Chapter 55 [Update 1.5]

Huo Xihuai hadn't even gotten over the fact that Shen Yuntang accepted his rebirth, and in the blink of an eye he was shouldered with such a heavy task.

He was noticeably dazed.

It was already difficult for him to accept the unnatural event of rebirth, and now he had to accept another more terrifying news before he could fully digest it.

This world isn't even real, it's just a book.

Huo Xihuai's worldview was shattered and reshaped in a short period of time.

After a long while, he lowered his head and said, "Then I...are we just characters in a book?"

Shen Yuntang paused and said, "I am not completely, I should not belong to this world, I just replaced this role."

This seems a bit too exciting.

Huo Xihuai rubbed his cuffs unconsciously, as if he was in a trance.

But being smart has its advantages. He accepted this matter much faster than Shen Yuntang imagined. If Huo Yuyan was told, who knows how long he would be so upset.

After a while, Huo Xihuai suddenly raised his head.

"Ms. Shen." His emotions calmed down, and determination gradually appeared in his eyes. "Let's compare the information."

Shen Yuntang nodded.

"When were you reborn?"

"In June, in the hospital, the last person I saw was Wen Yanyan. I was reborn one year ago, which was June of this year."

"So you just came on the day I asked you to put on shoes?"

"Yes, that was the first day." Huo Xihuai was silent for a moment, then said, "Wen Yanyan believed that I would retaliate against you, so the plot line she learned about was at least that she had already known me, which was after the original date of Miss Shen's divorce."

"I'm also very confused." Shen Yuntang said, "This is different from the story I heard. The version I know is that you didn't reincarnate, but survived, and then took revenge on the original Shen Yuntang, causing her to have a miserable end, and finally became the boss. But you were reincarnated."

"In my previous life, Miss Shen didn't experience such a change either."

Huo Xihuai pondered for a moment and said, "We are both variables in the plot. I don't know who is the dependent variable and who is the independent variable."

“Can’t they all be independent variables?”

Huo Xihuai shook his head tolerantly. "Things happen because of motivation. For the author who created the world, the plot and characters must be changed in order to achieve a different situation from the original. The creator's change to me was just to make me reborn with hatred. If it was a change led by me, for example, if I was the protagonist, then the impact of other people's changes would definitely not be greater than mine."

"But apart from my rebirth once, I have never had any other highlights, which does not fit the basic role of the protagonist."

“So I’m probably a secondary condition.”

"Wen Yanyan's changes cannot be changes for the protagonist. The information she received is not more comprehensive than ours, and she still experienced failure after the changes. She does not fit the role of the protagonist. She is more like a supporting condition than me."

He suddenly raised his head and said seriously: "Ms. Shen, have you ever thought that you might be the protagonist?"

Shen Yuntang: “I’ve thought about it.”

She answered calmly and confidently, which made Huo Xihuai stunned for a moment, and then laughed a little. As expected, nothing could shock her.

Shen Yuntang continued, "My biological mother, Ms. Zhuo Mei, was also a character who had awakened her consciousness. She knew her fate before she died of illness, soberly recorded the process of her death, and left a letter for me."

"She said, don't listen to the plot, I'm the only one who is higher than the plot, control it."

There could even be glittering in Huo Xihuai's eyes.

"Assuming you are the protagonist, let's think from the author's perspective and see what purpose you want to achieve by changing these other characters."

He pointed at himself and said, "I changed me to take revenge on you and make things more difficult for you."

"The reason for changing Wen Yanyan is to make things more difficult for you. The timing of her change was too coincidental, and her behavior was very instrumental. The only thing that could be achieved was to alienate us."

"What is your purpose? You need to make you lose your mother, be retaliated by me, and alienate us."

Huo Xihuai murmured.

He suddenly asked, "Has my brother ever awakened?"

Shen Yuntang raised his chin, "He was on the verge of awakening once, but he didn't believe it and pushed it back."

Huo Xihuai was silent. It didn't seem very unexpected.

"Oh, and there is one most important setting." Shen Yuntang added, "This book is a cool novel. The heroine is Wen Yanyan, and the hero is Huo Yuyan. I am the villain who gets slapped in the face, and you are the second male lead who is devoted to Wen Yanyan."

