Chapter 1 Who are you, handsome guy?

At night, only the windows emit bright light, which complements the street lights on the road.

This place is completely different from the noisy and bustling streets. It seems quite quiet at night, with only the occasional passing car bringing a little noise to the quiet night.

The reason this place is quiet is not because it is remote and deserted. On the contrary, this is a villa area located in the city center, and the occasional car passing by is a luxury car that people will secretly photograph.

At this time, it was just getting dark. The maids in a certain villa were quietly tidying up the rooms. The villa was brightly lit, except for a room on the second floor, which was completely dark. Occasionally, a maid passing by would take a look but would not dare to stay for long.

If you observe carefully, you will find that the servant will deliberately lighten his steps when passing by the door of this room, as if he is afraid of disturbing the people inside.

What they didn't know was that the person in the room had already woken up. He covered his feet with a quilt, grasped the edge of the quilt tightly with both hands, and kicked nervously from time to time, as if unwilling to accept reality.

He covered his face and his hair hung weakly on the bed, swaying with his master's movements.

If you observe carefully, you will find that the other person has small chestnut curly hair, which bounces occasionally, looking quite cute.

However, the owner of the hair was in no mood to pay attention to his hair. He even stretched out a pair of pale hands and rubbed his curly hair hard.

Then, he hid under the quilt and made a "wuwuwu" sound.

Soon, he calmed down again, as if he was brewing something. Then, he pulled the quilt down with force. His long eyelashes trembled slightly, and he carefully opened a slit.

With the faint light coming through from outside, Qi Nian could see the situation in the room clearly. The walls were covered with posters, and he could vaguely see the people on the posters were wearing smoky makeup, leather jackets and leather pants, with all kinds of rivets on them. Qi Nian was so damp that he was about to get rheumatoid arthritis.

This was not all. Looking up, the light bulbs that were spinning seemed to be from a KTV. Qi Nian felt as if he was lying in a KTV.

He stared at the light bulb blankly, his curly hair hanging down helplessly, and slowly closed his eyes.

Let me die! Why did I end up here?

That’s right, Qi Nian traveled through time. What a coincidence that he traveled through time after he won the lottery but before he had the chance to redeem it.

Thinking about the big prize that he hadn't won yet and the fact that he wouldn't have to socialize anymore, Qi Nian shed tears of heartache.

What made him even more heartbroken was that, by coincidence, he was transformed into the cannon fodder in a novel he had read before, and the cannon fodder was the adopted son of the Chu family.

His mother was Mrs. Chu's best friend. She gave birth to a child out of wedlock and died of dystocia. Before she died, she never revealed who the father of the child was. She just entrusted the child to her best friend, Mrs. Chu, with her last breath.

Mrs. Chu did remember her best friend's instructions and raised the child well. Although the original owner had always called the Chu couple "uncle and aunt" for so many years in order to make the original owner remember her mother, the couple treated Qi Nian as their own youngest child.

However, this child was quite well behaved when he was young. But later on, for some unknown reason, his temperament suddenly changed and he started to cause trouble and commit suicide.

Mrs. Chu has two sons and a daughter. As Cannon Fodder was crazy and seeking death, she became more and more disgusted with him. In the end, Cannon Fodder was even deceived by others and helped the enemies of the Chu family to deal with the Chu family.

In the end, the Chu family overcame this difficulty, but Mrs. Chu, who learned the truth, was completely disappointed with the cannon fodder and severed ties with him.

The cannon fodder lost the protection of the Chu family and had a bad temper, so he was killed soon after.

Thinking of the way cannon fodder would die, Qi Nian couldn't help but shudder, and felt even more desperate.

This is also the reason why he refused to accept the reality. Originally, he had been able to live a life of idleness and waiting for death with the money he won in the lottery, but suddenly such a huge bolt from the blue came. Who could accept it?

What's more, Qi Nian is a social phobic. He remembers that this cannon fodder was belittled and bullied by all kinds of people after being hated by the Chu family.

In other words, he would have to face so many people. Qi Xiaoshe was probably completely despaired just thinking about it.

He originally held on to the last glimmer of hope, thinking that this was a dream and he would be back when he woke up. However, no matter how many times he opened his eyes, he found that he was still in this room.

So, is there really no going back? Qi Nian's face showed a bit of confusion.

