If Shen Lang had been given a choice, he probably would not have asked for wealth, power, or immortality.
A normal life would have been enough.
The irony is that he spends most of his first life being denied exactly that.
A single accident takes away the face he was once proud of and quietly changes everything that follows. People still praise his achievements, still admire his medical skill, still place awards and honors in his hands, but admiration from a distance is not the same thing as being accepted. While others build families, fall in love, and move on with their lives, Shen Lang buries himself in work. Years become decades, hospitals replace homes, and saving strangers gradually turns into the only thing he does well.
By the time his life finally comes to an end, there is very little left for him to regret except the fact that he never really lived it for himself.
Then he wakes up somewhere else.
The good news is that his wish comes true.
The bad news is that wishes have a habit of arriving with fine print attached.
His new body belongs to a young man whose reputation is somehow even worse than his own had been. Handsome enough to turn heads wherever he goes, yet mocked for being useless, sheltered, and incapable of handling even the simplest responsibilities, the original Shen Lang is the kind of person others talk about rather than listen to. Few expect anything from him, which would honestly be convenient if his life were not already tangled up in problems he did not create.
A wealthy household that does not truly accept him, relatives with their own interests, endless gossip, and people waiting for him to embarrass himself again, none of it looks particularly welcoming.
Fortunately, appearances can be deceiving.
The same people who see a pretty face and an empty head have no idea that the man standing in front of them spent a lifetime surviving situations far more difficult than social ridicule. Shen Lang is not interested in proving himself to everyone he meets, nor does he dream of becoming some legendary figure. Compared to the ambitions of most protagonists, his goals are surprisingly modest.
He wants comfort.
He wants freedom.
He wants to enjoy the second chance he somehow received.
Unfortunately, the world around him seems determined to make even those simple desires difficult.
What starts as the story of a man trying to secure a peaceful life gradually turns into something larger, filled with schemes, unexpected opportunities, dangerous rivals, and enough misunderstandings to make Shen Lang wonder whether fate is playing another joke on him.
After all, being handsome is nice.
It just turns out that it creates problems nobody warned him about.
