After rebirth, I changed my college
entrance examination application, and she panicked
Chapter 1
Thirty years I was married to Joy, and right up
until the day I died in that car wreck, I never
heard her say “I love you.”
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Not even when I was about to kick the bucket
could Joy spare a day to come see me one last
time.
I regretted it, regretted loving her all those
years.
Before I went, Joy’s daughter asked if I had any
last words for her.
I just shook my head, and muttered, “If I could
go back to filling out those college applications,
I’d never go to the same school as your mom.”
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7:20
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With that, full of resentment and regret, I closed
my eyes.
Maybe the Man Upstairs took pity on me,
‘cause I woke up right back on application day.
I immediately changed my choices, picked the
college I’d always dreamed of, and put as much
distance between myself and Joy as possible.
But wouldn’t you know it? First day of school,
before I even got through the gates, a familiar
figure pinned me against the wall.
Tears welling up, she looked at me, all
heartbroken.
“Honey, in another life, our daughter said you
didn’t want to go to college with me. Was that
the truth?”
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7:20
I sat in front of the computer, staring at the college application website.
I checked the date again, shaking my head in disbelief.
After confirming it multiple times, I finally
accepted that it was true.
I’d been reborn on the day I filled out my college applications after graduation.
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Since fate had given me another shot, there
was no way I was repeating my past mistakes.
I glanced at the texts I’d sent Joy on my phone.
“Hey Joy, what schools are you applying to?”
“Answer me! I really want to go to the same
school as you. I want to be with you all the
time.”
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7:20
A dozen messages like that, and she only
replied with four words.
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“Will you just give it a rest? I don’t want to go
to the same school as you.”
Reading those messages, I just chuckled bitterly.
Knowing how unhappy I’d been with her for
decades, I couldn’t believe I’d chased after her for so long when I was younger.
They say once you finally win someone over,
you’re not a simp anymore, you’re just being
devoted. That’s pure bull.
Back then, Joy and I were childhood
sweethearts. I was a year older, and I’d liked her
since I was a kid, always following her around.
I started chasing her in high school.
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I kept at it until college graduation before she
finally agreed to be with me.
But it wasn’t her choice.
Our families were old friends.
Our grandfathers knew each other, even
became blood brothers. Both were business families.
But Joy’s parents died in a car accident.
Since there was nobody to run the family
business, outsiders started circling.
In the end, my parents helped her family keep things afloat.
Before he passed, her grandfather worried about the relationship between our families.
So he wanted Joy to marry me, to keep the
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But Joy had a boyfriend then, the popular guy
at school.
