Chapter 1 Li Huan

  "Ah, finally back home, I'm exhausted, can finally get a good sleep!" A young man wearing a light blue T-shirt, shorts, and slippers, holding a package in his hand, walked up to a wooden house, pushed open the simple door made of three-ply board, carefully placed the package in the drawer after entering the house, then collapsed onto the somewhat shabby single bed, murmuring to himself with some fatigue.

  The youth was about 175cm tall, with a wheat-colored complexion that looked very healthy. His knife-cut face wasn't handsome but gave people a sense of determination. A pair of jet-black eyes seemed very deep and mysterious, and his entire body emitted an aura of proud indifference.

  The young man walked into the house and saw his simple home finally reveal a smile on its face. The entire house was only over 20 square meters, with only a single bed and a table inside, without any other large furniture. Other daily necessities were also neatly placed in the corner of the room.

  The only thing of value in the entire house was a second-hand laptop that had been eliminated for many generations, placed on the table. This was bought by the old man for Li Huan when he first entered junior high school. Although it was a second-hand computer, Li Huan was very excited about it and was thrilled for several days.

  The entire room is very small, but it's tidy and clean, without any clutter or mess. From this, we can see that the owner of the house is also a very cleanliness-loving person.

  The young man's name is Li Huan, 18 years old this year. He has never known who his parents were since he was a child. Since he can remember, Li Huan has been living with an old fortune teller. In the 14th year, the old man also left the world, leaving only a broken house for Li Huan, and several tens of thousands of yuan that the old man had earned from telling fortunes, as well as a purple dragon-shaped jade pendant.

  This old man had a very special habit, that is, he only told three fortunes a day, and the fee was very cheap. After finishing the fortune-telling, he would return to this small house to drink and sleep. Almost since Li Huan's memory, the old man has never changed, and what surprised Li Huan was that the old man's fortune-telling was almost always accurate.

  Li Huan once asked the old man why he didn't calculate more and earn some extra money, so that he wouldn't have to suffer every day. Every time Li Huan asked this question, the old man would say something like "heavenly secrets cannot be revealed" and "revealing too much heavenly secret will bring heavenly wrath". To this, Li Huan always responded with disdain.

  Li Huan still clearly remembers the old man's words when he was dying, saying that Li Huan was born with an unusual appearance and would not be an ordinary person, and one day he would soar to great heights. As for what the old man said, Li Huan naturally didn't take it to heart either.

  After all, Li Huan had no parents since childhood and basically never had a good day following the fortune teller. When others were spoiled in their parents' arms, Li Huan was busy everywhere, delivering newspapers, picking up trash, earning money to make a living.

  Although the old man made some money by telling fortunes every day, most of it was spent on buying wine to drink. The remaining amount was saved by the old man who said that he would leave it for Li Huan to use in the future. So, from the time Li Huan could work, almost every day after school, he had to go around the nearby garbage dump.

  Li Huan would naturally not believe the old man's words about his own life, if he were a rich person, he wouldn't have to rush around every day for a living.

  However, when the old man was dying, he instructed Li Huan to wear that purple jade pendant on his body. This point Li Huan did as he said. Anyway, for Li Huan, this jade pendant is also very exquisite in shape, and Li Huan likes it very much. Most importantly, since wearing this jade pendant, Li Huan found that it was warm in winter and cool in summer. Wearing this jade pendant made Li Huan feel full of vitality, and his energy became very abundant.

  After the old man's death, Li Huan spent nearly half of his savings to make the old man's funeral affairs quite decent. After all, for Li Huan, the old man was his only relative. If it weren't for the old man's adoption, Li Huan would probably have died long ago. So, Li Huan didn't slack off in this regard. Every year on Qingming Festival and the anniversary of the old man's death, Li Huan would go to offer sacrifices at the old man's grave.

  After the old man's death, Li Huan became a lone person. Due to his long-standing habit, every time he was on summer vacation or had a holiday, he would go do some part-time jobs to maintain his daily life.

  In terms of learning, Li Huan is also very diligent, which is also attributed to the old man. The old man basically doesn't care about Li Huan in other aspects, but only has very strict requirements for this aspect of learning. Therefore, Li Huan's academic performance has been excellent since childhood, and the school also understands Li Huan's family situation. With Li Huan's outstanding academic performance, his tuition fees are all free, and he can receive a considerable scholarship every time he takes an exam.

  So in the two years since the old man's death, Li Huan's savings not only didn't decrease but actually increased, which was also a result of Li Huan's frugal lifestyle.

  Lying on the bed, staring at the faintly broken ceiling in the air, Li Huan's thoughts also began to slowly recall the life of these years. Every time Li Huan was alone, he would often reminisce about the life of these years. Suddenly, a desolate feeling surged out from his heart. The scenes of these years were like a movie that kept repeating itself in Li Huan's mind.

  Since he was young, Li Huan had very few friends due to family reasons. He almost never had time to play around, and during school hours, except for class time, as soon as the bell rang, Li Huan would run to the school playground to collect valuable things, so there were basically no intersections with other classmates.

  Although Li Huan's academic performance was very good, in the eyes of his classmates, he was just a "garbage king" who only knew how to pick up trash. As a result, many classmates would mock him for various reasons. At first, Li Huan would argue with them, but as time passed, he gradually got used to it and became indifferent to their behavior. Consequently, his personality also began to become increasingly apathetic.

  As the years slowly grew, Li Huan understood more and more, and his studies became increasingly heavy, so Li Huan changed the habit of picking up trash during class breaks, but the habit of wandering around the garbage dump after school did not change.

