Suddenly,the teenage girl on the hospital bed opened her eyes.
Subconsciously, reaching out to touch her head. Her right hand suddenly felt pain, making her stretch her hands to look at the source of the pain.
The last thing she remembered was being blown to smithereens.
Looking at her hands, she could not believe it. Her hands were small, her skin pale white...her mind kept screaming that whatever was happening could no way be possible even with science.
"I have really become young..."
Stretching out her hand to her stomach, the scar left behind by the experiment was gone.
It was the first time for her to ever hear of anything about a soul being able to reside in another body.
Whether she had become a ghost and took possession of this body or she had gotten another chance at life, all she knew was that she was living and breathing.
Looking around, the room she was in looked like an old fashioned hospital ward. From the red hue of the sun she could see from the window, the time was probable approaching late evening.
On the white wall not far away, there was a calender pasted on the wall. The paper was old and tattered and it read: December 1, 1991.
Not too surprised, she just frowned, and then showed a faint smile. After a while the smile gradually widened. Lips closed, he whole body was trembling...looking like she was trying so hard to not laugh out loud.
At that moment, she came to a realisation..
She had been reborn, she was now free from the shackles of her past life.
Looking back, she remembered it was also around that time, that she had been taken from the orphanage by the government. The time had not changed neither the country nor the world, but the person had changed.
There was still gauze wrapped around her arms, and there was also pain especially when she moved her hand. But to her at the moment the pain was nothing at all. She pushed herself to the right end of the bed and tried hard to open the cabinet next to the hospital bed, looking to find something that could confirm her current identity, but she only found two sets of clothes, an insulated lunch box, containing a few fruit inside.
After thinking about it she crawled to the other end of the bed, and sure enough, there was a data card there.
Aria Lang.
Such a decent name. There was a smile at the corner of her lips.
No matter what she finally had a name of her own not just a code name, and an identity she could use openly not secretly unlike her past self.
While feeling sentimental, the door of the ward squeaked open, and a girl around seventeen years, with a school bag on her back walked in. She had a short bob style, and oval face, tanned skin and big shiny eyes, looking very cute.
"Ah? Aria you are finally awake!" When she saw her awake, she rushed to the bed with a smile on her face while putting down her schoolbag. Aria wrapped the hospital quilt subconsciously around herself when, the girl reached out to touch her. She had never been one to have close contact with people.
The girl seemed to notice her little movement but paid no mind to it, as she reached out to touch the bandage lightly.
"Does it still hurt? Are you feeling any discomfort? Oh, wait, I'll call the pretty aunty nurse to come over."
As she spoke, she ran out of the ward like the wind. Aria smiled faintly, and cast her eyes on the girl's big schoolbag.
Two large characters were stitched on it with red thread: Xingguāng Gāozhōng.
There were two words after that which seemed to be the girl's name: Sara Ruan.
....
It had been nearly two weeks now since her transmigration.
As usual Aria Long spent her PE in the basketball pitch. With her tall build she had joined basketball since she was in the third grade.
After Aria finished playing basketball with her fellow classmates and returned to the classroom, she checked her phone and at a glance, saw the WeChat notification on the screen: Baby, your shirt is too small. Your slim waist nearly made me hard.
"Cough, cough!" Aria nearly chocked to death on her own saliva.
Hard! With which penus!!! This girl was shameless.
When Aria reread the message, her face reddened drastically. She had never encountered anything like that even though she had lived for twenty nine years in her past life. Zhao Xian, who was behind her,saw her strange expression and curiously came closer. "What are you looking at?"
Aria panicked and quickly pushed him away, turning off her phone and putting it in her pocket. Right then, the class bell rang and Zhao Xian didn't pay any more attention, instantly returning to his seat.
Aria heaved a sigh of relief. Thinking of the extreme message from earlier, her face became red and hot.
Returning to the night three days after her discharge from the hospital.
Aria was slumped on her bed, browsing through WeiBo when there was a WeChat notification requesting her to add the other as a friend. The remark from the other party: I'm Sarah Ruan, accept my Friend request!
At first, Aria Lang had not reacted to who Sarah Ruan was. When she realised that it was that class grass from Class Two, the well-known school bully that even the boys were afraid of thee Sarah Ruan, she quickly scrambled up and sat straight, hugging her phone. That was the same girl she had seen upon her awakening into the body she was occupying.
Accidentally Aria had been collateral damage to a fight between the two well known thug groups of Starlight high, so Sarah as the boss of the number one thug groups at Starlight high visited her at the hospital to make sure she was alright and won't report her to the teacher, uhm...she did offer her hush money.
She thought to herself, I don't think I offended her, right?
The two of them were from the same school but in different classes. Sarah Ruan was in Class Two and Aria Lang was in Class Twelve, eighteen thousand miles apart. So, although they were in the same year, they were completely unfamiliar with each other and had no common friends.
So why was she requesting to be added?
