Tang Xiaoxiao was shocked and immediately opened her eyes.

It was already bright outside the window.

In a daze, Tang Xiaoxiao was even unsure whether she was just having a dream or "seeing" her past self.

For the past six months, Tang Xiaoxiao had been deliberately avoiding people and events from her past memories. Only yesterday did she lose control of her thoughts and even played a familiar game, which led to a dream where scenes that might have depicted her past or future lives appeared...

Tang Xiaoxiao couldn't sit still any longer.

She had to go and see.

See for yourself whether Han Yunqi truly exists in this world.

I want to personally verify that I really did just go back to the past, and not to another parallel universe.

After last night's internal struggle, she realized she truly couldn't forget her husband of many years. She couldn't imagine what she would do if this were just a parallel world, and the person in her memory didn't exist at all...

After breakfast, she told her mother that she was going out to meet a college classmate. Her mother didn't think much of it and just told her to be careful on the way.

She also casually asked, "Male or female classmate?" When Tang Xiaoxiao said it was a female classmate, Tang's mother showed a slightly disappointed expression.

Tang Xiaoxiao really didn't know what to say. She was only twenty years old, and her mother was already in such a hurry to send her away!

She drove straight to the highway leading to D City. Her heart was pounding the whole way. She knew this road like the back of her hand. In her past life, Han Yunqi had driven back to her parents' home countless times with her and bags of gifts. Every time, she would comfortably lean back in the passenger seat, eat snacks, play on her phone, and take a nap when she got sleepy. When she woke up, she would be home.

This is the first time I've ever driven myself.

Tang Xiaoxiao drove very fast and arrived at Han Yunqi's building materials market three hours later.

City D is much more economically prosperous than City A. Han's father started from scratch, building up his capital and connections before opening this store specializing in various home improvement materials. His annual income is around one million yuan, which, while not considered affluent in the city, is still a considerable sum.

Mr. Han was a kind and honest man, without the cunning and shrewdness typical of businessmen. Instead, he believed in the idea that "suffering a loss is a blessing." Although he had not made a fortune over the years, he was very popular with people.

Unfortunately, good people don't live long. In her previous life, three years after Tang Xiaoxiao and Han Yunqi got married, Han's father was hit by an out-of-control truck while he was out on business and died on the spot.

Because of the pain of losing her husband, Han's mother, who had lost half her life's support, focused all her energy on her only son and became increasingly demanding of Tang Xiaoxiao.

Putting aside her complicated thoughts, Tang Xiaoxiao stepped into the door of "Han's Building Materials".

The familiar yet unfamiliar environment was what greeted her eyes. In her previous life, Tang Xiaoxiao had often helped out at the shop after she and Han Yunqi got together. Now, seeing all of this, although there were some changes in the details, it was still very similar to the various arrangements in her memory.

Han Yunqi had never been interested in the family business since childhood. When he first graduated, he could help out at the shop; the Han family owned a large truck, and Han Yunqi was responsible for delivering goods to customers. However, after getting married, he chose to apply for a job as a salesman. Although he did well and became a sales manager a year later, it ultimately went against his mother's wishes. Perhaps it's a common problem with mothers-in-law: if their son does something they don't like, it's definitely not the son's fault, but the daughter-in-law's. Han's mother thought this way, selectively ignoring the fact that her son had been rebellious since childhood and unwilling to manage the family business, and firmly believing that Tang Xiaoxiao must have instigated it.

After Han's father died unexpectedly, Han's mother was too grief-stricken to run the business, and Han Yunqi was not familiar with the family business, making it difficult to support the operation of the store. In the end, they had no choice but to transfer the store to someone else.

This was also the trigger for the increasingly strained relationship between Tang Xiaoxiao and Han's mother.

Now, revisiting this place, Tang Xiaoxiao looked at everything before her and felt an urge to cry.

"Young lady, what would you like to see?"

Suddenly, a warm greeting rang in her ears. Tang Xiaoxiao, who was lost in her thoughts, was startled and turned around to see her former mother-in-law, Han's mother Guo Mingli, standing not far away, smiling at her.

Han Yunqi is an only child, and his parents are both quite old. Guo Mingli is only in her early forties. She is slightly plump and has a friendly, smiling face.

Facing the face she once loathed and never wanted to see again, Tang Xiaoxiao was surprisingly calm and undisturbed.

"My house is being renovated, so I'm just taking a look around."

Tang Xiaoxiao wasn't lying; she planned to start construction on the old house once the weather warmed up, at which time there would definitely be a large demand for renovation materials.

Normally, she could have just bought it in City A; she wouldn't have needed to travel this far.

Hearing her say that, Guo Mingli didn't become overly enthusiastic, which would have made the customer uncomfortable. She simply stayed at a distance where Tang Xiaoxiao could see her.

Tang Xiaoxiao pretended to look around, wondering how to subtly steer the conversation toward "the boss's family members," when the familiar voice she had been waiting for finally rang out at the door: "Mom, I'm home."

Tang Xiaoxiao turned around abruptly and saw a tall, thin young man wearing a black tracksuit walking quickly in from outside. That face was all too familiar; it was none other than Han Yunqi.

Han Yunqi is a year older than Tang Xiaoxiao, and at this time he is only 21 years old. Because he studied at a three-year junior college, he graduated in the same year as Tang Xiaoxiao. He is still a greenhorn who has just entered society.

The two first met three years later in their previous life, and Tang Xiaoxiao had only seen Han Yunqi, who still had a strong sense of youth, in photos.

Now that the real person was standing not far away, Tang Xiaoxiao couldn't take her eyes off his face. Before she knew it, she had been staring at him for a long time, so long that the other person had noticed her gaze and turned to look at her.

Their eyes met.

Tang Xiaoxiao was stunned for two seconds before she came to her senses and turned around as if nothing had happened.

Han Yunqi, on the other hand, felt his heart beating faster.