Xu Zifan, a nationally protected hacker, lived a carefree and unrestrained life, never lacking money or time, and surrounded by brothers. He lived a happy life, like he was on vacation. After leaving that world, he went directly to the next one.
Xu Zifan woke up quietly in his room. He sat up and looked around. He found it to be a modern room of moderate comfort. What was unusual was that there were two hair ties and a light blue phone case on the table. The style was obviously for girls, but it didn't feel like the kind of intimate item left by a girlfriend.
As Xu Zifan dressed, he learned about the situation in this world. The original owner was twenty-eight years old and a print model. He was handsome, had a great physique, sang well, and could play the guitar. He was a very attractive and sunny young man who should have been very popular with the opposite sex, but he just couldn't find a girlfriend.
He's almost thirty, and his family keeps pressuring him to get married. He's also been looking for a partner and hopes to develop a relationship. He finally met a nice girl. He was very attracted to her, and she accepted his advances. However, they started arguing frequently soon afterward because the original owner of this body had a childhood sweetheart neighbor.
The original owner's neighbor was named Yue Lingling. She lost her parents before taking the college entrance examination at the age of eighteen, leaving her all alone. Because she was close to the Xu family, she inevitably became very dependent on them. Xu's father and mother also pitied this girl they had watched grow up and took good care of her. She even called them Xu's father and mother, and called the original owner Zifan brother.
Yue Lingling has a pretty face and a carefree personality. She loves to play and laugh. The original owner of this body grew up with her and went to the same school. He was used to having a little sister around him. Whenever Yue Lingling needed his help, he would always help her without hesitation, since she was an orphan.
Both families lived in the provincial capital, went to university locally, and stayed in the local area to develop their careers after graduation. So, even when the original owner was twenty-eight, he was still living with his parents, and Yue Lingling was still his neighbor.
During their university years, many people mistakenly thought they were a couple. The original owner would always laugh and say, "How could that be?" Yue Lingling would always wave her hand and say, "He's just my buddy." Their way of getting along had become fixed and hadn't changed over the years; they were just like family.
However, the original owner had a girlfriend, who naturally disapproved and insisted that he distance himself from Yue Lingling. The original owner couldn't understand this; he didn't like Yue Lingling, hadn't done anything to wrong his girlfriend, and felt he hadn't done anything wrong, so of course he didn't want to be inexplicably distanced.
Yue Lingling didn't do anything wrong and always treated him like a brother. Why did he hurt her like this? His girlfriend broke up with him immediately.
Yue Lingling felt guilty and apologized to him. She drank with him to vent his frustrations and then invited a group of friends to hang out with him, asking them to keep an eye out for good girls to introduce to him. A few months later, the original owner got another girlfriend and made a point of not getting too close to Yue Lingling, but the situation remained the same: the conflict between his girlfriend and his childhood sweetheart was extremely sharp.
The original owner couldn't understand why his girlfriend would force him to abandon a family member when Qingmei was like a younger sister to him. She was an orphan, his childhood neighbor, and like his parents' goddaughter. Moreover, Yue Lingling even helped him come up with ideas to pursue his girlfriend and asked his friends to help him. Neither of them had any feelings for each other, so why did his girlfriend force him to abandon a family member?
After learning about their conflict, Yue Lingling moved to another part of the city. This made the original owner feel awkward. He felt that his girlfriend was too petty and unreasonable, and that she was trying to misunderstand his relationship with Yue Lingling. However, he still loved his girlfriend. Since things had come to this, he quietly distanced himself from Yue Lingling to avoid further conflict and hoped that he could live a good life with his girlfriend in the future.
One day, the original owner was on a date with his girlfriend when he suddenly received a call from Yue Lingling saying that she had acute appendicitis and was in so much pain that she needed surgery.
The original owner grew up with her. Even if he never liked her, he couldn't possibly know about this and not care. But his girlfriend immediately exploded, saying that Yue Lingling did it on purpose. Why did she call him instead of an ambulance when she was sick?
The original owner believed there was no ambiguity between him and Yue Lingling, so this statement sounded too harsh. How could acute appendicitis be intentional? Besides, Yue Lingling had already called an ambulance; she only called him because she was afraid of surgery. In a situation like this, of course she would want a loved one by her side.
The original owner insisted on accompanying Yue Lingling to her surgery. To reassure his girlfriend, he even called his parents and said the three of them would go together, and even offered to come along if his girlfriend wanted. However, his girlfriend refused, giving him a choice: if he went to see Yue Lingling, she would break up with him immediately, as she didn't want to experience something like that again.
The original owner was exhausted, both physically and mentally, and didn't want to continue the relationship. He agreed to break up, took a taxi to send his girlfriend home, and went to the hospital with his parents to accompany Yue Lingling for surgery.
Yue Lingling only learned about this after her surgery. She cried and apologized to the original owner, saying she would never contact him again. This was the first time Yue Lingling had cried in front of him in recent years. The original owner felt bewildered and didn't understand what was wrong. Was it really so hard for him to accept that he and Yue Lingling were family? Besides, he had already tried his best to avoid contacting Yue Lingling. Couldn't he even take care of her while she was in surgery?
