The mind-reading fake heiress changes her fate by eating melons.

Aside from hearing An Ling's inner thoughts at the beginning that she was a fake heiress, An Ling's parents never doubted the authenticity of what the character lookup tool could find.

But now, the information about Gu's father and mother has made them suspicious once again.

The main issue is that if Gu's parents really had romantic feelings for them, given the frequency of their interactions, it's impossible that they hadn't shown any abnormalities over the years.

Now, An's parents are unaware that either of Gu's parents likes them, nor do they realize that anyone likes their partner.

Could it be that Mr. and Mrs. Gu were too good at pretending?

Or are they just incredibly thick-skinned?

It was because of this argument between his parents that Gu Chenming realized why his parents were so cold and strict with him, but so loving and caring towards the children of the An family.

Because they don't love each other at all; they themselves are not the product of their parents' love.

Therefore, from birth, he was destined not to receive his parents' love; in his memory, his parents had never even smiled at him.

Upon hearing this, An's parents felt even more strongly that the information provided by the query tool was not quite right.

When Gu Chenming was born, his parents were clearly very happy. How could they not have smiled at him at all?

However, after hearing what An Ling said, they remembered something that seemed strange about the Gu family: Gu's parents' attitude towards Gu Chenming had changed.

When Gu Chenming was young, his parents doted on him.

But it probably started around the time Gu Chenming entered junior high school that they began to become indifferent to their child, which is somewhat similar to the situation An Ling has now discovered.

So this character lookup tool seems to be only half right?

The reason why Mr. and Mrs. Gu like the children of the An family is because they actually like Mr. and Mrs. An; their affection for the children is simply a case of loving the parents because of them.

[After learning the truth, Gu Chenming was unable to bear it. Every time his parents interacted with An's parents, and every smile they showed to the An family's children, it felt like knives stabbing into his heart.]

Over time, he grew to hate the An family more and more, to the point that he wanted to destroy the entire An family, as if only by making the An family disappear could he get his parents' attention back to him.

An family: ...

That's it?

Are you sick?

After all that, they did nothing wrong. Just because Gu Chenming wants to take the dark and yandere route, they all have to be buried with him.

This kind of male protagonist is too weird, isn't he?

After that, Gu Chenming would get involved in anything that could negatively impact the An family.

[In the original storyline, after the eldest brother was falsely accused of sexual assault by Luo Chen, Gu Chenming also hired people to spread rumors and fuel the fire.]

After his second brother was framed by Yu Rushuo and Tu Mumu, and the An family was also portrayed as ungrateful villains, Gu Chenming spent a lot of money to manipulate public opinion.

Qiu Li became Qi Yize's scapegoat, ruining his reputation. It was also because Gu Chenming secretly coerced and bribed Chi Lingling to put the blame for Qi Yize's actions on Qiu Li as his girlfriend.

[Because after the incident involving the real and fake heiresses, he now has another target for revenge: Qiu Nian. Therefore, he needs to create some trouble for the Qiu family as well. Ideally, he'd get Qiu Nian back to the An family so he can torment her.]

After learning Qiu Nian's identity, Gu Chenming had people monitor the Qiu family's every move, trying to figure out where to start. He even targeted Qiu Li's girlfriend, Chi Lingling. Therefore, Gu Chenming already knew about Chi Lingling's affair with Qi Yize and her pregnancy, which allowed him to later use it to threaten them.

The fact that we were able to find Gu Chenming's original character settings directly answered many of An Ling's questions.

The reason An Ling fell off the cliff ten years ago was because Gu Chenming deliberately lured An Ling to the edge of the cliff, but then covered a gap with branches and leaves, causing An Ling to slip and fall.

In the original storyline, An Ling originally hired someone to kidnap Qiu Nian, but ended up being the one who was kidnapped. It wasn't really a coincidence; Gu Chenming paid a higher price to make those people turn against him.

These things, one after another, are clearly outrageous, but because Gu Chenming is the male lead and they are supporting characters, their two families are to become the catalyst for the male lead to quell the pain of his family life.

In the original storyline, An Ling was indeed a villainous supporting character, but could her wickedness really compare to Gu Chenming's?

Although Gu Chenming was not directly responsible for the An family's destruction, his actions only added fuel to the fire. When he coerced and bribed Chi Lingling, he did not expect that Qiu's parents and Qiu Li would lose their lives.

But An Ling might get the blame for her own actions if she is killed in the end. However, the male lead experiences regret after falling in love with the female lead. Can everything he did before be wiped clean?

Anling neither understood nor respected it.

Her only consolation now is that the world didn't unfold exactly as the original plot suggested, otherwise, the supporting characters would have been too miserable.

An Ling secretly glanced at Qiu Nian a few times.

I'm not too worried about the rest now, but Qiu Nian...

What if the male and female leads are inexplicably attracted to each other?

Qiu Nian: ...No, no, there can't be such a thing!

Qiu Nian: Please, please stop looking at me with that distrustful look!

She now wished she could write a promise to An Ling that if An Ling ever fell in love with Gu Chenming, she would be struck by lightning!

But Anling couldn't read her mind; she could only prove it through her actions.

Qiu Nian took An Ling's arm and left the corner, distancing herself from Gu Chenming as if avoiding a plague, saying as she walked:

"Xiaoling, I swear to God, I have absolutely no feelings of liking for Gu Chenming whatsoever, not even a tiny bit!"

"Everything I reported to you before was completely true; there wasn't a single lie!"

Although she didn't know why Qiu Nian suddenly swore an oath to her, An Ling was pleased with it, so she listened and nodded with satisfaction.

The guests were quite amazed by the bizarre way the real and fake heiresses interacted.

Before attending the banquet, they thought that the two, at most, would maintain a superficial harmony, if not a full-blown conflict. Now it seems that the two, whose identities are awkward, actually have a much better relationship than they imagined.

However, they only thought that Qiu Nian was emphasizing that she had no feelings for Gu Chenming because An Ling liked him, and that she didn't want An Ling to misunderstand. They didn't know that both the real and fake heiresses genuinely avoided this person.

Gu Chenming naturally shared the same thoughts as the guests, but this was not the scene he wanted to see.

Gu Chenming wanted to see the real and fake heiresses clash frequently because of him, and then he would interfere to help Qiu Nian take sides and provoke An Ling.

Instead of the current situation where the real heiress avoids him to prevent the fake heiress from having any suspicions.

But since this was in public, and on An's territory, he couldn't say anything more.

He could only console himself by saying that Qiu Nian's behavior at least showed that An Ling was still infatuated with him. As for Qiu Nian, he could only take it one step at a time.

But Gu Chenming didn't expect that this slowness would be far beyond his expectations.