Bang!
With the crack of a gunshot, Lin Ao's life was ended once again!
"To hell with you, damn heavens!"
"Lin Ao, I came here today to discuss breaking off our engagement!"
"Ahhh!"
Lin Ao, seated across from the girl, suddenly let out a scream.
He toppled to the floor, sending the scalding coffee on the table spilling all over him.
His face was pale, and the vision that had just flashed through his mind had left him drenched in cold sweat.
"Damn it! That bastard Xiao Fan actually hid behind a woman and shot me in the back! What a piece of trash!"
His head throbbed and ached. He completely ignored the pain from the coffee, muttering under his breath.
The girl sitting across from Lin Ao was startled by his sudden outburst. She reached out to help the bedraggled Lin Ao up.
Her small, fair hand had barely reached him when Lin Ao slapped it away.
His head was killing him.
The woman was stunning, with willow-leaf brows like the crescent moon, eyes like the stars, a graceful figure, and an immaculate, otherworldly air. She was like a fairy.
But Lin Ao had no desire to deal with her! Just seeing her stirred up the anger in his gut!
"Tsk, tsk, tsk. It's this lovesick woman again. She handed the Gu Family over to Xiao Fan on a silver platter. I come back and see her right away—what a damn bad omen."
Lin Ao cursed the woman before him in his heart.
"Get away from me!"
Lin Ao shouted angrily at the girl trying to approach him.
The girl jumped at Lin Ao's outburst and stood frozen beside him.
He's angry? He's actually angry—is it because I said I wanted to break off our engagement? Does he care about it? Impossible!
Seeing Lin Ao's tightly furrowed brows and furious expression, the girl felt a stir in her heart.
The girl was Gu Wanqing, the eldest daughter of the Gu Family in Jianghai City. She had been engaged since childhood to Lin Ao, the eldest son of the Lin Family, Jianghai City's foremost family.
She had asked Lin Ao to meet today so they could privately discuss ending their engagement.
Lin Ao had always struck her as an incredibly dangerous person. She had known him since childhood, yet had never been able to see through him. He was like an abyss, inspiring fear.
She wanted to spend the rest of her life with someone who loved her, cared for her, and cherished her—not with the heartless, selfish, cold, and dangerous Lin Ao.
And yet, after hearing her say she wanted to break off the engagement, Lin Ao had reacted so strongly?
Could it be... Gu Wanqing shook her head fiercely. She had long ago seen through the kind of person he was.
He was probably angry because he was about to lose the Gu Family as a bargaining chip!
She couldn't let herself entertain any fantasies about a man like him! She had to make herself clear today!
"Lin Ao..."
Gu Wanqing hadn't finished speaking before Lin Ao cut her off.
"I don't want to talk to you right now! Remember—anything!"
One hand pressed to his head, Lin Ao braced himself with the other as he struggled up. The pain twisted his face into a grimace.
He swayed to his feet, nearly falling again.
Gu Wanqing tried to help him once more, but he slapped her hand away even harder.
"Breaking off the engagement, huh? Fine, I agree. If you get married, remember to let me know. I'll give you two hundred million as a wedding gift and wish you a happy life together!"
Lin Ao's face was contorted, his teeth bared from the pain.
He felt awful right now and didn't want to keep entangling himself with this woman.
Every word Lin Ao spoke sounded like I'm going to kill you. Gu Wanqing was so frightened that she took two steps back.
After saying that, Lin Ao staggered out of the café.
Gu Wanqing stood where she was, staring blankly at Lin Ao's disheveled figure as he walked away. For some reason, the sight of his back made her heart ache.
Does he really have feelings for me? Gu Wanqing had no idea what he was thinking.
Impossible! Gu Wanqing, wake up. You said yourself he isn't that kind of person. Thank goodness I learned what he was like from Xiao Fan. If I'd married him just like that, my whole life would have been ruined.
The servant waiting outside saw Lin Ao stagger out and hurriedly brought the car around.
