Rebirth: Riding the Waves of a New Era

“Those jet-black eyes and your smiling face—I just can't forget you…” Wu Ya hummed the tune of Tong Anger's "Love Song 90" as he flew like the wind into a dust-choked alleyway.

Beneath him, the battered bicycle—whose bell was the only thing that didn’t rattle—was pedaled so hard it nearly fell apart.

On his ears, he wore a pair of headphones padded with foam.

At his waist, a tiny cassette player was clipped on.

It was 1990.

These were the must-have accessories of that era.

Suddenly—

Bang!

With a thunderous crash, Wu Ya was flung into the air and slammed headfirst into a wall.

Blood streamed down his face.

“You little bastard, are you in such a hurry to be reborn?” The furious curse of a middle-aged man echoed as Wu Ya’s consciousness faded away.

That year, Wu Ya was eighteen.

But he fell victim to a brand-new kind of scam—

Staged accident fraud.

“What… is this…” Wu Ya groggily forced his eyelids open.

A swollen-eyed face swam into view.

His mother!

Wu Ya snapped awake in an instant.

But before he could process what was happening—

“Ya'er is awake! Go call the doctor!” His mother caught the faintest movement from him.

His father rushed off at once, dashing toward the nurses' station.

“Something’s not right!” Wu Ya shook his head sharply.

Twenty years ago, both his parents had already passed away!

But now—

How could they be standing before him, alive and well?

He looked around.

The mottled w