Chapter 1

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A few workers in an orange uniform were cleaning up an unfamiliar street amidst the cold wind.

Near the school entrance, a few carts could be seen selling triangular flat cakes. The sweet and greasy scent wafted through the air.

Lu Yan sniffed the fragrance. She couldn’t help but to swallow her saliva. She felt as if she had a kitten in her stomach, a naughty kitten that kept scratching her whenever she felt hungry.

She held her gurgling stomach with her hand as she walked to one of the carts and said pitifully, “I would like one , please.”

The vendor replied, handing her a steaming triangular cake, “Here! It’s fifty cents each.”

Lu Yan hesitated for a second before giving her the remaining hundred yuan bill from her purse.

The vendor looked at the bright red banknote several times before asking in a puzzled tone, “What kind of money is this? I haven’t seen it anywhere before. Is this a fake?”

“It’s not a fake.” Lu Yan quickly explained,” You… You keep these for twenty, no, ten years at most, the money can be used by then!”

The vendor looked at her as if she was out of her mind; on second glance, he saw that she had fair skin and that her appearance was clean, looking pure and pleasant. She did not seem to be a liar either. She is definitely a young lady from a rich family.

In the end, the vendor did not take her money. Instead he advised her: “It’s not good to run away from home. Go back to your parents, they must be anxious.”

Lu Yan thanked him for his heartfelt piece of advice before walking away . She nibbled on the cake as she leaned against a wall.

This day was the third since her rebirth. It was definitely not as cool as written in the novels. Her survivability was becoming a problem as she was very hungry.

At first, she thought she would reincarnate as her 15 years old self, so she made her resolve to study hard. This was to get rid of the second-generation insignia and to learn some real skills. Why? It was so she could help her father fight against the enemy who made them bankrupt in her previous life.

Unexpectedly, she didn’t get reborn as her 15 years old self, but instead returned to the time when her father was 15 years old!

Beijing was still the same Beijing, and the streets were familiar. This Beijing was different in one thing; No one knew Lu Yan.

That was because she did not exist at this time.

As a [1]“sanwu” person who hadn’t been born yet, Lu Yan wandered in the streets in the early 2000s and truly felt what it means to beg for a living.

Editor note [1] : sanwu basically means someone who doesn’t have legal documents, fixed accommodation and stable income.

She had never been reduced to such a sorry state even when her family was bankrupt. From a rich second-generation to a pauper overnight.

If she couldn’t find her now 15 years old father, Lu Zhen, she might really starve to death.

Lu Yan inquired all the way, and finally arrived at the High School her dad had attended, Beijing No.3 High School.

Beijing No.3 High School was the oldest high school in Beijing. Even after Lu Yan was born, it was still enrolling students and was later renamed to Guozhong High School.

Lu Yan had also attended Beijing No.3 High School in her last life. She would often hear her dad mentioning that he had a frivolous past that he could not bear to look back at.

She replayed this sentence in her mind several times.

Now, she was standing at the school’s gate. Looking at the green-painted old-fashioned front door, she got a little excited.

How many embarrassing frivolous stories did this dad of hers hide?

Lu Yan squatted in front of the school for three days, not finding any traces of her father.

“Classmate, do you know Lu Zhen?”

“Ah, you mean Master Lu. He doesn’t go to school often.”

“Can you tell me where I can find him?”

“Probably in the entertainment street, I advise you not to go there. It’s very messy over there.”

“….”

Lu Yan decided that she would wait for him at the school gate. Her current identity could cause trouble so she could not run around carelessly.

After waiting for three whole days, She still did not see her father. She heard that it was common for young master Lu to skip school.

When she thought of the cold president her father was, it did not feel like he was the same person they were talking about.

She squatted boredly, awaiting the arrival of her teenage dad. Her presence had caught the attention of the girls around her, to which she did not realize.

