Chapter 2: Momentum

"Li Heng!"

"Li Heng!"

Just as he was recalling his past and present life with Chen Zijin, an earth-shattering and ghost-weeping roar came from far to near, and in an instant, it reached him.

The person who came was Zhang Zhiyong, nicknamed "Heartless," not strong, but with excellent tendons and bones, a cheap face, and a V-shaped hairline.

This idiot's history was full of glory.

He had once stolen alcohol and slept side-by-side with a sow in a pigsty when drunk, had rolled in a rice field with an auntie when he couldn't take it, and had even stolen a neighbor's sister's panties.

"Are you calling for a grievance! You scared my soul away with such a loud voice."

Li Heng spat out the dogtail grass in his mouth and turned to ask him: "Tell me, what's the matter with finding me in such a hurry?"

Zhang Zhiyong gestured with both hands, running out of breath:

"You are my grandpa! You still have the heart to be lazy here, hurry home and take a look."

Thinking something had happened at home, Li Heng stood up: "What's wrong?"

Zhang Zhiyong said excitedly: "The whole Chen family is back, back from the capital. I just saw your wife's sister, Chen Zitong. Oh my goodness, she's beautiful enough to bubble..."

Hearing the word "wife," Li Heng was a bit dazed for a moment, so he didn't hear clearly what the heartless guy said later.

"Hey hey! Are you even listening? I said Chen Zitong is back, so Chen Zijin must be back too. Why don't you hurry back to see your wife?"

Seeing his good brother treating him like air, Zhang Zhiyong, who was anxious like a eunuch while the emperor wasn't, was so angry that his face was crooked, waving his hands wildly in front of him.

Li Heng pushed the idiot's hand away, stared, and said: "This matter has finally calmed down, can you stop blabbering?"

"Where did I blabber? I really saw Chen Zitong, heh."

Zhang Zhiyong, this heartless guy, didn't care about the foul rumors in the village, nor did he know that the Chen and Li families, who once seemed like one family, had already secretly broken up behind their backs. He only felt that his childhood friend was a good match for Chen Zijin and had been actively matchmaking since junior high.

In fact, as someone who had been through it, what kind of world hadn't Li Heng seen?

He didn't care much about these rumors, he was just afraid that the old couple at home wouldn't be able to take it.

But sometimes it's just such a coincidence; speak of Cao Cao, and Cao Cao arrives.

Li Heng, who had come back to his senses, didn't pay attention to the heartless guy anymore, but looked up at the road he came from.

Seeing this, Zhang Zhiyong turned around and looked over, and the next second he muttered: "Oh my god, why is your sister-in-law behind me?"

The person who came was Chen Zitong, holding a black woven bag in her right hand. She stopped five meters away from the two.

Zhang Zhiyong, this heartless guy, had no eye for the situation, staring at the other person with two bull eyes, almost drooling, until Li Heng kicked him, and then he slipped away resentfully.

Chen Zitong, 16 years old this year, dressed very fashionably, and her whole body exuded a youthful and lively atmosphere.

Since the Chen family moved to the capital during the summer vacation, the two hadn't seen each other for more than half a year. Looking at the handsome man in front of her, the childhood intimacy on her face was gone, replaced by estrangement.

"This is the study material my sister asked me to bring you."

Her voice had no ups and downs, and she wasn't willing to say an extra word. After simply stating her purpose, she put the black bag in her hand on the ground.

Li Heng felt the other party's unfriendliness, but due to past friendship, he didn't care, but instead said "thank you" very politely.

Thinking for a moment, he then asked with concern: "Is your sister back?"

Chen Zitong, who was about to turn and leave, stopped and scanned him: "You still dare to look for her?"

Li Heng said sincerely: "If there is a chance, I want to say sorry to her in person."

Chen Zitong observed his expression carefully, and seeing that he didn't seem to be faking, she hesitated for a moment and said: "My sister is not convenient to come back now."

Li Heng subconsciously followed up: "Not convenient? How is she doing lately?"

Chen Zitong's answer was unexpected, deliberately saying: "Don't ask, my family won't let me tell you."

Seeing Li Heng silent on the spot, she added: "These study materials were bought secretly by my sister; no one knows."

The two sentences showed that her heart was very contradictory at the moment: like the elders in her family, she thought Li Heng was treacherous and used sweet words to deceive her well-read sister into bed, and didn't think he was worthy of her beautiful sister.

But out of sisterly love, she told the truth about her sister always secretly caring about him.

Of course, there was another meaning: regarding the study materials, she hoped he would keep his mouth shut; she didn't want to take the blame.

But before Li Heng could reply, another person followed like a rocket on the riverside path, Chen Xiaomi.

This person was the biological aunt of the two sisters, Chen Zijin and Chen Zitong.

It was also she who broke in on Li Heng and Chen Zijin's "good deed" during the summer vacation.

Chen Xiaomi glared at her little niece obscurely, then looked at the black bag on the ground, and finally frowned at Li Heng.

Looking at each other, Li Heng's expression remained calm. Just as he was pondering whether to take the initiative to say hello, Chen Xiaomi had already turned around and pulled Chen Zitong away.

While walking, Chen Xiaomi didn't forget to lecture her niece: "Why are you so ignorant? I told you not to associate with him anymore, did you take the family's words as wind in your ears?

Do you think he hasn't harmed your sister enough? Do you still want to push your sister into the fire pit?"

Chen Zitong muttered: "Auntie...!"

Chen Xiaomi's voice wasn't loud, but every word was like a needle pricking Li Heng's heart.

Having lived two lives, he was almost about to forget these grievances, but these words awakened many of his memories.

