Reborn in 2006: Protecting My Innocent Desk Mate, the School Beauty

The year his entire class framed him for stealing money and nearly forced him to drop out, Lu Chengfeng always believed that the person who pulled him out of hell was Hu Mengyao.

For this "debt of gratitude," after he made a name for himself, he bought her cars and houses and supported her for most of her life.

It wasn't until he was fifty-two that the truth was torn open by a drunken confession.

The person who had vouched for his character and sworn he was innocent was Bai Yueru, the school's most aloof ice-cold beauty. Hu Mengyao, on the other hand, was just a shameless credit-stealer who had even badmouthed him behind his back, calling him a thief.

What made him see red was that the girl who had been so poor she ate cold steamed buns every day, yet quietly shared with him the only light she had, had died a tragic accidental death at the age of eighteen.

Reborn into another life, Lu Chengfeng opened his eyes.

It was the day before senior year began.

Half an hour before Bai Yueru's accident.

She was pushing open the glass door of his family's supermarket, eyes red, meekly asking if he was still hiring part-time workers.

This time, to hell with that scheming fake first love.

Lu Chengfeng yanked down the rolling shutter, shutting out the Grim Reaper who was about to arrive and that pack of scum.

He pulled out an Employment Agreement and, with all the unreasonable swagger of a tyrant, cornered the cool and distant school beauty.

"Want a job? Fine. Sign here and put your fingerprint on it. From now on, you're only allowed to be my personal sidekick."

Watching the girl tremble like a startled fawn, he curled his lips into a confident smile.

"Don't complain that the terms are harsh. Once you're aboard my pirate ship, you'll never get off for the rest of your life."