When Li Han opened his eyes, he found himself lying on a hospital bed. The patient monitor behind him was dinging away. His forehead was slick with sweat, and his eyes were filled with both anger and fear.

"Me? I didn't die? How is this possible?" He strained to raise his hands, and realized they weren't his own. In that moment, he finally understood - he had been reincarnated.

A dream? Was this just a dream?

Li Han calmed his inner panic, gradually coming to his senses. He was certain this was no dream. The pain in his stomach, the heartache, they hadn't dissipated yet, how could all this be just a dream?

In his past life, he was the eldest son of the Li family, one of the four great families in Beiping. Since he was a child, he has been tutored in literature, manners, and history by the great scholar, Kong Sheng, and later became a disciple of the Pure Yang Master from Wudang to learn martial arts. He was indeed both scholastically and martially talented, and naturally became the undeniable future patriarch of the Li family.

But who would have thought? Just as he became a master of the golden core realm, his most beloved, most adored cousin, actually poisoned him to death.

He vividly remembered the moment he drank that bowl of ginseng soup. Li Mingshan’s evil laughter...

"Brother, don't blame me for being ruthless. How can I live under your shadow forever, given how outstanding you are?" Li Mingshan smirked triumphantly as he watched Li Han slowly collapsing.

"I...I treated you like a brother, and you...you..." Li Han was unable to utter a complete sentence. The poison was too overpowering, even as a golden core master, he couldn't neutralize it.

"Cousin, don't worry. I will take good care of your fiancée, Shen Yanyi." A cruel smile spread across Li Mingshan's face, looking like a chilling sickle.

That was the last thing that Li Han heard. When he opened his eyes next, it was this moment. Fueled by anger at his beloved cousin who had betrayed him, and fear at the realization that he was about to lose everything, even his beloved fiancée.

"Is this a chance given by the heavens for me to relive my life? Or is it just a cruel joke?" Despite being reborn, Li Han did not feel any excitement. After all, he had reincarnated onto an incompetent second-gen official, how could this feeble fleshy shell help him seek revenge?

The original owner of this body, also named Li Han, lost his mother due to complications during childbirth. His father, Li Zhen, managed to claw his way to being the Mayor of Xianju County through some old connections. However, this son, with the power of his father's position, wreaked havoc, nearly ending up in jail for his actions and spending a great deal of money to smooth things out.

Li Zhen, after settling things down, moved to the Xiacheng District of Qiantang City via influential connections and became the District Head. His intention was to expose his son to a bigger world, away from the town and the wagging tongues. However, who could have imagined, this son of his didn't change one bit? Barely three days after settling in, due to harassing female students, he was beaten up by local thugs.

And that was why 'Li Han' ended up here. However, no one had foreseen that 'Li Han' lost his life to chest congestion which later blocked his heart. But another Li Han was reincarnated in this body.

Recalling these events, Li Han sighed in his heart. This brat was not only shameless and wicked, but his behavior completely contradicted his kind nature in his previous life. Moreover, he had a weak body and frail inner strength, in essence, he was inept.

How could Li Han, who was longing for revenge and hatred, be excited? It should be known that although Li Ming Shan was not very strong, he was at least a worldly martial artist. Even a hundred of him now could not shake a finger of the opponent, let alone the fact that the opponent may have already become the head of the Li family now.

"According to the timeline, it's been half a year since I was poisoned. Even if I rush to Bei Ping, it's hard to overthrow Li Ming Shan. Moreover, who would believe me?" Li Han mumbled to himself. If he had been reborn when he died, he could have gone back Bei Ping to think of a plan. Regrettably, he was reborn half a year later. Things have changed in this period which is neither short nor long. The Li family may have forgotten about him, the once heir to the family.

Li Han had been intelligent, calm, and firm since he was young. While sighing at his crappy body, he resolutely decided in his heart that whether he could walk the martial path again, whether he could achieve the peak, he had to give it a try.

"How can I give up while carrying the deep-seated hatred?" Li Han's eyes became even more firm: "Even if this is a joke, I want this joke to continue."

"Phew~ Thankfully, he woke up." A bell-like girl's voice suddenly drilled into Li Han's ears.

"You're not feeling sorry for him, are you?" Another girl's voice came over.

"Humph!" The girl hummed lightly, contemptuously said: "Will I feel sorry for a weakling like him? You look down on me too much! I wish he could be killed by those hooligans!"

The conversation between the two girls came from the corridor. Li Han listened for a few sentences and soon understood that they must be talking about 'himself'. He frowned at the term weakling, which was exceedingly harsh to the ears, even if it wasn't about him.

Thinking of this, he slightly closed his eyes, feigning sleep, and was curious to hear what else these two could say.

"Oh, what were you shouting doctor for then? You might as well let him die, save you the trouble," after her voice, a pretty young girl walked in. She was not tall, had a ponytail, and was clean-cut. She could be seen as a beauty in the making.

Following her was another beautiful young girl, with slender eyebrows, translucent nose, and soft skin as if it was luminous. She was wearing a white long dress, hiding her tall figure gracefully without being ostentatious, beautiful without being bewitching, penetrating a bit of student's innocence and purity.

"Isn't this Ye Mengqiu!" Li Han quietly took a glance. In his heart, he was puzzled. Ye Mengqiu was their class's beauty. Based on her looks, she could be ranked in the top five in the whole school. Pompous and born from a wealthy family, they didn't know each other very well. Why would she come to visit him? Was it because of classmate's fellowship?

Li Han shook his head mentally, he wouldn't be so naive. After all, he had only been in school for three days, and Ye Mengqiu didn't even glance him, how could she be concerned about him?

Ye Mengqiu glanced at Li Han with a bit of disgust and found him with his eyes closed. Only then she rudely said: "Do you think I wanted to call the doctor? His annoying old dad asked me to look after him a bit. If something really happens to him, won't I be the one to blame? Then the documents my dad wants to process will be ruined."

"Your dad is really bold, going as far as having you, his precious daughter, lure him in just to open a five-star hotel." The unfamiliar girl laughed as she said.

"This isn't luring at all!" Ye Mengqiu replied with some irritation: "I feel disgusted just by seeing him."

"Indeed, how can a wimp like him deserve you. But, your dad wouldn't really make you two engaged, would he?" The girl asked concernedly.

"Of course not, my dad isn’t foolish to let me get engaged to such a person." Ye Mengqiu sneered at Li Han, coldly saying, "My father just wants me to fake a romance with him. Once the paperwork is done, I'll find an excuse to dump him."

"Just like a businessman." The girl gave a thumbs-up, then whispered, "We better not discuss this here, be careful he might hear us."

"Don't worry, the doctor said he won't wake up until tomorrow." Ye Mengqiu sighed, "If it weren’t for your visit today, I wouldn't know where to vent all my frustrations."

The two girls discussed obliviously, unaware that their entire conversation has fallen into Li Han's ears.