The Mind-Reading Game

[Original title: When a CEO’s Assistant Faces an Old-School, Dog-Blood Torture Romance]] [Thank you to every reader who supports the official release! Note: The pirated and official versions differ. The comments display subscription rates, so there’s no need to make your presence known if you’re reading a pirated copy. Much love~] After transmigrating, Yan Zishu became the assistant to the male lead of an old-school, dog-blood melodrama. The character was calm, self-possessed, and conscientious, almost tailor-made to resemble him, yet destined to meet a miserable end as a sacrificial side character. In the original story, Assistant Yan secretly loved the male lead, Fu Weishan. He wedged himself between Fu Weishan and the male lead’s love interest, Ji Chen, and repeatedly drove a wedge between them. In the end, however, he was moved by Ji Chen’s kindness and died taking a bullet for him. Even faced with such an ending, Yan Zishu followed the plot step by step, in keeping with his professional spirit. The only variable was Fu Jinchi, the scheming villainous boss. As an illegitimate son of the Fu family, Fu Jinchi should have fallen for the male lead’s love interest while targeting the male lead. For some reason, however, he reached out to Yan Zishu. For a brief moment, Yan Zishu wanted to take his dry, warm hand. But love was a shifting landscape, and the human heart was hard to fathom. Who was sincere, and who was pretending? Fu Jinchi smiled gently. “It’s just a game for grown-ups. I thought you could handle it.” Yan Zishu inclined his head slightly. “You’re too kind, Mr. Fu.” Fu Jinchi was a carefree playboy whose mission was to make life difficult for the male lead, Fu Weishan. At first, he wanted to steal away the “true love” Fu Weishan treasured like a little rabbit. But then he realized that stealing away his icy beauty of an assistant would be a far greater challenge. Before he knew it, he had fallen in head over heels. Later, he watched helplessly as Yan Zishu, gravely wounded, slowly fell backward into the sea. The man’s face was as calm and composed as ever. It seemed that his lips formed the words, “Take care.” That day, rain poured from the sky, and Fu Jinchi knelt on the deck in a state of utter misery unlike anything he had ever known. After Yan Zishu completed the plot, he was allowed to take on a new identity and start a new life. Only then did he discover that people all over the world were searching for him like mad. Among them was Fu Jinchi, who had once been spirited and ambitious. A refined scoundrel pursues a cool, aloof beauty. Reader note: 1. The author loves dog-blood melodrama. This is an unconventional groveling romance, with one couple and a happy ending. 2. The one being pursued is clear-headed and rational. The story doesn’t force in angst for its own sake, and the plot follows its own logic. Weibo: @Huangtong Zuolun Coming soon: A Reborn Heir’s Guide to the Wealthy Family When Chen Wengang was nine, his father died in the line of duty, and he was adopted by the Guo family of Jincheng. From then on, he was at the mercy of others. His life took him from living under the roof of a wealthy family to wandering without a home. He knew the Guo family’s eldest son was all show and no substance, yet he still fell in love with him and gave his life for him. Then he suffered betrayal by his lover, conspiracies, disasters, and calamities, all while carrying the burden of countless rumors. Most of the scions of elite families looked down on Chen Wengang. At the darkest point in his life, Huo Niansheng, a playboy who had once mocked him mercilessly, appeared before him and raised an eyebrow. “Aren’t you supposed to be so high and mighty? How did you end up in such a sorry state?” Chen Wengang leaned against a wall covered in haphazard graffiti, a crumpled cigarette between his fingers and a hideous scar covering half his face. Huo Niansheng leaned over carelessly and offered him a light. “If you’re really homeless, why not come with me?” Chen Wengang got into Huo Niansheng’s car. One handclasp turned into a lifetime together. No one knew why Huo Niansheng, a shrewd and calculating man, was so devoted to a disfigured lover who worked underground, caring for him and even giving up the glittering nightlife for good. Later, Huo Niansheng died in a cruise ship accident. In the letter he left Chen Wengang at the end of his life, he wrote: I never knew whether you ever truly loved me. I’m sorry that I may never find out in this lifetime. Later still, Chen Wengang was reborn at the age of twenty. He had yet to be disfigured, and he still had time to put many regrets right. There was one other thing he could do: give Huo Niansheng another chance. My love, if you pause and look closely, you will always see how deeply I love you. Theme: Love takes courage and perseverance