1.2 AuYeung LaiSan - Who are you?

I rubbed my eyes, as I awoke in an extremely big bedroom. It appears to be an L-shaped room with a thin sheet of silk as a partition separating the inner and outside portions. The room was simply decorated, except for the bed I was on, the only other furniture in the inner portion of the room were a dresser and closet on the far end, a desk perpendicular to the bed. Everything was made from redwood, the craftsmanship was exquisite, the intricate chiseled designs of phoenixes and peonies that decorated each piece could not easily be found in the modern times. The bed I was lying on was a four-poster design, each post had a design of spiraling ivy with flickers of gold on the leaves. Above flowed a canopy of thick pink silk fabric with an intricate gold and red swirling design embroidered at the top and bottom. A golden rope acted as a hook and held it open to the side of each post. It was just like what I have seen in all those Chinese mini series on television.

I looked down and saw what I was wearing was made of silk as well. It was so smooth and luxurious, I couldn't help but move my hands up and down the material. I reached my chest and to my surprise, I felt only very small bumps. I opened my shirt a bit, peered down and confirmed that they were barely there. Oh gosh, this body is so small! I swung my feet around to get off of the bed and my feet didn't even touch the floor. Dang it, just how tiny am I.

I am supposed to be 16, I can't be that short. I jumped off of the bed, walked over to the desk and peered into the bronze mirror on top of the desk and the person that stared back at me could not have been older than early teens.

"Shoot, did that guy sent me to the wrong time?", that was my first thought. I felt my face, looking at the face staring back. At least as a child I was quite pretty.

I tilted slightly and noticed my hair, it was long and very shiny. I flipped some of it to the front and felt how smooth it was. I reached for the white ox bone comb on the desk and started combing.

"Wow, what kind of shampoo do these ancient people use?" I would be rich if I am able to reproduce it in the future.

"Oh yeah, future. How the heck am I to find that guy, what was his name again?" Unconsciously, tapping my temples with my finger, "SzeTo something, a General, What was it?"

"SzeTo DongAn", a tiny voice said.

Startled, I spun around to look for the source of that voice but I didn't see anyone. "Where are you? Come out!"

"I can't, you took over my body while I was sleeping." the voice said.

"What?" So you are in my body?", as I instinctively pressed both hands down the sides of my body as to maybe touch the soul within.

"No! You are in my body!" The voice angrily said. "Now get out!"

"I can't!" I explained the situation and told her all about the God of Fate and the tangled red strings. About how I was supposed to make SzeTo DongAn fall in love with me and marry me, well us, before I can leave.

"Fine, since this affects my fate, I guess I will let you use my body for now. But if you do anything stupid I will forcefully kick you out!"

For a tiny little girl, she sure was feisty, I like her.

"Oh, by the way, how old are you right now?" I asked the original soul.

"I am now 11 years old and 5 months" she told me.

"Shit, he really did bring me to the wrong time! I was supposed to come to the time when we are 16 years old and about to discuss marriage with the SzeTo family. It was almost five years too early. What the hell am I going to do, I can't just sit here and wait for five years." I was flustered, I didn't know what to do or how to get back.

"Well you are already here, why not try to get his attention earlier?" She said nonchalantly and continued to explain. "Just get my parents to propose the marriage earlier with the SzeTo family."

"But look at you,US!" Gesturing at the reflection in the mirror, WE are just a child. How are we going to make a grown man like General SzeTo DongAn, fall in love with us?" I screamed.

"Well my brothers say that a woman is not judged by their appearance alone. It is their poise and mannerisms that attracts men!" the voice said.

"Hey little girl, I think your brothers are just bullshitting you!", I said mockingly.

"Oh, what am I going to do?" I was feeling seriously defeated and a bit grossed out by the thought of an eleven year old trying to pursue an adult relationship.

Then I had another thought. If I was going back to my own past lives, why would there be another soul already occupying this body? Am I really reliving my own life or is it someone else's?

I wasn't going to figure that out by myself, so I asked the only person that can help me figure this out. "By the way, I cannot keep calling you little girl, your name is AuYeung LaiSan, right? Can I call you San-er?"

"I'm sorry. Who?" she asked. "My name is MoYung PuiMei. You can call me MeiMei. So how should I address you"

Damn that guy! He sent me to the wrong body! What the hell! What am I going to do now? With the sudden realization, I screamed in my head. "Wait MoYung?!"

"Are you royalty?" Are you MoYung TianLong's sister?!" I asked.

"Yes, he is my brother. We were both born to Empress Shu."

"Oh no wonder you are so bold! You are royalty. Damnit I really am in the wrong body!"

"So wait, you're not supposed to be in my body? Then get out!" she screamed.

Panicking a bit I tried to explain, "I don't know how. I was only told that once I completed the mission to get my past self and the General to fall in love, then the Apprentice will bring me back. I am stuck,too"

"Fine, fine, fine. Since it is already done, we have no choice." She said easily giving up. "I'll help you out with this and get you out of my body as soon as possible. I'll just ask father emperor to decree a marriage. Simple!"

"Thank you! I sincerely said. By the way, in this lifetime I am supposed to be AuYeung LaiSan. You can call me LaiSan."

"Okay, LaiSan . So, we need a plan to try to get you out of my body as soon as possible. She said and started to outline what to do.

"First, we have to find your body, Miss AuYeung LaiSan. I wonder since you are here, how is she doing?"

"Second,we need to check if this is the right time period for them to meet or if like you say you are 5 years too early."

"Third, we need to convince father emperor to decree the marriage between the families."

Well let's get going! Call for the maids." she demanded.

I complied and call for the maids to come get us ready to go out.