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The Cost of Rebirth by Ye Di

Synopsis

Su Yan died in that hot summer of his college graduation.

Flies swarmed all over his corpse, and no one remembered him.

If life could start over again, I would pay any price!

Content tags: supernatural, rebirth, modern romance

Search keywords: Protagonist: Su Yan Other: modern rebirth, portable space, campus

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Jinjiang Editor Review:

Su Yan is reborn back to the age of fifteen, when neither of his divorcing parents wants him.

Fortunately he is no longer an ignorant child, and living on his own is no big deal.

The magical space attached upon his rebirth gives Su Yan's life direction, and working hard to make money and evolve the space is a must.

Relying on the fruits and vegetables within the space, Su Yan, who has just stepped into the gates of high school, not only becomes a little boss,

Prologue

The South District of City D, midday, torrential rain, lightning and thunder.

An abandoned factory, within the police cordon, a group of police officers are working in the rain.

"Male deceased, around twenty years of age, should be a college student based on his clothing. Preliminary judgment: time of death is about fifteen days ago, three stab wounds to the chest are the cause of death."

The coroner states the preliminary judgment earnestly, and the law enforcement personnel take photos around the corpse with calm expressions, searching for clues.

The corpse lies twisted and flat on its back, eyes wide open in death like copper bells, flies and mosquitoes buzzing around it, greedily feeding on the body, refusing to leave for a long time.

"Today's news: the identity of the male corpse found in the abandoned factory ten days ago has been verified. The male victim is Su Yan, twenty-two years old, graduated from D University... The corpse remains unclaimed..."

Su Yan died in that hot summer of his college graduation.

Flies swarmed all over his corpse, and no one remembered him.

When a person dies, the lamp goes out; love or hate, there is nothing left to care about.

If life could start over again.

I would pay any price...

Chapter 1 Back to Here

In mid-August, the autumn tiger rages fiercely.

Recovering from heatstroke, Su Yan returns to their cozy little home with his parents. Su Yan walks silently to the kitchen to cut a piece of watermelon, then sits on the old sofa in the living room to slowly gnaw on it, not even spitting out the watermelon seeds.

Su Yan is silent, and his parents, who have reached their breaking point, are also silent.

The family of three drags it out in an eerie atmosphere until nightfall. His mother seems to have no intention of making dinner, so Su Yan, with a rummaging stomach, finds a pack of instant noodles and slurps them down, eating until his head is drenched in sweat.

His father seems to have made up his mind, so he gets up, puts out his cigarette butt, pulls a card out of his pocket, and hands it to his son. Su Yan raises his head, looks at his father, and casually wipes the sweat off the bridge of his nose.

"Yanyan, there are three hundred thousand yuan in this card, enough for you to finish high school and university. You're grown up now, and you need to learn to live alone. When Dad goes to City A and gets settled, I'll give you a call. You can still find your mother if anything happens."

The woman who has been silent for a long time finally speaks up with displeasure: "You get to live a carefree, wonderful life on your own, and all you know how to do is dump the son on me. Why should he come to me if something happens, who on earth is the father? I bought tomorrow's plane ticket, I have to go. Yanyan, Mom doesn't have as much savings as your dad, this is a little bit left for you, and Mom will send you money again later if I manage to do well. Yanyan... don't blame Mom." The woman puts down the savings passbook, wipes away a tear, ruthlessly turns and returns to her room, and before long she drags her suitcase out and walks away.

"This damned woman is truly heartless, bah!" His father spits, glances at his silent son, his old face inevitably a bit awkward, coughs dryly, and hesitates to speak.

His father packs his luggage soon as well, and when he comes out and sees his son sitting just like that, he says, "Yanyan, since a man makes a trip into this world, he has to live brilliantly and successfully; a cowardly and mediocre man is not a good man. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Dad, and if Dad makes it big in the future, there's bound to be a share for you to enjoy the good life. Study hard, and Dad will come see you when he has time." Having said that, the man leaves this tiny, shabby house they have squeezed into for over a decade.

Su Yan hears the front door close, and only then does he raise his head. With a cold and calm gaze, he looks at the empty house and gives a mocking smile.

Do you know that until the very day Su Yan died, no one came to claim his body.

The parents who gave birth to him and raised him for over a decade were supposed to be the most important existence in his life, but reality struck him speechless time and time again. If not for the sudden departure of his parents, how could a fifteen-year-old child have been turned into someone reticent and sullen.

If not for the beginning of all this... how could Su Yan have ever embarked on an abnormal path.

Su Yan touches his chest, where there is a red copper-coin-shaped mark, faintly featuring the character 'Zun'.

Su Yan closes his eyes and mutters into the estate.

Breeze and floating clouds, blue sky and green grass, mountain streams and waterfalls, glistening pool water—this is one side, while the other side is shrouded by a clump of red mist, unclear to the eye. The red mist rolls, extremely bizarre. Su Yan knows that in this magical little space world, only the person inside the red mist cannot move. As soon as Su Yan enters, a ghostly laugh comes from within that red mist: "Heh heh heh heh, Yanyan, how does rebirth feel?"