Chapter 1
Ming Yunle sat on the bed holding his cell phone. He seemed calm but in fact he had been secretly broken down for a while.
On his 26th birthday, he unexpectedly discovered that he had been transported into a melodramatic novel that he had read in his previous life.
This novel was a little popular on the Internet at the time, so in his previous life he took a look at it just to join in the fun.
But because the plot was too melodramatic, he didn't read it carefully at all and finished the whole book in just two hours.
Who would have thought that he would be in there for the rest of his life.
He thought for a long time in the room, but could only think of some very impressive fragments.
When Ming Yunle thought of those scenes, his scalp began to tingle again.
Don’t come here because of the melodramatic plot!
Mingyunle fell onto the bed with a thud and wrapped himself in the quilt, unwilling to accept this reality.
Who could have thought that such a ridiculous thing would happen to me.
As for why he knew this fact, it was because of his cousin.
He only found out this afternoon that his cousin Xia Chen was taken away by mistake and his real cousin is someone else.
In fact, he discovered that Xia Chen had the same name as the protagonist in that melodramatic novel.
But the name Xia Chen is not a niche name, so who would think in that way?
Only after this happened did he realize it was no coincidence.
Xia Chen plus the mistaken baby, isn't this the experience the protagonist went through?!
Ming Yunle felt like he was going crazy.
"Knock, knock." Someone was knocking on his door.
Ming Yunle didn't move.
He felt that he couldn't see anyone in his current condition.
"What are you doing?" Qin Bai's voice came from the door.
What else can he do? He is thinking about life.
Qin Bai knocked on the door again: "Uncle and aunt are waiting for you downstairs to cut the cake."
He didn't even have the heart to cut the cake.
Having said that, it’s not good to hide in the house all the time and make everyone worry, so Ming Yunle got up reluctantly.
The door was opened, but before Qin Bai could say anything else, he was blocked by Ming Yunle's gaze.
Qin Bai has known Ming Yunle for more than 20 years, so he naturally knows what Ming Yunle is thinking.
The two of them stood in silence at the door. After two minutes, Qin Bai finally couldn't help it.
"I know this happened so suddenly that you might be shocked."
Ming Yunle shook his head deeply. How could he explain that he was actually in such a melodramatic novel?
He patted Qin Bai's shoulder and walked away as if he knew nothing.
"No...don't go. What's with that expression on your face?"
Ming Yunle walked in front, and Qin Bai kept talking behind him. They didn't calm down until they were almost at the restaurant.
Ming Yunle had almost adjusted himself by then. He sat down and took the initiative to explain, "I was painting again just now, which delayed me a bit."
Qin Bai curled his lips.
This guy never went to the studio at all, what nonsense is he talking about?
But he didn't expose Ming Yunle, instead he handed the knife to Ming Yunle. After telling himself ten times in his heart that he should make the best of it, Ming Yunle took a deep breath and caught the knife steadily.
Qin Bai looked at Ming Yunle and smiled: "Let's cut the cake. Everyone has been waiting for a while."
*
After dinner, several people sat together. Ming's father said with a sigh: "I didn't expect such a thing to happen. Yunle..."
Having said that, he patted Ming Yunle's shoulder heavily, almost knocking Ming Yunle, who was distracted, to the ground.
Qin Bai reacted quickly and supported his childhood friend from the side, preventing him from falling flat on his face.
This startled Ming's father: "I didn't use much force."
"I was just distracted, thinking about my cousin."
Hearing him say this, Ming's father looked relieved: "Now that he's back, please take care of him."
"Of course."
Ming's father sighed: "Your cousin's surname is also Xia, Xia You, and he grew up in an orphanage..."
Ming Yunle: “…”
These words extinguished his last glimmer of hope.
It matches, everything matches this time.
*
In the study, Ming Yunle stared at the table in a trance, his fingers occasionally clicking on the armrests of the chair, his mind still thinking about the real and fake young master.
Qin Bai held his chin and watched Ming Yunle's unpredictable expression. He couldn't help but ask, "I'm really curious about what's going on in your mind every day."
Ming Yunle: "You don't understand."
Qin Bai became excited when he heard Ming Yunle say this.
"I still don't understand you? Don't you remember the first time we met? The first time we met, you had this aloof expression on your face. Other kids didn't dare approach you. But I saw through your aloof expression and was the gossipy type. I resolutely became your friend."
Qin Baiji talked a lot, which made Ming Yunle's temples jump.
Seeing Ming Yunle's unhappy expression, Qin Bai stopped teasing him and simply got down to business: "Your two cousins live together, and I don't know if they get along."
Ming Yunle recalled the description in the novel.
In the novel, both of them have cheerful personalities and their train of thought is similar. It's no exaggeration to say that they hit it off right away.
He opened his mouth and was about to say something when Qin Bai's phone rang. Qin Bai made a gesture to "I'm going out for a while" and pushed open the door of the study.
