Return to before death

"In this world, you have to give up something to gain something." Before Yan Ran could even react, the world spun around her, and she was pulled into Sheng Xuanling's arms. His hand groped around her waist, and the dangerous aura unique to this man instantly enveloped her. Yan Ran tried her best to create distance between them. "Mr. Sheng has a good reputation, and the Sheng family values ​​its reputation even more. They probably don't want to be in the news for rape, do they?"

"That's well said, and you're quick-witted too..."

Hearing this, Yan Ran's anxious heart finally calmed down a bit. However, before she could even land, she heard a tearing sound and the fabric at the shoulder of her dress was ripped open.

"But it won't work for me."

asshole!

She angrily slapped him, but the man intercepted her sharply. His cold gaze fell on the bandaged wound on Yan Ran's shoulder and darkened.

Damn!

My right hand was grabbed, and so was my left!

Nine years later, the injury to my shoulder still hasn't healed.

Her hand froze in mid-air, and Yan Ran's mind went blank for half a second. "What did you say?"

With a mocking smile, Sheng Xuanling said disdainfully, "You don't really think I, this young master, would be interested in an ugly, old woman like you, do you?"

"..."

Yan Ran rubbed her aching temples and steered the conversation back on track, "What did you mean by what you just said?"

"I've been looking for you ever since you disappeared nine years ago, but unfortunately, I can't find you anywhere."

Sheng Xuanling grabbed Yan Ran's waist with both hands and easily lifted her up, placing her back in her original seat. "I noticed you as soon as I arrived at the venue today. You have a unique aura, like a stupid pig that accidentally fell into a human gathering. You are out of place and cannot be ignored."

"Your description is quite unique." Although the words were harsh, Yan Ran felt that things seemed to be moving in a positive direction, so she mentally blocked out certain sensitive words and pretended not to hear them.

"Nine years have passed, but her temperament, appearance, and age have not changed. She hasn't even taken off the bandage on her shoulder."

"So, while I was searching for you, you were also testing me?"

He rested his elbows on the window, propping his head up, his phoenix eyes slightly narrowed, his thin lips parting and his tone languid, as if such a sensational event was nothing out of the ordinary to him.

Yan Ran suddenly felt a little confused. The difference was too great. Whether it was the playboy in the news or the man who was driven by lust and turned his back on her at the banquet, it was all very different from the confident and shrewd person he was now showing in front of her.

Don't you find it strange?

"I've been investigating the hospital matter for nine years. I don't know why I couldn't find you in person, but what I know is far more than you can imagine."

He smiled nonchalantly, "For example, I should have died a long time ago."

Yan Ran's pupils are dilated? How is that possible?

If you hadn't experienced it firsthand, how could anyone in this world possibly understand something so incredible?

“You’ve gone to great lengths today,” he said casually, pulling the amulet around his neck from his shirt. “You must be looking for this, right?”

"How is this possible? How can you accept this..."

"The world's great wonders."

Perhaps his tone was too certain, even Yan Ran herself felt that she might be looking at this matter too strangely. She lowered her eyes, thought for a moment, and reached out her hand, "Since Mr. Sheng can understand and remember the past, then for the sake of the fact that I saved your life back then, please return the amulet to its rightful owner."

Silence, a deathly stillness.

In this silence, there was a ticking sound, as if a countdown was going on.

His sharp, judgmental gaze swept over her face without any attempt to conceal it. Only when her heart began to race and her confidence started to waver did he slowly ask, "Is this amulet really yours?"