Su Yan was adopted by the Xia family.
In his previous life, after the Xia family went bankrupt, the family's only son, Xia Ai, let himself go. More than once, Su Yan rescued Xia Ai just before he was taken advantage of.
But Xia Ai was not grateful. Instead, he denounced Su Yan as a hypocritical schemer.
In everyone's eyes, he was a selfish, spiteful, heartless, lowly adopted son who was jealous of his younger brother.
His adoptive parents hated him, his friends betrayed him, and his fiance humiliated him.
While he was alive, Su Yan had been baffled by it all.
Only after he died did he understand: the world he lived in was nothing more than a novel.
Xia Ai was the novel's universally adored protagonist. Under the protection of the protagonist's halo, Xia Ai would have been fine even without Su Yan saving him.
Only when the protagonist's love interest showed up at the club would Xia Ai, drugged with an aphrodisiac, truly lose his virginity, setting off the plot where he ran away after a one-night stand, pregnant with a child.
As for Su Yan, he was the universally hated foil to the protagonist, destined to be despised by everyone.
Reborn into a new life, Su Yan let it all go. He decided to keep his hands off.
But this time, things took a strange turn.
After being drugged, Xia Ai didn't run to the protagonist's room. Instead, he pressed against Su Yan, rubbing all over him.
Incest? No way!
Su Yan kicked Xia Ai to the protagonist's door and ran.
By accident, he ran into a room and spent the whole night being bullied by the most mysterious, brooding villain in the book.
Three months later, at the Xia family's dinner table.
Su Yan figured that today was about when Xia Ai would have his first bout of morning sickness and the protagonist's love interest would find out he was pregnant.
He was secretly looking forward to it. He'd never seen a man with morning sickness before. He was going to get a good look.
Just then, the housekeeper brought out a plate of fish.
He smelled it and suddenly frowned.
"Blegh~"
At the same time, the brooding villain, who had come to settle a score with him, happened to be there, staring at his belly with a strange expression.
Su Yan's little face was deathly pale as he retched helplessly. He looked up pitifully. "What are you doing here... blegh... for?"
The brooding villain was silent for a moment, then handed him the test results in his hand. "Checking on my unborn baby."
Su Yan: ??!!
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Theme: Do not rejoice over things or grieve over yourself