“…”

Huo Xihuai was shocked.

He never thought that the real setting of this world would be so outrageous.

This is way off the mark. What kind of person would come up with such a setting?

He? The second male lead who is totally devoted to Wen Yanyan?

In his previous life, he didn't reach this plot until he died, so it's obvious that this happened later. Let's not talk about how he would forgive Wen Yanyan. Doesn't he have to study or compete in the plot? How can he have time to do the job of the second male lead?

After a while, he subconsciously whispered, "It's so stiff."

"Yeah, the plot is so rigid." Shen Yuntang also said, "It's like a novel that was hastily put together hot elements to achieve some purpose, without any thought about whether it is reasonable or not."

"The personality is different too." Huo Xihuai continued to mutter.

"That's right."

Shen Yuntang nodded, "Everyone here is completely different from what is described in the book."

Mrs. Tang in the book is a picky and evil mother-in-law, Wen Yanyan is a kind and warm little sun, Huo Yuyan is a cold and elite boss, and Huo Xihuai is a sinister and paranoid boss. The personalities of these main characters alone are extremely bad.

Is this something within the creator's control or beyond their control?

They are so alive.

Is it really just, just a role?

Huo Xihuai took a deep breath.

He said slowly: "Since Wen Yanyan can be temporarily changed, then the subsequent plot should also be able to be changed."

"We only need to observe the direction of the plot to analyze the purpose of changing these settings."

His tone was serious, filled with the heaviness of the battle and some expectations that were hard to show up.

He once questioned why he had such an unfortunate fate, but now he was directly fighting against his own destiny.

Huo Xihuai said: "I can't be sure whether my identity will be changed later. If I am tampered with, I must remember the secret code we left behind."

Shen Yuntang also felt the excitement of going against the higher-dimensional power.

"What?" She asked excitedly, "What is it that only the two of us know now?"

Shen Yuntang was fully prepared.

The first plot she faced was that the movie she had previously invested in Gu Lan was about to be released, and she had to attend the premiere as an investor.

Plot direction - career path.

It doesn't seem like there are any problems. Her career has been going smoothly before. I guess the creator doesn't want to create obstacles in her career.

Huo Yuyan also invested in this movie, and he was among the invited guests, so he specially waited for Shen Yuntang to attend together.

At the breakfast table, Huo Yuyan looked at the dishes in front of Shen Yuntang, then looked at the dishes in front of Huo Xihuai who was at home on winter vacation, his expression solemn.

He looked up at Ji Liang and said, "Can only two people in a family have a good meal?"

"Sir, you misunderstood." Ji Liang said politely, "Miss Shen doesn't want to control her weight recently, so I gave her the portion that was previously deducted. Master Xiao Huai is still growing and needs to eat better."

...So he's in a very remote place, right? He doesn't need to eat well?

Huo Yuyan was angry, "I'm not losing weight either, why are you treating me differently?"

"But sir, you need to exercise." Ji Liang said earnestly, "When your metabolism slows down, you will gain weight after eating a few bites. I am also thinking about your muscle lines."

Huo Yuyan: “?”

He was only a few years old, so he didn't skimp on breakfast. Just as she was about to point fingers, Shen Yuntang pushed the plate in front of her straight towards her.

She remained calm and said, "Shut up."

Huo Yuyan's lips twitched and he immediately fell silent.

He ate the siu mai that Shen Yuntang gave him. As he buried his head, he heard Huo Xihuai say, "Sister, are you ready for today?"

Shen Yuntang nodded, "Of course I will observe carefully."

"Maybe there will be some clues." Huo Xihuai also agreed.

Huo Yuyan suddenly couldn't bite the shaomai in his mouth.

What were they talking about? What was this observation or this clue? How come he had no idea?

Wait, didn't Huo Xihuai always call her Miss Shen respectfully? When did he start calling her Sister?

…

He can only be called Shen Yuntang.

Huo Yuyan suddenly felt sad that he was excluded from this family.

