Reborn Before the Three Gorges Relocation in 2001

Modern Slice of Life, Single Heroine, Reborn

Chen Yu is reborn in 2001, before the Three Gorges relocation, and sets off for Shanghai in place of his late third uncle.

Back in Qianqian Village, Fengjie, Chen Yu is given a choice by the System:

Be reborn as himself, with every cheat fully unlocked and a smooth, easy life;

Or take the place of his orphaned third uncle, who died of illness before the relocation and was the only one able to move to Shanghai. The System would be scrapped outright.

He rejects the shortcut and chooses redemption. In his sickly uncle's body,

he takes the relocation compensation and relies on the System's only remaining feature, its item appraisal function, to travel to Shanghai on a relocation ship.

He sells goods on the street, finds business opportunities, invests in films and television, and builds a business,

rising from nothing to financial freedom, yet never forgetting his roots amid a prosperous life.

At last, he returns to his roots, going home to build roads and schools and devote himself to his homeland.

In this life, he saved his uncle, lived his own life, and did right by the people of his hometown.