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Rise of the Magnates in Rebirth

Chapter One: From the Past to the Present

By DaytonPublished 3 years ago 5 min read
Rise of the Magnates in Rebirth
Photo by Ralph (Ravi) Kayden on Unsplash

Breaking news: Ye Yun, the 68-year-old chairman of Yao Ke Group, has taken his own life with sleeping pills in his home.

Alongside him was a photo of his late wife and daughter.

Mr. Ye had no inheritor in his lifetime, and as per his last will and testament, he donated all of his 50-billion-yuan worth of assets to charitable organizations...

...

In the worn-out apartment, discarded beer bottles and cigarette butts are scattered everywhere.

Leftover takeout is carelessly tossed around, and every once in a while, there's a ratty sound of mice scurrying about.

Hm?

"I've been reborn?" Ye Yun looked at the unfamiliar face in the mirror and felt confused.

"I've been reborn 40 years ago?"

Feeling his disheveled beard, Ye Yun's eyes were filled with a trace of tears.

The memories that were unbearable to look back upon over the last 40 years, seemed like slideshows before a dying person, one by one they appeared before him.

"Bang!"

At that moment, the door opened.

A beautiful woman walked in, with a tired look on her face, and a cute little girl with braided goat horn hairstyle was by her side.

"Daddy!"

The little girl saw Ye Yun and immediately ran over joyfully, wanting to hug his thigh, completely oblivious to the unpleasant odor that was spreading through the room.

But just as she took two steps away, the beautiful woman pulled her back.

"Keke, pack up your things! Don't hug this person!"

The woman then looked at Ye Yun with cold eyes.

"You've finally woken up. I came here today to take Keke and pack up, we're going back to my parents' house."

Keke!

Yao Yang!

Looking at the two figures that had appeared countless times in his dreams, Ye Yun was struck by lightning.

In an instant, his tears flowed like a kite with a broken string.

Reborn!

At that moment, Ye Yun was sure of it!

Is this really a second chance from God for me, Ye Yun?

I suffered for forty years in my previous life, living a life of struggle.

If I wasn't such a bastard.

My wife, Li Mengyao, and daughter, Ye Keko, wouldn't have died so young!

It was all my fault!

I destroyed the warm and harmonious family scene.

But it's funny.

Although Ye Yun was able to build the YaoKe Group with one hand, he still had a grudge against his wife for betraying him.

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 graves for seven days and seven nights.

He didn't eat or drink.

If he hadn't been discovered, Ye Yun would have gone down to accompany his wife and daughter.

When he saw the two most important people in his life in front of him, Ye Yun could no longer control his emotions.

Tears flowed like rain.

"Hmph!"

A cold snort instantly interrupted Ye Yun's thoughts.

"Crocodile's tears!" Li Mengyao looked at Ye Yun with a cold gaze, as if she was looking at a stranger. "Ye Yun, I came today to take Keko back to her mother's house. I'll have someone send the divorce agreement later, let's get a divorce."

Her tone was cold, with a sadness that was beyond words.

As far as Li Mengyao was concerned, she was completely dead to Ye Yun.

"Mengyao, Mengyao. I know it's all my fault, I'm a scumbag. I will change, I will change! Please, give me another chance, okay?"

Ye Yun's voice trembled, and he said cautiously.

However, this sentence seemed to break a certain string in Li Mengyao's heart.

Li Mengyao picked up a beer bottle from the ground and smashed it on Ye Yun's head, shouting hysterically.

"Change? What change? Ye Yun, does it make sense to say this now?

"you've said this a hundred times or eighty times! But a dog can't change eating shit? That's enough! I've had enough!"

With a crash, the beer bottle shattered, and blood dripped down Leaf Cloud's forehead. Blood spattered, and Coco was immediately scared to tears. In the dilapidated wooden cottage, there was scattered junk everywhere and the frightened cries of a child. Leaf Cloud's head hurt, but his heart hurt even more. The more he remembered, the more Leaf Cloud wanted to die.

Li Mengyao, his wife, was a famous beauty, even more beautiful than a supermodel on the runway, and those who pursued her were like countless river fish. But who would have thought that Li Mengyao would choose Leaf Cloud in the end? He was a waste of a man who had graduated from a top university but had low self-esteem.

When they first got married, Leaf Cloud had pledged to make Li Mengyao the happiest woman in the world. But after marriage and various setbacks in life, he directly chose to give up and even picked up various vices.

The man was adept at all sorts of vices including eating, drinking, soliciting prostitutes, and gambling. When he ran out of money, he would turn to his wife Li Mengyao for help. When she wouldn't give him any, he would fight and physically attack her. He squandered all his money, even his daughter Ye Keko's tuition fees, on everything. Now, even he himself feels like dying. Li Mengyao looks at the bleeding Ye Yun, her eyes still cold. She had made up her mind, this man was a stranger to her. The past has become the cause of today. Thinking this, Li Mengyao didn't bother with Ye Yun and went straight inside to pack with her crying daughter. Such a worthless husband was the result of her own misfortune. Today, she must leave this devil with her daughter no matter what!

When Ye Yun saw Li Mengyao enter the house, he was very clear about what he was doing now. In Li Mengyao's eyes, it was just pretense. Because in her heart, the image of the useless self from the past is already deeply ingrained. To change, one can only do it slowly. Thinking about how he should change, Ye Yun first simply bandaged his head. An hour later, Li Mengyao walked out of the room with a big bag. When she saw the house, she was suddenly taken aback. The original piles of garbage were now gone and there were two dishes of food on the table. Tomato scrambled eggs and green pepper shredded potatoes. When she turned her head towards the kitchen, she saw Ye Yun skillfully cooking. After a great transformation in the past life, Ye Yun hates his former self. Even after establishing the YAOKE Group and becoming wealthy, everything was taken care of by others. But Ye Yun still wants to completely break away from the past and do things like laundry, cooking and cleaning himself.

If it weren't for the sight of the still rough-looking face, Li Mengyao would have really thought that the man in front of her was a good man who takes care of the household!

Alas...

Li Mengyao still pulled Coco straight out and coldly said, "Pig-nosed garlic!"

To be continued

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About the Creator

Dayton

I believe that life is all about discovering new things and constantly learning, and I hope to inspire others to do the same through my articles.

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