In this new world, Tang Ning was abruptly awakened by the incessant ringing of her phone.
She had barely woken up when she sensed something was wrong with her body. It was hot, so hot, as if she were enveloped in a wave of heat from head to toe. The dizziness made her beautiful brows furrow slightly, and she instinctively raised her hand to her forehead, immediately touching a burning hot spot.
Tang Ning really didn't expect that the original owner would have a fever as soon as she arrived in the new world.
"Tangbao, Tangbao, something terrible has happened! Your fever has reached 40 degrees Celsius, and we must bring it down immediately!"
Upon noticing Tang Ning's unusual behavior, he immediately scanned her body and hurriedly said this.
After hearing these words, Tang Ning saw that the phone on the side was still ringing tirelessly. Despite her physical discomfort, she reached out and grabbed the phone from the bedside table. After slowly raising her hand and making a shushing gesture to the little system, she answered the call.
Soon, a sweet and enthusiastic female voice came from the other end of the phone.
"Hello, is this Ms. Tang Ningtang? You previously made an appointment with our EA Studio to come and try on the custom-made wedding dress at 9:00 AM today. Well, it's already 9:35 AM. Ms. Tang, would you like to come back for the fitting, or would you like to postpone it?"
Trying on a wedding dress?
Upon catching the key words, Tang Ning subconsciously frowned.
With her current frail body, so hot from a high fever that she could faint at any moment, she didn't think she had any energy left to try on any wedding dresses.
Without a second thought, she chose to postpone.
After hanging up the phone, Tang Ning was about to put her phone back on the bedside table when she noticed a new message on the screen. She swiped it open reflexively, and a high-definition photo appeared before her eyes.
In the photo, a handsome man in a black bespoke suit is cornered against a wall in what appears to be a hotel corridor by a woman in a bright red dress, with long, wavy hair and bright red lips. Their lips are very close together, as if they are about to kiss.
Unlike the woman in the photo, whose lips curled into a smile and whose face was full of confidence and arrogance, the man's expression was much more complex, with hatred, resentment, unwillingness, and even more love in his eyes.
He both loved and hated the woman in front of him; the two emotions were intertwined, making it impossible to tell whether he loved her more or hated her more.
Upon seeing this, Tang Ning raised an eyebrow slightly.
My finger slid down unconsciously, and I realized there were several more images behind it.
There are photos of the man in the suit carrying the woman in the red dress, helping her into the hotel room, and even photos of him looking at the unconscious woman lying on the bed and reaching out to touch her cheek.
There are four photos in total.
Even if Tang Ning hasn't accepted the plot yet, she can roughly guess what kind of entanglement the man and woman in the photo had in the past, and what kind of entanglement they are currently caught in.
It's no wonder that the two may have once loved each other and then separated, and who knows, maybe this woman even abandoned him. Now that they've met again, it's a heart-wrenching love story where the man wants to love but doesn't dare to, and wants to hate but can't bring himself to.
Thinking of this, and feeling unwell, Tang Ning fell back onto the bed, and her phone slipped from her hand and fell to the floor with a thud.
Not having the energy to care about her fallen phone, Tang Ning frowned again and asked 54088 to send her the plot of this world first.
"Tangbao, shouldn't I help you get rid of your fever first?"
Upon hearing Tang Ning's request, the little system asked with concern.
"Not for now. Anyway, when I'm receiving the plot, my body ignores all negative states and it won't affect my thinking. I'll deal with everything after I've received the plot."
"OK."
How should I put it about this world?
Setting aside some discordant elements, it's still a sweet and romantic campus love story. The male and female protagonists are forced to separate for certain reasons, but they meet again many years later, their old feelings rekindle, they mend their broken relationship, and their love story is sweet and loving all the way to the finale.
Well, the protagonists of this fairytale-like love story are none other than the couple in the four photos that Tang Ning just received.
Han Jun and Xia Yang.
Xia Yang, who comes from a small county in City A, became the campus belle of Qingda University as soon as she entered the university in her freshman year because of a candid photo of her in a white dress on the school forum. She had many suitors, but unfortunately, no one could win the heart of Qingda University's most dazzling flower. No matter who pursued her, she would only politely refuse, saying that she was focused on her studies and would not consider romance for the time being.
Little did she know that as early as the first semester of her freshman year, she had already secretly started a relationship with Han Jun, a poor boy from the mountains who didn't even have a hundred yuan to his name.
