02

 Jiang Nian's second world, presents a far more complex mission than the first.

While the first world only offered a vague outline, the second boasts a complete timeline and plot.

It primarily tells the story of Jiang Qiu Nian, the male protagonist, whose life is a rollercoaster of emotions. Abandoned by his biological parents, he is then raised by eccentric adoptive parents. How eccentric? One parent is emotionally abusive, the other mentally ill. Just as he gets used to this, his adoptive parents suddenly have their own biological child, subjecting him to further torment and neglect. He suffers bullying at school while simultaneously being contrasted with the truly pampered children at home. He

either explodes in despair or becomes a psychopath. Thus, the protagonist becomes a psychopath, rapidly building his business empire by exploiting his adoptive parents, becoming a ruthless and domineering CEO. His biological and adoptive parents are left filled with regret, forced to eke out a living under his power.

Jiang Nian's mission is to play the role of the male protagonist's mentally ill adoptive mother until her character's death.

Logically, this mission shouldn't be difficult, but the problem lies in its flaws from the very beginning.

The male protagonist's adoptive father should be named You Xingxiu.

Jiang Nian arrived in this world a very, very early time, which caused him to make some mistakes. He spent a lot of effort to connect with the real You Xingxiu, and just when things were finally on the right track, Jiang Nian suddenly realized a problem: he's a man! Why did he adopt the male protagonist because he was heartbroken over his child's death?

Fortunately, the system bought him a skill in the shop called "False Pregnancy." Hospital tests showed he was genuinely pregnant, but there was nothing inside his belly, and he wouldn't experience any pregnancy symptoms.

Then the first problem of the mission arose—You Gebai.

You Gebai is You Xingxiu's younger brother, a minor character with little plot, but this minor character suddenly abruptly took his future sister-in-law, abandoned his family and surname, and forcibly brought Jiang Nian, who was to marry his brother in a week, and the still-infant Jiang Qiu Nian, to City B. Relying on his previously accumulated connections, he built a business.

Jiang Nian had considered taking Jiang Qiu Nian away to find the real character in the story, You Xing Xiu, but Zhou Ge Bai, who had changed his surname to Zhou, stopped her each time. He then imprisoned her in his home, keeping Jiang Qiu Nian locked up on another floor and raised by servants, preventing Jiang Nian from seeing him.

Using Jiang Qiu Nian as leverage, Jiang Nian had no choice but to compromise for the sake of the mission.

Fortunately, the system didn't report any errors, perhaps because it didn't matter who the adoptive father was, as long as the story continued. Jiang Nian had no choice but to go along with it. However, the second problem with the mission arose.

Zhou Ge Bai hadn't told Jiang Nian that Jiang Qiu Nian was adopted, insisting that Jiang Qiu Nian was Jiang Nian's biological son. If Jiang Nian hadn't been unable to have children, she almost believed him.

But this wasn't how it was in the original story!

How could Jiang Nian, after having her own biological child, torment her adopted son because she couldn't stand him?

Fortunately, Jiang Nian found a way, saying that Jiang Qiu Nian didn't look like him, which was why he noticed something was wrong.

But then a final problem arose: Jiang Nian couldn't get pregnant, so how could she have a biological child, leading to the appearance of a control group in the plot?

Just when it seemed the mission was doomed, Zhou Gebai appeared out of nowhere and gave Jiang Nian a child. Lying in the hospital bed, looking at the unfamiliar infant in the caregiver's arms, Jiang Nian felt a headache coming on.

Especially after the system said the world's laws were defaulting to being fine and wouldn't affect the male lead's transformation, so the mission could continue, Jiang Nian felt that everything in this world, from the world's laws to the ordinary people, was flawed.

Jiang Nian sighed, met Zhou Gebai's unrepentant eyes, and said, "I want to rest for a while."

Zhou Gebai immediately said with concern, "My wife has worked hard. I'll go out with the child first. But now that you finally have a child with me, you'll forget my brother and that bastard he had, right?"

Although Zhou Gebai was very proactive, he still harbored resentment that Jiang Nian loved his brother.

Jiang Nian rubbed her forehead, and Zhou Gebai immediately stepped forward to massage her head with his large hands. Jiang Nian irritably swatted his hands away and said, "Is it really our child?"

"How could it not be?" Zhou Gebai's expression remained unchanged, as if his dejection after being brutally beaten by You Xingxiu in the operating room was all fake.

As long as he insisted that the child was Jiang Nian's biological offspring, how could Jiang Nian know the truth?

"Get out! I don't want to talk to you."

Jiang Nian was too lazy to talk to him.

Jiang Nian hadn't given Zhou Gebai a kind look in the past ten years. Zhou Gebai was thick-skinned; if he cared, he would have killed himself when

he forced himself on Jiang Nian. So Zhou Gebai just said worriedly, "Okay, okay, I won't bother you. It's your husband who's being insensitive." Zhou Gebai was shameless towards Jiang Nian, but in front of outsiders, he still maintained a superior attitude. He gave the caregiver a look, and the caregiver left with the baby.

Zhou Gebai stayed and fussed over Jiang Nian for a long time until she fell asleep before reluctantly leaving.

