A Life of Flashy Excess

He Yang is an unlucky man. He went bankrupt and fell into debt, then started a business to pay it off, only to get poorer with every venture. In the end, exhausted in body and mind, he died beneath an overpass.

Before he died, a pink AI named Sao Bao appeared on his phone. When he opened his eyes again, he was back ten years earlier, on the day his first startup failed. His wife was still cooking in the kitchen, and his daughter was still playing with building blocks in the living room.

Given a second life, He Yang decided to stop wearing himself out. With Sao Bao, he wrote web novels and made music, updating fifty thousand words a day and turning every song into a hit. He also found bargains at street stalls. He paid off every debt from his past life, one by one, and slowly made amends to the people he had let down.

But his greatest gain this time wasn't money. He finally learned to crouch down and play with his daughter, to really listen when his wife spoke, and to stop rushing, worrying, and panicking. In his last life, it took him ten years to turn himself into a pile of ashes. This time, he wanted to live like a proper person.