A few days after the result of the flower tea incident came out, a new investigation report regarding the female lead was delivered to Yun Ke's hands.
"Miss Bai behaved herself for a while after arriving at the Du residence. She got acquainted with Miss Wen Na, the youngest of the Wen family, at a flower exhibition about half a month ago. Later, she connected with Wen Jiaguang, the fourth son of the Wen family, through her. The two met secretly a few times. In addition, Wen Na's maternal family has a relative who owns a pharmaceutical company, and it seems that the drugs came from there."
"I understand. Keep monitoring Miss Bai, and report any developments directly," Yun Ke said after hanging up the phone. He carefully read the report, furrowing his brow in contemplation.
In the neighboring room, Ye Zhizhou, using the trace of spiritual power he had left on Yun Ke, overheard the conversation and began to ponder as well.
Wen family, pharmaceutical company, and the Du family's rival... According to the investigation results, the female lead had only recently connected with the Wen family. They didn't know each other before. Therefore, the possibility of the female lead intentionally getting close to Yun Ke was close to zero. The amnesia from the car accident was likely just a coincidence. The subsequent incident with the drugged flower tea was probably the Wen family taking advantage of an opportunity from Miss Bai.
The Du family, who had a grudge against the Wen family, would be the logical target for poisoning, not the original protagonist. He recalled from the initial plot that the female lead and the original protagonist had a good relationship and had gone out together a few times, so it was normal for the Wen family to misunderstand their closeness. Assuming that the drugging incident was indeed targeted at the original protagonist...
Now, the female lead was connected to Sun Jiaguang, an enemy of the Du family. Ye Zhizhou thought carefully about the clues he had gathered. He suddenly felt a chill run down his spine and couldn't help but touch his cold neck.
If everything the female lead did at the Yun residence had the shadow of the Wen family behind it, and all their tactics were aimed at the original protagonist, then the plot where the original protagonist caused a car accident to harm the female lead but nearly harmed Yun Ke instead was likely a scheme by the Wen family using the female lead to force the original protagonist out of Yun Ke's protective circle! Moreover, considering Yun Ke's cold exterior but soft heart, it was normal for him to be disappointed in the original protagonist after the car accident and drive him away from the Yun family. However, it was scientifically implausible that he would kill the original protagonist! After all, he had raised him for several years, and he was the younger brother left behind by his first wife, whom he had grown up with and had a childhood engagement with. He wouldn't kill him! So, in the original plot, the original protagonist most likely died at the hands of the Wen family!
If the poisoning failed, they teamed up with the female lead to harm him even more?
So, whether it was the drugged flower tea or the car accident, everything was targeted at the original protagonist, with no connection to Yun Ke at all!
But why... he furrowed his brow again. In the original plot, why did the female lead eventually cooperate with the Wen family to harm the original protagonist? They had no conflicting interests, and before he arrived, the original protagonist was very reliant on and fond of the female lead, with no signs of hostility or animosity.
He looked at the information provided by the system again, setting aside the mindset of watching a brainless romantic drama, and began to analyze the plot with a rational and cold eye, searching for the presence of the Wen family in the story.
"Here," he stopped at one part of the storyline and zoomed in, carefully examining it. It was the part where the female lead insisted on making flower tea for Yun Ke even when she had a high fever. She had been bedridden for six days in total, and earlier, it was mentioned that she would go out every five days to replenish the tea materials. Because of her illness, the supply of tea materials was interrupted. Yun Ke had gone without tea for two days, and his sleep had once again deteriorated. The female lead had seen this and was very anxious, so she immediately went out to replenish the materials as soon as she got better.
There was a detail here: on the first day she went out, she didn't buy one of the materials and came back looking very pale. Yun Ke thought she was worried about him and was deeply moved. On the second day, she went out early but returned very late. Yun Ke was very worried and got angry, but the female lead suddenly cried, repeatedly apologizing, and Yun Ke felt sorry for her. It was the first time he hugged her...
The apology was probably meant for Du Yang, who was also present at the time. It was likely that here, the female lead discovered that her flower tea had been tampered with, but she agreed to cooperate with the Wen family because she was afraid of losing Yun Ke's favor. From this point on, the originally timid and introverted original protagonist suddenly began to "bully" the female lead and was repeatedly seen in "unlucky" situations by Yun Ke, causing Yun Ke's impression of him to worsen while his affection for the female lead grew.
Then the female lead gradually gained Yun Ke's love, while the original protagonist was slowly despised and eventually driven away, leading to his death.
"Hmm," Ye Zhizhou turned off the screen and couldn't help but laugh coldly. What a great drama, what a "gentle and kind" female lead, and what a Wen family hiding in the shadows.
It was spectacular, truly spectacular.
Unfortunately, the original protagonist, a timid and introverted student, was slandered, misunderstood, manipulated, and ultimately killed.
