No Time

My life feels like a joke.

When I was young, I didn't have the best of grades, nor was I best at sports, but I was always well liked.

I was a pretty decent student, I even got into a good college.

That's where I met my first wife, Fan Ling.

She was the campus belle and took dance. She was kind and generous and from a line of famous performers.

We dated after I started courting her.

There were many other guys chasing after her but she chose me.

When I asked why, she answered, "You look the best."

I felt really awkward before she laughed and said, "I'm joking! The other guys only wanted me for sex. But I saw that you are looking for someone to spend your whole future with."

Because I wasn't from such a great family like hers, her parents didn't like me. They did, fortunately, bless us, but they still never liked me, only saying that I was good enough when our first child was born.

My parents died because they were very old and had me at an old age, a few months after my wedding.

I felt grief and Fan Ling helped me get through it. She really was a blessing from heaven. I really wondered if I could really keep her all to myself.

After Fan Ling became pregnant, she had to quit her career as a dancer and I worked very hard to support my growing family.

After Shui Lai, our third child was born, misfortune came upon me.

My company's president's daughter, Yu Ming, a fairly young woman had taken a liking to me.

At first, she flirted and I dodged her advances. It didn't take long before she started threatening me.

Then, one night, after a company dinner, I got drunk.

The next morning, I woke up next to a naked woman. It was Yu Ming.

She told me that she was only going to get me a hotel room and help me to my room but I raped her.

I was skeptical, but she showed me the marks and white fluid flowing down her legs and on the bed, I knew I had messed up.

This beguiled me and I wondered what I would say to my wife. I didn't know? I was drunk? I'm sorry?

To the beautiful woman who was always faithful to me, I had committed blasphemy.

And when it turned out that Yu Ming was pregnant, I broke down.

Yu Ming threatened me to marry her and when it didn't work, she cried, making a mess of herself.

She wailed, "I love you so much, why won't you accept me? I have your child! I don't want this child to lose his father!"

At that time, Fan Ling also told me that she was pregnant.

She lovingly looked at her stomach and caressed it.

To her, I didn't think I would be worthy of being her husband.

Whenever I was with her, I only felt guilt.

Being the selfish man I was, I decided to go with Yu Ying. At least she wasn't so pure.

Over time, I began to feel that Yu Ying could really be the better woman for me.

She gave me promotions and all the money and status I could have only dreamed of.

But I always thought back to Fan Ling, the woman who gave her dreams up for us to be together.

When Fan Ling was diagnosed with bone cancer, I couldn't give her the money. Yu Ying had once again threatened me saying that she would never let me get a job and earn money if I let the 'other woman' get treatment.

Soon, it was a girl that was born to each woman.

Yu Ming was disappointed that it was a girl but still raised her up properly. I had been skeptical about Yu Ying, but after going to the hospital to have her tested, it seems I really was her father.

Fan Ling was delighted to finally have a daughter after three sons.

One day, I finally decided that I couldn't continue with the farce anymore, and came up with a plan to let Yu Ming and I get 'accidentally' caught.

After that, I barely stopped by our tiny apartment. I neglected my children and only sent them money.

Later, I heard that Fan Ling was around selling herself after her children ran away.

By then, I had become Yu Ming's completely and could only feel a little bit of remorse and wonder where the four children ran away to.

I was completely corrupted and tainted.

Many years after, I finally saw the four children who had run away.

They all looked similar to their mother and me except better, so I could immediately recognize them.

They grew up to be beautiful and handsome.

The strange thing was, they were all wearing such expensive designer clothing and accessories.

I sneered as I thought that they were being kept.

But even if they were or weren't, it was a fact that they broke a few ribs and humiliated my family during that night.

Several years after that incident, a zombie apocalypse occurred.

The government notified everyone prior and ushered everyone into bases, but the majority could not believe or thought that it was just hogwash.

Of course, I didn't believe either.

Right now was the era of science. Who would believe in some rubbish of zombies?

It was only after the sky had turned blood red and the streets were littered with corpses that it was found out to be the truth.

Yu Ming died.

I didn't feel much remorse for her. After all, she was the one who dragged me down in the first place and now she didn't give me any benefits.

Yu Ying cried and as she was my daughter, I still carried affection for the young girl.

We hurriedly made it into the nearest base.

There, I met Fan Ling again, but she looked thin and not as beautiful as before.

I realized: Even such a beautiful flower has withered.

Now, here I was, at a hospital where people were discussing trivial things.

There was an apocalypse going on! A zombie apocalypse! And you are all so foolishly gossiping?!

I struggled and ran out of the room.

I needed to meet Shui Yu.

What was this place?

Who was he? He had those freakishly huge wings and inhuman strength!

Why was I brought here? Was it really for a wedding?

But before I could run out of the hospital to look outside at the surroundings, I was captured by two nurses.

They grabbed me lightly but it hurt and I couldn't even move a centimeter.

As they dragged me back, they started gossiping once more.

"It's ok mister, calm down. You're dehydrated and need to rest."

"Ha, I really can't believe that they're chief's parents."

"I know right?"

"I think Shui Jing knows that they're troublesome too. I mean, he's the one who gave permission. Even that nice boy knows what kind of trouble they are."

"If I were them, I would have never let the four of them run away! Instead, I would have begged to become their leg accessories!"

"Yeah! And did you hear? The mother even abused them when they were young!"

"Where did you hear that from?"

"Shui Bing, that girl, ai... She says she had a hideous scar on her and that her third brother had a scar on the back of his head. It was only with Chief's ability that the abuse stopped and scars disappeared..."

"Oh, that stinky woman! I'm going to give her a slap when I get back!"

"Why? And, I don't think she can take a slap, just pinch her a couple times, that'll do."

"Shui Bing is actually teaching my daughters how to fight since their abilities aren't too developed yet. She's a cheerful and bright girl, if Chief hadn't protected her in time, I really do worry what she may have become..."

The conversation trailed off and I realized that the childhood of those four kids wasn't so great. I wonder how they lived all this time. Who's their sponsor?

I just didn't know if this was reality anymore.

What would happen to me?