Reborn in 2002: My Road Through Officialdom Starts with Taking the Blame

Who... did I kill?

Gu Mingyuan, whose career was going nowhere, collapsed beside a cold sink.

His life had been one cup of strong tea and half a lifetime of disappointment.

When he opened his eyes again, he had returned to the beginning of the new millennium, as the scapegoat deputy mayor of the county's poorest township.

This time, he would reshape the world and swim against the tide at the sharp edge of the times.

From a grassroots township post to leading a region, he races up the official ladder, climbing higher at every step.

In this life, he wants more than a path to success: he wants to make up for his regrets...