Rebirth in 1986: Unforgettable Regrets

"Sister An Yu, what kind of man do you like?" Tang Yue asked in a different way.

Qin Anyu's mind conjured up an image of a refined and handsome man.

Qin Anyu shook her head, tossing his figure out of her mind, and then she thought of the person who saved her in the dark night. She even clearly remembered that person scolding her for not recognizing a good-hearted person, saving her, yet she bit him.

She didn't know who exactly had saved her.

Qin Anyu tilted her head, pondering.

Tang Yue watched her face change expressions without blinking, and asked, "Sister An Yu, who was the last person you thought of? Your expression seemed a bit sweet, and somewhat expectant?"

"Sweet?" Qin Anyu, coming back to her senses, looked at Tang Yue with a puzzled face.

"Yes." Tang Yue nodded affirmatively: "The first person you thought of, your expression was complicated and conflicted, but then it became somewhat sweet – like the feeling when one thinks of their beloved."

"You're thinking too much, I was thinking of the person who saved me." Qin Anyu said as soon as she finished speaking.

Curious, Tang Yue leaned in and asked, "A hero saving a beauty? Was he a handsome, flourishing young man? What's his name, and what does he do?"

Qin Anyu couldn't help but roll her eyes at her, saying, "Xiao Yue, I didn't expect you to be so gossipy."

"Sister An Yu, you're my sister, I'm just showing concern for you." Tang Yue smiled as she hooked her arm and looked up at her affectionately, ready to listen attentively.

Qin Anyu smiled softly. She looked up at the night sky through the window, where stars twinkled. Her thoughts seemed to travel back to the past; a faint melancholy enveloped her as she said, "Chu Xuan and I have been friends since childhood, but it was only unrequited love from me. I thought, after graduation, we would naturally get married."

"So, when he got a girlfriend and even struggled with his family for her, it hurt me a lot. Later, he rejected me in person." Qin Anyu felt a twinge of pain in her heart as she recalled the incident, something she once hardly dared to remember, but now she could speak of it relatively calmly.

Tang Yue involuntarily held her breath and asked, "Were you and Chu Xuan a couple before?"

Qin Anyu tilted her head to think, and replied, "I suppose so, at least outwardly, we were recognized as a couple."

"Then his actions were really indecent. Did you and the Chu Family have a marriage arrangement?" Tang Yue asked further.

"Yes." Qin Anyu chuckled lightly, "But it wasn't official; just a verbal agreement."

"Then Chu Xuan was too much, juggling two relationships." Tang Yue pursed her lips as she spoke, feeling, even without having met Chu Xuan, that he wasn't a good person.

Publicly, he was using Qin Anyu as a shield while secretly being with someone else.

"No." Qin Anyu defended him, "Actually, it's not exactly juggling two relationships; he never admitted anything, and I just assumed too much on my own."

"Let's not talk about that; let me tell you about something that happened afterward. Once, I went out drinking and got quite drunk. I don't even know how I ended up in that alley."

Qin Anyu's voice trembled slightly, as she involuntarily gripped Tang Yue's hand tightly.

That incident was the darkest place in Qin Anyu's heart. Because of it, she had closed herself off for half a year and saw many psychologists.

"Sister An Yu, let's not talk about it anymore." Tang Yue held Qin Anyu's hand as they spoke; the air was a bit chilly but Qin Anyu's palms and forehead were covered in fine sweat.

"No." Qin Anyu shook her head and continued, "Xiao Yue, I have to overcome this myself. The past is the past, I can't be trapped in the shadows forever."

"Sister An Yu," Tang Yue's lips quivered as she spoke encouragingly, "You're right, we have to look forward. No one's life can always be smooth sailing; we can't let the bad things from the past envelop our lives in darkness."

"Yes." Qin Anyu grinned suddenly, recalling a phrase Chu Hong had once said when he was just a teenager, speaking to her with a cool face. He had told her that if she continued to be neither fully alive nor dead, wouldn't that make the person who had initially saved her effort meaningless?

"Xiao Yue, that day was dangerous, and at that time, my memory wasn't clear. I thought the person who saved me was in league with those people." Qin Anyu laughed as she remembered the situation, "Do you know? I bit him hard, and then he scolded me, saying I couldn't recognize kindness, that he saved me only to be bitten by me."

At the time she was too frightened to feel anything, but thinking back now, wasn't she just like the ungrateful Dog biting Lu Dongbin?

"Wow, you must have bitten really hard then?" Tang Yue asked.

"Yes." Qin Anyu thought for a moment before saying, "They wanted to harm me, so I figured I couldn't let them get off easy, so I bit with all the strength I could muster."

"It's a pity, after searching for so long, I still haven't found out who he is." Qin Anyu said with a hint of regret, "You know? I am very grateful to him because if it weren't for him, I might have..."

"Sister An Yu, if it's meant to be, you'll meet again. Who knows, maybe in the future you'll find this hero." Tang Yue said with conviction. She always felt that there was a divine will, just like her, who thought her life was over, but then, fortunately, received a chance to be reborn from the heavens.

And that allowed her to fulfill her dying wish.

That night, Qin Anyu and Tang Yue shared a bed, and Tang Yue came to know that Chu Hong and Chu Xuan were brothers.

Especially after hearing from Qin Anyu that it was Chu Hong's words that had awoken her, Tang Yue couldn't help but change her impression of him.

It turns out that this playboy could do good deeds too.

*

The next morning.

Tang Yue went to school, and Qin Anyu also happened to be going out. At the door, a pure black Santana was parked, which, although not as luxurious as the future high-end cars, was definitely considered a luxury car at this time.

Next to the car, stood a man in a western outfit with a leather collar, wearing a pair of thin-framed black glasses, which along with his refined and handsome features gave him an imposing appearance. His demeanor was mature and restrained and he exuded a powerful aura.

Qin Anyu's face changed slightly when she saw the man.

Could this person be Chu Xuan?

Tang Yue secretly guessed in her mind but wasn't quite sure.

"An Yu, long time no see." Chu Xuan stepped forward, his thin lips lifting into a shallow smile, his tall and handsome figure was no wonder Sister An Yu had once been so infatuated.