Reborn and awakened, this time I won't be a love-struck fool.

"What should we do?"

Lin looked at Lin Si for help.

"Just make do with it," Lin Si said with a sour face.

Despite their worries, the two brothers still went to sell tofu honestly.

This area is all rural, and it's very early now. Most of the people coming and going are elderly people or housewives who stay at home most of the time.

Lin Si and Lin Xun wandered around for two streets without anyone recognizing them.

They were guessed to be celebrities by the photographer behind them.

Lin Xun's sweet talk finally paid off at this moment, and he used sweet words to make the guests happy.

While the two were selling tofu, Lin Wu, who was far away in the capital, had just woken up.

The third alarm rang, finally waking her up.

Frustrated, she turned off the alarm clock, changed her position, and continued sleeping.

Two minutes later, the bedroom door was pushed open.

"Get up, don't you have a meeting this morning?"

Xu Jingwang was wearing a shirt with the sleeves rolled up. He took a tissue from the bedside table and slowly wiped the water off his hands.

"The steamed egg you requested last night is ready."

Lin Wu, her voice muffled, said from under the covers, "I suddenly don't want to eat anymore."

"Really not going to eat?"

He sat on the edge of the bed, looking down at the bulge on the bed.

"I……"

Lin Wu was caught in a dilemma.

I really want to eat it.

After all, Xu Jingwang encountered some trouble with his research project half a month ago and stayed at the school for more than half a month before returning yesterday.

Other people's steamed eggs taste delicious, but hers tastes a little different from her boyfriend's.

Lin Wu had been craving this for a long time.

But she doesn't want to get up now.

"I don't want to go to work." She let out a wail, on the verge of tears. "Does everyone have to go to work? I've realized this world is a giant scam."

Back in school, teachers always said, "You'll have an easy time when you get to college."

It seems like university is some kind of highly coveted prize.

But when Lin Wu got to university, she encountered even more problems.

The period of writing my thesis before graduation was particularly agonizing.

I finally graduated, but now I'm stuck in this lousy class, which is even more annoying.

You have to commute, interact with colleagues, and flatter your boss.

Afraid she couldn't breathe, Xu Jingwang pulled back the blanket, his fingers twirling her dark hair. "Do you regret it?"

"Um?"

Lin Wu, not understanding what was going on, peeked out from under the covers.

Her small face, no bigger than the palm of your hand, still has skin that is smooth and delicate, fair and fine, even without makeup, with long and thick eyelashes and bright black pupils.

The bruises are quite noticeable right now.

I went to bed a little late last night.

"Regret what?"

She tilted her head and asked.

"I regret doing this."

Xu Jingwang took the opportunity to pinch her chin and rub her cheeks, "You clearly don't lack money. You could be like Shen Mingluo, going here today and there tomorrow. You could just quit your job and stop dealing with those annoying colleagues and bosses..."

Lin Wu blinked and rubbed her hands against his. "I've thought about it."

"Should we do it?" he asked softly.

"..."

Lin Wu thought for a moment, then said, "No."

Xu Jingwang: "...Why?"

"I've lived the kind of life you described since I was a child," Lin Wu said. "It seems like I can buy anything, play anything, and go wherever I want..."

She paused here, gave a self-deprecating laugh, and said, "I feel like I'm in Versailles."

"Go on, I don't think so," Xu Jingwang said in a low voice.

"I suddenly don't know what to say..." Lin Wu rested her head on his lap. "Didn't I go to the dorm for a dinner party a few days ago? Chen Duoduo is really amazing now, she got a promotion and a raise. She told me that her biggest wish is to buy a house here, bring her mother over, and never go back to her old mountain village again."

"Hmm, and then?"

"Then I envied her." Lin Wu tilted her head and said, "She has a lifelong goal to strive for, but I don't. I feel like I'm living a meaningless life every day."

"I don't know what I want to do, but I don't like this situation. I only feel alive when I'm dating you, talking to my family, or hanging out with my friends."

Even in her early twenties, Lin Wu still felt like she couldn't make any progress.

The world is so big, it seems like you can do anything.

But she didn't want to do it.

Even things like following celebrities, playing games, and watching TV are just ways for her to pass the time; she doesn't have any particular hobbies.

"This job gives me something to look forward to, something to look forward to when I'll get a day off and when I'll get a break," Lin Wu said in a muffled voice. "Otherwise, it's so boring."

"Life is inherently a tapestry woven from pain and boredom," Xu Jingwang said softly. "You're not the only one who feels this way."

A person's life.

I don't remember things from when I was young, and after starting school, I began to work hard for good grades and a good university in the eyes of my parents and teachers.

After entering university, they start working hard for jobs, and some even continue to pursue master's and doctoral degrees in order to get a good job.

Ultimately, everyone has to enter the workforce.

Once people enter the workforce, they start talking about marriage.

A good job, a good partner, a stable income, and a decent car and house.

These are successes in the secular sense.

After getting married, having children becomes a priority.

Once you have children, the baton of family responsibility passes from your parents to you.

The whole family works together to raise the child, watching the child go to school and start their own family.

By the time the children have their own families, the person is practically halfway to their coffin.

A lifetime is no more than a hundred years.

In reality, there are very few days when I truly live for myself.

"People who are poor want to become rich, fat people want to become thin, and people with poor grades want to become top students..." he said softly. "These changes all take time. It also takes time for you to go from a state of confusion and emptiness to a meaningful life."

"Don't be anxious. Even if you find your meaning when you're thirty, forty, or fifty, it's not too late."

"..."

Lin Wu looked up at him.

The man's gaze was very focused.

The look in his eyes was no different from when he was seventeen.

"Waaaaah... Wang Wang..." She scrambled up, hugging his neck, "You're so good, waaaaah..."

He smiled and caught her. "Can we go eat now?"

"Okay, I'll get up right away." Lin Wu sniffed.

Although Lin Wu grumbled and complained at home that she didn't want to go to work, she immediately transformed into a mature professional as soon as she arrived at the TV station.

The meeting is at nine o'clock.

She arrived at the meeting room just in time.

Director Sui arrived early, glanced at Lin Wu, and ignored her.

After all, he's a well-known master of timing.

Old Sui had hinted to her several times, both openly and subtly, that he was a little short on money and wanted to buy a car.