My girlfriend’s childhood friend couldn’t get a ticket on the high-speed train home for the National Day holiday. To sit with him, she simply took the seat next to him.
Before the train left, a middle-aged woman in plain clothes stood beside the seat, claiming it was hers. But the passengers showed no sign of giving up their seats.
I forced my girlfriend to give her the seat back. My girlfriend’s childhood friend was standing all the way in a bad mood.
It caused his post-surgery wound to open again, bleeding and death. She calmly handled his funeral arrangements and married me.
On the night of our wedding, she hit me with her car, breaking both my legs. She then bought standing tickets and took me on the high-speed train for three days and three nights.
Watching me covered in blood, she laughed with arrogance. “Dominic, this is what you did to Edward before! If you hadn’t stopped him that day, he would never have died. Go to hell! Join him in the grave!”
She stepped on my broken legs, watching me bleed to death on the high-speed train.
When I opened my eyes again, I saw my girlfriend glaring at the woman. Her eyes filled with anger. She didn’t know that the middle-aged woman was the wife of a local gang leader, who was famously devoted to his wife.
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“Dominic, can you stop being so sensitive every time Edward and I are together? I’m telling you, don’t get involved this time! He just got discharged from surgery, so absolutely needs this seat!”
My girlfriend’s name was Felicia Miguez. Her low voice brought me to my senses.
I glanced at the middle-aged woman standing next to the seat, looking embarrassed. She saw my hand already reaching out to stop Felicia.
I realized I had truly been reborn. In my previous life, it was the moment that I had stopped Felicia, allowing that middle-aged woman to sit until her destination.
Only when we got off the train did I discover that the middle-aged woman was actually the wife of our local underworld boss. Because I had prevented Felicia from taking her seat, she was able to escape.
Later, thanks to an unexpected meeting, Felicia succeeded in starting her own business using the underworld boss’s influence. She became a rising star in the business world.
But her childhood sweetheart, Edward Coleman, got angry and insisted on marrying her. I also refused to take Felicia’s seat and stood the entire journey home.
The result? His stitches ripped open from prolonged standing. After a day and night of emergency treatment, he died of blood loss.
Felicia calmly arranged his funeral and later married me. In our previous life, on our wedding day, she brutally broke both of my legs. She bought me a standing ticket and took me on a high-speed train for three days and three nights, even though I desperately needed medical attention.
In the end, she looked at me, covered in blood and stepped on my broken legs, constantly telling me that I was the cause of Edward’s death and deserved this kind of revenge. She saw me bleed to death on the speeding train. This memory made my face grow even paler.
“My friend just had surgery. You should give up your seat for him. I see you’re in good condition,so standing for a while shouldn’t be a problem. Giving up your seat for the elderly, weak, or disabled is a good thing. Don’t be so selfish.”
Felicia’s words snapped me back to my senses. Edward, who had been silent beside us, glanced at me, then tugged Felicia’s sleeve.
“Felicia, I think Dominic is upset with me. Don’t let my situation cause conflict between you two. If it’s really too much, I’ll just stand the rest of the way.”
Edward started to act like the same act from my past life again. Even though Felicia had a seat, he began to get up while speaking.
He could have sat in Felicia’s seat if he was uncomfortable. But he deliberately used my anger as an excuse for him to stand, forcing Felicia to release all her anger on me.
In this life, I wasn’t going to be that foolish. I thought of how that gang boss had doted on his wife when we got off the station last life and a faint smile appeared on my lips.
I looked at Felicia, who glared fiercely at me and said calmly, “I’m not angry. You two can do whatever you want to do, go ahead. It’s none of my business.”
After saying that, I sat back down in my own seat and put my earphones into my ears. Felicia was stunned for a moment when she heard my words, but she had no energy to bother with me.
The middle-aged woman had already taken advantage of the moment Edward stood up and placed her bag on the seat. Felicia’s expression instantly changed. She grabbed the woman’s bag and slammed it hard onto the floor.
“What do you think you’re doing? Did I just waste my time talking to you? My friend just got discharged from surgery. Couldn’t you have moved? How can you be so uncivilized? “
Seeing her bag smashed on the floor, the woman got flustered too. Her voice was almost tearful.