His heart was filled with negativity. He lay on the bed, staring at the ceiling for a long time, finally asking the question he hadn't dared to ask before, "Tongtian, I've taken over the original protagonist's body, but what happened to the original protagonist? Where did he go?"
[The body used for the mission was contributed by the original host. The original host's soul will be placed in a new world. Host, rest assured, the original host will have a happy and fulfilling new life.]
"A happy and fulfilling new life..." he murmured, finally releasing the stone that had been weighing on his heart. He turned on his side, hugged a pillow, and asked, "What will happen to the original host's body after I leave upon completing the mission?"
[Death in a reasonable manner.]
"...And the reason why Du Yang voluntarily contributed his body? Can I know that?"
[Classified information, host does not have access.]
"Progress to obtain access, how many tasks do I need to complete?"
[Complete the progress bar.]
"...Goodbye, system!"
Feeling slightly better, he rubbed his temples, trying to find clues from other angles. Inadvertently, Director Hu's face appeared in his mind.
Right, drugs!
The medicine in the flower tea was specially prepared by the Wen family for the original protagonist, and the side effects of that medicine were... irritability, aggression, decreased reaction speed, memory loss... memory loss.
He pondered on these few words, and his thoughts gradually became clearer. The Wen family must have feared something that Du Yang had in his mind. But what could it be? After Yun Ke adopted Du Yang at the age of 13, he had been leading a very secluded life at the Yun residence and had little contact with anyone else.
Could it be something that the original protagonist had remembered from a long time ago? Thinking about this, he hesitated. In order not to overly invade the original host's privacy, he hadn't looked into the memories before Yun Ke adopted him. Now...
His mind was in turmoil, and finally, he gritted his teeth, lifted the blanket, covered himself, closed his eyes in the darkness, and gently extended a trace of his spiritual power towards the blue energy cluster representing the original host's memories in his mind.
A happy childhood, a lively and beautiful sister, a gentle and caring mother, a dignified and reliable father... Memories gradually unfolded, and his furrowed brows gradually relaxed as his consciousness delved deeper into the memories.
After Yun Ke finished his work and left his study, he thought for a moment, then turned into Ye Zhizhou's bedroom.
There was no response when he knocked on the door, and he furrowed his brow, checking his watch. The hour hand had just reached nine o'clock. Was Xiao Yang asleep so early? He felt somewhat puzzled and hesitated for a moment before trying the door handle.
The door wasn't locked and gently opened with his touch.
The room's light was on, and there was a lump on the bed.
He couldn't help but soften his gaze. He stepped inside, walked to the bedside, and tugged at the tightly wrapped blanket. "Xiao Yang, don't bury your head in the blanket while sleeping."
The blanket remained still, with the person inside sleeping soundly.
"Really..." He bent down somewhat helplessly, reached out to pull the blanket, intending to uncover the young man's head.
Perhaps his movements disturbed the person inside. The one under the blanket shifted and turned over, revealing his head and shoulders while burying his face in the pillow.
"Why didn't you even take off your clothes..." He furrowed his brow slightly.
The room was very quiet, and all that could be heard was the young man's steady breathing. The warm yellow light shone on the young man's profile, casting shallow shadows under his eyelashes. It was quite cute, and he couldn't help but reach out and touch it.
But he was too thin. With this thought in mind, he gently turned the person over, removed his sweater with care.
During the process, the young man's head ended up resting on his neck, and warm breath brushed against his throat, causing his heart to beat irregularly for a moment.
He quickly tossed the sweater aside and carefully laid the young man back in bed. He furrowed his brow, massaging his neck, and then his gaze landed on the young man's pants... The home clothes were made of cotton, so it should be fine to sleep in them... right?
His heartbeat gradually stabilized.
He pulled the blanket back over the young man, sat at the edge of the bed, and examined the young man's features carefully. After losing weight, the young man was indeed quite beautiful, with slightly angular facial lines, a straight and slightly upturned nose, expressive almond-shaped eyes, and... his gaze shifted downward, and he held his breath for a moment... and a pair of lips that always seemed to carry a hint of a smile, making people irresistibly want to kiss them... Despite having soft and beautiful individual features, when combined, they gave off a youthful and enchanting allure—the unique allure of the Du family...
"Don't go..." Suddenly, murmured words broke his trance, and he grabbed the young man's restless hand, furrowing his brow slightly.
"Xiao Yang?"
As if suddenly caught in a nightmare, the young man's body moved restlessly, and his murmurs gradually turned into low cries. Tears welled up at the corners of his eyes. "Don't go, Mom, Dad, don't go... Sister, don't get on that car, don't, don't get on it..."
"Xiao Yang!" Seeing that something was amiss, he quickly hugged the young man into his arms, patting his cheek vigorously, trying to wake him up. "You're having a bad dream, wake up, Xiao Yang, wake up quickly. It's okay, it's all in the past, everything is fine now."