There was no one in the room. He sighed and sang loudly: "It seems like death~"

What he didn't know was that a servant happened to pass by the door. When he heard these words, he immediately covered his mouth and widened his eyes, then quickly went downstairs.

Although she didn't like this young master, she knew she wouldn't be able to do her job if he really died. For the sake of her job, the maid went to find Mrs. Chu.

Mrs. Chu is now almost fifty years old, and she is still well maintained. Her hair is slightly tied up, and her eyebrows and eyes are still beautiful, with a bit of gentleness. She seems to have a very gentle and approachable personality.

However, there was a hint of sadness between her brows at this moment. She didn't need to worry about the three children at home, so she was naturally not worried about those people.

Mrs. Chu still loves Qi Nian. Whenever she sees the child, she always thinks of her best friend. Seeing Qi Nian's personality become like that, she feels more self-blame and helplessness.

She thought there was nothing wrong with the way she taught her children. The other three were very good, but when it came to Qinian, problems arose.

Because of their close friendship, Mrs. Chu loved Qi Nian even more. It was also because Qi Nian was a little bit coquettish and stupid when he was little, completely different from the other smart ones, so Mrs. Chu naturally paid more attention to him.

However, it was fine when he was a child, but later on, for some unknown reason, Qi Nian's personality changed drastically, and even towards his beloved Mrs. Chu, he could not help but feel physically and mentally exhausted.

Look, today Qi Nian got into trouble again. Madam Chu finally dealt with it and is now resting now because she is so exhausted.

Seeing the servant rushing over, Mrs. Chu knew something was wrong, and immediately asked, "What happened to Nian Nian?"

From this "又" we can see Qi Nian's ability to stir up trouble.

The servant hesitated for a moment, but still said, "Just now I passed by the door of the young master's room and heard him say, he said..."

Mrs. Chu frowned: "What did he say?"

Although Mrs. Chu had a good personality, she was not without temper. Seeing her frown, the servant quickly said, "The young master said that he wanted to die..."

If it was someone else, the servant wouldn't be too surprised, maybe he was just saying it casually, but if it was the young master, it's hard to say, after all, the other party could do anything.

"What?!" As expected, upon hearing this, Mrs. Chu also became anxious and immediately stood up: "I'll go see Nian Nian!"

Mrs. Chu didn't care to be angry with her son, so she hurried upstairs in her slippers, not caring that one of her slippers almost slipped away.

Qi Nian didn't realize that his casual words had been told to Mrs. Chu by the servant.

He closed his eyes and decided to try one last time. If it didn't work... he would just accept reality. After all, he was too scared to really die.

Look at it from another perspective, at least we are alive now.

However, just as he closed his eyes, there was a hurried knock on the door, followed by several anxious but gentle female voices: "Niannian? What's wrong with you? Don't do anything stupid. What I said before was just an angry remark. I won't ignore you. Niannian, open the door quickly!"

Qi Nian opened his eyes blankly, listening to the woman's anxious voice, and felt a little panicked for some reason. He quickly got out of bed and was about to open the door, but the woman at the door couldn't wait any longer and asked someone to open the door with the spare key.

As soon as the door was opened, Mrs. Chu hurried in and just happened to see Qi Nian standing beside the bed.

Seeing that Qi Nian was fine, Mrs. Chu breathed a sigh of relief, looked into the dark room, and asked softly, "Why don't you turn on the light?"

After hearing this, the servant behind him fumbled to turn on the light. These people were all strangers to Yu Qinian. He held his breath for a long time and did not dare to say a word. He could only watch the servant turn on the light.

Suddenly, the light bulbs on the roof began to spin at high speed, emitting strong colorful light. This was not all. As the colorful lights were turned on, the stereo that was placed somewhere was still singing wild heavy metal music.

In an instant, the dark room turned into a KTV.

As the colorful light flashed, Qi Nian saw the woman's face clearly. It was a gentle and beautiful face, but it was very stiff at this moment, as if it was covered with plaster, and she could not make any other expression.

Mrs. Chu attached great importance to her children's privacy, so she never entered their room. If she had not been too anxious just now, she would not have barged in without caring.

So, she didn't know that her younger son had turned the room into a disco.