Putting aside everything else, Han Jun, the poor boy, was truly handsome. He had dark brown skin, long and thick eyelashes, and jet-black hair. Even though he was almost twenty when he enrolled, his eyes were still like a child's—dark, bright, clear, and pure. Seeing them was like seeing the clearest spring water in the deep mountains.
One glance was enough to make Xia Yang want to be with him.
Who is Xia Yang? She is a beautiful girl who matured early due to the hardships of life. From the time she was old enough to understand things, she already knew how to use her beautiful appearance to make her life better.
So at school, she only associated with classmates from wealthy families, regardless of gender. She used her superb coaxing skills to make them willingly spend money on her.
Sure enough, her high school tutoring fees, and even all her expenses after entering university, were paid for by her "friends" who vied to pay for them, which is why she looked so radiant when she entered university.
Perhaps it was because she was surrounded by filth that she longed for purity and clarity.
Faced with Xia Yang's confident, passionate, radiant, and beautiful advances, Han Jun, who had never experienced love before, quickly succumbed.
The two began a secret relationship that lasted for three years.
Of course, they should keep their relationship secret. If they found out she had a boyfriend, Xia Yang was sure that eight out of ten of those suckers who weren't in the same school as her wouldn't give her a single penny anymore. How could she maintain her comfortable life then? Not to mention the rich young men in school who were interested in her; some of them with high moral standards would immediately choose to stay away from her.
Men are so shrewd; if there's no carrot in front of them, who'll fawn over you like a lapdog?
In the early stages of their relationship, the surge of dopamine allowed Xia Yang to see Han Jun's good qualities, believing that love conquers all. However, as time passed, Xia Yang's rationality quickly returned. Reason told her that continuing to be with Han Jun would only be a waste of her energy and youth. Moreover, after the initial romance faded, she could no longer tolerate Han Jun's stingy attitude towards money, even having to work part-time just to afford to take her to a movie or a cheap fast food meal.
These days were becoming increasingly suffocating for Xia Yang, just when the college offered a spot to study abroad.
Xia Yang directly won over a wealthy and powerful second-generation rich kid, secretly secured the spot, and then broke up with Han Jun. The cold and cruel breakup deeply hurt Han Jun, who had nothing at the time.
Especially when he chased after her and saw her get into someone else's sports car, give him a sweet kiss, and drive away.
That profile was deeply etched in Han Jun's heart for many years.
After he started from scratch and worked hard for ten years to achieve success, he unexpectedly encountered his first love who had abandoned him.
She was being chased and desperately trying to escape when Han Jun saw her face, which was exactly the same as it had been ten years ago. As if possessed, he actually stepped in and saved her.
Once you start saving someone's life, you'll start doing it again.
It was then that Han Jun learned that Xia Yang was actually a minor internet celebrity on a short video platform, and that someone had taken a liking to her pretty face and signed her to their company, and then…
He then started asking her to drink with him.
When Han Jun encountered her being chased and desperate, it was the first time she had been tricked by her manager into accompanying someone for drinks. She even almost got groped by that lewd, bald, fat man. If Han Jun hadn't intervened, she doubted she could have escaped.
Han Jun originally thought that when she saw him at home, she would at least feel guilty and ashamed, but no, she felt nothing at all. Not only was she not ashamed, but she also drunkenly flirted with him, saying that he looked like her first love who she had no chance with.
Thus, the two became entangled once again.
Despite harboring resentment and unwillingness, Han Jun would always rush to Xia Yang's side the moment she encountered difficulties or dangers, helping her solve her problems, protecting her, and guiding her all the way to the position of Best Actress. Finally, after Xia Yang casually vented her frustrations, the two lived happily ever after.
What a perfect and happy fairy tale ending!
If no one else is involved...
Han Jun was a poor boy from the mountains, a poor boy who had nothing. Even though he graduated from Qingda University, he didn't win the lottery and didn't even have start-up capital. How could he start from scratch and become rich?
Unless, of course, someone willing to be a sucker helps.
The original owner, Tang Ning, was the one who was gullibly helped.
On the very day Xia Yang left the country, Han Jun, feeling lost and dejected, was involved in a car accident, resulting in the unexpected death of his father, and leaving Tang Ning heartbroken.
