Li Bohan had been dead for ten years, and Shi Yan had been crazy for ten years.
He had fought the three companies that had forced Li Bohan into a corner all those years ago with everything he had. After all three went bankrupt in turn, he was diagnosed with cancer and died in a parachuting accident.
Shi Yan had never had his parents' love. The only person in his life who had ever truly cared about him was Li Bohan. If the man had a flaw, it was that he was nine years older and far too restrained.
His gaze had practically dripped with desire, and yet he kept forcing himself to hold back. He was a big shot, so what did he have to feel inferior about? Only later did Shi Yan discover that Li Bohan had had cancer then. Even if he hadn't died overseas, he wouldn't have had long to live.
“Li Bohan was right to avoid me back then. I was young, and there were plenty of fish in the sea. Why should I waste my time on an unromantic old man?
“If he'd held on for just two more years, maybe even if he eventually died of his illness, my obsession would have passed. But he had to die right when it was at its worst, just as I was ready to throw caution to the wind and lay everything on the table...”
“Li Bohan was a coward, and I was a damn pushover back then. We wasted so much time, and in the end we never even got into bed together. I used to think he was impotent, and I spent ages agonizing over it. Then I got bewitched into thinking that even a platonic relationship would be fine as long as it was with him. I was such a pushover.”
As he fell, Shi Yan had just one thought: if there was a next life, he would find Li Bohan and pin him down for a kiss. He would make up for everything they hadn't done in this life.
But when he opened his eyes, there was no next life. He had gone straight back to the previous one, to the year he was twenty. Was this a fantasy conjured up just before he died?
Li Bohan was thirty that year, still a rising star who had to drink with clients at banquets. Shi Yan became his assistant, since that was the position that put him closest to taking advantage of him.
Looking at the man passed out against him, Shi Yan had no moral qualms. The man was already dead, so why would the King of Hell care who he slept with? He had to take advantage and leave nothing behind.
The next morning, Shi Yan, wrapped in a blanket, said:
“President Li, I know you drank too much last night.”
In his thirty years, Li Bohan had never been this flustered. He had taken advantage of his tiny, sweet assistant while drunk?
Just as Shi Yan was playing the innocent little rabbit again, hoping to trick thirty-year-old Li Bohan, the man beside him lifted him onto the bed. The look in his eyes had lost its former naivety, replaced by a familiarity etched into Shi Yan's bones.
“President Shi, are you addicted to tricking me?”
Shi Yan froze in place. Li Bohan had come back too. He went mad making good on the vow he'd made in his previous life and pinned the man to the bed. This time, he wasn't the one taking advantage of anyone.
Note: The bottom is reborn first, and the top is reborn later.
There will be a prominent career storyline. Two max-level powerhouses return to the year 2000 to build their careers.
Theme: Strive to live a life without regrets.