Why Strive When Reborn?

Jiang Yan had been reborn. In his previous life, he was duped by his own father—who ended up in prison—into taking on the responsibilities of the eldest son and grandson of the Jiang family. He had to care for his grandparents in place of his father, show respect to his uncles, maintain brotherly love...

To hell with the heavy responsibilities of the eldest son and grandson, reborn into a new life, he only wanted to break free from the Jiang family's bloodsuckers, find a patron, sponge off someone, and take care of his not-so-great stomach.

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Song Jiawen felt something was odd. That guy from next door—who had to return to the countryside to study because his father was imprisoned—suddenly switched from literature to science and joined her class, and even moved to the seat behind her. Ostensibly, he did it so she could tutor him in physics and biology, but why did she always feel like he had an ulterior motive?

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Years later, as Jiang Yan watched the soup simmering in the pot while soothing his son in his arms, he glanced back at his wife, who was leisurely watching TV on the sofa with her legs crossed, and thought miserably, this meal ticket he had married into was proving to be quite a struggle!