Chapter 509 A Village of Solitude (1/2)

'Do people go to heaven when they die?

Or do they go straight to hell?' Carla pondered to herself.

With death looming, she couldn't think of anything else. After a few moments, thoughts of the regrets she'd had in life came rushing through her mind.

'Is this how it's going to end? Am I going to die like this?'

Carla mulled over that question as the violent and ruthless flood gushed toward her.

With one foot on the grave, it felt as though she had seen a light from which she saw her parents walking toward her, looking and sounding the way they used to before they died.

The images looked so vivid that she could clearly see every single line on their faces.

Despite that, when she tried stretching out her hands toward them, the only thing she felt was a stiff plank.

Under such harsh conditions, she thought she heard something—a voice calling out to her.

”Carla? Please don't die. You have to make it through this, for mum!

Carla! Wake up! Pull yourself together! You can't leave Sean all by himself, Carla!

Callie! Dad had searched for you throughout those years, and you're the only heir of our family, the Hua family, so you have to live no matter what! Your mother will certainly cry to death if you die here and now. Carla, wake up!”

Surrounded by all these voices, Carla suddenly opened her eyes and finally came to her senses after being lightheaded. She instinctively grabbed onto the plank tightly for dear life.

The moment she saw the blinding light, she started heavily gasping for air.

However, when she tried to look at her surroundings to check where she was, she came to realize that she had drifted into a strange lake. The heavy flood washed her away until it stopped and she ended up in this place.

She was so confused as to where she might be.

Right now, the only thing she could think of was to keep holding on to the drifting plank so that she wouldn't get carried away by the current.

Although she was on the brink of death, Carla was lucky enough to pull through. However, she didn't have the strength to move or to scream for help.

Looking at the bushes getting closer on both sides, she saw a couple of squirrels that were frantically trying to run away as soon as they possibly could.

No matter how hard she tried, she kept on drawing a blank. The only thing on her mind right now was to survive.

For some reason, Carla began doubting whether she had offended Death in some way and he was screwing her over.