The Game of the World: Rebirth after Betrayal

“Larry, I’m telling you again, I’m 100% sure it was your wife, Nancy. Really!”

I laughed.

Because, at this moment, I was no longer the fool I once was – I was now the awakened version of myself!

I had been reborn into this life!

The events hadn’t changed at all; I was reborn to 8:00 AM on November 2nd.

And exactly one minute later – just one minute – my college friend Bryan Dawson, called me, saying he had seen my wife, Nancy Baker, strolling around with Jackson Chapman all over town!

I laughed but remained silent.

In my previous life, before being reborn, when I heard Bryan’s words, I laughed too, but that laugh was completely different from the one now.

Back then, my laugh signaled disbelief in Bryan’s words. I had 100% trust in my wife.

But this time, my laugh marked the beginning of my revenge...

My memories had merged!

I vividly remembered the scene where my wife, the former campus beauty, pushed me from the 12th floor!

Her eyes were cold, with a hint of disdain and cruelty!

And standing beside her, laughing at me, was my wife’s lover, my college classmate, Jackson Chapman.

Just before I was pushed off the building, Jackson said, “You must be dying in disbelief, huh? Let me tell you something even more shocking!”

Then he added, “Nancy, you should be the one to tell him! It’ll hit harder coming from you, haha!”

Nancy snorted and said, “Let me tell you, Larry, Mia isn’t your daughter. Jackson is her real father!”

I was utterly devastated, and at that moment, a cold wind blew.

I saw my once lovely, charming, and beautiful wife ruthlessly push me off the 12th floor.

Then I heard the sound of my skull cracking; I could feel my brain matter splattering, blood everywhere...

After a moment of numbness, I was reborn.

Reborn to 8:00 AM on November 2nd.

That was the first day Bryan informed me about my wife’s affair with someone else.

At this moment, I was filled with rage.

Not only did I choose to believe Bryan’s words this time, but I also chose revenge. I quickly came up with a full plan.

...

I went to the office first and assigned the important tasks related to our large mobile game project to two assistants and a deputy general manager, making sure to back up all the plans and keep evidence.

Then, I immediately took a cab home, even though it was only a 14-minute drive – I wanted to save every second!

Once home, I transferred part of our assets and then waited for the 3:30 PM text.

“Honey, I have something to handle at work tonight, so I won’t be coming home. See you tomorrow. Don’t worry.”

The message came in at exactly the same time, 3:30 PM. I guessed it was sent by my wife to fool me before she and that scumbag planned to check into a hotel.

Fine, since that’s the case, it’s time to take action!

I contacted Bryan and asked him to find a well-known local lawyer and a photographer. The four of us went to the hotel together.

I arrived at the room door first, and then my friend Bryan came rushing in.

This hotel was reportedly applying for a four-star certification, but it was still only a three-star hotel, and the walls were not very soundproof.

In broad daylight, I could actually hear my former campus beauty of a wife screaming at the top of her lungs!

Bryan heard the noise, concerned I might be embarrassed, and asked, “Larry, what do you think?”

I said, “Don’t worry about me. Go ahead! Make sure to record everything!”

We filmed the whole thing live. My wife Nancy wrapped herself in a blanket, looking at me in horror.

And Jackson?

He had no shame at all. After a pause, he suddenly burst into laughter.

Bryan was furious on my behalf and shouted, “Jackson, have you no sense of shame? How can you laugh at a time like this?”

Jackson stopped laughing and said, “You fat pig, what business is it of yours? Besides, I’m just having fun with Larry’s wife. What, are you jealous? Have you ever had the chance to do this? Adultery isn’t illegal anymore! What’s there to be afraid of?”

My mind almost froze.

I struggled to calm myself and said to my wife, “Let’s go, while it’s still early. Let’s get a divorce!”

In my previous life, I had blindly trusted Nancy, and as a result, I was completely betrayed.

Now that I was reborn, I would never go down that path again!

At that moment, Nancy finally spoke, “Larry, you’re going too far. Get out and let me change clothes!”

The nerve of her – it was disgusting. I thought to myself, “you’re the one cheating, and now you’re telling me I’m the one going too far?”

I clenched my fist and said, “You have three minutes to get dressed and go get a divorce!”

…

With the evidence of Nancy’s affair and witnesses in hand, I was fully confident about what was coming next, but I didn’t go for total destruction.

To me, the mobile game project at my gaming company was my true ticket to future wealth.

This time around, I would protect that project with my life!

As for Jackson.

I knew that in three months, his father would die, and the Chapman family’s company would face a broken financial chain. In my previous life, it was the mobile game project that Jackson stole from my partner and me that generated huge profits and saved the Chapman family business from collapse.

In my previous life, I was truly blind and foolish.

I knew I had brought it all upon myself.

After being a doormat for three years, I finally managed to win over the campus queen, Nancy, just two months before graduation.

And the result?

Nancy probably never loved me.

The way she treated me and the way she was passionate about Jackson were worlds apart.

Whether I was sitting in a taxi or waiting for Nancy to change her clothes, my emotions were a tangled mess.

Because my memories had merged completely.

I remembered the sensation of my skull cracking open.

I remembered the cold wind blowing over my bruised and battered body...

