Extra 9: Audio Drama

d his neck: "I'm so tired, this kind of activity isn't suitable for me to attend. Please don't invite me next time."Gu Ruan Dong and Xiao Cai both ignored him, staring blankly at the numbers flickerin..."No, Daddy was always going to die."

"I killed your father."

"No, he committed suicide."

Shu Tinglan stressed to her mother repeatedly.

When her father passed away, she remained very calm, not shedding a single tear.

At night, as I snuggled up to my mother in bed, she said again, "Mommy, do you remember me telling you about the nightmare and the beautiful dream I had"

Mom's voice was hoarse: "Hmm."

"My nightmare is my dad passing away, it was a beautiful dream, I told you before, I will be very happy in the future, with two babies, one named Shu Xiaonian and the other Shu Xiaohua, you must remember, I'm doing well."

"Okay, Mom remembers."

That night, the mother and daughter cuddled together. She kept telling her mother about her happy future, hoping her mother would remember this conversation. As she spoke, she unknowingly fell asleep.

"When I woke up, I saw Zhu Yu'an's concerned gaze beside me: 'Ting Lan, you're awake'"

He is mature and composed as an adult, giving one a sense of security.

She was stunned for a moment, unable to tell for quite some time what was going on.

Zuo Yu'an held her hand and said softly, "You fell and hit your head in the mountains. You had a mild concussion and were unconscious for a day."

Shu Tinglan's eyes slowly came into focus, but his mind was still immersed in that world, his heart aching faintly.

"Zuo Yu'an, I'm going back to see you," she said.

"I know."

"I also try hard to change my family's fate, to change my mother's fate."

"I know."

But it wouldn't have changed anything. Even if I had known about Dad sooner, I still couldn't have changed the outcome. All it would have done is make him pass away two years earlier.

Zhuo Yu'an kissed her cheek.

"I know."

He always said he knew everything.

“Just rest well, don't think about anything, it was just a dream.”

Shu Tinglan had just woken up, her head still a bit fuzzy, so she obediently closed her eyes and continued to sleep, but her hand clutched onto Zhuo Yu'an's tightly, afraid that if she fell asleep, she would return to that world.

Luckily, she slept soundly this time, not even having a dream. She didn't know how long she had slept, but when she woke up, her head was clear and she felt refreshed.

Zhuo Yu'an was asleep on the sofa by her bed. She shifted slightly, and he opened his eyes. “Awake”

"Hmm."

Zuo Yu'an came over and lay beside her, holding her in his arms. He leaned down and asked, "How do you feel now"

She nodded, "I'm fine. I used to feel guilty every time I thought about Mom. If I had been smarter and discovered Dad and Wenlan's affair earlier, maybe our family wouldn't have ended up like that. But now, going back, I realize that even if I tried harder, I couldn't change the outcome, so I don't regret it. Like you said, everything is arranged for a reason."

Zhuo Yu an hugged her tightly, only humming softly in response without speaking.

After a while, Shu Tinglan suddenly said, "It's strange, it doesn't feel like a dream at all. It feels so real, like I've truly gone back to the past."

Zuo Yu'an chuckled softly above her head, "So you still want me to be your boyfriend, right"

Shū Tínglan was shocked: "Is this really a dream Did you hear me talking in my sleep"

Zuo Yu'an continued to smile: "Well, I heard it all."

But you didn't agree in your dream, you refused my request.

"Yes, I'm rejecting your offer to be your boyfriend because..."

"I'm going to be your husband."

Shu Tinglan was even more shocked: "Can you have conversations in dreams"

Zhuo Yu'an: "Because I'm in your dream."

"What does it mean"

Zuo Yu'an: "I said, even if you go back in time, you have to start from the top." Shu Tinglan suddenly realized, "So it wasn't a dream, and it wasn't me going back in time, but you designed a simulation game"

She remembered that when they were on the mountain, he said he would build a simulation game for her.

Zuo Yu'an nodded: "That can be understood, but I assure you, the results are factual."

It was somewhat of a twist of fate that after she fell and hit her head on the mountain, there was indeed a slight concussion, not serious. While she was unconscious, he ensured her safety with the doctors and, under those conditions, used his own developed simulation game and brought in a very professional psychologist to hypnotize her, helping her mentally return to the past and unravel her knots.

At that time, the psychologist asked him, "Are you sure you want to enter this state of mind as well"

He replied with conviction, "Yes, the model I developed can be entered simultaneously."

He went in to protect her, to be able to pull her out in a pinch, he couldn't bear the thought of her being too heartbroken inside.

Shu Tinglan knew the ins and outs of the situation, and she hugged him tightly: "You've worked hard."

Zuo Yu'an shook his head. "It wasn't hard. Helping you untie your knot also fulfilled a dream I had as a boy."

"What dream"

"Poetry readings for you, and a sweet campus romance."

Shu Tinglan laughed in his arms, those regrets, those knots in her heart, seemed to have truly vanished.

"This time, I have another harvest, that is, my father and "

"As I said, he was threatened by Wen Lan and others."

Zhu Yu waited quietly for her to continue.

“Whether it’s true or not, all the money my dad embezzled back then went straight into her pocket. Before, I thought going to prison was the biggest blow for Wen Jian, and I wanted to let go of the past myself, so I didn't investigate further. Now, I need to look into her properly, she can’t get away with this.”

Zuo Yu'an hummed, "Tinglan, whatever you want to do, go for it. Your husband is here to support you."

Zhu Yu'an said sincerely that he hadn't expected that letting her go back in time to make amends for the regrets in her heart would lead to such new discoveries. This seemed to explain more about why her father had done what he did.

"Thank you, honey," she said, hugging him.

Fate sometimes is just like mysticism, it has its own trajectory that cannot be changed. She will only have longing and reluctance towards her mother in the future, without any regrets.

And Dad, being wrong is being wrong, but for a reason like this, the mistake would feel a little better in her heart, not so much betrayal.

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These days, she and Zhuo YUAN have been lost in their own world, so the two little ones asked Cheng Chen and Shao Hui to take care of them. Now that she's fine, after returning to the hotel, she's going to Cheng Chen's house to pick up the children.

Before I left, I called and Cheng Chen said: "They've already fallen asleep. You and Zhuo Yunan can come pick them up tomorrow. It will give you two some time to enjoy each other's company."

Shu Tinglan originally felt embarrassed to trouble her again, and she also missed the children a little, so she was about to say it was okay and just go pick them up.

...Zuo Yu'an came over and hung up the phone, whispering in her ear...

"Don't disappoint their kindness." thousands of miles, he thought those two messages were still his own self-encouragement. Shu Tinglan didn't even know why he would send such messages.After this, he will focus on the next chapter, wr...