On the day of our tenth wedding anniversary, my husband’s ten-year long project—a time machine—was finally completed. He was going to take our son back to the past, to be reunited with his deceased first love. Before leaving, my son rolled his eyes at me: “You’re just a nanny, don’t hold up Dad from seeing Auntie Chloe!” My husband’s expression was cold: “Mia, I’ve already sold this house, you should move out as soon as possible.” I let out a cold laugh: “Don’t regret it.” Following them to the laboratory, at the very last second the machine booted up, I reached out my hand into the glow. The father and son had no idea that, in order to save my original husband and daughter, I had been waiting for this exact moment for ten whole years. 1 Ethan Vance’s research was finally successful. He was going to take his son, Leo Vance, and rewind time to return to ten years ago. And I heard this news from the TV. Today was our tenth wedding anniversary. I had just finished making dinner and was waiting for him to come home. As soon as he walked in the door, I went to greet him: “Ethan, I made your favorite dishes to celebrate our tenth anniversary.” Ethan just sighed slightly: “Mia, it’s over. You took good care of the two of us for ten years, but I still can’t forget Chloe.” Underneath his gold-rimmed glasses, his cold eyes showed no emotion, as if he were stating an entirely ordinary fact. I was holding a hot plate, but I felt completely numb. Looking at the man in a suit before me, I subconsciously searched for the mole near his eye, “Ethan, do you want a divorce?” “My research was successful, I’m going to go find Chloe.” He said. My fingertips were burnt red by the plate, and only belatedly did I loosen my grip. The plate crashed to the ground, scattering the exquisite food everywhere. I widened my eyes in disbelief: “You mean… you’re going back? Back to ten years ago?” Chloe Sinclair was Ethan’s first love. She had passed away ten years ago due to an accident, and Ethan had never been able to forget her. “Yes. I will take Leo back with me.” Thinking about reuniting with Chloe soon, a hint of a smile flashed across his eyes. I stepped forward and frantically grabbed his arm, “What about me, Ethan, what am I? Today is our tenth anniversary…” “Mia, we are done.” Ethan mercilessly pried my fingers off, one by one. I clenched my fists, my nails digging into my palms, but I felt no pain. “So you’re abandoning me?” “Leo, are you leaving Mom too?” The son I had painstakingly raised rolled his eyes at me, walked over to Ethan, and looked me up and down with a hint of contempt. “You’re old and ugly, always staying at home looking like a worn-out housewife. You can’t even compare to Auntie Chloe. Don’t delay me and Dad from finding Auntie Chloe. I want Auntie Chloe to be my mom!” Looking at the two of them, I felt a mix of complex emotions. When Leo was sick, I stayed up for nights on end, my eyes red from exhaustion, to take care of him. Back then, he was like a little sticky rice ball, tugging on my pinky finger calling me Mom, bringing me origami cranes he learned to make in kindergarten crafts class, and softly calling me “Mommy”. But as he grew up, he only complained about my nagging, treating me like a nanny, saying I wasn’t as glamorous as other moms. “Face reality, I won’t be coming back. I’ve also signed a donation agreement for this house, giving it to the foundation I established for Chloe. As for you, pack your bags and move out as soon as possible.” Ethan added. I just felt it was a bit ridiculous. They were leaving and still remembered to donate the house to Chloe’s foundation? “Okay,” I took a deep breath, “I hope you don’t regret it.” “Regret? I’d only regret not being able to be with Chloe!” Ethan said, enunciating every word. After saying that, he took Leo and drove away. He didn't notice that I drove another car and tailed right behind them. Inside the lab, Ethan and Leo’s eyes were filled with excitement and anticipation. On the table, an instrument was emitting a blinding light. “Dad, can we really use this to go back and find Auntie Chloe?” Leo rolled his round eyes, a curious expression on his face. “Yes.” Ethan curled the corners of his lips. Hearing Leo mention Chloe, a rare tenderness flashed across his face. It was a look I had never seen before. Upon hearing this, Leo’s eyes lit up. “I love Auntie Chloe the most! She’s so beautiful, like a fairy. Look at Mom, she looks like a worn-out housewife. I don’t want a worn-out housewife to be my mom.” Ethan patted his head: “Don’t worry, when we go back to the past, Auntie Chloe will