“Xiao Ran, are you okay?”

A vigorous male voice rang out, causing Bai Rui’s ears to tingle. A scent of green grass lingered around him, giving him a strange sense of familiarity.

Looking up, he saw a very determined face. From the original owner’s memory, Bai Rui knew that this man was the only person in the world who truly cared about the original owner, Feng Ruiran; he was the head of the Xiao family, Xiao Zhan.

“Xiao Zhan, what are you doing? Hurry up and let go of me!”

Bai Rui used a lot of strength to break free from Xiao Zhan’s embrace, and according to the previous style of the original owner, he pouted in dissatisfaction at Xiao Zhan.

Xiao Zhan wasn’t angry either; he just rubbed Bai Rui’s head with a helpless expression on his face, but his hand was slapped off by Bai Rui without hesitation.

“Master Xiao, you see, I was right! Ruiran was really just sleeping; we didn’t put him under house arrest. He’s our Feng family’s child. How could we do such a thing? Don’t you think so, Ruiran?”

Bai Rui raised his head to look at the door. The whole family of Feng were gathered there. The person who just spoke was Liu Xue, the stepmother of Feng Ruiran, who was looking at Bai Rui with a gentle and peaceful expression on her face.

Less than a week after the mother of the original owner, Xiao Ling, passed away, his good father, Feng Yan, couldn’t wait to bring this so-called true love back home. At the same time, their son, Feng Yuzheng, was also brought back. It was said that this male lead was five years older than the original owner.

Ironically speaking, Feng Yuzheng, who was originally an illegitimate child, had become the eldest young master of the Feng family, becoming much more popular than Feng Ruiran, the legitimate child.

Bai Rui looked expressionlessly at the person at the door, ignoring Liu Xue’s words.

“Ruiran, this is your attitude towards your mother? Didn’t you hear your mother talking to you?”

Feng Yan looked angrily at Bai Rui. Originally, as soon as he arrived, Xiao Zhan rushed forward without paying any attention to him, which already made him very angry.

Now, even when he went upstairs, his own son was like this, which made Feng Yan unable to resist shouting at Bai Rui.

“What kind of attitude should I have towards her? Mother? I don’t remember her giving birth to me.”

Bai Rui had a sarcastic expression, not afraid of the stern glare in the slightest. On the surface, Liu Xue showed great respect for Feng Ruiran, but in reality, she wanted to depose the original owner.

The original owner followed Liu Xue from a young age and was obedient to her, gradually developing a playboy personality. If it were the original owner, he would definitely be respectful to Liu Xue, but Bai Rui wouldn’t.

Xiao Zhan noticed Bai Rui’s unusual attitude towards Liu Xue and smiled faintly. Turning to Feng Yan’s flushed face, he threatened softly.

“Master Feng, since I am certain that Xiao Ran is okay, I won’t pursue anything further. However, I advise Master Feng to treat Xiao Ran better; otherwise, we can reconsider the project we’re discussing.”

Feng Yan felt resentful, but due to the great momentum of the Xiao family and the huge benefits of the project he had just won, he had to bow down. He could only nod to Xiao Zhan in a hesitant manner, but he secretly glared at Bai Rui from behind.

Bai Rui’s heart suddenly felt a pang of pain, and he knew it was the original owner’s emotions. When accepting memories, there would be a slight influence from the original soul in the early stages.

Although Feng Ruiran appeared to be a playboy on the surface, he was actually just a child who longed for family warmth. Unfortunately, he never received this warmth in the end.

Turning to look at the tall Xiao Zhan, compared to these so-called family members, Xiao Zhan, who had no blood relationship with the original owner, was genuinely kind to the original owner.

The Xiao family was an old and powerful family, with only one child, Xiao Ling, the mother of Feng Ruiran. So later on, they took in Xiao Zhan and adopted him under the name of the butler, hoping to train a loyal servant to help Xiao Ling in the future.

There was a significant age difference between Xiao Zhan and Xiao Ling. It could even be said that Xiao Zhan was raised by Feng Ruiran’s mother. Even though the Xiao family’s intention was to have an obedient servant, Xiao Ling secretly cherished Xiao Zhan like a younger brother.

After the death of Feng Ruiran’s mother, although Xiao Zhan took over the Xiao family, he was secretly determined to support Feng Ruiran. Xiao Zhan was only ten years older than Feng Ruiran, and the two of them had also been close for a period of time.

Unfortunately, the original owner couldn’t be supported; later on, Liu Xue instigated a dispute between him and Xiao Zhan. If the original owner trusted and relied on Xiao Zhan, he would have never ended up like that.

As for Xiao Zhan’s strong intrusion today, it was because Liu Xue said some bad things about Xiao Zhan to Feng Ruiran, which made Feng Ruiran think that Xiao Zhan had been making things difficult for the Feng family, so he became dissatisfied with him and refused to answer the other party’s phone calls.

He recalled the plot; when faced with Xiao Zhan’s sudden intrusion, the original owner cursed at Xiao Zhan and completely sided with Liu Xue. That was also the beginning of Xiao Zhan’s complete disappointment with Feng Ruiran.

Anyone who worked tirelessly and took care of someone for a long time but still got a cold, sometimes even hostile response, would eventually get tired. But Bai Rui wasn’t the original owner. Although he was ruthless, he cherished true emotions.

Bai Rui stepped forward and pulled Xiao Zhan’s hand, easing his tone and speaking somewhat awkwardly.

