Rebirth: Repaying You for a Lifetime

At seventeen, Fang Heng—nicknamed Tong Jun—loses his right arm to a vendetta attack. His girlfriend, He Lijun, keeps vigil at his bedside all night, only to be pers귭 by his parents to go home. Walking back alone, she is assaulted. That night becomes the scar he carries for life. In the years that follow, Fang Heng endures divorce, bankruptcy, and the slow desertion of everyone he once trusted. He dies at forty-six, alone in a shabby rental room. Then he opens his eyes—back on the hospital bed at seventeen. His right arm is still there, the bandages fresh, and through the corridor window, his parents are about to send Lijun away again. This time, he calls out to her. "You're my girlfriend. You're not going anywhere." This is the story of a man who clawed his way up from rock bottom, armed with twenty years of foresight to rewrite his destiny. Carrying the weight of two lifetimes, he sets out to settle every debt, reclaim every missed chance, earn every penny he let slip, and walk every path he once abandoned—piece by piece, until his life is truly his own. The summer of 2002 is when he finally wakes up.