Pira-pirasong Memorya

Nang maresulba ang lumang problema, bigla namang umangat ang panibagong problema...

Ye Wanwan sunk into contemplation.

Nagmuni-muni si Ye Wan Wan.

Many things had long since escaped her grasp and swerved from its path in her previous life.

Maraming mga pagkakataon na ang hindi na niya kontrolado at lumihis na ang landas mula sa buhay niya noon.

Her previous self hadn't discovered her true identity even until death, and she had no idea her memory was forcefully implanted.

Hindi pa rin niya kilala ang sarili niya noong namatay siya sa una niyang buhay, at wala siyang ideya na pwersado na inilagay ang memorya na ito sa kanyang utak.

In her previous life, Si Yehan never disappeared and remained in the Si family the whole time. Second Uncle Ye Shao'an also didn't die.

Sa buhay niya noon, hindi nawala si Si Ye Han at nanatili siya sa Si family noon. Hindi rin namatay si Second Uncle Ye Shao An noon.

However, in this life, the more she changed, the more things became drastically different from her previous life. This butterfly effect wasn't too weird though.

Gayunpaman, sa buhay niya ngayon, sa tuwing nagbabago siya, maraming mga bagay rin ang nagbago kumpara buhay niya noon. Hindi kakaiba ang butterfly effect na ito.

This included how Ye Wanwan discovered the secret of her background, Si Yehan mysteriously disappeared, and Second Uncle's abrupt death…

Kasama na din dito kung paano nadiskubre ni Ye Wan Wan ang sikreto ng tunay niyang pagkatao, ang misteryosong pagkawala ni Si Ye Han, at ang biglaang pagkamatay ni Second Uncle...

Soon, Ye Wanwan gathered her thoughts with a light frown.

Kaya inipon na lamang ni Ye Wan Wan ang lahat ng kanyang agam-agam habang nakasimangot siya.

There had to be something fishy about Ye Shao'an's death. Based on her experience in her previous life, Ye Wanwan remembered Ye Shao'an as being very healthy in her entire previous life, but this time, Ye Shao'an died on his own bed…

Parang may kakaiba sa pagkamatay ni Ye Shao An. Ayon sa buhay niya noon, natandaan ni Ye Wan Wan na malusog si Ye Shao An, ngunit sa pagkakataong ito, namatay si Ye Shao An sa sarili niyang higaan...

Soon, Ye Wanwan drove toward the Ye residence in haste.

Agad na nagmaneho si Ye Wan Wan sa Ye residence.

Perhaps it was because too many things happened in succession and she didn't sleep enough that her head started to pound faintly.

Biglang tumibok ng masakit ang kanyang ulo at hindi siya nakatulog ng maayos. Siguro dahil may mga bagay ay bigla na lamang nangyari sa kanya.

When she reached a corner, her head felt like it was cracking open from how much it hurt, as though someone forcefully broke her skull with a hammer.

Nang makarating siya sa isang gilid, naramdaman niya ang utak niya na parang bubuka dahil sa sobrang sakit na nararamdaman niya. Parang may isang tao na pwersadong pinupukpok ang kanyang bungo gamit ang martilyo.

It was like a giant hole was torn open, and something ferociously rushed outside…

Parang may isang malaking butas na winarak para bumuka at may isang halimaw na lumabas mula dito...

In the blink of an eye, pieces after pieces of fragmented and incomplete memories appeared out of thin air and poured into the depths of Ye Wanwan's mind.

Sa isang saglit, biglang lumabas ang mga pira-piraso ng ala-ala ni Ye Wan Wan sa kanyang isip.

In this piece of incomplete memory…

Sa isang hindi kumpletong piraso ng ala-ala niya na ito...

A little girl surfaced in Ye Wanwan's mind. The little girl was standing next to a lake with an extremely strict and imposing elderly man standing near her.

May isang batang babae ang biglang lumabas sa isip ni Ye Wan Wan. Ang batang babae ay nakatayo sa tabi ng sapa at may katabi ito na isang striktong matandang lalaki.