If it were someone else, Mrs. Chu would probably have no good face, but at this moment, facing Qi Nian, she was able to smile: "Niannian, I haven't heard this music of yours before, it's quite... interesting."

Unfortunately, the lethality of heavy metal music was quite strong. Qi Nian only saw Mrs. Chu's mouth moving. However, he also saw the forced smile on Mrs. Chu's face, and he felt a little complicated.

I have to say that Mrs. Chu has a high tolerance for Qi Nian.

It would be better not to turn on the light, so the servant plucked up his courage and pressed the switch. He was relieved to see that Qi Nian did not lose his temper.

The dark room was not suitable for talking, so Qi Nian silently followed Mrs. Chu out of the room.

Suddenly seeing the light outside, Qi Nian squinted his eyes a little uncomfortably and couldn't help but shed a few physiological tears.

He raised his hand to wipe away his tears, and just as he put his hand down, he met Mrs. Chu's worried gaze.

Mrs. Chu felt distressed: "Why are you still crying? Nian Nian, what Auntie said before was just angry words, don't be sad."

Qi Nian was a little embarrassed. Mrs. Chu was still a stranger to him. He held it in for a long time, his face flushed, and he could only say: "No... crying."

Mrs. Chu thought he was embarrassed and thought her little son was adorable.

It was indeed adorable. She rarely saw Qi Nian wearing only a simple white T-shirt, with no messy makeup on her face. Her little curly hair hung down obediently, which reminded her of Qi Nian's childhood.

She used to feel that Qi Nian was less and less like her best friend, but now that he had stopped doing those messy things, Mrs. Chu discovered that they were still very similar. Qi Nian looked a lot like his mother.

It’s just that those deer-like eyes are not quite the same, Qi Nian’s mother would never have such a look in her eyes.

This kind of look seems like what Qi Nian would have had when he was a child.

As Mrs. Chu thought about it, she thought of her best friend and couldn't help feeling sad. She lowered her head and secretly wiped away her tears.

When she looked up again, she had turned into the gentle Mrs. Chu again. Mrs. Chu liked Qi Nian more and more, as if Qi Nian had turned into the obedient child he was when he was a child again.

Mrs. Chu couldn't help but blurt out: "Nian Nian is still so pretty."

After she said this, she realized that every time she asked Qi Nian not to dress like before, he would get angry. Since everything seemed normal to Qi Nian now, she actually forgot about it for a moment and just said it casually.

After she finished speaking, Mrs. Chu realized that she had said the wrong thing. Her face froze for a moment, and she quickly said, "Of course, Auntie is not controlling your freedom of dress. You looked good in the way you wore it before. Just be happy."

Qi Nian had no idea what was going on in Mrs. Chu's mind. He felt a little shy when the other party praised him, and before he could come to his senses, he heard Mrs. Chu saying so many words in a hurry. Qi Nian looked at Mrs. Chu nervously, not knowing how to respond.

As for imitating the original Qi Nian, he simply couldn't do it. Social phobia seemed like a disease that prevented him from speaking, and he didn't have the courage to speak.

Mrs. Chu breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Qi Nian didn't show any anger, but then she looked at him worriedly: "Nian Nian?"

From the beginning, she seemed not to have heard Qi Nian speak.

Qi Nian immediately became extremely nervous and said "hmm" stupidly.

Mrs. Chu saw that he was in a daze and was a little cute. She couldn't help but smile: "What's wrong? Are you still asleep?"

Qi Nian shook his head and whispered, "No."

Mrs. Chu nodded, hesitated for a moment, and tentatively took Qi Nian's hand. Seeing that the other party did not struggle, she said softly: "Niannian, Auntie knows that you are not a bad child. The Li family is not a good person. It is not your fault that you hit him with a stool."

Everyone thought: "..."

This kind of unbridled tolerance suddenly made Qi Nian feel that it was not too surprising that the original owner was so lawless.

Just as he was thinking, he felt his hair being touched. Qi Nian looked at Mrs. Chu cautiously like a little animal, only to see Mrs. Chu looking at him with a smile.

Everyone thought: “?”

Why did he feel like someone touched his head? Hmm, is that wrong?

Just now, Mrs. Chu looked at Qi Nian's cute little curly hair and couldn't help but feel itchy, so she reached out and touched it. Then she remembered that Qi Nian didn't like people touching his head, so she quickly withdrew her hand.