“This bag contains fresh eggs from the countryside I brought for my husband to help him recover. You dropped them like that and they must have all broken.”
She awkwardly bent down to open the bag. A strong and fishy odor hit her. Sure enough, the entire bag of eggs had crumbled into a yellow egg soup.
The smashed eggs quickly poured out of the bag amidst the crowd. Everyone around them covered their mouths and hid in their seats.
Edward glanced at it, then turned away, covering his mouth and started vomiting. Seeing this, Felicia kicked the bag far away.
“They’re broken, so be it. They weren’t worth much anyway. I’ll give you the money as compensation. We also bought your seat.”
Felicia spoke as she pulled one hundred dollars from her pocket and tossed it into the egg liquid. The woman picked up each bill from the egg splatter and placed it on the small table in front of Edward.
“Young lady, I don’t want your money. I just want my seat back.”
“Actually, I just had surgery recently. My leg was badly injured and the doctor told me not to stand for long periods of time. My husband fought for this seat for three days and nights straight. I won’t trade it for any amount of money.”
Edward stared at the one-hundred-dollar bill now soaked with egg liquid. With a look of disgust, he pushed the money onto the floor and grabbed Felicia’s hand.
“Forget it, Felicia. I won’t sit here anymore. It’s really dirty and bothersome…”
As he spoke, Edward stood up again. But before he could get up, Felicia stopped him.
“Edward, listen to me. Just sit down quietly.”
Felicia’s eyes softened as she gently ordered Edward back into the seat. The woman’s face instantly twisted with rage.
Felicia grabbed the woman by the collar. Her eyes filled with anger, then she shouted, “So you say you had surgery on your leg? Where’s the evidence? I think you just don’t want to give up your seat for a patient! You’re already so old, I just don’t understand, how can you be so heartless?”
The passengers nearby stepped in to intervene.
“Ma’am, you look like you’ve been doing hard labor all your life. We can stand a little longer. The young man just had surgery and is weak, so let’s give him the seat!”
“Yeah, life’s tough for everyone out here, so don’t be petty to the small stuff.”
I suddenly remembered the woman I’d caught a glimpse of when I left the station in my previous life. I realized her words might be the truth.
Then I remembered last year, when I took my mom to the hospital and that young girl who’d offered her seat to my mom. My heart softened instantly.
This time around, I hadn’t asked Felicia to give up her seat, so surely I could offer mine? With that thought, I took off my headphones and waved at the woman.
“You can come sit here.”
She waved her hands in refusal, but I pulled her down onto my seat. “Sit down. I’m used to sitting anyway, it’s tiring. You should rest well. I’ll tell you when I’m tired of standing.”
The woman looked at me and the tears she’d held back for so long finally fell. She wiped her egg-stained hands on her clothes, then took my hand.
“Young man, I don’t have any money. I know I can’t repay this kindness with money. But don’t worry, when we get off the train and I see my husband, he’ll thank you properly.”
I offered a smile in return, then turned and walked toward the connecting passage between carriages. For one thing, I was worried the woman might feel uneasy sitting while I stood here. On the other hand, I simply couldn’t bear to look at Edward’s face any longer.
I had given up my own seat. I thought that even if Edward was capable of causing trouble, at least this time he wouldn’t cause any more problems.
But just two stops later, a loud noise came from the train compartment again. Before I could figure out what was happening, Felicia found me at the connecting section, grabbed my wrist and pulled me back to the seats.
“Dominic, this is your seat. You decide now, should you give it to Edward or that disgusting old woman?”
I glanced at Edward in the seat. He was clutching his stomach, wailing in pain.
“Felicia, it hurts. It hurts like hell…”
Seeing this, Felicia didn’t wait for my answer. She stepped forward and started pushing the woman sitting in my seat.
“Why are you still sitting here? Get up! Can’t you see my friend is in pain? He needs to lie down! Stand up and get out now!”
The woman rubbed her knees and glanced in my direction. Felicia saw this and immediately increased the force of her push.
“What are you staring at? That’s my boyfriend! I have the final say in his affairs! Get up now! Let me tell you, my patience has limits. Don’t push me to fight you!”
