July 7, 2018, 10:28 am, Shanghai Yusheng Hotel.

Tao Mu stepped on the edge of the rooftop. It's a hot summer day with strong winds. If you lower your head slightly, you can see a long red dragon made up of red supercars in the middle of the city cut by reinforced concrete, slowly approaching the hotel along the winding streets.

Tao Mu stared at the convoy steadily, his eyes seemed to be able to penetrate the cold red iron sheets and see Shen Yu and the Shen family sitting in the wedding car.

The phone in his pocket kept chirping, and Tao Mu answered the call expressionlessly. Damao's pleading voice came through the receiver: "Brother Mu, I beg you, can we reconsider this? Don't be so impulsive——"

"I'm not impulsive." Tao Mu lowered his head. All the creatures under his feet were like ants. The wind was blowing fiercely in his ears. He could vaguely see the arranged wedding scene and the crowd downstairs.

"I have thought it over carefully." Tao Mu said with certainty. He curled his lips in a playful manner: "What do you think the Shen family will look like when they see my body?"

He was really curious. In order to protect an outsider like Shen Yu, the Shen family members were so cold and indifferent to him, their own son, and even accused him harshly. Would they regret kicking him out of the Shen family when they saw his bloody corpse?

"Brother Mu——"

Tao Mu turned a deaf ear to Damao's disapproving pleas: "...Speaking of which, I have to thank you for tipping me off. If it weren't for you, I would have been tricked by that bastard Zhuo Yan. I'm really wondering, what's so good about Shen Yu's pretty boy? Everyone who sees him is obsessed with him. You said Zhuo Yan has been with me for three or four years, right? In order to please me, he also tripped Shen Yu up. Why is he suddenly so in love with that pretty boy now, and dares to play Infernal Affairs in front of me?"

"Brother Mu——"

"But it's okay this way. After all, it makes me realize that there's nothing good about this crazy world." Tao Mu chuckled. He really couldn't understand why all the people he cared about would end up falling in love with Shen Yu, the guy who had taken over his position.

"How come there is nothing to be nostalgic about? Brother Mu, you are rich, capable and handsome. There are plenty of good people waiting for you in this world. Why do you want to hang yourself for such a rotten tree?" Damao's earnest plea came from the phone. I really can't understand why Tao Mu has come to this point today: "Where are you, stop making trouble, okay?"

Stop it? !

Tao Mu sneered: "Wang Ye, are you annoyed with me too? Do you think I shouldn't fight with Shen Yu?" But why? After all, he is the son of the Shen family, and everything Shen Yu has should belong to him. He just wanted to take back what belonged to him and make Shen Yu, the high and mighty favored one, taste the humiliation and suffering he had endured. How could that be considered a heinous crime?

Wang Ye was stunned. Over the years, Tao Mu had never called him by his full name in private conversations.

Wang Ye felt a strong sense of uneasiness in his heart: "I didn't! Tao Mu, don't change the subject, you know I won't hate you. I will never hate you in my life. We are good brothers, including Xiaopang, Feng Yuan, all of us, have always been on your side."

Too. Tao Mu was willing to believe what Wang Ye said. It's a pity that those who like him don't have a good ending. Maybe the Shen family was right, Tao Mu was a disaster. The closer you are to him, the more unlucky you are.

"... Zhuo Yan wanted to frame me for short selling, but I played the same trick on him. Now he is the one who lost more than a billion from short selling. By the way, I kicked him in the vitals before I left. I guess he will have to stay in prison as a eunuch for the rest of his life. Remember to make arrangements so that Zhuo Yan and Xiao Yuan stay in the same prison. This can be considered as my revenge for Xiao Pang..."

