Last Life, He Killed Me for Her. This Life, I’ll Sell Him the Ticket Chapter 09
I looked at their bodies, filled with desert sand, and could not help giving a derisive smile.Â
This was karma.Â
Most people in the settlement knew about the evil things those two had done.Â
So no one had much sympathy for them.Â
Their bodies were buried in a hurry, without even aÂ
funeral.Â
All that was left were two rough, unmarkedÂ
mounds of dirt.Â
That day, I suddenly felt the knot that had been twisted in my chest for years finally loosen.Â
My whole body felt light.Â
I laughed wildly, and after that, I fell gravely ill.Â
The doctors gave me a lot of medicine, butÂ
nothing worked.Â
Everyone was frantic, and the General came too.Â
He had already retired, and he looked very old.Â
“Lana, you promised your mother you wouldn’tÂ
die.”Â
I looked at Candy and forced a smile.Â
It was all right. My mother had already beenÂ
reincarnated. She would not remember the past,Â
and she would not blame me.Â
My wish had been fulfilled. There was nothing left.Â
tying me to this world.Â
Just as my breathing grew weaker and weaker,Â
Candy suddenly started crying.Â
“Don’t die. I’ll make you brown–sugar glazedÂ
meatloaf. Please don’t die.”Â
Her little face flushed with panic, and her sobsÂ
were filled with despair.Â
“I was waiting for you. You never got to eat theÂ
meatloaf…”Â
Her words came out jumbled, as if she wereÂ
trapped in a nightmare. Then she suddenlyÂ
developed a high fever too.Â
I was so frantic that a bit of will to live returned toÂ
me, and I hurriedly climbed out of bed.Â
Later, the settlement supervisor brought in a localÂ
spiritual elder.Â
He said, “Your bond from your last life still isn’tÂ
finished. In this life, you’re meant to be familyÂ
again. Why not make her your goddaughter?”Â
Professor Howard and his wife agreed at once.Â
Only after the ceremony ended did I realize whatÂ
had happened.Â
“In this life, I actually became my mother’sÂ
godmother.”Â
I did not know whether to laugh or cry, but at theÂ
same time, it felt good.Â
In my last life, she had been my mother and hadÂ
shielded me from every storm.Â
In this life, I would be her mother and protect herÂ
as she grew up safely.Â
After Candy became my goddaughter, her illness miraculously improved, and the wind–erosion problem Professor Howard had been working onÂ
was solved as well.Â
When his support assignment ended, he returnedÂ
to Washington, D.C.Â
Using the memories from my last life, I also built aÂ
future for Candy in the Bay Area.Â
After that, we saw each other often.Â
When Candy grew up, she entered the researchÂ
institute just as she had wished.Â
This time, she had access to better educationalÂ
resources and achieved even better results thanÂ
she had in her last life.Â
A breeze blew past, and I looked at her with prideÂ
written all over my face.Â
In this life, we finally both got to live the lives weÂ
wanted.