Lu Yan was born beautiful, especially with her small waist and slender legs. In her previous life, she was hailed as the goddess when she first entered the university campus, fascinating countless otakus.

Even if she was only fifteen now, her beauty was enough to make girls around her jealous, causing a hostile impression towards her.

“I heard that she waits for Lu Zhen everyday outside school.”

“Really shameless. How could she wait outside everyday like that?”

Lu Yan knew that the boys and the girls of her dad’s era were simple and conservative, drawing lines between people of different sex and even meeting without holding hands would cause blushing for a long time.

So her blatant behavior of waiting for her dad was regarded as extremely bold, especially due to the fact that her dad was… very popular!

Therefore, Lu Yan’s squatting behavior was extremely eye-catching.

But what could she do? She, as someone who wasn’t even born yet, just wanted to have a meal!

There was no one else she could count on except her father. She must definitely not seek help from the police, or else she would be sent either to a welfare institution or a mental hospital.

The girls’ whispering voices were endless, and it just so happened that she could hear them–

“How persistent is she to wait here everyday? Isn’t it well-known that Lu Zhen already has a high school girlfriend.”

Lu Yan’s ears immediately perked up as she listened carefully to their gossip.

Lu Zhen had a girlfriend this early. Was it her mother?

“Hey, I heard that Shu Mengfei has broken up with Lu Zhen.”

“Why? Wasn’t their relationship very good? Shu Mengfei is so beautiful. They are a good match!”

“I heard that Shu Mengfei recently gotten close to someone “

“Who? “

“Shen Kuo.”

” … “

The girls became quiet for half a minute, then the gossip intensified:

“Is Shu Mengfei crazy? She actually wants to get closer to him?”

“Such a gloomy boy. It’s creepy to even think about it.”

“The key is that Shen Kuo is poor. Can he even afford to date Shu Mengfei?”

When Lu Yan heard of the name Shen Kuo, she shivered instinctively, drenching in cold sweat.

Many years from now, Shen Kuo would actually become a wealthy and powerful person in the North city! He would eventually push Lu Zhen’s thriving company to the brink of bankruptcy.

Of course Lu Yan was afraid of him!

Unexpectedly, these two rivals, Shen Kuo and Lu Zhen, turned out to be high school classmates!

Listening to the gossip of those girls, Lu Zhen’s girlfriend seemed to be half-hearted towards their relationship. Did she even like him?

“Shhh, don’t say anymore, Lu Zhen is out!”

Lu Yan suddenly looked up and saw her father riding a motorcycle out of the school along with a few unruly-dressed teengares.

He was wearing a white shirt with the neckline slightly open. The cuffs were rolled up to the elbows, revealing his nice wheat-colored skin.

Needless to say, Lu Zhen’s facial features were exquisite and handsome, but his most attractive features were his peachy eyes, slightly raised, passionate and flirtatious.

Lu Yan’s beautiful eyes were the same as her dad’s.

All their family members used to joke that having those eyes, the father and daughter were both beautiful and troubled.

However, Lu Yan looked at Lu Zhen from a distance, and felt that when he was young, her father was more of a “walking disaster” than her!

Lu Zhen was recognized as the [2] school grass of Beicheng No. 1 High School. He had an aura of a wealthy young master. He could both dress up and walked on the streets in early 2000.

Editor note [2]– School grass means the most handsome person of the school. For females, it will be a school flower.

Lu Yan didn’t know that her serious and steady dad, when he was young, used to be dressed in such a compelling manner!

As Lu Zhen’s motorcycle was about to pass by her, she rushed over and blocked his path.

He suddenly pressed the emergency brake and the tires of the motorcycle stopped half a meter away from Lu Yan.

“Are you fucking tired of living?!”

Lu Yan’s eyes turned red when she saw her dear dad, the memories of how she had suffered the past three days came flowing back.

The word “dad” was stuck in her throat, and was about to come out along with her crying voice.

“Why are you the one crying when you are the one that almost caused an accident?! It’s me who should cry! Go away!”

