red Autumn leaves fluttered around her as she found herself standing on the familiar bridge with the clear river of beautiful Lotus flowers surrounding her.

Up ahead, the bridge led her to the Pavillon where her eyes widened at the sight of purple that sat under the Pavillon. She gasped breathlessly before she heard the children laughing.

"Wei WuXian! Follow me!"

"Jiang Cheng! Slow down!"

"Gege, A-Cheng, wait for me!"

Three small children all ran past her, laughing and smiling without a care in the world, as they head toward the two figures in purple.

Jiang FengMian and Yu ZiYuan turned to the children and gave them gentle smiles.

Wei WuHui smiled tearfully at the scene before her.

"A-Hui."

Then, the gentle voice that could only belong to one person as Wei WuHui smiled and looked to the source.

Watching a memory of her and Jiang YanLi sitting at one of the tables outside as both of enjoyed the homemade dishes made by the latter.

"Is it that good, A-Hui?" Jiang YanLi giggled as she watched the girl in front of her devoured the foods before she beamed happily. "Your foods are always good, Shijie!"

"Mèimei!"

Wei WuHui gasped and turned around, seeing her twin standing across from her with his usual grin on his handsome face.

"Come and give your Gege's hug!" Wei WuXian chuckled as he spread his arms out.

Wei WuHui could only smiled and took a step forward when the scene changes again but this time, to the all familiar Magnolia Tree where her past self sat on the tall branch while finishing the very last note of her song.

"You know, venturing out at night is prohibited."

She gasped, hearing the soft baritone voice that would always make her heart flutter whenever the owner speaks as she watched her past self fell backward after being startled.

A figure of white fluttered past Wei WuHui as the past Lan XiChen caught her past self. His arms cradling her protectively.

Then, Lan XiChen turned toward her and yelled out her name worriedly.

"A-Yang!"

Suddenly, her whole surrounding disappeared in a flash as Wei WuHui was brought back to the real world where all of the dark tendrils finally entered her body before a burst of energy erupted and she was lifted up into the air.

She felt so many hands caressing and pulling on her body, attempting to tear her apart. A crimson entity wrapped itself around her figure, she can feel it's head resting on her neck as a pair of glowing red eyes opened.

Right after, she felt extreme pain that pierced through her chest as she choked painfully.

Snap

'Please'

Snap

'Somebody'

Snap

'Make it stop'

Snap

Red veins began to appear on her skin as it crawled up to her neck and to her face as she felt the darkness entering in her.

Meanwhile, from under her, the ground began to crack and crumble until it formed a pool of red water that resembled blood. It then began to formed a whirlpool that circled around the tortured maiden, it wrapped around her body like a snake before making the attempt to corrupt her further. Trying to make her bend to its will.

"N-No!" But Wei WuHui continued to resist its temptation as she tried to remembered the burning flames that engulfed the Lotus Pier, the lifeless bodies of Jiang FengMian and Yu ZiYuan.

'That's right...'

The red water then formed around her like a ball before it fully engulfed and pulled her into the crimson pool.

The water ripples for a few more moment before it slowly went dead silence. Like nothing has ever happened.

'I need to make them pay'

TRANSLATION NOTE:

— Xuanzheng: era name
— Five Di: 5 mythological sage rules of ancient tribes in China, 2900-2100 BC: Yan, Huang, Xuan, Qing, Bai

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(Please correct my translation if I'm wrong and the GIFs and pictures used in this chapter does not belong to me, but their rightful owners)