But the furry touch was indeed pleasant to touch, and coupled with Qi Nian's animal-like look just now, Mrs. Chu found it even more adorable.

Qi Nian was so well behaved when he was a child, and later... I wish he could always be like this.

Mrs. Chu continued, "Anyway, it's not your fault. Don't take what Auntie said to heart. You will always be Auntie's baby."

Qi Nian blushed at what Mrs. Chu said, and at the same time, his heart couldn't help but heat up. He had been an orphan since he was a child and grew up in an orphanage. What he envied most was that other children could act coquettishly in front of their parents without restraint.

He was like a little mouse, peeping at other people's happiness, but he knew that this happiness was not something he would ever possess.

He was born without parents, and although he is now just fostered in the Chu family, Mrs. Chu really treats him as her own son.

Qi Nian's eyes felt a little sore, he blinked, Mrs. Chu was exactly the mother in his imagination, but now, the fantasy became reality, Qi Nian couldn't suppress his heartbeat, he wanted to stretch out a little tentacle, and gently touch everything that was once out of his reach.

He looked at Mrs. Chu, his heartbeat quickened, and he pursed his lips for a long time before he tentatively said in a very small voice: "Auntie..."

Mrs. Chu responded happily. In her opinion, this was a sign that her son had reconciled with her: "Are you hungry? The nanny should have prepared the meal. Your uncle will be back soon, so we can have dinner right away."

Qi Nian's mood, which had just relaxed, became tense again, because this meant he was going to meet another stranger.

It’s just that the feeling of being loved is so good that Qi Nian nodded obediently.

——

When Chu Zhen came back, he saw a little curly-haired kid sitting obediently on his sofa, holding a glass of water and drinking it in small sips. He looked so well behaved.

Chu Zhen thought to himself, when did his family have such a well-behaved child? He didn't know whose child this was, as he looked about the same age as his youngest son.

Chu Zhen felt a headache whenever he thought of his little son. If only that child was as well-behaved as this one, he would wake up laughing in his dreams.

Chu Zhen was thinking as he handed his coat to the nanny. When he saw Mrs. Chu, he asked loudly, "Xiao Min? Whose child is this?"

When Qi Nian heard the noise, he tentatively raised his eyes and looked at Chu Zhen.

Hearing Chu Zhen's words, Qi Nian's eyes showed some confusion. Looking at the other person's appearance, it seemed that he and Mrs. Chu were husband and wife. He thought that the other person was his uncle, but it turned out that he was not?

The two were confused. Mrs. Chu, or Ning Min, glanced at Chu Zhen in a reproachful manner: "What nonsense are you talking about? This is our Nian Nian!"

Chu Zhen: “…”

No, you told me this is the son who wears a dirty braid, smoky makeup, and riveted leather jacket all day long!

But if you look closely, their eyebrows and eyes are indeed very similar.

Chu Zhen was a little embarrassed, and at the same time he looked at Qi Nian with curiosity, wondering if his wife was teasing him, so he asked tentatively, "Nian Nian?"

Qi Nian shrank back slightly, and under Ning Min's expectant gaze, he whispered, "Uncle."

Chu Zhen took a deep breath, pulled Ning Min aside, and asked stealthily, "I've only been out for a day, and you sent that brat to that...transformation plan?"

Ning Min: “…”

She glanced at Chu Zhen speechlessly, and at the same time she was a little proud of Qi Nian's change: "That's because Nian Nian figured it out on her own, otherwise it would be useless to send it anywhere."

Ning Min: "You forgot, Nian Nian was so well behaved before."

Chu Zhen vaguely recalled that distant memory. After that memory was turned up, the thoughts in it gradually overlapped with the present.

Qi Nian was very young at that time, but surprisingly similar to now.

Chu Zhen was silent for a moment, then sighed, "This kid still cares about you."

There was a hint of sourness in his tone.

Thinking back to the past, every time Qi Nian caused trouble, Chu Zhen scolded and beat him, but he just didn't change his ways. But this time was different. This time Ning Min also exploded, and impulsively said, "I don't recognize Qi Nian as my child."

Of course, these were definitely said in anger. Not to mention that Ning Min was asked by her best friend to ignore the child, she had raised the child for so many years and had already treated him as her own child. How could she just ignore him?

