Ten years later.
The main storyline continues stubbornly.
Lin Tongtong, who was adopted by Xia Yixin, did not inherit the Xia family business. Lu Yan did not exist in her life after she was five years old. She still married Lu Xun when she was twenty-three years old, but Lu Xun was not Lu Yan's adopted son.
Lu Xun received funding from the Xia Group and was quite capable, becoming independent and establishing his own company. Although the two were not as wealthy as in the original story, they lived a harmonious and happy life together.
However, no one remembers when Lu Yan started appearing only in textbooks and video materials.
Some say he is dead.
Some say he is living in seclusion in the city with Xia Yixin, who has long since disappeared.
However, no one knows the truth.
The only thing we know is that Lu Yan's name will be a name that appears in textbooks for people hundreds or even thousands of years later. At the same time, the authors will also mention his love with Xia Yixin. Although Xia Yixin's fate is unknown, strangely enough, Lu Yan never married and loved only one person throughout his life.
China.
Suddenly, heavy snow began to fall from the sky.
On the giant screen in People's Square, the largest square in China, news was playing on a loop. The announcer said in an excited voice, "According to the latest news, Yixin Pharmaceutical Technology Company has defeated Company A to become the world's most well-known company for three consecutive years. Its chairman, Mr. Lu Yan, has also topped the world's rich list for three consecutive years. At the age of 35, he has become the first person in the world to win three Nobel Prizes in Medicine. The incurable disease of cancer is now a thing of the past. He is the pride of all Chinese people!"
All the news online is about Lu Yan, and the most talked-about topic is the turning point ten years ago.
Ten years ago, Xia Yixin disappeared. After that, Lu Yan disappeared from the public eye for a period of time, but later he reappeared and destroyed all of Yixin Pharmaceutical's offensive drug research and development projects. He also issued a statement that in the future he would only release drugs related to human health and disease cures.
Although his decision drew protests from many pro-war nations, they gradually fell silent, and within a decade, with Lu Yan's help, China rose to become the world's leading power.
However, today's gossip magazine features a surprising piece of news.
#Residents of N countries have reported seeing a figure resembling Xia Yixin, the former president of the Xia Group and wife of Lu Yan who passed away ten years ago. She was covered in blood and sought help from local residents before being taken away by a group of men in black. The veracity of this report is questionable.#
However, the news was quickly proven to be false, and the person who spread the rumor disappeared.
at the same time.
In a country ranked as one of the most livable places in the world, there is a detached villa in the forest.
Everything in the villa was very cozy, except for the woman whose hands were tied to the ground.
She has the exact same face as Xia Yixin, no, it should be said that she is Xia Yixin from ten years ago.
Lu Yan cloned her using the latest technology. His technique was so perfect that the cloned woman was exactly the same as the original, down to every single hair and pore.
Except for her soul.
This is already the seventh failed attempt.
She knelt on the ground, trembling uncontrollably, her eyes filled with fear as she looked at him. "Please, don't kill me! Please... I've done my best to play her as you asked, Lu Yan, I beg you..."
The man opposite her seemed to blend into the darkness of the villa; his eyes, once ignited, now held only endless coldness and darkness.
With his handsome face, slender figure, and compelling aura, it was as if ten years had stood still for him, frozen on that snowy night ten years ago.
He lowered his gaze and suddenly raised the gun in his hand.
"No!" the woman screamed, but ultimately died at the hands of a gun.
"Why, why isn't it..." he murmured, his eyes flashing with madness. He discovered that the cloned women were all the same brainless princess he had known for over a decade. The Xia Yixin he loved seemed to have vanished into thin air.
Multiple personality disorder?
Gene mutation?
He tried countless scientific methods and drove many "Xia Yixin" crazy, but he gradually realized that it wasn't true at all.
No matter how many times she "resurrects" her, she is not herself.
Just like their souls are different.
But ironically, this was the only thing he couldn't find.
Just then, his alarm clock went off; it was dinnertime.
He promised her he would live, so he would keep his promise.
Lu Yan walked to the dining room, mechanically prepared the food, and mechanically ate it. The corpse in the living room was skillfully disposed of by his subordinates. This "Xia Yixin" was the one who ran the farthest, but she still couldn't escape this fate.
Seven failed attempts; they struggled, even tried to seduce him, and fell in love with him, but were all ruthlessly eliminated.
Lu Yan has always been a ruthless killer; he only shows human emotions when facing the real Xia Yixin.
He lost these things ten years ago.
The moment he discovered her heart had stopped beating, when he had tried everything but couldn't save her.
The whole world seemed to fall silent all at once.
This is a nightmare.
A nightmare from which I can never wake up.
From that day on, he could no longer feel pain, nor did he experience any emotional fluctuations. He had gone mad, despaired, struggled, and even regretted his actions, and even attempted suicide.
But the tenacious bloodline of the Bai family brought him back from the brink of death time and time again. He later realized that this might be his punishment.
So he repaid in his own way, ensuring that Yixin Pharmaceutical Technology would no longer be involved in offensive drugs, allowing those old guys who were mind-controlled to enjoy their later years in peace, and letting that person remain in his position until he was successfully succeeded by the next person.
He also became someone that no one could touch.
However, it was as if he had wandered into an endless night, never able to find his way.
Everything he had experienced in his nightmares returned, even more intensely.
The only thing that could offer him temporary solace, ironically, was his mental medication that he had once used to control others—P9, something that could create absolutely realistic hallucinations.
After finishing his meal, he took a walk as usual, then went back to his bedroom, drank a vial of medicine, and closed his eyes.
The light and shadow flickered, and time seemed to flow backward instantly. Before his eyes appeared a beautiful aurora, and the slender figure at the window... the bright sunshine, and her smiling greeting in the corridor...
Then she stood in his ideal home for them.
That house, which is still cleaned by housekeeping every day, awaits its female owner.
She stood there, the wind blowing gently across her cheeks through the window curtains, her cheeks flushed slightly, but she turned her face away haughtily.
In the illusion, he held her tightly. He wanted nothing more than revenge and power; all he wanted was to protect her.
I miss you, so much.
However, just like countless times before, she could not answer him. He was once again defeated by his body's resistance to the drug and became completely sober.
Staring into the darkness before me.
He thought, this is probably what it means to be worse than dead.
Until one day, a child's voice rang in his mind, "Ding, congratulations on being selected by the system..."
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