Although he was heartbroken, seeing how heartbroken the young girl was, Han Jun, with a soft heart, held back for a long time before finally going over to comfort her, stammering as he did so. Then Tang Ning held his arm and cried for most of the night.
This was just the beginning. After Tang Ning took a month's leave, she returned to school and, due to their fate, began to run into Han Jun in various places, such as the library, the cafeteria, and even large lectures.
This encounter led to a quick acquaintance between the two, and whether it was due to loneliness or something else, Tang Ning soon developed feelings for Han Jun.
Unfortunately, Han Jun still had Xia Yang in his heart at that time, and he did not accept her confession.
Even so, Tang Ning did not lose heart.
Not only did she stick to Han Jun every day, but when he decided to start his own business, she impulsively sold the house left to her by her parents, who had both passed away, to provide Han Jun with start-up capital.
Han Jun didn't let her suffer a loss, so he gave her half of the shares.
After that, Tang Ning was even more encouraged. When Han Jun couldn't find employees and was in the most difficult time, she even gave up the high-paying job she had already applied for and took the initiative to come to Han Jun's company, taking on all kinds of work.
During their most difficult time, the two of them survived for a whole month on just ten yuan a day, which left Tang Ning with a very serious stomach ailment.
Fortunately, the ending was good. They succeeded in starting their business, and their company went public. The two of them finally got over their hardships.
Even Han Jun gradually opened his heart to Tang Ning after ten years of companionship. Before they knew it, the two got together and even reached the point of discussing marriage.
But who could have imagined that at this very moment, Han Jun's first love, Xia Yang, returned to China.
Even Han Jun probably didn't know that Xia Yang chose to return to China for two reasons. First, her boyfriend abroad, who had always refused to marry her, went bankrupt, and her life of luxury was gone. Second, she learned from her old classmates at Qingda University that Han Jun had become successful.
Comparing the two, even a pig would know which to choose, let alone the shrewd Xia Yang.
Her encounter with Han Jun was a deliberate scheme; Xia Yang had never failed to obtain anything she wanted since childhood.
So what if Han Jun has a girlfriend he's about to marry? They're both single, it's fair competition. Besides, Han Jun doesn't seem to have told her that he already has a girlfriend, so she naturally pretends not to hear.
The two's increasingly obvious actions, coupled with the intimate photos of Han Jun and Xia Yang sent to her phone by a stranger.
Tang Ning couldn't pretend she didn't know anything.
Having been with Han Jun for ten years, she had long known that he still harbored feelings for his ex-girlfriend, Xia Yang, the campus belle of their year at Qingda University. But back then, she was too fond of Han Jun, and Xia Yang had already broken up with him and gone abroad, with no certainty of whether she would return. Naturally, she wouldn't give up.
But who could have imagined that after ten years, Xia Yang would return, and not only that, she would also get entangled with Han Jun again.
When she was alone, she had resented, hated, suffered, and been sad. But she had already given too much to this relationship. For Tang Ning, after losing her parents, Han Jun, who had been with her for so long, was practically half her life. She couldn't let go of him.
And why should she suffer so much, accompanying Han Jun to achieve success, only to have another woman reap the benefits? There's no logic to that.
Obsessed with her own thoughts, Tang Ning spent money to hire a private investigator to follow Han Jun and Xia Yang, while simultaneously burning the photos in a self-destructive manner. She then went to try on wedding dresses and methodically prepared for her wedding with Han Jun.
She refused to believe that even after marriage, they would still act the same way.
Unfortunately, the closer the wedding date got, the more absent-minded and distracted Han Jun became.
Just as Tang Ning realized that Han Junsheng wanted to break off their engagement, she chose to strike first.
She bribed a doctor she was on good terms with, faked a pregnancy, and pressured him into marriage.
In the end, she succeeded, married Han Jun, and became his wife.
But who could have imagined that her previous thoughts that Han Jun would definitely restrain himself once they got married were just wishful thinking on her part.
If a man's heart is no longer with you, even if you hold a knife to his throat, it will only result in impotent rage.
Because of Xia Yang's persistent pursuit, Han Jun's heart wavered more and more. He even realized that what he thought was hatred was just his love for her that was too deep.
At that time, with Han Jun's protection, Xia Yang was just beginning to make a name for herself in the entertainment industry thanks to her looks.
As soon as you show your face, paparazzi will follow you.
Given their entangled relationship, it was only a matter of time before they were photographed.
