The Big Villain Goes Back to Three and a Half

(1) It wasn’t until he was dying at twenty-eight that Lu Ao learned the truth: he was the villain in a story about a little kid. The protagonist kid was cheerful and outgoing, with a gentle dad and a stern second dad. They were the perfect balance of soft and strict, and their family was happy and harmonious. The villain kid was gloomy and withdrawn, with a vain dad who married into the second dad’s family for money. The two parents were a couple in name only. One lived a life of pleasure, while the other threw himself into work, and their home was always clouded by gloom. From childhood, Lu Ao had treated the protagonist kid as a rival. He picked fights with him, causing trouble again and again, and failing every time. He was destined to be the protagonist’s foil, defeated in the finale and turned into a stepping stone on the protagonist’s path to a happy life. What a load of nonsense. Lu Ao closed his eyes. Before shooting himself, he called the protagonist and cursed him out as a “complete moron,” then tore up the family photo beside his bed. (2) Reborn overnight, Lu Ao found himself back at age three, turned into a… toddler barely two heads tall. Lu Ao: ??? It took him three seconds to accept reality. He clenched his tiny fists. From now on, he’d break free of his family, get away from his vain dad and his cold second dad. He’d become a computer genius, a stock market genius, a baby dragon among men! The next second, he fainted from a fever. Before losing consciousness, he fell into a warm embrace and heard a man shout anxiously, “Doctor! Hurry!” He recognized the voice. It belonged to his dad, who spent all his time partying outside. (3) When he realized his memories of his previous life were gradually fading away with his high fever, Lu Ao made a snap decision. That night, he climbed out of his hospital bed, grabbed pen and paper, and wrote down everything he could remember. [Dad is bad] [Second Dad is bad, too] The next second, someone pushed open the hospital room door. “Lu Aoao, why aren’t you asleep?” Damn it, how could his name be so awful? Lu Aoao pounded the table and declared like a CEO: “Damn it!” Dad looked baffled and picked him up. “Go to sleep. You’re still sick.” Lu Aoao squirmed and struggled. “Don’t interrupt me while I’m handling official business!” “Handle it tomorrow!” “No! I’m going to be the God of the Stock Market, the Wolf of Wall Street!” His Wolf-of-Wall-Street dad flew into a rage, pinned Lu Aoao down, and spanked him. Then he grabbed the phone and said, “I can’t take it anymore! Lu, get back here right now! What on earth have you been teaching Lu Aoao?” The man on the other end replied meekly, “Honey, give me ten more minutes. I’m on my way.” · A happy life for the villain’s family after they’re reborn. · Aoao’s romantic pairing is the protagonist kid. Theme: No matter how deep the mire, you can always find your way out.