NOVEL NEXT Chapter 1:
Chapter 1: Rebirth
“Xu Tian! Why? Why?! Why would you take revenge on me like this?”
“You hate me that much? You want a divorce that badly? Fine! I’ll give it to you! From today on… there will be nothing between us ever again!”
PAH—
A cold divorce agreement was thrown hard at Xu Tian’s face, along with her voice that was as numb as ashes—void of a single trace of warmth.
So heavy!
So heavy that it felt like it was meant to sever all emotional ties between them.
BANG!
It wasn’t until the door slammed shut that Xu Tian finally snapped out of his blank daze!
As if suddenly remembering something, he grabbed the document and took a look—
[Divorce Agreement]
[Date: August 14]
“…It’s me… it’s really me, alive again…”
“I’ve… finally been reborn…”
In the next second, Xu Tian looked around.
By the bed, a red undergarment had been deliberately left behind. Clothes torn and scattered across the floor painted a clear picture of the madness from the night before.
His breathing instantly grew heavy.
He remembered now!
August 14th!
Back then, the Xu family had planned to make Tang Bingyan heartbroken enough to divorce him. They got him drunk and sent another woman into his bed to stage a cheating scandal. Then someone from the Xu family called Tang Bingyan—timed perfectly so she would walk in and catch him “in the act.”
In his previous life, he believed the Xu family’s lies and did everything he could to push for divorce with Tang Bingyan.
He stole confidential files from her company, ruined her international deals, leaked her bidding prices to rivals, and even drugged her during her most painful days…
All just to get a divorce! He left her bruised and broken… and yet, she never once retaliated.
She said, “It’s just a foreign partnership. If it’s ruined, then so be it. You’re more important.”
She said, “Next time, don’t try stealing secret files. You might get hurt by security. If you want something, just tell me. I’ll give it to you.”
“This world might betray you… but I, Tang Bingyan, won’t. There’s no reason. As long as I’m alive, no one will ever touch you.”
Yes.
Even after the divorce, she still couldn’t let go of him. She kept protecting him in secret, and even built up the Xu Group into Jiang City’s top elite family.
And yet…
Once the Xu family squeezed out every last bit of value from him, they cut off his limbs, staged a fire, and let him burn alive in it! It wasn’t until the final moment of death that he finally learned the truth.
Only then did he realize—
The “beloved elder brother,” the “kind adoptive parents” he had trusted… had all wished for his death behind his back.
They thought faking an accident would deceive Tang Bingyan.
But no one knew—Tang Bingyan’s real identity was ten thousand times more terrifying than anyone could imagine!
After uncovering the truth, she annihilated the entire Xu family on her own… and then took her own life at his grave.
Until the day he died, he could never forget that scene—
She knelt before his tombstone, crying, stroking it over and over again, repeating his name in despair:
“Xu Tian, Xu Tian…”
“I’m so scared… Why did you leave me again? In our next life… will you at least look at me just once? I miss you so much… I can’t go on living without you…”
She had always been so proud and cold… yet in front of him, she became as humble as a speck of dust.
Even a second before her death, she was still begging him… just to glance at her.
Rage.
Regret.
Pain.
All these emotions overwhelmed every nerve in Xu Tian’s body. He was back! He would never let the same tragedy happen again!
“Xu Rixin!”
“Xu Pingfeng!”
“This life… Xu Tian and the Xu family cannot exist under the same sky!”
“I’m back. And every single one of you—none of you will have it easy!”
Xu Tian’s fingers turned pale from how tightly he was clenching them. The hatred inside him was boundless.
As for the divorce?!
He—would—never—divorce!
Wait…
Divorce? The Xu family?!
Today! Today was the very day Tang Bingyan, heartbroken, was preparing to transfer ownership of Yan Corporation to the Xu family before leaving Jiang City!
And it was that transfer that allowed the Xu family to skyrocket in power, becoming an unshakable force in the future!
“The Xu family wants to use my identity as one of their own to take over Yan Corporation for free? Dream on!”
“There’s still time. Bingyan! Wait for me! Just wait…”
Half an hour later—
Following his memories, Xu Tian hurried anxiously to Jiang City First Hospital.
He kept praying in his heart—
Don’t sign it. Please don’t sign that contract…
He didn’t know what had happened to Bingyan, only that he vaguely remembered the Xu family once mentioning that the Yan Corporation transfer was signed in the hospital…
But just as Xu Tian rushed into the hospital, ready to search for Tang Bingyan’s room—
“Xu Tian! What are you doing here?!”
Suddenly!
From the payment counter in the hospital lobby, Tang Bingyan’s assistant, Chen Xiaoxiao, stormed over furiously and blocked his path!
Before Xu Tian could ask where Bingyan was, a male voice came from the phone that Chen Xiaoxiao held to her ear.
Chen Xiaoxiao’s expression softened slightly. While holding Xu Tian back, she spoke gently into the phone, “Doctor Lin, CEO Tang only came to the hospital today after holding out all day. The director says her injuries are too severe. He’s powerless to help. Please come quickly, I’ll wait at the hospital entrance for you.”
After hanging up, she lifted her head, her icy gaze locking onto Xu Tian with pure hatred and rage written all over her face!
Facing those furious eyes, a sinking feeling welled up in Xu Tian’s heart. “Assistant Chen, how is Bingyan now? Has the Xu family arrived? She mustn’t sign that transfer agreement—please take me to her, I…”
“Enough!!!”
Chen Xiaoxiao held back her anger and pointed at the hospital’s front entrance, spitting out each word with biting sarcasm:
“Xu Tian, even now, you’re still pretending? CEO Tang’s condition? Xu Tian, don’t you know what you did?!”
Xu Tian’s face turned pale instantly.
Right!
He remembered now!
Last night, the Xu family staged the cheating trap by calling Tang Bingyan, who was away in the Imperial Capital handling a business deal, and lied that he’d been beaten and hospitalized.
Without hesitation, she abandoned her business partner and rushed back to Jiang City overnight! But she drove too fast… and got into a car accident on the way!
He remembered… the accident was quite serious. Tang Bingyan even ended up with lingering injuries because of it.
So last night…
Last night, when Tang Bingyan barged in and saw him “cheating,” she demanded an explanation in the stairwell. But under Xu Rixin’s instigation, he coldly pushed her!
That one push…
Directly sent Tang Bingyan, who was already holding in her pain from the accident, tumbling down the stairs.
She collapsed on the ground, unable to get up.
But he thought she was faking it. He thought she was just trying to make him soften up.
He coldly watched her tremble from the pain until she passed out…
And in the end, she smiled and asked him, “Do you hate me so much now, that you can watch me die without blinking?”
He said yes.
And the next morning, she slapped the divorce agreement onto his face.
Xu Tian didn’t dare to keep thinking.
He couldn’t imagine how much pain Tang Bingyan must’ve been in at that moment…