1961, on an island.
Lin Chaosheng lay on the hard wooden bed, a musty smell mixed with the fishy smell of the sea wafting into his nose.
Where is this?
Lin Chaosheng was in a daze, thinking that he had been diagnosed with a terminal illness in his seventies and had nothing left but to compete with beggars for shelter under bridges.
Last night he got beaten up and managed to snag a spot under a bridge that smelled sour and stinky. How come things have changed now?
Lin Chaosheng opened his eyes and was completely stunned.
"Where...where am I?"
The room in front of me wasn't big, and most of the plaster on the walls had fallen off. There was also a poster of a great man on the wall, and the wick of the kerosene lamp had long since gone out.
Most importantly, this isn't the bridge underpass he stayed under last night!
Lin Chaosheng panicked and quickly got off the hard wooden bed.
"Huh? My body... how come I've become younger?"
Lin Chaosheng looked at his arms and legs, and even jumped around a couple of times, feeling that his body was full of inexhaustible strength.
He looked at the body's left hand. When he was a child, he went fishing with his father and was pinched by a crab. The scar was still with him when he was over seventy years old.
And now this body even has it!
A bold idea began to take root in his mind.
Could it be that he... was reborn?
The thought suddenly popped into Lin Chaosheng's mind, and he immediately started searching around the room, finally spotting the calendar on the wall.
"July 1, 1961, isn't that the day I sold my sister-in-law Liang Fu?!"
"It was on this very day that Liang Mei became completely heartbroken over me. She sneaked out in the middle of the night to find Liang Fu, only to be assaulted by that scumbag..."
When Lin Chaosheng thought of his wife Liang Mei and sister-in-law Liang Fu, regret washed over him like a tidal wave.
He will never forget this day in his life!
In his past life, he had a beautiful and capable wife named Liang Mei, whom many people envied, but unfortunately he was never satisfied.
Taking advantage of Liang Mei's diligence and competence, she actually developed a gambling addiction!
He won a few times at first, but later he lost almost everything every time and ended up with a mountain of high-interest loans...
To pay off his gambling debts, he sold everything he could in his home, and even absconded with his parents' medical money, leaving the elderly couple with no medicine to take, and they both committed suicide by jumping into the sea!
After being violated by that scumbag, his wife Liang Mei returned home intending to die with him, but to her surprise, he wasn't home.
When he heard the news that his house was on fire, he rushed back and only saw Liang Mei lying in the fire, cursing him.
What was he thinking at the time?
Oh right, he was thinking, "Good riddance, what a burden!" He even felt sorry that Liang Mei had actually committed suicide by self-immolation at home, otherwise the house could have been sold for a good price to pay off his gambling debts.
Lin Chaosheng slapped himself twice, his eyes red with anger.
Their village is located on an island, and its full name is Haishi Village.
Because of its coastal location, most of the villagers are fishermen who make a living by catching seafood.
Most families were lucky to have enough to eat at the end of the year, but he was led astray and developed a gambling addiction.
Looking back now, it was incredibly foolish!
Unfortunately, he was ignorant in his previous life and sold his sister-in-law Liang Fu into the mountains in order to pay off his gambling debts.
Just because that man could offer a dowry of 40 yuan!
But after Liang Fu "married" into the family, they lost all contact. That same night, his wife Liang Mei "committed suicide" at home.
That's right. In his past life, he didn't know that Liang Mei wanted to drag him down with her; he only thought she was committing suicide.
At the time, the villagers all gossiped about him, cursing him for selling his sister-in-law and killing his wife to pay off his gambling debts.
His younger brother even married into the family of the village chief in the next village in order to raise money for his bride price. That family treated his brother like an animal, and he was worked to death the following year.
Later, I heard from some men in the village who went out to buy sex that they saw Liang Fu in a brothel and that they could sleep with her if they paid money.
He was inwardly mocking the woman for being so cheap, and even thought about saving up enough money to patronize her someday. But a few days later, he heard the news that Liang Fu had committed suicide.
Thinking of this, Lin Chaosheng's eyes were already brimming with tears.
He absolutely hated himself!
But unexpectedly, fate gave him another chance to start over...
Looking at his hands, Lin Chaosheng decided that from this moment on, he would rewrite his tragic and miserable fate from his previous life!
"Ding—Detected that the soul has suddenly awakened. Binding in progress!"
"Host Lin Chaosheng, congratulations on binding with the Beast Taming System."
Immediately afterwards, an information panel emitting a blue glow appeared in front of Lin Chaosheng:
Name: Lin Chaosheng
Age: 19
Today's luck rating: 15
[Catch Points: 0]
[Function: Luck value refreshes daily, ranging from 0-99. The higher the value, the higher the ocean's favor for the day, and the catch will be automatically converted into fishing points. Fishing points can be used to form contracts with ocean creature partners (Sea Spirits)]
[None of the Sea Spirits have been contracted with yet]
"Note that when your luck value for the day is greater than 50, there is a certain probability that 'Tidal Gift' will be triggered, which will automatically attract rare marine creatures to the host without causing any danger."
After the system finished explaining, Lin Chaosheng instantly gained a general understanding of the system.
Before he could even get excited, he heard a woman crying outside the door.
Immediately afterwards, the wooden door was pushed open, and a pretty, voluptuous woman knelt down in front of him.
"Chaosheng, I beg you! Please don't sell Xiaofu, okay? I can still earn money, I can work three jobs a day..."
Liang Mei was beautiful. In those years when people generally couldn't get enough to eat, women were all pale and thin.
However, the two Liang sisters were both exceptionally beautiful. Liang Mei, as the eldest sister, not only had a full figure, but her skin was also as smooth as tofu.
She had a pair of big, bright eyes that would normally evoke pity in anyone just by looking at them, let alone now that she was kneeling in front of him begging.
"Please, Xiao Fu isn't even 18 yet, and that man isn't a decent person... Chao Sheng, you can hit me, you can scold me, or... or you can sell me!"
Seeing his wife pleading with him, Lin Chaosheng instinctively reached out to help her up.
But to his surprise, as soon as he reached out, Liang Mei immediately withdrew her hand and shrank into a ball.
“I,” Lin Chaosheng said, his throat dry. In his past life, he often hit Liang Mei. “I won’t hit you.”
Liang Mei stared at him with wide eyes, seemingly unable to believe what he was saying.
"Not only will I not hit you, I also won't sell Xiao Fu."
"Are you... are you telling the truth?"
Liang Mei felt like she was dreaming.
Lin Chaosheng felt a pang of pain in his heart when he saw her expression, but resolving the issue of his sister-in-law being sold was urgent.
"Where's the forty yuan dowry I brought back yesterday? Give it to me first!"
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