“Xiao Zhan, I remember you saying you wanted me to attend a cruise dinner. Does that still count?”

A warm touch came from his hands, and the sudden closeness of the young man made Xiao Zhan somewhat flattered. Xiao Zhan turned away from him, dazzled by Bai Rui’s slightly shy expression, and nodded eagerly.

“Counts; of course it counts. I’ll come pick you up then. How about… Xiao Ran, let’s go out and take a look now, and I’ll buy you some clothes.”

Impressively, Xiao Zhan hadn’t been so close to him for many years, so he was overjoyed, completely forgetting that he had several important meetings to attend.

“No, I want to rest today. And you don’t need to come pick me up on the day of the banquet. I can go with my big brother; we’ll see each other then.”

Bai Rui ignored Xiao Zhan’s disappointed expression and smiled at him. After all, he just arrived in this world, so it was better to adapt to the environment first. Moreover, rather than being with Xiao Zhan, who was already on his side, Bai Rui was more interested in the Feng family.

Upon hearing Bai Rui’s words, Xiao Zhan casually cast a glance at Bai Rui’s so-called elder brother, Feng Yuzheng, indicating a clear sense of disgust.

Feng Yuzheng seemed unaffected by Xiao Zhan, and his smile remained appropriate, which made Bai Rui look at him a little longer. It seemed that the male lead in this world was quite interesting.

Xiao Zhan ultimately left under Bai Rui’s urging, and as he sat in the luxury car that was leaving, the curve of his lips remained unchanged.

Wang Sheng, who was driving, couldn’t help but whistle as he looked in the rearview mirror.

“Boss, you have a youthful expression on your face. Did you find us a sister-in-law?”

Upon hearing Wang Sheng’s words, a face flashed through Xiao Zhan’s mind, and he felt an abnormally warm current flowing through his heart. His brows furrowed, then he returned to his usual indifferent expression and spoke in a flat tone.

“Don’t talk nonsense; it’s just that Xiao Ran seems very different today.”

After speaking, he ignored the chatter of his subordinate and closed his eyes to rest.

The morning’s farce ended with Xiao Zhan’s departure, and Bai Rui packed up his things to go out. Although the harbor project that the original owner had been encouraged to demand from Xiao Zhan still needed to be dealt with, this cruise dinner was an important plot for the male and female protagonists to meet.

The two would also get drunk and end up in bed, which could be said to be the beginning of everything. Even if Xiao Zhan didn’t invite Bai Rui, he would have found a chance to follow Feng Yuzheng.

Now that Xiao Zhan heard from him, even if Feng Yuzheng wanted to stop it, he had to look at Xiao Zhan’s face.

After going out and tidying up his clumsy appearance, Bai Rui breathed a sigh of relief as he watched his hair finally switch back to short black hair. After all, anyone with such an exaggerated hairstyle would be in a bad mood.

Pulling the collar of his new shirt, he decisively harvested a coy smile from the shopping guide lady. Bai Rui looked at the other party and winked, and the shopping guide lady immediately reddened. With an innocent expression, Bai Rui walked out as he listened as Lao Hei spit in his sea of consciousness that he was a disaster-causing beauty.

“Even if it’s a disaster-causing one, don’t slander my face, okay? Besides, I like men!”

Taking care of everything and getting in the car, Bai Rui didn’t forget to argue with Lao Hei.

“Even if I don’t mention your beauty, it can’t change the fact that you’re a scourge!”

Looking at Lao Hei’s proud appearance, Bai Rui’s lips curled in a smile. Throwing the things he bought, big and small, to the servant, he went inside feeling refreshed.

It was dinner time now, and seeing the family of three sitting together happily eating without waiting for him, the atmosphere made him feel like an outsider.

Liu Xue looked up and saw Bai Rui, seemingly surprised by his change. However, the other party’s expression was well controlled, and her surprise passed in a blink of an eye. She smiled affectionately at Bai Rui.

“Ruiran hasn’t eaten yet, I’ll have the servant prepare your portion now.”

Liu Xue put on a motherly demeanor, but Bai Rui didn’t respond. He just sat down at the table very comfortably and poured himself a glass of juice. Feng Yan and Feng Yuzheng were each eating the food in front of them, not even sparing a glance at Bai Rui.

Bai Rui looked at Feng Yuzheng sitting across from him; he indeed met the aesthetic standards of the Heavenly Way towards the male lead, and his appearance was considered top-notch. Dressed in a customized suit, he embodied the style of an elite CEO.

His frequency of changing girlfriends was just like changing clothes. Although he hid it well, in Bai Rui’s eyes, he was just a stallion scumbag.

But how could such a male lead give up a big forest and bow down to the pure female lead’s small pomegranate skirt. Was the Mary Sue halo really so powerful?

Bai Rui shook his head silently in his heart. He was satisfied with the abundant food in front of him and enjoyed it very comfortably.

And Feng Yuzheng was also observing Bai Rui subtly, as his cheap younger brother seemed somewhat different today.

Not only did he have a completely different attitude towards Xiao Zhan and his mother, Liu Xue, he suddenly changed his appearance. Even though his eating movements were very casual, they seemed to have an extra elegance and beauty.

Feng Yuzheng sneered, he was really crazy to find this rude guy elegant. However, it didn’t matter. As long as Feng Ruiran’s existence could bring him greater benefits from the Xiao family, he didn’t mind leaving an extra pair of bowls and chopsticks on the table.