Chapter 2

Last time, I had been skeptical of the guardian spirit in the beginning. That changed only after it accurately predicted a series of minor events.

That evening, during dinner, its voice echoed in my mind again.

“Your dad is about to knock over his water glass. Later, he will change into his blue pajamas.”

A minute later, Aaron knocked over his glass.

The voice said regretfully, “If you’d stopped him from picking it up, he wouldn’t have burned his hand.”

It was this very comment that had convinced me last time. I began using its prophecies to help my parents avoid every little risk it foretold.

Yet, in the end, Aaron went bankrupt, Sally had a heart attack, and Pearl died too.

Having lived through it all once, I swore I would rewrite our destinies.

The next morning, I used the hundred thousand dollars Aaron had given me as an allowance to hire a private investigator to conduct a thorough check on the West City project.

Our city was not a historic landmark. No kingdom in history had ever established a unique civilization here.

The investigator reported, “We consulted a history professor to survey the terrain. He confirmed there’s no possibility of an ancient tomb being there.”

Only then did I finally breathe a sigh of relief.

A few days later, Aaron was in high spirits at dinner. He could not help but smile as he said, “The West City project is finalized. The projected profit is at least a hundred million!”

He looked at me in joy as he said, “When it comes through, Mia, my darling, you will get seventy million, and Pearl will get thirty million. I won’t play favorites with either of my girls.”

Pearl quickly waved her hands. “I’ve taken enough from Mia all these years. Give her my share too.”

Sally gazed at us with gentle affection, while Aaron laughed heartily.

A wave of warmth washed over me as I thought to myself, ‘Have I finally managed to protect my family this time?’

Yet the very next day, a newspaper headline screamed the news.

[Major Ancient Tomb Complex Discovered in West City; All Development Projects Indefinitely Halted]

My body went cold, as if I was plunged into an ice pit.

How? How could a tomb complex suddenly be discovered in West City in this life?

That never happened in my last life.

Besides, I had deliberately ignored the guardian spirit’s advice this time. How did my father still end up going bankrupt?

At that moment, Pearl’s scream came from the living room.

“Dad! What’s wrong? Are you okay?”

The shock of the news had given Aaron a stroke.

Sally and Pearl rushed him to the hospital in a frenzy.

Sally cried until she fainted, while Pearl stayed by his bedside and took care of him for days.

When Aaron finally came home, he looked ten years older. Yet, he did not let out a single word of blame toward me.

A guilt so heavy it felt physical settled in my chest, a suffocating weight that made it hard to breathe.

Just then, that haunting voice returned.

“Your mom will leave the house tomorrow to borrow money. You must not let her out, or she’ll be hit by a car.”

My fists clenched so tight that my nails dug into my palms.

I attempted to stop her from leaving before, and she had a fatal heart attack.

This time, no matter what, I would not repeat that mistake. I had to keep my mother alive.