It seemed to have been a long, long time when the heavy darkness suddenly broke open, and after three years, I found myself...

No...

I looked around in surprise, this isn't the cellar!

What I saw was a spacious mud-brick room, a bed, a tattered table, and a chair, along with a broken box in the corner.

This is my room!

To be exact, this was where I lived in my previous life at home.

I lifted the quilt and raised my hand, noticing a pair of hands with small scars from frequent labor and calluses from years of writing.

There were no sores from the days of darkness or the marks from iron chains!

I've been reborn!

I quickly got up, wanting to know what year it was now, how old I was, but I accidentally brought out something hidden under the pillow.

This is...

The entrance exam admission ticket!

I realized that it was right after I finished my high school entrance exams, the admission ticket wasn't collected yet, indicating that I hadn't been accepted by the county high school. This means that around this time, teachers from both the city high school and the county high school would come to talk to me. After all, I achieved all A+'s.

In my past life, I wanted to study badly, to leave the mountains, so I accepted the county high school's admission because only at the county high school could I return home every day to help with house chores and take care of my brother who had broken his leg. That's why my parents begrudgingly let me attend high school.

This time...

No! Not just that! I suddenly remembered that my brother's leg wasn't broken from the beginning!

I quickly put on my shoes and ran out of the door.

My brother's leg got broken a few days before the teachers arrived because he was riding a motorcycle late at night, couldn't see the road clearly, and accidentally fell onto a roadside rock. Being trapped and losing too much blood, by the time he was taken to the hospital, it was already too late.

If today is the night, I can prevent my brother's leg from getting broken, at least I won't have to endure my parents' long-term reprimands...

At least in this family, I would still have my brother's care...

Maybe, I could even attend the city high school.

I stepped out of my room and first took a glance at my brother's room.

No one was there!

That's right, tonight, my brother was at home every night except for the night of the accident!

I grabbed a flashlight and ran outside quickly. Just as I left the village, I heard the sound of a motorcycle, followed by the noise of it overturning and crashing to the ground.

I ran in the direction of the sound, pointing the flashlight around, and soon heard my brother's familiar voice, he was calling for help!

It seemed to hurt a lot, so his cries for help weren't loud. I quickly ran over.

There was a gash on my brother’s leg from the motorcycle, and blood was everywhere, the surrounding ground darkened from the absorbed blood.

I didn't dare delay, told my brother to stay calm, and then ran back to the village to get help.

In two lifetimes, I had never run so fast or shouted so loudly.

I was terrified that if I was even a bit slower, my brother would lose his right leg forever, just like in my past life.