Chapter 1: Sorry, Qiao Qiao, I’m Late

“Why… Linchuan…”

Qiao Shuyi was choked by someone, her face flushed red, her beautiful eyes filled with tears, her eyes full of confusion and fear.

Standing before her was her new husband, Gu Linchuan, the man she had loved for over ten years.

And tonight was their wedding night.

She didn’t understand. Why did the man who was so gentle and considerate in the daytime suddenly change his appearance at night?

His expression was cold, the hatred in his eyes was undisguised, as if he wanted to devour her flesh and blood.

This side of him was so unfamiliar and terrifying to her.

She instinctively reached out to pry his hand away, but all she got was a tighter grip in retaliation.

A strong sense of suffocation instantly swept over her, and her vision began to blur.

“If it wasn’t for you, Manman wouldn’t have died! You deserve to go to hell!”

“Qiao Shuyi, every moment I spend with you, I want to kill you!”

Manman?

It had been so long since she had heard that name, Qiao Shuyi was momentarily stunned.

Soon, she remembered.

She forced a smile, a sarcastic one.

So, it was because of her…

“Qiao Shuyi, how does it feel to fall from heaven to hell?!”

“Today, I’m going to send you down to join Manman!”

Just before she suffocated, the man suddenly let go of her, throwing her violently to the ground.

Qiao Shuyi was like a fish suddenly exposed to water, lying on the ground, greedily gasping for fresh air.

However, before she could recover, a pungent smell pierced her nose.

She suddenly raised her head and saw Gu Linchuan pouring a large bucket of liquid evenly onto the ground.

Her pupils contracted sharply.

It was gasoline!

“What are you trying to do?!”

Gu Linchuan threw away the bucket, took out a lighter from his pocket, lit it, and sneered, “Of course, I’m going to send you to see Manman!”

As soon as he finished speaking, he threw the lighter to the ground.

The ground instantly burst into flames, the fire quickly spreading to the sofa and bed, forming a sea of fire.

Gu Linchuan sneered, quickly walking towards the door.

Qiao Shuyi struggled to get up from the ground and wanted to follow him out.

But as soon as she reached the door, Gu Linchuan kicked her back into the room.

He looked down at her condescendingly, his expression disdainful, as he said word by word, “Goodbye, Qiao Shuyi.”

“No—”

Before Qiao Shuyi could stop him, she saw the door close, then locked from the outside.

No matter how much she pounded on the door and begged, Gu Linchuan remained indifferent.

He actually wanted to burn her alive!

Seeing that her pleas were in vain, Qiao Shuyi turned to the window in the room.

The room was now engulfed in flames, filled with smoke.

Qiao Shuyi was choked by the smoke, barely able to open her eyes, dodging the fire and running towards the window.

Finally, she reached the window, only to find that it was also locked.

He hadn’t given her any chance to escape…

Realizing this, Qiao Shuyi slowly slumped to the ground, feeling an unprecedented sense of despair and death.

She had loved Gu Linchuan for so many years, wholeheartedly devoted to him, but in the end, she ended up like this.

Endless regret surged through her heart, suffocating her, her body slowly collapsing to the ground.

Her carefully decorated wedding room had now become a sea of fire, mercilessly devouring her body.

It hurt…

Tears uncontrollably streamed down her face, her throat was so hoarse that she couldn’t make a sound.

Her breathing became more and more difficult, her eyelids became heavier and heavier.

Was she going to die like this?

It was so unfair…

Suddenly, a loud “bang” sounded at the door.

Qiao Shuyi looked up, vaguely seeing a figure rushing towards her through the fire, ignoring everything and holding her in his arms.

“Sorry, Qiao Qiao, I’m late…”

Who was it? Who came to save her?

Qiao Shuyi used all her strength to open her eyes, but she was stunned when she saw who it was, “Sheng… Yu…”

Why was it him?

The man bent down and picked her up from the ground, “Qiao Qiao, don’t talk, I’ll take you out.”

“No…”

The fire was too big, he would die!

You go!

Qiao Shuyi wanted to stop him, but her throat felt like it was being cut, her heart’s cries were all drowned out.

The last thing she saw before her consciousness faded was the chandelier on the ceiling loosening and falling towards them…

A line of tears slid down her cheek, falling into the sea of fire.

Sheng Yu, you were so foolish.

I had already rejected you, why did you still come to save me?

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“On such an important day, he just leaves like that, he doesn’t take our Qiao family seriously at all!”

“If Linchuan didn’t want to get engaged, he should have said so earlier, our Shuyi isn’t desperate for him!”

“Jingwan, Jianye, don’t be angry, Linchuan is always a sensible child, he must have encountered something urgent, let’s wait a little longer.”

“Wait? You tell me how much longer we have to wait?!”

…

Amidst the cacophony of arguments, Qiao Shuyi slowly opened her eyes.

When she saw what was in front of her, her originally slightly confused eyes instantly became filled with surprise.

Her parents? Uncle Gu and Aunt Qin?

The people standing before her were none other than her parents and Gu Linchuan’s parents.

However, their expressions were not good.

Qiao’s father and mother had a slightly angry look on their faces, while Gu’s father and mother had a look of guilt and anxiety.

From their arguments, Qiao Shuyi quickly extracted the key information: engagement, and Gu Linchuan’s disappearance.

Wasn’t this what happened five years ago, when she and Gu Linchuan first got engaged?

How could it be…

She clearly remembered that she and Gu Linchuan had been together for several years, they had even entered the marriage.

She thought she was about to welcome a new and happy life, but Gu Linchuan gave her such a big “surprise”.

He had been pretending, he had been lurking.

She foolishly thought that he loved her as much as she loved him, but who would have thought that he hated her so much.

In order to avenge his deceased white moonlight, he even went so far as to burn her alive on their wedding night!

Closing her eyes, she couldn’t help but see a sea of fire in front of her.

The pain of being burned alive came with it, and her body couldn’t help but tremble slightly.

Pain.

It was so painful…

After a long time, Qiao Shuyi slowly opened her eyes, reaching out to gently wipe away the tears from the corner of her eyes.

So, was she reborn?

Reborn to the year she was twenty-two, when she first got engaged to Gu Linchuan.

In her previous life, the Qiao and Gu families had already agreed that she and Gu Linchuan would get engaged after they graduated from college.

However, on the night of the engagement, Gu Linchuan suddenly received a phone call and then left his parents and the guests, disappearing.

No one could contact him.

The engagement ended without a hitch, and she was secretly ridiculed by people in the circle for a long time because of this.

Thinking about this, Qiao Shuyi couldn’t help but sarcastically curl her lips.

There is a destiny in the heavens, perhaps, from this moment on, she should not continue with Gu Linchuan.

However, after all, they had a relationship of more than ten years, they had also truly loved each other.

She couldn’t let go of him, so she repeatedly indulged and forgave him… until finally, she married him and was burned alive by him on their wedding night.

Fortunately, heaven had eyes and gave her another chance.

She wouldn’t make the same mistake again!

Her thoughts returned, Qiao Shuyi slowly stood up, her expression cold, her eyes filled with unprecedented determination and hatred.

Gu Linchuan, in my last life, I considered everything for you, I was devoted to you, but you repaid me with ingratitude!

This time, we’ll see!