Aria’s Tales - Chapter 15 1.15 I See You Sing

After the original soul’s wisheswere fulfilled, Mingyan’s life was 30% dedicated to singing while the 70% was dedicated to Shen Yan.

It couldn’t be helped. This was the first time, in the longest while, that she loved someone to the point she couldn’t be apart from him for more than a few days. Else, she’d be drowned in her own fear and loneliness.

Shen Yan seemed to have been infected as well. He would be shaking in restlessness if he didn’t see Mingyan within three days.

Just like this, the now husband and wife’s stickiness with each other was even stronger than an epoxy glue, and the people who got fed by this golden dog food could only helplessly eat it.

During their honeymoon, they travelled the world for about three months and had wanted to continue playing around, but they still couldn’t neglect too much of their work for fun so they finally came home.

It was a year later, when Mingyan found out that she was pregnant, did she eventually announced to the public that she was a married woman. And together with that earthshattering news was the fact that she was pregnant.

The whole world was literally stunned for a full three seconds before screaming in shock. They haven’t even come to know who the “secret lover” was and she had already married him?!

It seemed that Mingyan’s tendency to cause “little” troubles here and there had still not been cured.

Mingyan’s confession was done in a post on her Weibo with a picture of her’s and Shen Yan’s hands while wearing their wedding ringsand holding the ultrasound result.

Ming Yan: “I won’t be appearing in any show at the moment. My angel is coming // picture”

Then, what came together with her post were articles that explained the overview of Gu Mingyan’s life from her birth until adulthood. Everyone immediately came to a consensusthat she was the real-life Cinderellaof the modern world.

Despite the fans’ glass hearts breaking, they still supported Mingyan. But supporting was one thing and curiosity was another. Who was the lucky husband?!

After much deep thinking and reluctance, Mingyan decided to post a picture of her and Shen Yan in a tropical island, sitting together in the white sand under the shade of the palm trees. She had been reluctant at first because she did not want to share him. Likewise, Shen Yan wanted the whole world to know that she was his, so he took great efforts to convince Mingyan to upload the post.

The post immediately took hold of the first spot in the trending list, and it stayed there for months. One reason was the fact that the “secret lover” rumours had become a normal talk in household families, especially in meal times. Another reason was Shen Yan’s identity.

Isn’t this person the one who holds the highest capital in China? There was a private saying that you could offend the president just don’t offend the Shensbecause they take up half of the economic value in China.

Holy shit! Our goddess got married to him??

For a while, Mingyan’s fans were muddleheaded. They suddenly felt like their life was a lie.

Mingyan’s firstborn child was Shen Wei, a male, and she immediately attracted envious gazes from madams and newly-wed wives. She actually gave birth to a male heir right away, isn’t she too lucky? Even Mingyan, herself, couldn’t believe her luck.

Mingyan had children before. But, it may sound cruel, they were not born out of love. Most of the time with cases like this, it was because she had transmigrated to the body of a mother. Other times, she was already pregnant, or it was part of the original soul’s wish.

In this lifetime, since she had Shen Yan, she wanted to know what it felt to be the mother of his kids.

Mingyan didn’t retire as a singer after Shen Wei was born, but she rarely ever had concerts and rarely ever appear on variety shows.

Under Mingyan’s thousands-worth of parenting experience, though it was unintentional, Shen Wei grew up splendidly and even surpassed his father by bringing their capital even higher than it already had.

There was another angel that came four years later after Shen Wei. Mingyan gave birth to a beautiful girl and named her Shen Mian. And to everyone’s surprise, as they had thought Shen Mian would be like her mother, docile and naive, Shen Mian indulged herself in a business career, where only the strong could survive.

Mingyan had thoroughly enjoyed herself in this lifetime. To the point that she had forgotten the fact that she was immortal.

In Pinewood Estates, their most exclusive villa sat on a mountaintop overlooking the city. At this moment Shen Yan was lying in bed while Mingyan was at his side, holding his weak arms. Shen Yan had especially asked to be together with Mingyan, and Mingyan didn’t want Shen Yan to stay in a gloomy place like the hospital. So their treatments were done in their villa instead.

They have reached the age where illnesses were inevitable. And despite their wrinkly faces and white hair, their prominent features were still retained.

The room was silent except for Mingyan’s sobs. Shen Yan was at his last breath. He stared longingly at the crying girl, and his gaze burned with love. “I don’t want to leave you.” His voice was no longer as clear as it had been.

Mingyan’s tears poured even more. She took his hands with her two wrinkly ones and brought it to her wet cheek. “Neither do I.”

They gazed at each other for a long time, until Shen Yan eventually spoke what he had been wanting to say for many years ago.

“I know- I know you are not Yanyan.” The hand that Mingyan held trembled. “I know you are not Yanyan!” His eyes glowed with obsession, and Mingyan thought there was even a bit of madness mixed in. “Tell me. Tell me who are you?”

Mingyan’s heart was shaken. She had never done any mistakes in this lifetime, so how could he have found out about her identity?

No. She couldn’t tell him, nor must she do anything to fight against the world.

There was always only one result when she and the world fight. It was either her physical form will be destroyed by the world, or the world would be destroyed by her hands. Not once, was there an in-between.

