A perfect life begins with changing the timeline.

After Sui Kuan returned from delivering the film reel to the darkroom, he immediately began reading Li Mu's interview notes at his workstation. He seemed determined to work on them relentlessly for the entire afternoon.

After resting at his workstation for a while, Li Mu got up again.

"Fatty, I'm going out to look for some more news."

Hearing this, Sui Kuan was speechless.

Putting everything else aside, let's just talk about this news report. That morning, he made sure to find out from the lottery center that the local department had held a morning meeting and was tasked with digging up this news, trying to get firsthand information and find out who the lucky person was who won 50 million in one go!

This news is obviously a bombshell.

The two of them currently have exclusive news, the kind that's generating the most buzz and anticipation.

This one news article alone is more than enough to get him a permanent position.

Everyone knows that interns don't have connections and can't get any big news. So, following the normal procedure, after being assigned their mentors, who are senior reporters, the way most interns want to become full-time reporters is to follow their mentors to conduct interviews and write articles, the kind with titles like "Our reporter XX, intern XX".

As long as the quantity increases and the work performance is good, one can be promoted to a permanent position.

The article they have now is one that allows them to write "Our reporter - Li Mu and Sui Kuan" directly. Even after the article is written and handed to the editor, the editor assigned to review it will have to thank the article's ancestors for eight generations. Then, after "Li Mu and Sui Kuan", they will add "Editor XX" and may even have to write their own name for "layout and proofreading".

See, that's the value of this exclusive interview with the 50 million lottery winner.

Holding this one article in your hand is more than enough to sustain you for the entire internship, yet you still went out?

"It's so hot today. Why don't you take a break?"

Hearing Sui Kuan's concern, Li Mu smiled and shook his head:

"No need, just call me when you're done with the article."

"Oh well."

After they parted ways, Li Mu walked straight out of the office building.

In early August in Guangzhou, the heat wave was relentless, engulfing everyone. After leaving the newspaper office, he went straight to the bus stop and boarded a bus bound for Tiyu East Road.

Very purposeful.

The newspaper office is not far from Tiyu East Road, only about two or three kilometers away as the crow flies, or two bus stops away.

Upon arrival, he got off the bus and went directly to the entrance of a well-known residential community in Tianhe District, which was called Mingya Garden.

He'd heard about this neighborhood back in college. His classmates said that while it wasn't as upscale as some villa districts, it was still quite nice and a top choice for many wealthy people. But what he didn't know was that a swimming pool and tennis courts were built in this neighborhood…

That's quite exaggerated.

But judging from these facilities, it's enough to prove that this community is definitely not bad.

He was there to rent a house.

Now that he had money, he naturally couldn't stay in that rented room that reeked of urine as soon as he opened the door, but Li Mu wasn't being too reckless.

To be honest, he doesn't feel a sense of belonging to Guangzhou.

He's from the North, so the South was just too "torturous" for him... in the end.

Nothing else is wrong, it's just too hot.

So he decided to rent a house here, and this idea became even more solidified when he saw the swimming pool where people were still playing.

It's so refreshing to dive in there on a hot day.

So, with the help of the agent, he visited three houses and finally settled on renting a nearly new three-bedroom house with air conditioning and a parking space.

The apartment and parking space together cost 2,500 a month.

The landlord lives next door. This house was originally bought as a wedding home for his son, but the old man went abroad to study. The house was only renovated six months ago, and since his son wouldn't come back, he had no choice but to rent it out. He also stipulated that tenants couldn't bring children… he was afraid the kids would scribble and ruin the renovations.

This was a good deal for Li Mu, and perhaps because of Li Mu's clean-cut, sunny, and handsome appearance, the landlady in her forties had a good impression of him. With the real estate agent as a witness, the two parties finalized the rental procedures, from the agency fee to six months' rent. Everyone completed the rental and got the keys together at the agency.

It was only a little after 3 or almost 4 pm.

After leaving the agency, Li Mu went straight to the shopping mall next door, bought all the bedding and other items, and then bought several sets of Adidas and Nike products that he could only look at before but could not afford.

After getting everything done, I returned to Mingya Garden at five o'clock, which was the end of the workday.

He didn't plan to keep any of the things in the rented room; there was no point in keeping them anyway.

Sitting on the sofa in his "new home," enjoying the incredibly cool air conditioning, he felt an indescribable sense of joy.

This house is big.

Very big.

It's over 100 square meters with 3 rooms, and he doesn't even know how to use it.

They didn't even know why they rented such a big house.

But... whatever.

After enjoying the air conditioning for a while, he finally felt hungry and went downstairs.

Half an hour later, he returned to his room carrying a bag of roast meat and several bottles of beer.

After turning on the TV, the first meal in the new house began with the sound of a beer can being opened.

He didn't know if it was because he was in a good mood, or because the Budweiser beer that he usually couldn't afford was too strong, but after three cans, he felt a little dizzy.

All my dreams for the future transformed into heartfelt joy in this slightly intoxicating state.

Men can be happy on their own.

Watching the colorful programs on TV, he finished the last sip of his fourth can of beer, staggered as he tidied up the trash, and went into the bathroom.

Just after 9 o'clock, Li Mu walked into the bedroom on time, yawning several times.

I closed my eyes, resting on my new pillow and covered with a new quilt, feeling incredibly cool and comfortable.

In the last second before falling asleep, he felt an unparalleled sense of anticipation.

What kind of dream will I have tonight?

What kind of "Li Mu" will you dream about?

Well, no matter what kind of future you envision yourself in, you should always ask yourself how to invest this money in the safest way possible to make it generate even more money.

The more money you have, the more comfortable your life will be.

Definitely.

Come, "Li Mu," let's meet in our dreams...

"Beep beep beep, beep beep beep."

At 7:20 a.m. on August 1st, the alarm clock rang on time.

Li Mu opened his eyes.

His eyes were vacant.

He didn't rush to get up and even ignored the alarm clock.

At this moment, there is only one thought in my mind.

What about dreams?

What about "myself" in the future?

What about "Li Mu"...?

Li Mu slept soundly through the night without any dreams until dawn.