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Zhou Qing died in his rented room. The punishing workload had left him unable to get back up.
He had always believed that:
He was the eldest child in his family, and his parents didn’t like him because of the birthmark on his face.
His parents thought treating his face would cost too much, and that having another child would be a better investment.
When Zhou Qing was three, he got a younger brother.
Handsome, clever, and healthy.
He envied the way his parents doted on his brother, and thought that if he was obedient, they might treat him the same way.
So, starting at seven, Zhou Qing went out to wash dishes for people, earning money to buy his brother the notebooks and toys he wanted.
When he got into the best high school in the city, he crouched outside the door and heard his brother crying. Their family could only afford to send one child to college.
His parents told him to drop out, get a job, and tutor his brother at the same time.
"You have a disability. Even if you get into college, it won't do you any good. Your brother is different. Once he starts earning money, he'll come back and help you," his parents said.
Zhou Qing believed them. Because of those words, he helped his brother get into high school and then sent him off to college.
After that, he continued scraping by at the bottom of the city, waiting until his brother took their parents away and left him behind.
His parents blocked him on every platform.
Later, he saw on TV that his brother had become a famous star, was living in a huge house, and had invited their parents to appear on a variety show. Meanwhile, he was still in the basement of a ten-square-meter rental room, suffering from gout and various chronic illnesses.
At last, sitting in front of the TV, he died. He thought that was the whole of his life.
Until someone told him in a dream:
He was the real young master of a wealthy family. His adoptive parents had sent his younger brother back to the rich family in his place, hoping to keep the truth from coming out.
So his brother had taken his place, living a life of glory and rising to fame in the entertainment industry.
Shen Jiyu, who would become a famous award-winning actor, lived right next door.
It turned out that his birthmark could have been permanently removed for just two thousand yuan.
Most importantly, he had outstanding genes and was a genius. With his grades, he could have been admitted to college straight out of high school as a special exception.
Zhou Qing had thought that playing by the rules and sucking up to people would pay off. In the end, he had made his own life worse than death.
Zhou Qing opened his eyes and saw his younger brother coming home from school.
His brother was seven.
He was ten.
The life stolen from him in his previous life had only just begun.
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Zhou Qing's elementary school teacher suddenly noticed that while all the other children were still learning their addition and subtraction tables, Zhou Qing was holding a book she couldn't even understand!
Zhou Qing's parents suddenly realized that Zhou Qing didn't seem as obedient as before. What an annoying child!
Zhou Qing's younger brother suddenly noticed that his big brother was becoming frightening!
Shen Jiyu, who lived next door, suddenly realized that the best kid in the world was named Zhou Qing!
Ten years later, the entire circle of the wealthy was rocked!
B City's top tycoon, Bai Jiangzong, had raised a son for eighteen years who turned out not to be his biological child!
Bai Jiangzong doted on the son who had returned, but his adopted son had been with him for eighteen years, so he kept raising him too.
Looking at the seemingly frail Zhou Qing, the adopted son felt contempt.
Until Zhou Qing pinned him by the throat in a corner. Zhou Qing tilted his head back, balanced on his toes, and pressed one against the other man's chin. Looking down at him, he smiled.
"You won't get a single cent of my family's money."
Everyone soon learned just how formidable the Bai family's real young master was.
Then one day, top-tier star Shen Jiyu came out as gay on Weibo the night before presenting the award for Best New Actor, tagging a small account.
Everyone thought Shen Jiyu had gone crazy, coming out for an ordinary person at the height of his career!
Some fans weren't having it, and spent the whole night digging up the ordinary person's identity!
Oh, Bai Jiangzong's son :)
The number one top student in the country :)
A Best New Actor nominee :)
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Holy crap! The couple they shipped had actually become real!!!!
Theme: A positive life is something you have to fight for yourself.
This dad is so annoying. Didn't he say how much he loves his wife before, but now he feels so disconnected from her?
"And Jiang Haibo is still the same as usual..." This is a big bug for the author~
"Chen Shuzhen helped Wang Hai find something..." This is a big bug for the author~
"Jin Yan goes up and dances a song." This is a big bug for the author~
"And as the president of this event..." This is a big bug for the author~
"The other thing about gifts, he..." This is a big bug for the author~
"Jiang Haibo and Jiang Yanshu's father and daughter..." This is a big bug for the author~
"There are still three months until the Chinese New Year..." This is a big bug for the author~
"Behind Shen Jinyu is a..." This is a big bug for the author~
"—I don't care, I have to relive this time..." This is a big bug for the author~