"Breaking news: Mr. Ye Yun, chairman of Yao Ke Group, 68, committed suicide by overdose of sleeping pills at home."
"Beside him, there was a photo of his deceased wife and daughter."
"Mr. Ye had no heirs. According to his will, he donated all his 500 billion yuan fortune to charity..."
...
The dilapidated rental room was littered with scattered beer bottles and cigarette butts.
Leftover takeout was carelessly thrown around, and occasionally a faint squeaking sound could be heard, as if rats were scurrying about.
"Huh?"
Ye Yun looked at the somewhat unfamiliar face in the mirror, bewildered.
"I've been reborn?"
"I've been reborn forty years ago?"
Touching his messy stubble, a tear streak flashed across Ye Yun's eyes.
The unbearable memories of the past forty years unfolded before him like a slideshow seen by a dying person.
"Clang."
At this moment, the door opened.
A woman with a clean and delicate appearance, but emanating a sense of exhaustion, walked in, accompanied by a cute little girl with pigtails.
"Dad!"
As soon as she saw Ye Yun, the little girl joyfully ran over, wanting to hug his leg, completely unmindful of the stench emanating from the room.
However, after taking just two steps, she was pulled back by the delicate woman beside her.
"Keke, pack your things! Don't hug this person!"
Then the woman glanced at Ye Yun, her eyes filled with coldness.
"You're finally awake. I'm here today to take Keke and pack our things to go back to my parents' home!"
Keke!
Mengyao!
Looking at the two figures who had appeared countless times in his dreams, Ye Yun felt struck by lightning.
Instantly, tears flowed uncontrollably, like a kite with a broken string.
Rebirth!
At this moment, Ye Yun was absolutely certain!
He had truly been reborn!
Was this heaven taking pity on him, Ye Yun, and giving him another chance?
In his previous life, he had barely survived for forty years, and endured forty years of torment.
If it weren't for his own bastardry.
His wife Li Mengyao and daughter Ye Keke would not have died prematurely!
It was him, all his fault!
He had ruined the beautiful picture of a warm and harmonious family.
Ironically.
Ye Yun was able to establish Yao Ke Group single-handedly with a deep-seated resentment for his wife's betrayal.
It wasn't until the third day after his wife's death that Ye Yun learned the truth.
Later, Ye Yun knelt at his wife and daughter's grave for seven days and seven nights.
Without eating or drinking.
If he hadn't been discovered, Ye Yun would have gone to join his wife and daughter at that moment.
Seeing the two most important people in his life before him, Ye Yun could no longer suppress the excitement in his heart.
Tears streamed down his face.
"Hmph!"
A cold snort instantly broke Ye Yun's train of thought.
"Crocodile tears!" Li Mengyao looked at Ye Yun with icy eyes, as if he were a stranger. "Ye Yun, I'm here today to take Keke back to my parents' place. I'll have someone send over the divorce agreement later. Let's get divorced."
Her tone was cold, a profound sadness that surpassed despair.
Li Mengyao had completely given up on Ye Yun.
"Meng, Mengyao. I know it's all my fault, I'm a scoundrel. I will definitely change, I will definitely change! Please, give me another chance?"
Ye Yun's voice trembled as he said cautiously.
However, this sentence seemed to snap a string in Li Mengyao's heart.
Li Mengyao picked up a beer bottle from the ground and smashed it on Ye Yun's head, saying hysterically.
"Change? How are you going to change? Ye Yun, is it still meaningful to say these things now?"
"You've said these words at least eighty, if not a hundred times! But you're still the same old dog! Enough! I've really had enough!"
*Bang!*
The beer bottle shattered, and blood flowed down Ye Yun's forehead.
Blood splattered everywhere, and Keke immediately burst into tears, frightened.
The dilapidated wooden hut was filled with scattered garbage and the frightened cries of a child.
His head hurt, but Ye Yun felt a greater pain in his heart.
The more he recalled, the more Ye Yun wanted to die.
His wife, Li Mengyao, was a renowned beauty, comparable to top-tier supermodels. Suitors flocked to her like a rushing river.
But no one could have imagined that Li Mengyao would eventually choose Ye Yun.
A graduate of a prestigious university, yet a good-for-nothing with lofty ambitions.
When they first got married, Ye Yun had confidently promised to make Li Mengyao the happiest woman in the world.
But after marriage, after facing various setbacks in life, he simply gave up and even developed various bad habits.
He engaged in all sorts of vices: drinking, gambling, and womanizing.
When he ran out of money, he would demand it from Li Mengyao.
If she refused, he would argue and even snatch it.
Everything of value was sold off and squandered by him, and he didn't even spare their daughter Ye Keke's tuition fees.
Even Ye Yun himself wanted to strangle the person he was now.
Li Mengyao looked at Ye Yun, who was bleeding profusely, her eyes still cold.
She had made up her mind; he was a stranger.
The fruit of the past bore the consequences of today.
With that thought, Li Mengyao ignored Ye Yun and directly pulled the crying Keke into the room to pack their things.
Such a useless husband was a mistake she made herself!
Today, no matter what, she would take her daughter away from this devil!
No matter what!
Seeing Li Mengyao enter the room, Ye Yun knew very well that everything he was doing now.
Was just a performance in Li Mengyao's eyes.
Because in her heart, the image of the useless person he used to be was deeply ingrained.
To change, it would have to be slow and steady.
Thinking about how to change this situation, Ye Yun first bandaged his head simply.
An hour later, Li Mengyao came out of the room with Keke, laden with bags.
She suddenly froze when she saw the room.
The scattered garbage was gone, and two small dishes of food were placed on the table.
Scrambled eggs with tomatoes, and stir-fried shredded potatoes with green peppers.
She then looked towards the kitchen.
She saw Ye Yun skillfully stir-frying.
After the drastic changes in his previous life, Ye Yun hated his former self.
Even after establishing Yao Ke Group and becoming immensely wealthy, with people taking care of everything, Ye Yun still wanted to completely break away from his past. He did his own laundry, cooking, and cleaning.
All for the sake of atonement in his heart.
Although that atonement was no longer possible at the time.
Now, reborn, heaven had given him a chance to atone.
Ye Yun knew clearly what he needed to do.
Even if it was just to make Li Mengyao feel that, at the very least, he was now a human being.
Li Mengyao saw her usually ambitious husband acting like a stranger.
This scene had flashed through her mind countless times, but it could only appear in dreams.
"Mengyao, Keke just got out of school, and you haven't eaten yet, have you? Even if you're going back to your parents' home, have some food first."
Ye Yun placed a plate of stir-fried greens with tofu soup on the table and said gently.
Ye Keke, smelling the aroma wafting through the air, twitched her nose. Her eyes revealed a hint of longing, and she couldn't help but tug on Li Mengyao's arm.
"Mom..."
Keke's tug instantly pulled Li Mengyao back to reality.
Ye Yun, had he changed?
He knew how to clean and cook?
If it weren't for his still stubbled face, Li Mengyao would have truly believed that the man before her was a good, family-oriented man!
Alas...
Li Mengyao still pulled Keke and walked straight out, saying coldly.
"A pig's snout adorned with garlic!"