Chapter 1

2014.

In the metropolis, the night was deep. Many people had fallen asleep peacefully, immersed in sweet dreams, while many people were living a life of drunkenness and dreams, releasing the primitive desires of human nature.

Ji Anning was desperately running downstairs.

Compared with the thick carpet in the corridor and the gorgeous and shining giant crystal chandelier in the lobby, the decoration of the stairwell was much simpler. After all, under normal circumstances, except for escaping from a fire, very few people would take the stairs.

The lights in the stairwell were pale, but Ji Annings cheeks were flushed because of the intense running.

But Ji Anning couldnt take the elevator. The other partys people were guarding the elevator entrance below. If she took the elevator, she would be trapped.

The high heels were not strong enough, and she suddenly twisted her ankle. Ji Anning endured the pain in her ankle, threw off her shoes, and ran down barefoot. She ran down two more floors, but suddenly heard a mess of footsteps coming up from below.

Ji An Ning was startled and subconsciously stopped.

"Hurry, she must be up there! The exits are blocked! She cant get away!" A mans voice echoed in the stairwell, with an echo.

Ji An Ning immediately turned around and ran up!

She was barefoot and there was no sound when she ran, but the mans voice soon rang again: "These are her shoes! Shes up there!"

Ji An Ning was desperate. She knew that running up would lead to no survival. But she had no way to go, and there was only one direction to escape.

She finally ran to the top floor and pushed open a door. Outside was the dark night sky - she ran to the rooftop of this building.

The city landscape lights, which can be called light pollution, illuminated the rooftop in the night. It was bare and messy, with only some small house-like square protrusions, which might be elevator rooms or refrigerators.

In addition, there were only some scaffolding for repairs.

There was no one.

As soon as Ji An Ning ran onto the rooftop, her soles were cut. She didnt see what it was, so she endured the pain and ran forward, hiding in the shadow behind a square protrusion.

Please God, dont let those people find her!

But unfortunately, God must not have heard her begging. Those people came up only a few minutes later than her. They knew she was here, but did not search immediately.

They blocked the only exit and waited for the real owner to appear.

The man arrived soon - of course he took the elevator to the top floor and then came up.

"Ji An Ning, dont hide, come out! I see you." He shouted with a smile.

Ji An Ning knew he was deceiving her, and he couldnt see her at all from his position. She held her breath and shrank her body slightly. Her feet touched something cold.

Looking down, there was a steel chisel as long as an arm on the ground.

Ji An Ning picked up the steel chisel quietly and held it tightly in her hand.

When she didnt show up, the familiar voice gave an order, and his people scattered to search for her. There was no way to avoid here, no way to hide, they would find her in less than ten minutes.

And the man was still shouting, calm and composed: "Think about it, who are you keeping your body for? Wen Yu? Tsk tsk, didnt he say that no one is allowed to touch you? Where is he now?"

Wen Yu, Wen Yu again!

Wen Yu, who had been pestering her, suddenly disappeared from school a few months ago.

Ji An Ning originally thought that this had nothing to do with her, and she and Wen Yu had no relationship at all, not like what the rumors said.

But now she knows that she is too naive. As soon as Wen Yu disappeared, someone couldnt wait to attack her.

"I tell you, I dont care about your relationship with Wen Yu. If you behave yourself, I will let you be my girlfriend. Come out quickly, dont be so stubborn." He said, "You can sleep with Wen Yu, why cant you sleep with me?"

Fuck you! You just slept with him!

Ji An Ning gritted her teeth.

When she walked over, the girls would whisper in low voices, then exclaim in surprise, and then look at her with contempt and disdain.

The boys eyes would intentionally or unintentionally sweep over her body, focusing on her chest, waist and hips. They would also say something in low voices, sometimes laughing, and glancing at her while laughing.

If you dont experience it yourself, you dont know how hurtful rumors are.

The classmates in school only treat it as gossip, and talk about it at after-dinner chats before going to bed. I dont know how much harm it will cause to the person involved!

Some people even take it seriously and regard it as a reason to be unscrupulous with her, such as the person in front of me.

The man was getting closer and closer. Ji An Ning heard him say, "Why are you so depressed? Why are you so hypocritical? Who doesnt know you? Poor beauty, three thousand yuan a night. Can I give you six thousand? Ten thousand is also fine. Come out."

