[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-my-restarted-life-1992":3,"chapter-my-restarted-life-1992-my-restarted-life-1992-chapter-77":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","My Restarted Life: 1992",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2279627,4460,"Chapter 77","my-restarted-life-1992-chapter-77",77,"\u003Cp>A woman beside him said, “Dongzi’s a college student—of course a girl would like him, that’s normal.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Pfft, college student!” Zhao Guifen sneered, “My Anbin said Zhou Andong went to a third-rate college. Remember when he first got in? His whole family looked down their noses at everyone. Tsk tsk, I can’t even be bothered to talk about it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A middle-aged man couldn’t take it anymore and snorted coldly, “Zhao Guifen, I don’t care what rank it is—he’s still a college student. Your Zhou Anbin didn’t even finish elementary school. Frankly, you’re just jealous of others’ good fortune.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How dare you talk like that? Dongzi’s my nephew—how am I jealous of him?” Zhao Guifen glared at the man, then turned and walked back into the courtyard, “Zhou Xiao, let’s go home. What’s there to stare at? He won’t give you anything anyway.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Pfft!” As Zhao Guifen left, a woman spat, “What a piece of trash—daring to compare her eldest to Dongzi? How could she even say that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Exactly!” another woman scoffed, “Zhou Anbin’s a piece of rot—anyone who touches him gets covered in stink. Only because Little Li Village is far from here does that girl not know his family’s background. Otherwise, even a cripple with missing limbs wouldn’t marry into his house.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Enough,” the middle-aged man said, “if you’re overheard, you’ll invite trouble. Break it up, everyone go home.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside a small restaurant, Liu Zhiguang and Qian Wei were drinking. Since losing the bet and crawling from Workshop Two to the factory gate, he’d had no face to return to work. The factory had shut down anyway—no need to even ask for leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Section Chief!” Qian Wei slammed his cup down hard on the table, “I can’t accept this—I’m seething inside. This grudge must be repaid.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Zhiguang’s face was flushed red from drinking, but his eyes were sharp, not the least bit drunk: “Of course we repay the grudge.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qian Wei perked up: “How?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Zhiguang picked up a peanut, popped it in his mouth, and crushed it with a crunch: “Go see Yao Qixin.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qian Wei blinked: “Who’s Yao Qixin?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Zhiguang smiled: “Wang Ruomei’s husband. I had someone look into it—Yao Qixin already knows about the affair between Wang Ruomei and Zhou Andong. He even beat Wang Ruomei. But while he was asleep at night, she tied him to the bed and whipped him with a belt until his body was covered in bruises. He ended up hospitalized. The whole Safety Supervision Bureau turned it into a joke.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qian Wei perked up, eyes gleaming with curiosity: “What happened after?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s left to happen?” Liu Zhiguang sipped his wine calmly. “They say Yao Qixin’s a petty man. When you’re cuckolded like that, how could you not hate him? I bet he’s already dreamed of killing Zhou Andong.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s weird,” Qian Wei said. “After being treated like this, why hasn’t he done anything?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Zhiguang smirked darkly: “That’s the calm before the storm. The longer it drags, the fiercer the revenge.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But I can’t wait anymore!” Qian Wei tossed back his drink in one gulp, his eyes instantly bloodshot. “I can’t even hold my head up in front of relatives and friends anymore. This humiliation is all Zhou Andong’s doing. Until I repay this grudge, I won’t rest. I can’t even swallow my food.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Zhiguang understood perfectly: “Aren’t I the same? That’s why I said to go see Yao Qixin—to stoke the fire. Only then will he make up his mind to go after Zhou Andong.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s go now,” Qian Wei said, pushing his chair back and standing to pay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For this period, Yao Qixin had been enduring each day like a year at work. Every time he met someone, he felt their eyes full of mockery. Whenever he heard people whispering, he assumed they were talking behind his back. Day after day, his mood sank lower and lower, his inner rage like a powder keg, pressed to its absolute limit, waiting to explode at any moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That noon, he lacked even the courage to go to the cafeteria. He sat alone in his office, staring blankly at one spot, lifeless and terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, someone knocked on the office door. Yao Qixin’s eyes flickered, then he shook his head slightly, twisted his whole body, and finally, a glimmer of life returned to his gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Come in!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A young man opened the door but didn’t enter, leaning against the frame: “Section Chief Yao, someone’s here to see you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yao Qixin croaked, “Who?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young man’s expression turned strange. After hesitating, he said, “They’re from the distillery. Say they have something important to tell you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the word “distillery,” Yao Qixin’s face suddenly twisted into a faint smile, but a flash of malice lit his eyes: “Let them in.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright!” The young man stepped back. “You can come in.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately, Liu Zhiguang and Qian Wei walked in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yao Qixin studied them with a half-smile; the two men studied him in return.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What do you want?” Yao Qixin didn’t move from his chair. He had no goodwill toward anyone from the distillery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Zhiguang chuckled and extended his hand: “I’m Liu Zhiguang, deputy section chief of quality inspection at the distillery.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yao Qixin lifted his eyelids slightly, as if not seeing the outstretched hand. Liu Zhiguang bristled, cursing inwardly: *Fucking cuckolded and still acting high and mighty? You deserve every bit of it—you’re not even worthy of being a man.*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite his inner rage, Liu Zhiguang kept smiling: “I’ll cut to the chase—I’m here because of your wife and Zhou Andong.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yao Qixin’s face darkened like an enraged lion: “Get out. Get out now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qian Wei jumped back, but Liu Zhiguang remained calm: “I came to tell you—yesterday, in the distillery warehouse, I accidentally saw Wang Ruomei and Zhou Andong together. They were hugging and clinging to each other.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yao Qixin’s body began trembling. His fists clenched so tight his knuckles turned white. His face paled to bone, his gaze as if ready to devour Liu Zhiguang whole.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Zhiguang smiled faintly: “Don’t get worked up. I’m not here to humiliate you. I’m telling you this so you won’t be deceived by that pair of dogs.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Get out!” Yao Qixin growled, forcing the word through gritted teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fine.” The goal was achieved. Liu Zhiguang said no more. Whether Yao Qixin believed him or not—the man’s reaction had already told him everything. Now he just waited for the show to begin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching Liu Zhiguang and Qian Wei leave, Yao Qixin slammed his fist onto the desk with a crash. His skin split, blood oozed out—but he felt no pain. He stood, pulled on his coat, and left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back home, he kicked the door open, searched the house inside and out, found no one. He grabbed the kitchen knife, wrapped it in newspaper, shoved it into his chest, and rode off on his bicycle.\u003C\u002Fp>",1152,"2026-06-20T01:18:49.036Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","204937c4fde317afca879a415df0cf55fbecd3c015be89213eed19a2a6753570","my-restarted-life-1992-chapter-78","my-restarted-life-1992-chapter-76",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmy-restarted-life-1992-cover.jpg"]