Tao Mu chuckled and looked up at the scorching sun. The sun is very bright today, just like the sunny day when he found out that he is the son of the Shen family. "I still have 40 million left in my account. Please transfer 10 million of it to the orphanage's account. Please give the other 10 million and my properties in Shanghai to Feng Yuan when he gets out of prison. Tell him that I, as his brother, am sorry for him. There are 20 million left, so keep it for yourself. It's not a lot of money, but it's just a token of my appreciation as a brother. After all, your company is just starting out. I can't help you with anything. Also, I have repaired the graves of Xiaopang and the dean, so remember to burn a few sticks of incense for them every Qingming Festival..."

"Tao Mu!" Wang Ye on the other side of the phone was almost mad: "Where are you? Don't talk nonsense to me. I don't want to listen. I want to know where you are now?"

"Da Mao," Tao Mu interrupted Wang Ye: "Since you still regard me as a brother, listen to my last words. No one cared about me when I was alive, and I don't want to be unhappy after I die. Remember, in this life, since I was not recognized by the Shen family when I was alive, there is no need to be buried in the Shen family tomb after I die. Just build a new tomb for me next to Xiao Pang and the dean. I have bought the cemetery myself."

"Tao Mu!" After hearing Tao Mu's last words, Wang Ye was so angry that he almost went crazy: "Don't be so stubborn, okay? Who said no one cares about you? Who said no one recognizes you? In fact, you don't know that the Shen family and Shen Yu care about you very much. Aren't you always curious about how I found out that Zhuo Yan betrayed you? Then I tell you, it was Shen Yu who told me personally."

Tao Mu was startled when he heard this.

Damao's voice came from the other end of the phone: "...Shen Yu said that Zhuo Yan was pestering him like crazy, and he also said something crazy that you would be punished. Shen Yu was worried that something might happen to you, so he quietly notified me to remind you. He was afraid that you would be angry, and he sternly told us not to tell you. And when we were dealing with Zhuo Yan, it was the Shen family and Shen Yu's friends who dug a hole for Zhuo Yan and caused trouble for him everywhere, so that he had no energy to pay attention to our actions..."

In other words, Tao Mu was able to successfully fight back against Zhuo Yan, the man next to him, and Shen Yu and his admirers, as well as the Shen family who had kicked him out of the Shen family, actually played an indispensable role.

"Hahahahahaha..." Tao Mu covered his face and laughed out loud. This Shen Yu is indeed still that saintly person who does good deeds without expecting anything in return. But why should Tao Mu bear Shen Yu's kindness?

"You also think I should accept his kindness?" Tao Mu stood on the rooftop and roared hysterically: "But don't forget, if it weren't for Shen Yu occupying the magpie's nest, I, Tao Mu, would not be here today. He took my life, he owes me. And the Shen family, since they look down on me, why do they still care about my affairs? Just because Shen Yu asked them to help... Have they really forgotten who their biological son is?"

A gust of wind blew across the rooftop, and Tao Mu's heart suddenly tightened, and he felt so painful that he almost suffocated: "You are right, I am just being stubborn, I just can't figure it out. Why do you all like Shen Yu, why do I have to suffer so much on behalf of Shen Yu? Why is everything Shen Yu does wrong to me? In what way am I inferior to him?"

Tao Mu almost roared to vent his anger at the end.

"Tao Mu——"

"Stop talking, I don't want to listen." Tao Mu threw the phone away, looking down at the downstairs with red eyes, and took a step forward -

He actually lived a very confused life. He should have been a young master born with a silver spoon in his mouth, but due to the hospital's negligence he was taken away by mistake. Abandoned in a rented house by his adoptive mother who could not bear hardship, he grew up in an orphanage. After finally finding his roots, the Shen family despised him in every way. Even when he was in a relationship, that bastard Zhuo Yan could fall in love with someone else. Everyone complained that he was too stubborn and too nitpicky, saying that he couldn't see clearly, couldn't afford to lose, couldn't bear to give up, and couldn't let go. But everyone has forgotten. What he cannot see through is fate; what he cannot afford to lose is luck; what he cannot bear to give up is blood ties; what he cannot let go of is everything he should have.

