Love? The Reborn Me Just Wants to Obtain Rewards-Chapter 882 - 368 Awakening with a Start

After dinner, as everyone sat chatting in the pavilion, Li Jiaqi still seemed utterly distracted.

"What’s wrong with you?" Zhang Dayi teased with a chuckle, "Did Mr. Su stew you?"

Such an old joke...

The hardest thing for Su Huai to adapt to after his rebirth was these ancient, cold jokes that occasionally popped out of people’s mouths. Every time he heard them, he felt completely out of sync with his own thinking.

But the most satisfying part of rebirth was also this—it made him truly ahead of and distinct from this era.

Li Jiaqi shook his head and smiled bitterly: "No, I was deeply educated and moved. How should I put it? It feels like I was suddenly enlightened, and now I’ve transitioned from muddling along to realizing there’s a better path ahead."

"Whoa, that’s dramatic! Are you planning to cling tightly to Mr. Su’s coattails and follow him to the grave?"

Some probing questions are best delivered as jokes.

Zhang Dayi understood this well, and Li Jiaqi was no slouch either.

He nodded earnestly: "Yes, following Mr. Su, I feel I can learn so much. Even though we’ve only interacted a couple of times, each time has been rewarding."

This was a very positive signal of alignment, and Su Huai’s preparations didn’t go to waste.

As for Li Jiaqi, how could one put it?

Later, he did get carried away—because he made too much money, and no one could hold him down.

But the essence of this person wasn’t bad—not evasive of taxes, not politically charged, not indulgent in luxury, incredibly driven, as if money was the only thing that mattered in his life.

He was fundamentally different from other disgraced influencers.

The key lay in the fact that, previously, he had been lost and struggling for too long—always working hard but never seeing a future. Suddenly, he was catapulted by the zeitgeist into success, too fast for any real grounding.

On one hand, he felt deeply insecure, desperately wanting to seize every possible opportunity to earn more;

On the other hand, he was blinded by success, believing everything he had now was purely the result of his own hard work.

"I fought tooth and nail to earn my current position, so people who don’t work as hard as I did have no right to criticize me."

"I’m the best, you’re all useless."

A typical lack of a materialist perspective—not understanding that success arises from the push of the times combined with individual effort, and placing oneself on a pedestal.

In his past life, Su Huai had worked no less hard than anyone else; he just hadn’t found the right direction or waited for the right momentum.

But, in retrospect, even earning over 20,000 yuan a month was already above average—in any industry other than MCN, it would’ve been impossible.

At the end of the day, it was still a windfall of the era.

Grumbling and blaming the heavens? Completely unwarranted.

After his rebirth, Su Huai frequently reflected on his former thoughts and actions, working to shift his mindset in a better direction. He personally verified that this approach worked.

So, all those scoldings Li Jiaqi got—he deserved them, an entirely self-inflicted mess, and nothing deserving pity.

Yet compared to other influencers, he was still salvageable.

Li Jiaqi’s biggest problem after becoming arrogant was his tendency to talk too carelessly—a casual lewd joke here and there, thinking he was witty, when really it stemmed from a growing contempt for everyone else—a glaring lack of cultural refinement.

While he’s still young and not yet fully successful, why not steer him in the right direction?

In pivotal stages, people are incredibly moldable. During periods of dramatic shifts in worldview, the presence or absence of guidance makes all the difference.

As for the real trash? Su Huai wouldn’t even bother with them.

No matter how much money they raked in, he wouldn’t look at them with a shred of respect.

Among all the trashy influencers, seeing Luo Taijun making money was what infuriated Su Huai the most. Damn, it’s already 2025—how are people still buying from this guy?

Back when Luo Taijun occasionally tweeted with phrases like "just that person" and "idiotic Dongda ancestry," Su Huai had personally downloaded Weibo to curse at him with "I CNML your DXB."

He’d barely finished celebrating Luo Taijun’s bankruptcy when, two days later—what the hell?!—the guy made his way back to fortune as a livestream host?

This disgusted Su Huai to the point that he lost his appetite for several days.

In this lifetime, he’d finally have the satisfaction of settling the score.

Use bots to roast him to death now?

No need.

Wait for the right moment—Douyin must sign him exclusively, for ten years, with astronomical penalty fees for breach of contract. Agree to everything he wants before signing; once his debut stream launches, the game begins.

Throttle his traffic, flood him with 300,000 troll accounts spewing toxicity, block every real viewer from entering. Let’s see how many years he can stick it out before begging on the streets.

If Zhang Yiming dares not cooperate, Su Huai would cash out all his shares and start a fight.

Last lifetime, he was nothing, powerless to act. This time around, could he still let these people disgust him?

That’s why, see, Su Huai always knew where he stood—who was usable and who wasn’t worth helping. His scale was perfectly balanced.

In fact, if Li Jiaqi still didn’t change his ways, feigning compliance but secretly resisting, Su Huai wouldn’t hesitate to ruin him—retrieving everything that was his wouldn’t be a big deal.

The contracts had strict terms protecting public image and prohibiting violations of social norms. Zhang Dayi now didn’t even dare accept Prince Jiang’s advances; small fry like Li would certainly be just as manageable.

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"Hahahaha!"

Suddenly, Zhang Dayi burst into uncontrollable laughter, leaving everyone baffled.

Not until she finished laughing did she straighten her posture and seriously say, "Having someone whose words you can truly hear and be deeply touched by is actually such a blessing."

"At our level, the hardest thing to bear is really loneliness.

"Before, I’d often have all sorts of negative emotions and doubts pop into my head, with no one to share them with and no answers to be found. I could only digest it all slowly on my own."

"But it’s different now; whenever my emotions are off or I have a problem, I immediately video call Su Huai. After chatting for a while, oh, turns out there’s another way to look at this."