The rebirth of the villainess

My minutes were counted, I remember the sharp pain and the warm blood around me, mom and dad were there, unconscious, upside down, the glass and the scorched metal were a bad sign, why was this happening to us?, we were a normal family, we had gone to dinner together, at what point did the accident happen?

I didn't know much later, I saw the lights of the paramedics approaching, the voices were distant, I could hear how they said that my parents were no longer alive and the gesture of the rescuers indicated that I was not well either, I let go my last breath and asked for another chance, a chance to prove that I deserved to live, I was 16 years old at the time.

When I opened my eyes I was in a lovely little wooden room, like an Asian hut, I remember having seen many of those interiors in some Asian series I watched, simple but elegant, and those stupid square pillows, my head was so high that I was almost sitting, but why was I in one of those little houses with those pillows?, where was mom and dad?, was that the hospital?, I got up confused from the curious bed, immediately a young girl approached me with a worried face.

- Miss Lian, Miss Lian, don't get up-  said the girl, her face was familiar to me, but I didn't know from where, and who was Lian, I ignored the girl and walked around the room, the girl kept shouting the name of this Lian.

I ignored her until I managed to find a way out, I stopped in surprise when I saw the outside, it was a beautiful Chinese garden, I had never seen one outside of television, it was even more beautiful than the staging, I couldn't help but leave the room and walk through the garden, the flowers were gorgeous and the air smelled of water and herbs.

While I was walking another voice sounded near me.

- Lian, Lian, what are you doing outside?-  a sweet voice approached me, I had not paid attention until someone grabbed my arm.

Alarmed I looked at the person who was talking to me, again, calling me "Lian", I remember how I felt my stomach turn when I saw a familiar face.

It was a young woman my age, long black hair and bold expression, but she was unforgettable, Chu Xian was her name, but it was impossible because Chu Xian was a fictional character in a Chinese novel I saw, it was impossible for Chu Xian to be there, so I looked out of the pond, I clung to the railing when I saw my face reflected, it was no longer me, it was a small round face, extremely beautiful with round slanted eyes and long black hair, that face was not mine, it was Chu Lian's, another character in the novel.

From the impression I held the railing so tightly that a splinter stuck in my hand, the pain was sharp and the blood gushed so real that it only confirmed that it was real and I was Chu Lian.

The novel followed Chu Xian the illegitimate daughter of a Minister of Ancient China who returned home after her mother died and her father recognized her, Chu Xian had to go through many situations that several times put her life at risk, she had many enemies for being like any protagonist, beautiful and intelligent, one of them was her cousin Chu Lian who was in love with the main villain, Prince Li Zhao and declared war on Chu Xian when she learned that Li Zhao loved Xian and not her, Chu Lian tried several times to kill Xian but in the last attempt in which she almost succeeded and left Xian badly wounded, she dropped an ornament with a golden lotus that served as evidence to incriminate her, her beloved Li Zhao is who ends her life believing that if they questioned Lian she would confess to all the crimes that the Prince had carried out.

A sad end for a sad villain, I always felt sorry for her, she did everything out of love for a guy who only used her, in the fan community they called her the Villainess of the Golden Lotus, and while some said she deserved to die, many of us defended her, I always thought she deserved better. I asked for a chance to live, I never thought that my chance would also be to save Chu Lian from her fate.

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