Before Jiang Nan even opened his eyes, he felt a blinding white light pierce his vision.
He instinctively closed his eyes tightly, and only slowly opened them after his eyes had adjusted slightly.
In front of her were some live-streaming equipment. Her phone screen was already black, but the lighting was too bright, and Jiang Nan couldn't stop her eyes from tearing up.
He closed his eyes again and heard someone whisper around him, " Teacher Jiang, the live stream is over."
Teacher Jiang?
Upon hearing this address, Jiang Nan suddenly opened his eyes. Ignoring the lighting in front of him, he forced himself to keep his eyes closed and looked around at his surroundings.
It was probably a small live-streaming studio with a nicely decorated background and a cabinet near the entrance displaying a lot of selected products.
The speaker was a young man, fairly good-looking, wearing simple sportswear, with a fawning smile on his face.
Jiang Nan was in a daze, looking at all this unfamiliar surroundings, when an idea suddenly popped into his head. He pursed his lips, picked up the mirror on the table, and looked at himself.
The moment she saw it clearly, Jiang Nan suddenly felt a chill run through her body.
The man in the mirror was wearing red contact lenses, had black hair, and wore slightly glamorous makeup.
She had eyeliner drawn on and wore red lipstick.
This isn't him...
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The young man's real name Zhang Tianci. He had just graduated from university and immediately followed Jiang Nan as his assistant.
This internet celebrity has a rather eccentric personality. She has no friends or parents and prefers to stay by herself except when she's livestreaming.
They speak sharply but are efficient in their work.
As usual, Jiang Nan removed her makeup and left after the live stream ended.
But now he was sitting quietly in the same spot, Zhang Tianci found a little strange. When he was packing his things, he carefully looked over.
The boy sat on the stool, his face too pale, and perhaps due to the lighting, he looked inexplicably fragile.
Zhang Tianci pursed his lips, hesitated for a moment, and said, " Teacher Jiang, are you feeling unwell?"
"Huh?" Jiang Nan came back to her senses, looked at Zhang Tianci, and suddenly felt that the other's profile looked a little familiar.
It looks a bit like...
He looks a bit like Fu Jinchuan.
Zhang Tianci patiently repeated it.
Jiang Nan shook her head; "It's nothing, I was just spacing out for a while."
Zhang Tianci was somewhat flattered.
His boss was quite mild-mannered today.
Normally, I would have kicked him out long ago.
Jiang Nan got up and left. He had no memories of the original owner and didn't know where the original owner was now.
He stood there, pinching the bridge of his nose. "I'm a little dizzy. Could you take me home?"
Zhang Tianci quickly replied, "Okay, okay."
The original owner currently lives in a large, single-level apartment with a river view.
After seeing Jiang Nan to the door, Zhang Tianci left on his own.
The door lock uses fingerprint unlocking. Jiang Nan tried several fingers and finally found it was her right ring finger.
With a click, the door opened.
It was pitch black inside. After Jiang Nan went in, her legs went weak and she almost couldn't stand up.
He leaned against the wall and realized that his whole body was trembling and his heart was pounding violently.
"771..."
"771, are you there?"
Jiang Nan called out several times, but received no response.
He pinched his hand, and the pain was quite noticeable.
So it's not a dream.
It's not a dream.
Jiang Nan had never been more afraid than she was now, from childhood to adulthood.
He was so afraid that he didn't even dare to think about a certain person.
[ Nannan...]
A few minutes later, a familiar voice suddenly appeared in my ear.
Jiang Nan was stunned for a moment, somewhat incredulous. "771?"
[It's me.]
Jiang Nan turned on the light with a "snap".
The lights in the entryway turned on one by one, instantly brightening the room.
The Little Black Ball squatted on the table in the entryway, its fur drooping down, looking listless, [ Nannan ].
Jiang Nan exclaimed in surprise, "You're still here?"
The Little Black Ball nodded, looking aggrieved.
"Why didn't you say anything just now? You scared me to death," Jiang Nan asked.
The Little Black Ball sniffed. "[I did something wrong, I'm sorry.]"
Jiang Nan was taken aback. "What did you do wrong?"
The Little Black Ball sobbed: [This is your original world now. Shen Anbai hit your skull; you can't survive.]
Jiang Nan couldn't understand. "He just grabbed a rock at random, how did I die?"
Jiang Nan carefully recalled the scene before he lost consciousness and realized that he was completely unable to react when Shen Anbai was pushing and shoving him in a frenzy.
The Little Black Ball was silent for a moment, then said, "[It is the Heavenly Dao that wants you to die.]"
Jiang Nan froze, and the hairs on her body stood on end.
" The Heavenly Dao?"
"[Yes.]" the Little Black Ball sighed. "[Have you noticed that you look exactly like the original Jiang Nan?]"
Jiang Nan: "Nonsense, isn't that standard for transmigrating into a book?"
Little Black Ball: [Have you ever wondered why it was specifically bound to you?]
Jiang Nan: "Because I died of a cerebral hemorrhage."
Jiang Nan suddenly stopped.
He died of a cerebral hemorrhage when he traveled to that world.
He was transported back in time only to die on the spot after Shen Anbai smashed his head in.
The Little Black Ball sat obediently on the table: [Do you have a premonition?]
Jiang Nan was stunned again.
The Little Black Ball said, "Actually, you don't belong to this world, so you can't find your parents, you don't have any close friends, you only have casual acquaintances."
Jiang Nan's mind seemed to be in chaos. He struggled to piece together the information from those few sentences: "You mean, I was originally from that world?"
The Little Black Ball nodded: [Yes.]
Jiang Nan suddenly felt a little lost. "Then why have I stayed in this world for so long?"
The Little Black Ball paused for a moment: [That's a question for you to answer.]
Jiang Nan: "How would I know? I went to another world in a daze, and came back in a daze. How would I know?"
The Little Black Ball sighed, its small, beady black eyes honest and sincere. "[According to the original plan, you were just cannon fodder, cannon fodder who fell in love with Fu Jinchuan.]"
[But you can't feel love for him, you can't fall in love with him, the story can't continue, so Heavenly Dao created a replica of you to replace you and continue the story.]
Jiang Nan was switched at birth.
He was carelessly abandoned in some world, left on a street, and taken in by the director of an orphanage.
Perhaps it was fate, but the street just happened to be called South Street, and the surname Jiang was chosen from among the hundred surnames. Because this child was too talkative, the character "South" was changed to "Nan".
[That Jiang Nan is a carbon copy of you, with a personality very similar to yours. Until he was eight years old, he met Fu Jinchuan, and he would unconsciously gravitate towards Fu Jinchuan and protect Fu Jinchuan, but the differences between his personality and yours grew larger and larger.]
Jiang Nan: "Then why did I go back?"
Little Black Ball: [This is the meaning of my existence.]
[I'm here to protect you, Nannan.]
When those last words reached Jiang Nan's ears, she took them very seriously.
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This was a mistake, a mistake. I'll definitely get back to it in the next chapter.