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From the many times he had verified his death.

Lin Ao had reached a conclusion.

Rule one: learn to be a good person.

As long as he did good deeds and acted as an ordinary, decent person, he wouldn't be so easily dragged into the events involving those people.

Rule two: from now on, stay away from everyone in the protagonist group.

He would content himself with being an idle, wealthy young master and let them play their own games.

Rule three: avoid those women! Avoid those women! And for heaven's sake, avoid those women!

He had to avoid those women at all costs. Every time "Lin Ao" had any interaction with them, some so-called protagonist would pop up, and then "Lin Ao" would be finished off!

To stay alive, he had to keep his distance from them!

It would be best if he never had any contact with them for the rest of his life!

The first step was to break off the engagement with Gu Wanqing.

It seemed that agreeing to Gu Wanqing's request to call off the engagement on a whim this afternoon was the right move!

He had to find her tomorrow to discuss the details, finalize the matter, and formally sever all ties and connections.

Just as Lin Ao was thinking about what other precautions he needed to take, a knock on the door interrupted his train of thought.

"Knock, knock, knock."

"Young Master, the Master and Madam are calling you down for dinner."

Lin Ao stood up and straightened his clothes; starting tomorrow, he would be welcoming a new life.

He arrived at the dining room, where a middle-aged man with a square face and a dignified, beautiful middle-aged woman were sitting at the table. They were Lin Ao's parents, Lin Dong and Li Wanyu.

Seeing his parents again made him feel a bit dazed; every time he died, he never knew how heartbroken his parents must have been.

This time, he would definitely be 99% filial and live to be 99 years old himself.

"Dad~ Mom~"

Li Wanyu stood up, walked over, took Lin Ao's hands, and pulled him to a chair to sit down.

"Oh, my good child~ Uncle Zhang said today that you went on a date with Wanqing, but your face looked terrible when you came back. I told you to go to the hospital for a checkup, but you wouldn't go. You stubborn child, are you trying to worry your mother to death?"

Li Wanyu patted him here and there, her face full of concern.

"Mom~ I'm fine! Look, don't I look perfectly fine right now~"

Lin Ao stood up and spun around to prove that he was in great shape.

He was truly great; he was free.

"If you're fine, then sit down and eat!"

Although Lin Dong hadn't asked about Lin Ao's health, his eyes had scanned Lin Ao at least 800 times while he was spinning around.

"What did you and Wan'er talk about today? Was it about the engagement?"

Li Wanyu smiled; her child was growing up, and she would soon be able to hold a grandchild!

Lin Dong was busy picking up food with a serious expression, but his ears were perked high, harboring the same thoughts as Li Wanyu.

"Mm-hmm, yes, Mom! We had a great time talking!"

Lin Ao told a lie; he wasn't about to say that he had just agreed to break off the engagement and was planning to discuss the details of the breakup with her tomorrow.

If he said that now, his parents definitely wouldn't believe him. They might even think he had done something to wrong Gu Wanqing and drag him over to her family's house to apologize.

"That's good~ That's good~ I've liked that child Wanqing since she was little. I don't know how happy I am that you two can be together."

Li Wanyu looked gratified. She had especially liked Gu Wanqing since she was a child; in her eyes, Gu Wanqing was beautiful, intelligent, gentle, and kind.

She was simply the perfect daughter-in-law.

"After the engagement, stop pulling a long face all day. You can't even smile at a girl—are you even a man!"

Lin Dong looked at Lin Ao with a serious expression. He meant it; aside from when he was with him and Li Wanyu, Lin Ao spent his days with a stiff, cold face everywhere else.

There were so many beautiful girls at the company, yet he couldn't even manage a single smile!

From time to time, he would even make those pretty girls cry over work issues.

Lin Dong felt a pang of heartache whenever he saw those girls crying with their makeup running; working under his son was truly a miserable ordeal!

If he hadn't snuck into his room to observe him that morning before Lin Ao woke up and discovered that little Lin Ao could still stand up, he would have thought that Lin Ao had a problem down there.

Lin Ao was speechless; that was the "Lin Ao" of the past, a heartless supervillain.

Now, just give him a beautiful woman and see what happens—he wouldn't just smile, he'd make a move.

"How can you talk to the child like that! Lin Ao is just introverted!"

Li Wanyu rolled her eyes at Lin Dong. Their child had just been a bit shy since he was little, usually spoke less, was a bit more serious, and was a bit colder toward others...

"No! Lin Ao, you must change this for me! Smile more, and stop going to the company so often lately. The company can run just fine without you. Tomorrow, you are to ask Wanqing out on a date! That's an order!!"

Li Wanyu felt that the more she thought about it, the more wrong it felt. If things continued like this after the engagement, who would be willing to marry such a block of wood!

Lin Dong rolled his eyes at Li Wanyu in his heart. So much for being introverted!

"Alright, alright, I got it, Mom~"

Lin Ao replied casually.

In any case, their fixed impression of him was that "Lin Ao" was cold, a workaholic, and a heartless machine.

This gave Lin Dong and Li Wanyu quite a shock. They had often told him not to go to the company and to spend more time with Gu Wanqing.

He had always made excuses, never agreeing as readily as he did today.

Perhaps it was because the wedding date was approaching; the child had grown up and started to think for himself.

The reason Lin Ao agreed so readily was simple.

He had decided that from now on, he would just be an idle rich young master. With so much money at home, why bother making more?

He would completely sever ties with those women and then go out to find his own true love.

It just so happened that he would ask Gu Wanqing out tomorrow to talk things through clearly, then have her call off the engagement. If that didn't work, he would go and call it off himself.

At worst, he would get a scolding, but that was still better than having to die all over again.

After finishing dinner, Lin Ao returned to his room.

The only problem now was, if he wanted to stop being a villain and be a good person, how exactly was he supposed to do that?

He had never learned how to do that before.

The former "Lin Ao" didn't understand the warmth of human nature; he only knew the gains and losses of the business world, living like a robot.

After Xiao Fan stole his fiancée, he was forced to turn dark and began committing all sorts of evil deeds.

If you asked him to come up with ways to do something unscrupulous right now, he could think of hundreds of methods instantly.

Forget it, stop thinking about it for now. Things will work out when the time comes.

First, send a text message to Gu Wanqing to arrange a meeting for tomorrow.

Hmm, how should he phrase it?

The texts he usually sent were about business, or orders for his subordinates to hunt down the protagonist's group.

How was a normal text supposed to be written?

After thinking for a long while, Lin Ao opened his phone, found Gu Wanqing, and began to edit.

"I am Lin Ao.

Time: Tomorrow morning at 8:00 AM.

Location: My house. (Address: No. XXXX, XXXX Road, XXXX District, Jianghai City)

Project: Engagement cancellation discussion.

Goal: Successful cancellation of engagement.

Estimated discussion time: 1 hour.

Please reply with 1 upon receipt.

Thank you!"

Lin Ao looked at the text he had edited with satisfaction. Everything was described in great detail, and it should be very easy for a girl to understand.

"I even politely said thank you at the end. I'm never this polite to my subordinates at the company."

Finally, he had taken the first step toward being amiable!

OK! That's it, click send.

At this very moment, the gears of fate began to turn quietly.