Aria Lang was thinking of the reason and delayed accepting her request. Sarah Ruan had probably waited enough as she sent another request: Accept me.
Aria Lang hastened and subconsciously selected accept.
The other party immediately sent over a message: Aria Lang?
The original Aria Lang was actually a little afraid of Sarah Ruan, rumour had it that her father was in the mafia and owned one of the biggest Secret Mercenary groups. Although they had never interacted, she had heard many things about Sarah Ruan's "brilliant" deeds.
For example, she had emotionally abused a classmate just because that classmate had touched a book of hers. Another example was Chen Li Wen from their class. Because he had secretly "discussed" Sarah Ruan, the next day, he was beaten up until he had to be admitted to a hospital. These were the consequences of offending the school bully.
Even hearing about it made the current her scared to death, so she replied with particular prudence: Yes, I'm Aria Lang. I didn't see it earlier. Sorry. May I know why you're looking for me?
She even used the honorific "you".
The other person very quickly input: ... you? Am I that old?
Aria Lang hurriedly explained: No, no, I just wanted to show respect.
The tanned, slender teenage girl on the other end, who was lying on the bed, holding up the phone with both hands, let out a laugh.
She replied: Just call me by my name. Nothing much. Just wanted to chat with you.
Aria Long found it strange but still replied politely: Oh...chat about what?
She couldn't figure it out. What was there to chat about? They weren't close!
Using the interval before Sarah Ruan replied, Aria Long got off the bed and poured herself a glass of water to ease her nervousness.
No she had not lost her assassin talents or anything, she was now in a weak body, trying to live a normal life. She absolutely did not want to entangle herself with anything in connection with who she used to be.
The phone notification sounded.
Sarah Ruan: Just a casual chat. Are you currently seeing anyone? Interested in the male gender or are you gay?
Aria Long had just taken a mouthful of water when the question made him swallow it the wrong way, causing an intense bout of coughing.
This was too straightforward, was it not!
Huh? Was this considered a casual chat? They weren't close enough to talk about such personal things, right? Of course, she only dared to ask this question in her mind. She wasn't brave enough to question the school bully!
So, she replied honestly: No, am not seeing anyone. Am not particularly romantically interested in the male gender too.
Behind that, she even added an emoticon with a stupid expression.
Sarah Ruan found the emoticon adorable and the corner of her lips lifted unconsciously. She continued asking: Then do you have a girlfriend?
Aria Lang was instantly petrified! What, did she look very gay? She was just a more taller than the other girls of the same age. Why did she suspect she was gay?!
Although she felt indignant, the reply she sent back was very proper: Ah? I don't have that either.
Aria Lang continued typing, wanting to add on to her reply, I don't like girls either. Sarah Ruan was one step ahead and sent: Then may I pursue you?
Aria Lang's hands suddenly stopped typing. Her eyes widened at the words and read them over and over to ensure that she didn't read them wrongly. Her heart was jumping and it wasn't because she was touched, but because she was too flustered!
Firstly, the person who had said she wanted to pursue her, was a girl! Secondly, this girl was Sarah Ruan!
She did not look gay at all, as a matter of fact she looked every bit of the person at the bottom but her thinking clearly wasn't.
Aria Lang was dumbfounded. How could this be...
All along, she felt that her looks were average, her grades were normal and she was timid...how could someone like her attract Sarah's attention? Thinking about it, Aria Lang's face gradually became hot and her mouth was dry. For a while, she was in a panic and didn't know what to do...
Picking up her glass of water, she took two big gulps of water, then heard the phone notification.
Sarah Ruan: If you don't say anything, I'll take it that you agree. !!! How could Aria Lang dare to agree? She hurriedly replied: Sorry, I like boys!
After the message was sent, Aria stared at the screen as the other party was in the midst of typing. She was extremely nervous as she swallowed her saliva and counted the time. Thirty seconds had passed and the other party was still typing!!!
She felt like her heart was about to explode! Her heart was in a mess. Thinking about it, would Sarah Ruan fly into a rage out of humiliation, then send someone to beat her up tomorrow? If she was really beaten up, how could she explain this matter to her mother? She was innocent and yet, she would have to pay for her own medical bills. Would her classmates look down on her?
The more she thought about it, the more apprehensive she became. The other party was still typing and had not replied yet. Aria Lang was so frightened that she retracted the message and re-typed: Regarding that...can I think it over?
She was someone who was afraid of getting into trouble, in this life she just wanted to live her life aimlessly and only wanted to continue school in a law-abiding manner, so she was very afraid of offending Sarah Ruan. She did not want to do anything that would attract attention to herself.
This time, the reply came very quickly: Okay.
Followed by another message: I'll be good to you. Sleep early. Goodnight.
Aria Lang felt that this "okay" had another meaning! After ensuring that there were no more messages being sent, she hugged her pillow and lay paralyzed on her bed, feeling as if her whole body was hollow.