Pei Zhuo drove very fast, and he arrived in less than an hour.
Before that, Zhou Lingjing forced Xu Nian to drink a glass of water. "Niannian, I hope you'll like this gift."
"Zhou Lingjing, what do you mean?" Xu Nian felt that Zhou Lingjing was even crazier than Pei Zhuo now. Had he drugged her again?
“If Pei Zhuo is willing to tell me the truth, I will let you go with him. If he lies to me, you are mine.” Zhou Lingjing touched Xu Nian’s cheek and chuckled under her surprised and uncertain gaze.
Hearing the sound of brakes outside, Zhou Lingjing led Xu Nian downstairs.
His large hand gripped Xu Nian's arm tightly, his face expressionless. Upon seeing Pei Zhuo, ignoring his angry appearance, Zhou Lingjing said calmly, "You're here."
"Zhou Lingjing, let go of Niannian?" Pei Zhuo noticed that Xu Nian's clothes had been changed into pajamas, his pupils contracted sharply, and then an uncontrollable anger rose from his heart.
How could he dare to do that to someone he cherishes so much?
"No rush, answer my question first." Zhou Lingjing pulled the weak and powerless Xu Nian to sit down on the sofa, then looked up and calmly met Pei Zhuo's gaze.
Pei Zhuo sat down opposite Zhou Lingjing with a dark face, his eyes practically spitting blood at him. "I'm already here, do you think I won't tell? Let her go, didn't you see her wrist is all red from being squeezed?"
Zhou Lingjing released his wrist and then put his arm around Xu Nian's waist to prevent her from running away.
Xu Nian was clearly not in a good condition; she couldn't even sit still, and it seemed that Zhou Lingjing had given her some kind of drug.
Upon seeing this, Pei Zhuo's forehead twitched several times.
We must not act impulsively. Niannian is still in his hands; we cannot harm her.
Suppressing his anger, Pei Zhuo said with a sour face, "What questions do you have? Go ahead and ask."
"Who am I?" This was the question Zhou Lingjing cared about most.
"Your question is a long story, and you'd believe it if I told you?" Pei Zhuo leaned back on the sofa, staring at Zhou Lingjing with a mocking smile.
"Tell me the whole story, I'll believe you." Zhou Lingjing was eager to know everything, what exactly was wrong with those things?
"Since you're so eager to know, then I'll tell you, Zhou Lingjing. I hope you won't regret it after hearing this!" Pei Zhuo sat up straight, his whole demeanor becoming serious. Apart from his face, his aura was almost identical to Zhou Lingjing's.
Noticing the surprised looks from Xu Nian and Zhou Lingjing, Pei Zhuo said, "Let me introduce myself. My other name is also Zhou Lingjing. I am a successful businessman. To everyone, my story is the template for a protagonist. I started my own company right after graduating from university. I worked my way up, and at the age of twenty-eight, my career reached its peak, a level that many people can only dream of."
At this point, Pei Zhuo paused, his face darkening, and said self-deprecatingly, "How ridiculous, my business empire has just begun, my life has just started, but I have been diagnosed with late-stage brain cancer by the doctor."
"And then?" Zhou Lingjing had a premonition that what happened next would definitely be related to him.
Pei Zhuo sighed and continued, "In the last month of my life, I wrote a book based on myself out of resentment. The male protagonist in the book is also named Zhou Lingjing. I gave him the same personality, the same way of doing things, and the same business talent as me. The male protagonist in my book is you, Zhou Lingjing."
After hearing Pei Zhuo's words, Zhou Lingjing became completely distraught. He held his head in his hands, clutching his short hair in anguish, and said, "How could this be? I'm really not me?"
“Zhou Lingjing, whether you believe it or not, this is the truth.” Pei Zhuo’s gaze was complicated; he had once been very satisfied with the book he had written.
In the book, Zhou Lingjing will continue to pursue his unfinished dreams and live a fulfilling life.
Little did he expect that after his death, he would transmigrate into the book he wrote and become Pei Zhuo, a down-on-his-luck rich second-generation.
Unwilling to live an ordinary life, Pei Zhuo chooses to start a new business, this time venturing into a field he has never been involved in before: the entertainment industry.
“Zhou Lingjing, you can give Niannian back to me now! She doesn’t belong to you, and even your feelings for her are fake.” Pei Zhuo’s words completely shattered Zhou Lingjing. He suddenly looked up, his eyes bloodshot as he stared at Pei Zhuo.
"I don't believe it. Everything else can be fake, but my feelings for her are not." Zhou Lingjing stubbornly believed that he liked Xu Nian, and it wasn't because of Pei Zhuo.
"Really? What does Niannian like to eat and drink? When is her birthday? What's her favorite dish? How many friends does she have? Do you even know these things? If you don't even know these basic things, then don't say you like her." With each question Pei Zhuo asked, Zhou Lingjing's expression grew more unpleasant.
He knew nothing; he didn't even know Xu Nian's most basic preferences.
“Zhou Lingjing, if you truly love someone, you will observe everything about her, big or small. If you can’t see it yourself, wouldn’t you at least ask around?” Pei Zhuo said disdainfully to Zhou Lingjing.
He inherited everything from his predecessor, but that doesn't mean he can now take people away from him.
"Pei Zhuo, take her away! I'll remove the trending topic." Zhou Lingjing got up dejectedly and went upstairs. He didn't want to see anyone right now; he needed a quiet environment to process everything.
Upon hearing this, Pei Zhuo's gaze sharpened, his eyes fixed on Zhou Lingjing like sharp blades. "Zhou Lingjing, you're the one who put that trending topic up there. You made her get cursed by so many people. I'll kill you."
Pei Zhuo's anger reached its peak, and he raised his fist and charged at Zhou Lingjing.
Caught off guard, Zhou Lingjing was knocked to the ground by Pei Zhuo's punch.
Pei Zhuo walked over, grabbed his collar, and punched him repeatedly, quickly beating him until his face was bruised and swollen.
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