"Grandpa… Grandpa… I want to see Daddy and Mommy… When will Daddy and Mommy come and pick me up?" the little girl asked timidly.

"Lolo… lolo… gusto kong makita si Papa at Mama… kailan dadating si Mama at Papa para sunduin ako?" Tanong ng batang babae.

"They won't come," the elderly man replied with a frown as he looked at her.

"Hindi na sila darating," nakasimangot na sinabi ng matandang lalaki.

"Why?" The little girl looked wronged.

"Bakit?" Nalungkot ang batang lalaki.

"Because they're already dead."

"Dahil patay na sila."

"Liar… Grandpa's a liar! Daddy and Mommy didn't die!"

"Sinungaling… sinungaling si Lolo! Hindi pa patay si Papa at Mama!"

"No crying! Crying is the most useless thing! It's an action of the weak!" the elderly man harshly reprimanded her.

"Huwag kang umiyak! Walang kwenta ang pag-iiyak! Para sa mga mahihina lang 'yon!" Galit siyang sinabihan ng matanda.

"I don't want… I hate Grandpa… I want Daddy… I want Mommy…" The little girl looked pitiful with heartbreak and anguish on her face, tears the size of beans rolling down her face.

"Ayoko… ayoko si Lolo… gusto ko si Papa… gusto ko si Mama…" nakakaawa ang itsura ng batang babae at makikita ang lungkot at poot sa kanyang mukha. Malalaking patak ng mga luha ang tumutulo sa kanyang mga mata.

The elderly man's expression softened, and he picked up the girl in his arms. "From today onwards, no one can indulge or protect you. You can only rely on yourself and must learn to grow stronger! Do you understand?"

Lumambot ang itsura ng matandang lalaki, at binuhat niya ang batang babae gamit ang kanyang mga kamay. "Simula ngayong araw, wala sino man ang mag-po-protekta sayo. Sarili mo lamang ang pagkakatiwalaan mo at kailangan mong matuto na magpalakas! Naiintindihan mo ba?"

"I understand…"

"Naiintindihan ko…"

In the end, the little girl headed somewhere in a daze while holding the elderly man's hand.

Sa huli, umalis ang batang babae habang hawak niya ang kamay ng matandang lalaki.

Ye Wanwan felt like her head was splitting.

Parang mapupunit ang utak ni Ye Wan Wan sa sobrang sakit.

Although this piece of memory appeared out of nowhere, Ye Wanwan was sure the little girl was her young self…

Sigurado si Ye Wan Wan na ang batang babae na ito ay siya kahit na bigla na lamang lumabas ang memoryang ito...

And that extremely strict elderly man was her grandfather…

At ang striktong matandang lalaki ay ang lolo niya...

The backdrop and architecture in her memory looked Chinese. Judging by the symbolic carved building in the middle of the lake, it must be a little town in City S.

Ang backdrop at architecture sa kanyang memorya ay mukhang Chinese. Mapapansin sa nililok na simbolo sa building sa gitna nang sapa na ito ay ang munting bayan ng City S.

In other words, based on this fragmented piece of memory, she and Grandpa were both Chinese.

Sa madaling salita, ayon sa kanyang kapirasong memorya na ito, siya at ang lolo niya ay Chinese.

She also learned from Grandpa's words that her real parents were dead already…

Natuklasan niya rin na patay na ang tunay niyang mga magulang...

Ye Wanwan never expected to have such an imposing grandfather or that her parents both died a long time ago…

Hindi inasahan ni Ye Wan Wan na strikto ang kanyang lolo at matagal na palang patay ang mga magulang niya...

She didn't know how her parents died. Although this piece of memory was very crisp, it was also very short, so she could only obtain a limited amount of information from it.

Hindi niya alam kung paano namatay ang kanyang mga magulang. Kahit na magandang memorya ito, ang memorya na ito ay saglit lamang, kaya kakaunting impormasyon lamang ang makukuha niya dito.