Chapter 1: Rebirth, The Day That Changed My Fate!

  Chu Tianfeng walked out of the World Trade Building with a large paper basket in his arms, looking expressionless, his mind was all mush.

  "Sorry, due to the financial crisis, the company's performance has plummeted. In order to get through this difficult time, we have no choice but to lay off employees..."

  "Unfortunately, Chu Tianfeng, you are the first! I also feel regretful, hoping that you can cheer up, young man, the road ahead is still long!"

  "You only worked for twenty days this month, but we paid you a full month's salary. I suppose that's the company's way of compensating departing employees. Shouldn't you be thanking our leadership?"

  Chu Tian's mind kept echoing the words of the HR manager after he was fired: "You should be grateful to me!" Just because of those extra ten days' wages?

  He looked down at the large paper basket in his arms, which held some office supplies, and on top of it was an envelope containing his salary for this month - a meager one thousand yuan. In this prosperous metropolis where a bowl of noodles costs ten yuan and housing prices outside the Fifth Ring Road are skyrocketing to tens of thousands per square meter, what could he do with such little money?

  Chu Tianfeng eats the cheapest food, lives in the worst shared basement, and has to calculate every penny every month. He often can't make ends meet, and if a colleague gets married or something, he has to rely on borrowing money to get by!

  In the company, he also earns the least money, does the most work, and is often looked down upon by colleagues and leaders, just because his education level is low, not even graduating from high school.

  In this era where university students are everywhere and can't find jobs after graduation, he, a high school dropout with low education level and no exceptional abilities, naturally became the first person to be laid off in the company.

  The sky has darkened, and a fine misty rain is falling from the sky. Under the flashing neon lights, it looks like rows of thin silver threads, landing on my head and face, wet and cool, perfectly matching Chu Tianfeng's current mood.

  The rain, as if also against him, got heavier and heavier.

  Chu Tianfeng's body was all wet, and his emotions became agitated. He suddenly threw the paper basket to the ground, raised his head to gaze at the night sky, and thought of the rebirth scene he had seen before. He couldn't help but shout loudly: "Heavenly Father, give me a chance to be reborn! I will study hard and use knowledge to change my fate! Ah! Ah!"

  A loud crack, a huge lightning bolt suddenly split the sky...

  "Classmates, don't be nervous, now I'll announce the rankings and scores of this mid-term exam..."

  Every time it comes to this, it is the most tense moment for all the classmates in the class, sweating for their own grades.

  Class teacher Zhao Kai Shun is a thirty-year-old short and fat man, with small eyes that are not big, shining brightly, not nearsighted but wearing a large pair of glasses, holding the score sheet of this mid-term exam.

  "First place, Lin Yajing! Chinese 129, math 120, English 132, politics 127, history 122, total score 630 points! This achievement is not only the first place in our class's mid-term exam, but also the first place in the entire second year of high school!"

  Zhao Kaishun clenched his fists excitedly, his eyes shining with admiration as he stared at a quiet and well-behaved girl sitting in the third row of the classroom, who was so beautiful that people dared not look directly at her.

  His words had barely fallen when they immediately triggered a whisper among the audience below the stage.

  "Wow, Lin Yajing's score has improved by 20 points compared to last month's exam! She makes progress every time and has been ranked first in the school for a whole year!"

  "Tsk tsk, I'm really envious of her! If she keeps up this performance, getting into Yenching University will be a breeze!"

  "Yes, Lin Yajing is so beautiful and studies well, she's our city's No. 1 Middle School's acknowledged school belle!"

  "Hehe, as long as she's here, no one else will think of taking first place again! However, the fact that our Class 22 can produce such an outstanding student is also thanks to us 'green leaves'!"

  Zhao Kaishun smiled slightly, and the class was filled with discussions. He didn't stop them. In his opinion, good students who achieved good results should get these praises.

  Lin Yajing heard those praises, her delicate and beautiful face floated with a hint of blush, the corner of her mouth as lovely as a lotus flower revealed a sweet smile.

  Compared with other students who were over the moon about their good grades, her reaction seemed very calm, as if getting such excellent results was within her expectations.

  "Chu Tianfeng! Ah, my Tiange, wake up! Teacher Zhao has announced the mid-term exam results!"

  Since Zhao Kai Shun entered the classroom, Gao Da Li, who was sitting in the last row, repeatedly tried to wake up Chu Tian Feng, who had fallen asleep.

  This guy has been in a daze from morning till the second class in the afternoon, and lunch was still bread and sausage bought by Gao Dali. Chu Tianfeng vaguely ate a few bites and fell asleep on the table again.