But what hurt me the most was Nancy’s utterly cold and heartless gaze at that moment.

It made me think of venomous snakes and cunning foxes.

I forced myself to calm down and waited for Nancy to come out.

When she reappeared, she had restored her beautiful and graceful demeanor.

Now, I was 100% sure that a woman’s so-called grace could be deceiving.

At least, Nancy had deceived me in the worst way possible in my past life.

Jackson lit a cigarette with a smirk and said, “Old friend, you’ve got to let it go. You can’t hold onto a woman’s heart if she doesn’t want to stay.”

I had to admit, Jackson had spoken a truth.

He was absolutely right; my goddess of a wife had already had a change of heart.

At this point, Nancy looked at me and asked, “I want to know how you found out... about me coming here?”

Of course, I couldn’t betray Bryan. I didn’t want to answer the question at first, but worried she might suspect Bryan, I said seriously, “I just saw it by chance...”

“You were following me?” She sounded furious.

I was speechless.

I said, “You’re my wife, not just my girlfriend without any legal ties. I was worried someone might be trying to deceive you!”

“You should worry about yourself!”

She gave me a look of disdain.

I knew that this disdain was her true face. I didn’t argue further; the priority now was to get her to agree to a divorce.

Only then could I protect my project, my company, and all of my wealth!

I had to remember that in my previous life, my business partner had met a tragic end.

As I recall, he committed suicide by jumping off a building.

At that time, our online mobile game project was in full swing, progressing very smoothly.

Mr. Garette Fisher had absolute trust in me.

I held a 30% stake, and he held 70%.

Our project was scheduled to launch in three months.

But then, something happened on my end.

My wife took all the confidential information about our project, including the original files, and gave them to Jackson.

Jackson, being as sharp as he was, immediately recognized this as a golden opportunity to ruin me and ensure I never recovered.

He quickly assembled 20 elite staff, including 9 senior programmers, and worked through the night.

In the end, their company announced this groundbreaking mobile game to the world.

The concept trailer for the game caused a global sensation upon its release.

It was then that I learned the truth.

I finally woke up, but it was too late.

I quickly contacted Garette to file a lawsuit together.

However, the other side was well-prepared, and our chances of winning were slim.

During the lawsuit, I received news that Jackson’s father, Jeff Chapman, had died!

Jeff was a shrewd businessman, but in his later years, his greed led him to expand his company too quickly, which caused the financial chain to break.

In other words, without my hard-earned mobile game project, Jackson would never have been able to get rich so quickly, nor would he have been able to fix his father’s broken financial chain. Without Nancy’s help in stealing my project, he would have accomplished nothing.

But in my previous life, the outcome was that Jackson miraculously got rich overnight!

After losing the lawsuit, Garette and I could only watch as Jackson got filthy rich.

Jackson then promised to marry Nancy.

And it was only then that Nancy asked me for a divorce.

I was filled with rage, so consumed by it that I did something stupid.

I actually went to confront Jackson alone.

Showing up to curse and fight.

It was pointless after losing the lawsuit.

But when I heard the news of Garette’s death, I couldn’t hold back my anger any longer.

I stormed over in a rage, only to find them tangled up in each other at a five-star hotel, lost in their passionate affair.

Then, a scuffle broke out. I was outnumbered, one against two, and I couldn’t win.

In the end, Jackson crippled me, breaking my leg. And when I was completely helpless, Nancy pushed me off the building!

That was how I ended up being reborn today.

I knew that in this life, I would make sure that the good people around me, like Garette and Bryan, would get rich alongside me.

And I would make sure that the bad people, like Nancy and Jackson, paid the price.

When we arrived at the courthouse, we were surprised to see four other couples there, all filing for divorce on the same day.

Nancy snorted coldly and said, “Busy day.”

Then she turned to me and asked, “What about Mia?”

Mia was my beloved daughter.

But with the memories of two lifetimes, I recalled what Nancy and Jackson had told me – Mia wasn’t biologically related to me; her real father was Jackson!

So I said, “I think it’s necessary to get a paternity test.”

Hearing me say this, Nancy was clearly flustered.

She never expected me to suspect Mia.

Of course, she knew Mia’s real father was Jackson.

Now, seeing the determination in my eyes, she realized she was in the wrong and said, “I think we should just forget it. Mia will stay with me; she has nothing to do with you.”

I chuckled.

Bryan, who was standing next to me, suddenly realized something, and with him were the lawyer and the assistant in charge of filming.

He shouted angrily, “You woman, how could you be so–”

But I waved my hand, stopping Bryan.

I was worried that Nancy would stubbornly refuse to divorce, which would delay the wealth distribution after my mobile game project’s success.

So, I deliberately offered her relatively generous terms.

Mia would stay with her, and I would give her one of our houses. She could take her belongings, and from then on, we would have nothing to do with each other.

Nancy clearly hadn’t expected me to offer her the house in the good school district, so she was thrilled and said, “Alright, just don’t go back on your word!”

Jackson was also there, and he sneered, “Well, your husband’s being pretty good to you.”

His eyes were filled with disdain.

But looking at Jackson, I knew that in three months, his financial situation would be a complete mess.