The wedding convoy consisting of red supercars slowly stopped at the hotel entrance. Surrounded by relatives, friends, media reporters and a large number of fans on both sides, China's top star who had just won the Best Actor title, Shen Group's adopted son Shen Yu and his same-sex partner, the international triple-award winner Yan Sheng, smiled and stepped out of the wedding car. They stood hand in hand in front of the long red carpet.

The media reporters and fans who had been waiting outside the hotel rushed forward despite the bodyguards' attempts to stop them, and the flash lights turned their eyes into a silver-white ocean. The wedding scene was comparable to a red carpet show, and the deafening screams of fans almost pierced through the sky and reached the heavens.

"Shen Yu, we love you!"

"You must be happy!"

"Shen Yu, you deserve the best!"

"Yan Sheng, you must take good care of our prince!"

“…”

With the sincere blessings of all his relatives, friends and fans, the newly crowned movie emperor, who is as refined, elegant and noble as the little prince in a fairy tale, smiled brightly, holding his partner's arm and looking up with a brilliant smile. At the same time, the handsome and mature Yan Sheng also lowered his head, looking at the love of his life tenderly and lovingly.

The two of them smiling at each other was carefully captured by the media reporters. If nothing unexpected happens, this scene will remain on the front page of the domestic entertainment section for the next few days. However, just as the two newlyweds were slowly walking down the red carpet surrounded by their new friends and all their fans, a loud noise broke the happy and sweet atmosphere.

A figure in a white suit fell from the sky and landed squarely on the front of the red carpet near the steps - the distance seemed to have been carefully calculated. Soon, blood redder than the red carpet spread everywhere, and the shocking red color stained the originally white suit into a bloody mess. Everywhere you look, you see a once vibrant person ending his or her life in the most cruel way.

“Aaaaaaaaaaaa—”

All the guests and fans attending the wedding were caught off guard and screamed in shock, while the dedicated media reporters reacted immediately and swarmed forward to take pictures.

Only the Shen family members gathered around Shen Yu thought of something and their faces changed. Mother Shen, who had always been pampered, elegant and dignified, pushed aside a group of reporters and stumbled into the crowd.

After a moment, a shrill cry came out from the frequent shutter sounds and flashes: "Xiao Mu——"

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[That Tao Mu is really disgusting. He refused to let our little prince go even if he died. He actually jumped from the hotel building on the wedding day, scaring our prince so much that he fell into a coma and was hospitalized. Why would the author write such a plot? It's simply like mixing sugar with shit! 】

Who, who is speaking?

[Vicious cannon fodder!] Its main function is to promote the development of the plot. If it weren't for such a character, this book would just be a brainless sweet pet story without even any plot ups and downs. Now that he's dead, everything is over, but this book is almost finished too. I'm really reluctant to let go. 】

Vicious cannon fodder...driving the plot forward...are you talking about me?

[Actually, if you think about it carefully, Tao Mu’s character is not bad. Even if you hate the prince, you will still be rough and tough with him. And every time it is just right, which not only makes the plot more interesting, but also brings the relationship between the top and the bottom to a new level. It's simply a god's assist. Honestly, I'm a little reluctant to see this cannon fodder go offline.]

What's this……

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July 7, 2008, H Film and Television City.

It was hot summer, and there was not a breath of wind. It just so happens that costume dramas have become popular in the past two years. The actors have to wear heavy costumes and headgear that covers them tightly. Sweat flows down their faces and is dried by the scorching sun, leaving light white sweat stains on their clothes. That feeling is simply amazing.

"Hey, did you hear? The little extra who was acting as a stunt double for Shen Yu beat up Director Liu yesterday."

In a public restroom in h Film and Television City, a male extra who was using the toilet glanced at the empty restroom and couldn't help gossiping.