The voice was so close that Ji An Ning held her breath and held the steel drill tightly.

When he finished speaking, Ji An Ning saw the tip of his shoe, and then his face appeared. He took a step forward and naturally looked over here, and saw Ji An Ning right in front of him.

"Here..." His eyes burst into joy, and he opened his mouth to call for help.

Ill give you 100 million!

Ji An Ning certainly didnt have 100 million. She only had a steel drill, and she swung it with all her strength!

Before the young man could say the word "here", he was hit in the face by a steel drill, right in the bridge of his nose! Blood burst out on the spot! It even splashed on Ji An Nings face!

The young man screamed and fell backwards.

Ji An Ning jumped over him and tried to rush to the stairs. But his men rushed up upon hearing the noise.

Ji An Ning swung a steel chisel, and the bodyguard blocked it with his arm. He held it with his backhand despite the pain, and snatched the blade with his bare hands. Another man pinned her to the ground.

Ji An Ning struggled and touched half of the scissors, and slapped the head of the bodyguard who was holding her. The other party groaned and let go.

Ji An Ning took the opportunity to break free.

But Ji An Ning had no way to escape. In the end, she jumped onto the edge of the building.

"Dont come over! Dont come over!" She shouted at the top of her lungs.

But she was timid on the outside. She only had half of the scissors in her hand, and there was a height of more than 30 floors behind her. She had no way to go at all, and could only hope that the other party would suddenly find his conscience and let her go.

That was naturally impossible.

The young man was supported by someone, and walked over with blood on his face, his eyes full of murderous light.

His nose was still in pain, and he suspected that his nose bone might be broken. He also lost two teeth. It was wishful thinking to expect him to still remember his conscience at this time.

"Station number (bitch)!" He cursed and ordered viciously, "Bring the fork to Oh Ya Sha Lai (pull her down for me)!"

The men approached, Ji An Ning retreated, stepped into the air, and fell into the darkness.

People say that falling to death is the worst way to die. The time of falling from the building is extremely long for the person who falls, and the whole process is full of fear.

Ji An Ning didnt know what other people were like, but she really experienced this long time. She didnt want to die at all. Life was so hard, and she lived so hard, how could she want to die.

If she died, what would happen to her grandmother?

Ji An Ning didnt understand, how could a person be so bad? She thought Wen Yu was bad enough, but others were much worse than him!

They were obviously still students, classmates in the same school, how could they be so bad?

With fear, reluctance and anger, Ji An Ning fell to her death.

Her soul left her body, and she watched those who killed her leave in a hurry.

The police came, collected her body and began to investigate. She thought that those who killed her would be brought to justice, but in the end, they were not.

Some "eyewitnesses" who appeared out of nowhere testified that she had a dispute with a customer over money that night, and were criticized, implying that she jumped off the building because she was upset.

In the end, it was determined that she committed suicide.

When the news spread to the school, there was another round of rumors.

"Its really indecent, a girl went to work in that kind of place, I heard its a pornographic entertainment place!"

"I heard that she had a dispute with a male customer over money?"

"What? Do you know the inside story?"

"I heard... it was the money for prostitution."

"Dont you know? Three thousand yuan a night, this price started from Wen Yu..."

The person who said it was serious, as if he had seen it with his own eyes. The people who heard it were surprised and happy, and kept asking questions. Basins of dirty water were poured on her.

The word spirit has power. As long as someone mentions her name, Ji An Ning will be summoned to that place. When she just died, the school was in an uproar and people were talking about her everywhere. She was so miserable that she was dragged here and there.

Grandma also summoned her. She murmured: "Ning Ning, Ning Ning, why dont you come back?"

She was locked in the house, ate all the food in the house, and was so hungry that she knocked on the door: "Ning Ning, grandma is hungry..."

Ji An Ning was at a loss and extremely anxious. Fortunately, the neighbors heard the grandmothers cry for help and called the police. The police broke into the house and saved the grandmother from starving to death at home.

The police found that she was an old man with dementia and were very troubled. At this time, a young man appeared and took Ji An Nings grandmother away.

He was Wen Yu, the rich boy who slept with Ji An Ning in the rumor.

Wen Yu placed Ji An Nings grandmother in a nursing home that specializes in caring for elderly people with dementia, and then left under Ji An Nings watch.

