"Li Zhiyan, Aunt Shen committed suicide."
"Ever since Mengchen's accident, she has been unhappy, and her husband betrayed her, lately, she missed her daughter too much."
"She couldn't bear it anymore so..."
Listening to the conversation, in the rental room, the glass in Li Zhiyan's hand fell to the ground, shattering into pieces.
This news struck him like a bolt from the blue, spreading pain rapidly through his heart.
Aunt Shen had also left this world.
"Li Zhiyan..."
"Li Zhiyan..."
He could no longer hear the voice coming from the phone.
The only person in this world who was kind to him was now dead, what meaning did this world hold for him anymore?
His consciousness was continuously collapsing; memories of his life flashed through Li Zhiyan's mind like a slideshow.
At 32, he had still achieved nothing in society.
His grandparents had passed away early, and he had never seen his father since childhood.
His mother had died in an accident when he was 19.
Misfortune seemed to prefer targeting the suffering.
Now, he was struggling alone in society, enduring hardships.
Even when sick, he could only endure the pain alone in the hospital.
Whenever he saw others being cared for and loved, Li Zhiyan couldn't help feeling uncontrollable envy.
With average height and only moderately handsome features.
It seemed that for many years, no one had truly cared about him.
Except for the girl he met after graduation, Su Mengchen, who liked to wear pigtails and was crippled.
Su Mengchen was truly beautiful, but because of her insecurities, she was reluctant to interact or communicate with others.
She always walked with her head down, despising her limping gait, which she thought was very ugly.
A few times by chance, he had unlocked her heart.
He became her boyfriend, and it was Li Zhiyan's first romantic relationship, though they were always subject to people's whispering wherever they went.
But being just an ordinary person among millions, Li Zhiyan felt very fortunate to have found such a beauty.
Su Mengchen had really given him all her true affection and emotions.
And her mother, the beautiful Shen Rongfei Aunt, a woman whose bust size reached a D+ and who resembled Zeng Li, was also very good to him, treating him like her own son.
At that time, he thought if he could marry Su Mengchen and live his life like that, it would have been wonderful.
But with the pressure of life constantly bearing down...
After he lost his job, the landlord kicked him out, and that was when he understood that in this society, without money, you're nothing, and feelings of inferiority and repression kept coming.
Luckily, that foolish girl always stayed by his side.
But he didn't make it to his wedding with Chenchen, instead, he received the terrible news about Chenchen's death ten years ago, while he was at work.
Due to an accident, Su Mengchen lost her life, and like her mother, she left him forever in that accident.
Li Zhiyan didn't know how he had survived these years.
These years, immersed in pain, Li Zhiyan had fought desperately against fate.
He wanted to earn more money so he could offer Aunt Shen a better life.
But the pressure of life was too great, and in Magic Capital, Li Zhiyan worked overtime diligently, yet he could barely manage to survive.
Another night of binge drinking.
But then Li Zhiyan heard the horrific news of Shen Rongfei's suicide.
His consciousness was gradually collapsing, and his heart was filled with pain.
Was it all over now...
If there was an afterlife, he wanted to be a rich second generation, a super wealthy person!
Then, he could forget the troubles of this world and have no more regrets.
...
When Li Zhiyan opened his eyes again, he saw a rose in his hand.
There was also a card placed on top, on which was written the cringey, foot-note love letter he had written.
"Yu Sisi."
Li Zhiyan tried to continue reading, but he embarrassingly couldn't go on.
"An illusion?"
He pinched himself hard, and a wave of pain washed over him.
It jolted Li Zhiyan back to reality as he looked around at the familiar school environment and pulled out the flip phone from his pocket.
Li Zhiyan checked the time.
"2010, July 21!"
"2010!"
The voice of his buddy Li Shiyu completely pulled his thoughts back to 2010!
"Brother Yan, you're really bold! To openly confess to Yu Sisi!"
Embarrassing memories surged, and during his adolescence, there were two embarrassing things.
One was his constant bragging about becoming a millionaire.
The other was his goddess throughout adolescence, Yu Sisi.
He had pursued her for two full years, but she only accepted his gifts and kindness, never agreeing to his confessions.
Despite his family being wealthy, he had spent all his allowance on gifts for her, yet she accepted everything without exception.
And she even had a professional way of speaking.
Receiving gifts ≠ agreeing.
Moreover, she encouraged him to keep pursuing her, saying if he was sincere enough, she might consider becoming his girlfriend in the future.
Because he was constantly rejected, today he got carried away.
He directly mentioned in the class group that he would confess to his goddess at today's class reunion.
Afterward, he publicly confessed and was ruthlessly rejected by Yu Sisi.
He was even mocked face-to-face by a rich second-generation classmate who was also pursuing Yu Sisi.
For many years to come, this incident became a topic of ridicule and laughter among his classmates.
He could never forget the 18-year-old him at the class reunion, looking like a clown.
"That's a pretty flower."
"I think the school beauty will definitely like it."
As they spoke, the two had already reached the front of the hotel.
Seeing the flowers in Li Zhiyan's hand, Yu Sisi proudly raised her head.
18 was certainly a vain age.
Although she didn't care much for the ordinary Li Zhiyan, having someone holding flowers and confessing to her in public.
It was something that could prove her charm.
Looking at the Yu Sisi in front of him, Li Zhiyan felt nothing.
Instead, his attention was completely drawn to Yu Sisi's mother, Gu Wanzhou.
Having given birth to a school beauty like Yu Sisi, Gu Wanzhou's appearance was naturally not bad, and over time,
She dressed in a black button-up shirt today, paired with a black pencil skirt, flesh-toned stockings, and a pair of high heels.
The charm of a mature woman was fully unleashed.
Only a mature woman could manage such an outfit well.
She had a special allure about her.
Perhaps it was because of her age.
Li Zhiyan felt like he was increasingly able to appreciate the beauty of mature women.
By this time, the more Li Zhiyan looked, the more he thought Yu Sisi's mother resembled the lady from K2, making him feel his hormones rushing.
"A teacher's wife is also very good looking, huh!"
"Mature women, a unique attraction to young men?"
Just then, a voice sounded.
"System activation successful."
"Random task issued."
"Yu Sisi will embarrass you in the upcoming confession."
"Please confess to Yu Sisi's mother, Gu Wanzhou."
"Task reward, cash fifty thousand yuan."
This voice made Li Zhiyan pause.
System?