Chapter 1
——"It's on fire! Call the fire department!"
In my ears was the crackling sound of leaping flames. The fire was wildly devouring all combustible materials and was approaching step by step.
You Mian's vision was obscured by a thick fog, and tears fell uncontrollably. The pungent smell rushed into his nostrils along with the lingering fog, and a feeling of suffocation came over him.
Death is so close.
Fate grabbed him by the throat, threw him to the ground and laughed at him.
When recalling all the things he had desired in this life, You Mian suddenly felt bored and tired.
The family love and friendship he once longed for were finally revealed at the moment of death.
It turned out to be such a cheap disguise.
Before closing her eyes, You Mian thought indifferently, he doesn’t want it anymore.
The You family's luxurious villa collapsed in an accidental fire. There were no serious injuries and only one death.
breathe.
Take a deep breath.
You Mian frowned tightly, with sweat oozing from his forehead. His chest rose and fell violently for a moment, and a clean and elegant breath was inhaled into his nose. Suddenly, the boy opened his eyes.
Dark red study furniture comes into view, and the air is filled with the fragrance of orchids, creating a warm and peaceful atmosphere.
The noisy screams and shouts of the crowd and the terrifying sound of the death countdown in the fire disappeared in an instant. There was no flickering fire in front of me, nor was there any choking fog.
This was actually the You family study that had not yet been engulfed by the fire.
The fear of death was still lingering in You Mian's heart, but before he could come to his senses, You Jiyuan's serious voice came to his ears.
"Do you agree to help Xiaolin?"
The quiet and old-fashioned atmosphere of the study was broken by the man.
"I've read the script for that variety show. It's good for young people to go there and talk about love. It's mainly because Xiaolin wants to go. You should accompany him."
You Jiyuan sat behind a two-meter-long rosewood desk with a stern face. He looked at You Mian with a very cold expression. Rather than a father, he looked more like a selfish and exploitative boss.
You Mian held the armrests of the wooden chair tightly and remained silent. After being stunned for a few seconds, he began to try his best to calm himself down, wondering what was going on.
He was clearly dead...but now he had returned to the past and was sitting in the You family's study.
The accidental fire happened after You Mian rejected You Jiyuan's conditions, and it also swallowed up all his future.
But in the few seconds before death, You Mian discovered that the world he existed in was just a book.
The protagonist of the book is Bai Lin, the real young master who was taken back to the You family on the day of his coming-of-age ceremony, and he is the clown who serves as a foil to the protagonist everywhere.
All the friends and relatives that You Mian thought of turned against him instantly from the night Bai Lin was brought back. The speed at which their attitudes changed was astonishing.
Everyone began to accuse You Mian of usurping Bai Lin's happy life.
The content of the book also all revolves around Bai Lin. You Mian flipped through it quickly and found that she did not die in a fire in the original book, but disappeared without a trace after participating in a dating variety show and being squeezed dry of her last bit of usefulness.
But at this moment, You Mian found himself back again, back to the place that he hated so much.
The boy sat in the study room in silence with his eyebrows lowered. His curly black hair mixed with a bit of chestnut brown fell on his fair forehead. He had a turned-up nose and thin lips, and his appearance was extremely eye-catching and outstanding.
After all, he had raised the child for more than ten years. Seeing You Mian's frightened expression, You Jiyuan thought the conditions were too harsh, so he rarely spoke up to explain: "You family's things originally belonged to Xiaolin, and now he is back, returning all the shares under your name to Xiaolin is..."
Before You Jiyuan could finish, You Mian, who had been wandering around, suddenly looked over and stared at the old man behind the desk. He said in a cold voice, "It's as it should be."
You Jiyuan looked at You Mian in surprise. He didn't seem annoyed when his words were snatched away halfway through. Instead, he seemed a little surprised.
There was silence in the study for a few seconds, and You Jiyuan restrained his expression and said calmly: "It's good that you know."
"Think carefully about the variety show and the competition." You Jiyuan coughed a few times and continued, "Don't be too jealous. What's yours is yours, and what's not yours can't be snatched away."
You Mian sat in the chair with mixed emotions when he heard this. Why did everyone think he was going to steal something?
In the previous life, You Mian felt apologetic towards Bai Lin under the explicit or implicit accusations of others, and he retreated and gave in step by step.
It was not until You Jiyuan suggested that You Mian take Bai Lin's place in the fake art competition that You Mian realized how ridiculous it all was.
But the last straw that broke the camel's back was the truth mentioned in the book that the You family adopted him.
It turns out that from the beginning to the end, he was just an optional choice, and even his parents, whom he had called his parents for more than ten years, regarded him as a chess piece.
A chess piece that protects Bai Lin from external harm.
No wonder he was kidnapped countless times since he was a child and had close brushes with death many times.
When You Jiyuan and Bai Peilan used the ransom to rescue him, was the relief in their eyes because they were thinking that You Mian had returned safely, or because they were thinking that it was fortunate that Bai Lin was not kidnapped.
You Mian closed his eyes lightly and exhaled slowly. Perhaps because of excitement or surprise, his fingers were trembling.
After being reborn, he doesn't want to worry about these things anymore.
"I agree to your conditions." You Mian opened his eyes, raised his head and stood up, looking straight at You Jiyuan, but there was no longer any admiration or desire for recognition for his father in his eyes.
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