章節 11: Returning to Eighteen
編輯: Atlas Studios
It had been a long time since Ming Dai's soul felt such peace.
It was like lying down on the soft and warm bed after being exhausted for a long long time.
Outside the house was the white noise of the pattering rain. The air was fresh and there was a moist fragrance of the soil.
She was caught off guard and closed her eyes in relief. The pain left her and she slept without dreams for the entire night.
She finally woke up from her dream——
She opened her eyes. The world seemed to have returned to its original position like chaotic particles. The outline gradually became clearer, and the noise buzzed in her ears…
At the same time, an intense dizziness struck her head.
"Ming Dai!"
Someone pulled her hard, waking her up a little.
Ming Dai raised her heavy head in a daze.
Her cousin, Kang Ren, was standing in front of her with his hands on his hips. His face was filled with anxiety.
"No matter how tired you are, how can you sleep at this time? Do you know how important today is?! Our future are in your hands alone!"
"… Hmm?"
No matter how much her cousin's tone sounded like he was on steroids, Ming Dai only had a blank expression on her face. Her head was spinning.
Was this her imagination? Why did Cousin look so much younger?
In her memory, her cousin had ruined his body after many years of drinking and socializing. He was bloated and his skin was yellow. He looked like a middle-aged man who spent his life in fruitless efforts.
But now, he seemed to be in the prime of his youth. His huge beer belly had shrunk, his hair was smooth and shiny, his skin was fair, and his facial features were structured. He was completely a young and handsome young man!
"Brother Ren." Ming Dai, who was in a daze, subconsciously asked him, "When did you undergo plastic surgery?"
Kang Ren curled his lips speechlessly. "Are you muddle-headed from sleeping? Alright, it's our turn soon. Hurry up and go to the bathroom to wash your face and wake up!"
As he spoke, he pulled her up from the bench and pushed her into the nearest female washroom.
Ming Dai staggered two steps forward and almost fell as if she was stepping on a sponge.
When she finally stabilized herself, she inadvertently caught a glimpse of herself in the mirror from the corner of her eye—
Ming Dai widened her eyes! All her fatigue and sleepiness disappeared at once!
She had rustic hair, a pair of heavy black-framed glasses, a pink dress, and a long down jacket of the same color…
'This is me?'
She took off her glasses and lifted her bangs that almost covered her eyes, revealing her original face—
The contours of her face were still childish, and her eyes and eyebrows vaguely resembled her future stunning beauty. There was still some baby fat on her cheeks, and her skin was so tender that water could be pinched out of it. It was filled with collagen that could not be bought no matter how much money was spent.
It was her.
Yet, it wasn't her.
To be precise, she was younger.
What the hell was going on?
Could it be…
She was reborn?
"Cough cough cough!"
The discomfort caused by the coughing made Ming Dai slowly realize that this was probably not a dream.
She coughed and two lumps of red quickly appeared on her cheeks. Her eyes were bright and her lips were pale and delicate.
She raised her hand to touch her forehead. Her temperature was terrifyingly high.
She must have a fever.
Ming Dai stood there in a daze and thought for a while.
Then, she put on her glasses again, let her bangs down and walked out of the bathroom.
Kang Ren, who was squatting at the door, was already impatient. "Didn't I tell you to hurry up! Time waits for no man!"
Looking at his chattering mouth, Ming Dai recalled the timeline she was at—
This was 10 years ago. Ming Dai was 18 years old and in her third year of high school.
At this moment, her parents still did not know that they had carried the wrong child. Their lives were calm and uneventful.
Ming Dai's grades were not considered good. Her parents' vision for her future was for her to get into a university, find a job, get married, take care of her husband and children, and send her parents off in her old age. As far as they knew, this was the most perfect life for a girl.
Ming Dai had been pretty since she was young and looked like a doll. Whenever she went out, they had to stop at every step. It was all because of the uncles and aunties who liked her and the children who wanted to be her friends.
However, her parents did not like this. They felt that since their family was poor, Ming Dai's actions were too eye-catching. As such, they had given her all kinds of strange hairstyles since elementary school.
Ming Dai grew up to be even more beautiful in junior high school. Her parents were worried that she would start dating at a young age, so they imitated the way it was shown on television dramas. They gave Ming Dai, who did not require a high prescription, a pair of black-framed glasses and mushroom bangs. As expected, most of Ming Dai's beauty was hidden.
In the end, be it her relatives, neighbors, acquaintances, teachers, or classmates, the image of the overly stunning little girl in their memories completely disappeared. In its place was the image of a delicate and lovely girl.
Once Ming Dai relied on her looks to carve out a path for herself in the entertainment industry, the people she knew in the past were extremely shocked. They all said that Ming Dai had changed drastically. This also became the source of the plastic surgery rumors about her.
As for the opportunity that led her to enter the entertainment industry, it undoubtedly came from her cousin, Kang Ren.
Kang Ren had never been a well-behaved person since he was young. He felt that there was no way out if he kept studying. Of course, it was also because his results were terrible. He had been trying to get rich all day long before graduating from high school.
He had delicate features and could be considered a little bit handsome. He took a fancy to being a celebrity and wanted both fame and fortune. He went to a film studio to play a minor role in an attempt to replicate the path of those legendary celebrities.
Unfortunately, in the entertainment industry where handsome men and beautiful women were everywhere, his looks were mediocre at best. He did not have any hidden acting talent. After acting as a corpse in the film studio for a month and eating boxed lunch every day, he finally could not take it anymore and ran away.
When he got home, he happened to bump into Ming Dai's mother, Yu Ting, celebrating her birthday. Kang Ren's mother was Yu Ting's biological sister, and Kang Ren was also Yu Ting's most beloved nephew. Of course she had to come by for a meal.
As soon as he arrived, he saw Ming Dai walk out of the room with her bangs tied up and her glasses removed, revealing her face that was like a peony that had just bloomed.
At that time, she was wearing the old clothes that her cousin had discarded. It was a fashionable style from a few years ago. Now that she was wearing it, she looked stunning like a princess wearing a sack. Even her clothes looked like they were worth a hundred times more. It made the cramped old house look dazzling.
Kang Ren was immediately stunned!
Before the meal even started, he had already dragged his aunt, who was also Ming Dai's mother, along to talk about how Ming Dai was a good seedling suitable to enter the entertainment industry and how bright her future was!
Yu Ting frowned when she heard that. Even Kang Ren's mother was teasing him about why he wasn't a big star already?
Kang Ren said ambitiously that he wanted to be Ming Dai's manager! The best manager!
… Later on, it turned out that he was really not far from success.
Although he was not the best manager, with Ming Dai's help, he was definitely the fastest manager to climb up the ranks.
After Ming Dai entered the entertainment industry, she rejected the offers of all the big companies and followed her cousin's grassroots team wholeheartedly. Even when she opened a studio later, she pulled her cousin in as a partner.
It was also because of this that even though Kang Ren made a lot of money later on, the people in the industry still laughed at him and said that he relied on his cousin to ascend!
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