Rebooting 60, let's go on a rampage with the orange cat!

When Chung Han-che saw his mother again, he felt as if he were in a dream. However, what aroused him was not excitement, but resentment. What could he do if he saw his biased mother again? He suddenly did not want to respond. He turned straight into his room and locked the door tightly behind him.

Looking at her eldest son, Duan saw that his once handsome face was now shrouded in gloom, and a heavy aura of hostility was gathered between his brows, like a volcano about to erupt, which made people shudder.

She opened her mouth, wanting to say something to ease the tension, but the words caught in her throat. She saw a resolute and unquestionable resolve in her son's eyes, which made her feel a little timid and she dared not say another word.

The room was extremely cramped, so narrow that it felt somewhat oppressive. The only small window was high up in the wall, and only a few weak rays of sunlight could struggle to filter in through that tiny opening, making the whole room appear dim and gloomy.

The room contained two bunk beds, squeezed tightly together with almost no extra space. The lower bunk's bed frame looked somewhat worn, covered with a thin quilt; the upper bunk was even more cramped, as if one might accidentally bump their head on the ceiling. This environment gave off a dull and oppressive feeling, as if time itself had slowed down and become heavy.

At this moment, Zhong Hanzhe's mind was a jumble of thoughts, a chaotic jumble that seemed to be buzzing in his ears. He needed to calm down and sort out these chaotic thoughts one by one.

Years ago, my mother, Duan, had a huge fight with her husband for some unknown reason. Neither would give in, and it eventually led to their divorce. At that time, Duan was four months pregnant, but with her strong-willed nature, she resolutely left home in a fit of anger. Not only that, she also remarried, taking her adopted daughter, Huishan, with her. Her new husband was Zhong Houde. A few months later, Duan gave birth to a healthy baby boy, whom she named Zhong Hanzhe.

Speaking of Zhong Houde, he used to be a bookkeeper for people! He was a very kind person and always treated people with courtesy. Later, as times changed and public and private enterprises began to merge, he was reassigned to work as an accountant in the factory canteen.

Zhong Houde did not treat Duan's stepson and stepdaughter with any harshness or difficulty. On the contrary, he treated them like his own children, showing them all the care and concern they deserved.

From a young age, Wallace Chung felt that as the eldest son in his family, he had a responsibility to take care of his younger siblings. He always considered himself the eldest son and deeply engraved this mission of caring for his younger siblings in his heart. No matter what good things happened, his first thought was to give them to his younger siblings, hoping to give them the best of everything. At the same time, he also enjoyed the sense of accomplishment of being supported and cherished by his younger siblings.

He only attended a private school for two years, learning abacus and accounting from his stepfather. He was intelligent, studious, and had a photographic memory. He was also hardworking. With a large family and financial difficulties, and his younger siblings needing to go to school, he dropped out to sell sugarcane to supplement the family income. Later, when the government banned private businesses, he took odd jobs and apprenticeships to supplement the family income.

Perhaps the squeaky wheel gets the grease. Mothers always say, "You're the eldest, so you have to give way to your younger siblings. An elder brother is like a father, so you have to take good care of them."

Gradually, it became a habit, and no one thought that Wallace Chung was also a child. Because he was the eldest brother, his mother gradually favored her younger siblings, as if it was only right for the eldest to suffer a little. After all, poor children learn to be independent early!

When a suitable job opportunity came up, his mother would always find various reasons to make Zhong Hanzhe give it up to his younger brothers. As a result, "Shitou" was arranged to work in a cardboard box factory; "Tie Niu" also got a job in a furniture factory; and finally, the opportunity to take over the job was given to the youngest brother. Because his mother felt sorry that her youngest son, who had just graduated from high school, would be sent to the countryside as an educated youth without a job, she made the eldest brother give up his job so that the younger brother could take over. Originally, Zhong Hanzhe was not required to go to the countryside after getting married, but he sensibly took the initiative to apply to go to the countryside with his pregnant wife, Huai'an.

He eventually got promoted back to the city based on his bricklaying skills and became a temporary worker in a construction company. Because he had many children and it was difficult to make a living, he went into business after the reform and opening up.

Back then, when Wallace Chung married Huai'an, he didn't spend a single penny on dowry. However, Huai'an didn't receive any love because of this. She had no one to take care of her during childbirth and postpartum confinement. She even had to go to the river to wash clothes in the freezing cold. Her mother-in-law and sister-in-law not only didn't help her, but they also joined forces to mock her for washing too fast and not getting the clothes clean enough.

When there was something good to eat, the mother would secretly hide it and give it to her third daughter-in-law, not to Huai'an. Later, as life got better, Zhong Hanzhe made money. Every weekend, his younger brother and sister would bring more than a dozen people with their families to his eldest brother's house to eat and drink, leaving his sister-in-law Huai'an exhausted. She had to buy groceries, cook, wash dishes, and clean up. Not a single sister-in-law or aunt would come forward to help.