After dating Felicia for eight long years, she never once acted so recklessly for my sake. Recalling how she caused my death for Edward in my past life, I took Felicia away from the woman she was pushing.
“Who told you that you decide what I do? This is my seat. I give it to whoever I want. Today, this seat belongs to this lady! No one else can try to take it!”
Felicia stared at me in shock. “Dominic, what the hell is wrong with you? She’s just some stranger we met on the train. Now you’re fighting me over this seat for a stranger?”
“Let me correct you, Felicia.I didn’t take your seat. It was originally mine.”
A sarcastic smile curled Felicia’s lips. “Dominic, playing word games is pointless now. Haven’t you seen Edward’s wound hurt? He just wants to lie down for a bit!”
“If he wants to lie down, he should buy a sleeper ticket. This is a backseat, you can’t lie down here.”
“Seriously, again? Dominic, can you stop acting like such a jerk whenever Edward’s business comes up? I’ve told you countless times that we’re just friends. Can you stop being so suspicious?”
Sometimes, people really laughed when they were speechless.
“Felicia, you’re out of your mind! You were the ones who took my seat first, okay? I’m standing up for my rights and it’s my fault?”
“Felicia, it hurts so bad. I can’t take it anymore, Felicia.”
Edward’s tearful moans instantly sent Felicia into a frenzy. She couldn’t be bothered to argue with me anymore.
She pushed me aside with all her strength. Then she grabbed the woman by the collar and pushed her hard onto the floor.
Felicia, at this moment, used no small force. My back slammed straight into the armrest of the opposite seat.
A piercing pain shot through my back. The woman fell to the ground because of Felicia’s force. Her loose pants slid down to her knees.
I could immediately see the scar on her leg that ran from her knee all the way to her tendon. Clearly, the collision had reopened an old wound.
The woman curled up on the floor, clutching her calf. Her face was deathly pale and the beads of sweat as big as beans pelted the floor.
Her condition contrasted with Edward’s, who had been screaming for ages yet still looked flushed. I knew this woman was in excruciating pain. Thinking this, I forced myself to stand up, pointing at the wound on her leg as I turned to Felicia.
My tone was growing increasingly impatient towards her. “Felicia, do you have any conscience? Look at this woman’s leg, she’s clearly had surgery. Do you think it’s right to attack someone like this?”
“Get out of my seat! Or I’ll call the train attendant!”
I massaged my lower back, stinging from the collision and waved at Felicia.
“Get up quickly. Go to the service counter and call a doctor to check on this woman.”
When I thought of Felicia’s resentment toward me in my previous life because of Edward, I added, “And by the way, go and find a seat for Edward.”
But before I could finish, Felicia jumped up from her seat. She grabbed my shirt, pulled out my phone and smashed it into pieces on the floor. Then she slapped me across the face.
“Dominic, if I don’t teach you a lesson, you’ll never know your place! Edward doesn’t need another seat, he’ll stay right here!”
“As for that idiot, whether she lives or dies is none of my business!”
The woman took a long time to sit up straight on the floor.
She looked in Felicia’s direction and spoke slowly, “Young lady, we’re almost at the station. Please, give me back my seat.”
“My husband promised to pick me up today. He has a bad temper. If he sees me being treated unfairly, he’ll take it out on you.”
Felicia stared at the woman sitting on the floor and burst out laughing. Her laughter grew louder and more unrestrained.
“Old hag! Do you think I was raised to be scared? How exactly will your husband take it out on me? Snap my fingers? Break my legs? I’m so scared!”
“Don’t you dare hold him back! Let him vent whatever anger he has. I’m actually eager to see what he’s capable of today. I really want to see what the temperament of a village woman’s husband has!”
“Young lady, he…”
Before the woman could finish her sentence this time, Felicia stepped forward and stepped down hard on the woman’s injured leg.
A scream erupted as the wound burst open, blood spilling across the floor. Felicia grabbed the woman’s hair and slapped her hard across the face.
“Stop talking about him and what he can do to me? I’m treating his wife like this, let’s see what he can do to me in a minute!”
With a loud and screeching screech of brakes, the train finally entered the station. I saw the gang boss outside through the window, surrounded by big men.
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