"Brother... brother, look at this, you were right! Those haters are getting roasted so hard, hahaha (∩_∩)..."
"Brother, brother, look at this comment: 'I’m already prepared to work overtime until I drop dead. Where do I sign up for the Xu Corporation job application?'"
"This comment is hilarious, look at it, look at it!"
"And this one, this one too. Netizens these days are so creative."
Xu Shi hadn’t laughed this hard in a long time.
Her large, beautiful eyes sparkled as she chatted happily with Xu Mo in the living room.
The atmosphere was warm and joyful.
Xu Fuqiang and Su Ting, seeing this scene, felt deeply relieved.
When they were younger, Xu Shi used to cling to Xu Mo all the time.
But as they grew older, things changed.
Eventually, the siblings became almost like enemies.
Now, seeing Xu Shi so lively and cheerful around Xu Mo again,
the couple couldn’t be happier.
Xu Shi’s change had come so quickly that it even caught Xu Mo off guard.
But as long as she was happy, he didn’t mind.
Xu Mo forced a polite smile,
though he couldn’t muster any interest in his sister’s lame jokes.
His mind was preoccupied with one thing: killing Lin Fan.
He wanted to see how the world would function after Lin Fan’s death.
Or if forcibly eliminating Lin Fan would cause the entire world to collapse.
Xu Mo had too much on his plate.
Not only did he have to deal with Lin Fan,
but he also had to figure out how to take down the Dragon King Hall behind him.
If he didn’t strike a fatal blow,
Lin Fan would just retreat, lick his wounds, gain some miraculous power-up,
and then come back for revenge, slaughtering everyone in his path.
It was the classic trope of a bullied underdog rising to power.
Why did Xu Mo call him a "cuckold"?
Because he had recently realized that the female leads who were supposed to belong to the protagonist, Lin Fan,
seemed to have some level of affection for him instead.
The female demoness was one thing,
but even the Dragon Queen, Lin An'an, Yang Jingying,
and even Li Jiaxin, who was trying to shed her "Tofu Beauty" title,
all seemed to harbor feelings for him.
Late at night, after Xu Fuqiang and Su Ting went upstairs,
Xu Shi finally opened up her heart again.
This made the elderly couple very satisfied.
They decided to let the siblings stay up all night chatting.
It wasn’t a big deal.
Once the parents were gone and the house fell silent,
the spacious living room was left with only Xu Mo and Xu Shi.
Suddenly, Xu Shi’s expression changed.
She pounced on Xu Mo without warning.
"What the hell?!"
Xu Mo was genuinely caught off guard.
This girl actually ambushed him!
No honor, no warning, and she even used her "weapons" to tackle him.
This was outrageous, absolutely outrageous!!!!!!!
Xu Mo fell back onto the couch, with Xu Shi on top of him.
Inside, he was panicking, but his face remained calm.
He was, after all, a master of acting.
"What are you doing? Are you crazy? Get off me before I lose my temper (￣ω￣ヘ)!"
"Giggle... Brother, I’ve wanted to do this for a long time."
"Stop messing around... Wait, why are you crying? Did I do something wrong?"
Xu Mo was completely baffled.
Xu Shi’s eyes had suddenly turned red, her nose following suit.
She looked pitiful and fragile,
like a delicate flower on the verge of wilting.
Xu Mo remembered the first time he saw Xu Shi with such a sad expression at the airport.
But now... what was going on?
What had happened?
Xu Shi traced circles on Xu Mo’s chest with her finger,
her voice choked with sobs as she spoke.
"Brother, I have a story. I was planning to take this secret to my grave,
but when I heard you were going to oppose Lin Fan, I couldn’t hold it in anymore."
Xu Mo was even more confused now.
What the hell?!
He was planning to overthrow Lin Fan and take control,
but now even the female leads knew about it?
Was it spreading like wildfire?
Was he the clown in all this?
Bang——
In a daze, Xu Mo felt as if he had lost connection with something.
He didn’t have time to figure out what it was.
Xu Shi bit her lip so hard it started bleeding.
Then she continued,
"I’m actually a reincarnator..."
She paused, waiting for Xu Mo’s reaction.
But after a while,
she realized she couldn’t hear anything from him.
No thoughts, no emotions.
Xu Mo was stunned, his mouth hanging open in shock.
Now it was Xu Mo’s turn to be shaken.