be your mom.” Look, my ten years of care and companionship were met with such disdain in their eyes, they were even willing to take the massive risk of time travel just to go back and find Chloe. But none of that matters now. Until the father and son disappeared into the halo of light, I took three steps at a time and rushed in, reaching out to touch the machine just as the halo was fading. The next second, a powerful force sucked me in. When I regained my senses, I was standing on an empty street. Everything before my eyes was both unfamiliar and familiar; I had really returned to ten years ago. I was ecstatic, but suddenly a voice next to me said, “Why are you here too?” I looked up and met Ethan’s dark eyes. “You didn’t follow us here to cause trouble, did you! Mia, give up, even if you’re here, it’s impossible for us to be together.” He frowned, his face full of defensiveness. “Bad woman, don’t hurt Dad and Auntie Chloe!” Leo, who had turned back into a four-year-old, stood in front of Ethan, clenching his little fists as if I were his enemy. I pursed my lips, opening my mouth with a bewildered expression: “Excuse me, do you have the wrong person?” Ethan was slightly taken aback, the look in his eyes when he looked at me still written with mistrust. “Wrong person? You think I’ll believe you if you pretend like this, Mia, what are you scheming!” I ignored Ethan, turning around to leave. “You can’t leave!” Ethan grabbed my wrist, “Explain yourself clearly, did you intentionally follow us, do you want to ruin things between me and Chloe?” My wrist hurt from his grip, I forcefully shook off his hand, stumbling back a few steps and bumping into someone behind me. The girl behind me cried out, I was just about to apologize, when a sharp slap landed heavily on my cheek. Ethan spat on the ground, “Mia, you are truly vicious!” I gritted my teeth and looked up, only to see Ethan holding the girl I had bumped into in his arms, looking at her as if he were looking at a lost and found treasure. “Chloe, are you okay?” He asked in a low voice, his tone gentle. “Are you blind.” Leo yelled, then trotted over to Chloe, his face full of concern. Oh, so they know how to care about people too? I remembered when I was in so much pain from acute gastroenteritis that I couldn't get out of bed, I asked Ethan to buy medicine for me. He frowned and said coldly: “Can't you buy it yourself? I have to go to the research institute for a project, I'm very busy.” Then he grabbed his bag and left without looking back, leaving me, who was pale with pain and almost fainting, in the room. I asked Leo to call a doctor for me, but Leo was playing a game on his phone and looked at me impatiently: “Wait until I finish this round.” It wasn't until a few hours later when the cleaning lady came and saw that I had fainted from pain and called an ambulance for me that I narrowly escaped death. But now, Chloe was just accidentally bumped, the son mocked me, and the husband Ethan actually hit me! It was truly ridiculous. Chloe leaned against Ethan’s chest, her pale little face slightly red around the eyes, looking as if she had suffered a great grievance. “Mia, apologize to Chloe!” Ethan turned to look at me sitting on the ground, his face full of anger. “I'm fine, this miss didn't mean it either...” Chloe bit her lip and said, “Ethan, who is she?” Ethan was taken aback for a moment: “She...” “Auntie Chloe, she is a bad woman who likes my dad!” Leo immediately interjected. Hearing Leo’s words, the look in Chloe's eyes when she looked at me flickered. “I see... Sorry, am I bothering you guys?” She lowered her eyes and said in a small voice. “No, I have no relationship with her whatsoever.” Ethan hurriedly explained, distancing himself from me. Ten years of marital affection, lightly brushed off with one sentence "no relationship whatsoever". I laughed self-deprecatingly, struggling to get up from the ground: “This gentleman, I don't even know you, and you push me and hit me, and now you're saying these weird things, are you sick?” “Stop pretending, you're here, who would believe it if you said you weren't following me?” Ethan furrowed his brows tightly, the look in his eyes when he looked at me full of disgust. “I told you, I will not like you, stop bothering me.” “Yeah! Dad only likes Auntie Chloe, give up!” Leo chimed in from the side. Just then, a familiar yet unfamiliar male voice came from across the street. “Mia!” Looking up in the direction of the voice, a man in a white shirt and dress pants was waiting for the traffic light on the other side. He was holding an ice cream