“Xia Yuning” was the cannon fodder Shou in this novel. In the story, the original owner’s parents tragically died in a car accident when he was young. Afterward, he was adopted by his uncle, Xia Guoliang, who only took him in to get his hands on the inheritance left behind by the original owner’s parents.
As time passed, the ugly true colors of Xia Guoliang’s family gradually came to light. No longer bothering to keep up the pretense of kindness, the family began constantly mistreating and abusing the original owner.
Under prolonged abuse, both the original owner’s physical and mental health broke down, and his personality became utterly timid. He was a little useless thing who couldn’t even speak properly.
The original owner also had someone he liked, a beam of light in his darkest moments, who happened to be the novel’s Gong protagonist, Gu Situ.
The original owner was also in an arranged marriage with Lu Jinglin, the villain of the book. At first, the original owner was unwilling to go through with it, but for Gu Situ’s sake, he didn’t hesitate to marry Lu Jinglin, acting as an undercover spy inside the Lu family. He secretly stole documents, working hand-in-glove with Gu Situ to fight against the Lu family together.
Later, after Lu Jinglin discovered the truth, that asshole scumbag Gu Situ simply abandoned him like a chess piece, telling the original owner that he had only ever treated him as a substitute and had never liked him at all.
Upon finding out, the original owner didn’t even blame him, saying things like, “I don’t blame you. No matter what you do, I understand, because I love you,” and so on.
In the end, he was willingly driven to his death by Lu Jinglin.
Fuck, fuck, fuck! “Xia Yuning,” wake up! Wake up, damn it!
You are a pure, unadulterated sucker! This is way too much of a love-brain stupidity!
When he finished reading it at the time, he was so furious he almost smashed his phone. However, because he cherished his phone, he ultimately lowered the device that he had raised high above his head.
He had no idea how he managed to keep reading that novel. Even after the cannon fodder Shou who shared his exact name had kicked the bucket, he kept going. Maybe it was because the villain in the story wasn’t bad, but in any case, he pulled an all-nighter to finish it.
“You little brat, open the door right now! You ignorant, good-for-nothing loser, the Lu family is about to arrive, so get your ass out here right now!”
The Lu family… arriving…
Tsk.
Xia Yuning clicked his tongue in a sigh. It seemed today was indeed the day of his wedding to Lu Jinglin. The timing of his transmigration was a bit too coincidental, as it had to be right at this moment. Running away to escape the marriage wasn’t an option anymore.
In for a penny, in for a pound.
Xia Yuning comforted himself. Since the reality was already set in stone, he might as well just get married. Besides, it wouldn’t cost him a pound of flesh, and he would even get a husband for free.
He remembered the book’s description of Lu Jinglin. Although he was a villain, he was an absolute big shot. And since Lu Jinglin would be his husband in the future, as long as he didn’t court death, he wouldn’t die. No matter how he looked at it, this was a total win!
Once Xia Yuning thought it through, he got out of bed to open the door, afraid that if he didn’t, the people outside would break it down.
Xia Yuning gripped the doorknob, and with a creaking groan that set one’s teeth on edge, the door swung open.
Standing right outside was a middle-aged man with an ugly expression. He had probably been in the middle of a furious rant and didn’t expect Xia Yuning to open the door so suddenly, which startled him. His face was still twisted in the fierce, ferocious expression of yelling and failed to recover immediately, contorting his features into a grimace.
Xia Yuning’s eyelashes drooped slightly, half-veiling his eyes, as he spoke lazily, “I agree to the marriage.”
Looking at the young man before him, Xia Guoliang always felt like something was different.