I didn't expect Qi Nian to take these words to heart and suddenly become so obedient.

Chu Zhen thought so, and Ning Min obviously thought so too. There was a hint of regret in her eyes, but she also felt soft-hearted. Although this child was like that before, he still cared about her in his heart.

Ning Min glanced at Chu Zhen complacently and comforted him perfunctorily: "Nian Nian cares about you too."

The two of them talked in whispers for a while, and then Qi Nian sat obediently on the sofa. He looked very small, with his little curly hair flying up, like a well-behaved little lamb.

Ning Min's heart melted, and she patted Chu Zhen: "Hurry up and eat."

During the meal, Qi Nian was pampered from beginning to end. Ning Min kept picking up food for him. Qi Nian had never been treated like this before. When he was young, he could only grab food when he ate. If he couldn't grab food, he would just starve. No one cared about him.

I never experienced it after I grew up.

Qi Nian was not picky about food, he would eat whatever Ning Min picked up. Chu Zhen at the back coughed lightly, picked up a piece of food for him with his chopsticks, and said, "It's too greasy to eat only meat."

Qi Nian felt his eyes a little sore again, so he ate the food obediently.

After dinner, Qi Nian went back to his room to rest. He reached out to turn on the light, but then remembered the colorful light bulbs inside. He quickly withdrew his hand and silently turned on the light of his phone.

He didn't have the courage to ask for the light to be replaced, so he used the light from his cell phone.

With the help of dim light, Qi Nian fumbled to open the closet, and was shocked by the clothes inside. There was a row of various leather jackets. Qi Nian searched for a long time in disbelief, and finally found a relatively normal set of clothes in the corner. He put them on and used them as pajamas.

After washing up outside, Qi Nian lay on the soft big bed, which was completely different from the hard bed he had slept on before. He couldn't help but feel lucky in his heart that this bed was relatively normal.

The soft big bed can easily make people sleepy, but Qi Nian was not that sleepy. When he first realized that he had traveled through time, Qi Nian could not accept the reality. Now he has accepted his fate and he may never be able to go back.

Perhaps because of Ning Min and Chu Zhen's relationship, Qi Nian suddenly found that it was not that difficult for him to accept.

So, it would be better for him to figure out something now, no matter what it is, it is better than knowing nothing.

Moreover, Qi Nian discovered one thing. After he accepted the fact that he had traveled through a book and could not go back, a lot of things suddenly appeared in his mind.

There were many names he didn’t recognize, and behind those names were always a lot of... gossip?

Qi Nian was embarrassed for a moment, other people who traveled through books had golden fingers, why was the thing he had when he traveled through the book so strange?

Is it because he loves gossip? Qi Nian admitted that gossip was fun, but he didn't know any of these people. Although gossip about strangers was interesting, it lacked the sense of shock of "he would actually do that", so it was a bit boring.

Feeling that these gossips seemed to be useless, Qi Nian was too lazy to think about them. He turned on his mobile phone to see if there was any useful information. As a result, what came into his eyes was a man with black lips, dirty braids, smoky makeup, and wearing a leather jacket.

And... why does this man look so familiar...

Qi Nian's lips trembled. Isn't this him?

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Qi Nian quickly changed the wallpaper to a cat one, closed his eyes quietly, and said he would talk about it tomorrow and let him calm down for a while.

——

As the sunlight shone through the gaps in the curtains, Qi Nian got out of bed in a daze with his eyes squinting. His mind was still not clear, and he prepared to wash up and go to work in great pain.

As soon as he opened the door, he was confused. How did his house become so luxurious?

Before he could figure it out, he saw a man in a suit and tie walking upstairs. His broad shoulders, narrow back and long legs were particularly eye-catching. When he saw the man's face clearly, Qi Nian was stunned.

He had never seen such a handsome man.

Qi Nian met the other party's stern gaze and subconsciously took a step back, lowered his head, his little face flushed and his thoughts in a mess.

[Hey, what is this? Handsome! Give me a kiss! What is this? Handsome! Give me a kiss! What is this? Handsome! Give me a kiss! ]

Chu Rongshi frowned: "?" Who is this?

Also, he didn't seem to see the man's mouth moving, so... where did this sound come from?