Dying
When Yi Chen had completely passed out on Yue Hen's body, severing all perception of reality.
His consciousness did not sink fully into darkness. Instead, borrowing this familiar sensation of death, it continued recalling his life before death—the memories of coming back to life, escaping the orphanage by a twist of fate, entering the city for the first time, and formally coming into contact with human society.
He had escaped from a delivery truck, found a well-fitting suit at a garbage station in a wealthy district, and put on a top hat to conceal his appearance.
Yi Chen did not immediately try to integrate into society. Instead, he found a filthy, disorderly public restroom and examined his "Dead Person Makeup" in the graffiti-covered mirror, quickly accepting the fact that he had come back from the dead.
Although he did not know why this had happened, Yi Chen in the mirror wore a terrifying smile.
Since he was still "alive" in this world, he could still accomplish his ultimate goal—destroying the orphanage.
He could not rush.
From the orphanage's recruitment of social elites to bear offspring, he could infer that Black Mountain Orphanage held an extremely high position in society, and that its eyes and ears were spread throughout every corner of the city.
Although Yi Chen's "death" had been confirmed, the orphanage would not actively search for his whereabouts.
But if he often exposed his appearance beneath surveillance cameras, there was still a chance that the orphanage would notice him again.
While considering how to conceal his identity and construct a false identity that would allow him to live normally, Yi Chen thought of someone.
The man Director Cao had once mentioned, hidden within the confidential files—in other words, Yi Chen's biological father, whom he had never met.
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