Regression (2)

"Unbelievable! How is this kind of thing even possible?" Kinsley muttered, dazedly staring at his image reflected in the mirror.

It was still his face, but a much younger version of himself instead.

He was a peerlessly handsome young man radiating with an incomparably youthful glow. If not for his tacky and worn-out clothes as well as his hollowed cheeks and thin figure then he would've looked more handsome.

Kinsley felt as if he was dreaming at this moment. He couldn't believe what happened to him.

'If it's truly 2017 right now, then… does that mean that I'm 17 years old right now?' he was dumbfounded at this thought.

Initially, he didn't think much of what his mother had said to him back then. He only thought that she was implying to send him back to his body filled with injuries and didn't expect that he would end up in this kind of situation even in the least bit.

Thus, it could be said that his shock and surprise weren't out of the ordinary.

For a while, Kinsley stared at his image in the mirror in a daze for a long time and only recovered from his stupor when he felt a finger lightly tapping his shoulders.

Then, a soft voice sounded beside his ears, "Excuse me? Are you done using the mirror?"

Kinsley flinched and looked beside him while leaning his body back at the same time.

Unknowingly, there was already a young man with unusually thick makeup applied on his face standing next to him. His face was also extremely close to Kinsley's.

His eyes violently constricted. He could even feel the hairs on his body standing sharply on their ends. If not for him calming down in the last second, then he feared that he might have already slapped the man in front of him to death.

He took a deep breath and shifted his body a bit before asking, "W-What?"

The man scoffed as if he found his words funny and said, "I said, are you done using the mirror because you're occupying quite a large portion of the mirror right now… so can you now move aside and let me have my fill as well?"

Kinsley's brows scrunched a bit when he heard the man's words. He was displeased by the young man's scornful and disrespectful attitude towards him. At the very least, he was still ten years older than him in his heart.

Knowing this, his attitude toward the man turned slightly cold. He nodded at him and replied, "I see… I'm sorry for that. I was just too stunned at my natural handsomeness and didn't realize the passage of time. Please go on."

After saying that, Kinsley ignored the man's speechless gaze directed at him and calmly left the restroom.

Kinsley had a thoughtful look on his face as he stood outside the restroom. He looked around the place in confusion. At this moment, he still had no idea why he was in this place in the first place.

He was just about to walk towards the exit of the building when he heard a commotion happening not far from him. He raised his brows and curiously glanced at the direction where the disturbance was happening.

In the distance, he saw a tall and charismatic young man. There were several people in their black business suits surrounding him as they enthusiastically talked and walked with him.

Kinsley had no idea what they were talking about as he was quite far from them and made him unable to hear their voices. Although this was the case, there were still a lot of people inside the lobby gossiping about the young man and the middle-aged men surrounding him.

"Look, they're at it again," indifferently said a bespectacled woman with slightly short black hair.

"Yeah, I can see that too and I'm a bit curious how long those people would last today before Mr. Leo asked them to get kicked out…" replied the tall man beside the short-haired woman.

"Say… aren't you curious about that?" the woman with a long blond wavy hair beside the two softly interjected.

The two simultaneously looked at the blonde woman and asked.

"About what?"

"What do you mean?"

"Don't tell me you guys don't know the rumors about why Mr. Leo still hadn't blacklisted those people in the building despite their pestering?" the blonde woman looked at the two as if she saw them living under the rock.

When the blonde woman saw the two shake their heads like chicks, she shook her head and sighed.

"Fine… I'll let you both in the details," she then took a deep breath and continued in a low whisper.

"I heard that the reason why Mr. Leo still hadn't chased those people out was that he was waiting for the right time to debut! Moreover, he was going to choose the best company among those people!"

When the bespectacled woman and the man heard that, their eyes immediately went wide in shock. They stared at the woman in disbelief. Then, the two reacted differently.

"What?! Are you sure that rumor's legit?!"

"Oh my god! This is big news! Why did I only get to know this now?!"

On the other hand, Kinsley continued to silently listen to their conversation.

As he listened to them talking, he slowly gained a clearer understanding of the situation between the young man and the middle-aged men walking beside him.

It turned out that the handsome young man was the son of the CEO of this company and due to his outstanding temperament and appearance, he managed to garner a lot of attention online and even gained hundreds of thousands of fans.

As a result, he also attracted the sharp eyes of the various entertainment agencies around the country and gained their persistent pestering almost every single day to join their agencies and debut. Though, it was unknown whether they wanted him to debut as an actor, singer, dancer, or what.

Nonetheless, this still explained the reason why Kinsley saw that scene earlier.

Kinsley listened a bit more to the group's conversation and found that this building was owned by Leo's father. This was a shocking piece of information but since it didn't concern him that much, he only raised his brows at this and walked away.