Got Caught

Finally, an hour later, Lin Li walked out of the police station.

The moment Qin Ruoyao saw Lin Li, she couldn't help but want to pounce on him, but there were so many people at the police station entrance.

She couldn't do that.

If she rushed up directly like that, she would definitely be arrested, and then there would be no way for her to get revenge on Lin Li.

Qin Ruoyao quietly followed behind Lin Li.

Lin Li didn't have a single penny on him right now.

He also didn't know where to go.

He could only wander aimlessly through the streets.

The three Lin sisters had finished moving and went out to find something to eat, when they happened to run into Lin Li.

The moment Lin Li saw them, his eyes lit up.

He quickly ran over.

Lin Qingyan frowned. "What are you coming here for?"

"Thud."

Lin Li fell heavily to his knees, crying as he spoke.

"Big Sister, Second Sister, Third Sister, I'm sorry. I know I was wrong. I shouldn't have been so heartless and calculating with you."

"Give me another chance. I won't scheme against you like before. I'll truly be your little brother."

Lin Li blubbered through tears and snot.

Many people saw this scene.

Oh, looks like there's drama unfolding.

They all crowded around.

Lin Qingxiu snapped angrily, "Lin Li, how dare you come begging for our forgiveness? We sisters treated you so well, and you still schemed against us. Now everything is ruined—all our money was swindled away by you, and our only real brother has become estranged from us!"

"If it weren't for you and your mother, our family of six would still be living happily together!"

"You did all this to us, and you still expect us to forgive you? Dream on!"

"Second Sister."

Lin Li grabbed onto Lin Qingyan, putting on a pitiful act. "I was just bewitched back then. I was always led astray by my mother, and I mistakenly believed you were the ones who tore my family apart. During these few days in jail, I've thought it through clearly. You're the ones who were truly good to me. Second Sister, I really know I was wrong."

Lin Qingyan impatiently shook him off.

"Get lost."

"Lin Li, don't think I'll fall for your tricks again!"

She strode over to Lin Qingwan and Lin Qingxiu.

"Big Sister, Third Sister, let's go."

Lin Li tried to chase after them, but was surrounded by righteous bystanders.

"So this is Lin Li? What a heartless bastard!"

"The Lin family may not be saints, but they treated Lin Li pretty well, and yet he schemed against them like this."

"Yeah, he's utterly despicable—marriage fraud, cheating, betraying his family, selling counterfeit medicine. I've never seen anyone so disgusting."

"Everyone, let's get him!"

The bystanders threw garbage at Lin Li.

Lin Li shook his head.

"No, this isn't how it should be."

"Why? Why isn't it like the dream I had? In my dream, I was a winner in life—Star Glory Group didn't go bankrupt, and I became the heir. Lin Xuan married Qin Ruoyao, and behind Lin Xuan's back, I had an affair with her."

"Lin Xuan was a live-in son-in-law in Qin Ruoyao's family. In the end, Lin Xuan was killed by me and Qin Ruoyao working together, and we threw his body into the lake."

"In the real world, Lin Xuan is the winner in life, and I'm the loser."

"Why is it all so different?"

Lin Li's face was full of pain.

If only everything could be like it was in that dream.

"Move aside."

A burly man carried a trash can and charged at Lin Li.

"Crash."

He dumped the entire bin of garbage over Lin Li's head.

Lin Li's body was now stinking.

"Ugh—"

Lin Li vomited violently.

It was so disgusting.

"How dare you treat me like this?! If I get some people, I'll have you beaten up!"

Lin Li cursed angrily.

"Go ahead."

The burly man sneered. "Lin Li, right now you're a nobody, worse off than us ordinary folks. You want to get people to teach us a lesson? Let me ask you—do you even have any money? There's nothing you can do to us."

"That's right."

A doll-faced girl in a princess dress stood with her hands on her hips, sneering coldly. "Lin Li, right now if you go look for a job, I doubt anyone would dare hire you."

"Hmph, a piece of trash like you dared to set up my idol? You're not even worth a single one of his fingers."

Lin Li's face turned pale with rage, and he roared, "What are you talking about? I'm the main character of this world! I'll rise again!"

The doll-faced girl looked at him as if he'd just told the funniest joke.

"The male lead of a novel?"

"Ha ha ha ha—"

She laughed so hard her stomach hurt. "Lin Li, have you been reading too many novels? Have you ever seen a male lead who's been made a eunuch?"

The doll-faced girl's words hit Lin Li like a blow to the head.

He froze on the spot.

Yeah.

A male lead can't be a eunuch.

That meant he was never the main character of any novel world—it was all just his wishful thinking.

The bystanders kept pointing at Lin Li.

"Lin Li is a complete loser."

"A useless eunuch."

"Never as good as Lin Xuan."

"Lin Li can never turn things around."

These words kept echoing in Lin Li's mind.

"Aaaah—"

Lin Li screamed in utter collapse.

"Get lost! All of you, get away!"

Lin Li stumbled and staggered, trying to rush out.

The bystanders wanted to keep humiliating him, but the stench on Lin Li was too much.

They didn't dare block his way.

Lin Li stumbled out of the crowd.

Qin Ruoyao watched this scene, her smile twisted.

Lin Li, Lin Li, so even you have a day like this.

But compared to the torment I suffered in the mental hospital these past two years, this is nowhere near enough!

Qin Ruoyao adjusted her mask and continued following him.

Lin Li walked into a dark, empty alley.

He looked completely disheartened.

"So I was never the main character of this novel world. Lin Xuan is."

"Why is fate so unfair? Why has it tormented me like this?"

Ever since he realized he wasn't the world's protagonist,

Lin Li seemed to have lost all his fighting spirit.

A cynical smile spread across his face.

In the future, he would never be able to match up to Lin Xuan, and Lin Xuan would always keep him trampled underfoot.

Qin Ruoyao held a wooden club.

She crept soundlessly up behind Lin Li.

"Lin Li."

Qin Ruoyao sneered. "I've finally got you."

That voice... Qin Ruoyao's voice?

A wave of fear surged through Lin Li.

Just as he tried to turn around, a sharp pain hit the back of his head.

Lin Li collapsed to the ground.

Qin Ruoyao found a crate and stuffed Lin Li inside. Worried he might wake up halfway,

she forced a sleeping drug she had prepared into his mouth.

The place where Qin Ruoyao lived wasn't far from here. She single-handedly carried the entire crate, with Lin Li inside, back to her place.

The surveillance camera was recording in real time.

Lin Xuan specially came to a hotel and called Butler Wang and Lei Hui over to watch the show.

Lei Hui stared at the monitor, curiously rubbing his chin.

"Is this Qin Ruoyao honing a knife? She wouldn't be planning to cut Lin Li into pieces, would she?"

"No," Lin Xuan shook his head. "Qin Ruoyao won't let Lin Li die that easily."

Qin Ruoyao had sharpened the knife until it was razor-sharp, its cold edge glinting under the light.

This knife, she had bought from a pork vendor.

And so, knife in hand, she walked step by step toward Lin Li.

Lei Hui and Butler Wang watched the scene with tension.

Meanwhile, Lin Xuan remained completely calm.

"It's happening, it's happening," Lei Hui said nervously.

But unexpectedly, Qin Ruoyao seemed to think of something and walked back out again.

Lei Hui: "…"

Butler Wang: "…"

Stopping at such a critical moment—it could drive a person to death.