Seeing his astonished expression,
Xu Shi couldn’t bring herself to say,
"To be continued..."
After all, she couldn’t hear his thoughts anymore.
She wasn’t sure what to do.
But in that moment,
she couldn’t bear to leave Xu Mo in the dark any longer.
She needed to pour out her heart to the person she loved.
She had silently sacrificed so much,
asking for nothing in return.
She had already lived through one lifetime of suffering.
She didn’t owe anyone anything.
She just wanted to cry and share her pain with the one she loved.
Was that so wrong?
As Xu Mo listened, his expression grew more and more complex.
The calm demeanor he usually wore
was nowhere to be found now.
To test whether Xu Shi was truly a reincarnator,
Xu Mo quizzed her on a few things.
To his astonishment,
she answered everything flawlessly.
Not only that,
she even recounted what happened after his death.
For over two hours,
Xu Shi cried in Xu Mo’s arms like a helpless kitten.
Anyone who saw her would feel an urge to protect her.
As Xu Mo listened to her story,
his fists clenched tightly.
In his heart, he cursed the system to hell and back.
But the system, as usual,
remained silent.
Xu Mo didn’t pay much attention to it,
thinking he just hadn’t met the criteria for rewards yet.
Of course,
his focus was entirely on his hatred now.
After his death, things didn’t just end.
The idea of "peace in death" was just a comforting illusion for the departed.
His parents had to bury their child,
and his family suffered greatly.
Lin Fan was a monster.
When Xu Shi mentioned that she had killed Lin Fan,
but then fell into despair and turned to drugs,
Xu Mo instinctively tightened his embrace.
The two of them held each other in silence.
At that moment, there were no thoughts of gender or romance.
Only family, only kinship.
Oh, you’re wondering where the female demoness went?
Sorry, she had to go back to her family’s home tonight.
And the Dragon Queen?
She was busy making a deal with Han Zhiqi.
Back to Xu Mo.
When Xu Shi revealed she was a reincarnator,
Xu Mo smiled with relief.
Many things that had puzzled him before suddenly made sense.
Why she had come back in the first place,
why she had acted so strangely at times.
In Xu Mo’s eyes,
there were things Xu Shi didn’t need to do,
but she had done them anyway.
"Heh... so that’s what happened in the previous life."
Xu Mo finally managed to say after a long silence.
Xu Shi looked at her brother with tearful eyes.
Her delicate hands weakly rose and fell,
pounding lightly on Xu Mo’s chest.
Though there was no strength behind her blows,
to Xu Mo, each one felt like a thousand pounds.
"I know! I really do... I love you, do you know that? I never liked Lin Fan. I acted out in front of you just to get your attention!
But... but you didn’t understand my intentions. If only I had confessed to you earlier, none of this would have happened.
Sigh... Thankfully, I got another chance. When I came back, I wanted to give you a peaceful life,
free from any disturbances. But maybe my return caused a ripple effect, and things changed.
Now I feel powerless, helpless... I don’t want to lose you! I don’t want to lose you!
Do you understand?!"
Suddenly, a surge of energy seemed to fill Xu Shi’s body,
like a final burst of strength before the end.
She gripped Xu Mo tightly,
so tightly it almost hurt.
But physical pain was nothing to Xu Mo.
What truly hurt was the anguish in his heart.
Xu Shi was screaming hysterically.
Xu Mo watched her quietly.
He stayed by her side in silence.
At this moment,
silence spoke louder than words.
No amount of talking
could compare to simply being there.
Quietly accompanying her.
Quietly protecting her.
This was worth more than anything else.
And far more effective.
Time passed, second by second.
Before anyone realized,
Xu Shi had fallen asleep.
A dangerous glint flickered in Xu Mo's pupils.
So what if he didn't go back?
What was real, and what was fake?
Could he even tell the difference anymore?
He had once wanted to stay detached from the world, to live freely beyond its reach.
But was that even possible?
No, it wasn’t!
To live was to have responsibilities.
Otherwise, living was no different from not living at all.
“Since this world, this damn system, wants to keep me here, why shouldn’t I go along with it?
To act without acting doesn’t mean doing nothing.
Since fate has dealt me this hand, since there are still things in this world worth protecting,
then from this moment on, I can’t just drift aimlessly, living day by day!
Lin Fan!
Xu Mo is back!
In this life, you’ll pay back everything you owe me!
Mark my words!”