The original owner was disheartened and unmotivated about love. The thought of being in a relationship annoyed him, and he imagined endless arguments. When his friends found out, they jokingly advised him to just marry Yue Lingling. But he truly didn't like Yue Lingling and had never been interested in her. How could he possibly be with her? His friends then suggested that he cut off all contact with Yue Lingling from now on.
The original owner also felt this way; if he wanted to live a good life with his future girlfriend or wife, he wouldn't have to worry about...
It seems the only way out of this argument is to sever ties with Yue Lingling. However, he is currently single, and no woman holds any weight in his heart. The thought of abandoning his family of nearly thirty years for a woman he doesn't even know in the future feels somewhat inexplicable.
After that, the original owner didn't date for two years, and Yue Lingling moved back. They still got along as usual, but they weren't as close as before and seemed to have drifted apart.
Later, during his travels, the original owner fell in love at first sight with a girl named Bai Yue. It was the first time he had ever been so moved, and he pursued Bai Yue passionately. Bai Yue also expressed her feelings for him, but she didn't accept his advances, which made him feel anxious and uncertain. He spent a lot of effort to win Bai Yue's heart.
This time he was much more careful. He moved to Bai Yue's neighborhood and went to and from get off work with her every day. When Yue Lingling and her friends asked him to go out, he mostly turned them down, afraid of another conflict between his girlfriend and his childhood sweetheart.
One day, when he was celebrating Bai Yue's birthday, he received a call from a stranger saying that Yue Lingling had been in a car accident and was in the hospital. The stranger said that there was a "brother's" phone number in the phone book and had contacted him.
Such a serious incident as a car accident was not the time to avoid suspicion. The original owner apologized to Bai Yue, briefly explained his relationship with Yue Lingling, and planned to ask his parents to go to the hospital with him. Bai Yue did not get angry or blame him. Instead, she ended the birthday party, told her friends to go home first, and then accompanied him to the hospital to wait for Yue Lingling's surgery.
After Yue Lingling woke up from her surgery, she saw the original owner holding his hand and crying, telling him how scared she was when she was in the car accident and thought she would never see him again.
The original owner felt sorry for her plight, but also felt a little embarrassed. He had been very careful to avoid suspicion, and he was very sensitive to the fact that Yue Lingling was holding his hand and crying. Moreover, Bai Yue was also there. He was afraid that she would misunderstand, so he stiffly pulled his hand away from Yue Lingling under the pretense of pouring water to keep his distance.
Bai Yue comforted Yue Lingling, and Yue Lingling wiped away her tears and greeted her. It was their first meeting, and they didn't seem to dislike each other. The original owner breathed a sigh of relief.
Afterwards, he hired a caregiver to look after Yue Lingling and asked his parents to visit her more often, but he stopped visiting her himself. As a result, he felt somewhat guilty towards Yue Lingling and felt that he had changed.
Later, as his relationship with Bai Yue deepened, he took Bai Yue home to meet his parents. Coincidentally, Yue Lingling was also at the Xu family's house that day. She called Bai Yue "sister-in-law" like a younger sister and had a meal with them. The atmosphere was harmonious and the original owner finally relaxed.
Later, Yue Lingling would send him information about new lipstick shades and bags so he could buy them for Bai Yue. He gave her these gifts, and Bai Yue loved them. When they went on a trip together and came back to buy gifts, Bai Yue bought some for her parents and also bought one for Yue Lingling. Yue Lingling was very happy to receive the gift.
The original owner was overjoyed, thinking that his lover and childhood sweetheart could finally live in harmony. However, as they met more often, his troubles only increased.
When he was with Bai Yue, he always felt that Bai Yue was indirectly criticizing Yue Lingling. When he met with Yue Lingling, he always felt that Yue Lingling was going around in circles saying bad things about Bai Yue. This made him feel very tired, as if no matter what he did, it was not enough, and no matter what he did, it was not right.
Once, he accidentally stumbled upon the two arguing. Bai Yue mocked Yue Lingling as a "manly bitch," and Yue Lingling called Bai Yue a "green tea bitch." When the original owner saw that they had caught them in the act, they simply tore off their facade of peace and turned their anger towards the original owner, saying that he hadn't seen through the other's tricks. The argument gave the original owner a splitting headache.
This relationship also failed. The original owner had devoted himself wholeheartedly, carefully maintained the relationship, and made every effort, exhausting all his energy. The once sunny and cheerful boy became somewhat depressed and couldn't muster any enthusiasm for anything.
He developed a love for traveling, visiting various parts of the world and rarely returning home. He had little contact with his family, and naturally, little contact with Yue Lingling either. He also stopped dating, immersing himself in the beauty of nature, which seemed to make all his troubles disappear.
Five years passed like this. He was thirty-five years old, and so was Yue Lingling. Suddenly, he received a call from Yue Lingling saying that she was getting married and that she hoped he could also find someone he loved, so that no one would misunderstand them anymore.
Unfortunately, the original owner died in a plane crash before he could return to attend her wedding. He was filled with regret and hoped that the interdimensional messenger could take good care of his parents on his behalf. He also hoped that the interdimensional messenger could help him figure out whether it was his girlfriend who was intolerant of him or his childhood sweetheart who truly loved him. He believed that he had a clear conscience, but he didn't know why his life was in such a mess. Where did he go wrong?