Inside an apartment building in an old-fashioned residential complex, Ling Yi stared blankly at the television screen, his eyes somewhat cloudy.
Today is his 60th birthday, which also means that... he has been in this world for exactly 60 years.
In this Parallel World, there are no major Changes in terms of technology or world background; only some familiar people have become strangers, and some familiar cities have become unfamiliar names.
By leveraging the differences between the two worlds and his forward-thinking investment acumen, Ling Yi built a vast fortune, amassing assets worth tens of billions.
Unfortunately, just when he thought he could enjoy his retirement, he was diagnosed with late-stage stomach cancer.
According to the Doctor, he has three months to live.
But Ling Yi was not afraid of his impending death; he was just... a little lonely and nostalgic for his hometown from his previous life.
Perhaps it's because he's getting older and has become more nostalgic, Ling Yi now spends more time reminiscing.
Or perhaps, besides reminiscing, he seemed to have nothing else to do.
After learning that he had stomach cancer, Ling Yi calmly relinquished his position as chairman of the company and passed it on to his eldest son Ling Zhan.
Ling Zhan, thirty-seven years old, is the business genius who has followed Ling Yi the longest and has deeply inherited his skills.
He is shrewd and experienced in his work, has extremely high emotional intelligence, and is good at both overt and covert strategies. Ling Yi is quite at ease handing the company over to his eldest son.
The second son, Ling Feng, entered politics. At thirty-five, he was already the true top official of North Leaf Province. In ancient times, this would have been a powerful regional governor. Ling Yi was naturally very satisfied with Ling Feng.
The youngest daughter, Ling Qiqi, is thirty years old and a triple-threat star in film, television, and music in China, boasting hundreds of millions of fans. She is a household name and is known as the Fairy Sister."
But what no one knows is that most of Ling Qiqi's songs were written by Ling Yi.
As a time traveler, how could I possibly avoid plagiarism?
Ling Qiqi's popularity is naturally inseparable from Ling Yi's help.
Ling Yi simply preferred to keep a low profile, so he asked Ling Qiqi to conceal his existence.
Nowadays, everyone in the entertainment industry knows that Ling Qiqi has a mysterious Big Shot behind her who writes songs for her, nearly a hundred songs, each one a classic.
Other singers can live off one or two classic songs for a lifetime, but with Ling Qiqi, she's a complete winner!
Other singers basically repeat the same songs at every concert.
Ling Qiqi, on the other hand, always struggles with what songs to choose when putting on a concert.
The scripts that Ling Yi "wrote" for Ling Qiqi have all garnered high praise and box office success for their films, and have consistently broken viewership records for their TV series.
Since her debut, she has gone from being a 10 billion yuan actress to a 100 billion yuan actress, and now she is known as the uncrowned actress, all in just three years.
Many people want to know who the Big Shot behind Ling Qiqi is, but since Ling Qiqi doesn't say, naturally no one could guess that this Big Shot behind the scenes is actually Ling Qiqi's father, the Creator of the Ling Group, the old man Ling Yi who has assets worth tens of billions.
These three children are Ling Yi's pride in this life.
Compared to his lonely end in his previous life, Ling Yi is content in this one.
However, as his children's careers flourished, they returned home less and less often. Ling Yi lived in a huge villa, yet felt incredibly empty and lonely.
As Ling Yi grew older, he became more nostalgic and moved out of the villa, returning to his hometown in Baihai City, to a somewhat old neighborhood.
In this life, Ling Yi has had three loves. The first two of them happened during his university years.
My first girlfriend was a female celebrity in my previous life, but an ordinary person in this life.
In their first relationship, feelings outweighed love; their personalities didn't match, and they broke up after a short time.
The second love happened when Ling Yi was about to graduate from university. At that time, Ling Yi was a well-known top student in the school. Because he was smart since childhood, Ling Yi skipped grades several times.
At the young age of 17, he founded his own company, which is thriving and enjoys a high reputation at school.
This girl is exactly the same as Ling Yi's First Love in his previous life, both in appearance and personality.
It's just a name change!
In his previous life, Ling Yi met his First Love in high school, while in this life, it was in college.
The relationship lasted three years, but ultimately ended with the girl's infidelity.
First Love can only exist in memory; it is a beautiful thing that transcends reality and comes with a touch of fantasy.
When naivety is tainted by worldly concerns, all beauty becomes nothing more than a slideshow!
This woman's meanness and selfishness have crossed Ling Yi's bottom line.
Three years had exhausted all of Ling Yi's energy, leaving Ling Yi extremely disappointed.
Human greed is insatiable; they even ridiculously conspired with outsiders to seize his company.
Although Ling Yi indulged her, it doesn't mean Ling Yi was a fool; Ling Yi personally sent her to prison.
The embezzlement of over 20 million yuan is enough for this woman to spend the rest of her life in prison.
Ling Yi's real wife was a star in his previous life, but an ordinary person in this one.
When the company was hiring, this woman happened to come for an interview. Upon seeing her familiar face, Ling Yi immediately hired her and made her his secretary.
However, there wasn't much romance between the two. Ling Yi had experienced two failed relationships, making it difficult for her to accept someone else.
When Ling Yi turned 21, Ling Yi suddenly wanted to get married, or rather, after struggling alone, he longed for a family.
On the way home after a business meeting, Ling Yi said to her: Let's get married. If you agree, let's go get our marriage certificate now.
The other party said "okay," and the two went to the Civil Affairs Bureau that same day.
Their marriage was like a game, but the next twenty years of their married life were incredibly happy.
