Push Me Away When I Come, Don't Hold Me Back When I Leave - Chapter 166

Chapter 166: You’ve Come Far Enough

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【The World – 世界】 is not as simple a tarot card as The Sun. The power of unity requires both the caster and recipient to pay a price. Although An Jinrou had grown weary of the mortal world, she wouldn’t easily sacrifice decades of lifespan for just anyone.

If it wasn’t for Xia Ruoming, she couldn’t imagine who else it could be.

“No wonder when I divined your fate that day, your destiny and fate chart showed completely different paths,” An Jinrou smiled. “So you’re someone who has been reborn. That explains it. Now that you’ve been reborn with your memories, have you achieved the future you wanted?”

Hearing these words, Xia Ruoming suddenly adopted a grave expression.

“What’s wrong?” An Jinrou was particularly curious about Xia Ruoming’s change. “Could it be that your fate is even worse than your previous life?”

“No… it’s not worse,” Xia Ruoming took a deep breath before expressing what was on her mind. “It’s too smooth. Everything is terrifyingly smooth, even more than I imagined.”

“Isn’t that good?” An Jinrou said with a smile. This kind of thing wasn’t really a big deal, those who are reborn naturally have better luck than ordinary people, and since they won’t repeat past mistakes, of course everything would go terrifyingly smoothly.

“That’s not what I mean. Things aren’t developing according to my will. It’s as if before I make any decisions, many outcomes have already become abnormal,” Xia Ruoming complained to An Jinrou while pressing her temples, clearly very troubled.

“Why don’t you tell me about it?”

Xia Ruoming then explained everything that happened after her rebirth in detail, including the mess with Xu Fengwu in her previous life, how she rejected Xu Fengwu after being reborn, and how Xu Fengwu ended up pursuing her instead.

She was certain that in her previous life, she had met Jiang Ruhua in university, and Jiang Ruhua had never been to her high school. But in this life, she met Jiang Ruhua early in high school and formed a strange connection. After that, Jiang Ruhua even enrolled at Zhejiang University, in her previous life, Jiang Ruhua had clearly wanted to go to Sichuan University and didn’t want to leave Chengdu.

Luo Qingxuan’s sudden confession was similar, this had never happened in her previous life, but in this life Luo Qingxuan inexplicably confessed to her. Moreover, the usually introverted Luo Qingxuan was bold enough to confess publicly, and seemed completely unafraid of rejection.

The most outrageous was Ye Han. In her previous life, Ye Han had married Xu Fengwu, and she hadn’t even known Ye Han was her cousin. But in this life, both of them fell in love with her at the same time, and Ye Han even unabashedly cuddled with her at home.

“What you say is true,” An Jinrou said with furrowed brows.

The more she heard from Xia Ruoming, the more serious her expression became. Usually, rebirth wouldn’t cause such major changes unless something in her previous life was significant enough to affect her after rebirth.

After hesitating for a moment, An Jinrou took out three coins and muttered some strange words before throwing them on the ground.

The coins spun around and around, finally all standing on their edges on the ground, showing no signs of falling.

An Jinrou’s gaze toward Xia Ruoming also held more surprise.

“I see… The Empress and The Moon were destined to be as close as sisters, but The Empress stole The Moon’s fortune and took The Sun as a spouse, so naturally that sisterly bond disappeared into smoke, which is why you became like that,” An Jinrou shook her head helplessly and said, “Your life truly is full of ups and downs, and quite interesting.”

“What are you talking about? Please slow down, I’m getting confused by your riddles.”

“The Empress card represents Ye Han. She had also visited my shop before. When we first met, I saw she had fortune beyond ordinary people. I’m not omniscient, it’s impossible to know all futures. Thinking back now, when I divined for her and knew that you two were destined to be enemies, it must have referred to this.”

“The Sun and Moon are destined to be together, but she stole your fortune, so naturally she also stole this destiny,” An Jinrou explained slowly. “It has nothing to do with your efforts or anything else. You, who originally had time in your destiny, became someone forcing the impossible after she stole your fortune.”

“Is that so?” For some reason, hearing this result made Xia Ruoming feel relieved, but then another question troubled her. “Then why in this life…”

An Jinrou shook her head, her gaze sweeping toward the mist-covered ancient path.

“In the distant past, someone gave you their fortune. You who was reborn have the fortune of two people, able to stand equal to that Empress card, and thus both the present and future have changed.”

“How interesting. I’ve never met someone like you before.”

Xia Ruoming didn’t respond, lost in thought about something, her gaze profound.

Seeming to see through Xia Ruoming’s thoughts, An Jinrou stood up, broke off a bamboo branch, and slowly said: “Xia Ruoming, if you can’t let go, why force yourself? You’ve come far enough, it’s fine to stop and think things through.”

“Didn’t you say that once you make a decision, you must never look back?” Xia Ruoming raised her head and arched an eyebrow. “That was the result of The Fool card reading you did for me. Are you changing your words now?”

An Jinrou burst out laughing, laughing until tears almost spilled from her eyes.

“Xia Ruoming, did you really make a decision? Or rather, did your heart ever really make a decision?” An Jinrou laughed so hard she could barely catch her breath, saying between laughs, “From the very beginning, you only thought you had made a decision. You only thought you had spent decades changing yourself.”

“Once there’s hesitation, it can’t be called a decision anymore, it’s just your thoughts.”

“Although whether you listen or not is your own business, but…” An Jinrou pointed toward the path Xia Ruoming had come from. “Just like this bamboo forest path, you’ve come far enough. If you turn back now, you can still return before dark.”

“Even if I retrace my steps, it would take quite a long time to get back to the entrance, wouldn’t it?”

“Of course not. There are shortcuts even when going back. Look at the water in this stream, clear to the bottom. Look carefully at the water’s surface, tell me what you see?” An Jinrou led Xia Ruoming to the stream and asked gently.

“Uh… I see my reflection?” Xia Ruoming answered in confusion.

“Yes… it’s you. You understand now.” An Jinrou reached out and pushed Xia Ruoming toward the stream.

“Wait…”

Before Xia Ruoming could finish speaking, her foot slipped and she was pushed into the stream.

In reality, she suddenly opened her eyes and found herself still at the entrance of the ancient path, sitting on the stone platform beside it. Her clothes weren’t wet, her legs didn’t feel tired, but the sky was already growing dark.

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AN: Spoiler alert, the other person is Ye Xue, in case you think it’s Luo Qingxuan (laughs)