I put you on a dating reality show, but I didn't make you a viral sensation!

Lin Zhou was woken up by his phone alarm.

He frowned, and before he even opened his eyes, his hands were already fumbling around the pillow.

The feeling of a hangover is really unpleasant; my head hurts like it's being pricked by countless needles, and I feel dizzy and disoriented.

He had just struggled to find his phone and was about to turn off the ringer when suddenly he felt his temples throbbing wildly.

Lin Zhou felt as if a long movie had been forcibly crammed into his mind. A memory that appeared out of nowhere and did not belong to him flooded into his mind like a tide, flashing through it at ten times, a hundred times the speed.

He suddenly sat up in bed, his eyes somewhat blank.

It took him a while to sort out this sudden memory in his mind.

Lin Zhou, 35 years old, a top student from the Aviation University, loves literature and art. After graduation, he worked several jobs but found himself to be just a beast of burden. In a fit of anger, he took out a loan to start his own business. Unexpectedly, he caught the wave of opportunity and became financially independent in just a few years. But just as he was about to enjoy life, he boarded a runaway flight...

"What the hell is going on? Did I buy counterfeit alcohol?"

He rubbed his temples and cursed, but quickly realized something was wrong.

The discomfort in my body disappeared, and the images that had just surfaced in my mind were terrifyingly clear, not at all like a dream.

If it wasn't a dream, how else can this memory be explained?

Immediately, an unbelievable idea popped into his mind.

"Could it be that I've traveled through time?"

But I saw hallucinations all around me.

A familiar bedroom.

A messy desk.

And there are those two bottles of Red Star Erguotou on the bedside table.

Smelling the strong smell of alcohol in the air, Lin Zhou stood up, walked barefoot to the window, pulled the curtain aside, and opened the window. A slightly cool breeze rushed in, slowly carrying away the unpleasant smell of alcohol in the house.

Downstairs, the noise of children mingled with the chatter of old ladies; everything was exactly as he remembered.

Lin Zhou scratched his head.

This doesn't make sense, does it?

He had read time-travel novels before, but how could time travel be like this?

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck Lin Zhou, and a terrifying thought appeared in his mind, causing a cold sweat to break out on his back.

hiss……

Could it be that I'm the one being possessed?

That's a bit scary.

With intense regret on his deathbed, he was reborn into the body of someone with the same name as him, and everything came together.

This couldn't be more logical than what's depicted in the novel.

But in novels, isn't it always the case that the original body dies before the other body can travel through to the other body?

Could it be...?

Is he already dead?

The more Lin Zhou thought about it, the more horrified he became. He secretly made a decision: he would never drink again.

Still feeling a little uneasy, he slowly walked to his desk, picked up a mirror, and breathed a sigh of relief after seeing his reflection.

He still had that youthful, slightly naive look, like someone in their early twenties.

He immediately raised his hand to touch his heart. As the memories merged, he seemed to feel a heaviness in his body that was not appropriate for his age, as well as that... regretful emotion.

After all, the other party had just finished his life as a bully, and although he had seized the opportunity to make a fortune, he didn't even have the chance to enjoy life.

Who could stand this?

Just as he was thinking, there was a knock on the door.

Lin Zhou pulled himself out of his thoughts and stepped forward to open the door.

The girl standing at the door is Zhu Mengting, Lin Zhou's girlfriend...

No, to be precise, she was her ex-girlfriend.

In March of this year, the other party successfully passed the civil service interview and then broke up with Lin Zhou.

It's said that the first thing to do after landing is to cut off your beloved, and Lin Zhou never expected that the joke on the internet would actually happen to him.

He dated her for three years, starting from when he graduated from university. He worked overtime every day to support her civil service exam, striving to provide her with the best environment while also saving money to buy a house and a car. He worked himself to the bone for their future, but the first thing she did after passing the civil service exam was to cut ties with him.

Even when they broke up, he learned something even more cruel: after the job interview, she had already started seeing a guy who also worked in the public sector, introduced by her family.

Lin Zhou suddenly felt that all his efforts over the past few years were a joke.

This explains why Lin Zhou, who is not usually a heavy drinker, drank so much last night.

"What's up?"

Lin Zhou looked at the other person and said coldly.

Looking at Lin Zhou, who reeked of alcohol, Zhu Mengting wrinkled her nose and sighed inwardly. He was indeed immature, and breaking up with him was the right thing to do.

"It's nothing, I'm just returning the things you gave me before."