  As he thought about it, a beautiful figure appeared in Li Huan's mind, and when he thought of this figure, Li Huan's face suddenly showed a hint of bitterness, followed by a kind of cold indifference that kept people at bay.

  His name is Wu Xin, a high school classmate of Li Huan. At first, the two had almost no intersection, until they were assigned to the same class in their third year of high school and even became deskmates.

  Although Li Huan is not particularly handsome, the special temperament on his body quickly caught Wu Xin's attention. Moreover, Li Huan's academic performance was excellent, and the two were also deskmates.

  High school boys and girls are all in the age of first love, so Wu Xin quickly had a little vague feeling about Li Huan. As the two people spent more time together, Wu Xin's good feelings towards Li Huan also deepened. Gradually began to take the initiative to contact Li Huan.

  Although Li Huan said that he had developed a cold personality since childhood, Wu Xin's behavior over a long period of time also slowly moved Li Huan. Li Huan's heart, which had been frozen for a long time, gradually showed signs of melting, and with Wu Xin originally being very gentle and likable, it didn't take long for Li Huan to slowly accept Wu Xin.

  In this way, the good feelings between the two people gradually deepened. Wu Xin and Li Huan's affairs naturally couldn't be hidden from their classmates. Everyone felt very curious about Wu Xin and Li Huan being together.

  Of course, there are also many people who feel very resentful and think that Li Huan is not worthy of Wu Xin. In other people's eyes, Li Huan has nothing to be proud of except for being good at studying, while Wu Xin is different - she is not only good at studying but also a famous beauty in her grade.

  Slowly, under the push of some kind-hearted people, some unfavorable remarks about Li Huan gradually reached Wu Xin's ears. Most of them were saying that Li Huan's family was poor and so on. Some kind-hearted people even brought up some things Li Huan had done in the past, and the nickname "Trash King" was once again pinned to Li Huan's head.

  At first, Wu Xin didn't pay much attention to these rumors when she heard them and still hung out with Li Huan, which touched Li Huan for a long time. However, as time went by, such rumors became more and more frequent. Originally, these rumors were only spread in the class, until finally almost the entire grade knew about it, and even had a tendency to expand throughout the school. Now almost everyone knows that Li Huan is nicknamed "Trash King".

  So no matter where Li Huan and Wu Xin go, there will always be some people pointing fingers behind their backs. Li Huan has basically gotten used to this situation, but Wu Xin is different. Since she was a child, Wu Xin has been pampered by her family, and her classmates have also been very friendly to her, so she gradually becomes shaken by this situation.

  Moreover, during this period, some people kept fanning the flames in Wu Xin's ear, and gradually, Wu Xin also began to doubt her own choices.

  Until finally, Wu Xin couldn't take it anymore. During the dismissal time, Wu Xin secretly followed Li Huan and saw with her own eyes that Li Huan was constantly rummaging through the trash heap. Wu Xin was finally disappointed. After waiting to see Li Huan's "home", Wu Xin was thoroughly disappointed.

  The next day, Wu Xin went straight to the teacher and asked her to separate Li Huan's seat from hers. Since Wu Xin's academic performance was also very good, and she was a well-known beauty in school, the teacher quickly agreed to her request.

  At first, Li Huan was puzzled and even went to find Wu Xin after class to ask what was going on.

  After seeing Li Huan, Wu Xin was also a little flustered at the time, but soon Wu Xin returned to normal and bluntly stated the reason for the breakup. The people around her also cast sarcastic and disdainful glances at Li Huan.

  As for Wu Xin's behavior, Li Huan's heart was also thoroughly chilled. The heart that had just been melted by Wu Xin was frozen again. At that time, Li Huan was also self-destructive for a long time, using wine to numb himself every day. It wasn't until much later that Li Huan slowly recovered, but the Li Huan who recovered became even more indifferent and almost never spoke to anyone.

  Since then, Li Huan gradually came to realize that the beautiful mermaid-like love story only existed in fairy tales and would never happen in real life. So, his heart was completely frozen, and he slowly returned to his previous life. Although they occasionally met Wu Xin during usual times, the two people's behavior was like strangers, and everyone else also found it strange but got used to it.

  It wasn't until after the college entrance exam that Li Huan completely distanced himself from that environment, which had been subject to criticism, and his heart also felt a little more relaxed.

  The final Gaokao results did not disappoint Li Huan, although the breakup with Wu Xin had a great impact on him, but after all, Li Huan's foundation was good, so it did not have too much of an impact on his studies, and in the end, Li Huan was admitted to BJ University with a score of 698, and he also became the top scorer in SH City.

  Moreover, due to Li Huan's special situation, Beijing University directly exempted all of Li Huan's fees and even provided a monthly living allowance of 200 yuan, which was undoubtedly great news for Li Huan.

  Li Huan just received the admission notice, but since there is no door number in his area, he didn't have a detailed address. So the notice was sent directly to the nearest post office, which is about 5-6 kilometers away.

  Because he couldn't bear to take a taxi, Li Huan had no choice but to walk there. Shanghai's summer was extremely hot, and even with the magical jade pendant, Li Huan was somewhat overwhelmed, so it was only when he returned home that he looked so exhausted. In the end, Li Huan lay on his bed and unknowingly fell asleep.

  After Li Huan fell asleep, a faint purple light slowly emanated from his chest, enveloping his entire body in an eerie aura. Of course, Li Huan was completely unaware of all this.