Hua Meng, a renowned psychological counselor, has long been plagued by a recurring dream. In it, a man named Ziye always tells her, “You owe me thirteen years.” Then the financial elite Ziye walks into her clinic, and his face, identical to the man in her dream, shatters her composure. Ziye suffers frequent memory loss and mysteriously disappears at 9:57 p.m. His phone even contains an old photograph of him with Hua Meng dressed in a qipao.
Underneath the surface of Ziye’s Shisu Capital, undercurrents are stirring. A business war over illegal human experiments is quietly unfolding, and every name on the test subject list belongs to someone who died within the past thirteen years. As dream and reality intertwine, Hua Meng glimpses their past in the Republic of China era: she was a newspaper reporter, and Ziye was the son of an apothecary. They promised to reunite amid the turmoil of war, only to be separated by life and death. And Mr. Lu, the owner of Shisu Capital, is actually a time merchant who devours memories to live forever. Hua Meng is the only key to breaking free of fate.
A business conspiracy, a maze of memories, and a fate entangled across a century are revealed through the cycle of “thirteen years.” When memories are reset, can an anonymous diary in an old bookstore and Hua Meng turning away help the two escape their fate and meet again?
“Reborn, lazy, and blessed with a golden finger” rice bug meets a “bloodthirsty, obsessive, violent, and inhuman” prince in a story of mutual devotion and redemption.
Yan Zhiyu is reborn.
Revenge? Of course!
Enjoying life? That’s a must, too!
In her previous life, Yan Zhiyu was the eldest legitimate granddaughter of the prime minister. Raised to become the crown princess, she mastered everything from music, chess, calligraphy, and painting to cooking, needlework, history, and politics. But after being manipulated into marrying the Second Prince, she exhausted herself plotting for him. The day he claimed the throne was also the day her fate was sealed.
In this life, Yan Zhiyu is born as Wei Yuanyuan, the legitimate youngest daughter of Academician Wei. Wei Yuanyuan wants to fulfill her dying wish: no studying, no self-improvement, no poetry, no embroidery. She’ll lie flat and enjoy life with a clear conscience. From then on, eating, drinking, and having fun are her daily routine, while acting cute and playing the fool are her usual habits.
Since she’s been reborn, she still has the results of thirty years of study, her life experience, and all her schemes and wisdom from the struggle for power in her previous life. First, she saves the Crown Prince and changes his fate of dying young. Then she punishes, one by one, those who wronged and harmed her in her previous life, growing up in triumph all the way.
Just when she thinks she’ll spend the rest of her life happily this way, she meets...
The Seventh Prince, Prince Yue, Luo Yuzhi, who kills without blinking and is bloodthirsty, brutal, and utterly inhuman.
She wants nothing more to do with the Luo family in this life, yet fate forcibly binds her to Luo Yuzhi. That’s when she discovers that the bloodthirsty tyrant may not be what the rumors say.
In her previous life, Yan Zhiyu said, “For your unwavering devotion, I’ll help you claim that throne.”
In this life, Luo Yuzhi says, “So you’ll never have to feel afraid again, I’ll claim that throne.”
When I heard that I was owed thirteen years, I trembled deep in my heart, as if something hit me in the back. Then when I saw the empty eyes and hearts of those who had lost their memory, weren't they just like people today? Many people obviously have not lost their memory, but they are anxious and depressed. Therefore, I feel that the content of the novel is a true social portrayal. I highly recommend this book. He can touch people's hearts. Let the empty souls of today have a place to rest!
Rich imagination and compact storyline