After a distracted meal, he and Shen Yuntang changed their shoes at the entrance and went out. Huo Xihuai said from behind: "Sister, be careful on the road."

After a pause, he continued, "Brother too."

His tone was extremely sincere, as if he didn't realize how obvious his perfunctory approach was.

Huo Yuyan became even more puzzled.

What's going on?

Has Shen Yuntang surpassed him and become the most respected parent in Huo Xihuai's mind?

Didn't she just go to the capital to pick him up once, and she picked him up when she went to visit a newly opened boutique? How come their relationship is so good?

He was puzzled all the way.

On the elevated road, he finally spoke, cleared his throat and asked, "Is Huo Xihuai a good kid?"

"It's pretty good." Shen Yuntang didn't even raise her head. "He's smart and competitive, and he can help me win the game. Having a brother like him is much better than having a husband."

"...That can't be said. They each have their own advantages."

"What are your strengths?"

Huo Yuyan choked.

After a moment, he began to rack his brains to list his resume.

"I went to kindergarten when I was two years old. When I was three, I participated in art performances with my older brothers and sisters in the older class. When I entered elementary school, I was admitted to the best class because I could recognize too many words and count too quickly. After every exam, the head teacher would come to the class and ask, 'Who is Huo Yuyan? Stand up so I can see.' I got first place in the district in the graduation exam. I got into the best middle school not by donating a building but by my hard work. I was the school idol for six consecutive years. The photo of me on the honor roll in the college entrance examination was even taken down and kept as a treasure..."

He paused here.

He found that Shen Yuntang was looking at him with a smile.

She raised her chin and said, "Go on, why don't you say anything?"

She even raised her head and said, "I love listening to my husband's love history the most."

Huo Yuyan took a deep breath.

"I don't have a history of relationships." He turned his head away stiffly and said, "It's not my fault if it's one-sided. It's just my personal charm."

Huo Yuyan didn't know why he had been married for more than a year but still lived like a widower.

This must not be his problem. He was very self-disciplined and reserved in relationships, and had never experienced what it was like to be in an ambiguous relationship. He didn't know what his current relationship with Shen Yuntang was.

Talk about marriage by arrangement? It doesn't seem so cold.

Real couple? That's a bit too much, too exaggerated.

……Wait.

Did he overlook something?

Shen Yuntang seemed to be sarcastic about his various bad love affairs and made him feel ashamed.

But why is she so weird?

...This shows that she minds!

Why does she mind his bad luck in love? Doesn't that mean she treats him as her property?

Huo Yuyan's heart suddenly started pounding.

Miss Shen is so possessive.

Even when I don't like him very much, I still keep such a close eye on him. What if one day... what if I start to have some thoughts about him.

She would have to tie him up and keep him by her side every day.

Will she ask him not to look at other people, to report before chatting, to forbid him from having physical contact with other creatures, and to make him her exclusive and clean property?

...Bah, Huo Yuyan, are you crazy?

What are you thinking about? Is this possible? Are you sick? Why are you blushing when you think about it?

Shen Yuntang was still guiding him to realize that something was wrong.

In order to make him awaken, she and Huo Xihuai took great pains and designed countless topics that might lead to awakening, but there was no way. It seemed that Huo Yuyan had certain flaws in some aspects, and until now, his keywords had not been triggered.

Shen Yuntang's original intention was, think about it, you are a person who has been so aloof and elite since childhood, but now you have turned into a wild dog on the loose, don't you think it's outrageous?

But not only did she not wait for Huo Yuyan to reflect, she even saw that his ears were a little hot.

"...Ms. Shen, I want to ask you something."

Huo Yuyan suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.

Shen Yuntang perked up and looked up, thinking that he had some ideas.

"That's what I want to say..." Huo Yuyan paused, still a little embarrassed to say it out loud. After hesitating for a moment, he propped himself up on his knees and said, "If, I mean if, if in the future we... we just, develop more smoothly. It's not that I particularly hope it will go smoothly, but I just imagine this possibility."

He took one more breath before he could complete the sentence.

"…How much pocket money can you leave for me in a month?"

Shen Yuntang: “…”