Chapter 2 — Born again who will fall in love?

The object that fell was a steel plate used for construction.

Jiang Qin thought for a moment and came up with a plausible answer.

Then he immediately faced a key question: Why was he reborn?

The answer was simple; he probably had some regrets deep down, and this touched the heavens, granting him another chance.

So what were Jiang Qin’s regrets? Nothing special, just that he never made any money.

So he was reborn to make money; love was not even on the table! Especially the exhausting role of being a backup plan. He’d rather spend that time helping his parents wash dishes and chopsticks.

When people are young, they often overthink things and are filled with admiration for beautiful things. But for a man approaching forty, being reborn just to think about breasts and thighs would be ridiculous.

Having been reborn, who the hell dates?

Jiang Qin folded the note he’d written and put it in his pocket. He looked up and found that Chu Siqi was standing there, a flicker of disbelief in her eyes.

“Is that a love letter you wrote for me? How… how could you take it back?”

“You didn’t want it, right? No point wasting it; I’ll change the name and give it to someone else.”

Chu Siqi was taken aback and quickly changed her tune, “Jiang Qin, it’s not that you have no chance. I just don’t want to date right now. When I go to college, you’ll be the first one I’ll consider!”

Jiang Qin couldn’t help but look at her, and goosebumps instantly covered his body.

If this was his younger self, he might continue down this path because of this glimmer of hope.

But from his current perspective, his youthful judgment really sucked.

“Consider me first? Is that even human speech?”

“What I said is true, but one thing, you can’t write love letters to anyone else or like anyone else; otherwise, we’ll never have a chance!”

“I don’t think I really like you. Let’s part on good terms, okay?”

Chu Siqi’s eyes widened a bit; her proud heart was greatly stung.

How could he just break it off like that? It sounds like she’s the one who got dumped. She was so kind, encouraging him not to give up, and this was his attitude?

“Jiang Qin, don’t you know love requires hard work? You can’t even handle a little setback; how can I consider being with you? I haven’t even seen your resolve, okay?”

“Then find someone else to work hard with; I have more important things to do right now.” Right now, all Jiang Qin was thinking about was making money. He didn’t want to waste any more time.

Hearing this, Chu Siqi immediately exploded, “Jiang Qin, you bastard, I swear I will never talk to you again!”

“Wait a minute!”

Just as Chu Siqi was about to run away, Jiang Qin suddenly called out to her, his face revealing an unusual tension.

Seeing his expression, Chu Siqi felt a bit happier, and a momentary sense of victory returned to her face.

He was indeed afraid that she would ignore him. All his talk about breaking up amicably was just bravado.

“What’s the matter? Is there anything else? But let me warn you, you won’t get another chance!”

Ignoring her, Jiang Qin glanced at his pencil case, “Are we in the middle of college entrance exams? Have they ended? What subject are we on?”

Chu Siqi was slightly taken aback, “They’re over. The last subject finished just this morning!”

“Great, if I had to take it again, I wouldn’t even pass the entrance exam for a vocational school.”

Looking at his radiant smile, Chu Siqi suddenly felt a bit dazed, “You… you stopped me just to say this?”

Jiang Qin took a deep breath, “There’s one more thing. Does the end of exams mean it’s vacation time?”

“I don’t know. Ask someone else!”

Annoyed, Chu Siqi jogged back to the academic building.

So he acts nonchalant when rejected. What kind of person is he? Does he think I’ll soften up because of this? Playing hard to get, huh? I’ll ignore you for a week, and we’ll see who apologizes first!

Jiang Qin packed up his stuff and headed toward the academic building but was quickly surrounded by a crowd of onlookers.

“I told you you’d fail. Do you think Chu Siqi will like you just because you like her? Overconfident!”

The speaker was Qin Ziang, a notorious rich kid from Class 3-2, whose father is the biggest real estate developer in the area.

This guy once grandly announced he’d pay for everyone’s meals in the school cafeteria. Absolutely arrogant.

“Jiang, don’t be sad. You’re not the first to be rejected by Chu Siqi. I’ll buy you a soda later.”

The second speaker was a bespectacled chubby kid, Jiang Qin’s high school bestie, named Guo Zihang.

Ignoring Qin Ziang’s mockery, Jiang Qin looked somewhat sentimentally at Guo Zihang and patted him on the shoulder.

“Guo, it’s good to see you still on your feet.”

“??????”

After packing up and leaving school, Jiang Qin rode his bike heading south.

To be honest, a young body is really great—no fatigue, no soreness, you have to experience it to know.

If this were before his rebirth, he wouldn’t even be able to walk a few steps without gasping for air.

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Things are different now. With this kind of physique, if he went to work in a factory screwing bolts, he could probably earn enough for a house.

He looked at the Olympic welcome banners on the road and pedaled faster, fully enjoying his youthful body.

Ah, it’s been a while since his hair could flutter in the wind like this!

Half an hour later, he arrived at a bustling community in the north of the city.

The buildings here had darkened with age, and the paint on the walls was peeling as if suffering from a rash. The community didn’t even have a proper gate, just a barrier to restrict vehicles. The first thing you see when you look inside isn’t an apartment door but a haphazardly built storage room.

If he remembered correctly, this should be among the first communities in the old city to be demolished. The formal demolition notice is due to be issued in July. To show commitment, the government had already disbursed all the compensation in October.

His uncle Lian Qiao lives here, and the money changed him completely. Now he only smokes premium cigarettes and keeps talking about buying a Mercedes.

But, later on, instead of getting a Mercedes, his two sons got into a fight. The younger one demanded half for his new wife, and the elder wanted half for marrying someone else’s daughter.

Both ended up with busted heads. The younger one said, “You married a used one and still want half? Are you kidding?”

The older one got furious, “I married a big one and even offered a small one; how am I not better than you?”

Wants to buy.

Jiang Qin couldn’t help but salivate at the sight of this old community.

But there’s a big problem: he has no money.

What could a recent high school graduate have? Sure, he’s got some coins for ice cream, but forget about buying a house.

Jiang Qin felt a bit regretful, thinking about all the missed opportunities passing by and disappearing without a trace.

He didn’t have the means to gather a starting fund in a short time, so his options were limited.

Buying property or investing in stocks was unrealistic.

This is the downside of not having a system. Even if you have great ideas, it’s hard to take the first step without money.

Did I get a bogus second life or what?

Just then, Jiang Qin saw a bus stop up ahead. Chu Siqi got off, her floral dress swaying in the wind.

She saw Jiang Qin as soon as she got off the bus, first looking surprised and then snorting and lifting her head, as if waiting for something.

But to her surprise, Jiang Qin merely nodded politely and took another longing look at the community before pedaling away.

Her skirt corner lifted in the breeze; she stood under the bus stop sign, left with endless astonishment and confusion.

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