Grandma often recited her name, so she was able to often wander around her grandmother and accompany her. It was like this for an unknown amount of time, until one day, she was suddenly summoned by someone else.

Her body was there in an instant.

A place that was extremely familiar and would never be forgotten in the next life - the place where she died.

In the dark night, the man who killed her was pinned to the ground with his arms tied behind his back. Wen Yus eyes were red, holding a steel drill - I dont know if it was the same one from the beginning, and he beat the man viciously.

Ji An Ning didnt know what grudge Wen Yu had with that man, but she felt happy when she heard the man screaming like a pig being slaughtered.

Wen Yu broke the mans legs and fractured his ribs. In the end, he bent the steel drill.

With a "clang", he threw the steel drill on the ground and wiped his nose. The blood splashed on his hands smeared his face.

In the dark night, the neon lights made him look like an evil spirit.

He waved his hand, and his men let go of the man. He bent down, grabbed the mans collar, and dragged him to the edge of the building.

He chose the exact location where Ji An Ning fell.

He pulled the man up, and the man screamed hoarsely: "Wen Yu! Let me go! Let me go! Please!"

"She begged you, too, right?" Wen Yu said, "Did you let her go?"

The mans voice changed: "This is murder! This is murder!"

Wen Yu smiled contemptuously: "Shouldnt blood debt be paid with blood?"

"Are you scared? When you forced her here, did you ever think about how scared she was?" he asked.

His tone was light, and his voice was as cold as an ice knife.

"It wasnt me! She fell down by herself!" The man struggled to excuse himself.

Wen Yu was silent for a while, and smiled coldly in the night.

"You too," he said.

His arm muscles suddenly tensed up, gathering strength, and he lifted the man up, exploded, and threw him out...

Ji An Ning covered his eyes,Didnt dare to look.

After a moment, she heard the muffled sound of heavy objects falling to the ground below, and someone screamed.

She opened her eyes, and the man disappeared, leaving only Wen Yu in front of her.

He stood in the night, and the night wind blew his hair. His eyes were darker and thicker than the night, as if there was a black hole in them.

Ji An Ning was attracted by these dark eyes and couldnt look away.

Why did he?

Who was he avenging for?

An answer was ready to come out in her heart.

"Leave here quickly." His people whispered to him. Downstairs, it was already chaotic.

Wen Yu stood there and stared for a moment, then turned around and followed them away.

They pushed open the door at the staircase and entered in a line, with Wen Yu walking at the end.

He stepped into the stairwell and suddenly turned around, holding the door.

Ji An Ning had been floating and following him, and suddenly seemed to be fixed in front of him.

She knew that Wen Yus eyes were cast towards the spacious, messy rooftop. But she was right in front of him, so at this moment, their eyes met.

He seemed to be looking at her.

The young and handsome mans thin lips moved slightly, and the sound was inaudible. But it made Ji An Nings eyes widen instantly.

"Ive avenged you," he said softly, "An Ning."

The voice was as light as a sigh.

He loosened his hand and sank into the stairwell. The door rebounded with a "bang".

Ji An Ning felt deafening, and there was a huge suction force sucking her into the invisible vortex of time.

Time flowed rapidly in the vortex, and the picture jumped frame by frame like a dream.

She saw him thrown into prison.

A young man visited the prison and laughed, "How much hatred does Zhao have against you? Why did you suddenly run to kill him? Fortunately, you suddenly went crazy and let us catch the handle, otherwise, you almost turned the tables. Is it worth it just for a girl?"

He looked at him indifferently.

She saw a middle-aged man staring at him in silence.

"Maybe, we are not destined to be together in this life." The middle-aged man sighed.

He sneered, his eyes full of sarcasm.

She saw him sleeping on the hard bed in the prison, murmuring in his dream: "An Ning, An Ning..."

Ji An Ning stared at him in a daze, stretched out his hand to touch him, but his arm passed through him.

Finally, the day of execution came.

He stood under the clear sky and looked up at the blue sky. His short life was about to end.

Ji An Ning "huggled" him.

"If there is an afterlife..." She burst into tears, "You and I..."

Can we not end up like this again?

The bullet whizzed past, piercing through her empty soul and his heart.

The vortex of time suddenly roared, like a tsunami, and the huge force tore all the images apart, including her.

Ji An Ning thought that her soul was going to be torn apart, and when she opened her eyes, she returned to her freshman year.

Everything had not yet begun.