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Chapter 207 – Cold Indifferent Loyal Dog VS. Playful Ghost King (02)
As for what Teng Gen said about his lover no longer falling in love with him at first sight, Mu Jin didn’t really care. After all, his feelings for his lover wouldn’t change because of such a small matter.
He had already decided that this man was his, belonging to him alone. Even if his lover didn’t fall in love with him at first sight, they still had second glances, a lifetime together. Mu Jin wouldn’t let anyone take his lover away from him.
After learning that the curse wouldn’t harm Qiong Qi’s spirit, Mu Jin expressed his gratitude to Teng Gen and informed System 003 that he was ready to enter the next world.
Opening his eyes once again, Mu Jin found himself surrounded by mist. He stood in place but couldn’t see the surroundings clearly. His body didn’t feel any discomfort, or perhaps he even felt as if he couldn’t sense his own body.
Looking down, Mu Jin saw himself wearing a fiery red robe, with long hair hanging down, resembling ancient attire. So, this world seemed to be a plane of ancient times, but he wasn’t sure of his exact location.
Mu Jin attempted to walk slowly through the mist for a while. When he realized that the mist remained dense, and there was no change in the surroundings, he stopped. Feeling that there shouldn’t be any danger around, he let System 003 transmit the plot of this world to his mind.
This time, Mu Jin didn’t spend much time reading the main plot alone because the main character’s story in this world seemed relatively simple, resembling an inspirational urban fiction.
The male protagonist of this world was named Yuan Cheng, the son of Yuan Hongshen, the head of the Yuan family. The Yuan family was originally a small family with some industries of its own. As Yuan Hongshen’s only son, Yuan Cheng naturally joined the Yuan Corporation after graduating.
Yuan Cheng had been working hard, hoping not to disappoint his father’s expectations and to expand the Yuan family’s influence. The main plot of this world basically revolved around his struggle, telling how he transformed an inconspicuous small family into a world-renowned top-tier powerhouse.
However, even though Yuan Cheng was the protagonist favored by fate, he couldn’t have smooth sailing all the time. If there was one person who had the greatest impact on his life and became a turning point, it was his former friend, Yin Tianyi.
Yin Tianyi was brought home by Yuan Hongshen, when he was down and out in his youth, becoming Yuan Cheng’s personal bodyguard. After knowing each other for many years, Yuan Cheng truly regarded Yin Tianyi as his brother.
Unexpectedly, when his career was just beginning, Yin Tianyi helped a rival company steal data. Not only did he defeat the original company, but he also caused a car accident that killed Yuan Hongshen.
So, two originally good friends became enemies. The straightforward male protagonist, traumatized, no longer trusted others and was determined to seek revenge. But after Yin Tianyi destroyed the Yuan family, he seemed to believe that the male protagonist would collapse and disappeared from Yuan Cheng’s life thereafter.
Yuan Cheng, having lost everything due to Yin Tianyi’s actions, how could he easily let it go? So, he consolidated what little he had left, set sail to start over, and gradually built up his own power.
Once he had the ability, he finally used his connections to locate the missing Yin Tianyi and bring him to justice. Shortly after being arrested, Yin Tianyi committed suicide in prison, receiving the punishment he deserved.
After dealing with this traitor, the male protagonist used numerous tactics to strike back at those companies that had once harmed the original enterprises. Under Yuan Cheng’s leadership, the Yuan family gradually grew and prospered. He eventually brought glory to the Yuan family and reached the peak of his life.
Although the protagonist’s life had its ups and downs, overall, he was still like a protagonist with cheat codes. It could be said that on his path of struggle, he received help and encouragement from countless people. With his charisma, he won the favor of the most outstanding partners and numerous beauties, making him a typical winner in life.
After reviewing the world’s plot, Mu Jin naturally began to search for his lover, wondering who exactly he was. And the character in the small world that caught Mu Jin’s attention the most was Yin Tianyi, who had betrayed the Yuan family that had once taken him in.
Betraying the benefactor who had sheltered him, Yin Tianyi appeared despicable in the plot, and his ultimate fate seemed well-deserved. But from Mu Jin’s god-like perspective, he knew that there were hidden reasons behind Yin Tianyi’s actions.
Speaking of the protagonist of this world, Yuan Cheng, he was indeed sincere and upright at the beginning, just like his name implied. Although he had enough charisma, he was not actually good at business operations.
The Yuan family was ultimately just a small family, incomparable to other major families. But it couldn’t be denied that both the Yuan family and Yuan Cheng were very lucky.
Even though there was a downturn later due to Yin Tianyi’s actions, they quickly rebounded as if they had activated a cheat code, and the male protagonist gradually reached the pinnacle of his life.
All of this was not only because of the strong luck inherent in the protagonist and the influence of his protagonist halo but also because of something his father, Yuan Hongshen, had done.
He sacrificed innocent people, even his own family’s fate, to change his luck, stepping on the blood of others to build the glory of his own family. And the family sacrificed was none other than Yin Tianyi’s family.
