In This Lifetime

2. Beauty Among All Deities

Fourteen years later, Wang Tai, the governor of Xiangzhou, gave Wei Gu his daughter in marriage. Wang Tai had difficulty finding a suitable match of higher standing for his daughter even though she was a beautiful young woman because she had difficulty walking and had a large scar on the small of her back. When Wei Gu asked what had happened, he was told that she had been stabbed by a man in the marketplace fourteen years before.

"You...are you perchance Yue Lao the god of marriage and fate?" I whispered ceasing the girl's rant.

She slowly curved her lips upward in an almost seduction smile and moved closer. "From what I've seen the younger one was the brighter one, but you're not too bad yourself. Not too bad at all" Yue Lao stated while clapping and laughing.

I gave her a confused look.

"Why are you here? Why am I here? Shouldn't I be dead?"

Yue Lao sighed. "I was going to trick you a bit more, but you're too serious that it's no fun!" She exclaimed while pouting.

"I am indeed Yue Lao the god of marriage and love." Yue Lao said while smirking.

I gave her a confused look. "How can that be? Yue Lao is an old man and you.." I eyed her face and body up and down, "are clearly not."

"Ah THAT. I figured it would be more fun this time around if I spiced up my look a little bit. No one takes an old man seriously. Don't you feel more comfortable with me like this rather than an old man? Besides.." Yue Lao proceeded to do a little twirl, "look at my hot bod." She exclaimed while giving me a wink.

I couldn't help it. I blushed.

"Y-you're saying you're an old man disguising himself as a young girl?" I asked.

"What a pervert" I mumbled under my breath.

"PERVERT!? You ugly thing dare insult me!" Perverted Lao began to rage.

"Regardless that doesn't explain why you're here! I'm supposed to be dead." I stammered nervously.

"Oh THAT." Yue Lao said in a bored tone. "Due to your STUPID decision to follow after your sister and jump off that bridge you did die...however, for reasons that are of no concern at the moment you have been reborn. In other words, you have been given a second chance." Yue Lao abruptly stood up and slowly made her way towards me. Her eyes darken and looked almost hauntingly.

"A second chance. Take my advice. Don't. Mess. It. Up." She stately coldly, putting emphasis on the last four words. I swear the temperature in the room dropped a few degrees sending shivers down my spine.

And almost as if nothing happen Yue Lao smiled and changed back to her bright, annoying self. "Got it?" she said giddily.

"Why me though?" I asked confused. For what unknown reason would I be given a second chance at life. I didn't do anything to deserve it.

Yue Lao sighed loudly once again. "UGH. I take it back. You must really be the stupid one of the two. Why must you ask so many questions?" She continued to give me a dirty look before continuing. "Right before you died, don't you remember what you said?"

I thought about it. I wish I could take it back, take it all back just to bring you back to me my sweet lotus.

"Do you get it now?" She stated bored once again while laying on my bed.

"So I was given a second chance to bring LianLian back? To fix the mess I made?"

"More or less. There's a bit more to it, but where's the fun in it if I give you all the answers. I'll let you use that little brain of yours to figure it out yourself." Yue Lao smirked devilishly. She was enjoying my confusion.

"I'm not stupid," I started getting a bit pissed off that she kept insulting me.

"Oh? So you do know? I couldn't tell because in your past life you acted pretty foolish. Especially when it came to him." Yue Lao smirked again. God her face was starting to annoy me. I want to wipe that big ol' smirk off her perfectly shaped face. "I'll give you a little hint so you don't mess up this second chance. You've been given a second chance. A second chance at life. A new life! I already know you're thinking about how to save your meimei and bring her happiness, but don't forget about yours too." She stated before abruptly getting up.

"I won't mess it up," I stated with confidence I didn't even know I had.

"I hope so. Now if you'll excuse me, this body could only last me for so long. I need to recharge. I'll be watching what moves you make from now on. I hope you don't disappoint me, little stupid." She stated with a smirk before disappearing.

Once she left I was left on my own with only the darkness and my thoughts to sort through everything that was going on.

The only thing I knew for sure was I definitely wasn't going to ruin this second chance I was given. I would right my wrongs and be sure to give Lianlian the happiness she deserved.

I wouldn't put my happiness above hers this time.

If this was a drama, I vowed to be the best supportive second lead in Lianlian's happy ending.

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Meimei: younger sister

A/N:

The picture above is what I imagined the female Yue Lao looks like.

The story is probably going to progress pretty slowly, but I'll try my best to make it interesting!

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