"Ah? That's impossible." Another extra pretended to be shocked and said in a fuss: "Director Liu is the casting director of this play. I heard that he is also a relative of Director Chen. He is a stunt double and dared to offend the assistant director. Does he want to stay in the crew?"

As he spoke, he shook his head with a look of regret: "Ah! Newcomers, young and energetic, are just too impulsive."

"You underestimated him, didn't you?" The extra A who broke the gossip earlier sneered, "Let me tell you, this new guy is no ordinary guy. I heard that after he beat someone up, he took naked photos of Director Liu. He threatened Director Liu that if he dared to do anything weird again, he would post the photos online. Director Liu was so scared that he knelt naked on the ground and kowtowed to him. You didn't see it, Director Liu even specially arranged a lounge for him this morning. Although it's a public lounge, it's much better than us extras lying around. Newcomers nowadays are very powerful!"

"No way?" Extra B was skeptical: "Didn't that boy just graduate from high school? He's only 18 years old, the same age as the male lead of our play. How could he have so many schemes?"

"You don't know this, do you?" Extra A, who was sharing gossip with his colleagues, sneered, subconsciously lowered his voice, and said mysteriously: "I heard that the boy is an orphan. He has been working outside since he was a child and has been to all kinds of places. I heard that he has been to high-end clubs and nightclubs. Just think about it, with his face, and he got his start in that kind of place..."

Extra B nodded knowingly. Thinking of Tao Mu's handsome and aggressive facial features, whether out of jealousy or something else, she gossiped with a bad taste: "According to what you said, since this guy has been to nightclubs and clubs, he may not be innocent. In this case, why didn't he agree to Director Liu?"

Extra A snorted. His height, which was a full head taller than Extra B, allowed him to look down at Extra B. "That's a stupid thing to say, isn't it? I mean, with that kid's face, he can find any sponsor he wants. Would he be willing to compromise for a bastard like Fatty Liu? Besides, I think that kid is a straight man, and he may not be willing to take this path. If he is willing to go into the adult industry, he should find a rich woman. If he can coax her into bed, maybe she can even make him a leading actor—"

"Bang!"

Suddenly, there was a loud noise behind me. The door of the innermost cubicle in the bathroom was kicked open and bounced back against the tiled wall. The two extras who were gossiping were so frightened that they peed on their costumes.

"Who is it? Are you trying to scare me to death—" Before they could finish their words, they saw the figure coming out of the innermost room of the toilet. They widened their eyes in embarrassment and blurted out a question: "Why are you here?"

"Hurry back to celebrate the seventh day of the lunar year!" Tao Mu chuckled, his voice lazy and a little cynical. His dark eyes casually swept over the two of them, and a playful smile appeared on his handsome face: "...otherwise why do you all look like you've seen a ghost?"

An eighteen-year-old boy should be as clear and sunny as a bowl of boiled water dried in the sun, pure enough to be seen through at a glance. However, Tao Mu was always surrounded by a hostility that did not belong to his age. So much so that when he just walked towards that station with a smile, the two extras who claimed to be knowledgeable were actually timid and did not dare to say a word - as if the person standing in front of them was not a person, but a wild leopard that might suddenly attack and hurt people at any time.

Beautiful, powerful, and extremely aggressive.

"You, don't mess around!" Thinking of Tao Mu's method of dealing with Fatty Liu, the two extras were shocked and said with a stiff upper lip: "I tell you, the crew hates people who cause trouble the most..."

Before he finished speaking, Tao Mu walked past them and went straight to the wash basin to wash his hands. Then——he turned and walked out without even looking at them.

The two extras looked at each other, then they breathed a sigh of relief, as if they had come back to life.

Extra A, who had been gossiping non-stop, spat on the ground and cursed, "What's so great about that? You're just a supporting actor."

"That's right, what kind of quality! They are both 18 years old, but this little bastard is far inferior to the young master of the Shen family." Another extra also echoed unconvinced: "He deserves to be Shen Yu's stand-in for the rest of his life!"