Sitting in the car, Lin Ao felt the pain in his head ease a little. He let out a slow breath.
"Young master, should I take you to our hospital for a checkup?"
Seeing that Lin Ao didn't look well, the driver asked. He thought the eldest daughter of the Gu Family really didn't know what was good for her.
"Back to the Lin Family."
Lin Ao replied with his eyes closed. All he wanted now was to go back and sort out his thoughts.
Inside a luxurious manor.
Lin Ao returned to his room, loosened his tie, and collapsed onto the bed.
Lin Ao had been reborn again—and again—and again.
He had lost count of how many times he had been reborn!
This world was a hodgepodge of tropes from all kinds of urban novels.
And he was the final boss, commonly known as the big villain.
Everyone else was a Child of Heavenly Mandate, the so-called protagonists!
Bound by the rules, every time he was reborn, he would take turns getting beaten to a pulp by Xiao Fan, Lin Feng, Ye Chen, and Chu Tian, forced to play out one villainous life after another.
The first time he died was on the day he married Gu Wanqing, when Xiao Fan crashed the wedding and stole the bride.
"Lin Ao" was so furious that he sent men after Xiao Fan. But one night, Xiao Fan broke through the manor's security and assassinated him.
"Looking back now, it's a joke. What kind of garbage trope is that? The mighty Lin Family let someone climb in and assassinate me?"
The second time, he was reborn. This time, "Lin Ao" put off marrying Gu Wanqing, so Xiao Fan never got the chance to crash the wedding.
But later, during the century-long business war with the Qin Family, he got into a fierce conflict with its eldest daughter, Qin Yun.
In the end, after winning the business war, he was poisoned and killed by Xiao Fan at the celebration banquet.
"I really can't thank you enough. Every pretty woman is connected to one of those so-called protagonists. That eldest daughter of the Qin Family has something seriously wrong with her, too. Does every woman in this world have lovesick syndrome? Huh? I'm so handsome—why doesn't anyone go lovesick over me?"
The third "Lin Ao" managed to avoid the wedding-crashing and the business war. At the company's annual gala, he invited the nation's goddess, Xia Qiange, to perform.
He invited her over for a drink. Who could have known Xia Qiange would start crying in fear when she saw "Lin Ao"?
Later, while he was sleeping in a hotel, Xiao Fan, disguised as a cleaner, pushed him from the 28th floor.
Tsk—
So her crying was a reason for "Lin Ao" to experience Universal Gravitation?
Why did she have to cry?
"Lin Ao" had paid for it, hired people, and invited her over for a drink. So what?
The protagonist was so damn reasonable: The woman I'm interested in cried, so you have to die.
Tsk, tsk, tsk. Look at how domineering he was! Absolutely swoon-worthy. I loved it!
Even dogs would love it!
The fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh times were Lin Feng; the eighth, ninth, and tenth were Ye Chen; the eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth... were Chu Tian.
Heaven really looked after him. Every time he was reborn, someone would whip his corpse—over and over, and each time by a different person!
The plot was so outrageous, outrageously outrageous—it was outrageous beyond belief!
He had tried to fight back, but it was useless. Each time, only a small portion of his time was spent with his thoughts free. The rest of the time, some inexplicable force drove him to do things.
Like deliberately provoking someone or deliberately flirting with a woman.
He had tried to explain himself during the brief stretches when his thoughts were free, but who would believe him?
But this time, things were finally different!
It was as if a puppet had been given a soul, freeing him from the restrictions of this world!
At last, he was truly "alive."
After being reborn this time, he discovered that his thoughts were completely free, and so were his actions!
"A villain?"
"Why should I play the villain?"
"To hell with being a villain!"
"Let whoever wants the role take it!"
This life, I refuse to be the villain. I'm going to be a good person!
Heaven! Let's see what you can do about it!
So...
What should I do?
I've never been a good person before!
In all my past lives, I'd done every kind of bad thing, but never a good one! And I hadn't even been allowed to do good!
Just then, a wisp of red energy dispersed from his body.
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