Shen Lei opened his eyes, saw everything before him, and froze.
This small house was familiar, but it was clearly not the one he lived in in Pengcheng, it looked more like a house in Beijing.
Looking in the mirror, Shen Lei suddenly realized that he had actually transmigrated into the Shen Lei of "Mortal Song", the one with the same name as him, a pathetic loser.
Shen Lei in "Mortal Song" really lived a pathetic life.
He graduated from a prestigious university, had a Beijing hukou, and had a very stable civil servant job.
Although his monthly salary was only 7,000, it was already quite good compared to others who were losing their jobs during the economic downturn.
Moreover, he was wholeheartedly devoted to his wife, pampering her in every way, and always cooking various delicious dishes for her.
Every day he also insisted on sending his wife to work.
When his wife Xie Mei Lan's mother got cancer, he emptied his savings and spared no effort to treat her.
In the end, all his efforts were not worth a dime in his wife Xie Mei Lan's eyes.
After Xie Mei Lan became the director of an investment company, she became very picky about him, constantly bringing up her mother's death, blaming Shen Lei for not doing enough, and even saying things like "you're a good person but useless."
Before transmigrating, Shen Lei's experience was almost identical to that of the one in "Mortal Song".
He was an online writer, and he always worked hard to write, supporting the whole family's expenses.
However, his wife was still dissatisfied with him, thinking that he couldn't give her a mansion and a luxury car, a good-for-nothing.
When the online writing industry became less prosperous, leading to a collapse in traffic on the website and a significant decrease in income, his wife became increasingly disgusted with him, making him feel like he was living in an ice cave at home.
He drowned his sorrows in alcohol every day, and one day he simply passed out drunk.
When he transmigrated here, he found that he had become the Shen Lei in "Mortal Song", this little civil servant with the same name as him, and his wife Xie Mei Lan had already made up her mind to divorce him.
It turned out that in that lifetime, the original Shen Lei could never get over this hurdle.
Because he had only ever loved Xie Mei Lan in this life.
He had never let up on his kindness to Xie Mei Lan, but Xie Mei Lan's love for him was dwindling, and she even got pregnant but didn't tell him, secretly getting an abortion.
Even so, the original Shen Lei still wanted to live a good life with his wife Xie Mei Lan.
But Xie Mei Lan's standards had risen, she could no longer bear this considerate and gentle husband, and she had made up her mind to divorce.
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Now Shen Lei thought back, Xie Mei Lan had once been full of disdain and dissatisfaction with the original Shen Lei.
Those accusations now seemed ridiculous in his eyes.
Take Xie Mei Lan's disdain for his lack of money and ambition, for example.
Shen Lei sneered inwardly, he was a master's degree graduate from a prestigious university, holding a Beijing hukou, and a stable civil servant, although his monthly salary of 7,000 yuan was indeed tight in bustling Beijing, it didn't mean he had no future.
He had been working hard, always learning, exploring new skills, and even after getting off work, he would still delve into culinary arts.
His efforts were recognized by his superiors at the office, he only needed to persevere, to reach the age of 40, and everything would be different, he would become a pillar of society.
What about Xie Mei Lan?
She worked in investment banking, seemingly glamorous, but it was a private company after all, and anyone could be laid off at any time because of a financial crisis.
She worked overtime every day, yet still looked down on him, a civil servant with a stable job.
Shen Lei shook his head, he really didn't understand Xie Mei Lan's logic, her behavior seemed completely inexplicable to him.
As for Xie Mei Lan criticizing him for being stingy and not lending her money to buy a burial plot for her mother, Shen Lei felt even more suffocated.
He had always believed that you should live a life according to your economic level.
But Xie Mei Lan didn't think so, she insisted on going beyond their financial means to buy a 200,000 yuan tomb.
When he suggested buying a cheaper tomb or looking elsewhere, Xie Mei Lan actually flew into a rage, uttering those ridiculous words, "You can't live a good life, and you won't die peacefully."
Shen Lei sneered inwardly, with a salary of only 7,000 yuan a month, he did what he could with the money he had, buying a 10,000 yuan tomb was enough to show his filial piety.
It was Xie Mei Lan who was trying to make a good show of things, even forcing him to borrow money to buy a tomb.
If only this filial daughter, Xie Mei Lan, had her own money to buy it, but she didn't have money, and she forced her husband to pay, even forcing him to borrow money to buy, wasn't that a bit inappropriate?
The Shen Lei of 2024 and the original Shen Lei, their emotional memories intertwined, they were no longer separate individuals.
At this moment, Shen Lei recalled Xie Mei Lan's pregnancy, hiding it from him and then secretly getting an abortion, his heart was still filled with shock and grief.
He couldn't understand why Xie Mei Lan would make such a decision, and without his knowledge.
He admitted that their economic conditions were not good, living in a rented house, but he was working hard, hoping to give Xie Mei Lan a better life.
He worked from nine to five every day, doing his job to the best of his ability, after work he bought groceries and cooked, taking care of Xie Mei Lan's daily life.
He would even cultivate flowers and plants in his spare time, wanting to add some color to their lives.
Every day, he would ask Xie Mei Lan what she wanted to eat with concern, and then cook it for her himself.
He thought that this was the mutual support and care that should exist between husband and wife.
However, he never expected that Xie Mei Lan would terminate their child without his knowledge.
When Shen Lei discovered this fact, Xie Mei Lan simply said lightly, "I don't want the child to be born in a rented house."
These words were like a sharp knife piercing his heart.
He understood her thoughts, but he couldn't accept her actions.
As a husband, he should have the right to know, he should have the right to decide the fate of their child.
Thinking back to all that had happened, Shen Lei felt immense heartache.
He had once worked so hard to give Xie Mei Lan a happy life, only to be met with her disdain and betrayal.
She not only concealed her abortion from him, but also flirted with her boss, and in the end even pressed him to get a divorce.
All of this, everything, made Shen Lei feel unbearable.
The original Shen Lei, the man who worked diligently and cared for his wife with all his heart, after experiencing this series of blows, finally broke down.
So he chose to give up his civil servant job and retreat to Mount Zhongnan.
Now Shen Lei of 2024 has transmigrated here, unwilling to accept this.
How could he give up his life for a woman who didn't love him?
What's wrong with a stable civil servant job?
Years ago, a civil servant wrote a book on historical popular science, and it earned him tens of millions of yuan.
Moreover, he was also appreciated by his superiors and his official career flourished.
Shen Lei decided to take that great man as an example, he would work as a civil servant while continuing to write.
He believed in himself, sooner or later he would get out of this muddy path of life.
It's just that there's one thing that's holding him back.
It's his ex-wife Xie Mei Lan's boss, Lu Jie.
Although now, the reborn Shen Lei, no longer loves Xie Mei Lan.
But, as a man, watching his wife being taken away by another man, it's inevitable that he would feel a bit of frustration and defeat.
However, as a small civil servant in the archives, how could he possibly contend with that investment company boss with hundreds of millions in assets?