Siheyuan: Starting from the Old Society

"You don't have to be too angry. This is just a possibility for your sister's future. If you choose to stay here, inherit my mantle, and become the new generation of Shennong, your sister's fate will change, and the people you care about will live a happy and healthy life." The old voice seemed to see through Sha Zhu's thoughts and said slowly.

"Are you serious?" Sha Zhu suddenly raised his head, a glimmer of hope in his eyes.

"I never lie."

Sha Zhu lowered his head in deep thought, struggling internally. On one side was the familiar world and his beloved sister, and on the other side was the unfamiliar world and an unknown mission. How should he choose?

At this moment, the scene changed again, and a scene that made him heartbroken appeared...

......

Sha Zhu suddenly opened his eyes, gasping for breath, his forehead covered in cold sweat.

"It turned out to be a dream..." he muttered to himself, still feeling scared.

"Shazhu, Shazhu, wake up, what's wrong with you?" A familiar voice sounded in his ears.

Sha Zhu turned around and saw Qin Huairu looking at him with a worried look on her face.

"Huai Ru, I'm fine, I just had a nightmare." Sha Zhu forced a smile and wanted to sit up, but he felt sore and weak all over.

"Don't move. You have a fever. You need to go to the hospital immediately." Qin Huairu said as she was about to help him up.

"Go to the hospital? Go to which hospital? How can I afford to go to the hospital?" Sha Zhu grabbed Qin Huairu's hand with an excited look on his face.

"Shazhu, don't be like this. Don't worry about the money. I will find a way." Qin Huairu comforted.

"Huai Ru, you are so nice, but I..." Sha Zhu wanted to say something but was interrupted by Qin Huai Ru.

"Don't worry, just be obedient and go to the hospital first." Qin Huairu helped Sha Zhu up without saying a word and walked out of the house.

Sha Zhu was unable to resist and could only let Qin Huairu support him as he walked out of the park in a daze.

As soon as he walked out of the park gate, he bumped into a person head-on. Sha Zhu took a closer look and immediately became furious.

"Xu Damao! You bastard, how dare you appear in front of me!"

The familiar face of Qin Huairu appeared on the screen.

"Huai Ru? What's going on? Why is she here?" Sha Zhu pointed at the light curtain and asked in disbelief.

"She is your destiny in this life. Because of her, your family will be destroyed, you will be abandoned by your friends and relatives, and you will end up with a miserable ending." The old voice said slowly with a hint of pity.

"What? This is impossible! Huairu is kind-hearted, gentle and virtuous. How could she harm me?" Sha Zhu shook his head desperately, unwilling to believe it.

The picture on the screen changed again. This time, it was the scene of Sha Zhu and Qin Huairu's wedding.

"Shazhu, don't worry. After I marry you, I will take good care of you, respect my elders, and support this family." Qin Huairu, wearing a bright red wedding dress, said to Shazhu with a happy face.

"Huai Ru, I believe you." Sha Zhu held Qin Huai Ru's hand tightly, his eyes full of love.

The scene changes to a few years later, when Sha Zhu and Qin Huairu, along with their three children, live a very difficult life as a family of five squeezed into a small room.

"Shazhu, look Banggeng's shoes are torn again. Can you buy him a new pair?" Qin Huairu said to Shazhu with an embarrassed look on her face while holding the child.

"Huai Ru, it's not that I don't want to buy it, it's just that my family is out of money. I have already borrowed money from several families this month." Sha Zhu said helplessly.

"What should we do? We can't let the child walk barefoot, right?" Qin Huairu's tears welled up in her eyes.

"Okay, okay, I'll think of a way. I will buy Banggeng a new pair of shoes tomorrow." Shazhu looked at the child with heartache and agreed.

The scene changed again, showing Sha Zhu working hard in the factory. He was sweating profusely and panting with exhaustion, but he still gritted his teeth and persevered.

"Sha Zhu, have you heard? Qin Huairu has been very close to Deputy Director Li of the factory recently. The two of them often leave work together. If you don't know, you would think they are a couple." A worker leaned close to Sha Zhu's ear and whispered.

"Don't talk nonsense, Huairu is not that kind of person." Sha Zhu's face darkened and he scolded.

"You may know it yourself, but let me warn you, be careful not to get cuckolded without knowing it." After saying this, the worker turned and left.

Although Sha Zhu said he didn't believe it, he felt as if his heart was hit hard by something and felt vaguely uneasy.

The scene changed again. This time, Sha Zhu witnessed Qin Huairu and a strange man making love in bed...

"Ah!" Sha Zhu covered his eyes in pain and let out a roar.

"No! This is not true! This is not true!" Sha Zhu shook his head desperately, trying to get rid of the scene in front of him, but it was no use.

