Reborn: I Started by Catching the Cold Campus Belle and Demanding Rent

In a dim, gloomy room,

a young woman lies motionless on the floor, her pale face completely drained of color.

Nearby are crushed boxes of sertraline, paroxetine, and other antidepressants.

That scene became a shadow over Xia Feng's life.

Back in the autumn of 2009, Xia Feng looks at the withdrawn girl he'd cornered in his rented apartment, her expression helpless.

“Tonight, either pay up or work off your debt.”

“I... I really don't have any money left.”

“Then work it off. One hundred an hour.”

“No.”

“Then how much do you want?”

“F... five yuan.”

“Why?”

Meng Zhi lowers her head and says nothing.

Only when the withdrawn girl sneaks out of the kitchen, intending to run away into the pouring rain, and gets caught, does Xia Feng learn the reason.

Years later, looking at the red certificate in his hands, Xia Feng finally understands: the other person had been playing a much bigger game all along.

The previous life, on Saturday, Xia Feng went to celebrate the birthday of Su Yumo, the goddess he'd spent three years fawning over. He didn't go to Meng Zhi's place to collect the rent, and ignored the several calls she made early that morning.

It wasn't until Sunday that he went to Meng Zhi's home. What he saw was Meng Zhi attempting suicide.

That afternoon became a shadow over Xia Feng's life.

More than once, Xia Feng wondered whether he could have prevented the tragedy if he hadn't ignored Meng Zhi's calls.

Fortunately, Heaven gave him another chance.

Now that he's been reborn, he'll start by saving the desperate girl.