He still remembered that when he and Chen Zijin were caught in bed by Chen Xiaomi, she scolded her eldest niece like this:

"Zijin, how can you be so confused? You want to marry Li Jianguo's son in the future? Spend your whole life in this poor mountain ditch?"

Because the village was spreading that Li Jianguo was fired because of his loose private life, these words undoubtedly were extremely insulting and strongly stimulated Li Heng's sensitive nerves, and he swore to get ahead.

It's just a pity that compared to ordinary people, he was indeed considered to have gotten ahead in his previous life.

But compared to the powerful Chen family, it was still not enough.

This was something he still regretted until he was old, not being able to truly hold his head up in front of the Chen family.

Looking at the aunt and niece gradually disappearing at the corner of the river, Li Heng, who had lived two lives, was not as angry as in his previous life, but once again radiated infinite fighting spirit.

As the saying goes, when people are poor, their ambitions are short; without money or power, even if you are talented and handsome, do you dare to call yourself a real man?

Once you have a conflict with someone, those with money and power will teach you what it means to be wealthy and powerful, and to cover the sky with one hand.

Therefore, in the current social environment, if you want to stop the rumors in the village, if you want the Chen family to look at you with admiration, and if you want your parents to regain their dignity, you must achieve great success in "money and power."

Money, as a reborn person, as long as his rebirth doesn't cause too much of a butterfly effect and the historical trajectory of social development doesn't change, Li Heng is the most confident.

Give him ten years, and he is confident he can create a miracle.

And power, this is the Chen family's advantage, Li Heng feels it's a bit difficult, and this thing is the most demanding of human hearts, with the greatest variables, unpredictable, and he might not have results even after struggling for 30 years.

Finally, there is "momentum."

Thinking of this, Li Heng's eyes gradually became clear, and he instantly felt a sense of sudden enlightenment.

Right, why didn't he think of starting from this aspect before?

Since being reborn, besides endlessly studying to prepare for the college entrance examination, his mind was full of wild thoughts, feeling particularly panicked, thinking about improving his life, thinking about changing the poor situation at home, and thinking about the road to take in the future.

He thought about a lot, but due to the limitations of the era, the internet hadn't risen, and he didn't have the capital for real estate, so he always couldn't find the way.

And now, he suddenly found his life direction; he could start from "momentum."

If his memory wasn't wrong, Chen Xiaomi, who was prouder than a peacock, should be an editor at a literary magazine in the capital now, right?

As for which literary magazine specifically? Due to the long passage of time, he couldn't remember clearly.

But, if, suppose he became a great writer...

Subduing her in the literary field Chen Xiaomi was most proud of, pressing her to the ground and rubbing her, what would the result be?

The result!

The result would be earning a reputation, making money, and venting his anger along the way.

Whoa!

No matter how you think about it, no matter how you look at it, this is a beautiful thing!

Almost in an instant, Li Heng made up his mind. In his previous life, the 7 years he worked in the provincial government were all about writing, and writing things was a daily routine.

Coupled with his love for reading, he had also published many articles in newspapers in his spare time; wasn't writing something he could do easily?

Finding his goal after rebirth, Li Heng, who was just depressed, felt much more open-minded.

As the saying goes: Buddha fights for a stick of incense, people fight for a breath. Even if it's not for himself, he must find back the lost face for his mother.

Damn it!

Telling you to have your nostrils facing the sky, telling you, Chen Xiaomi, to become the vanguard against Li, always looking down on people, always looking down on our old Li family.

No need to say, this breath is definitely going to be vented, deal with her! Take her as the first one to sacrifice the flag.

Blue bricks accompany tile lacquer, white horses step on new mud, mountain flowers and banana leaves in the twilight, dyeing the red scarf.

Raindrops sprinkle on the eaves, cooking smoke rises, where are you, wandering and turning?

The rural Jiangnan in books always seems to be full of poetry and painting like this.

But the reality of the countryside is:

On the road, in the fields, eyes are full of overgrown weeds, eyes are full of chickens, ducks, and geese wandering around, everywhere is quack-quack, and there is cow dung on the road, and dog barking.

And aunties scolding each other over trivial matters.

At this time, the sky suddenly sank, and rain fell in drops, bean-sized raindrops hitting the ground layer by layer, getting denser and denser.

Damn this thieving heaven!

Li Heng cursed secretly, couldn't care about recalling the bitterness and thinking of the sweetness, hurriedly put away the net, and rushed home anxiously.

It's just that he walked too fast and didn't pay attention to the grass on both sides of the road. Damn it, he accidentally stepped on a big pile of dog shit.

Half of the sole was covered!

The dog shit even overflowed onto the shoe surface, and he cursed bad luck.

Just at this moment, Zhang Zhiyong returned through the rain, holding a bunch of bright red camellias in his hand.

This heartless guy handed the camellias to him face-to-face, saying as if he were asking for credit:

"These camellias are damn beautiful, fresh, and as pretty as Chen Zijin.

People just came back, you can't go empty-handed, take it, and give this to her."

Li Heng, while frantically wiping the dog shit in the grass pile, subconsciously took the camellias, "Where did you get them?"

As if encountering a strange thing, Zhang Zhiyong squatted down to watch him wipe the dog shit: "In front of Auntie Fatty's house, heh, where else? Only her house has them nearby."

Li Heng glanced at him: "No, that stingy person allowed you to take them?"

Zhang Zhiyong curled his lips, looking like a hooligan: "Of course not, but I just made enemies with her, so I took them, so what? Is she going to bite me?"

Li Heng: "..."

He said after a while: "Chen Zijin didn't come back."

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