She cherished this world very much because of Shen Yan. She didn’t want to against it. And she hated the idea of destroying the only place she had ever found happiness.

Mingyan knitted her brows in confusion as she gave a questioning look at Shen Yan. She was stubborn.

Shen Yan would not believe it. “I’m falling in love’s” music video had already given him the answer. He just wanted to try and see her reaction. He had no idea why she couldn’t be honest with him, but that didn’t matter much.

He was just afraid – afraid that while she goes on with her life “transmigrating”, who knows where he will be? Stuck in this world? Or would he have to enter reincarnation and forget the memories he treasured?

Shen Yan would not have it. He had not forgotten their vows even once. On the contrary, he etched it deep into his heart. He selfishly wanted to spend every lifetime with her.

“Yanyan I love you.” He used all the strength he had left to bring Mingyan’s hand into his lips for a kiss. “I am not giving you to anyone.” Then, he gave Mingyan the brightest smile he could muster. “Even death can’t keep us apart.”

Mingyan’s confused expression shattered, and a pained face emerged that she momentarily forgot to hold back. She no longer tried to act.

“Yan ge, promise me? Promise me that you’ll come find me?” Mingyan begged through her sobs. She was not willing to let it end just like this.

Mingyan watched in slow motion as Shen Yan nodded his head. His eyes holding a burning determination to fulfill his vow. Then, his hands slid down and dropped on the bed along with his eyes as they gradually closed.

Mingyan stared in horror, and her tears would not stop. He really left.

Then, she decisively climbed onto the bed and laid down beside Shen Yan. And, with one last hopeful gaze, she closed her eyes. She forcibly left the world. She no longer had any reason to stay.

When she woke up, she was floating in the galaxy while she was being nudged gently into another dimension. A white light emerged from her side and Lily’s silhouette briefly appeared before it changed shape. Lily transformed into a small girl with white long hair and red bright eyes. She was wearing a simple white long-sleeved dress.

“Aria, are you okay?” Lily was worried about her master’s unstable emotion. It seemed to be worse than the last time it got disturbed.

She turned her head to face Lily with a blank gaze. “Aria?” Her heart was startled. That’s right, her name was Aria.

She was no longer Mingyan. No longer Madam Shen. There was no Yan gege. No sign of Shen Wei and Shen Mian.

She was alone again.

“ARIA PLEASE COME DOWN!” Lily shrieked as she tried to suppress the dark force coming out off her master. But it was only growing stronger and stronger.

“Shen Yan’s world is still behind you! Do you mean to destroy it?!”

Her words seemed to have gotten an effect as Aria’s blank face regained a little bit of life, and the dark force receded. Aria turned around and found a huge gathering of colourful bright particles that formed a circle. There was no indication, whatsoever, as to what it was. But since Aria had just came from there, she knew it was the world that she lived for one lifetime.

Her gaze, as she stared at it, was full of longing. She tried to reach her hand to probe it, and as expected, she was repelled.

Meanwhile, in a courtyard styled in ancient China, a boy, wearing a purple robe with golden hair and black eyes,was playing with numerous floating red strings. He was sorting them into pairs when his eyes caught a golden thread. An odd thread.

He curiously held it. Then, he tried to tie it with the deepest shade of red thread, but the golden thread actually repelled it! He tried another one, but then again it was repelled again.

He tried numerous pairs until finally the golden thread itself wrapped around the average-looking red thread that he was hesitating to try. He marvelled at the sight.

With a wave of his hand, an oval fluid appeared and the image it showed was of a man with green eyes and black hair. “Terra! Check this out!” He presented the golden and red thread pair.

“I was just sorting out the souls on the mortal world and found this unusual thread! It actually repelled all of the high-quality souls and pick this average one instead. Strange isn’t it?!”

Terra’s dull eyes suddenly came to life. “What did you say?”

The boy once again explained.

“It’s really strange! I’ve been a red string of fate for a long time and had never once touched a golden thread much less know it actually exists!”

Terra’s face was shrouded in gloom. “That is not a mortal soul.”

The boy was startled. “Eh? Then what?”

Terra placed his hand in his chest. It glowed white for a bit before it bursted, then he pulled a golden thread, but lighter than the one the boy was holding.

“Woah! How’d you do that?!”

Terra shook his head. “Remma, let that golden thread go. It’s a remnant of a god. A proof that someone visited our world.”

Remma was stunned silly by Terra’s words. Which meant the golden thread that he was holding was his own remnants and this golden thread…

Remma was scared for his life. “B-But it tied with someone from the mortal world!!”

Terra’s face was troubled before he gave a deep sighed. “Let it have it. It’s just average, right? We can lose one or two of them.” Then, the fluid image disappeared.

Remma didn’t dare hold the golden thread for another minute. He immediately opened up a portal to the galaxy and gently placed the threads inside.

Outside the galaxy, Aria tried a couple more times to enter the world but still found that she was continuously repelled. Then, her eyes caught the sight of two threads, one gold and the other red. She instinctively reached for it.

She had just brushed the golden thread when it shot through her chest, while the red thread wrapped itself around her wrist.

Ey? What is this?