Han Jun even stood up the plan to attend the Qingdao University alumni association meeting with Tang Ning, which he had made long ago, for Xia Yang's sake.
In the end, Tang Ning went alone, and the rumors between the two broke out when Tang Ning was chatting and laughing with others at the alumni reunion.
Because of Tang Ning's status, her classmates naturally fawned over her on the surface, but then turned around and started mocking her.
What? I never thought rich people weren't happy either. No wonder Han Jun couldn't resist a beauty like Xia Yang. What makes Tang Ning think she can compare? I heard that Han Jun and Xia Yang were dating when they were in school. I never thought that after ten years, he would still remember his ex-girlfriend. Tang Ning is so pitiful. These words reached Tang Ning's ears outside the bathroom door.
It was only then that she realized her husband had become completely unscrupulous, even spreading such rumors.
In despair, she left the alumni association on the spot and stumbled into a bar, intending to get herself drunk.
But it is dangerous for a single woman to appear drunk in a place like a bar.
Tang Ning, who was drunk, was almost dragged away by someone. But at this critical moment, a young man suddenly appeared and rescued her from the group of men with ill intentions.
He said his name was Su Mo.
They thought that after this encounter, the two would never cross paths again.
Unexpectedly, Su Mo then took the initiative to apply for a job at Tang Ning's company, and the two began to meet more often.
Because Tang Ning had a stomach ailment, Su Mo often brought her food that he cooked to soothe her stomach.
Moreover, this Su Mo is just like Han Jun from ten years ago who traveled through time.
His words, actions, and even small gestures were so similar to Han Jun's.
It was this sense of similarity that made Tang Ning, like someone drinking poison to quench their thirst, grow closer and closer to Su Mo, even starting to spend money on him when he encountered difficulties.
She thought she had at least made a friend, but who would have thought that it was Su Mo, who cared about her every day and would call her "sister" with such earnest eyes, who would stab her in the back.
He sent all the photos and information about him and Tang Ning, including the details of Tang Ning's death and fake pregnancy, to Han Jun. There were even photos of the two of them in bed.
Tang Ning had never even done anything slightly intimate with him, so heaven knows how he got these bed photos.
After doing all that, Su Mo disappeared.
Upon receiving these photos, Han Jun felt a great sense of relief. To fulfill Tang Ning's wishes, he took the initiative to divorce her and even gave half of his property to her. He then began to focus on entangled with Xia Yang.
Who would have thought that these photos would still be leaked online? The netizens who had previously cursed the woman as a mistress because of Han Jun and Xia Yang's scandal suddenly realized that the couple had been having their own affairs.
However, since the netizens who spoke up for Tang Ning were all slapped in the face by her, and given the completely different levels of tolerance between men and women in society, Tang Ning's reputation plummeted. In contrast, Xia Yang's reputation improved, and not only that, her fans even started to defend her as Han Jun's true love.
It was at this moment that Tang Ning received another message from that stranger.
He said that Su Mo was actually Xia Yang's fellow villager, and that Xia Yang had hired her to scheme against her from the beginning. Not only that, but Han Jun also seemed to know about Xia Yang's underhanded actions, yet he still tacitly approved of her behavior. Even the current online sentiment was manipulated by Xia Yang at great expense.
They also carefully included several pieces of evidence, such as Xia Yang's chat logs with Su Mo.
Upon learning this, Tang Ning broke down. After her breakdown, she was unwilling to accept it. She wanted revenge and she wanted to laugh as she watched the two despicable people cry.
Just then, a blind man named Pei Yuan unexpectedly appeared in front of her.
Pei Yuan, Pei Yuan, isn't that the name of Tang Ning's childhood playmate?
At that time, Pei Yuan and his mother lived next door to Tang Ning's family. However, it was said that his mother was abandoned by his father. After giving birth to Pei Yuan, she was fine when she was normal, but when she went crazy, she would beat him to death. It was said that Pei Yuan's eyes were even blinded by his mother in an accident.
Tang Ning's parents were still alive when she was a child. She was raised to be a soft and adorable girl with a kind heart. She felt distressed whenever she saw Pei Yuan's battered and bruised appearance. Despite Pei Yuan's cold attitude, rejection, and scolding, she approached him again and again.
It took him almost half a year to gradually win Pei Yuan's heart and become his good friend.
