“The Zhao family has a son, sharp-tongued but considerate, versed in astronomy and geography, and the wife of Lin Yi”...
That was the opening of the novel I read, and all I knew about this world before I came here. I thought the eighteen years of my previous life had been hard enough, but I never expected to transmigrate into a book as an ordinary character with the same name: a son of the Zhao family whose father doesn't love him, whose mother has passed away, whose legitimate older brother ignores him, and whose legitimate older sister targets him. You could say I have quite the promising life ahead of me...
Of course, the worst thing was meeting the male lead of the book, Lin Yi, courtesy name Guli. Sorry, I know you're wonderful, but I'm just an ordinary man with no unusual tastes. Besides, your life is supposed to belong to someone else, so please keep your distance...
But he saw me at my most pathetic. He felt what it was like when I avoided and pushed him away. Why didn't he leave like everyone else? Why is my heart in such turmoil? Could it be that I... But I can't. I'm just a passerby, and he's destined for someone else. I should stay away from him. My previous life was already unbearably hard. I only want to live this one in peace, without getting involved with anyone...
But the more I try to run, the closer he gets. The more my thoughts try to flee, the deeper my heart sinks. You should belong to someone else, yet I can't let go of you. How did everything go wrong...
But his sincerity, his patience, his gentleness gradually drew me in, letting me lower my guard and stop agonizing over fate. In the end, I chose to follow my heart. What I never expected was that this would be both the beginning of my happiness and the final countdown to the end of my life...
Poets all joke, “Chang'an returns to Guli,” yet how sad that “beyond the end of Chang'an, there is no more Guli”...
Theme: Being reborn doesn't necessarily mean getting a fresh start. Knowing a little is worse than knowing nothing.
