Wasn't the Male Lead supposed to be like this?
Why had he turned out to be a morally twisted, psychologically deranged guy like Gu Hualei?
Su Qiao tossed her phone onto the bed, then flopped down after it. "If he were the Male Lead, he wouldn't have died so young in his previous life."
In her previous life, as soon as Chu Zhenghao died, the Chu Family's company immediately fell into chaos. Grandma Chu soon died as well, unable to withstand the blow. Two relatives had died one after another, almost at the same time, instantly crushing Chu Jingchen.
At the time, Chu Jingchen was still "not pursuing a proper career," working as a plastic surgeon at a hospital. He had not yet involved himself in the family business.
Su Qiao guessed that he had probably always believed the family company already had his outstanding elder brother, which was enough. As the younger brother, he could live freely for the rest of his life.
Of course, perhaps he also did not want to get involved in the family business and have people speculate about whether the brothers would end up fighting over the family fortune.
In any case, before Grandma Chu and his elder brother died, his values had been perfectly upright. He cared deeply about family and kinship—at least more deeply than he cared about things like family assets.
It was only after two relatives died in succession, the betrayal of the company's upper management, the suppression by the Yu Family and Gu Family from outside, and the discovery that his elder brother's death was connected to the Gu Family and Yu Family that he finally erupted.
After the Chu Family's company completely collapsed, he risked everything in a death match against the Yu Family and Gu Family, making