In the early years, ancestors of both the Yuan and Yin families practiced Feng Shui, and the descendants of both families had some understanding of it. Yuan Hongshen, the current head of the Yuan family, was particularly obsessed with it.
The Yuan and Yin families were originally good friends, but as time went on, the Feng Shui techniques of both families gradually declined. Nowadays, they were just ordinary families.
Yuan Hongshen and Yin Tianyi’s father, Yin Zhanpeng, were childhood friends, so Yuan Hongshen vaguely knew that the Yin family seemed to have some kind of treasure. Since Yin Zhanpeng reached adulthood, the Yin family had gradually improved, attracting Yuan Hongshen’s attention.
One time, the two of them drank together, and after Yin Zhanpeng got drunk, he told Yuan Hongshen the secret. It turned out that the Yin family did have a treasure, a small black copper tripod the size of a palm.
This tripod was a treasure left by their ancestors of the Yin family. If there was a male in the family with a pure Yang fate, he could use this tripod to change his fate. And coincidentally, Yin Zhanpeng happened to have a pure Yang fate.
Yin Zhanpeng was originally from the Yin family and would naturally not sacrifice himself. He merely used some methods to help the family change its luck with the copper tripod. Of course, this luck could also be transferred.
Upon hearing the other party’s words, Yuan Hongshen immediately began to manipulate the situation without showing his hand. After learning all the secrets, he became greedy. Knowing that Yin Zhanpeng had a pure Yang fate, he wanted to obtain this treasure and transfer all the luck from Yin Zhanpeng to the Yuan family.
So, he tried to steal the copper tripod, then, under the pretext of the two families going out together for a trip, he secretly hired someone to kill Yin Zhanpeng and his wife in the mountains and used the tripod to sacrifice Yin Zhanpeng.
At that time, Yin Tianyi was still a baby, and Yuan Hongshen knew that his actions were against the heavens and didn’t want to cause more bloodshed, so he simply handed Yin Tianyi over to the Wang family, the couple who had helped him commit the crime. He sent them money every year to take care of Yin Tianyi.
Later, Yin Tianyi left the countryside and came to the city, where he coincidentally met Yuan Hongshen again. Due to the sacrifice performed by Yin Tianyi’s father, the Yuan family’s luck changed, and it had become an emerging small family. However, Yuan Hongshen was no longer satisfied with the current situation, but it was difficult to find someone with a pure Yang fate.
After meeting Yin Tianyi, he was surprised by his resemblance to Yin Zhanpeng and, after inquiring, learned that he was indeed the child of the Yin family. After studying for these years, Yuan Hongshen had gained some insight. So, upon realizing that Yin Tianyi also had a pure Yang fate, he wanted to change his luck.
Indeed, because Yin Tianyi was originally from the Yin family, as soon as he brought him back home, the copper tripod immediately responded. Yuan Hongshen was naturally overjoyed, and with Yin Tianyi’s presence, the Yuan family’s development improved significantly.
At first, Yuan Hongshen did not want to take Yin Tianyi’s life, considering him the only remaining bloodline of the Yin family. However, seeing the slow development of the Yuan family in Yuan Cheng’s hands, Yuan Hongshen became impatient. He decided to sacrifice Yin Tianyi to pave the way for his son.
However, Yin Tianyi, by chance, discovered the truth behind everything and naturally refused to cooperate. He secretly began to retaliate. Collaborating with other companies, he destroyed the still weak Yuan family and, incidentally, designed the death of Yuan Hongshen, who had caused the deaths of his parents.
Originally, because of Yuan Hongshen’s actions, his family was destroyed, and Yin Tianyi also held a grudge against Yuan Cheng. But he also knew that Yuan Cheng was unaware of all this.
After being friends with Yuan Cheng for many years, he knew that Yuan Cheng truly considered him a brother and was upright. So, even though Yin Tianyi harbored resentment towards the Yuan family, he couldn’t bring himself to harm Yuan Cheng. After killing Yuan Hongshen, he left the place. Unfortunately, he still couldn’t escape the revenge of the unaware male protagonist and eventually died in despair.
With the confirmation from System 003, Mu Jin immediately confirmed that Yin Tianyi was his lover. After reading through Yin Tianyi’s life story, although Mu Jin felt sorry for Yin Tianyi’s eventual suicide, he could understand it. After all, in this life, his lover had suffered too much hardship.
Although Yuan Hongshen had spared Yin Tianyi’s life initially, the couple he handed Yin Tianyi to were not good people. Or perhaps, he simply bought peace of mind with money and didn’t really care about Yin Tianyi’s well-being.
After adopting Yin Tianyi, that couple constantly abused him, making him do all the dirty work at home. Yin Tianyi grew up without enough food and clothing, often being beaten and scolded. If it weren’t for the protection of the village chief, his life would have been even more miserable.
The village chief knew that the couple were not good people, as they received money to take care of Yin Tianyi but treated him so harshly. So, he warned them sternly that under no circumstances should Yin Tianyi be forced to drop out of school.
Yin Tianyi was stubborn. He walked to town to go to school every day before dawn, then came home to work in the fields, do chores, and take care of the family. Despite all this, he still excelled in his studies.