Nanshu

1- asking money from a rich girl.

2- buying houses on soon to be demolished places for the money compensation.

3- Starting a web forum for university and selling ad spaces.

4- Online shopping website.

This is a story of a pe*verted man in a boy's body who has been traumatized by relationships. His first love used him as a backup and had been leading him on for literal years (was it 7?) before cutting him off in an unexpected and sudden way. He had given up on actual love already at that point. He forced himself to go on blind dates and date in his 30s and found someone he thought was okay, only for her to blindside him by asking for 300, 000 in bride price. His savings were no where near this and he had bad health conditions from earning what he already had. He left on a bad note in utter despair and doubt. Was this kind of life worth the efforts of his entire family? Worth not seeing his grandmother for the last time? This is the mood he had when going back to the past. Money is his obsession. Love is his enemy.

The female protagonist is not as naive as she acts in front of him, just like she is not as cold as she acted in front of their high school classmates. She does behave like she has the mentality and s*xual knowledge of an innocent child, but that does not make it true. She grew up in a troubled wealthy environment where she became independent much earlier than most children. I am in chapter 279 now and her driver strongly implies at her actual intelligence level to the protagonist before she appears to interrupt them. This was not the first time he had caught her in the act or even the first sign that her ignorance is feigned. Does she actually believe what she is touching in his lap while he is on a call is his "phone"? Ha. What stood out to me most was actually something she said one of the times he directly asks her if she is really as silly as she seems and says, in an affirmative way, that she is actually quite smart. She panics and the first words that slip out are "Don't be afraid." She reassures him that she is really truly "that silly." What is important in this scene is that she is not panicking about being caught in a deception. She is worried about triggering his trauma. Nothing more than that phrase "Don't be afraid" confirmed to me more that she is completely aware of his distrust toward relationships and playing along with his 'just friends' rhetoric. She knows he needs to justify any advancements in their relationship under a false band of friendship and is likely to be actively encouraging this mindset with the way she sneakily researches for more things "good friends" can do together. She recognizes his boundaries and works within them. He is the frog getting boiled in warm water in this scenario. His age provides him no extra defense against this subtle approach whatsoever.

So yes, lots of young girls attracted by an older man in a younger man's body. Yes, the old man checks them out sometimes. He is not interested in doing more than looking. Yes, he can't resist touching a girl he builds a sincere connection with when she literally places herself in his grasp. There is definitely some perversion (he has a big time foot fetish), but definitely not a story of him taking advantage of young girls using his life experience. If anything, he tries again and again to trick the female lead into NOT getting in a relationship with him. This is a story of restraint starring a man who does not have much actual resistance when he actually comes to like a girl despite all of his self-deception and denial. It is pretty obvious he knows that he isn't fooling anyone, but also that bro is just not ready to discard that label of friendship. And this state of denial goes on for a long, long time. Because the story really does focus mainly on his businesses, and in great detail.

The story comes off as playful but there is an underlying and realistic melancholy to it. One example is a moment where he takes a moment to just watch his roommates enthusiastically enjoying their youth and college life, unlike him who is already focusing on work. That really brought some questions to mind. Is he truly making the most of his rebirth? Is money really that important? Is he sacrificing the things he lost in the first life again in a different way? His mother comments, barely a few chapters later, that he has not taken the initiative to call his family for months. He is rightfully proud of his accomplishments, but there is an underlying tone from the very beginning of the book that he is not striking a proper work-life balance. He see-saws to extremes on either side whether in the previous or the current life. As a reader I feel the author may want us to consider that time is limited and that we must not miss what is truly most important by getting too focused on one or the other.

what I really dissatisfy is

about character I really pity chu siqi cuz as far as jealous she is, I really want to see her got a little happy ending and move on from MC

About MC business it really go too smoth no competition at all that just make it a bit blend, well I know and all he's rebirth but it just gone to well.... So yeah

The ending is good but I feel life something is missing like I wish all characters can meet up before ending cuz it the last time we saw them but it still good nothingness

Relationships is the best one among book I read so far it similar to "ending maker" that MC clinging to each other and fell in love

Author still don't show us proper reason of rebirth I kinda guess it since beginning but it still a little disappointed

Overall it a great story about romance and showoff can't say I will be re-read it but it definitely have a place in my heart

Also, although he made his bounderies clear to other women, he still kept checking out other women and watching p*rn and admitted that he would hate it if it was reciprocale (if she did it). What really made me uncomfortable was how the FL gave him a BJ without his consent when he passed out drunk. This was not consensual and was s*xual assault to me. It was creepy and really not needed.

The bad point is like, any stakes are immediately taken off because he got. A millionaire jade beauty in love with him, so the main driving force is off, like at this point is just him being an ass because he got wronged by being led on for 7 years by a girl, which is also part of his fault. I don't like how the story takes out all fault from the MC, "he didn't do any wrong, he is a badass now" bs, and the idea that I don't like is that this story lacks a main point, at this point on the story (ch 98) the author starts to play with the idea to change the story into more romance focus, trying to tackle the romance aspect of MC, but its so slow

the way I see it, MC got so traumatized on chasing his crush that he developed a defense mechanism of fearing to be in a relationship. This manifested when he and the fML relationship slowly developed to more than being a friend, he still try to convince her (when in fact it's he himself he is trying to convince) that it's just a step up lvl of friendship. The girl seem to notice it and just play along with him by acting innocent, playful and s*upid. You could tell that at this point, it's her who is trying to court the MC, not the other way around, and I find that comedic because the MC is clueless, and wholesome because of how understanding and considerate she is with his trauma.

His former crush is definitely the prime victim of this but he moves on, eventually reducing her appearance rate.