Jang yuan

Suddenly, a loud ringtone Disturbed Chen Lan's mind out of his reverie.

He glanced at the caller ID which read: Mom!

"Is this Lan? Are you almost at Chu Shou City? Auntie Wang should be waiting for you at the bus station. I told her to find a place for you in Chu Shou City and help me take care of you while you stay there. Do not blame me

and sending you away. You know how bad your grades are right now. If you do not work hard, you may not even make it into a good university. So, I had to pull some strings to send you to the best school in the city. You have to listen to Auntie Wang while you are there, you hear me? She was one of my business partners while I worked in Chu Shou City. There are Really nice people!"

Hearing his mother's voice for the first time after two hundreds of years sent a warm feeling through Chen Lan's body; tears welled at the corner of his eye.

"Mom,I promise to study hard," despite the tears, he replied with a bright smile.

This was the first time he had heard his mother's voice ever since she passed away two hundred years ago.

Mother had always been a distant to Chen Lan since they don't usually have time to meet each other.

His mother, Tang Xiaoyun, was the definition of strong woman. After having been held up as the object of mockery by her own family, she had sworn to herself to work hard

It was not until she died in a car accident did Chen Lan finally realize how much his mother meant to him.

Lan remembered that his father's hairs turned gray overnight after her accident. It was as if the tragedy had sucked his father's soul out of him, rendering him into an empty husk.

"Ah! I almost forgot to tell you. The Wang family has a daughter, and her name is Jang yuan. Unlike you, she is a straight-A student. Your Auntie is very focused on setting you two up, but I had to warn you have to study hard" Tang Xiaoyun said.

Chen Lan laughed in his mind.

Chen Lan paused a second and then said, "Mom, don't worry, I will study hard. Just Promise me that you will pay more attention to your health and safety while you are over there, especially when you are driving. I heard that sister get to get her driver's license soon? When she does, you better let her drive. I do not trust your driving skills at all, Mom. Sooner or later you will have an accident!"

"Okay, okay, since you have learn to preach to your mother? Anyways, I have to be going. I have already send some money to your bank account try not to waste it!" Tang Xiaoyun hung up the phone.

Chen Lan knew that although his mother was talented businesswoman, she still has some flaws. Without the help of his sister Yu, her company would have a lot of problems.

The thought of his sister Yu brought another pain to his heart.

Aside from Xiao Quo, his sister and his mother were the two other greatest regrets of in his previous life.

"I owe her big time, and I don't even know how to make it up to her

As Chen Lan was still reflecting on his past life, the bus finally arrived at the destination.

Looking at the crowd of people passing by him at the bus terminal, it finally got to him. He was back; he was seventeen years old, younger, and better than he ever had been.

"Another life, another story." Chen Lan cracked a smile, and then he followed the crowd.

Meanwhile, outside of the Zhu Shou City bus terminal, something had caught the

everyone's attention: an red Audi-A6.

This car's worth was seven hundred thousand yuan in 2010. It was no doubt a rare sight of luxury in the street of Zhu Shou City. However, the car was not what the public was staring at; it was the two ladies standing right in front of it.

The older one looked like she was in her thirties; she had a beautiful face and was wearing a black dress tailored to her curves, a formal white shirt, and a pair of high heels. No doubt she was an elite-class woman with a white-collar iob.

The younger one was no older than 16; she was tall and was as beautiful as the older woman if not more.

They were Auntie Wang and her daughter, Jang yuan. Jang yuan scanned the exit of the bus terminal with a frown.

"Mom, why is he not here, why not call him?" Jang yuan asked impatiently.

"We have only been here for ten minutes." Auntie Wang answered back.

Chen Lan's mother is her best friend in Zhu Shou City, and she could not let her down and naturally, she had to do her best to look after the child.

"Chen Lan is a very good child. Be nice to him! You two are going to be schoolmates, so I hope you both will get along. This is the first time he's leaving his county, so he is not familiar with life in the city. You need to take care of him." Auntie Wang said.

"I know... I know, Mom! This is the thirteenth time you are saying that!" Jang yuan complained.

Because of the country bumpkin she thought she had stand outside of this stupid bus station under the heat sun. She could have been spending time with her friends at the Starbucks with a cup of spice latte in her hand right now; but no, she had to be here.

