A Strange Start to a Strange Story

Yue Ying opened his eyes in a fancy car. He casually looked around the interior of the car, before focusing his gaze on the man in front of him. The man was dressed in a sleek suit, similar to a businessmen. Upon receiving Yue Ying's gaze, he looked down at Yue Ying condescendingly.

[Zero, come out.] Shifting his gaze away, he called out to Zero in his head.

At his call, Zero had appeared out of thin air, announcing her presence by running straight into Yue Ying's forehead, conveniently pushing a small white ball into Yue Ying's head at the same time. To this, Yue Ying frowned slightly, letting her do so.

His head immediately started pounding crazily, bringing a ton of memories along with its which Yue Ying could only assume belonged to the body's owner. Closing his eyes, he allowed the information to flow in steadily, the only indication that he was in pain being the frown gracing his head deepening.

Speaking of which, this story was really strange…

The story was about a young woman who made it big after managing to get into a prestigious school meant for rich kids. Through multiple accidents and problems, she built up her very own company while still in school as well as collected multiple golden thighs and fingers in the form of handsome and rich males. In addition, she even collected her very own male lead, who was also coincidentally, the original body's elder brother.

Gao Zhi Yi, aged 12, was adopted into the ML's family due to him saving the ML one day from a car crash, pushing the ML out of the way in the last second to save him.

Ending up in the hospital himself, the ML was extremely grateful for this orphan, deciding to adopt him into the family as a way of repaying his debt to this orphan.

Due to living on the streets for a period of time as an orphan, he was naturally quite shy and defensive, opting to stick close to the ML instead of bravely facing the outside world by himself, which resulted in him becoming an antisocial human who stayed at home most of the time.

As a result of being extremely antisocial, he didn't even want to go to school, causing him to barely know anything at all, earning him the ire of the rest of the family members, who saw him as a disgrace and a leech, taking advantage of the male lead in order to live comfortably.

His role in the story was even more pathetic. According to the novel, he was jealous of the female lead getting close to the male lead. Wanting to keep his position inside the male lead's heart intact, he opted to harm the female lead, which of course, backfired horribly, causing his already bad health to worsen and his legs to become paralyzed.

Of course, that was what was shown in the story itself. In Zhi YI's memories, he barely even knew the female lead, choosing to spend his time inside striving to become a well-known painter instead. The only thing he knew about the accident was that he went out one day and blacked out, waking up on a hospital bed the next moment, the male lead's black face beside him.

Next thing he knew after waking up was that he was disowned and tossed to the streets once again to fend for himself, dying a terrible death on the streets.

Yue Ying clicked his tongue, ignoring the disgusted look of the man sitting opposite him. According to his memories, this man should be the butler, which meant that he had nothing to be afraid of.

Currently, it seemed that they were in the early stages of the novel, with Zhi Yi not even knowing the female lead yet. If the original body's memories were correct, they were currently going to the birthday party of the male lead, where Zhi Yi will finally meet the female lead and at the same time, start his death clock.

"Host? Are you still alive?" Zero had been watching Yue Ying space out for a while, finally deciding to move up and down in front of Yue Ying's vision, worrying whether the memory absorption was too heavy a burden for Yue Ying to handle.

"Ah, it would suck if the host died immediately after the first world transfer…"

[I'm still alive, Zero.] Yue Ying mentally communicated with Zero, who was floating in front of him. Rather then what he thought a system would look like, she was akin to a miniature figurine, the only difference between her previous form being that there were fairy wings on her back now.

"That's a good thing then! So, how is it being in your first body? According to the manual, the first body transfer can feel a little strange at times, which may turn into dizziness, headaches, vomit- "Zero continued blabbering while Yue Ying continued to shift through the new memories in his head.

It appeared that this body had quite a simple wish lined up for him. Perhaps it was because it was the first world that he had to go through, but the only wish for him was to allow this body to live till the ripe old age of 80 and to become a famous painter.

"Host! Host are you listening?" Yue Ying was forcibly snapped out of his dazed state once again by Zero. Smiling slightly to conceal his irritation, he spoke.

[Yes Zero?] Having received the attention of Yue Ying again, Zero huffed, turning her head away in annoyance.

"I was saying that this world is going to be quite difficult considering the wishes. Just reminding you to be careful." She turned back, only to see a mysterious smile on Yue Ying's face.

She was right in a sense. Considering the abilities of the original owner, becoming a famous painted was way out of what Yue Ying could do. So as surviving. With little to no information about why he was paralyzed, anything could happen to him at any time, causing him to set off the death flag.

However, Yue Ying remained calm.

[Zero, I'll be fine. I'm finally here, I won't squander this chance recklessly.] Yue Ying smiled at Zero, who was staring at him, dumbfounded by his confidence.

[It isn't that hard of a world, anyway. Have you seen the plot? It is full of loopholes.] It was true. The entire plot seemed to be bias towards the female lead. Coincidences were plenty, such as winning a lottery ticket or meeting a certain supporting male lead.

Heck, even her lines seemed to be something like a coincidence, always accurately hitting a certain point and making the person fall deeper in love with her every time she said something.

Even her company seemed to be somewhat bogus, barely making an appearance in the storyline. It was as though it was just there as a convenient plot point, something to make the female lead stand out more.

To sum it up, the female lead was lucky. Or there was someone supporting her from the background, which allowed her to be so 'lucky'.

Yue Ying ran through all the possibilities in his head while Zero was still questioning her host's sanity. Deciding not to interfere and instead just watch, she settled on his shoulder, closing her eyes as if to take a nap.

"Young Master, we are here." Yue Ying snapped out of his thoughts for the umpteen time, barely restraining his annoyance. Copying the original body's expression, his eyes gradually softened, taking on the look of an extremely pitiful young boy.

Well, considering the weak state of the body and the years of malnutrition due to being stranded on the streets, it was an easy look to pull off.

"I'll get off in just a second. Please go ahead without me." Despite following the original body's looks however, his tone was of a more arrogant person, as though he was used to being served from head to toe.

The butler stopped for a second, surprised at the difference in tone. Scrutinizing the young boy up and down, he slowly stepped out, bowing before leaving while continuously casting looks back at the young boy.

"Huh? That's strange. That old man usually won't listen if it were the original body." Zero opened her eyes, staring at the butler who had walked away. Was he scared off by her host's tone of voice into unconsciously obeying? Was that possible? For the first time since meeting Yue Ying, she contemplated his backstory. According to her analysis, he was originally a 17 year old ignorant boy, so how could he have such a tone?

Yue Ying left Zero to think about this by herself, flipping open his phone. The only reason why he had stayed behind deliberately was to take a glance at his own appearance, which he had no idea about till now. Looking at it, he clicked his tongue, admiring his own face.

A set of black eyes looked back at him, reflecting off a wicked feel. Black silky hair framed his face, making his porcelain white skin look even whiter. Even the malnutrition seemed to play in, giving him a feeling of a glass beauty.

Well, if you excluded the wicked look in his eyes, he would be a glass beauty.

Satisfied, he opened the car door, looking out at the venue. It was a huge mansion. According to the male lead, it had been specially rented for this occasion in particular and costed millions of dollars. Yue Ying sighed. People these days really knew how to spend their money.

Walking towards the mansion, he slowly fixed his expression, mimicking the original body's expression once again. By the time he had reached the entrance of the mansion, its wide open doors welcoming him in, he looked identical to the original.

Walking into the venue, he smiled.

"Shall we start the counterattacking?"