THE DAY I DIED
Chapter One
The Day I Died
The rain fell heavily over the city.
Thunder echoed through the dark sky as people hurried along the streets, desperate to escape the storm.
One young man walked alone.
His clothes were soaked.
His shoulders slumped.
His eyes were empty.
His name was Lu Chen.
At just twenty years old, life had already defeated him.
He had entered university with dreams of becoming someone his parents would be proud of.
Instead...
He became a joke.
His grades had dropped.
His small business had collapsed.
The friends he trusted betrayed him for money.
The people he once helped pretended not to know him.
Worst of all...
The girl he loved had shattered his heart.
For three years, Lu Chen chased Lin Wanxi, the most beautiful girl on campus.
He bought her breakfast.
He bought her lunch.
He spent almost all the money his parents struggled to send.
Whenever she needed lecture notes...
He was there.
Whenever she needed an assignment...
He stayed awake all night to help her.
Whenever she needed someone to listen...
He always answered.
Everyone called him a simp.
He ignored them.
Because he believed love required sacrifice.
Until the day everything changed.
...
“Lu Chen.”
The familiar voice made him stop walking.
He slowly turned around.
There she was.
Lin Wanxi.
Standing beneath a black umbrella.
Beside her stood her wealthy boyfriend...
Gu Mochen.
The same man who had mocked Lu Chen countless times.
Gu Mochen wrapped an arm around Lin Wanxi and smiled arrogantly.
“So this is where you’ve been hiding?”
Lu Chen forced a smile.
“What do you want?”
Lin Wanxi looked at him without emotion.
“I heard you’re still telling people you love me.”
Lu Chen laughed bitterly.
“Not anymore.”
Gu Mochen chuckled.
“You finally accepted reality?”
Lu Chen remained silent.
Lin Wanxi folded her arms.
“You should’ve known from the beginning.”
“I was never going to date someone like you.”
The words pierced his heart.
Even after everything...
They still hurt.
Gu Mochen took out his phone.
“You remember this?”
He played a video.
It was the day Lu Chen confessed in front of the faculty building.
The day Lin Wanxi laughed in his face.
The day she said...
“You’ll still come back tomorrow with breakfast.”
Students laughed in the background.
Some even clapped.
The video had spread across the university.
Lu Chen became the laughingstock of the entire campus.
Gu Mochen burst into laughter.
“You were pathetic.”
Lin Wanxi didn’t even try to defend him.
Instead...
She smiled.
“You really were.”
For a moment...
The rain became the only sound.
Lu Chen looked at the woman he had loved for years.
There were no tears.
No anger.
Only regret.
He regretted wasting years chasing someone who never saw his worth.
He regretted ignoring the people who genuinely cared about him.
Especially...
One girl.
A quiet girl from his department.
Su Shiyao.
She always saved him a seat during lectures.
She reminded him about tests.
She encouraged him whenever he failed.
She even confessed her feelings once.
But he rejected her without thinking.
Because all he could see was Lin Wanxi.
Now...
He understood.
He had been blind.
Gu Mochen smirked.
“Look at yourself.”
“You lost everything.”
“You’re broke.”
“You have no future.”
“And she chose me.”
Lu Chen smiled weakly.
“Congratulations.”
He turned around and continued walking.
Neither of them followed.
Neither of them cared.
...
His phone vibrated.
Mum Calling...
Lu Chen immediately answered.
“Hello, Mum.”
“My son, have you eaten?”
He looked at the empty convenience store behind him.
Not even enough money for a bottle of water.
“Yes, Mum.”
He lied.
His mother smiled through the phone.
“Don’t overwork yourself.”
“Your father and I believe in you.”
“We know one day you’ll become successful.”
Tears gathered in Lu Chen’s eyes.
He had disappointed everyone.
“I’m sorry...”
His mother laughed softly.
“Silly boy.”
“What are you apologising for?”
“We’ll always be proud of you.”
The call ended.
Lu Chen stood there in silence.
For the first time...
He wanted another chance.
A chance to love the right people.
A chance to make his parents proud.
A chance to become the man he was supposed to be.
A chance...
To rewrite his fate.
He stepped onto the road.
Bright headlights suddenly illuminated the rain.
Someone screamed.
“Watch out!!”
Lu Chen turned.
A speeding truck had lost control.
Everything happened in seconds.
BOOM!!
The impact threw him through the air.
Blood stained the wet road.
His vision blurred.
The voices around him faded.
His heartbeat slowed.
The cold rain landed on his face.
He smiled bitterly.
“So...”
“This is how it ends.”
Darkness swallowed everything.
Then...
A mechanical voice echoed through the void.
[Host Detected.]
[Life Signature Confirmed.]
[Conditions Satisfied.]
[The Fate Rewriting System is activating...]
To be continued…