What's worse; she had noticed the way her mother had mentioned his name to her: she was trying to set her up with that boy. "Well, over my dead body!" Jang yuan thought to herself.

Suddenly, she heard a voice calling out to her mother.

"Sorry for keeping you waiting,

greeted her mother with a gentle smile.

"Is this Chen Lan?" Jang yuan quietly scanned the boy from head to toe while standing beside her mother.

He was of average height, 5'7" if not less, the same height as she was in her flats.

His look was pedestrian at best, and his taste in fashion was very questionable.

She shook her head slightly. "He is overrated, not as cool as Li luchen."

Li luchen was her classmate,

student council and the son of the deputy mayor of Zhu Shou City.

Li luchen got both the looks and a good family. He was one of the people chasing after her, one that Jiang Churan actually liked. They are already regarded as a couple on campus.

Auntie Wang smiled at Chen Lan. She was very pleased with Chen Fan's attitude.

"Xiao Lan, this is my daughter Jang yuan."

"She will start her last year of high school next semester and

three months younger than you. You can call her yan-yan, make sure that you look after her at school,okay?"

Chen Lan nodded and smiled. "Don't worry, Auntie Wang, I will treat her like my own sister."

Afterward, he turned around to look at the girl who he had liked, hated, and eventually forgotten about in his past life.

Her name was Jang yuan.

She was not only Auntie Wang's daughter, but also his high school classmate and the first girl that he had actually liked.it was the year was 2010, before the real-estate boom and her mother's sudden rise to power. Therefore, in the eyes of the mother- daughter pair, he was just a country bumpkin.

"That was the first time I left the backwater county to a prosperous city. I was young and naive. How could I not fall for a beauty such as Jang yuan?"

The flashback made Chen Lan lighthearted. How naive he had been!

He should have known better. There was no way that Jang yuan, the princess who not would have had any feelings for him. Chen Lan shook his head.

"I remembered that she eventually fell in love with the most popular boy at that time, Li luchen, the son of the deputy mayor of Zhu Shou City. Later, the two of them went to Song Kai University together and started officially dating each other. I was quite devastated by that."

Chen Lan was no longer the naive boy he had been two hundred years ago.

Chen Lan took the initiative and reached out a hand. "Hello, my name is Chen Lan, from Si Shi County. In the future we will be classmates. Let me know if you need any help!"

Although Jang yuan had hurt him once, he had made a promise to Auntie Wang that he would protect her.

Jang yuan had to admit that although the boy was not handsome, The features on his face could even be pleasing to her eyes, depending on the angle she looked at them.too poor; we could be friends at best." Jang yuan spoke in her mind as she shook Chen Lan's hand.

"Very well; I will take you up on that." Jang yuan said, and then her lips thinned into a smile.

Her father is a government official, and her mother ran a million-yuan company. She had never thought that she would ever need any help from Chen Lan.

Auntie Wang put in, "Get into the car, we will go to your place first and drop off the luggage first. Then we will go to my house for lunch.

"Okay." Chen Lan nodded with a smile.

After getting into the vehicle, they headed toward Chen Lan's house in the Community.

This was a mid-range residential property in the Zhu Shou City. The scenery was beautiful as it was surrounded by trees and was right next to Yangui Lake. It was also not far from the Ivory High School where Chen Lan would be studying. Chen Lan was led to a large furnished one bedroom suite. It came with air conditioning, bathtub TV hot water, sofa etc.

Auntie Wang had spent a lot of time preparing for his stay in the city.

"Thank you, Auntie Wang, for all of this, Chen Lan said sincerely. Auntie Tang was one of the few people who had been genuinely nice to him.

She was a business partner of his mother, Tang Xiaoyun. She ran an architectural design company and was considered a successful woman.

Worried about her son's low grades, Chen Lan's mother sent him to the best private high school in the City of Chu Zhou: the Ivory High School

Looking back on his past life, Auntie Wang had always been there looking out for him.

"You are too polite. Your mother has entrusted you to me so that I will take good care of you. Plus, I had always wanted a son, Auntie Wang " said with a smile.

"Thank you." Chen Lan nodded, and he was ready to repay Auntie Wang's loving care in his life

After a while, they drove out of the Lakeside Community, and towards the Wang family residence.

Jang yuan and Chen Lan were sitting side by side in the back seat. They were silent through out the ride.

However, Chen Lan was not interested in her,His mind was occupied by his cultivation.