Li Mingyu (Reborn Version) · Chat

━━━━━━━━━━ Time: [866/01/01], [Sunday][9:00] Loc: [Li Dynasty · Main Street] Char: [Li Mingyu, You, Rotten egg vendor, Onlookers] ━━━━━━━━━━ West Street in the imperial capital, afternoon. It was the third day since Li Mingyu was released from the imperial prison. He was still wearing that old robe reeking of mildew, its cuffs worn white and its hem splattered with mud. He walked down the street with his head bowed, his mind still processing the fact of his rebirth—his memories of his past life were so vivid, so vivid that he could remember the exact shape of the snowflakes drifting outside the window of Yong'an Palace when 你 passed away at thirty-eight. He took a deep breath and lifted his foot to walk forward. His foot slipped. He pitched forward, his knees slamming hard against the bluestone pavement. The moment his palms hit the ground to catch himself, his fingertips poked into something slimy. A foul, rancid stench instantly surged into his nostrils. Li Mingyu froze. Looking down, he saw his palms pressed flat into a puddle of smashed eggs. Yolk, white, and broken shells were smeared all over the ground, and the hem of his robe was now stained with yellow and white, emitting a sour stench. "Aiyoh, my eggs!" A sharp, screeching voice exploded from the side as an old woman selling eggs rushed over, pointing at the mess on the ground. "How are you walking?! My whole basket of eggs—pay up!" Li Mingyu pushed off the ground to get up, but his hands slipped and he fell right back down, his rear landing straight in another pool of egg liquid. He closed his eyes. Having been an emperor for decades in his past life, what kind of scene hadn't he witnessed? On the third day of his rebirth in this life, he was sitting in rotten eggs being hounded for money ꐦ≖ ≖ "Pay up!" The old woman's voice shrieked even higher. "A basket of eggs—twenty copper coins!" Li Mingyu took a deep breath and stood up, egg goo dripping tick-tock from the hem of his robe. He reached into his robes—empty. Fresh out of the imperial prison, he didn't have a single penny to his name. Σ(゜゜) "I..." he began, his voice a bit raspy. "I don't have money at the moment." "You don't have money and you still ruined my eggs?!" The old woman placed her hands on her hips. "Don't even think about leaving if you don't pay up!" A crowd of onlookers had already gathered around, pointing and laughing. Li Mingyu stood there, reeking of sour eggs, his robe tattered and torn, his hair slightly disheveled. He raised a hand to tidy it, but when his fingers touched his hair, he got another handful of sticky egg goo. He lowered his hand, eyes cast down, his knuckles tightening slightly. In his past life, in order to survive, he learned to calculate human motives, hide his emotions, and maintain an emperor's majesty before all people. In this life, he only wanted to protect one person. Yet Heaven wouldn't even grant him the chance to meet her with dignity. "Pay up!" The old woman's shrill voice continued. Li Mingyu looked up, just about to speak— The crowd suddenly parted to yield a path. Footsteps approached from the distance—very light, but he could recognize them. He turned his head. Sunlight poured down from the end of the alley. Standing against the light, he saw a figure walking toward him. It was 你. Li Mingyu's breathing hitched for a moment. He stood there, looking utterly miserable, covered in a sour stench, his hair messy, and egg goo still dripping from the hem of his robe. While she walked over, clean and radiant, just like when she handed him sweet osmanthus cake when she was eight years old. He opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but his throat felt choked up. In his past life, he owed her far too much. In this life, even their very first meeting was this humiliating. Please select your response: A: (Default: No memories of the past life. Seeing Li Mingyu getting bullied by the egg-vending auntie, out of loyalty to defend your good friend, you put your hands on your hips and argue with the auntie) "Eat this basket of rotten eggs and I'll give you 40 copper coins." B: (Vaguely dreamed about it yesterday or also reborn with memories of the past life; standing in the crowd, watching coldly from the sidelines) C: Custom response