Chapter 4: Return Part 2

Lu Chen walks into the bathroom, and he looks at himself in the mirror again. Still not entirely sure that this is reality, he brought out his arm and then,

“Ouch! This is reality.” Lu Chen screams from pinching himself. When he felt the pain, he knew that this wasn’t a dream, but this is real life.

How is this possible? Traveling back in time was just mindblowing for him, and Lu Chen couldn’t think of any reason how he was sent back. The only possible reason he could come up with was;

Are the heavens giving me a second chance? But then he shook his head as he laughs at how stupid the idea was. Yet, in this situation, it was pretty logical.

If the heavens are really giving me a second chance, then I can’t waste a single second of it. Lu Chen remembers the path he had walked before and everything he had lost in the process of it. He starts to tremble at what he did.

I swear on my life that I will change and become a better man! Like the oath, he vowed to himself to give Liu Fei Fei the happiest life. However, this time he swore again to strive to become a better man than he is now.

“Hey Lu Chen, are you constipated or something? Come down already!” Lu Hao shouts out from downstairs.

“......” Lu Chen was wondering if there was any ducktape around so he could tape Lu Hao’s mouth shut.

Lu Chen walks back into the dining room, and he sat down next to Lu Hao. Zhang Wenling then came back and brought youtiao (fried dough) and pork buns on the table.

Zhang Wenling smiles,“ Xiao Chen, I made your favorite pork buns. You need to eat more. You look so..”

She was going to say he was thin. But before she could even finish speaking her sentence, Lu Chen starts stuffing his face with pork buns. As the savory taste of pork and leek fills his mouth, he gorges on them even more. He resembles a chipmunk that had fills her cheeks with nuts.

Lu Hao and Lu Aotian begin to back away from Lu Chen, afraid if they had stuck out their hands to grab a bun, Lu Chen would bite their fingers off. Lu Aotian tries to stop Lu Chen, “ Xiao Chen, slow down, or you're gonna eat your own finger. Nobody gonna take your food away from you.”

However, Lu Chen didn’t care as he continues to eat. After he got married to Liu Fei Fei, he had never eaten a warm homecooked meal at all. For Lu Chen, this meal was the best one he ever had in a while.

Before Lu Chen could stuff another bun into his mouth, his Lao Ba, Lu Xiaotong, places his newspaper down and turns to Lu Chen, “ Xiao Chen. Go get change and get ready for school. Butler Wu is bringing the car to the front in a few minutes. Grab your breakfast and eat in there. And here’s 3000 yuan for you to spend.”

Lu Chen looks at his father as he hands him the money. He had never realized the weight of the money he was holding.

His father always worries about his family all the time. The motto he lives by is; family first, everything else second. It doesn't matter what happens to him as long as his family was safe. That's was all that matters.

Lu Chen looks to his family. This was the thing that he regretted the most, abandoning his family. He betrayed them for a woman that didn't even love him.

He left the warmth that cared for him and replaced it with desperation and loneliness. But feeling this warmth again drives him to keep it from disappearing.