Lu Yan didn’t let go, stubbornly stopping his motorcycle.

“Wait.” Lu Zhen stretched out his wallet and began to count the stacks of banknotes, “I’m in a hurry so let’s get straight into it. How much medical expenses are you willing to accept before going away?”

He spoke quite rudely and sloppily, a perfect example of an unruly prodigal son.

Liang Ting, his friend next to him, patted him on the shoulder to tell him not to be so irritable, “You are scaring the girl! Be gentle. It’s not about money.”

After he finished speaking, he handed Lu Yan a black handkerchief, “Classmate, wipe your face.”

“Thank you, uncle Liang Ting. I’m fine.”

“Uncle?”

Lu Yan very skillfully took the two banknotes from her father as she held his hand and cried, “Dad, Yan Yan is so hungry. I haven’t eaten for two days. Can you give me more money?”

Lu Zhen questioned, ”What did you just call me?”

The two confronted each other for a while. He was helpless so he gave another five banknotes. After receiving the money, Lu Yan cried and said to him, “It’s not about money. I really have important things to tell you. “

The corner of Lu Zhen’s mouth twitched. “You received so much money, and then said it was not about money?”

Lu Yan suggested, “Let’s find a restaurant to sit down and talk slowly, okay?”

“You took the money, and want to mooch off a meal. Aren’t you a bit too thick-skinned?”

She stared at her father’s best friend, Liang Ting, with a signal of needing help, “Uncle Liang Ting, help me speak to dad!”

“Uncle?” Liang Ting scratched his head vaguely, and said to Lu Zhen, “Brother Lu, she is in a hurry. Why not you just listen to what she wants to say?”

Lu Zhen got off his motorcycle, and said impatiently, “If I had to pay and treat every woman that chased me to a meal then I would have gone bankrupt!”

Lu Yan thought, ‘sooner or later you would end up bankrupt. But if you listen to me now, maybe there is a chance to prevent that in the future!’

But she didn’t dare to say it to her old man.

She looked at Lu Zhen pitifully, “Dad…”

Liang Ting looked at Lu Yan’s appearance, she was fourteen or fifteen years old, with a soft face. Her eyebrows stretched faintly along the arch, and her fine eyelashes were like small fans embedded with crystal like tears, looking clever and well-behaved. She was a lovely girl.

Looking again, the temperament between her eyebrows really resembled that of Lu Zhen.

Liang Ting looked at Lu Yan and then at Lu Zhen.

Lu Zhen said irritably, “What are you looking at!”

His best friend said in a daze, “Lu Zhen, she looks like you!”

He finally looked at Lu Yan. She tilted her neck and put her hair behind her ears. By pulling her hair back to her ears, it allowed her father to see that she is indeed his daughter.

She showed a white face like a snowy egg. Her earlobes would turn red when anxious.

He was always impatient, and whenever he got anxious or angry, his earlobes became red.

So both the father and daughter, with four red earlobes that hung like cherries, are exactly the same. Their godlike facial features were indeed similar.

Lu Zhen’s face changed a little. He thought of his little sister who was kidnapped and trafficked two years ago. After all, she would be as old as this girl if she was still here. They even looked similar.

At this moment, the Nokia phone on his waist rang. He looked at the contents of the message, his eyes sinking slightly, “Damn, Shen Kuo, that dog is already in the billiard room!”

The boys said they wanted ride to the room.

Lu Yan looked at Lu Zhen helplessly and hesitated, “Dad, then I…”

He replied in a very elder brother style, “Get onto the motorcycle first. We need to go deal someone. I’ll deal with your affairs once we’re done.”

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[Editor note] : Hi, please let me know if any sentence, wording or grammar seem weird to you (You can msg me in discord, welp#7432). Any criticism is welcome so I can improve my editing because I want to make it a more fun and easier read for you all, the readers :D. Thanks for reading!

-Welp

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