1 Chapter 1 I Decide On My Own Marriage

Yun Kai woke up in a daze, her mind buzzing as myriad images swarmed her, threatening to split her head open in an instant.

Standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, she saw a tall, upright man; his handsome face was noble yet cold under the dim light.

He was getting dressed, his slender fingers on the buttons, moving with an elegance that was both graceful and aristocratic.

Yun Kai gazed at him with bleary eyes, her voice hoarse and weak, "Who are you?"

She tried to sit up but felt dizzy and overwhelmingly weak.

The man turned his head to look at Yun Kai on the bed, his eyes cold and deep like a whirlpool, unfathomable.

He walked slowly to the bedside, his entire presence oppressive, like a mysterious and dangerous predator with an invasive gaze fixed on his prey.

Yun Kai felt suffocated by confusion and vagueness, wanting to open her eyes wide to see clearly, but her eyelids drooped heavily.

As if asleep yet not asleep, lost in a fog.

Time passed, and when Yun Kai opened her eyes again, she was alone in the room.

But she clearly saw a man in her half-sleep state.

Wait a minute—

Why was she in a hotel?

She clearly remembered dying in the hospital after being drained of her last bit of use, filled with unwillingness and rage.

Shocked and bewildered filled Yun Kai's eyes.

Suddenly realizing something, she immediately grabbed the cell phone on the bedside table.

It was her old phone, discarded four years ago, and when she saw her face in the camera, unmarked by any scars, her heart surged with ecstasy, followed by inexpressible panic and unease.

Everything felt too unreal, like a fleeting reflection on water or a moon glimpsed in a mirror; she pinched her arm hard.

The clear pain assured her that she had indeed been reborn, back to the day she married Huo Tingzhou!!

This marriage was very unconventional.

Because the groom, Huo Tingzhou, had met with an accident and died a month before.

She didn't know why the Huo Family matriarch insisted on finding a wife for the deceased Huo Tingzhou, only that she was chosen for her compatible birth date and time.

In her previous life, she had vehemently opposed it.

Because she had feelings for Xu Jianan, whom she had grown up with, she had not signed the marriage agreement that day but chose to break off the marriage instead.

When calling off the marriage, she was unaware that Xu Jianan had caused a scene at the Huo Family home before her, not only berating Huo Tingzhou for being ruthless and declaring his early death as divine retribution but also cursing Huo Tingzhou to be short-lived in his next life.

The Huo Family, a mysterious and ancient clan, a powerful and renowned family in Asia and the world, would not tolerate such insolence.

After Xu Jianan had made his scene and walked away, she and her mother faced the brunt of the backlash, with their company nearly going bankrupt and only narrowly avoiding disaster after much struggling.

But her mother had fallen ill from overwork and never recovered.

At this thought, Yun Kai felt as if her heart had been stabbed with a sharp knife.

She immediately grabbed her bag and bolted out—

In this life, she absolutely could not let Xu Jianan harm her and take advantage of her under the guise of her well-being!!

Yun Kai rushed to the Huo Mansion as fast as she could.

Under the lush and towering arhat pine trees of the Huo Mansion, she stepped out of the car and saw Xu Jianan, angrily yelling at the Huo Family matriarch.

"Your grandson is already dead. If you want to arrange a marriage, you should find a dead person to be related to. Yun Kai will not marry your grandson; you Huo Family should not abuse your power to bully others too much!"

The Huo Family matriarch, with her hair graying at the temples, had dark and cold eyes seasoned with hardship, the veins at her temples throbbing slightly as she twirled her Buddha beads, clearly restraining her anger!

Yun Kai's hands by her side clenched into fists, her fingertips digging into her palms, suppressing the boiling blood throughout her body.

Taking a deep breath, she stepped forward and raised her voice, "Whether I want to marry or am willing to marry has nothing to do with you. What right do you, Xu Jianan, have to make decisions for me!"