Chapter 1The Second Chance at 18

My mother blinded my father, then killed my grandmother, all to possess him completely.

On the day of my college entrance exam, she tried to sell me off.

My father dragged her down with him to their deaths to save me.

Ten years later, I traveled back in time to the year my father turned eighteen.

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Today is the day of my dad's college entrance exam.

7:00 AM.

I’m standing by the side of the road my dad takes every morning, gripping a dog leash tightly in my hand.

A bright red motorcycle roars towards me.

The woman sitting on the back is my mother.

She’s wearing a helmet, but I recognize the black wolf head tattoo on her tan arm.

I see her unscrewing a bottle cap.

The liquid inside is acid. She plans to use it to blind my father.

In the original timeline, my grandmother died in a car accident rushing him to the hospital.

My mother used my grandmother's body as leverage to force my dad into marriage, making him live as a submissive son-in-law in her family's home.

She abused him for five years and ruined his entire life.

The motorcycle is getting closer. I toss a meaty pork bone onto the road and let go of the leash.

The big black dog, hungry from fasting all night, bolts into the street.

The rider swerves in panic.

The bike crashes into the flowerbed, throwing my mother off.

She doesn’t have time to react. The liquid in the bottle splashes onto her face, some of it getting into her eyes.

She screams. "I can't see out of my left eye! I'm blind!"

At the same time, the patrol officer I contacted earlier arrives on the scene.

The rider panics at the sight of the uniform.

He immediately points at my mother, confessing that she forced him to drive the bike so she could blind my dad.

My mother breaks free from the officer’s grip and charges at me across the road.

The officer reacts quickly, twisting her arm behind her back and pinning her to the ground.

I haven't been reborn. I’ve time-traveled to this era in my own body.

I look very much like my dad, so she assumes I’m his sister.

"You little bitch! Your brother is mine! He can't escape! I'm going to make you watch while I ruin him!"

A primal fear of her washes over me.

My vision goes black, and I fall backward.

I fall into a warm embrace that smells like sunshine.

"Hey, are you okay?"

The boy speaking is handsome, with sparkling peach-blossom eyes full of gentleness.

He looks like a character straight out of a manga.

It's my dad.

My eighteen-year-old dad.

I hug him tightly. "Dad, I missed you so much!"