The male supporting character was actually myself.

He seems to understand the meaning behind those newly released abstract comic strips!

The likely next plot development is that the adoptive parents who sold the original owner to human traffickers will come forward to claim kinship, and then some accident will happen to kill them so that they can inherit the family business.

No wonder there's a little person lying down in the bottom right corner with eyes drawn as X's; it's a prediction that he's about to "die" again.

Although he didn't know why the main system suddenly changed its style so drastically, Jiang Chen had been planning for a long time and it was indeed time to take this opportunity to wipe them all out and settle things once and for all!

"Mom, look! Wei Jiangchen is stunned!" Chen Qiqi edited and sent the message according to her parents' agreement, and kept refreshing the screen. Soon, she was pleasantly surprised to see that the anchor Wei Jiangchen, who was following the comments from netizens, had a frozen expression.

Overjoyed, she felt that her imagined emotional family reunion and romantic love story were about to unfold. Her heart raced, her face flushed slightly, and her palms sweated.

"He saw it!" Zhou Lilian was also very nervous. Whether this family could turn their lives around and rise again, and whether they could adopt a wealthy son, depended on this one move!

Chen Yang held the old photo in his hand, silently praying that the wealthy man on the other end of the screen was the adopted son he had brought back years ago.

Just think about it, a seven-year-old child is sold without his knowledge, and when he is found, he has grown up and, more importantly, is incredibly rich! As for whether Wei Jiangchen is willing to give back, he never cared about it from the beginning; after all, Wei Jiangchen is an internet celebrity!

He's unwilling to admit it or help the Chen family turn their lives around, so he's resorting to moral blackmail by hiring some TV mediation programs.

These days, mediators are all super saints. I suppose Wei Jiangchen, as a big internet celebrity, doesn't want her reputation to be completely ruined, right?

"Dad, do you think Wei Jiangchen will acknowledge us?" After waiting a few seconds and hearing Wei Jiangchen reply to other messages and ignore this, Chen Qiqi was disappointed and sad. To regain her courage, she asked, then changed the subject and whispered, "If he doesn't acknowledge us, what will happen to my brother's illness?"

She knew that her younger brother was the apple of her parents' eye.

However, he has had epilepsy since childhood, which is incurable and has become increasingly severe. Now he is almost driven to madness. Unfortunately, his family has fallen on hard times and can only afford to buy some cheap drugs to control his condition.

Chen Qiqi understands her parents' thoughts all too well. As long as it involves her younger brother's interests, they don't care whether Wei Jiangchen is Chen Yixiao or not; they will definitely do everything they can to get close to him.

She only wants a chance to have a romantic encounter with a domineering and handsome CEO.

Even if he wasn't her brother Chen Yixiao, Chen Qiqi felt that with her looks and ability to navigate relationships with men, she would definitely have a chance to win the heart of a handsome guy!

I just lack opportunities.

In the past, her dreams of attending a concert and getting close to her idols were always thwarted by her family's lack of money and her parents' disapproval. This time, however, she's determined to get close to Wei Jiangchen, who is even more handsome, rich, and charming than a big star.

This time, my parents definitely won't object; they might even be more proactive in contacting Wei Jiangchen than I am!

"Damn it, this ingrate really doesn't intend to acknowledge us anymore, does he?" Chen Yang slammed his fist on the table and roared, "Back when we brought him back from the orphanage, our family was one of the wealthiest in Lengcheng! We fed him and gave him plenty of water, raised him for two whole years, and he really is a ingrate with inferior genes..."

Zhou Lilian sighed heavily, "We were too kind-hearted. We actually thought about raising a child that someone else had abandoned. Compared to them, we were really two big fools."

Do you remember my junior high school classmate Zhang Ailan? I only heard about her recently; that couple really knows how to scheme!

In an attempt to have a son, she gave birth to eleven daughters, none of whom survived. Each child was taken away by a middleman just days after birth after a few days of being given "nutrition fees." Back then, many middlemen were similar to matchmakers; they helped people find children, not specifically engaged in child trafficking.

After all, if one family doesn't want the child, the other can't have it. Making a connection and getting a small fee is considered doing a good deed.

As it turned out, Zhang Ailan's family had long-term plans. They said they weren't selling the child and needed to know the other family's financial situation before giving the child up for adoption. People at the time were honest and didn't think much of it; they even let them visit the family's home to check their financial situation and get to know them.

In the past two years, they figured that the girls they had sold had all grown up and were ready to be harvested, so the whole family went out to find them one by one!

Things were different back then. People were much more honest and simple. If they couldn't have children, they wouldn't just divorce and adopt a child to continue their lives. Now it's different. Women who can't have children all get divorced; only men who can't have children might adopt a child.

Zhang Ailan's family carefully selected good families for their children, and all of her daughters were raised to be college students. They heard that one of the families owned a mine and had more money than they could spend!

There are also those who have a secure job, teachers, and even the least fortunate have found good husbands for their daughters.

