Wen Jinhe died once.
In his previous life, he was the villain in Long Aotian's novel who was destined to be crushed by the protagonist - he founded the world's number one killer palace at the age of seventeen. He held thirty lifelines in his hands, and the jade pendant around his waist could kill people, but could also be stabbed through the heart at any time. He thought he was a chess player until Lin Jiuchuan, the young protagonist who came out of the mountain village, instigated his subordinates, placed undercover agents, and even infiltrated him personally, gradually dismantling everything he had worked so hard for.
Before he died, he finally knew the truth: he was just a villain in a book, a stepping stone to highlight the glory of the protagonist.
His elder brother Wen Jinlin, the eldest disciple of the first sect of the Righteous Path, was eventually surrounded and killed by his enemies in order to cover up for him. And he died from the backlash after forcibly extracting the abilities of thirty people - the pain was so painful that he was beyond recovery.
Then he woke up.
Back when I was eighteen, back to the day when my first subordinate rebelled.
The protagonist Lin Jiuchuan is still a country boy who has never seen the world, and there is still a long way to go before he rises to prominence. The thirty core members of his men are still young, the marks on the backs of their necks are still there, and the jade pendants around their waists are still cold. It's still not too late.
But Wen Jinhe was not in a hurry to kill the protagonist.
He knows it too well - the plot of this book will automatically correct itself, the protagonist's aura will make him inexplicably wise, and taking action rashly will only lead to his own destruction. What he wants to do is to rearrange the layout and turn every betrayer in the previous life into the most obedient chess piece on the chessboard.
There are two people living inside him. The owner, Gwen Jinhe, is a gentle and smiling tiger, white and black to the extreme; the sub-personality "Wen Jinhe" is cold, cruel, cruel and perverse, and he likes to call him "brother" in a bad way. The two personalities share a body, a secret, and a common hatred for a world that treats him as a villain.
But in this new life, some things have changed.
He found in advance those subordinates who had never betrayed him until death - such as Wen Qing, the sharpest knife who had blocked him until the last moment in his previous life. He also saw clearly in advance the faces that would stab him in the future.
And the most difficult problem is still-my brother.
Wen Jinlin, the elder brother who always came too late, the elder brother who shielded him from the wind and rain while burdened with guilt, still didn't know anything in this life. Wen Jinhe wants to maintain his power, take revenge on all those who owe him blood debts, and protect his brother who will be implicated by him sooner or later.
But the plot doesn't let him go.
Lin Jiuchuan still appeared in his field of vision as scheduled, with that teeth-itching protagonist's luck. The boy in this life sensed danger earlier than in the book and set his sights on his killer palace earlier.
When the protagonist is no longer an innocent country boy, when the villain controls all the scripts of the previous life——
It's not certain who is hunting whom.
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Intention: "I'm not born evil, I just don't want to be killed by the script again - this time, I want to rewrite everyone's ending."