Rebirth and the Beautiful Soaring

The next morning, Yu Fei was awakened by the familiar sound of his alarm clock. After turning off the alarm, he subconsciously reached for his phone by the bedside.

However, he didn't touch anything. Then he remembered that it was 1996. Very few people in China could afford a mobile phone. Moreover, mobile phones were big enough to be like bricks, enough to kill someone. They were called "Big Brother" and had almost no other functions besides making calls. Unlike the later era when everyone used smartphones, which had so many functions that most people were wasting resources. Of course, for Yu Fei, who had experienced those times, these were just things he could only laugh at.

Yu Fei slept very well, feeling that he had never slept so well in all these years. Youth is the healthiest and most beautiful time of life, often referred to as the blossoming season. Being reborn in such an era, he felt he truly had to thank God for giving him this chance to start over.

On a hot summer morning, Yu Fei took a shower after relieving himself and felt incredibly refreshed.

Wearing the short-sleeved white shirt made by the old tailor at the entrance of my neighborhood, I remember it. Although the style looks a bit old-fashioned now, it was very fashionable back then.

Yu Fei had just finished getting dressed when the phone rang in the living room.

Yu Fei knew it must be his mother calling, so he immediately ran over and answered the phone.

"Hello, Feifei..." Yu Fei's mother's voice on the phone was exceptionally warm and pleasant, which made him feel choked up. Tears welled up in his eyes involuntarily, and with a blink of his eyelashes, hot tears streamed down his cheeks.

“Mom, Feifei misses you.” Yu Fei murmured involuntarily. He even wanted to say “Mom, I love you”, but in 1996, it was still a very reserved era. People would usually keep these words of love in their hearts. He was afraid that suddenly saying something like “I love you” would scare his mother.

"Silly child, how old are you? Still missing your mother? Don't worry, Mom will be back soon..."

During the phone call, Yu Fei could hear a hint of happiness in his mother's gentle scolding. At that moment, he gained a new understanding of life and living: it's so good to be alive, to live simply and happily.

"Feifei, your aunt will be here soon. She'll be taking care of you for the next few days. You have to listen to her, okay..."

Although Fang Yun had already explained everything to Yu Fei when she left for her business trip yesterday, she couldn't help but give him a second explanation over the phone, fearing that something might happen to the child.

In Yu Fei's memory, when he was in junior high school, he didn't know how to cook and had almost never been in the kitchen. No matter what he wanted to eat, his mother would make it for him and bring it to him immediately.

Of course, the current Yu Fei is not the Yu Fei of the past. He can cook, and he cooks quite well. It's just that in his previous life he was busy with social engagements and rarely had the leisure to cook.

As for Aunt Fang Yi, I don't remember her being very good at cooking. During the time she took care of Yu Fei, she mostly took him out to eat, which allowed Yu Fei to taste a lot of the town's delicacies.

Yu Fei was about to see his aunt, and to be honest, he felt quite emotional.

Fate is unpredictable. In her previous life, my aunt lived a very miserable life. Both of her marriages ended badly. In the end, she went to France alone and rarely came back. In my memory, Yu Fei had not seen his aunt for a long time, and they could only video chat online.

Yu Fei remembered that his aunt's first marriage was unsuccessful, and it seemed to have something to do with him, because it was during the time his aunt came to take care of him that she met that irresponsible man while eating out.

This time, if Auntie hadn't met that guy yet, perhaps everything could still be changed.

Now that he had the opportunity to make a change, Yu Fei was not going to let it go; he wanted to change his aunt's unhappy marriage.

In the past, Yu Fei was just a well-behaved student who knew nothing at the age of junior high school. But now, having lived two lives, he has a strong ability to judge people. He can even roughly judge the personality of many people with just one glance. This is a skill that Yu Fei has honed in the ups and downs of the business world for more than 20 years. It was this skill that allowed him to build a suitable team of talents in his previous life and eventually achieve success.

Among the people his aunt had met over the years, Yu Fei remembered one man who was exceptionally outstanding and had always been deeply in love with her. However, they were destined to be apart and missed out on a beautiful marriage. Perhaps he could make up for it in this life.

Thinking about all this, Yu Fei suddenly felt a sense of amusement. In his second life, he had the potential to be a matchmaker because he had past memories as experience. Although things might not turn out perfectly, at least he wouldn't let unsuitable people get together.

Such examples exist not only with my aunt, but also with my own mother, and even with myself.

After being reborn, one's mindset has changed, which means a different life, and those related to oneself will be affected to varying degrees, thus undergoing changes.

Yu Fei thought of a term: the butterfly effect. A tiny change can influence the development of things. He was really looking forward to how his wonderful life would change in the future.

After thinking for a while, Yu Fei decided to break the original plan and stop having his aunt come to take care of him. Instead, he would go directly to his aunt's place, which would also allow him to spend more time with his maternal grandparents.

So Yu Fei immediately dialed his maternal grandmother's phone number.

The person who answered the phone was Yu Fei's maternal grandmother. When she heard that her grandson was coming to stay for a few days, the old lady was overjoyed and couldn't stop smiling.

The aunt was a little surprised, because Yu Fei was a bit spoiled, mainly because his mother doted on him too much. He was particular about his bed and never wanted to stay overnight, so during winter and summer vacations he would usually visit a few times, but he would always leave on the same day.

"You're staying here all week, are you serious? Don't come crying to go home at night, I won't take you home so late." Auntie gave Yu Fei a heads-up after taking the phone.

Yu Fei chuckled and said, "Auntie, do you really think I'm a little kid? I'm all grown up now, a real man. I wouldn't cry over something so trivial."

Auntie chuckled and said, "Son, you said it yourself, so it's settled then. By the way, do you want Auntie to come pick you up?"

