. Seeing her looking like that, the General and the General's wife would joke, "Has this child been poisoned by Hai Kong's poison? She's always here. No need to rush. You have a lifetime to be with each other."
A lifetime was too long. I only wanted to seize the day and get rid of him. Only then would I be at ease.
When she was ten years old, Xiang Zi was really wild.
Father Song gave up on her completely. He didn't care about what she did anymore. It had its advantages. She even received the name 'the ruckus devil' in the capital.
On Lu Hai Kong's fifth birthday, Xiang Zi finally found a method to fool the wet nurse and the servants. She sneaked out of the General's mansion with Lu Hai Kong. She realized that there weren't many opportunities in the General's mansion, but there were many opportunities outside. Like the edge of a slippery river or a fall from a tree. Xiang Zi could create any opportunities everywhere. She rubbed her hands in excitement. Lu Hai Kong was following her closely.
"Yun Xiang, let's go back. Father said that there are many people outside. It's not safe."
Since he was an infant, this little child had been taught to follow the rules. When he went out, there were always a bunch of people with him. He had never been outside alone. Seeing all those people at the market, he tensed.
Xiang Zi was plotting where she could cause him to have an 'accident' when he pulled at her sleeves. "Yun Xiang, let's go back."
"Shut up."
He obediently closed his mouth and uneasily looked around.
"Yun Xiang."
He called her pitifully and stuck his hand out. She subconsciously held his hand.
Suddenly, Xiang Zi remembered what she needed to do.
"Brat, do you want to go to Tan Zhe temple?"
The temple was on a mountain. On the road to the temple, there weren't many people. The road was small, narrow, and slippery. It was the area where a child was most likely to climb and fall.
He thought for a moment and said, "It's too far and unsafe."
"There's nothing to worry about. We'll be back soon."
He stubbornly shook his head. Xiang Zi sighed. "Since today is your birthday, I wanted to get a talisman for you. I heard that the talismans at Tan Zhe temple are really effective."
She let go of his hand and adopted a face full of disappointment. "It's alright if you don't want to go."
Yun Xiang: "…"
He hesitated for a moment before he grabbed her hand and said, "We'll go."
Her disappointed face turned into a happy face. She dragged him with her and said, "Alright, let's go."
Chu Kong, ah, Chu Kong, don't blame me for being heartless. This is the best for us.
Don't ask me why I didn't go die instead. Suicide is a heartless thing. I'm a soft-hearted person…
To go to the temple, we needed to pass the center of the capital. Lu Hai Kong had never been here before. He found everything interesting.
"Yun Xiang, what's that?" She looked at where he was pointing.
"Tanghulu (1). It's hard and sweet. It isn't tasty."
Lu Hai Kong's eyes shined brightly. "It's for eating…"
Xiang Zi felt that this could be Lu Hai Kong's last meal. In these circumstances, she shouldn't be saving the pennies to buy Tanghulu. So she generously took out her hard-saved money from her purse. Amongst a pile of coins, Xiang Zi found a yuan. She went to the man who was selling Tanghulu.
In the past, having so much money was impossible for her. Now she was someone who can buy Tanghulu whenever she wanted. How ironic was life…
While Xiang Zi was thinking, a man bumped into her. She fell to the ground. Lu Hai Kong panicked and held her back. "Yun Xiang, does it hurt? Does it hurt?"
She shook her head and realized that her purse was gone.
Xiang Zi remembered the days in Heaven where she bitterly needed to save money.
A weng sounded in her head. That was her hard-saved money! That man wanted to steal it and stole it. That was more detestable than Chu Kong, who had broken her fan.
"You…!" (She was actually swearing here) Xiang Zi stood up, rolled up her sleeves, and yelled, "Stealing money, I hope that you get constipation for life! Thief, don't run!"
After Xiang Zi yelled, she chased after the thief. She didn't care if Lu Hai Kong, who had shorter legs, couldn't keep up with her.
The thief didn't expect that a ten-year-old girl would dare to chase him. He had a guilty conscience and sped up his pace. There were many people on the market. The thief couldn't get past them very fast. Xiang Zi, with her small body, caught up with him. After going through reincarnation, her power was gone, but she still had her fist. She couldn't go against someone with martial arts, but against a thief, her fist was enough.
The thief was a middle-aged man. His body was bigger than hers. A quick beating would certainly not do. So when she was chasing him, Xiang Zi snatched a rolling pin from one of the bread sellers. She took two steps back and struck downward. She heard dang. The thief moaned ying and was on the ground, hands on his crotch.
Xiang Zi threw away the rolling pin and from his pocket, she retrieved her purse.
"Humph, you dare to steal my money? Are you prepared to die?"
She counted the money and found that there wasn't a yuan missing. With a contented smile, she said, "Lu Hai Kong, let's go buy Tanghulu."
Xiang Zi didn't get a reply. She closed her left eye and saw that she was surrounded by strangers.
"Huh?"
Xiang Zi was dumbfounded. Lu Hai Kong, where are you?