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Release in parts – interval of 1-2 days (short recaps of previous part included?) or release all at once – 3-4 days
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Lin Jinzhi couldn't help but grab onto the blanket tightly. The Lin family….Jinzhi…..Lin Jinzhi…..
His shock interweaved with his bewilderment. Even though he already had a vague guess, but Lin Jinzhi is still so shocked he couldn't speak. He took several deep breaths. When his eyes opened again, he had already thought through several key points——
In any case, he's got to keep going forward. He's already here, and it's unrealistic that he'll go back to his world if he dies. Not to mention that he has no attachments in that world nor any concerns that someone would be worried about his disappearance, as he's all alone.
Though don't the transmigration stories on □□ usually have them transmigrating into either the villain or the supporting male lead, who then compete with the male lead for everything?! He just straight-up stole the male protagonist's body, is this really alright?!
Although…"At xx time, go to location 'bb' to grab object 'mm'." The feeling of holding the script isn't too bad either.
Wait, he seems to have forgotten something——
Lin Jinzhi paused, abruptly remembering that cursed ending. The male lead became cannon fodder, the female lead became the male villain. If it's this ending, will the female lead that he meets in the future still the male villain Ye Yu?
Speaking of which, which version of the plot did he transmigrate into?
He began to quickly go through the protagonist's experiences, a storyline swiftly appearing in his brain——
The youngest son of the Lin branch family Jinzhi went out to play with his cousin Hu Sisi when he was fifteen. He fell into an ice hole at the Cherry Heart River, and fell unconscious after being saved by a slave.
Hu Sisi took credit for the deed, pus.h.i.+ng the slave into the ice hole and lying that she saved Lin Jinzhi. This became a story that spread.
And it is this very storyline, that made the character Hu Sisi get criticized. Lin Jinzhi really hated her, because she was only twelve years old when she committed this act. Young, beautiful, the age of one's prime but a heart as malicious as a viper——
Lin Jinzhi didn't even find it a pity when Hu Sisi died in the end by Ye Yu's hand.
Lin Jinzhi abruptly turned to look at the thin and weak youth beside him. Then this youth should be that slave who was pushed into the ice hole? This youth who is as skinny as if he had no energy did not make any future appearances in the plot.
If he hadn't grabbed his wrist firmly before he fell unconscious, he's afraid this youth would have already been dead.
A small action has changed a person's destiny. The sense of reality about transmigrating into a story began to spread. Lin Jinzhi is forced to accept the fact that he is already the male lead Lin Jinzhi——
"What's wrong?" Ye Yu carefully looked at Lin Jinzhi, as if afraid of his gaze. "Do, do you regret bestowing a name upon me?"
"N-no……" Lin Jinzhi mumbled. "Do you still feel uncomfortable?" His chest feels somewhat stifled.
"No, I'm not uncomfortable. It's just that my head feels dizzy and very hot." Ye Yu unnaturally twisted around. "I want to go outside the room. It's much cooler——there." As he got to the end, he was silenced by Lin Jinzhi's fixed gaze.
"In your current condition, cooling off will worsen your sickness." Lin Jinzhi said, furrowing his brows.
"Knock knock." There's a sound of knocking on the door, not too fast and not too slow. "Jinzhi, did you sleep yet?" A warm voice called out without any inclination.
Lin Jinzhi sat up with one hand, "No, not yet." He knows who it is. The main wife of the Lin branch family, the protagonist's Di mother Liu-s.h.i.+ [1].
He had read his favorite story very closely. Furthermore, his memory has been pretty good since young. He doesn't have a photographic memory, but he can still remember the characters that have appeared in the first couple hundred chapters.
"Kcha…." The wooden door is opened. Liu-s.h.i.+ came in carrying a bowl of medicine, "Ai, Sisi already told me. What am I supposed to say about you? How could you be so uncareful? If Sisi hadn't saved you at the time, you——yah! Who is this!" The gentle and soft intonation was interrupted by the sudden sharp cry.
