sbdcsierra Chapter 224 The Overlord Insists on Using Me as Bai Yueguang’s Stand-in (112)
Chapter 224 The Overlord Insists on Using Me as Bai Yueguang’s Stand-in (112)
Ni Fang remembered that Lu Wenyu once mentioned that he was not valued at home and even the servants often ignored him.
Ni Fang didn't know which room Lu Wenyu lived in, so she started from the first floor of the Lu family's house. She saw the servants who were already asleep. The financial resources of the Lu family were probably not as good as before. There were only three people left in the servants' room.
Even if there were only maids responsible for cleaning the house, there were as many as nine in the Ye family.
After passing through two empty bedrooms, Ni Fang finally saw a young man in the attic. The attic was very large, and in addition to all the furniture, there was also a full set of medical equipment, which took up half of the attic.
The cold and complicated medical equipment added a sense of unreality to the whole room.
The young boy Lu Wenyu was sitting at the table writing and drawing. The desk lamp emitted a faint light, and the halo stood out, forming a thin silhouette.
Ni Fang floated to Lu Wenyu's side and looked intently at what he wrote on the paper.
The handwriting on the paper was sloppy. A close look at his notes revealed that his handwriting was not as beautiful as what I saw later. It was like a series of matchsticks arranged in different arrangements.
He neither received a good education in his childhood nor had a stable learning environment. He relied on his unwillingness to admit defeat to get to where he is today.
At this time, Lu Wenyu has been reborn once, and he lives more cautiously in the life when he was thirteen years old and died.
He was piecing together the truth behind the Lu family's downfall from the servants' words. The paper was full of scratches and drawings that only he could understand.
In order to save his own destiny, Lu Wenyu never slacked off.
Ni Fang suddenly realized that her worry about Lu Wenyu was really unnecessary.
The boy's slightly immature face was pale as if he was thinking hard. Perhaps his heart was under pressure, and his other hand was tightly covering his chest.
"Why does it still fail?" he muttered to himself.
Neon was floating in the air, overlooking him.
"I clearly reminded him that the Lu family must do everything they can to stabilize the stock market, so why did it still collapse?"
A stock market crash is a precursor to the bankruptcy of all large companies, because funds cannot make up for losses and cash flow problems arise, so they have to borrow money from outside. Once they are unable to repay, the company will declare bankruptcy.
This is also the reason why Ni Fang has been reluctant to list her entertainment company. The risk is too great. With her current strength, she is simply unable to play a "stock war" with those big companies.
The young man Lu Wenyu picked up a pen and wrote down a string of numbers on the paper, then crossed them out again. "Such a large amount of funds, if not from the Ye Group... where else can it come from?"
Ni Fang couldn't help but sigh.
It took Lu Wenyu a long time to figure out the answer to this question.
In this world, all resources will be tilted towards Ye Haotian, the "dominant male protagonist". Even if the one who acquires the Lu family is not the Ye Group, a large American company will emerge out of nowhere. As long as the Lu family can be forced to withdraw from the market competition, anything will be acceptable.
It was not until Ni Fang came through that the power of the plot was gradually weakened.
No one would be able to accept the fact that he was born only for the protagonist's better love.
At this time, the young Lu Wenyu had not yet learned how to hide his emotions, and all his emotions were written on his face.
Ni Fang saw that he frowned, he was confused, he was angry, and he was at a loss.
The young man Lu Wenyu put down his pen. No matter how he continued calculating, there was no solution. He had no way to stop what was happening.
He sighed, as if talking to himself about an unsolvable problem, "The Lu family will still go bankrupt, and they will still die."
Ni Fang saw it all and couldn't help but feel even more distressed for Lu Wenyu.
Although Lu Wenyu has never called himself a "good man" or "kind", he has always been merciful in everything he does. For his parents who have never given him any love, he has worked hard to prevent the Lu family from going bankrupt and save their lives.
Later, in order to prevent her from meeting Ye Haotian, he did not completely harden his heart.
He is a kind person at heart.
"But you can survive."
Ni Fang couldn't help but say to Lu Wenyu.
Life is a road full of difficulties and obstacles. Even if someone is lucky enough to know what will happen in the future, they cannot completely control the future.
What's more, Lu Wenyu was still thinking about changing the fate of the Lu family and his parents.
Many times, people can only save themselves.
In fact, it is not easy to save yourself.
Sakyamuni proposed that all beings are equal, but he still could not save many believers in the mortal world. Even the so-called road to salvation is to put shackles on oneself and go step by step to the guidance of the gods. The gods will only give divine predictions, but will not deprive people of their ability to act independently.
In the end, it’s just three words: “rely on yourself”.
"You have to survive, Lu Wenyu."
"Protect yourself."
The young Lu Wenyu seemed to have sensed something. He looked up blankly at the empty wall in front of him.
Ni Fang was floating in the air, looking back, with a tenderness in her eyes that she herself was not aware of.
