Second Chance of Redemption
881 Words
“What a cute little boy!” a middle-aged woman exclaimed in surprise after holding the baby in her arms.
The baby had skin as pale as jade and chubby cheeks, it was so cute that the middle-aged woman couldn’t help but praise the newborn child.
The baby, after being held for some time, suddenly cried. The echoes of the baby’s cry spread around all corners, causing the anxious people to wait outside.
“Bang!” the door was slammed open and then a man in his 30s charged forward like an anxious beast, directly snatching the baby from the middle-aged woman’s hands.
“Hey, young master, be gentle with the baby.”
The middle-aged woman was immediately reprimanded after seeing the baby being snatched away. She had a stern expression of an aunt whose nephew had been maltreated. But after some time, she displayed a slight smile.
“You’re a father of four children now, young master. Congratulations!”
The man in his 30s nodded with a smile; his eyes gleamed as if he had acquired a great treasure.
“Thankfully, it’s a boy. Now I have more candidates to pick after I resign in the future. Hahaha!”
The man in his 30s was the next patriarch of the famed Wu Clan family, Wu Lianggui. He had four wives and four children, in addition to the newly born baby of him and his fourth wife, Bai Cihui.
Wu Lianggui handed the baby over to the middle-aged woman and looked at the woman lying asleep and asked, “How is she?”
The middle-aged woman smiled bitterly and said,
“Young mistress Bai has had a weak physical body since childhood. As you can see, her pale complexion and thoroughly exhausted body are the signs of her hard labor.”
Wu Lianggui sighed and stared at his sleeping fourth wife, then turned around. Before he exited the door, he reminded the middle-aged woman to take care of his child and Bai Cihui.
He also reminded the middle-aged woman to tell Bai Cihui after she wakes up that their child’s name would be Wu Chengyu!..........” Endless darkness and gray fog…
“Wu Chengyu opened his eyes, then he was startled to see the surrounding darkness. The endless darkness seemed to be devoid of time and space distorted.
“Why can’t I move my body?”
Wu Chengyu was perplexed and afraid. He continued to command his body with his thoughts, but no matter how he struggled to make his body move an inch, he failed. Wu Chengyu’s eyeballs roamed around and what he could see was only darkness and gray fog. Wu Chengyu’s body floated like a lonely boat in the middle of a still lake.
There were no sounds or other objects, only Way Chengyu himself in this world. There was no sense of direction and the time seemed to pass slowly, tormenting Wu Chengyu.
Just as Wu Chengyu was about to lose his calm, the cloud of gray fog floating around him suddenly wriggled like a snake and, without him knowing, it silently entered inside his body. Wu Chengyu felt lightheaded and then a flash of light blinded his eyes. Suddenly he felt a pang of pain in his head and then numerous memories kept flashing in his mind. Starting from his childhood days, his exposure to the world.
When creating his first work of art until the scene when Andrew stabs him in the chest. Wu Chengyu’s eyes opened wide as he gasped for breath. He felt suffocated and fear could be seen in his eyes as he once again regarded his surroundings. As if a million years had passed by, Wu Chengyu continued in a state of paralysis. His body floated, who knows where, and along the way, he encountered nothing but darkness.
He felt frustrated, sad and frightened. Imagine being in such a place where you can only see endless darkness and can’t move. An average person would naturally lose his/her sanity. Thankfully, Wu Chengyu was able to endure and remain sane despite the situation.
He looked around and saw only endless darkness. The dark expanse gave him a creepy feeling like a parasite slowly grinding his heart, making him nervous. Coupled with the uncertainty of what would happen, he felt a strong bout of regret. In his paralyzed state, Wu Chengyu tried his best to stay calm, but no matter how he tried, it was still impossible for him to lift a single finger of his body. Just as he was about to sink into endless despair, a strong suction force suddenly appeared in the surrounding space. The suction force appeared weak from the start, but as time passed, the force multiplied, causing Wu Chengyu to panic. The surrounding suction force causes the space to tremble and stretch. As the only entity in this dark space, Wu Chengyu feels helpless and afraid. He was unable to pinpoint the exact location of the suction force. From the surrounding space, the turbulent flow caused his body to spin and tumble like a falling stone on a cliff. This was the first time he felt the experience of being spun like clothes in a washing machine. He felt terrible and nauseated from the spinning like a top.
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