1: The Wind Rises 2010

"Li Zhiyan, Aunt Shen committed suicide."

"Ever since Chenchen's accident, she had been unhappy. Her husband also betrayed her. Recently, she missed her daughter too much."

"She couldn't bear it anymore, so..."

Listening to the words from the other end, Li Zhiyan's wine glass in his rental room fell to the ground, shattering into pieces.

This news, like a bolt from the blue, caused pain to rapidly spread through his heart.

Aunt Shen also left this world.

"Li Zhiyan..."

"Li Zhiyan..."

Li Zhiyan could no longer hear the voice from the phone.

The only person who was good to him in this world was now dead. What meaning did this world still hold for him?

His consciousness was constantly dissipating, and memories from his life flashed through Li Zhiyan's mind like a revolving lantern.

At 32 years old, he was still a failure in this society.

His grandparents had long passed away, and he had never seen his father since he was a child.

His mother died in an accident when he was 19.

Misfortune, it seemed, always liked to pick on the unfortunate.

Now, he was struggling alone in this society.

Even when he was sick, he could only endure it alone in the hospital.

Every time he saw others being cared for and loved, Li Zhiyan felt an uncontrollable envy in his heart.

He was of average height and only had a clean-cut appearance.

It seemed that for so many years, no one had ever been truly sincere with him.

Except for Su Mengchen, the limping girl who liked to wear pigtails, whom he met after graduation.

Su Mengchen was truly beautiful, but due to her low self-esteem, she was unwilling to interact or communicate with people.

She always walked with her head down, disliking how ugly her limping walk looked.

On a few accidental occasions, he managed to open her heart.

He became her boyfriend. That was Li Zhiyan's first romance in his life. Although they were pointed at wherever they went.

However, Li Zhiyan, who was born as just one of the common people, felt very happy. It was his good fortune to find such a beautiful woman.

Su Mengchen truly gave him all her sincerity and affection.

And her mother, the stunning Aunt Shen Rongfei, that woman who resembled Zeng Li but had a D+ cup, she was also very good to him, treating him like her own son.

At that time, he thought that if he could marry Su Mengchen and live like that for a lifetime, it would be wonderful.

However, as the pressures of life continued to mount.

After losing his job, he was evicted by his landlord. It was then that he realized that in this society, money was essential. Feelings of inferiority and depression constantly assailed him.

Fortunately, that silly girl always stayed by his side.

But he didn't wait for his wedding with Chenchen; instead, he received the tragic news of Chenchen's death. Ten years ago, while he was working.

Due to an accident, Su Mengchen lost her life, just like his mother, leaving him forever in an accident.

Li Zhiyan also didn't know how he had endured all these years.

For all these years, Li Zhiyan, immersed in pain, desperately fought against fate.

He wanted to earn more money so that Aunt Shen could live a good life in the future.

But the pressure of life was too great. In the Demon Capital, Li Zhiyan worked diligently overtime, yet he could barely make ends meet.

Another night of heavy drinking.

Li Zhiyan heard the tragic news of Shen Rongfei's suicide.

His consciousness gradually dissipated, and Li Zhiyan's heart was filled with pain.

Is everything over...?

If there is a next life, I want to be a second-generation rich, a super-rich person!

That way, I can forget the troubles of this world and have no more regrets.

...

When Li Zhiyan opened his eyes again, he saw the roses in his hand.

There was also a card on it, with awkward and cringeworthy love words he had written.

"Yu Sisi."

Li Zhiyan wanted to read it, but he was too embarrassed to say it out loud.

"Is it an illusion?"

He pinched his flesh hard, and a sharp pain came over him.

It brought Li Zhiyan back to his senses. Looking at the familiar school environment around him, he took out the flip phone from his pocket.

Li Zhiyan checked the time.

"July 21, 2010!"

"2010!"

The voice of his best friend, Li Shiyu, beside him, completely pulled Li Zhiyan's thoughts back to 2010!

"Brother Yan! You're really bold! You actually dared to publicly confess to Yu Sisi!"

Awkward memories flooded his mind. In his adolescence, there were two embarrassing things.

One was that he always clamored about becoming a millionaire.

The other was the goddess who ran through his entire youth, Yu Sisi.

He pursued her for two full years, but she only accepted his gifts and his kindness, yet refused his confessions.

Even though her family was very rich, she accepted all the gifts he bought with his entire living expenses, never refusing any of them.

And she also had a set of professional rhetoric.

I accept gifts ≠ I agree.

And she encouraged him to continue pursuing her diligently, saying that if he was sincere enough, she would consider being his girlfriend in the future.

Because he had been rejected repeatedly, today his courage flared up.

He directly announced in the class group that he would confess to his goddess at today's class gathering.

And afterward, he confessed publicly and was mercilessly rejected by Yu Sisi.

He was also openly ridiculed by a rich second-generation classmate who was also pursuing Yu Sisi.

For many years to come, this incident became a topic of conversation and a laughingstock among classmates during their leisure time.

He would never forget the 18-year-old class reunion, where he was like a clown.

"Your flowers are quite beautiful."

"I think the school beauty will definitely like them."

As they spoke, the two had already arrived in front of the hotel.

Seeing Li Zhiyan holding flowers, Yu Sisi proudly raised her head.

At 18, it was a vain age.

Although she didn't think much of the ordinary Li Zhiyan, having someone hold flowers and confess to her in public.

It was something that could prove her charm.

Looking at Yu Sisi in front of him, Li Zhiyan felt nothing.

His attention, instead, was entirely focused on Yu Sisi's mother, Gu Wanzhou.

To be able to give birth to a school beauty like Yu Sisi, Gu Wanzhou's appearance would naturally not be bad, and due to the passage of time.

Today, she was wearing a black button-up shirt, paired with a black hip-hugging skirt, flesh-colored stockings, and a pair of high heels.

The charm of a mature woman was fully unleashed.

Only a mature woman could handle such an outfit well.

She had a special charm about her.

Perhaps it was because of her age.

Li Zhiyan felt that he seemed to be appreciating the beauty of mature women more and more.

At this moment, the more Li Zhiyan looked, the more he felt that Yu Sisi's mother resembled the madam from K2, making him feel his hormones accelerating.

The teacher's wife is also very beautiful!

Mature women, a unique attraction to young men?

At this moment, a voice sounded.

"System awakening successful."

"Random quest issued."

"Yu Sisi will embarrass you in the upcoming confession."

"Please confess to Yu Sisi's mother, Gu Wanzhou."

"Quest reward: 50,000 cash."

This voice made Li Zhiyan pause.

System?