Zhu Mengting handed the bag in her hand to Lin Zhou, while quickly taking half a step back to avoid the strong smell of alcohol. Her tone was somewhat condescending, "Lin Zhou, we were never a good match in the first place. Breaking up now is better for both of us."

In her view, Lin Zhou's current state and her own state after he had come ashore were from two completely different worlds.

Although her partner has taken good care of her over the years, if she hadn't gone ashore, perhaps the two of them could have gotten married.

But there's nothing I can do; people always have to look forward, and you can't stop me from pursuing a better life.

Lin Zhou glanced at the contents of the bag.

Most of these were gifts he gave his partner during their dating period, such as hand-knitted scarves or couple bracelets bought while shopping.

Of course, this is only part of the gifts.

He didn't see any of the valuable things he had given the other party before.

Lin Zhou casually tossed the things aside, saying, "What use would I have for these things? Get to the point."

Logically speaking, the other party should be eager to have some further entanglement with him now, so it's unlikely that they're just looking for him to deliver some useless things.

"you……"

Zhu Mengting was taken aback by his nonchalant tone, and a hint of displeasure flashed across her face.

After all, Lin Zhou used to be very protective of her even when they argued, but now he's acting like this, as if he's become a completely different person.

She suppressed her displeasure, and her tone turned colder: "My mother sent me here. She said that the money you paid for my interview preparation class and the expenses you've incurred for buying me things over the years totaled 23,000 yuan, and she wants me to return the money to you."

As she spoke, she pulled a wad of cash from her bag and handed it over, her tone laced with obvious superiority: "Take it, Lin Zhou. This way we're even. Don't contact each other again. My life is stable now, and I don't want to be bothered by people and things from the past."

Looking at the other person's condescending tone, Lin Zhou suddenly felt like laughing.

"You've calculated it quite clearly. The red envelopes I've given you over the years, and the money I spent on you during the two years I was preparing for the civil service exam, it must have cost at least 80,000 or 90,000 yuan. Oh, why are you even discounting it yourself?"

Zhu Mengting's expression changed, and she looked at him incredulously: "Lin Zhou, don't be unreasonable! You gave those things willingly, I didn't force you! Besides, is my youth worthless?!"

Listening to the other person's words, Lin Zhou secretly sighed in his heart, realizing how blind he had been to fall for someone like that.

"Your youth is valuable, but mine isn't?" Lin Zhou laughed, reaching out to take the wad of cash from the other person's hand.

"Forget it, don't transfer the rest of the money. Consider it money I used to feed my dog."

After all, although he was really short of money right now, he didn't want to have any further entanglement with the other party.

Zhu Mengting's face turned a little pale, but then she thought that after parting ways with Lin Zhou, a better life would await her. So she gritted her teeth, glared at Lin Zhou, and reminded him...

"My life is stable now, and I don't want to be bothered by people and things from the past, so please don't contact me again."

Her main concern was that Lin Zhou might go crazy and bring up their past relationship, which could potentially affect her work...

"Don't worry. I have a bad memory and I don't like remembering useless things."

Zhu Mengting's face flushed red. She opened her mouth as if to say something, but looking at Lin Zhou's unfamiliar eyes, she suddenly realized that the person in front of her was completely different from the boy who used to indulge her.

She gave a soft snort, glared at the other person, then turned and walked away quickly.

Lin Zhou watched her figure disappear into the stairwell, composed himself, put the money in his pocket, and turned back into his room.

He thought their three-year relationship was very significant, but in the end, it turned out to be just as he thought.

He suddenly felt a sense of relief.

Perhaps it's time for me to make a change.

There's no need to work so hard, toiling away like a beast of burden every day, going with the flow, yet never seriously considering whether you actually like this kind of life.

You'll suffer, but in the end, there will only be more suffering waiting for you.

Enjoy life while you can, because what if you don't have the chance again?

Just like that guy I remember, he finally turned his life around, but then his plane crashed.

Perhaps it's okay to slow down the pace of life a little.

Lin Zhou rubbed his temples, pondering how he should proceed from here.

It's worth mentioning that after searching his memories, he discovered that the entertainment industry in the world the other person had traveled to seemed to be... more developed than in his own world.

He had never even heard of many of the songs and works. Just as he tried to recall the content carefully, Lin Zhou found that his memory of them had become blurry.

Lin Zhou didn't think much of it, wondering if it was related to the other party's failed time travel.

As he was pondering, a cold, mechanical voice suddenly echoed in his mind.

[The system has detected that the host has triggered another person's emotion for the first time; the emotion value system has been officially linked.]

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