Quickly placing the tray in her hands down, Liu-s.h.i.+ walked in quick small steps to the side of the bed. "How could you be inappropriate! Even daring to climb young master's bed, you foolish servant, why aren't you getting off the bed now!"
"I was the one who let him on my bed." Lin Jinzhi raised his chin, squinting his eyes at Liu-s.h.i.+. "I don't know how Sisi explained to you, but it's a fact that he saved me. And Father often says "to be grateful and repay others", doesn't he? Mother."
Liu-s.h.i.+ stilled, as if unable to understand how a usually quiet kid suddenly became so capable of speaking. But she quickly came back to her senses, furrowing her brows as she sized up the frail youth, actually looking at him head-on this time. "I believe Sisi. She said when you were unconscious when you were saved. Who knows who saved you?"
Lin Jinzhi hung his eyelids, covering his eyes full of hibernating darkness. His voice cooled a few degrees, "I'm not in such bad condition as to recognize the wrong hand. If Sisi has a hand like this person's, I'll believe what she says." After he finished speaking, he grabbed Ye Yu's hand out from inside the blanket and placed it on top of the blanket.
He furrowed his brows. Even Ye Yu's hand is hot enough to scare someone.
Liu-s.h.i.+ glanced at that frightening hand, opening her mouth before she turned her head away.
"I only came to send this bowl of medicine to you. Your father wants you to go find him after you're better." She furrowed her brows as she looked at the two figures on the bed, but in the end she still didn't say anything. She only left the phrase, "You, go rest first. Remember to eat your medicine." Soon, she hurriedly went out the door.
Lin Jinzhi stared at the door, and couldn't help but remember the circ.u.mstances of the youngest son of the Lin-s.h.i.+'s branch family. Since his mother had died when he was young, he was brought up by the nursemaid until he was of age. His father did not like him.
A long time has pa.s.sed from when he had an accident until now, and Lin Jinzhi's father has not made an appearance. And Liu-s.h.i.+'s words obviously indicates that Lin Jinzhi's father is aware that his son had met with a mishap.
He probably really isn't fond of him.
Li Jinzhi dryly jerked the corners of his mouth. His mouth full of bitterness. This is probably one of the reasons why he likes this book.
See? The same name, the same surname, and a lot of similar circ.u.mstances.
He's father- and mother-less, raised in the orphanage. Lin Jinzhi has a father but no mother. But he might as well not have a father at all.
Suddenly, his hand on top of the blanket is held. Lin Jinzhi is stunned. He lowered his head down to look at the youth in silent question.
"Don't…..don't be sad." The youth wrinkled his brow slightly, his face full of concern. He struggled to get up, grabbing the bowl of medicine on the bedside drawer. "Young..young master drink your medicine."
Lin Jinzhi quietly studied the bowl of medicine before him. After a while, he held up the spoon and ladled a bite, "You drink it. My body is fine." He brought the spoonful of medicine by the youth's mouth.
The youth looked at Lin Jinzhi blankly, unconsciously opening his mouth. When he came back to his senses, the bottom of the bowl of medicine could already be seen. For a period of time his heart felt distressed, hesitantly saying, "Young master is honorable, this…"
"All I know is that your body needs this bowl of medicine more than I do." The protagonist's body has the Ice element natural energy root. Although he still hasn't directed the Qi into his body to cultivate yet, the cold air also wouldn't harm him.
He hasn't said any false words to comfort the other.
"Let's sleep." Saying so, Lin Jinzhi really laid down by himself. Not long afterwards, his breath deepened.
Ye Yu watched the defenseless sleeping person closely, the caution and solemness in his eyes slowly changing into wariness and strong perplexity.
This person, how does he know the name his mother gave him before she died?
He does have a name. Before his mother died, she named him Ye Yu. Except a servant who's entered the slave registry, cannot have a name.
Only if they are bestowed a name by the masters, are they then able to leave this slave registry.
But——is this a coincidence?
The frail, skinny youth's face is full of caution and deep thought.
[1] Di mother – how the children of the concubines refer to the main wife