in his left hand and holding a cute little girl in his right hand, the little girl was waving at me. My fingers couldn't help but tremble slightly, and my nose began to ache uncontrollably. The red light turned green, he picked up the girl with one hand, and was about to walk over. “Julian! Don't move from there!” Seeing this, I couldn't care less about anything else, and screamed out loud. Julian was startled by me, he paused and stopped where he was. The next second, a large truck that ran a red light sped past right by his body. My heart felt as if it was being pulled by something, a suffocating feeling of drowning made me unable to breathe at all. After confirming time and again that there were no more cars, Julian then jogged over to me holding the child. “That really startled me just now.” He put the child down, patted his chest, and said with lingering fear. Then he handed me the pink ice cream in his hand, “Here, Mia, your favorite strawberry ice cream.” He curled the corners of his lips, his eyes full of smiles. “Julian... Lily...” Looking at these two faces I hadn't seen for ten years, I was still somewhat in shock. Julian stuffed the ice cream into my hand, and ruffled the top of my head: “What's wrong, I just went to buy you an ice cream, why do you look like you're about to cry.” “Mom, what's wrong with you?” Lily's tender voice sounded, she reached out a small hand to me, “Lily wants a hug from Mom.” My heart was beating fast, I took a deep breath, bent down to pick up Lily, and kissed her on the cheek: “Mom is fine, Mom just missed Lily.” “Why are your cheeks a little swollen? What happened just now?” Julian carefully noticed my injury. I shook my head: “It's fine, got bitten by two mad dogs.” “Who are you calling mad dogs?” Ethan stared dead at Julian and Lily, his face already as black as the bottom of a pot. “Whoever answers is the mad dog.” I couldn't help rolling my eyes. “Dad... this person... looks like you...” Leo tugged at Ethan’s clothes, suddenly speaking in a small voice, his words were like adding fuel to the fire, Ethan immediately angrily said: “Mia, who are these people?” I blinked, looked at the beautiful tear mole under Ethan’s eye, and then looked at Julian who had a tear mole in the same place. Not very similar really, just that between the eyebrows, there was indeed a bit of a resemblance. “This gentleman, this is my husband and daughter. I have already said you have the wrong person.” I licked the ice cream and said slowly, “I don't know you.” Seeing Ethan’s unfriendly tone, Julian immediately stood in front of me, frowning and saying: “Who are you? Please don't harass my wife and daughter.” “Wife? Daughter? Hehe, Mia, how come I didn't see before, you actually have someone else behind my back? You really have good tricks!” Ethan only felt that he had been deceived and his self-esteem insulted, but I firmly bit that I didn't know him, making him feel a sense of powerlessness like punching cotton. “Ethan...” Seeing Ethan very angry, Chloe couldn't help but say, “Don't be angry, didn't you say you have no relationship with her?” “Right, of course we have no relationship.” Ethan snorted coldly, “Mia, don't regret and come begging me!” “You're overthinking it.” I said coldly. “Dad, Auntie Chloe, let's go to the amusement park!” Leo, seeing his favorite Chloe, didn't want to see any more entanglement between Ethan and me, and couldn't help urging. Ethan pursed his lips, his jawline so sharp it seemed like it could cut me. He endured and clenched his fists, finally leaving a sentence: “Fine, take care of yourself.” Then he took Chloe and Leo and strode away. I glanced at the backs of the three of them, then withdrew my gaze without any nostalgia. “Mia, let's go home.” Julian took my hand, his warm fingers interlacing with mine. He didn't know, this sentence of going home, I had waited a full ten years for. “Julian...” The ice cream in my hand slipped and fell to the ground, I threw my arms around his neck, holding him and Lily in my arms. Tears finally couldn't help but fall. “I missed you guys so much, Julian...” I cried bitterly, my snot and tears wetting his clothes. “What's wrong with you?” Seeing me crying so hard I couldn't catch my breath, Julian became visibly flustered. He clumsily took out a tissue to wipe my tears, while gently patting my back. “Mia, did that man just now bully you? What happened when I went to buy ice cream? Don't cry, I'll go teach him a lesson!” Julian waved his fist, pretending to chase Ethan, I hugged him tightly, and said in a muffled voice: “No, Julian, don't leave me, not even for a minute.” 