The second brother's family couldn't afford to buy a house, so they asked the eldest brother for help; the third brother, "Iron Bull," almost went to jail for fighting, but the eldest brother beat someone up and spent money to get him out; Zhong Hanzhe is harsh on his wife, but extremely good to his younger sister. When his younger sister got married, he carried her out of the house and saw her off on her new husband's bicycle, and warned his brother-in-law that if he didn't treat his sister well, he would be the first to punish him.

Once, my sister casually mentioned that she hadn't had a gold ring even after being married for many years. On her birthday, Zhong Hanzhe secretly spent money to buy her a gold ring without telling Huai'an. Afterwards, my sister-in-law showed off the gold ring in front of Huai'an, and only then did Huai'an find out that it was a gift from Zhong Hanzhe. At that time, the family was not well-off, and you can imagine the bitterness in Huai'an's heart. When my sister had a family dispute, my brother-in-law almost broke my brother-in-law's leg. He didn't think it was wrong for him to hit his wife, but it was unacceptable for his brother-in-law to hit his sister. My brother-in-law held a grudge for the rest of his life and never spoke to my brother-in-law again.

In the late 1970s, the younger brother's family refused to marry him because he didn't have a bride price. Later, the older brother helped him pay the bride price so they could get married. In the late 1990s, the younger brother became a factory manager and made a fortune. He let his wife stay at home and secretly give birth to their second child. It was Huai'an who went to help take care of his sister-in-law during her postpartum period. However, when the older brother's family encountered difficulties, he couldn't even borrow a few hundred yuan from the younger brother's family for emergency use.

In the years before his stepfather died, his brothers took turns caring for him, but he only stayed at his eldest brother's house because Huai'an took good care of him. He often went hungry at other people's houses, and when he got angry, he would bang on the door with his cane and curse, but no one paid any attention to him.

All of this is too complicated to explain in a few words... In short, he wasted his sincere heart on them. Now, if he could start over, Zhong Hanzhe asks himself: Would he give them his heart a second time? To do so would be foolish; all he wants is to make amends to Huai'an...

Some people like to be the eldest, deriving emotional value from being fawned over, which leads them to sacrifice themselves to help others. This excessive sacrifice doesn't cultivate gratitude in younger siblings; instead, it fosters selfishness. As time passes and the siblings grow up, subtle changes begin to occur in the family relationships.

Because Chung Han-cheol and his siblings are half-siblings, while they are full siblings, this difference in blood ties brings the younger siblings closer together, forming a small group. When faced with a conflict of interest, this small group stands together without hesitation to fight against their eldest brother, Chung Han-cheol, who had once wholeheartedly cared for them.

Especially after the stepfather's death, the various latent conflicts were like a powder keg that had been lit, erupting instantly and escalating rapidly. The former younger brother, who had become successful, was also eager to jump out and take over the older brother's position.

Before his death, the eldest brother's biological father wanted to reunite with his biological son. As a result, his half-siblings came to him, hoping to be recognized by their father, Zhong Hanzhe.

However, something unexpected happened. The younger brothers in the family seemed to see a golden opportunity and ganged up on their eldest brother, beating him up.

The brotherly affection of the past has vanished; they have shown no regard for the time they spent together and the days they supported each other. Not only that, they have also arrogantly forbidden their eldest brother from acknowledging his ancestral roots, completely disregarding blood ties.

When it comes to the issue of their stepfather's inheritance, the younger brothers don't hesitate to band together and engage in fierce arguments with their eldest brother. For them, profit seems to always be above all else; even if the inheritance is insignificant, they will fight to the death for it.

Faced with this situation, Chung Han-che felt both helpless and ridiculous. He didn't care about the meager inheritance at all. He had learned about filial piety, brotherly love, loyalty, trustworthiness, propriety, righteousness, integrity, and a sense of shame from watching plays since he was a child. He deeply abhorred his younger brothers' behavior of being opportunistic and ungrateful.

He moved out, and from that moment on, his relationship with his brothers gradually cooled, maintaining only a superficial kinship. The once warm and loving family was now shattered, leaving only endless conflict and indifference.

Later, the younger brothers also sued over the demolition compensation for the house left by their father. The reason was that the second and third brothers had always had their own housing allocated by the factory, while the youngest brother's family had always lived in the public rental housing of their parents. Since they did not usually have much contact, the youngest brother did not notify the other brothers when the house was demolished and embezzled the housing payment.

After they found out, they made a few fuss but got nowhere. So they urged the eldest brother to sue the younger brother for embezzling their father's property. Chung Han-cheol didn't want to get involved, saying, "I don't want a single penny of the compensation for our father's house demolition. You can do whatever you want with it." This indifferent attitude angered his younger brothers.

