With a "bang," I felt myself soar into the air. Then, I crashed back down onto the road a few seconds later.
Immense pain instantly engulfed me. Despair made me remember the years spent with my wife and daughter.
"Why is it you? I'm sorry. You can't die! Hold on! I'm calling an ambulance now," said the woman.
A trembling female voice and a red wristwatch were the last images I remembered.
Moments later, everything froze in a beam of light.
When I woke up again, I found myself lying safe and sound in the rocking chair at the village farm, enjoying the gentle spring breeze.
Before I could figure out what had happened, my phone on the table vibrated with a "buzz, buzz." The screen displayed a call from "Darling."
I glanced at the date. Had I returned to six months ago?
I suppressed the excitement in my heart and pressed the answer button with trembling hands.
"Hey, transfer me thirty thousand dollars. I want to buy a piano," Eleanor said.
The familiar voice on the other end was none other than that ungrateful daughter, Eleanor!
The arrogant and domineering tone confirmed that I wasn't dreaming. I had truly been reborn!
Eleanor was the only daughter of Luna and me. Luna had endured a lot to conceive her. She even slipped at home and gave birth a month early.
Because of this, we spoiled her since childhood and granted her every request.
Gradually, this made her develop an attitude of entitlement and impunity.
After attending Tanaxes for college, she became even more distant and disdainful towards me. She only contacted me to ask for money and didn't even bother to call me "Dad."
"Didn't I just buy you a cello and sign you up for cello lessons last month? Why do you suddenly need a piano now?" I asked.
Having been a "daughter's slave" all my life, it was hard to change overnight. Though it was a question, my tone remained gentle.
But even so, Eleanor was not satisfied. She felt I didn't trust her and started to throw a tantrum!
"Why are you asking so many questions? Weren't you the one who said it's good for girls to have many skills?
"Now I want to learn, and you won't pay for it! Forget it. I won't learn anymore. I'll drop out of this lousy university! Transfer the money. I'll buy a ticket home!" Eleanor said.
Wow, she played me just like this in the last life!