NOVEL NEXT Chapter 592: Reaching the Peak 1 (6,000-word chapter)
Qingyun City, inside the Tan Family Mansion, in a lavishly decorated room, Tan Shuangshuang lay on the bed, her gaze scattered, looking at the dark blue gauze bed canopy fluttering above her, a little dazed. Wasn't this her residence from her youth?
Tan Shuangshuang clearly remembered that she had died, having fallen during the encirclement of the Demon Clan, while her fiancé, whom she once loved deeply, stood indifferently beside another woman, watching her die in agony.
Tan Shuangshuang always thought she was deeply in love with her fiancé, Liang Ziqian. She believed if she were to see Liang Ziqian's indifferent expression at her death, it would break her heart, especially since she loved him enough to tolerate another woman.
But in reality, when she lay on the ground near death, and he truly showed such an indifferent expression, Tan Shuangshuang strangely did not feel sorrow. It was merely bizarre and absurd to her.
Even though she was close to death, Tan Shuangshuang seemed unable to feel its approach. She looked at Liang Ziqian with a novel perspective and suddenly realized that no matter how she looked at him, he was not her type at all.
In fact, Tan Shuangshuang did not even think she was meant to like someone. Reflecting on the crazy things she did for Liang Ziqian, she felt that it was like someone else did them, unrelated to herself.
Apparently, Tan Shuangshuang's gaze was so strange that even Liang Ziqian couldn't help but show doubt. Hua Qingcheng, protected behind him, couldn't help but turn sideways to block Shuangshuang's gaze and gave her a fierce warning look, which elicited a light laugh from Liang Ziqian.
Tan Shuangshuang felt like laughing. Although her body was cold from excessive blood loss, her heart was not afraid at all; she only felt that her life was utterly ridiculous.
She was a favored daughter of heaven, yet she ended up in such a pitiful state and even gambled her life over so-called love, only to realize, when facing death, that the man she loved madly was nothing special in her heart; perhaps she didn't even truly like him!
Isn't this truly ridiculous? She lived her entire life without understanding her own heart! In the end, she lost her life chasing a man she didn't even know if she truly liked, how laughable!
Tan Shuangshuang actually laughed out loud, coughing up blood as she laughed, looking utterly miserable. Liang Ziqian and Hua Qingcheng were both bewildered by her sudden laughter.
Yet Tan Shuangshuang continued laughing, mocking her absurd and ridiculous life, until her body grew colder and her mind more muddled, finally sinking into complete darkness, with a sardonic smile still on her lips.
At this moment, looking at the light gauze bed canopy above, blown by the wind outside the window, Tan Shuangshuang was certain this wasn't a dream but her life's true experience. She had died, but upon opening her eyes, she lived again, returning to when she was just twelve years old.
At this time, Tan Shuangshuang had not met her fiancé Liang Ziqian, had not fallen in love with Liang Ziqian, had not acted foolishly for Liang Ziqian, nor insisted on joining the battle against the Demon Clan to gain his approval, losing her life in vain.
In Qingyun City, the Tan Family was the premier family, able to call the shots. Even the City Lord of Qingyun City had to show them respect. Tan Shuangshuang was the direct granddaughter of the current Family Head, Tan Wencheng.
Tan Shuangshuang's father, Tan Qianying, was exceptionally talented, having been accepted as a Direct Disciple by the Great Elder of the Wuji Sect at the age of fifteen. Later, Tan Qianying fell in love with his senior sister, Qu Linglong, Tan Shuangshuang's mother, and the two married, giving birth to their daughter Tan Shuangshuang.
However, Tan Qianying and Qu Linglong were unfortunate. During a joint exploration of a Secret Realm, they mysteriously disappeared when Tan Shuangshuang was just three years old. Without her parents' protection in the Wuji Sect, life was naturally difficult, and the Great Elder, being busy, had no time to care for the child left by his beloved disciples, so Tan Shuangshuang had to be sent back to the Tan Family.
Her father, Tan Qianying, was the most beloved and proud son of her grandfather, Tan Wencheng. With both his son and daughter-in-law missing, in his grief, Tan Wencheng poured all his affection into Tan Shuangshuang, who had inherited all the advantages of her parents' appearance.
Besides her grandfather's love, her uncle Tan Qianzheng, the next Family Head, also doted extensively on his little niece Tan Shuangshuang, even more so than his own son, Tan Feiyu.