Chapter 408 – Xie Ting’an’s Dream
In the dream, Xu Jinning not only saw everything about Lin Wangshu but also got a glimpse of who Shen Huai truly was.
If this world were still distorted, Lin Wangshu might have been able to suppress Shen Huai as the female protagonist, with the power of her protagonist halo.
But now that the world had returned to normal, Lin Wangshu, as the female protagonist, had no way of controlling Shen Huai, the male protagonist.
After all, Lin Wangshu’s worldview was already twisted, so how could the male protagonist matched with her possibly be a good person?
Perhaps, at the beginning of their relationship, Shen Huai had some genuine feelings for Lin Wangshu, but later on, he only sought to use her.
Previously, Shen Huai wanted to use Lin Wangshu to help him gain control of the Shen family and even create a business empire under the Shen name.
Now, Shen Huai was using her to gain fortune and possibly even control over this world.
Shen Huai wasn’t just selfish; he was also highly ambitious.
With a man like this, if Lin Wangshu still had value, Shen Huai might treat her well and even coax her, but once she lost her usefulness, she would most likely be discarded like an old shoe.
Xu Jinning hadn’t realized that her recent streak of so-called “bad luck” was actually a series of life-threatening dangers.
And these dangers had all been brought upon her by Lin Wangshu—her stepsister, Xu Jinwen.
“Xu Jinwen truly is something else. She killed me in my previous life, and even after transmigrating, she still won’t leave me alone.”
But regardless of whether Lin Wangshu’s suspicions were correct, Xu Jinning couldn’t allow herself to be killed by them, just to verify their theories and fulfill their selfish ambitions.
She still wanted to live her life fully.
Since Tiandao had granted her this dream as a warning, she needed to take it seriously.
…
The next day, Xu Jinning originally planned to find Xie Ting’an and tell him about what she had seen.
She didn’t want to tell her family, not wanting them to worry.
Telling Xie Ting’an was important to Xu Jinning for two reasons: first, because Xie Ting’an was her lover, and second, because both of them had transmigrated into this world. She didn’t have the ability to solve this problem on her own, but Xie Ting’an might.
However, before she could seek him out, Xie Ting’an came to find her first.
Unexpectedly, the usually calm and composed Xie Ting’an was filled with urgency and worry. The moment he saw her, he pulled her into a tight embrace, holding her as if he feared she might disappear if he let go even slightly.
Xu Jinning could even see fear in his eyes.
Fear was an emotion she had never seen in Xie Ting’an before.
What was he so afraid of?
“Ningning, I had a dream…” Xie Ting’an said, still holding her tightly.
Xu Jinning was startled.
“I had a dream too. What did you dream about?” she asked, wondering if it could possibly be the same as hers.
She remembered that Xie Ting’an had once mentioned his dreams were prophetic.
Could it be that, in Xie Ting’an’s dream, she was truly killed, and Shen Huai and Lin Wangshu succeeded in their plan?
“I dreamt about the original ending of this world. I also dreamt that in this current world, you would soon be gravely injured and fall into a coma, never to wake up again…”
Xu Jinning’s eyes widened slightly. She wouldn’t be killed, but… gravely injured, falling into a coma, and never waking up—that would mean becoming a vegetative patient.
“In your dream, was I injured because of Shen Huai and Lin Wangshu’s scheme?” Xu Jinning asked.
“Ningning, you already know?”
“Yes. But tell me about your dream first, and I’ll explain mine afterward.”
Xie Ting’an quickly began to recount his dream.
First, he saw the original ending of this world, where they had never transmigrated.
Lin Wangshu and the other female protagonists she had written about all had smooth-sailing lives, defeating anyone who stood in their way, each reaching the pinnacle of their respective lives.
At that time, Lin Wangshu had already helped Shen Huai establish the Shen family’s business empire.
Perhaps it was out of confidence, or perhaps it was because she trusted Shen Huai.
Lin Wangshu, who possessed the memories of her previous life as Xu Jinwen, revealed to Shen Huai that this world was a book, that she was the protagonist, and that other women, including Murong Jing and Jiang Xiao, were the protagonists of different books. She also told him that she was the author of these stories, with an invincible fate and powers comparable to that of a creator.
In the original storyline of the world, Lin Wangshu’s words were not an exaggeration.
Whenever she disliked someone and wanted them dead, that person would soon die due to various circumstances.
Whenever she desired something, it would find its way to her in some form, no matter how incredible or unlikely the method, but the result was always the same.
…
Through these means, Lin Wangshu helped Shen Huai build his business empire and suppressed the other female protagonists—because there was only one world, and only one protagonist.
However, what Lin Wangshu did not anticipate was that by revealing this to Shen Huai, she would trigger his awakening.
Once awakened, Shen Huai’s first reaction to Lin Wangshu was fear.
He was terrified.
He thought, since Lin Wangshu possessed such power, did it mean he would have to completely obey her? What if one day he defied her, or if she no longer loved him—would he be discarded?
Even worse, what if Lin Wangshu wanted him dead? No matter how much he wanted to live, he might still end up dying in some unexpected way.
It was terrifying—absolutely terrifying!
Shen Huai, after awakening, found the thought of Lin Wangshu having the power to control life and death utterly horrifying.
No one is willing to have their thoughts and life controlled, becoming someone else’s puppet.
After the initial fear, Shen Huai developed a new ambition.
He thought that if Lin Wangshu could possess such power, then perhaps he could, too. Maybe he could even transfer it from her to himself?
Rather than having his life and death controlled by someone else, he preferred to control others and be the master of this world.
In the end, Shen Huai, after awakening, truly found a way to achieve this.
Eventually, Lin Wangshu’s fortune was transferred to Shen Huai.
Lin Wangshu, in utter disbelief, went mad, desperately seeking Shen Huai to confront him and reclaim her fortune. But by then, she had already fallen to the level of an ordinary person.
Shen Huai locked her in a villa, and she was never seen again. To the outside world, it was said that a madwoman was confined inside.
As for Shen Huai, he ended up being with Jiang Xiao, Murong Jing, and several other female protagonists.
Of course, it wasn’t just these women; there were others too.
Yes, Shen Huai, with his newfound invincible fortune, started a harem, having many women and fathering many children.
However, this world, after being under Shen Huai’s control for thirty years, was eventually destroyed.
Tiandao, unable to bear seeing the world so disfigured by Shen Huai, used its last bit of strength to destroy it, effectively erasing itself along with the world.
Resetting everything to zero was still better than letting Shen Huai control it.
“I knew it! Lin Wangshu was stupid to tell Shen Huai the secret!” Xu Jinning fumed after hearing the story.