  "My god, I really admire you, 'Jue Huang'!" Gao Dalie secretly took a glance at their class teacher Zhao Kai Shun, felt an invisible pressure, and hastily continued to push Chu Tian Feng with force.

  In order to wake up Chu Tianfeng, he racked his brains and suddenly shouted in Chu Tianfeng's ear: "Tian Ge, are you still sleeping? School is over!"

  "Ah! Really?" Gao Dali's trick actually worked, Chu Tianfeng suddenly sat up from his desk, rubbing his sleepy eyes and looking around.

  Suddenly, his body seemed to have been electrocuted and shook violently!

  Chu Tianfeng's head was swaying back and forth like a drum, looking around at the surroundings - he was sitting in a brand new classroom, with the five-star red flag on top of the wall, below which was the school motto of Municipal No. 1 Middle School: "Cultivate virtue, clarify ambition, extensively learn and earnestly practice."

  Look at the little fat guy standing on the podium, isn't that Zhao Kai Shun, the high school class teacher? That strict teaching style, speaking like a machine gun, often scolding students to tears, the fierce teacher, behind his back, students all call him "Zhao Big Cannon".

  Chu Tianfeng looked down at his clothes, a blue and white uniform with a white shirt bought for 10 yuan from a street stall inside, wearing a pair of rubber shoes on his feet, and a canvas backpack in the desk drawer, clearly dressed as a high school student.

  He turned his head and took another look at Gao Dali beside him, tall and strong, with thick skin and flesh, indeed living up to his name, tall in stature and great in strength, this was his high school iron brother!

  What the... Has he really reincarnated?!

  Chu Tianfeng was taken aback, recalling that he had indeed been laid off by his company after the 2008 financial crisis spread to China, and then ran onto the streets to vent his dissatisfaction, saying something about wanting God to give him a chance at rebirth. And this opportunity really did come?

  Am I dreaming? Right, let's verify it! If I'm dreaming, my body shouldn't feel any pain.

  Chu Tianfeng's hand quietly moved under the desk and pinched his thigh hard, damn it! It doesn't hurt at all, definitely a dream! Alas, got excited for nothing!

  At this time, the loud and painful cry of Gao Dali just rang out: "Damn it, Tian Ge, why did you pinch my thigh? It hurts me to death, ah, oh my mother!"

  Chu Tian Feng was stunned, almost laughing out loud. It turned out that his claw had landed on Gao Da Li's body. So this wasn't a dream, it was reality! He really had been reborn!

  "What are you yelling about, Gao Dali?" The class teacher Zhao Kai Shun on the podium couldn't bear it anymore and shouted loudly.

  Gao Dali let out a loud "wolf cry", almost attracting the attention of the entire class, and some girls saw his comical appearance and couldn't help but burst out laughing.

  Lin Yajing also quietly turned her head and glanced back, casting a gentle autumn wave, but she wasn't looking at Gao Dalie, but rather at Chu Tianfeng with a sleepy face.

  "Teacher Zhao, it's nothing! We were just fooling around!" Gao Dalie stood up with a grin on his face and nodded at Zhao Kaishun.

  "You two had better behave yourselves!" Zhao Kai Shun still wanted to continue reading the mid-term exam results, but had to put this aside for now and wait until "after autumn" to settle accounts.

  Chu Tianfeng was still in the midst of excitement after his rebirth and didn't notice the murderous aura in the eyes of their class teacher.

  "Dali, quickly tell me what year, month and day it is today, hurry up!"

  Chu Tian Feng grasped the broad and thick shoulders of Gao Da Li with both hands, and asked solemnly.

  After rebirth, he must grasp the timing, otherwise how can he arrange his future life? Since God has given him a rare opportunity to reborn, he should make good use of it and absolutely cannot take the same path as before!

  "Hey, Tian Ge, are you sleep-talking?" Gao Dali stared at Chu Tianfeng as if he had seen an alien.

  "Answer my question!" Chu Tianfeng's face turned very serious, and he didn't seem to be joking at all.

  "Today is May 13th, 1998!"

  "What? May 13th, 1998?" Chu Tianfeng's body trembled again, this date was deeply etched in his memory!

  Because today is the anniversary of his dropping out of high school in his past life!

  Chu Tianfeng clearly remembered that on this day, Zhao Kaishun announced the mid-term exam results, and he was the last one in the class. Then Zhao Kaishun said a lot of unpleasant words to him, scolding him in front of all his classmates until he was humiliated to tears. Chu Tianfeng couldn't bear such humiliation and dropped out of school the next day.

