The Person Everyone Hated Regretted It After Being Reborn

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He Jinyu was nothing like his name suggested: rotten to the core.

Everyone preferred the adopted son of the He family, the older brother. Their parents favored him, and even his friends said, “If He Bufan were you, Zhou Tingchen might actually like him.”

Zhou Tingchen was his boyfriend of four years. Even he liked that guy, He Bufan!

He Jinyu, the family’s real heir, had instead been sent to live with his grandfather. The enormous disparity made him hate the adopted son who had taken his place to the core.

So he never gave his adopted brother the time of day. At three, he was already bold enough to shove He Bufan down the stairs, nearly killing him. As they grew older, he often held him underwater for fun, treating him like a cat or dog because of his power and status.

In the end, He Jinyu got exactly what he wanted: he personally trampled this “outsider” into the mud and made sure he lived forever in his shadow.

Everyone called him ruthless and tyrannical, and said he’d get what was coming to him if he kept it up.

He Jinyu was rotten by nature, and he’d never regret it!

Still, he was deeply devoted to Zhou Tingchen. When the Zhou family went bankrupt, he was the only one who reached out to Zhou Tingchen.

He brought the fallen heir of the Zhou family home and cherished him like a treasure.

But their life together was far from happy. Zhou Tingchen was cold and contemptuous toward He Jinyu, and couldn’t even be bothered to spare a glance for the island He Jinyu had spent half a year creating for him.

Everyone knew Zhou Tingchen loathed him. This had always been a relationship forced upon him.

But He Jinyu seemed bewitched. He refused to let go and clung desperately to him.

So he got what he deserved. All his misdeeds were exposed, and overnight he became public enemy number one, despised by everyone. In the end, he was trapped in his mansion one night and burned to ashes.

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He Jinyu had spent his entire life being stubborn and playing the villain. After his death, his parents left in disappointment, his friends pointed at him and cursed, and beyond the raging flames was Zhou Tingchen’s face, filled with hatred for him.

At last, He Jinyu regretted it.

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Reborn, he doesn’t want to end up hated by everyone as he was in his previous life. So he puts away feelings he shouldn’t have and quietly lives his own life, keeping his distance from his adopted brother.

When he runs into the bankrupt Zhou Tingchen again,

that man is just like he was in his previous life, pinned humiliatingly to the ground by debt collectors. His face is filthy, and his pitiful eyes gaze mournfully up at him.

This time, He Jinyu doesn’t reach out.

He sighs softly, calls his adopted older brother, and leaves. Even after his figure disappears from view, he doesn’t look at Zhou Tingchen again.

Zhou Tingchen, reborn in this life: ?

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The man he used to hate all his life never looked at him with such wholehearted joy again.

[Content warnings]

1. Tags: happy ending, old-school style, melodrama, dual rebirth, forced romance, groveling pursuit. The younger one is four years younger.

2. The recipient is rather domineering, but he’ll rein it in later (a little).

3. There’s quite a lot of the previous life. I have no idea which chapter it’ll go up to, hahaha.

4. [Important] This is an old-school melodrama. You know how these stories go: you love me, I love him. Other than the absence of major triggers, I can’t list every detail. Sorry for the trouble.

5. The business-war plot is complete nonsense from start to finish.

6. Please read and discuss civilly. Wishing everyone good luck and happiness every day!

Theme: Rotten on the outside, jade within.