"Who do you think you are to order me like this?"
"What's wrong with you? How dare you talk to me like this?" Her stepmother shockingly yet angrily said to her.
"Whatever! I don't want to talk to you and make my day bad."
Ignoring her Chao Xing again went straight inside her room leaving her stepmother standing there in shock.
Before Chao Xing could close the door of her room she saw her stepmother angrily stomping her foot on the ground and then she went directly towards a room and started shouting about sending Chao Xing away from there as soon as possible.
Rolling her eyes at her not caring about that woman she closed the door.
"Why didn't you try to save yourself?" She wanted to ask the previous owner.
Chao Xing couldn't help but get annoyed by the previous owner of the body, she was quite stupid and afraid of the world. She didn't have enough courage to face the world so she took her own life.
'Maybe if you had tried to be a little stronger, you would have found your happiness and peace here in the world.'
Walking around the room, she tried to remember her life in the modern era and tried to think how she can go back.
"What did I even do that caused me to travel back in time and be stuck here?"
She tried her best to remember but all she could think of was the scene where she got shot by some men in black.
"Who were those men anyway and why did they want to kill me?"
She couldn't get that either. All these questions were making her restless.
"I should start finding some clues…"
But how?
She didn't even know anyone in that era nor she can trust anyone.
In her era, she used to be the hottest girl. Nor she cared about anyone except her friend nor she let anyone bully her.
"Is this supposed to be the punishment for my sins?
She went towards the bed and was just about to sit when suddenly her eyes fell on a book that was stuck behind the side table.
Curiosity dragged her feet toward the book ad she tried pushing the book. After getting it out she realized the book was quite old, dirt was there over it.
"I.... shouldn't."
She tried her best not to open the book but her curiosity didn't let her think anymore and she opened up the book.
Sitting on the bed she blew the dirt off of it. Not wasting a minute more she opened the book and started reading it.
[ 1572 - Today my mother died. ]
"Is this someone's diary?"
Turning the pages around rather vigorously, she continued doing so until the pages went blank. She turned those pages back again until she was on the last most pages which had something written on it.
[ 1581 -
This is it, I guess. Mom! Look how lonely and helpless I am today without you. I don't want to live anymore. I want to come to you. I want to cry putting my head on your lap.
Why does it have to be me? Why are they selling me off? What did I do? Why do I have to face such miserable things in my life? First, you left me, mom then dad married this woman who now wants to sell me, and even the dad who I always loved and cared about the most agreed with her to sell me.
I feel like dying to see the true face of everyone around me. I just don't want to live. ]
"Selling her off?"
Chao Xing started to think about all the events deeply now.
"This means this is the personal diary of the real owner of this body."
Immediately a smile crept on her face thinking that she might have found a clue in that book.
Turning some pages around she went on the blank pages.
Looking at every page with hope, she said, "I hope I can find the reason why I am here?"
As soon as she said that, some words out of nowhere started to appear on the blank pages of the book.
[ You can ask me. ] [ I can help you find your path which will take you to your destination. ]
Chao Xing's eyes went wide with shock, "How did these words appear out of nowhere? Is this book talking to me?" She hurriedly asked again and some words again started to appear on the page.
[ Yes. ]
The word vanished as soon as it appeared.
Chao Xing couldn't believe what she saw.
A book was talking to her? Did all of this even make sense?
"Then can you tell me what era is this and what am I doing here?"
Soon words started to appear again on the page.
[Year 1581 ] [You are here because destiny wants you to be here. You have a special reason to be here.]
"Holly….1581? That back. "
This was just too much for her.
Chao Xing asked again, "What's the reason?"
[ I don't know. Find out yourself.]
"Idiot book. You knew every useless thing only!" Annoyed by the book she felt frustrated.
Chao Xing was just about to ask again when suddenly her stepmother started calling her again, "Chao Xing! Chao Xing! Come here."
"What does this old witch want now?"
"Coming!" Chao Xing yelled back.
She was annoyed because of that woman too. "All that woman does is make things difficult for me."
Rolling her eyes she put the book on the back of her waistband, hurriedly she dragged herself out of the room.
As soon as she went out, there stood her stepmother with a frown on her face.
"Why did you take so much time coming here?" She angrily snapped at her.
While Chao Xing calmly replied, "What do you want? Why did you call me?"
"Go to the forest and bring some sticks. I have to make food today too." She yanked her cape towards her as she ordered her.
Chao Xing didn't say anything else and just grabbed the cape and put it on herself.
She herself wanted to go out to look around and find some new things.
After putting the cape on she got out of the house.
As she got out she looked back at the little house behind her and realised the house was quite old and ragged.
Dragging her feet she started walking not knowing exactly where she was going and where she was going to find those sticks.
She was looking around trying to find some more interesting things.
Walking in the forest, she started to feel happy. The light breeze and the scent made her feel light and happy.
Chao Xing was trying to look here and there, she was walking carelessly not caring about her surroundings when suddenly she saw a deer standing just in front of her.
She was usually scared of animals and seeing a wild deer that too just in front of her got her terrified.
"...."
The deer kept looking at her for some time before it finally started approaching her.
"Nice deery! Please don't eat me!" Chao Xing started to mumble, trying her best not to shiver.
She remembered those stories in which they played dead when a bear came near them. She tried doing the same, standing there still she tried her best not to shiver.
Her mouth was still twitching and her eyes closed tightly as she could as she waited for the next move of that deer.
Chao Xing was unaware of the presence of a certain man who was aiming at the deer…