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Chapter 2 - Different

After sorting through all her memories, Li Sheng let out a sigh.

She gently touched her chest and whispered, "Don't worry, since I've borrowed your body, I will repay every grievance and resentment you've suffered."

At this moment, Jiang Chuchu, who had been ignored for a long time, pushed her wheelchair forward and bit her lip with self-blame written all over her face. "Ali, are you still blaming me? I explained to my dad and brothers yesterday that you didn't push me, but they just wouldn't believe me..."

Jiang Chuchu spoke with sincerity, but when she looked up, she saw a sneer in Li Sheng's eyes.

"Whether I pushed you or not, it will be clear once we check the surveillance footage. Don't you think?"

Before her eyes, Li Sheng's bright and clear eyes shone with intelligence, black and white distinct, ethereal and pure. She smiled lightly, carefree and relaxed. The aura she exuded was no longer the same as before, no longer silent and weak, but rather like a small beast licking its wounds in a corner, not fighting or arguing, but still exuding an air of pride and nobility that was sharp and unyielding, making it impossible for anyone to ignore her radiance!

Jiang Chuchu widened her eyes, feeling a little uneasy for no reason. Was it just her imagination? Li Sheng in front of her seemed like a completely different person! She knew how to resist, and her aura was strong, no longer as easy to manipulate as before!

Jiang Chuchu suppressed her doubts and pouted coquettishly at the two men beside her, "Third Brother, Brother Qi Yu, look, Ah Li is really angry with me. You promised me that you would apologize to her. Hurry up and say it, or I'll be angry."

After speaking, she gave LiSheng a provocative look, clearly saying 

"Look carefully, your own blood brother and your childhood sweetheart who has loved you for many years, they are all on my side!"

Li Sheng smiled lightly. Jiang Chuchu's words not only confirmed her guilt, but also reminded her that even if these two men apologized, it was only because of Jiang Chuchu's sake! These seemingly understanding words were all meant to provoke her. If it were the pitiful girl who was completely ignored and depressed before, she would have felt cold and hopeless again after hearing them.

Unfortunately, now Li Sheng is the young lady of the Li family in the ancient capital! She is the female war god who has been on the battlefield and remains calm in the face of the enemy! She really doesn't care about these tricks.

At this moment, Li Jinyang reluctantly stepped forward and looked down at Li Sheng. He said, "Xiao Wu, I apologize to you reluctantly for the sake of Chuchu, but don't be too proud. Chuchu is the victim, she..."

Before he could finish his words, Li Sheng interrupted him calmly.

"Third brother."

Her voice was crisp and particularly pleasant to the ear.

One call of "third brother" made Li Jinyang stunned. The previous Li Sheng was silent, like a little mute. Now that he heard her call him, he was still a little surprised.

Li Sheng looked at him and slowly said, "Last night, after you rushed to send Jiang Chuchu to the hospital, those people at the banquet pushed me into the river. They held my head down and didn't let me float to the surface."

"And then?" Li Jinyang frowned, "You pushed Chuchu down the stairs first. Otherwise, how could Chuchu's friends treat you like this?"

Upon hearing such a matter-of-fact statement, the dull pain in her heart resurfaced. The painful experience of drowning was vividly remembered. Li Sheng asked in return, "So you think I deserve it, and I deserve to suffer?"

Li Jinyang raised his chin slightly and was about to answer, but saw Li Sheng smile miserably, "But I can't swim."

Seven simple words hit Li Jinyang's heart. Li Sheng can't swim.

Those people pushed her into the water and held her head down, how is this different from murder?

Li Jinyang's pupils shrank, and he was stunned for a moment.

Seeing him lost in thought, Jiang Chuchu spoke up, breaking the silence: "Ah Li, it's all my fault. If I hadn't fainted and made third Brother ignore you while rushing me to the hospital, none of this would have happened. Luckily, you're okay, or else I wouldn't be able to face myself!"

Upon hearing this, Li Jinyang breathed a sigh of relief and then spoke confidently: "Exactly, since you're okay now, it shows that Chuchu's friend knows how to be gentle. They only gave you a small punishment and didn't really hurt you..."

Didn't really hurt her?

Li Sheng sneered.

At the moment when the little girl was drowning, she opened her frightened eyes and saw the figures of people floating on the shore through the clear water. Those faces with mischievous smiles, reflected in the water's surface, looked like demons. Hell was empty, and demons were in the world.

Did anyone know what the little girl was thinking when she gave up struggling and sank to the bottom of the water while her consciousness was muddled?

She was thinking that the world was beautiful, but she would never come back again, never again…Which one of these executioners was innocent when a young life was terminated in the prime of her youth?

Li Sheng suppressed the coldness in her eyes and said word by word: "An eye for an eye, it's only fair. Even if I'm okay now, they're still suspected of attempted murder!"

This charge was enough to put them in jail for more than a decade!

Jiang Chuchu held Li Sheng's hand and pleaded: "Ah Li, we're all friends. If you're angry, just take it out on me. They only hurt you because they heard that you pushed me down the stairs and acted impulsively. Fortunately, you're safe now, so forgive them! Even if you want to blame someone...just blame me, okay?"

Li Sheng smiled wryly as she looked at Jiang Chuchu tightly holding her hand.

A wave of pain and numbness spread across the back of her hand.

It was just like last night when Li Sheng caught Jiang Chuchu and her fiancé in an affair. Jiang Chuchu explained herself in tears, but secretly pinched Li Sheng's hand so hard that she had to shake her off.In the process, Jiang Chuchu fell down the stairs and everyone saw Li Sheng "push" her.

Li Sheng stared at Jiang Chuchu's face for two seconds, smiling faintly before gently lifting her other hand.

Just as Jiang Chuchu thought Li Sheng was going to hit her, she saw a glint of triumph in Li Sheng's eyes. But instead of hitting her, Li Sheng just placed her hand on Jiang Chuchu's shoulder and said with a smile, 

"How could I blame you? You're such an innocent little flower."

But with just that light touch, Jiang Chuchu felt a sharp pain in her shoulder and her body went numb, as if someone had touched an acupoint and she was being pricked by needles all over.

"Ah!"

Jiang Chuchu recoiled in pain and anger,

slapping Li Sheng's hand away and demanding, "What did you do to me?".

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