"Do you believe it now? This is your fate. You will be betrayed by the people you trust the most, you will lose everything you cherish most, and you will spend the rest of your life in pain and despair." The old voice echoed in Sha Zhu's ears like the whisper of a devil, making him shudder.

Sha Zhu closed his eyes in pain, but the image of Qin Huairu making love with another man could not be shaken off his mind. He felt nauseous and his stomach was churning, as if he was going to vomit out all the bitter bile.

"No! This is not true! Huairu is not that kind of person!" Sha Zhu suddenly opened his eyes and tried desperately to deny everything in front of him.

"Hmph, you won't cry until you see the coffin!" The old voice was full of sarcasm, "Do you think what you saw is just the tip of the iceberg? Next, you will see more, things that will be even more difficult for you to accept!"

The picture on the screen changed again. This time, it was Sha Zhu who worked hard for Qin Huairu's family, but Qin Huairu was flirting with other men behind his back and even secretly transferred the family's money out.

Sha Zhu watched helplessly as Qin Huairu spent his hard-earned money on other men. He felt a pain in his heart. He wanted to stop it, wanted to question it, but found that he was powerless.

"Enough! Stop it!" Sha Zhu roared in pain. He couldn't bear it any longer. These images were like sharp blades, stabbing into his heart and making him feel miserable.

"What? You regret it now? It's too late!" The old voice was a little proud, as if he was enjoying Sha Zhu's pain. "You have already embarked on this road of no return, so don't even think about turning back! You are destined to pay the price for your stupidity!"

Sha Zhu sat on the ground helplessly, despair, anger, pain, all kinds of emotions intertwined and overwhelmed him. He didn't know what else he could do to change all this.

At this moment, the picture on the screen suddenly froze, and an old figure appeared in front of Sha Zhu.

He was an old man wearing coarse linen clothes, with gray hair and a wrinkled face. His eyes were deep and vicissitudes, as if he saw through everything in the world.

"Who are you?" Sha Zhu asked vigilantly.

"It doesn't matter who I am. What matters is that I can help you." The old man spoke slowly, his voice low and magnetic.

"Help me? What can you do to help me?" Sha Zhu raised his head, a glimmer of hope in his eyes.

"I can help you change your fate and prevent you from making the same mistakes again." The old man said, stretching out his hand, and an ancient jade pendant lay quietly in his palm.

The jade pendant is emerald green and crystal clear, with a lifelike dragon carved on it, with its head held high and claws sharp, as if it is about to break through the air.

"This jade pendant can allow you to go back in time and change the trajectory of your life." The old man handed the jade pendant to Sha Zhu, "Take it, go back to the turning point of your destiny, make a different choice, and your life will be completely different."

Sha Zhu looked at the jade pendant in front of him and hesitated. He didn't know whether he should believe this old man who suddenly appeared, nor did he know whether this jade pendant could really change his fate.

"What are you still hesitating about?" The old man seemed to see through Sha Zhu's thoughts. "Do you want to watch your life turn into a tragedy? Do you want to continue to be deceived by that woman, sucked dry by her family, and end up with your family broken up?"

Sha Zhu's body trembled violently. Every word of the old man was like a heavy hammer, hitting his heart hard.

Yes, do I really have to sit there and wait for death, letting fate take its course? Do I really have to watch my life become a joke?

No! He doesn't want it! He wants to change everything! He wants those who hurt him to pay the price! He wants Qin Huairu to regret it!

"I promise you!" Sha Zhu took the jade pendant with a firm look and held it tightly in his hand.

"Very good, remember, you only have one chance, you must seize it." The old man nodded with satisfaction, his figure gradually became transparent and finally disappeared.

Sha Zhu felt a black screen in front of his eyes. When he opened his eyes again, he found himself standing in a familiar place.

That was the gate of the steel mill, where he worked.

"Shazhu, what are you daydreaming about? Go back and get to work!" A familiar voice sounded in his ears. Shazhu turned around and saw a fat woman in blue work clothes standing behind him, looking at him impatiently.

That's Qin Huairu.

No, to be precise, it was the young Qin Huairu. She had not yet become mercenary and greedy like she did later, and her face still retained a trace of the innocence and shyness of a young girl.

Sha Zhu looked at Qin Huairu in front of him with complicated eyes.

He knew that the gears of fate had begun to turn, and this time, he would no longer be the fool who was at the mercy of others!

Sha Zhu held his head in agony. Those images burned into his mind like a branding iron, and he couldn't get rid of them. The old voice was still echoing in his ears, as if it was mocking him, but also as if it was pitying him.

"No, this is not true! I don't believe it!" Sha Zhu raised his head suddenly, staring at the light screen in front of him with bloodshot eyes, "Why do you let me watch this? What do you want to tell me?"