NOVEL SIMPLE chapter 1: unexpected rebirth
Life, what is the most important thing?
Money?
Power?
No, the most important thing is people.
Family, loved ones—
Imperial Capital, Central Hospital.
"Ye Fan, I like you... I've always liked you... I don't want to die... I don't want to leave you. If there is a next life, will you marry me..."
"Beep—"
A piercing sound of medical equipment rang in the emergency room.
Looking at Ning Xi, who had completely lost her pulse on the operating table, Ye Fan's tears welled up.
Three years ago, when his mother was critically ill and passed away, he happened to be abroad for business negotiations. When he received the news of his mother's death, it was as if the whole world had turned black.
And Ning Xi was the only light in his dark world.
Three years of close companionship made him fall in love with this innocent, cute, and kind girl.
Ye Fan didn't dare to reveal his feelings to Ning Xi, afraid that after being rejected, he wouldn't even be able to be an ordinary friend.
It was only today that I realized that Ning Xi also liked him...
It is said that once this kind of liking exists, even if you cover your mouth, it will come out of your eyes.
But he was like a piece of wood, completely unaware of Ning Xi's affection.
Boundless regret swept over him...
Bits and pieces of the past formed a series of pictures, surfacing in Ye Fan's mind.
"Brother, remember to wear more clothes when it's cold."
"Brother, don't you know that staying up late is bad for your health? Now, immediately; go home and sleep!"
"Brother, do I look good in this outfit today?"
…
Ye Fan hated!
He hated himself for being a blockhead!!
He hated himself for not noticing sooner!!!
Ning Xi had liked him for so long, but she didn't even get an answer...
There is nothing more tragic in the world than this.
Sad, pitiful, regrettable—
Half an hour ago, the two were in the middle of a business negotiation when something went wrong with their car.
As soon as they got out of the car, a large truck rushed towards them.
At the very last second, Ning Xi pushed Ye Fan away without hesitation, but her petite body was violently knocked away...
Ning Xi's words before her death echoed endlessly in Ye Fan's ears.
Helplessness, remorse, pain; these emotions completely broke him, leaving him with no attachment to the world.
Ye Fan walked tremblingly to the operating table, and caressed Ning Xi's small face, his eyes filled with deep affection like a whirlpool.
"Xiao Xi, I'll come with you, wait for me!"
After speaking, Ye Fan lay down beside Ning Xi, holding her cold hand, picked up the scalpel on the table with the other hand, and stabbed it into his heart without hesitation.
In the blink of an eye, his consciousness was swallowed by endless darkness.
…………
"Thus Heaven has imposed upon the subjects of the Three Dynasties a probation of misery and hardship, to strengthen their resolution and make them perfect through suffering..."
Ye Fan was awakened by a burst of reading aloud, his groggy consciousness slowly returning to his body.
A sharp pain came from his brain, causing him to gasp.
Wasn't he... already dead?
Why could he still feel pain?
He opened his eyes with effort and saw a face eroded by time, wrinkles all over as if telling the story of wasted years.
Pang Wenjian narrowed his eyes slightly and asked through gritted teeth, "Did you sleep well?"
"Not bad."
Ye Fan nodded subconsciously.
"Haha—"
The reading aloud in the classroom stopped abruptly, and the students burst into laughter.
"Ye Fan!"
Pang Wenjian's face darkened, his right hand tapping on the table, looking at Ye Fan in exasperation.
"Do you know what time it is? Senior year of high school!"
"Skipping class to surf the internet, fighting, sleeping in class, you've done it all!!"
"You, you are really... incorrigible!!!"
Facing Pang Wenjian's reprimand, Ye Fan turned a deaf ear.
His eyes scanned the classroom, and when he saw the worn-out calendar on the wall by the door, his pupils shrank violently, and his whole body trembled uncontrollably.
March 18, 2010?
This was... the year he was seventeen?
Familiar faces, the senior year classroom full of memories...
All this finally brought Ye Fan's somewhat confused consciousness back to its senses.
He was reborn!
Reborn ten years ago, to the year he was in his senior year of high school!!
Absurd, bizarre, unbelievable!!!
These emotions flashed through Ye Fan's mind, followed by boundless ecstasy.
He was reborn ten years ago, which meant that he could see Ning Xi from ten years ago.
He and Ning Xi met in 2015. Now, there were still five years before he met Ning Xi for the first time.
Lost everything.
Everything could be redone...
It's hard to understand the feeling without experiencing it yourself.
"Are you deaf?"
Seeing that Ye Fan didn't speak, Pang Wenjian angrily slapped the table, his face livid, "Now go to the principal's office with me, pack your things, and get out your tumor!"
"What are you looking at, all of you, study hard for me!"
Many students shrank their necks and sat up straight, for fear that this moving volcano would target them.
Ye Fan came back to his senses, his eyes as deep and mysterious as the night sky.
Since God had given him a chance to start over, then in this life, he would go find his girl and protect her with his life!
But the more calm Ye Fan appeared, the angrier Pang Wenjian became.
In his opinion, Ye Fan was deliberately challenging his authority as the class teacher.
For a moment, his face turned brownish-red, and he said angrily, "Just you wait to be expelled!"
Under the watchful eyes of dozens of people, Ye Fan got up and walked to the door of the classroom.
?????
What was he going to do?
Ye Fan turned his head and nodded politely.
"Teacher, let's go."
"..."
All the students in the classroom were left in a daze.
Including Pang Wenjian himself.
These days, people were rushing to be expelled.
Crazy!!!
Principal's office.
Ye Fan and Pang Wenjian were in stark contrast to each other.
One was as calm as water, the other was fuming.
Wang Maomin, with his silver hair and white goatee, rubbed his temples with a headache.
"Teacher Pang, it's not enough to expel a student for sleeping in class, is it?"
"Of course it is!"
"Principal, you must expel Ye Fan today. This month alone, he hasn't missed a single thing: sleeping in class, skipping class to surf the internet, being late, fighting."
"According to the statistics of the Academic Affairs Office, Ye Fan has received two minor demerits and three warnings this month; according to the school rules, three warnings count as one minor demerit, three minor demerits count as one major demerit, and students who receive a major demerit will be directly expelled."
Pang Wenjian argued vehemently.
"He can't be expelled!"
A middle-aged woman walked into the office in a hurry. The years had left faint marks on her face, but one could still tell that she must have been a beautiful woman when she was young.
After seeing the woman's face clearly, Ye Fan's eyes instantly turned red, he strode towards the woman and hugged her tightly, his lips parted with difficulty.
"Mom..."
Ye Xian froze in place.
In her memory, her son had never hugged her since she remarried.
The matter of remarriage created an insurmountable gap between her and her son.
"It's okay."
Ye Xian patted her son's back gently, her eyes fell on Wang Maonian, her face full of anxiety.
"Principal Wang, no matter what Xiao Fan did wrong, he can't be expelled!"
"If even the school gives up on him, what will this child do in the future?"
Wang Maonian glanced at Pang Wenjian out of the corner of his eye and sighed slightly, "Ms. Ye, don't worry."
"How can I not worry, this..."
"Mom."
Ye Fan interrupted, his expression calm and unwavering, "Rationally and emotionally, the school has the right to expel me."
Ye Huixian opened her mouth, looking at her son in front of her in disbelief, her face full of astonishment.
"Xiao Fan, you... do you know what you're saying?"
"I do."
Ye Fan's gaze drifted out the window to some unknown point, the corners of his mouth slightly raised.
"Mom, I want to transfer schools!"