The two of them passed through the uncrossable time, through lines of text and papers, and gazed at this one thing.
At this moment, Mingming finally understood why Ye Haotian was eliminated early.
Because Ni Fang never considered himself as a part of this story.
Ni Fang saw that the fingers Lu Wenyu placed on his chest were getting tighter and tighter. She felt distressed and afraid that his old illness would relapse, so she quickly fanned him with her arms and urged him to go back to bed and sleep.
"For you now, staying healthy is the most important thing!"
Lu Wenyu seemed to feel unbearable heartache. He painted several pieces of draft paper on the table black, crumpled them up and threw them into the trash can.
Lu Wenyu was particularly afraid of the dark, and even when he slept, he would turn on a small light at the head of his bed.
Neon floated beside the lamp for a while, watching him close his eyes.
Lu Wenyu's hands didn't release from his chest until he fell into a deep sleep. He was still frowning, and no one knew what he was dreaming about.
Ni Fang saw many needle holes on the back of Lu Wenyu's hand left by injections.
Somewhat scary.
Ni Fang began to float again. She first carefully observed the medical equipment and confirmed that it was not some strange human experiment. Then she floated to Lu Wenyu's bookcase to look at the spines of the books.
Mingming probably couldn't bear to see Nifang wasting time here, so he couldn't help but say, "There are still five hours before the time-travel item expires. If you feel bored, you can stop using the item early."
Ni Fang's eyes widened in surprise, "Why didn't you tell me earlier?!"
"I thought you liked it very much now." Mingming told the truth.
"I just haven't seen myself for a long time, and I find it very novel to use my own body to do things. If I can go back as soon as possible, it's better to go back as soon as possible. Indulging in fantasy will only make me more sad."
"That's right, you still have tasks to complete."
Ni Fang stretched and stood up, "Let's go and seek justice for Zhong Jiao. At the end, use the time rewinding item."
[Congratulations to the host for successfully completing the system task. Investigating the truth about Zhong Jiao's disappearance within a month will increase the story's appeal and earn you 300 points as a system reward.]
Ni Fang opened his eyes again, as if it was all a dream.
Lu Wenyu reached out and supported Ni Fang, "What did you see?"
Ni Fang calmed herself down, saw Lu Wenyu's worried eyes, and felt the other's touch coming along her arm.
"I met the person I wanted to see. Zhong Jiao didn't sneak out and disappear, but encountered a fire. In order to prevent Zhong Jiao from crying, the nanny mixed sleeping pills in water and asked her to drink it. In order to save time, she only cooked one meal a day in the afternoon. On the day she left, chicken soup was still stewing on the stove. After the water boiled, the boiling oil stains ignited the fire."
"The nanny hired by Zhong Youlin treated her badly. She kept mentioning that Zhong Youlin had abandoned her. Zhong Youlin was not kind to her at all, but now he wants to pretend to be a loving father in front of me. It's disgusting."
Ni Fang used to think that Zhong Youlin was biased and evil, but now that she knows the truth, she discovers that Zhong Youlin was the indirect murderer of Zhong Jiao. She only feels disgust and contempt for Zhong Youlin.
Zhong Youlin may feel guilty towards Zhong Jiao, but his guilt only arose after the harm occurred.
Zhong Jiao didn't even have the chance to see this guilt.
It's too late.
"What happened next? How did Zhong Jiao escape?"
"The fire was very big, and the smoke and dust woke up Zhong Jiao. If she hadn't been smart enough to escape from the burning house, I'm afraid I wouldn't be alive now."
Lu Wenyu looked at the ruins left after the fire and thought of what Zhong Youlin had done. His eyes turned cold. "Since Zhong Youlin cares about his family and the Zhong Group, let everything he cares about disappear."
This was a blunt remark, but Ni Fang did not refute it. The place where Zhong Jiao lived had been burned down, and there was almost no evidence left. She wanted to seek justice for Zhong Jiao, but it seemed impossible to do so only through legal means.
Ni Fang and Lu Wenyu exchanged a glance and said, "Then let's use the new project as an excuse to turn the world upside down."
Ni Fang knew that she should now calm down and discuss with Lu Wenyu how to get the new project into everyone's view as quickly as possible.
But now, as she looked into Lu Wenyu's eyes, she couldn't ignore the young man in her memory who was enduring the pain under the lamp.
She stood on tiptoe and hugged Lu Wenyu.
The corner of her mouth was pressed against Lu Wenyu's neck. "Zhong Jiao is a very obedient and lovely little girl. Do you know how happy I was when I saw her bravely standing on the windowsill and climbing down the bed sheets? She truly took control of her own life and saved her own life."
Lu Wenyu hugged Ni Fang's waist, leaned over, and whispered in her ear, "I know, I know Zhong Jiao is an amazing girl."
Tears glistened in the corners of Ni Fang's eyes, "Lu Wenyu, I saw you too."