My Evil Cinderella: Taming A Villainous Wife - Chapter 272

As Shi Enxi was about to pounce on Hana, she stopped upon hearing Huang Li’s shout but it was already too late, the knife was already in Fan Xiao Yao’s c.h.e.s.t. Hana took out the knife and pointed the blade at Huang Li when she saw him.

What was happening? This was different from what happened in reality. This dream… something felt wrong.

As Huang Li attacked Hana, a few moments later, Lu Mello’s men arrived.

Hana was now lying unconscious on the ground after being beaten up by Huang Li.

“Don’t you dare leave me! Fan Xiao Yao! Don’t you dare!” He was pressing the wound on her c.h.e.s.t just to stop her from bleeding out. His sight blurry because of the tears that formed and fell out from it. “Fan Xiao Yao!”

The woman lying on the ground had her eyes open, her blank, dead eyes reflecting Huang Li’s figure. Fan Xiao Yao was already a few seconds dead after she was stabbed by Hana in her heart.

“X-Xiao Yao… Y-Yaoyao… please… don’t leave me… you can’t leave me…”

Shi Enxi’s fell on her knees as tears formed in her eyes. Even if she knew that it was just a dream, it felt so real.

An ear-piercing shriek escaped Shi Enxi’s lips.

“Enough!! ENOUGH!!! I WANT TO WAKE UP!!!”

Instead of waking up, the scenery changed and this time, she was inside Lu Mello’s office. She was not the only one inside, Lu Xingyan and her husband were there too. Besides her husband, she could see another her sitting beside him.

Ah… she knows this scene well. It was a memory. If she remembered correctly, this was the time where Lu Xingyan told them everything.

“It’s possible that… someone close to you might end up dying, Jiejie.” Lu Xingyan said carefully.

“W-what?” The Shi Enxi who was sitting beside Lu Mello was looking at Lu Xingyan in disbelief. Something like that was impossible. “How does that even work?”

Yes, this was the conversation they had. It was about their past lives and the magic of the book.

“I’m not sure but either the person will get sick or have an accident. No one can really say.”

“Then… are you saying, my brother, will die…?”

“No, I don’t think he will die in this life. If my theory is correct, since he died in the other life, he will live in this one so I think… He’s safe.”

Shi Enxi felt so relieved when she heard Lu Xingyan say that but he was not the only person close to her in this life so she couldn’t just calm down right now, “How about my mom and younger brother?”

“I don’t know… But they both have escaped death, right? If one manages to escape death then I don’t think it will follow…” Lu Xingyan, herself was still unsure after all. All she had were theories. She could be wrong.

“Huang Li can’t be the one too. He died in his other life so he’s safe in this one.”

“Then… Xiao Yao?” Lu Mello who was quiet the whole time suddenly spoke up, seizing both the women’s attention to him.

“X-Xiao Yao…?” Stammered Shi Enxi. She shook her head a few times. “No, it can’t be her. I’m not even close to her! Xiao Yao’s healthy too and she’s been living well with Huang Li. I’m pretty sure that it can’t be her.” She continued. Even if she didn’t admit it to them, they could see how worried she was for Fan Xiao Yao’s sake.

“This is just my theory so maybe it won’t happen.” Lu Xingyan said, trying to reassure them that she could be wrong too.

“Yes, it’s just a theory. Besides, uncle Sisi’s death could be a coincidence. Cancer is still a serious thing. So many things happened differently. There can be other factors.” Lu Mello said as if he was trying to convince themselves with it. He didn’t want anyone close to him dying as well so he didn’t want to believe the possibilities of what her sister said was real.

Shi Enxi who was watching them discuss everything remembered what she prayed that day when she learned that Fan Xiao Yao could end up dying because of her.

She watched the woman beside Lu Mello, herself, clasping her hands together as if she was going to pray.

“Please don’t let Xiao Yao die.” It was just a thought but the words escaped her lips. Just like her body, her spirit self ended up clasping her hands together as well.

“Please don’t let her die.” She said once again and this time, the office disappeared and was replaced by a white room.

“Don’t let her die.” Shi Enxi continued.

Fan Xiao Yao was someone who didn’t deserve to die so cruelly. She didn’t deserve to have her happiness taken from her. Not Fan Xiao Yao. Not a good person like her. She didn’t want anyone around her, anyone close to her to die. She didn’t want to be the cause of their death anymore. She had enough of those in her past life. It was her sins, not someone else. She didn’t want to disrupt their lives just because she was given a second chance to live.

It was her desperate prayer, a prayer that she hoped would be heard.

“Then choose.” Someone else was suddenly heard which startled her. She looked around, trying to find the owner of the voice but there was no one but instead, a few meters in front of her, she saw a crib. She could hear a baby’s voice inside.

Just as she was about to take a step closer, on her right, Fan Xiao Yao’s figure appeared.

“Choose.”

This time, the voice came inside her head, speaking in her mind.

Shi Enxi frowned in confusion. She looked at Fan Xiao Yao who has her eyes close before she turned her gaze towards the crib that has a baby inside.

Could it be… the baby belonged to her?

She unconsciously placed her hand on her belly and as she did, she was reminded of the bloody scene where she had a miscarriage.

At that moment, she came to an understanding. She was given the chance to choose on who gets to live and who gets to die.