Romance only blossomed after they got married, and only then did they truly understand and accept each other.
At 23, her eldest son, Ling Zhan, was born; at 25, her second son, Ling Feng, was born; and at 30, her youngest daughter, Ling Qiqi, was born.
Unfortunately, Ling Yi's wife was diagnosed with a brain tumor when Ling Yi was 43 years old, and by then it was too late.
From the moment his wife fainted to her death, only three days passed—far too quickly for Ling Yi.
His wife's death was a huge blow to Ling Yi, and from then on, all of Ling Yi's original ambition and Haki disappeared.
Otherwise, Ling Yi's company wouldn't have only tens of billions in assets.
It's important to know that in the previous life, platforms like Meituan Waimai, Moushou, and Kuaishou didn't exist in this world.
If Ling Yi were willing, it wouldn't be difficult for him to multiply his assets several times or even ten times over with these assets.
However, Ling Yi still summarized some things from his previous life and wrote a project operation Codex of several hundred thousand words, which he then handed over to his eldest son Ling Zhan.
Ling Yi still remembers the look of adoration his eldest son had when he looked at him with dark circles under his eyes a week ago after reading the operation Codex Ling Yi had named " The Wealth Code " all night.
Life is Haste few decades; no matter how glorious, after death it is nothing but a passing cloud.
Ling Yi's gaze sharpened slightly. He turned down the TV volume and muttered with a wry smile.
"I wonder if I'll time travel again after I die this time."
After saying that, Ling Yi laughed. He was being a bit greedy. Being able to travel through time once was already a blessing. Wanting to travel through time again was probably wishful thinking.
Ling Yi certainly didn't want to die; nobody wanted to die.
His three children are still unmarried, and he hasn't had any grandchildren or great-grandchildren yet, which makes him somewhat resentful.
Previously, Ling Yi didn't care too much about Ling Zhan and the others choosing to marry late.
But now, Ling Yi still felt a little regretful.
Ling Zhan called in the morning, saying he was too busy with work, with several new projects starting at the same time, and couldn't get away to come back for Ling Yi's birthday. He apologized profusely to Ling Yi.
Around 9 a. m., Ling Feng called Ling Yi, saying that a group of robbers had recently appeared in North Leaf Province.
They've already robbed three banks in a row; this is no ordinary gang of robbers.
The operation was swift and decisive, and the equipment was incredibly advanced, giving them a strong counter-surveillance capability.
It's been almost half a month, and the investigators have found nothing.
Just yesterday, this gang of robbers defied the rules again and robbed a bank.
This time, they demonstrated exceptional Combat skills, seamless teamwork, and extremely accurate marksmanship. Despite the loss of three inspectors, the enemy still managed to escape.
This matter is causing him, the top official of North Leaf Province, a great headache.
After venting his frustrations to Ling Yi, Ling Feng hung up the phone.
Ling Yi's youngest daughter, Qiqi, wanted to come and celebrate his birthday, but Ling Yi knew that Qiqi was currently filming " Xuan-Yuan Sword," a script that Ling Yi had provided.
Ling Yi didn't want to interfere with Little Qi's work, so he declined.
Ling Yi had never cared much about his birthday before, but the thought that this might be the last birthday of his life made Ling Yi feel incredibly empty.
Before we knew it, it was midnight.
Just as Ling Yi was in a daze, half asleep and half awake, he suddenly heard a mechanical electronic voice in his mind.
"Ding! Congratulations, host! The Solve Cases and Become Stronger System has been successfully activated."
Then, a bunch of information was stuffed into Ling Yi's mind, including how to use the system, its functions, and the real reason why Ling Yi had transmigrated.
After a long while, Ling Yi finally came to his senses, but his expression was somewhat amused and exasperated.
The system was actually bound to his soul before he transmigrated.
It simply wasn't activated because of insufficient energy.
The system hadn't expected that Ling Yi would get cancer, and it died before it could collect enough energy.
In the previous life, it was the Dharma-ending Age, where there was no Underworld, no Reincarnation, and the soul had no place in the world.
The system could only activate the emergency plan, consuming backup energy, and carrying Ling Yi's soul, Soul Transmigration into the body of an infant in another world.
The system has been collecting energy since then, and it has now restarted and officially activated.
There were two reasons that left Ling Yi amused and exasperated: first, the system arrived a little too late; second, why was it a Case-Solving System?
Even a Farm System, a vegetable-growing system, or Case-Solving System doesn't quite fit with him.
He knew absolutely nothing about solving cases, and his job in his previous life had nothing to do with solving cases either.
But that's the nature of the cheat system; Ling Yi could only passively accept it.
In general, the system has three main functions.
Solving the case successfully rewards you with Attribute Points Attribute Points, which can be used to enhance your strength and continuously evolve your character.
Theoretically speaking, there is no upper limit.
Points Store: Solve cases successfully to earn points, which can be used to purchase anything in the mall.
Skills, bloodlines, cultivation techniques, treasures—anything you can think of or can't imagine—can be bought Central City the System Shop.
Finally, there's the system inventory.
An independent space, incapable of life, yet infinitely large.
"Open the newbie gift pack!" Ling Yi silently prayed.
"Ding! Congratulations, host, you have acquired the skill ' Eye of Intelligence '."
The Eye of Intelligence allows Ling Yi 'Ling Yi eyes to receive any information related to criminals that he discovers, thus assisting him in solving cases.
This is an extremely useful ability, and it came at just the right time for Ling Yi, who was a complete Little White at solving cases.