4 Ten years ago, Julian took Lily across the street to buy ice cream, but was hit by a large truck that ran a red light while crossing the road. At that time, I was standing right opposite them. That scene became the pain of my life. I held back my grief and organized the funeral for Julian and Lily, preparing to follow them, but accidentally bumped into Ethan on the road and picked up his folder. I flipped through it casually, only to find that an entire folder was about researching time travel. Not only that, inside that folder, were Ethan’s ID and photos. On the ID photo, his face was five-parts similar to Julian, especially the tear mole at the corner of the eye. And below the photo, a line of small print caught my attention. "Member of Quantum Mechanics Research Group, City B Research Institute" An incredible idea gradually appeared in my mind. If he really could research a method for time travel, could Julian and Lily come back to life? Holding this secret thought, I approached Ethan, married him, helped him take care of Leo, and placed all my longing for Julian and Lily on them. Facts proved that I bet right. I held Lily in one hand and Julian in the other, feeling like I was dreaming. For the past ten years, I had dreamt of reuniting with them every night, and now, I was actually able to hold their hands for real. It wasn't until we reached the door of our house, looking at the familiar door, that I suddenly felt a little timid. I was afraid that, like those dreams, once I pushed the door open, my dream would wake up. “Mia, what's wrong?” Julian saw me stunned at the door, and pinched my cheek. “Were you scared by that psycho just now? I'll make you something delicious in a bit.” He took out his key, opened the door, and pulled me in. At a glance, I saw the wedding photo of Julian and me on the wall facing the entrance. When Julian and Lily had their accident, I personally burned that photo to ashes. Seeing me still somewhat absent-minded, Julian found a fairy tale book for Lily, and poured me a cup of hot milk. “Drink some hot milk and rest, the food will be ready soon.” He kissed me gently on the forehead, then tied an apron and went into the kitchen. I sat on the sofa in the living room, looking at Lily quietly reading a book beside me, smelling the aroma of food wafting from the kitchen, my panicked heart suddenly calmed down. Those things no longer existed, what I needed to do now was to cherish the present, cherish every moment with them. Unknowingly, I leaned against the sofa and fell asleep, until Julian gently shook me awake, his tone gentle: “Wife, time to eat.” Seeing him and Lily, tears couldn't stop flowing from my eyes again. “What's wrong, you're a bit strange today.” Julian touched my forehead with some concern. “Are you not feeling well?” I sniffled, shaking my head: “No... I just... really missed eating with you guys...” Julian was stunned by my words, he laughed helplessly: “Then come over quickly, I made your favorite sweet and sour pork ribs.” Lily was already sitting at the dining table waiting for me, seeing me come over, she smiled until her eyes turned into slits, and used a spoon to scoop a big spoonful of sweet and sour pork ribs into my bowl. “Mom, the ribs Lily scooped for you!” “Thank you baby.” I couldn't help but pinch Lily's little face, “How is my daughter so cute.” Happy days passed quickly, and unknowingly a year flew by. On this day, Lily's kindergarten held a parent-child sports day, Julian had to work overtime and didn't have time, so I had to take Lily alone. For the first game in the afternoon, Lily participated with the other kids. Seeing it was still early, I decided to buy a cotton candy and wait for her at the finish line, to give her a surprise. As I squeezed my way back with the cotton candy, I heard some parents whispering. “Seems like kids are fighting over something over there, a little girl is crying...” My heart suddenly clenched, and I ran towards the field, but before I could squeeze into the crowd, Lily's crying reached my ears. I was instantly furious, pushing aside the spectating parents and rushing to the front. Lily had fallen to the ground, her white T-shirt already stained with mud. She was crying like a little dirty cat. Seeing me come over, she immediately threw herself into my arms. “Wuwuwu, Mom, someone stole my peace lock...” “Who stole it?” Seeing my daughter being bullied for no reason, my face turned cold, my eyes locking onto a little boy next to us who also had his head down, looking like a gray mouse. “How can you steal someone else's things at such a young age! Where are your parents? I need to talk to them!” Seeing the boy neither speaking nor looking up, I got angry and was about to find the park teacher directly. “Mom, that was originally my thing, you gave it to me!” The boy suddenly spoke with a crying voice, full of grievance. 