  From then on, his life trajectory changed, and he began to work everywhere, as a bricklayer on construction sites, and as a porter unloading cargo at train stations.

  Later, Chu Tianfeng caught up with an insurance company's recruitment and participated in the free training to become one of the first batch of students. After joining the insurance company, he ran business every day.

  He muddled along like this for ten years, without achieving any outstanding results at work. Job-hopping was a common occurrence for him, from an insurance company to a securities company, and then from the securities company to a trading company, all doing sales work. Eventually, he unfortunately encountered the financial crisis and was laid off...

  At this time, on the podium, Zhao Kai Shun was still "diligently" reading out the results of this mid-term exam, starting from the first place Lin Ya Jing, to the second place Han Wen Tao, and the third place Cheng Mei Yun, all the way down, with a loud and high-pitched voice.

  Chu Tian smiled faintly, this method of publicly announcing exam results is absolutely not allowed in future education reforms, seriously hurting students' self-esteem.

  Even if it were 1998, ten years ago, Zhao Kai's approach would still be questionable. He completely disregarded the psychological endurance of those poor students, with each score being like a bullet that pierced their fragile hearts...

  "Chu Tianfeng! Chinese 47 points, math 12 points, English 59 points, politics 37 points, history 42 points, total score 197 points! The last one in the whole class!"

  Zhao Kaishun almost gritted his teeth to finish reading Chu Tianfeng's results, with flames bursting in his eyes. It was clear that Chu Tianfeng's score had completely broken through the limits of what he could psychologically endure.

  To know that now the college entrance examination, nationwide has not yet implemented 3 + X, currently used is 3 + 2, liberal arts are language mathematics foreign languages plus politics and history, each 150 points, total score of 750 points.

  Chu Tianfeng's score was not just bad, but terrible, more than 400 points less than the first place Lin Yajing, and in some subjects, he couldn't even catch up with Lin Yajing's spare change.

  With such results, he can't even get close to the worst of the three top universities. It's like a dead child falling into a well - there's no salvation!

  The classmates' murmurs rose again.

  "Haha, Chu Tianfeng was admitted to Yizhong with the fifth highest score in his class, but now he's fallen to the last place. The trajectory of his downfall is shocking!"

  "Alas, there's no way out, whoever gets entangled in their family affairs can't bear it."

  "It's also, if I were in his shoes and couldn't take it either, he should perk up!"

  "It's probably hopeless, he hasn't been studying at all for over a year!"

  Chu Tianfeng heard these rumors and thought back to when he was in his first year of high school, his family had indeed undergone a huge change - his father, Chu Gang, the director of the Tianhai City Morning Light Auto Factory, who he had always been proud of, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for corruption and bribery. His mother, Yin Guixin, immediately divorced his father and left Chu Tianfeng alone, going to the south and never contacting him again.

  In just one short month, Chu Tianfeng's father was imprisoned and his mother went missing. A once harmonious and happy family fell apart. This blow was too great for him, his academic performance plummeted, and he himself became disreputable.

  Chu Tianfeng would never believe that his father, who had always been upright and honest, was actually a corrupt official. There must be some conspiracy behind this!

  Unfortunately, he didn't uncover the conspiracy in his previous life. He went to "procuratorate" several times but returned with no results. Once, he was almost sent to a mental hospital, but now that heaven has given him a second chance, he must investigate his father's case until the truth is revealed!

  After this rebirth, Chu Tianfeng summed up the lessons of his past experiences. He absolutely cannot be too ostentatious and must learn to numb his opponents. In school, he should appear more relaxed and comfortable, making his opponents think that he has accepted the reality of his father's imprisonment. Meanwhile, he will secretly investigate his father's case, looking for a breakthrough, although the process may take a long time, but he has this confidence!

  Chu Tian's gaze fell on Zhao Kai Shun on the podium again, and he smiled faintly. He really didn't expect to return to campus again, a chance of rebirth in life that was lost and then regained! This time, he must seize it firmly!

  Zhao Kai Shun couldn't help but laugh at him, "You actually have the nerve to smile after coming in last? The small universe that had been suppressed for a long time finally erupted, and he pointed at Chu Tian Feng with a stern voice: "Chu Tian Feng, stand up for me!"

  Chu Tianfeng slowly stood up from his seat, his eyes gleaming with a sharp and determined light. In his heart, he secretly made a decision: to be reborn and change history, starting from today!