It was early in the morning, the young girl was curled up in her bed sleeping.
The curtains were drawn and windows open. And from them sun rays drifted into the room stirring her from her sleep.
Li Shenyu woke up on the bed. She sat up and looked around, stunned to find herself at her old apartment.
Reeling in from the shock she jumped down from the bed her teeth gritted from the pain and struggle to move. But surprisingly it was rather easy and pain free.
She quickly brushed it from her mind, still locked in on finding her kids, she looks around the room one more time to find herself alone.
She couldn't find her children, consoling herself that they may be in the other room, she dashed into it yelling her children names "Shenhui", "Hui", "where is your sister? Hui".
Fear gripped her, did her mother-in-law take her kids away and leave her here. Or did something happen that made everyone rush Shanshan to the hospital.
As immediately calmed down, that seem more plausible despite the old lady wickedness she was afraid of the children's death. If Shanshan went to the hospital the Hui should be with her and he most have written a note to keep her from worrying.
Going back to her room she sits near the drawer and looks for the note but not a single thing. Checking under the bed she still finds nothing.
This was impossible, Hui always wrote to her whenever he had to leave the house, the only explanations were either mom took them or her kids were in the living room.
She turned to the living room, then the kitchen and finally the guest bathroom
Immediately she entered the guest bathroom, she was shocked to finally see her reflection on the mirror.
Frightened, she sat on the floor. Standing up with a shaking breath she stared at her image dumbfounded.
Was this really her? No it was impossible she had aged and had Peripartum Cardiomyopathy, she should look sickly and pale.
Stretching her hands to touch the mirror she looked even more puzzled it was real, even without her disease she had aged. And from how her body had felt yesterday she had thought she would died that day.
Now she stood here still young and beautiful, her hair has been cut and was still long and shiny. She tugged at the hair and felt a sharp pain in her scalp. It was real and hers.
What was going on? She sat on the floor for a few minutes. Then ran back to her room to check the calendar 12 August 2002. How was this possible? She was so sure it was already 2020.
She should be dead, living her children behind.
How was she back here, maybe that was a nightmare, she never died.
How can one die and come back to life and still look young and back in time. The only explanation was all that was just a horrible nightmare, after all she was about to get married, yes, this was horrible marriage scare- a terrible nightmare.
That make more sense, how could she be in such a situation. Bullied, abused and left to die and she didn't even fight back.
Even her parents did nothing although they were in different countries and divorced, they never let her lack a thing since childhood. They got a beautiful penthouse each room being soundproof, a car. She was even a trust fund kid.
Although the neglected her in some areas, isn't that normal, they won't leave her to die.
Putting her hands on her chest she let out a sigh. She was just 20, how could she have such a horrible dream.
She still unlocked the trust fund, gotten into her dream university to study fashion
So many unachieved goals and she is already dreaming of her death, a miserable one for that matter.
How ridiculous! How could she be frightened by such a dream.
She began humming a melody as she moved to the kitchen to make something to eat. Her phone rings it's her boyfriend mother.
Panic fills her, it's just like the dream. Today her boyfriend's mother calls her and tried to convince her to marry early.
Even her own mom called saying the same thing. Was this all a dream or a coincidence?
She refused to believe that she had let herself live such a tragic life.
In the dream after persuading her to marry, They agreed she wouldn't change her status and since she was in her last year, a private ceremony was enough and she would complete her degree before anyone knew.
So she relented and agreed convinced that as long as she had a personal ceremony without changing certificates the school would not find out.
This was because of the strict rules in 2002, a college student was not allowed to be married or even worse pregnant- the result of this was an expulsion from the university.
Ignoring the call, she moves back to her room to record all the major information and events from her dream on her phone and a small sketch diary.
She would watch this few days if it was exactly like her dream. Then she would wreck havoc on all other those who hurt her and snatched her things before they could even hurt her.
Thinking about the dream again she lost her appetite and decides to lie back on the bed. She would sleep today off.
And check to see if tomorrow is exactly like she wrote down.