5 Mom? I stopped and turned around, right into the tearful eyes of the little boy, it was none other than Leo. “That was the birthday present you gave me, how could you give it to someone else...” His small face was scrunched up, full of grievance. The surrounding parents seeing this also began to whisper. “So it's a family after all? What's going on with this mom, she can't even keep an eye on her own kids...” “Is she playing favorites? Look how aggrieved the little boy is, tsk tsk.” I immediately spoke loudly to Leo: “Whose child are you? I am not your mom, my only child is Lily. Hand over what you stole, or I'll call your parents!” Hearing this, Leo threw a tantrum and rolled on the ground: “Mom, don't you want me anymore? You clearly are my mom! Why won't you acknowledge me!” Seeing his unreasonable behavior, Lily wiped her tears, tugging at the corner of my clothes: “Mom, I don't want it anymore... let's go...” I nodded and said to Leo: “Fine, keep it if you want it.” With that, I picked up Lily and turned to leave. “Mom, don't leave!” Leo got up and chased after us. It wasn't until we reached the back door of the stadium, seeing there was no one around, that I stopped and turned to look at him: “Is there anything else?” Leo held the peace amulet in his hand, pouted and asked me: “Mom, you clearly gave me this peace amulet, why did you give it to someone else?” I just found it very funny. “Leo, I did give you a peace amulet before, but didn't you look down on it? Your peace amulet has long been thrown in the trash can, right.” When Leo was young, he was sickly. I went to Jiuhua Temple to ask for a peace amulet for him to bless his health. But later he despised me, naturally also despising the things I gave him, and threw the peace amulet away early on. Lily's peace amulet was something I specially went to Jiuhua Temple to ask for when I first came back, in order to thank the heavens for letting me regain what I lost. “Mom...” Large teardrops rolled down Leo’s face, “Don't abandon Leo.” A mocking smile formed at the corner of my mouth. “Don't call me mom, I can't bear it. Leo, it was you who looked down on me, no matter how good I was to you, I couldn't compare to Chloe who you didn't even know. Why are you remembering to call me mom now? Is your new mom not treating you well?” Hearing me mention Chloe, the grievance on Leo’s face deepened: “She, she doesn't like me at all, she's not good to me at all...” “Oh, but what does that have to do with me?” I sneered, “This was a choice made by you and your dad. I'm telling you, my only child is Lily, don't bother us anymore!” After saying that, I walked up to him and snatched Lily's peace amulet from his hand. “This, you don't deserve.” Leo seemed not to expect me to be so heartless, the look in his eyes was full of disbelief. “Mia! Leo!” Not far away, it was actually Ethan chasing after us. He ran up to me, panting heavily. On his cold face, there was a rare look of embarrassment and conflict. I looked him up and down. Compared to a year ago, the current Ethan looked much more weathered. His hair was messy, he had a stubble, and his face beneath his glasses was written with exhaustion. Even one of the buttons on his shirt was buttoned wrong. “Mia, long time no see.” He pursed his lips, “You... missed Leo, didn't you?” I raised an eyebrow: “Are you sick? I have my own child, why would I miss your child?” After being retorted by me, he just rubbed his hands and continued: “Mia, I was wrong before, can you give me and Leo another chance?” This was truly the sun rising from the west? I glanced at him out of the corner of my eye: “I don't know what you're talking about. Please control your ill-mannered child, stop snatching my daughter's things!” “You!” Ethan’s face finally turned dark. “Mia, how did you turn into this mean look? Leo and I already know we were wrong, what more do you want?” Hearing his words, I couldn't help but roll my eyes. Is this the attitude for begging people? So high and mighty. “I don't want anything, I don't know you guys, and I don't want to have any relationship with you! Don't disturb my life!” I coldly left a sentence, leaving the father and son behind, and hurried away from the stadium with Lily in my arms.
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