Na vida passada, Lu Shijiu foi trocada logo após o nascimento por maus elementos, sofrendo tormentos infinitos. Até na morte, aquela família de malvados não se esqueceu de espremer o último valor dela
“I won’t let you off!”
A torrent of resentment seemed to break free from the depths of hell, swirling restlessly within the cramped wood shed.
A frail little girl suddenly sat up, gasping for air like a fish out of water.
Within mere moments, a dense layer of sweat had formed on her forehead.
A sharp pain in her chest caused her expression to falter.
Wasn’t she dead?
“Bang!”
The door to the wood shed was kicked open from outside. The fierce old Mrs. Lu stood there, her slanted eyes gleaming with a chilling light as she glared at Lu Shijiu inside.
“You worthless fool! The sun’s already high in the sky, and you’re still hiding inside pretending to be dead! Get out here and work!”
Her voice was so forceful that dust fell from the pile of firewood.
“Don’t think you can just lie down and play dead because your father kicked you yesterday. Girls in our village aren’t that precious! If you don’t work, don’t even think about eating today!”
Lu Shijiu frowned as she looked at the menacing figure of Mrs. Lu outside the door.
Hadn’t this happened when she was ten years old?
She had accidentally uncovered Mrs. Lu’s ‘little secret’ and was kicked squarely in the chest by her father, nearly dying on the spot.
Though she survived, she was left with chronic coughing and angina that never eased until her death.
So this...
She lowered her gaze to her hands, eyes filled with disbelief.
Could it be that Heaven had heard her desperate plea and granted her a chance to start anew?
Almost