The Regressed Man’s Second Life

He doesn't remember why he died alone. Cha Minjae’s first life ended in a gutter, broke, betrayed, and forgotten. The memories of how he got there are shattered fragments: a contract signed in desperation, a face he can’t quite recall, a silence that swallowed him whole. When death came, he welcomed it. Then the system appeared. “You died with nothing. But you can have a second chance and live it to its fullest. Do you agree?” He said yes. Now he’s back in his school days, armed with a cold interface that tracks every financial move and a happiness index that refuses to explain itself. The system pushes him toward wealth, but it keeps unlocking old wounds, photographs that shouldn’t exist, names that whisper from his past, and a question that haunts every step: Who destroyed him the first time? Among the classmates he once ignored are two who will become his foundation: Yoon Jaeha, a brilliant strategist whose rivalry once hid a potential friendship; and Seo Junghoo, whose gentle loyalty was the one thing Minjae pushed away. And then there is Yoo Seola. Quiet and self‑reliant, with walls as high as his own. In his past life, she was a background shadow he never noticed. Now her small gestures, a glance held too long, and a question left unanswered ignite something he doesn’t dare name. But Seola carries secrets of her own, and the deeper he falls, the more he suspects that her silence and his forgotten past are tangled together. As Minjae builds an empire from nothing, he must unravel the mystery of his first ruin before history repeats itself. The system promises happiness, but its true price may be the one thing he’s never risked: His heart.