Rebel Scholar from a Humble Background
Li Yuanjing, a business tycoon, finds himself transported to ancient times, reborn as a destitute youth of lowly status, burdened with debt and relying on his child bride to support the family. Armed
“Heavens above, is there really such a thing as fate so cruel?” Though it was only September, the weather was already as abnormal and unsettling as the Great Qian Dynasty teetering on the brink of chaos; snowflakes drifted down in dense, silent flurries.
Central Qizhou.
In the remote mountain village of Springwell.
Inside a dilapidated thatched hut on the village’s edge, Li Yuanjing leaned against the doorway, watching the snow fall from the sky, unable to suppress a bitter smile as he accepted his new reality.
He had truly crossed over...
No longer was he the much-favored Mr. Li of the future world, the prospective son-in-law of a billionaire tycoon and CEO of a listed company. Now, he was merely a boy from a lowly, outcast craftsman family in this so-called Great Qian Dynasty...
Rubbing his temples, Li Yuanjing tried to sort through his throbbing thoughts. The body he now inhabited was also called Li Yuanjing. As the son of a craftsman family under the “mean household” register, the Lis were forbidden from owning land and could only scrape by doing odd jobs for others.
Fortunately, Li Yuanjing’s father, Honest Li, though taciturn and reserved, was an exceptionally skilled mason and had a solid reputation throughout the neighboring villages. This allowed their family of four to maintain a meager but barely sustainable life.
Perhaps it was the bitterness of their lowly status that made Honest Li determined from early on to send his son to study at the county school, hoping Li Yuanjing might one day earn a scholarly title, e