Only after Wen You died did he learn that he was a cannon-fodder character in a popular novel. A cannon fodder's fate was naturally to follow the script, step by step, toward death, just as he had in his previous life.
He was the pampered young master of the Wen family. Though adopted, he was cherished and protected by everyone in the family, and grew up to be innocent and pure-hearted.
But everything changed when he turned eighteen. The real young master came back, and the fake young master who had taken his place became an eyesore in every way.
Everything he loved caught the real young master's eye and was easily taken from him: his parents' affection and the attention of his eldest brother, whom he both respected and feared. He couldn't stand it after being so beloved for so long.
He began to lose control and do every terrible thing he could to the real young master, even cruelly cursing him to die.
At last, he angered the Wen family and was thrown out.
The brother he loved most looked at him as if he were trash. Even the friend he thought he was closest to chose to stand by the real young master's side and speak cruelly to him.
Penniless, he wandered the streets and died in a car accident.
Reborn, he returned to the days just before the real young master was due to come home.
But a useless person is still useless after being reborn. He didn't dare hope for anything or indulge in any fantasies. He carefully maintained a semblance of civility, refusing to fight or compete, and wanted to live a life of his own instead of being a cannon fodder who paved the way for someone else.
But... the people who had been disappointed in and disgusted by him in his previous life seemed to have changed.
His childhood friend, who had once spoken cruelly to him and even told him to die, now had tears of concern in his eyes when Wen You fell ill with a fever.
His eldest brother, who had always been stern and cold toward him, now stroked his head and gently coaxed him into taking his medicine.
But he'd long since stopped being afraid of bitter medicine.
Theme: Be yourself