While Qin Bai was out answering the phone, Ming Yunle was not idle either and began to search for the plot in his mind.
But unfortunately.
More than twenty years, a full twenty years have passed, and he can only remember some of the plot. He can't remember the details at all.
The more Ming Yunle thought about it, the angrier he became. The angrier he became, the angrier he found himself unable to remember.
Ming Yunle sighed, stood up and planned to find a book to read to divert his attention so that he wouldn't be always upset.
Less than half a minute after reading, he put the book back on the table and started to daydream.
Even though he had told himself to make the best of it, he was still very panicked.
He was afraid of being implicated.
It's not because of anything else, this is a melodramatic story after all, and if someone with his personality were to stray into those explosive scenes...
Ming Yunle's toes curled up just thinking about it. Could he hide as far away as possible?
But the protagonist is Xia Chen.
Xia Chen, Qin Bai and I grew up together and are as close as brothers.
With such a strong emotional foundation, if something really happened to Xia Chen, could he just sit back and do nothing?
Ming Yunle lay down on the sofa, tossing and turning, almost twisted into a dough twist.
Not long after he turned the page, his cell phone rang.
Ming Yunle took out his cell phone and looked at the caller ID. It was Xia Chen.
Ming Yunle almost threw his phone away. It was the first time he didn't want to answer Xia Chen's call so much. He hadn't figured out how to deal with it yet.
He sighed and finally answered the phone.
“Hello.” “Hello, cousin.”
There was nothing unusual in Xia Chen's voice. He seemed unaffected by the incident, and his tone remained cheerful.
Even through the receiver, Ming Yunle seemed to see his grin showing his teeth.
As expected of the protagonist, he is so calm.
When he thought of this, Ming Yunle felt a lot more relaxed.
"You know it too." "Yeah."
Xia Chen talked to him about many recent events, and two out of three sentences were about the real young master. Xia Chen's attitude made Ming Yunle curious.
Although Ming Yunle knew from the beginning that they would get along well, the effect of knowing it and hearing his cousin say it in person was quite different.
Finally, Xia Chen did not forget to suggest: "Cousin, let's have dinner together later."
"good."
After receiving the call, he seemed to feel a little relieved somehow.
Maybe he was infected by Xia Chen.
"Great painter, why don't you paint anymore?" Qin Bai's voice came along with the sound of the door opening.
Ming Yunle turned his head to look at Qin Bai and said helplessly, "Have you been free lately?"
It’s hard to see each other normally, why is he always hanging around in front of him these days?
"I've been on vacation recently and I'm so tired. I was even sick a while ago." Qin Bai sighed for a while and then said, "You're right. I need to take care of myself. My health should be my top priority."
After saying that, he drank a sip of tea that was made with something unknown.
No wonder he was out for so long, it turned out he didn't forget to make some health tea for himself.
"Why don't you go back to your own home and recuperate?"
"No, I have to go paint."
Ming Yunle was speechless.
What are you drawing? Do you understand it clearly?
Qin Bai saw disdain in Ming Yunle's eyes, but suddenly he became interested for no apparent reason: "How about you teach me how to draw? For real this time."
Ming Yunle wanted to throw this man out.
He won’t teach. Does he think he is in too good a mood?
"Don't even think about it."
After being ruthlessly rejected, Qin Bai did not feel disappointed at all. Instead, he took out his cell phone and asked a question that had nothing to do with the previous topic.
"I remember you've been free lately, right?"
Ming Yunle didn't say anything, but Qin Bai had understood everything from the silence.
Not long after, he suddenly said, "In that case, I've booked the plane ticket."
Ming Yunle looked over in disbelief: "Why are you booking a plane ticket?"
"Let's go traveling. Last time we talked, didn't you want to go to City M? Let's go tonight."
Hearing this, Ming Yunle felt dizzy. After calming down for a while, he suddenly thought of something.
"M City?"
"Yeah, don't you want to go? It just so happens that I want to go too, and I happen to be free. Let's go together so that you don't get bored if you go alone." Qin Bai stood up and said in an exaggerated tone: "If you really don't want to go, then we won't go!"
Ming Yunle simply picked up the ball of paper at hand and threw it over, hitting Qin Bai right on the forehead.
After being hit, Qin Bai was not angry. Instead, he was amused by Ming Yunle's reaction and curled up on the sofa laughing.
After laughing enough, Qin Bai casually threw the paper ball into the trash can, stood up and asked, "What? Are you going or not?"
Ming Yunle no longer hesitated: "Go."
It was 1 a.m. when the two arrived in City M. Qin Bai hurriedly took Ming Yunle to the hotel suite he had booked.
Qin Bai looked outside and poked Ming Yunle beside him, "Didn't you want to see the night view here? Now that you can see it, what do you think? Are you satisfied? Do you think you came to the right place?"
Before Ming Yunle could answer, Qin Bai continued to ask, "Where are we going tomorrow?"
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