At thirty-eight, Chen Fan had spent fifteen years navigating the business world, only to end up bankrupt, divorced, and estranged from his family. As he fell from a rooftop after a night of drinking, regret consumed him: regret for dropping out of school to work and missing his chance at a prestigious university, regret for letting down Lin Xi, his unrequited love who had quietly knitted him a scarf, and regret for turning against Su Mei, the formidable businesswoman who had fought alongside him, only to be crushed by powerful investors in the end. When he opened his eyes again, he was back in his senior year of high school in 2010. The words chalked on the blackboard, “180 days until the college entrance exam,” were glaring and burning bright.
Reborn for a second life, Chen Fan only wants to get into college, protect his family, and earn enough to live in peace. But who could have guessed that, armed with the secrets behind the business trends of the next ten years, he would start out trading unwanted goods on campus, only for every venture he casually invested in to become a smash hit? Lin Xi, gentle and devoted, has always been by his side. Su Mei, strong-willed and decisive, has a sharp eye for business. The two very different women enter his life at the same time. One is a tender childhood romance left unspoken; the other, an entrepreneurial bond with a worthy rival. A love triangle quietly takes shape. He had wanted to lie flat and keep a low profile, but swept along by the tides of the era and the pull of romance, he gradually rises to the pinnacle of the business world, becoming the very tycoon he once both revered and despised. The tenderness and heartbeats, regrets and choices hidden amid the smoke of business battles will eventually reveal the truest shape of this journey of rebirth.
