Countercurrent · Island Light
Rewrite life, make up for regrets, pursue financial independence and spiritual freedom, and gain love and self-worth as you grow.
Tone: reality turns to fantasy, inspirational growth, urban romance with sadomasochism.
Li Yu, 28-year-old soul, 18-year-old body. INTP personality, strong logical thinking, and extremely strong learning ability (this is magnified by the advantage of rebirth).
Gentle and calm on the outside, tough and persistent on the inside, with a strong spirit of refusing to admit defeat. Before rebirth, due to personality, choices, and environmental constraints (labor dispatch, temporary teacher recruitment), he was unable to realize his potential, was in financial distress, and had many regrets about life.
Core growth goals: Financial independence (rich), breaking through character limitations (bold), improving both internal and external (beautiful), mastering hard power (having strength), and having healthy interpersonal relationships (good life/boyfriends and friends).
Zhonghaishui's native family is extremely poor and has one younger brother and one younger sister. His parents were patriarchal/cold and selfish, and his relationship with his parents was alienated or even cold. He was raised by kind-hearted but limited-capacity grandparents with great difficulty, and he has a deep affection for his grandparents.
With extraordinary hard work and IQ, he was admitted to a top university majoring in finance/economics. After graduation, he entered the core department of a top investment bank/large commercial bank with extremely high income (annual salary in the millions). He is a typical "rich man". Extremely insecure, with low self-esteem and arrogance deep inside, an almost paranoid desire to control money (as the only source of security), emotional expression disorder, cold outside and hot inside, a strong sense of responsibility (especially towards grandparents and younger siblings), and a strong desire to protect and control. Interpersonal relationships are alienated, and there are almost no real friends.
Elf - Aeris, carrier of fantasy elements. The "time and space travel companion spirit" was accidentally bound to Li Yu when he was reborn.
Form: In the early stage, it may be a shimmering light or a strange bird, and in the later stage, it can take the form of a human (but the energy is limited). Only Liyu is visible and can be communicated with.
Ability: Ability to sense Li Yu's strong emotional fluctuations to a limited extent, provide weak information retrieval (similar to vague "inspiration" or "intuition"), and is the target of Li Yu's confidants. The core role is to serve as the "audience" of fantasy symbols and Li Yu's inner monologue, promoting her self-analysis. It's not a universal golden finger!
It itself was lost in the turbulence of time and space, and its binding to Liyu was an accident. Its existence reminds Liyu of the unnaturalness and potential risks of "rebirth".
Purpose: growth, sadomasochism