Unfortunately, their good times didn't last long. Not long after they became good friends, Tang Ning moved away due to her father's job transfer and never saw her childhood friend Pei Yuan again. Who would have thought that she would meet him again at this time?
Having learned from Su Mo's experience, Tang Ning was already hesitant to trust anyone else.
Unlike others, Pei Yuan, who could personally recount every detail of their past interactions, was someone Tang Ning ultimately believed.
She didn't know what Pei Yuan had gone through all these years. He spoke eloquently about things like the company and stocks. After hearing about Tang Ning's experiences and her desire for revenge, he hesitated for a moment but finally decided to take the initiative to help Tang Ning.
With his help, Tang Ning used all sorts of tricks to gradually gain control of the company, and even squeezed Han Jun out of the company at one point.
After gaining power, she felt empty inside. She began to wonder if it was really worth it to let herself live in hatred and lose herself completely in the pursuit of revenge.
Just as she was about to give up, she was arrested for leaking major company secrets.
In addition to the huge losses she caused to the company, after she went to prison, everyone said she deserved it. Everyone felt that she was clearly provoked into a frenzied attack and revenge after learning that Han Jun and Xia Yang were going to get engaged, but she didn't expect to implicate so many people.
Everyone was scorning her, but unexpectedly Pei Yuan came to visit her and told her a story.
He said,
He was the one who single-handedly bankrupted Xia Yang's philandering boyfriend's family. He was also the one who deliberately told Xia Yang about Han Jun's later fortune. The stranger who kept sending her messages on her phone was also him. He was even behind her imprisonment...
Upon hearing this, Tang Ning was practically going crazy.
Why? Why?
She couldn't understand why Pei Yan was treating her this way. Had she done something to wrong him? Why?
Why?
Pei Yuan said he also wanted to ask why. He was enduring the darkness all by himself, so why did Tang Ning forcibly drag him into the sunlight, and then leave after pulling him out?
What did she say when she left? She said she would call him as soon as she arrived at her new home, but she didn't. If he hadn't come looking for her, she probably would never have remembered that there was a person named Pei Yuan in this world.
After Tang Ning left, his resistance to listening to Tang Ning and his strange behavior of guarding the phone every day made his mother's abuse of him more and more serious. After each beating, he doubted whether he would be able to feel the sun tomorrow.
It didn't matter if he couldn't feel it; what he was more afraid of was what would happen if he died and couldn't receive Tang Ning's call.
He endured this torment for three long years before he was recognized as an illegitimate child and returned to the Pei family abroad.
Perhaps he was just unlucky. Leaving his mentally ill mother and going to the so-called Pei family was nothing more than moving from a tiger's den to a wolf's lair.
He was ridiculed and mocked for his blindness. From childhood to adulthood, he received only malice, endless malice. This malice made him not tell anyone even after his eyes were cured, because only in this way could he see this ugly world clearly.
He hated Tang Ning more than anyone else.
After all, if he had never seen the light, he could have comfortably enjoyed the darkness, instead of having such pitiful expectations as he does now.
He spent ten years becoming the head of the Pei family and made everyone who had mocked him pay the heaviest price. He then spent two years using the Pei family's influence to find Tang Ning and learn about all of Tang Ning's experiences over the years. He learned that the reason she hadn't called him back then was because of her mother's death, and that she had probably forgotten him afterward.
Otherwise, how could she possibly give so much for a man like Han Jun?
In fact, he had given Tang Ning more than one chance, but unfortunately, each time her choice disappointed him greatly.
This also made Pei Yuan realize that Tang Ning's light might no longer belong to him.
If you can't have it, then just destroy it.
He destroyed his own last glimmer of light; he no longer needed it.
After hearing these words and watching Pei Yuan turn and leave, Tang Ning's world also fell into darkness.
After serving a full ten years in prison, Tang Ning was released.
At that time, Xia Yang had just won the Best Actress award and had given birth to twins with Han Jun, living a happy and fulfilling life. With her help, Su Mo also entered the entertainment industry and became a popular celebrity with countless fans.
Pei Yuan...
Given her current social circle, she wouldn't be able to find out anything about Pei Yuan, so he probably isn't too bad off.
She alone had nothing, and even in death, she only occupied a tiny space in the newspaper.
News headline: Released woman dies after falling into water while intoxicated, unable to adapt to the fast-paced life outside; she was 42 years old.
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