Lena was shocked and Lady Wu saw her expression.
"Don"t worry... she"s not really dead.. just a bit crazy."
Lena cleared her throat... "Yeah... you too..."
"You are really blessed." Lady Wu stopped laughing and held Lena"s hand. "Blessed with second chances..."
"What does that mean?"
"You have blessed already the moment your soul reached the mortal world. But the world of the humans did not accept you so your soul had died early on."
"I died before my mother gave birth to me..." Lena said... remembering the puzzle pieces she put together when she had the conversation with her mom.
She had a.s.sumed that Shen Qian was already the dead stillbirth baby of Lena... and someone how reborn into a world and came back here. She already realized that she was in the body of her sister.
"When you said that the world of humans did not accept me... are you saying I did not die naturally?" Lena asked but Lady Wu just continued with on without answering Lena.
There were some things that Lady Wu can tell Lena... but some things... she was not able to... for she should not interfere with fate too much.. or she, herself, would be punished.
"You gave yourself a second chance to be reborn... and thus you went to a different world. But you also made sure your mother got a second chance too... to have another child."
Lena paused and listened to Lady Wu.
"Being blessed with second chances means is a wondrous thing. You... you are a miracle... For those who had lost their path... you offer them second chances to find new ones. For those who did not have a happy life, you will give them second chances for a better one. For those you had met and will meet. You can"t pick and choose... but your presence is already a miracle."
Lady Wu continued. "Your soul... it is always meant to die peacefully. You died in your mother"s womb... and then you died in your sleep."
Her sleep... that"s right. Shen Qian was sleeping right before she woke up in this world... so she did die sleeping... at least it was not a painful death.
"Your soul must have traveled back home.... and before it could leave the mortal world... it gave your sister another chance... at love."
"What do you mean by that..?"
"I don"t know... I am only trying to interpret the energy from you to tell you a story."
"I see...."
"The fate of this body... she had a horrible fate. To kill a man who had loved her for years... and to die with him, realizing her life had been meaningless. That the man she should have loved all along... was the person she killed."
"Kill a man that had loved her for years..." Lena paused as a memory past her mind. "Gary?" She whispered.
Lena remembered the night she was shot and Gary did too... but Gary did not die... nor did she... was it because she was already changing Lena"s fate in this world? Although she did not indirectly kill Gary... it was because of her that Gary was in trouble in the first place.
The original Lena"s fate was to die alongside Gary... with regret of being blinded by one lover and losing the grasp of her real lover.
Lena quickly went to her bag and pulled out the bracelet that Gary made for her.
"Lady Wu... can you read the energy from this?"
"I don"t know... my gift comes and go. I can try though."
Lady Wu took the bracelet from Lena and closed her eyes.
"I can sense two similar energy here.... similar but different too. One.. a weak soul... and another.. a very strong one."
Weak... and strong.. That was exactly how Gary was and now. "So basically two different people?" Lena asked.
"I cannot be certain."
"Thank you, Lady Wu." Lena retrieved back her bracelet. "I am very thankful for meeting you today... but I have to go."
"Miss..." Lady Wu called her back.
Lena turned around and look at her.
"You are the bringer of second chances.... and you have given the boy a second chance and the Li family. However..." Lady Wu"s voice got darker and serious. "The boy is in a very dark place.... one wrong step and he can pull you deep into the darkness of the abyss with him. Everyone around his have very dark souls.... if you are not careful, you will be consumed entirely."
Lena eyes turned confident and she smiled. "Thank you... but... I will never let that happen."
Lena turned around and left. She understood now and she just needed to confirm one more thing.
Lena spotted Madam Li sitting on a bench as she peacefully looked at the garden.
"Madam Li." Lena called out to her.
"Hmm... are you done?"
"Yes. I have to leave first... I will take a taxi home." Lena spoke quickly.
"Leave first? Are you sure?"
"Yes. You can go back to speak with Lady Wu."
Lena said her goodbyes and quickly left. She hailed a taxi and told the man to go to Gary"s apartment.
Madam Li looked at Lena"s departing figure and sighed. Did the old lady scare her? She walked back into the room.
"So.. Lady Wu... how did it go?"
Lady Wu drank her tea and smiled. "She is surely blessed. A very strong one too."
"Aiya.." Madam Li let out a breath of relief. "That"s good."
"Hmmm..." Lady Wu hummed.
She looked out the window and sipped on her tea. "A storm is coming.... not tonight maybe... but it"ll be here by tomorrow. A nasty storm."