As soon as Zhou Gebai stepped out, his expression changed. He said to You Xingxiu, who was guarding outside the door, "Niannian has already forgotten you. Take Jiang Qiunian and leave. Don't bother our family of three."

You Xingxiu and Zhou Gebai's brotherly relationship was originally okay, but it completely turned into hatred after his younger brother stole his wife and child.

You Xingxiu wasn't stupid. He looked at his younger brother, whom he hadn't seen for many years, and said, "You actually don't dare, do you? Niannian loved me back then. You only kept Niannian by deceiving her, saying that Jiang Qiunian was my and my biological child."

"You didn't dare to gamble at all on whether Jiang Nian would stay with you and the child after Jiang Qiunian and I left."

"You also didn't dare to bet on whether Niannian still loved me, so you wouldn't let me go in to see Niannian."

Zhou Gebai was exposed, and his heart was filled with resentment. However, his years of experience in the business world had long since made him abandon his former recklessness and impulsiveness. He also subtly stabbed his brother, "Oh? Is that so?"

"Then aren't you afraid? Afraid that in these thirteen years, Niannian has actually fallen in love with me and forgotten you completely? Otherwise, I wouldn't have stopped you so much, yet you still didn't dare to go into the room to face Niannian."

The two brothers parted on bad terms.

But Zhou Gebai knew that once You Xingxiu found Jiang Nian, life would never be as peaceful as before. His brother couldn't let go of Jiang Nian, and so could he.

From the very first moment he saw Jiang Nian nestled in You Xingxiu's arms, Zhou Gebai was bewitched. Day and night, Jiang Nian's image was constantly on his mind, impossible to forget, driving him to commit a heinous act.

Yet Zhou Gebai didn't regret it. Every single moment of the past thirteen years had been too joyful, as if all the void had been filled by Jiang Nian's arrival.

Even if it meant betraying his brother, he wouldn't let go.

...

Zhou Gebai watched him even more closely.

Except for that day, Jiang Nian never saw the baby again, nor did he see the male lead, Jiang Qiu Nian.

He was well cared for in the hospital until he was discharged a month later. Jiang Nian returned to his room, where he felt a rustling sound coming from beneath him in his sleep. Jiang Nian was awakened, and then the scene from before unfolded.

Looking at Jiang Qiunian's tearful face, Jiang Nian was unusually at a loss.

Jiang Qiunian had shown his potential as a male protagonist since he was a child. He was calm, sensible, and very smart. He was perfect in front of Jiang Nian without making a single mistake. His occasional coquettishness was also normal.

This was the first time Jiang Nian had ever seen Jiang Qiu Nian cry. Even when he was bullied at school as a child, he could still smile and tell Jiang Nian, "Mom, I don't care about you." Now, however, he was crying without any regard for his image.

Jiang Nian couldn't discern what Jiang Qiu Nian was thinking, only assuming that Jiang Qiu Nian was unhappy about suddenly having a younger brother. Jiang Nian wanted to sigh again; he really wanted to tell Jiang Qiu Nian that crying now was too early, that he would have plenty to cry about later.

But in the end, it had a happy ending.

Just as Jiang Nian was about to say something, Jiang Qiu Nian stopped crying and smiled, saying, "Sorry, I missed Mom so much, I cried."

After saying this, Jiang Qiu Nian, like a normal child, snuggled against Jiang Nian, clinging to the warmth emanating from Jiang Nian's skin.

But Jiang Qiunian was too tall and imposing. Despite his young age, he had the physique of an adult, and Jiang Nian felt he was suffocating under his weight. She pushed him away, and Jiang Qiunian's expression twisted for a moment, but he quickly regained his composure, looking pitifully at Jiang Nian and whispering, "Mom, you can't think I'm not your child just because of some vague feeling, and therefore hate me."

His hand, larger and wider than his mother's, gripped Jiang Nian's wrist as he pleaded, "Mom, I'll be good, please don't hate me."

Jiang Qiunian wasn't lying; he truly was good. He had endured for a long time, barely managing to suppress the urge to strangle his unwanted younger brother. Even if it was fake, so what? Just like he was fake, his mother had still loved him for thirteen years!

But Jiang Qiunian hated Zhou Gebai even more. If this man hadn't been unable to control his lust, his mother wouldn't have suffered like this. He had even deceived his mother with another man's child—an unforgivable sin.

However, all these distorted and warped thoughts were hidden in Jiang Qiunian's heart. He stared unblinkingly at his pitiful mother.

Even with all his hatred for Zhou Gebai, Jiang Qiunian now shared Zhou Gebai's desire: for Jiang Nian to stay by his side.

Jiang Qiunian had initially dreamed of rescuing his mother from Zhou Gebai when he grew up, but that thought vanished without a trace after learning he wasn't Jiang Nian's biological child.

He lost his legitimate reason.

He was no longer qualified to be a knight.

For a month after learning the truth, Jiang Qiunian couldn't even bear to think about how Jiang Nian would treat him after discovering he was an imposter. Every time he thought of it, he couldn't help but dig his nails into his flesh until bright red blood oozed out, only then could he regain his senses.

So his poor mother would forever remain with her unloved husband and her child who wasn't her own.

Don't even think about leaving.

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