Chapter 26

The five-colored bird understood her command. It stretched its neck forward, lowered its head, and bent its legs, shrinking its stature. The young girl pressed her hands against the bird’s back, expertly swung her leg over, and sat firmly in place. With a soft call, the bird turned into a streak of lightning, traveling a great distance in the blink of an eye. Xu Ruoping had been worried about how to keep up, but she soon realized she didn’t need to move a muscle; she was already hurtling forward with the young girl at breakneck speed. A sudden realization dawned on her: she had once been this young girl. The voice that claimed she was "watching a movie" had been literal—and this movie was an eerie one, for it was the story of her own past life.