Prologue — A Life Filled with Regret

Cold rain poured from the dark sky. 🌧️

A young woman sat curled up in a narrow alley, her thin clothes soaked through.

Her stomach ached with hunger.

It had been two days since she had eaten a proper meal.

The once-proud heiress, who had lived in a luxurious mansion, now had nothing.

She smiled bitterly.

"How did my life become like this...?"

Memories flashed through her mind.

When she was only three years old, her mother passed away.

Her wealthy father gave her everything money could buy, but never the love she longed for. He was always busy and rarely came home.

The people she trusted most—her mother's cousins—raised her.

They spoiled her.

They told her she didn't need to study because she was rich.

They encouraged her bad temper and laughed whenever she made a mistake.

She thought they loved her.

She was wrong.

When she fell in love with the smartest boy in her class, they whispered into her ears every day.

"If you love him, don't let him go."

"Use your family's power."

"Make him marry you."

Blinded by love, she listened.

She forced him into a marriage he never wanted.

That single decision destroyed both of their lives.

The marriage ended in divorce.

After that, the same cousins who had encouraged her abandoned her without a second thought.

They took away her inheritance.

They drove everyone away from her.

When she begged for help...

No one reached out a hand.

Tears rolled down her pale cheeks.

"I was so foolish..."

"I trusted the wrong people..."

"I ruined his life..."

"If only..."

"If only I could live once more..."

The rain grew heavier.

Her vision slowly blurred.

With endless regret filling her heart, she closed her eyes forever.

...

A sharp ringing sound echoed in her ears.

Ring! Ring! Ring!

Her eyes flew open.

She stared at the familiar classroom ceiling in shock.

The voices of students filled the room.

Someone laughed.

Someone complained about homework.

At the front of the class, the teacher was writing on the blackboard.

She looked down at her own hands.

Smooth.

Young.

Unscarred.

Then her eyes landed on the countdown board.

College Entrance Examination — 180 Days Left.

She froze.

"...I'm alive?"

"No..."

"This can't be..."

She had returned...

To the day everything could still be changed.

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