Having experienced all the grudges and entanglements of his previous life, Wallace Chung finally understood that kindness and dedication do not necessarily bring equal rewards. His once passionate heart has been chilled by the cold water of reality, and he is no longer willing to repeat the same mistakes and do those thankless "foolish things."

The thought of all the hardships Huai'an had endured with him filled him with unbearable pain, as if a thousand ants were gnawing at his heart. Recalling the past, how cruelly he had treated that gentle and kind woman, how he had trampled and ruthlessly ravaged her sincerity, filled him with endless regret and self-reproach.

At that time, he was blinded by power and desire, and he didn't know how to cherish the person in front of him. He ordered Huai'an around, completely disregarding her feelings; he used Huai'an as a tool to vent his emotions, hurting her fragile heart time and time again.

He gave all his kindness to those who wanted to bleed him dry, and all his evil to the one he loved most; now, when he finally came to his senses and realized his folly and how precious what he had lost was, it was all too late.

He often sat alone by the window late at night, gazing at the bright moon and silently shedding tears. He asked himself countless times what if he had been kinder to Huai'an, what if he had cherished her more... However, there are no "what ifs" in this world, and no amount of regret can change the past.

Now that he's been reborn, the first thing he does is go find Shi Huai'an. Of course, he doesn't dare go to Shi Huai'an's house; he's content just to see little Huai'an from afar.

He is now 12 years old, and Huai'an is only seven. They are still young. Their meeting was a full ten years earlier than in their previous life. He still has time to prepare. He will wait for her to grow up and for her hair to reach her waist before he marries her...

The second thing was to quit his apprenticeship and prepare to study. This mason was a master in his previous life, so he didn't need to waste time being an apprentice in this life. He had already mastered all the skills. He had also been successful in business in his previous life, but later, due to triangular debt in his business, his capital chain broke and he almost went bankrupt. In his old age, he just ran a small grocery store to make ends meet.

He wants to study now, understanding the importance of future culture. He wants to study architecture and become an engineer, then, after the reform and opening up, he'll first go into business to earn his first fortune, then buy land and build houses to become a developer. He wants to earn money to create the best life for Huai'an, so Huai'an can enjoy a life of luxury with him and never suffer again; he will stop being suspicious, stop beating and scolding, he wants to atone for his sins…

He wanted to start over with Huai'an, never again engaging in backstabbing and mutual distrust like before. He wanted to be a completely trusting and loving couple with her...

He took out his younger brothers' elementary school textbooks, and borrowed some from friends if they weren't enough. His mother scolded him for wasting kerosene lamp oil, so he went outside to read during the day. He already had a certain foundation, some social experience, and memories from his previous life. In addition, he had an exceptional memory, analytical skills, and logical reasoning ability, so elementary school content was a piece of cake for him.

He possesses a photographic memory and used to love reading various storytelling novels, such as "The Legend of Yue Fei," "The Generals of the Yang Family," "Xue Gang's Rebellion Against the Tang Dynasty," and "The Legend of Bao Gong." After listening to them on the radio, he could explain them to children in a very convincing way, and many people were his loyal listeners. Now he concentrates all his energy on studying, and if he doesn't understand something, he asks his brother-in-law.

His older sister, Zhong Huishan, was eighteen years old and had grown into a beautiful young woman. Originally the daughter of a landlord, her original name was Ouyang Huishan. Due to the corrupt practices in her family, her parents committed suicide after the liberation, leaving her destitute. Coincidentally, a man surnamed Duan had worked for her family before. After Duan's daughter died, Duan adopted her. Later, Zhong Huishan moved to the Zhong family with Duan and took her surname.

Duan's brother's son, Duan Xiukun, was eight years older than her. Seeing her beauty, he relentlessly pursued her, marrying her when she turned 17. The couple had a very good relationship. Duan Xiukun had attended school and later worked at the housing management bureau.

Seeing that Zhong Hanzhe was intelligent and eager to learn, he spared no effort in teaching him. His next-door neighbor happened to be a primary school math teacher, so Zhong Hanzhe often went to ask him for advice.

The math teacher, who also valued talent, saw that Chung Han-che's abilities far exceeded the elementary school level. So, in July of the following year, he contacted an old classmate who taught in a middle school to help Chung Han-che take the middle school skipping exam.

This Zhong Hanzhe is amazing. He doesn't have a space system or any cheat codes, but he still got into junior high school based on his own abilities. This is entirely due to his super intelligence and determination to keep studying.

Unexpectedly, I ran into Shi Huai'an on the first day of school. He was also a student who had skipped a grade, but he was five years older than Huai'an, now 13. Although the two hadn't started talking yet, judging from their words and actions, Huai'an was now more independent and confident, except that she was always accompanied by Gu Jingxing…