Return to before death

“I told you, don’t call me mother!” Mother Zong said with great disgust, “My Zong family has no daughter-in-law like you from a humble family.”

Zong Zhengqing then stepped forward and pleaded with his mother, saying, "Mom... Yan Ran is my wife."

"Hmph. You good-for-nothing!" Madam Zong turned and went upstairs.

Yan Ran's face was very pale. Zong Zhengqing said awkwardly to Yan Ran, "Ranran, Mom will accept us sooner or later."

He remained silent.

Recognition? She's been married into the family for so many years, when has the matriarch ever given her a kind look? It's hard to say when the matriarch will finally accept her.

Without saying anything more, Yan Ran went into the room.

I had barely sat down when I received another phone call.

It is Sheng Xuanling.

What does he want with her now? Did he find a clue that can save Tangtang?

Yan Ran closed the door and answered the phone: "Hello."

The sound was kept very low, so as not to be heard by Zong Zhengqing and the others.

"Come out." Sheng Xuanling's uniquely commanding tone.

Yan Ran frowned slightly: "What?"

There seemed to be a faint smile in Sheng Xuanling's tone: "I'm downstairs at Yu Xiao's house now. Come downstairs, and I'll take you somewhere."

Yan Ran hesitated for a moment and said, "I'm going back to the main family."

There was a sudden silence on Sheng Xuanling's end. After a long while, his cold voice came again, as if the slight smile he had just given was just Yan Ran's illusion: "Useless thing."

"I don't need you to criticize me!" Yan Ran said irritably, "Just tell me, what do you want from me?"

"Be at the shooting club in half an hour. If you're not there on time, I'll throw away the clue."

"You..." Before Yan Ran could reply, Sheng Xuanling hung up the phone.

Looking at the phone screen where the call had been disconnected, Yan Ran pursed her lips and thought for a moment. It concerned Tangtang; although she didn't know if Sheng Xuanling's words were true or false, or what tricks he was playing, she still had to go and see.

Yan Ran opened the door and went to the entrance to change her shoes before going out.

When Zongzheng Qing saw Yan Ran about to leave, he asked, "You just got back, where are you going again?"

Yan Ran said, "I have something urgent to attend to, I'll be going out for a bit."

"Have dinner before you go out," he said gently. "I asked the housekeeper to make your favorite dishes."

Yan Ran paused for a moment while changing her shoes, but finally decided to go out. She said to Zong Zhengqing, "I'm sorry, I really have something urgent to attend to. You guys have dinner."

After saying that, Yan Ran opened the door and went out. Behind her, Zong Zhengqing said, "Come back soon, I'll be waiting for you to have dinner together!"

Shooting club.

"Bang bang bang bang bang!" Sheng Xuanling fired several shots in quick succession, as if venting his dissatisfaction.

"Young Master Sheng, Miss Yan Ran has arrived," the butler reminded Sheng Xuanling.

Sheng Xuanling's eyes were icy, and he exuded an aura of displeasure. He didn't know why, but he felt extremely angry as soon as he heard that the woman had returned to the Zong family.

Yan Ran and others were in the office.

"Do you have any leads?" Yan Ran asked directly after seeing Sheng Xuanling.

Sheng Xuanling sneered and sat down on the sofa.

"You went back to the main family and were so eager to be intimate with Zongzheng Qing, did you even think about your daughter?"

Yan Ran frowned: "I love my daughter the most, please don't joke about Tangtang."

"Hmph." Sheng Xuanling gave a mocking laugh.

"You said you have another clue, what is it, and is it related to Tangtang?" This is all Yan Ran cares about now.

Sheng Xuanling took a transparent bag out of her pocket and threw it in front of Yan Ran, saying, "This is what I got from Qin Zhiyuan."

Yan Ran took the bag, inside which was a women's watch with some bloodstains on the dial.

"Whose is this?"

"Five years ago, a patient committed suicide."

What is her relationship with Tangtang?

Only by altering the clues and traces related to Tangtang could the course of events be changed. However, five years ago, she didn't even have Tangtang yet!

Sheng Xuanling said, "Five years ago, you could have changed yourself."

Sheng Xuanling's words awakened Yan Ran. Indeed, if she had reminded herself back then not to try to change her future fate, then Tangtang might not have died.

"How did she die?" This time, Yan Ran remembered to ask beforehand.

As if he had guessed Yan Ran's thoughts, Sheng Xuanling said sarcastically again, "Jump off a building to commit suicide."

Take the watch out of the bag, dab the blood on your finger, then take out the amulet and silently recite, "May all things arise from this amulet."

A burst of white light shot out, and when Yan Ran opened her eyes again, she found herself in front of the Fengcheng Grand Hotel.

There was a newsstand right next door. Yan Ran glanced at it; the newspaper was dated October 2, 2012. It was her and Zong Zhengqing's wedding anniversary!

Yes, she remembered that Zong Zhengqing had invited her to this hotel, saying he wanted to give her a surprise. He then prepared a romantic candlelight dinner and a limited-edition necklace.

Thinking of this, Yan Ran smiled bitterly. She and Zong Zhengqing were such a loving couple; how could she have imagined that so many hardships would follow?

Composing herself, Yan Ran remembered the purpose of her time travel back in time.

First, they needed to save the person who was suicidal. Yan Ran looked up at the roof of the Fengcheng Hotel; there was no one there yet, so they should still be in time. As long as there were people on the roof, the suicidal patient shouldn't be able to jump.

Yan Ran walked into the hotel and saw the hotel's phone number at the front desk, so she hid to the side and made the call.

"Hello, this is Fengcheng Hotel. How can I help you?"

"Hello, I am a resident of Fengcheng Hotel. I just saw someone walking around on the roof. It looks dangerous. Please go and take a look."

The receptionist paused for a moment, then said, "Okay, we'll send someone up to check right away. Thank you for letting me know, miss. May I ask your surname?"

Yan Ran hung up the phone.

From the corner, she saw the receptionist make another call, probably to call someone up.

Yan Ran started thinking about how to tell herself not to change the future. She couldn't very well let her present self appear in front of her five-year-younger self. Yan Ran decided to call her present self.

However, her own phone obviously couldn't call herself. Yan Ran hid her phone in her pocket, intending to pretend it was dead and borrow the hotel phone. But as she passed a room, she saw two familiar figures.

It was Zongzheng Qing and Zongzheng Jing.

Zong Zhengqing must have come here to prepare a candlelight dinner for her, but what about Zong Zhengjing? Did he come to help?

However, Yan Ran noticed that Zong Zhengqing's expression was somewhat pained.

Did something happen before this?

It was as if they could hear Zong Zhengqing's voice: "I've already gotten Ranran drunk, the rest is up to you."

Zong Zhengqing's voice was filled with despair.