Brain storage facility.
Whether it is reasonable or not, this story has only one principle:
Rather than mentally exhaust yourself, go crazy and exhaust everyone else.
Six in the evening, Su Family Villa.
The living room, once filled with laughter and bustle, was now oppressively silent. A pin drop could be heard.
Su Chen, whom everyone in the Su Family had always ignored—even when they saw him—had now become the center of attention.
"Su Chen, why are you so disappointing?"
"Su Chen, you're now the son of Hai City's richest man, not some orphan from an orphanage. Why can't you get rid of your petty thieving habit?!"
"Su Chen, hurry up and hand over the watch you stole from me!"
"Who doesn't know that you're the only one in this family with a habit of sneaking around and stealing things?!"
"What are you still being stubborn about?! What are you still being stubborn about?!"
The furious middle-aged man before him, looking as though he hated iron for not becoming steel, was pointing at Su Chen and cursing him viciously.
Yet Su Chen, standing in the middle of the living room and being berated, had a dazed look in his eyes.
"Exactly, Su Chen. Who doesn't know you're the only one in this family who steals things? Before you returned to the Su Family, nothing in this house had ever gone missing."
"And you still won't admit it?!"
"Even if you won't admit it, we all know it was you who stole dad's watch!"
"Dad's watch was a Patek Philippe worth over a million yuan. You must have stolen it because you'd never seen such an expensive watch before."
A cute, beautiful girl with her hair in a bun, sweet makeup, and a designer dress shot Su Chen a disdainful sidelong glance. Curling her lips, she mocked him.
But Su Chen had no energy to pay attention to what the girl was saying.
He looked around in every direction. Was this the Spring Festival of his second year after returning from the orphanage to the Su Family?!
Had he been reborn?!
Looking again at the Su Family members surrounding him with ridicule and contempt, Su Chen became certain that he had been reborn.
"Su Chen, be good. Just take out your father's watch and return it to him."
"Su Chen, don't worry. We won't blame you."
A classically elegant middle-aged beauty wearing a traditional Chinese qipao, her hair pinned up with a jade hairpin, gently persuaded Su Chen.
"That's right, Brother. We all know you just haven't seen such an expensive watch before."
"Just return the watch to dad. We definitely won't blame you."
A handsome, finely dressed young man about Su Chen's age joined in persuading him, his face filled with concern and understanding.
The middle-aged man was Su Zhenxing, Su Chen's biological father and the head of the Su Family, Hai City's richest family. He had always been a man whose word was final, both in society and at home.
The other cute, beautiful girl who had spoken earlier was Su Qiqi, Su Chen's Second Sister. She was a painter and the person in the Su Family who looked down on Su Chen the most.
The gentle middle-aged beauty trying to persuade Su Chen was his biological mother, Liu Yanran. She came from the Liu family, another wealthy Hai City family, and had entered into a business marriage with Su Zhenxing. Together, they had two daughters and one son.
The young man anxiously persuading Su Chen was his younger brother, Su Mu. A rich second-generation heir, handsome and tall, with outstanding grades, he was one of heaven's favored sons with every BUFF stacked on him.
Sitting beside Liu Yanran was another beautiful woman in a tailored suit and short hair, frowning as she looked at Su Chen with disgust.
This woman was Su Chen's eldest sister, Su Lili. With the support of her father, Su Zhenxing, she had successfully founded her own clothing brand and become a rising star in Hai City's business world.
In his previous life, it had been on this very day that Su Chen was falsely accused of stealing his father Su Zhenxing's watch. He had explained again and again, desperately insisting that he had not stolen it, but no one believed him.
From that day onward in his previous life, Su Chen had been branded a "thief." Whether at school or after entering society following graduation, with the Su Family constantly bringing it up, he had never been able to remove that label.
Only later did Su Chen learn that this entire scene had merely been a performance arranged by his Second Sister, Su Qiqi, meant to make the Su Family hate him even more.
But by the time Su Chen found out, it was already too late.
Everyone was convinced that Su Chen was a thief.
In the end, Su Chen had become someone everyone despised, hated, and avoided. He had no career, no marriage, and ultimately died in despair at the age of forty.
After his death, Su Chen became a soul and spent a hundred years witnessing every facet of human life.
It was during those hundred years that Su Chen learned a person should not live the way he had.
His past self had exhausted himself far too much.
But after experiencing those hundred years of human lives, Su Chen's way of thinking changed.
Rather than mentally exhaust yourself, go crazy and exhaust everyone else.
At this point in his previous life, Su Chen had only known how to desperately explain that he had not stolen dad's watch.
But Su Chen now—
He sprang three feet into the air, shaking his head violently. His face twisted with savagery as he glared at the Su Family members surrounding him and roared.
"Who? Who said I stole the watch?!"
"Who saw it?!"
"Who saw it?!"
"Step forward! Come on, come confront me! Come on! Come on!"
The Su Family members were so frightened by Su Chen's reaction that they all leaned back.
Everyone in the Su Family was shocked.
What was wrong with Su Chen?!
Su Chen had been scolded like this before, but he had never reacted this way!
Besides, what kind of reaction was this?!
Why did he look so crazed?!
After recovering from his shock, Su Zhenxing immediately flew into a rage. Pointing at Su Chen, he bellowed, "rebellious son! Rebellious son!"
"Su Chen, you rebellious son! What are you doing?!"
"Pretending to be crazy and playing dumb?!"
"Rebellious son, do you think you can get away with this by pretending to be crazy and playing dumb?!"
"Rebellious son, hand over the watch right now. Pretending to be crazy and playing dumb is useless!"
Heh. Why bother with him? At the end of the day, he still believed Su Chen had stolen the watch.
Su Chen of this life would not let these people pin the label of thief on him again.
Su Chen ignored Su Zhenxing completely. He kept jumping and shouting, his face twisted and ferocious.
"Stop avoiding my question!"
"Answer my question directly!"
"Who?! Who said I stole the watch?! Who saw it?!"
"Step forward and confront me!"
"Otherwise, you're slandering me! Slandering me!"
After Su Zhenxing's furious shouting, the Su Family members finally came to their senses as well.
Su Qiqi looked at Su Chen with contempt from the corner of her eyes. Seeing him pretend to be crazy and play dumb only made her more disdainful, her lips curling crookedly to one side.
"Su Chen, in this family, aside from you, no one would ever steal dad's watch. After all—"
Su Qiqi raised her hand and deliberately showed off the pink Patek Philippe on her wrist. She said smugly, "After all, we all have Patek Philippe watches."
"Only you, Su Chen, have never seen such an expensive watch before."
"So you're the only one who would steal dad's watch."
Good. Su Chen had been wondering how to turn the spotlight onto Su Qiqi, the one who had framed him, but she had practically delivered herself to him.
It had to be said that Su Qiqi could be quite considerate at times.
Su Chen leaped right in front of Su Qiqi. Gripping her shoulders with both hands, he shook her relentlessly, stared fiercely into her eyes, and roared:
"It was you! It was you, Su Qiqi! You're the one who framed me for stealing the watch, aren't you?!"
"I'm asking you, which eye saw me steal the watch, huh?!"
"When did I steal it?!"
"Which hand did I use to steal it?!"
"Speak! Answer me! Confront me!"
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