After Being Targeted by the Disabled Big Shot, It’s So Sweet [Rebirth] - Chapter 1

Wei Tinglan remembered that he had died. A car accident—blood was everywhere.

He felt very cold. The only warmth was the pitying gaze of a man sitting in a wheelchair. The man said, “Hold on, the ambulance is coming.”

But now, his whole body was warm and cozy.

Like being… under the sun?

With a “bang,” the feeling of the space shaking, someone said mockingly, “You make everyone restless, yet here you are, acting so carefree!”

Wei Tinglan opened his eyes.

The sky was very blue, the light was bright, and there was a swimming pool in front of him. He was on a lounge chair. Everything was perfect except for the eyesore that was Xiao Youlin’s face leaning in close.

The teenage version of Xiao Youlin was actually quite good-looking.

Wei Tinglan remembered that when he died, Xiao Youlin was already in his late twenties—gloomy, unsuccessful, and seemingly moldy.

Seeing that Wei Tinglan wasn’t speaking, Xiao Youlin grew bolder and shouted, “Get up! Xiao Chen is coming over to play in a bit. Don’t be an eyesore, go find somewhere else to cool off!”

Wei Tinglan: “Xiao Chen… Tao Chen?”

He touched his slightly burning forehead. The sensation was real. In his memory, there was indeed an incident where Xiao Youlin drove him away from the poolside shortly after he had been brought back to the Tao family.

That year, Wei Tinglan was seventeen.

The Tao family was an elite family in An City. During Wei Tinglan’s senior year of high school, they discovered the children had been swapped at birth. Wei Tinglan was the real young master of the Tao family, while Tao Chen was the child of the ordinary Wei family.

Logically, everyone should have returned to their proper places.

However, the Tao family couldn’t bear to let go of Tao Chen. They gave the Wei family a large sum of money and kept him.

At that time, Tao Chen’s biological parents—Wei Tinglan’s adoptive parents—had long since died in a car accident.

The compensation money from the accident had been seized by his eldest uncle’s family. Thus, Wei Tinglan was adopted by them. It was called adoption, but he lived a life worse than the family’s big yellow dog.

He had to earn his own tuition, was beaten by his alcoholic uncle, and was scolded by his mean aunt.

He was like a stray dog—ferocious, crude, and sensitive. Even after being found and brought back to the Tao family, he was very unlikable.

On the other hand, Tao Chen, the fake young master, was pure, cute, and refined. After his identity was revealed, he received endless comfort and continued to live a life of luxury and comfort.

Wei Tinglan was unconvinced and jealous. He also wanted to be close to his own biological relatives.

He did many things, both good and bad. He even entered the entertainment industry, becoming a dazzling star chased by thousands, yet the people around him still sided with Tao Chen.

His parents, his siblings, and even the man who should have been his fiancé, He Qinglin—they all belonged to Tao Chen.

Wei Tinglan gradually spiraled out of control, causing countless obstructions between He Qinglin and Tao Chen. Perhaps the world rejected him, or perhaps He Qinglin acted out of rage, but in the end, he was blacklisted across the entire internet and despised by everyone.

He only dared to go out for a walk late at night to clear his head, but he was struck by a car.

Going from twenty-four back to seventeen—how did it feel?

Wei Tinglan looked at Xiao Youlin’s disgusted face, propped himself up on the lounge chair, and smiled: “What if I don’t move?”

He was smiling, his skin fair and his features handsome; his whole being seemed to glow.

As someone who had been a Movie King and stood in the spotlight, his movements, expressions, and aura were long since different from before.

Xiao Youlin was dazed for a moment before saying angrily, “Either get lost, or…” He tilted his head toward the pool: “Go down and take a cold bath?”

Wei Tinglan nodded: “A cold bath. Not a bad idea.”

How did it go in his last life?

He had wanted to perform well in front of the Tao family, not wanting to be an ill-mannered stray dog here as well, so he had swallowed his anger and prepared to leave.

But Xiao Youlin had cursed him with filthy language.

Wei Tinglan, young and hot-blooded, had turned back and fought him, kicking him into the pool.

He had a fever the night before and felt unwell, which was why he had come here to sunbathe. His combat strength was diminished due to illness, and he had fallen into the pool himself.

Later, when everyone rushed over, they all blamed him.

Wei Tinglan refused to admit he was wrong.

Afterward, the seventeenth birthday banquet the Tao family had originally prepared for him was cancelled as a punishment.

What followed were seven years of gloom and oppression.

“Not a bad idea?” Xiao Youlin felt that this bumpkin who grew up in an urban village had gone mad.

Wei Tinglan wasn’t mad; he had just died once. Family, love, fame, and fortune—all those messy things he used to care about, he didn’t want any of them anymore.

So what if he was annoying? So what if he was destined to be disliked by everyone?

Anyone in this world could dislike him, but he couldn’t dislike himself. In his last life, he had exhausted himself. In this life, he wanted nothing; he would just do whatever made him comfortable.

It was something he realized in an instant.

Wei Tinglan grabbed the back of Xiao Youlin’s neck and kicked him into the pool with crisp efficiency.

The job was done, but his vision went black, and he thought to himself, Crap.

Only now did he remember that he was still sick. Such a sudden movement was more than his body could handle, and he fell into the pool as well.

It really was quite cold.

The commotion here startled the people in the small side hall.

Since it was the weekend, Tao Chen had invited several close classmates to the house to review their lessons, and they were currently discussing having a barbecue for dinner.

He had seen Xiao Youlin go out and knew Wei Tinglan was lying there. He also knew these two didn’t get along. In the past, Tao Chen would have followed them out regardless to prevent a conflict.

But yesterday, Wei Tinglan had talked back to their mother, making her cry from anger.

Because of that, Tao Chen had let it go. He didn’t expect trouble to brew so quickly. As expected, Wei Tinglan was a troublemaker.

Tao Chen and the others rushed out only to see Xiao Youlin bobbing up and down in the pool, shouting for help. It seemed his leg had cramped and he couldn’t get out.

On the other side, Wei Tinglan had been jolted awake by the cold water. He forced himself to climb out of the pool, wrapped himself in a bath towel, and prepared to leave.

Someone jumped in to save Xiao Youlin.

Tao Chen blocked Wei Tinglan: “The one you can’t stand is me. Don’t bully my friends!”

Wei Tinglan: “Bully… you saw it?”

Tao Chen had seen it, of course. It was Wei Tinglan who kicked Xiao Youlin into the pool. That kick was so clean and decisive it made one’s heart feel cold.

Wei Tinglan lowered his brows: “So, you also saw me resting and him coming over to pick a fight?”

Tao Chen was startled.

Seeing him like this, Wei Tinglan already knew the answer. So, the Tao Chen who was as pure as white snow, untainted and kind-hearted in his last life—was that just his own delusion?

Truly laughable. Had he really been competing with such a person?

Tao Chen’s face turned red under Wei Tinglan’s indifferent gaze. He insisted, “Regardless, you are in the wrong! You… you must apologize.”

Strange.

He didn’t understand how Wei Tinglan could have such a gaze—calm, indifferent, and seemingly mocking, making one feel uncertain.

He also seemed to have grown much taller.

In reality, Wei Tinglan hadn’t grown taller; he had simply relaxed his mindset, making his posture naturally upright.

Only by letting go can one truly see. Now that he saw it, Wei Tinglan felt even more pity for his past life. He let out a sigh: “Fine, one more won’t make a difference.”

As someone used to fighting, his hands were very practiced.

He grabbed Tao Chen’s shoulder with a backhand and gave a shove. Tao Chen went into the pool as well.