Lu Cheng's question, like a demon's whisper, completely shattered Shen Yan's psychological defenses.
His mind went blank, and his thoughts seemed to freeze.
It took him a good few seconds to find his voice again, his lips trembling as he stammered, "How... how do you know?"
But before he could finish, Lu Cheng's cold, emotionless voice cut him off directly!
"Did I give you permission to ask questions?"
Lu Cheng's gaze was as if he were looking at a lowly, suicidal ant.
This time, the bodyguards didn't step forward; instead, Lu Cheng himself stretched his limbs, producing a clear sound of bones rubbing.
Shen Yan was scared out of his wits and no longer dared to harbor any hope of escaping!
He quickly screamed, almost hysterically, "No! Don't! I'll tell you! I'll tell you everything! Don't hit me!"
"I... I came back from ten years in the future..."
Upon hearing this, a hint of understanding flashed in Lu Cheng's eyes. He paced over to Shen Yan, looking down at him from above, his tone calm, yet it made Shen Yan feel suffocated.
"So, what valuable things happened in those ten years?"
"Tell me everything you know, in detail."
To save his life, Shen Yan desperately racked his brain, recalling his unremarkable past life experiences.
But the embarrassing thing was... his past life was truly... too ordinary!
So ordinary that even he felt it was not worth mentioning!
He recounted intermittently:
How he scrimped and saved, working like a dog for that gold-digger Tang Yurous, only to be treated as a foolish backup... After graduation, he painstakingly opened a small software company, working 996 as a common occurrence, and 007 often... Most of the pitiful hard-earned money he made was given to Tang Yurous for her to squander everywhere, and in the end, he didn't even have money for treatment when he fell ill, dying miserably in his sickbed... What he considered "major future events" in his memory were mostly second-hand information he'd seen online and that everyone knew, such as a certain celebrity's scandal, a certain company going public, or a natural disaster in a certain region... Then, he only remembered... the beautiful women dancing and abstract content he watched on short videos.
These trivial matters held no value whatsoever for someone of Young Master Lu's caliber.
As he listened to Shen Yan's uninformative narration, his brows furrowed deeper and deeper.
The expression on his face, which had initially shown a slight interest, gradually turned into impatience and deep disappointment.
After all that, this is it?
Think about the title of your novel?
"Rebirth: After I Stopped Being a Simp, I Became the World's Richest Man!"
He thought the reborn person would be some kind of business prodigy or tech mogul?
Turns out... he was just a pure waste, someone who was played by a woman and eventually played himself to death?
Finally, as Shen Yan once again began to tearfully accuse Tang Yurous, Lu Cheng impatiently waved his hand, interrupting him:
"Alright, alright! I'm not here to listen to a simp's diary!"
He paused, then asked a different question:
"Do you... know someone named Xiao Zhan? The fool who spent 120 million tonight to buy a broken pottery jar."
"And someone named Lin Fan?"
Upon hearing these two names, Shen Yan blinked hard, searching diligently through his meager past-life memory bank.
After a long while, he said somewhat uncertainly and cautiously, "Xiao Zhan... Lin Fan..."
"These two names... I seem to have some impression..."
"I remember... when I was scrolling through short videos in my past life, I seemed... to have seen these two people's names."
"But specifically... what they did, I... don't know..."
"At that time... I was only thinking about buying Tang Yurous that latest model handbag..."
His voice grew softer as he spoke, because he clearly saw that Lu Cheng's face had turned so dark it looked like it was about to drip water.
His heart sank, and he thought, 'This is bad.'
But he still wouldn't give up, mustering his last bit of courage, he looked at Lu Cheng with a somewhat probing gaze and asked softly, "Then... Young Master Lu... are you also reborn?"
He tried to find a glimmer of "kinship" hope in Lu Cheng.
Lu Cheng looked at Shen Yan's pitiful yet somewhat cunning foolishness, and couldn't help but roll his eyes inwardly.
This guy's brain... really isn't... very good.
He thought I was also reborn?
He can only imagine what he has seen.
He shook his head, too lazy to waste any more words with him.
He directly posed the last question, his tone cold and unyielding.
"Last question, I hope you... answer it well."
"In your past life memories, has there ever appeared... someone who was originally unknown, but suddenly rose rapidly?"
Upon hearing this, Shen Yan racked his brain, recalling!
Suddenly, as if remembering something, he eagerly said, "Yes! Yes! I remember!"
"In my past life, there was a food delivery guy."
"Yes! He was a food delivery guy, and I even ordered food from him. At the time, he just looked like an ordinary delivery guy!"
"But... not long after! I saw a report on short videos! It said he... was some new 'Divine Tycoon' in the Magic City! He just loved delivering food to experience life!"
"He owned countless luxury cars and mansions! And... there were even rumors that he held nearly ten percent of your Lu family's shares!"
When Lu Cheng heard this, his originally somewhat nonchalant gaze instantly sharpened! A hint of genuine surprise and coldness flashed in his eyes.
A food delivery Divine Tycoon?
And he held ten percent of the Lu family's shares?
This must be some kind of damn system-flow protagonist!
The Lu family's shares, apart from family members, outsiders couldn't even get close to them!
This was definitely... a reward from some dog-system!
There really are people not afraid of death, daring to set their sights on the Lu family?
Shen Yan saw the change in Lu Cheng's expression and knew that this time he had finally said the right thing!
He quickly struck while the iron was hot, adding, "And! I remember! There's another one!"
"It was a... celebrity dating variety show that I particularly liked to watch in my past life!"
"There was a male guest in it, who was originally an eighteen-line actor, as obscure as could be! But after he went on that dating show, he was like he had cheats activated!"
"All the female guests on the show, from minor stars to divas, were all... completely smitten with him! They fought over him!"
"After the show ended, he was still surrounded by all sorts of gossip and scandals! Overnight, he went from an unknown nobody to a top-tier Casanova!"
Lu Cheng listened to these two highly representative protagonist clues and nodded thoughtfully.
A food delivery Divine Tycoon, a dating show Casanova... it's really... getting more and more interesting.
He looked at Shen Yan and asked indifferently, "Anything else?"
Shen Yan racked his brain for a long time, but ultimately shook his head dejectedly.
"No more... Young Master Lu, that's all I know. Please spare me."
Lu Cheng slowly stood up and gave instructions to the bodyguards, his tone light, yet carrying a sense of despairing finality.
"Send him... on his way."
"Why? I told you everything, and you still want to kill me? Why?"
Upon hearing Lu Cheng's understated yet cold and ruthless verdict, Shen Yan instantly burst into a desperate, hysterical scream!
Lu Cheng, however, merely glanced at him disdainfully, then pointed to the truck still shining its blinding headlights nearby, a devilish curve on his lips, and slowly said,
"Because, you're going to hit the jackpot today!"
He stepped forward and patted his face, which was twisted and distorted with fear, his smile growing more cruel.
"Too bad it's a 'Great Luck' truck."