Seven Unfortunate Lifetimes, All Thanks to a Single Moment of Impulse - Chapter 3

Chapter 3

Edited by Kiseki

Chapter 3

The wheel of fate began to turn that day . Last night, I dreamed about Emperor Li excitedly writing at his desk with a brush . I felt like meat hung on a bamboo stick, where people applied soy sauce on it with a brush……

I pulled the quilt over my face to force those ugly images to disappear . When I felt like I was out of breath, I 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 .

I bit my finger and 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 my mind . The play that Emperor Li was writing was seven lifetimes of love . If one of us died early and reincarnated while the other person waited for his demise in any of those lifetimes…… . If that was the case, we didn’t have to avoid each other; we’ll naturally miss each other in every lifetime .

When I figured this out, I ran to the mirror and gave my reflection a kiss .

My identity as the daughter of the prime minister gave me a justified reason to be lazy . I didn’t want to give up on this kind of life . Then…

I looked at my 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, I excitedly ran to the General’s mansion . Now that there was no one, 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 . I couldn’t keep myself from poking his pouting lips . He woke up from my poking . He looked at me with those big watery eyes . My heart quivered, and I stood there in shock .

“Ah!”

He yelled and with his small hand full of saliva, he pulled at my braid .

“Ah!”

He had pulled so hard that my scalp hurt . It made me think of the red dressed, hateful bastard .

I kept myself calm and put my hand around the child’s neck . The soft and fragile feeling made me think that I wouldn’t need to use strength . If I touched it a few times, it would break . He was, after all, not that rough-skinned young man…

I became soft-hearted again when I looked at his innocent eyes . How could this poor thing know why I was holding his neck? He released my braid and grabbed my finger instead . Like last time, he brought my 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?

I was fighting my inner turmoil when the wet nurse and a group of people came in .

“Oh, why is the daughter of the prime minister here?”

“I…” I coughed to calm myself .

“I came to look at my little husband . ” Everyone laughed . Suddenly, the wet nurse caught me off guard . “We’re going to bathe the little young master now . Miss Song, do you also want to stay?”

“No . I’ll…” I took my hand back, but Lu Hai Kong began to cry . I looked at him . After a while, he cried harder . Tears were streaming down . He looked so miserable that I couldn’t help but look in horror .

I was scared out of my wits . In Heaven, I haven’t seen anyone cry so miserably .

Subconsciously, I put my finger back in his mouth . The moment my 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 . ”

I looked at these foolish humans .

Next, I was forced to see the naked Lu Hai Kong bathing . I didn’t have any dirty thoughts, as it was more like an aunt washing pigskin . No matter what, I had wasted an opportunity to kill Lu Hai Kong just because of my soft heart .

Every day from then on, I went to the General’s mansion . I saw Lu Hai Kong every day, but the wet nurse and the servants were always by his side . They didn’t even give me a chance .

I was wondering if I should let the child grow a little . I could then go play with him alone and get rid of him .

This wait took five years . Every time I looked at Lu Hai Kong, my eyes would shine with a hidden meaning . Seeing me 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 I was ten years old, I was really wild .

Father Song gave up on me completely . He didn’t care about what I did anymore . It had its advantages . I even received the name  the ruckus devil in the capital .

On Lu Hai Kong’s fifth birthday, I finally found a method to fool the wet nurse and the servants . I sneaked out of the General’s mansion with Lu Hai Kong . I realized that there wasn’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 . I could create any opportunities everywhere . I rubbed my hands in excitement . Lu Hai Kong was following me 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 .

I was plotting where I could cause him to have an ‘accident’ when he pulled at my sleeves . “Yun Xiang, let’s go back . ”

“Shut up . ”

He obediently closed his mouth and uneasily looked around .

“Yun Xiang . ”

He called me pitifully and stuck his hand out . I subconsciously held his hand .

Suddenly, I remembered what I 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 . I 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 . ”

I 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 my hand and said, “We’ll go . ”

My disappointed face turned into a happy face . I dragged him with me 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?” I looked at where he was pointing .

“Tanghulu (candied fruit) . It’s hard and sweet . It isn’t tasty . ”

Lu Hai Kong’s eyes shined brightly . “It’s for eating…”

I felt that this could be Lu Hai Kong’s last meal . In these circumstances, I shouldn’t be saving the pennies to buy Tanghulu . So I generously took out my hard-saved money from my purse . Amongst a pile of coins, I found a yuan . I went to the man who was selling Tanghulu .

In the past, having so much money was impossible for me . Now I was someone who can buy Tanghulu whenever I wanted . How ironic was life…… .

While I was thinking, a man bumped into me . I fell onto the ground . Lu Hai Kong panicked and held my back . “Yun Xiang, does it hurt? Does it hurt?”

I shook my head and realized that my purse was gone .

I remembered the days in Heaven where I bitterly needed to save money . A weng sounded in my head . That was my hard-saved money! That man wanted to steal it and stole it . That was more detestable than Chu Kong, who had broken my fan .

“You…!” (She was actually swearing here) I stood up, rolled up my sleeves, and yelled, “Stealing money, I hope that you get constipation for life! Thief, don’t run!”

After I yelled, I chased after the thief . I didn’t care if Lu Hai Kong, who had shorter legs, couldn’t keep up with me .

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 . I, with my small body, caught up with him . After going through reincarnation, my power was gone, but I still had my fist . I couldn’t go against someone with martial arts, but against a thief, my fist was enough .

The thief was a middle aged man . His body was bigger than mine . A quick beating would certainly not do . So when I was chasing him, I snatched a rolling pin from one of the bread sellers . I took two steps back and struck downward . I heard dang . The thief moaned ying and was on the ground, hands on his crotch .

I threw away the rolling pin and from his pocket, I retrieved my purse .

“Humph, you dare to steal my money? Are you prepared to die?”

I counted the money and found that there wasn’t a yuan missing . With a contented smile I said, “Lu Hai Kong, let’s go buy Tanghulu . ”

I didn’t get a reply . I closed my left eye and saw that I was surrounded by strangers .

“Huh?”

I was dumbfounded . Lu Hai Kong, where are you?