Yu Fei shook his head and smiled, "No need, I can take a car here myself."

"It seems our Feifei has really grown up. Well then, be careful on the road..."

……

After hanging up the phone, Yu Fei immediately went back to his bedroom to pack some clean clothes. Then he took out some of his savings from his piggy bank and some books. Although he might not read them, he still needed to pretend, otherwise he wouldn't be able to get past his aunt.

With his backpack on, Yu Fei tore off the calendar for the day as he left the house.

August 20, 1996.

Just as Yu Fei was about to throw the torn-off calendar into the trash can, he suddenly noticed the small print on the calendar—Qixi Festival.

In this pure era where chrysanthemums were still chrysanthemums, wood ear mushrooms were still wood ear mushrooms, and cucumbers didn't evoke any other thoughts, let alone the Qixi Festival, even the later popular Valentine's Day on February 14th was rarely celebrated by many.

On July th, in the Hall of Eternal Life, when no one whispers in the middle of the night.

Qixi Festival, what a beautiful day.

Unfortunately, Yu Fei still doesn't know his first love, Zhou Meihua, and Teacher Lin Yanglin is still studying at Huachen University. His two best friends from his past life have nothing to do with him now, leaving him helpless.

Yu Fei shook his head and sighed, locked the door, and went downstairs.

Yu Fei's maternal grandmother's home is in Yunwu Village, Fairy Town. It is a beautiful place with good mountains and rivers, but the transportation is a bit poor. It takes about half an hour to walk from Fairy Town by car.

After boarding the minibus from Linxian County to Xiannv Town, Yu Fei waited for a long time before the bus slowly started moving.

Unlike later times, there were fewer train services in this era, so you had to wait a long time each time.

While waiting, Yu Fei sat in his seat, squinted his eyes, and thought about how to see his most missed first love—the pure, kind, shy and introverted Zhou Meihua—as soon as possible.

Yu Fei and Zhou Meihua are the same age, attend the county's No. 1 Middle School, and are in the same grade, but in different classes.

Yu Fei used to be a diligent and studious student, oblivious to everything else and focused solely on his studies. So, during his three years of junior high, Yu Fei only heard that there was a beautiful girl named Zhou Meihua in Class 3. Back then, the term "school beauty" wasn't popular yet, otherwise she would definitely have been the most beautiful school beauty in Linxian No. 1 Middle School.

Yu Fei saw her by chance on campus and was immediately struck by her beauty. He imagined that she was exactly what his future partner would look like, and it could be considered love at first sight.

Unfortunately, Yu Fei was naive and shy at the time, and dating was strictly forbidden on campus. So even though Yu Fei and Zhou Meihua were in the same class in high school, he never took the step of confessing his feelings.

Yu Fei had excellent grades, ranking first every year, but Zhou Meihao's grades were only slightly above average. So when they went to university, they went their separate ways and went to different cities and universities, and they never had the chance to confess their feelings.

However, their connection did not end. After graduation, Zhou Meihua joined the company founded by Yu Fei. It wasn't until she became a manager that the two met again at a mid-to-senior management meeting.

After meeting, the two talked a lot about their school days.

Yu Fei then realized that Zhou Meihua had always had feelings for him, and that he had never dared to confess his feelings for so many years, thus missing out on so many wonderful years.

After that, the two of them were very careful, like the purest young boy and girl in the world, enjoying the beauty of slowly entering each other's hearts.

However, perhaps even the heavens were jealous and did not want them to be so happy together. Yu Fei didn't even have time to tell her "I love you" before she left him forever in a plane crash.

Perhaps such a blow was too great for Fei, or perhaps Fei had been too obsessed with this first love. He closed himself off and used frantic work to numb himself until he met his former university teacher, Lin Yang, again.

At that time, Lin Yang was also experiencing the lowest point in her life, resigning and getting divorced, but her indomitable optimism encouraged Yu Fei to slowly emerge from his closed emotional world.

Perhaps it was because Lin Yang had an unhappy marriage, or perhaps it was because Lin Yang was five years older than Yu Fei, and Lin Yang always considered herself his older sister, taking meticulous care of Yu Fei during the most difficult period of his life.

Although they loved each other, they didn't end up together for ten years. Then, on Yu Fei's fortieth birthday in 2020, he finally mustered up the courage to propose to Lin Yang, but suddenly his company's stock plummeted, and he suffered a heart attack...

Memories played like a movie in Yu Fei's mind. It seemed that fate had played two cruel jokes on him, each time causing him to lose everything just as he was about to find happiness.

Perhaps this rebirth is God's way of making amends after regretting his actions.

Yu Fei explained his own joke to himself.

The past is past; a wonderful and joyful new life awaits you.

And his beloved first love, Zhou Meihua, is about to reappear in his life.

This time, he would not let the precious time slip away; every day with her would be filled with happiness and joy.

Suddenly, Yu Fei had a flash of inspiration. He remembered that Zhou Meihua's maternal grandmother was also in Yunwu Village, Fairy Town. In his memory, Zhou Meihua's parents were busy with their business, and she would spend her winter and summer vacations at her maternal grandmother's house every year.

Yesterday was the last day of school after make-up classes. If Zhou Meihua also went to her grandmother's house, we might run into each other on the bus today.

"The bus is about to leave, everyone hurry up and get on the bus." With the conductor's shout, the passengers who had been loitering and chatting outside the bus boarded the bus one after another.

As the car slowly started moving, but the figure he was hoping for did not appear, Yu Fei sighed inwardly. It seemed that his first meeting with her after her rebirth would have to wait until he returned to school.

Just as Yu Fei was sighing inwardly, he heard a clear and urgent voice: "Master, wait for me."

The voice was so familiar that Yu Fei was overjoyed and extremely excited.

It's her, it's her, it really is her!