After I Died, My Childhood Sweetheart Became Mommy

Cen Ruxu was hit and killed by a truck.

She had no regrets, except...

She never got to tell her childhood friend Shen Tingwan that she'd secretly been in love with her for a long time.

When she opened her eyes again, ten years had passed.

Following her memories, Cen Ruxu ran to the rooftop where they'd used to skip class together.

She didn't find the good girl who had always blushed as she covered for her.

Instead, she stumbled into the arms of a strange woman with a cold, distinguished air.

The woman wore a black trench coat, with stern brows and a jawline sharp as a blade.

Her fingers were long and slender, her knuckles distinct, as she calmly stubbed out a cigarette.

The moment she looked up, a chill ran down Cen Ruxu's back.

Those eyes were exactly like Shen Tingwan's.

But Shen Tingwan's eyes used to be soft and dewy, always full of laughter.

This woman's eyes held unfathomably deep currents, and something dangerously possessive.

"You're back."

Her tone was mild as she said it.

But Cen Ruxu saw the hand holding the cigarette tremble.

*

Shen Tingwan took her home.

It was a penthouse apartment at the top of the city's tallest building, decorated in cool shades of gray and black. Only the bedroom had a wall of photographs.

Every photo was of Cen Ruxu.

From primary school and middle school to high school.

The last was a profile shot of Cen Ruxu at seventeen.

Cen Ruxu was still the carefree little ray of sunshine she'd always been.

But her childhood friend was no longer the girl who used to blush.

Like an all-caring mommy, Shen Tingwan pampered her endlessly, loving her to the point of obsession.

She took care of everything for Cen Ruxu.

She cooked for her, dried her hair, and carried her to bed when she was tired.

Her voice was gentle and her movements tender, like a real Mommy.

But there was something wrong with her eyes.

Beneath that gentle exterior lurked something incomprehensible, something almost deranged.

Mommy tied a red string around her wrist, saying it was a "safety charm." In fact, a GPS tracker was hidden in the knot.

She would smile and say, "Xu Xu can go wherever she wants." But she kept Cen Ruxu's ID, bank cards, and phone in her own hands.

*

Until one day...

Cen Ruxu secretly went to investigate the truth about the car accident from ten years ago, without telling Mommy.

She came close to never making it back.

When Shen Tingwan arrived, she was drenched in rain, her eyes red.

She yanked Cen Ruxu into her arms and hugged her so tightly that Cen Ruxu heard her own bones creak.

Then...

Shen Tingwan grabbed her chin and kissed her hard.

The kiss tasted of blood and trembled with ten years of madness and restraint, all of it collapsing in that moment.

At last, Shen Tingwan rested her forehead against hers, her voice hoarse and dangerous:

"Do I have to tie you up for you to belong to me forever?"

Ten years is a long time, long enough to turn a gentle girl into someone who refuses to let go.

In the ten years after her death, her gentle childhood friend became a possessive Mommy.

Reader's guide:

Childhood sweethearts / rekindled romance

Happy-go-lucky puppy × elegant, powerful woman

Mommy seems cold and composed, but she's actually gone mad

One-on-one pairing, happy ending

Theme: You are my irreplaceable treasure.