They went directly to the police and reported the adoptive parents who raised their daughters to the authorities for child trafficking. Hey, upon hearing that they were the biological mothers who had been trafficked, the children cried until they were almost blind, and after undergoing paternity tests, they all rushed to claim paternity and return to their biological family.

Times have changed. Middlemen are afraid of being accused of child trafficking, so they all stay far away and refuse to come forward.

Then some families paid money to avoid trouble and let their daughters acknowledge their relatives; others who refused to compromise were sued by Zhang Ailan and sent to prison.

If a child is born and then sold to be raised by someone else, there are indeed monetary transactions involved. The adoptive parents and their families cannot escape responsibility and can only accept their fate.

Look how shrewd they are! Their eleven daughters are giving them tens of thousands of yuan a month for their retirement; each daughter has bought a house for their parents in their respective cities, and I heard Zhang Ailan even bought a vacation villa in the south!

Zhou Lilian glanced at her daughter and said coldly, "You always complain about how your parents favor boys over girls. We've raised you all these years without killing you or selling you, and we've made sure you're well-fed and clothed. You're so ungrateful!"

"I'd rather you sold me to a rich family who owns a mine!" Chen Qiqi pointed at the screen with tears in her eyes. "Look! The adopted sons you sold have all become millionaires! You always talk about how glorious you were back then, but look at what you've become now. Being sold by you is better than living in this poor family!"

"You brat, you still have the nerve to talk back? Even a dog doesn't mind a poor home, you're an ungrateful wretch..." Zhou Lilian cursed angrily, and was about to grab something to hit her when Chen Yang grabbed her, "Stop your damn babbling, I can't even hear what Wei Jiangchen is saying!"

Before the mother and daughter could even begin their sharp exchange, Wei Jiangchen's delighted voice came through Chen Yang's loudspeaker, which was turned up to the maximum volume: "Hey, Leng Feng Can Yue, do you live in Yanzi Lane, Lengcheng?"

I only remember that it was something like that name.

I had gone there before to look for my adoptive parents' home, but Yanzi Lane had been demolished and Lingcheng was not quite the same as what I vaguely remembered, so I was not sure if it was really there.

I remember clearly that when I was five years old, I was taken from the Lengcheng Orphanage and brought back to my adoptive parents' home, where I was renamed Xiaoxiao. But I was only seven when I was taken away by human traffickers, and I was abused on the way and developed a high fever, so I don't remember many things.

Do you remember the second year at your adoptive parents' home, when your adoptive mother gave birth to a daughter named Qiqi? I held her every day and made her formula and changed her diapers!

Is the netizen "Lengfeng Canyue" Qiqi? If you're still watching, please reply to my private message...

"Quick, quick! Check his private messages and reply to him!" Chen Yang's hands trembled with excitement. He couldn't believe that good fortune had smiled upon him again after so many years.

The adopted son who was sold suddenly became a very wealthy man, and he was so excited that he wanted to come and acknowledge his family!

Is there anything better in the world?

Chen Qiqi was even more excited; her dream was finally about to come true! Wei Jiangchen really was Chen Yixiao! He still remembered her—the handsome young man back then, no, the gentle and considerate little handsome man who used to feed her formula and change her diapers…

Her face flushed red at the thought of such intimate contact. Although there was a five or six-year age gap, a mature man was more tolerant. Wei Jiangchen was my brother, even though we weren't related by blood!

Hahaha... I finally have the chance to get up close and personal with this handsome guy!

Chen Qiqi's mind was filled with images of a domineering CEO falling in love at first sight and relentlessly pursuing his wife amidst villas, luxury cars, and seas of flowers; her eyes were practically brimming with pink bubbles. She eagerly opened her inbox and, sure enough, saw a private message from Wei Jiangchen.

[Little Qiqi? How have you been all these years? I was abducted by human traffickers and went through a lot of hardships, which is why I don't remember many things and haven't been able to find you. Are you still living in Lengcheng? I've been very busy with work lately and can't travel. My company is in the Lianhua Building in Fuyu City. Is it convenient for you to come over?]

Zhou Lilian's face turned pale with excitement. "He doesn't remember! That's great! He doesn't remember those terrible things, and he doesn't know that we sold him to human traffickers. Look, he said he was abducted by human traffickers! That's wonderful! Qiqi, hurry up and send back all the adoption documents we took pictures of. Fuyu City is quite far away, we need to buy train tickets quickly..."

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[Brother, is that really you? It's wonderful! We've finally found you! You have no idea how heartbroken Mom was after you were abducted; her health deteriorated, and she almost went blind from crying. This resulted in my younger brother being born with poor health and needing medication constantly. Dad lost his job and was scammed many times while searching for you; he even sold the house and car! Thank goodness, our family can finally be reunited!]

Chen Qiqi could lie without batting an eye. After all, many online posts about finding abducted children were basically written like this, describing how difficult and painful it was to find the child. She would just copy a few lines to evoke emotions and move the other party.

In particular, she attributed the reason for her family's dramatic decline in financial condition to her search for him. As a result, how could Wei Jiangchen bear not to buy a car or a house for his adoptive parents to support them in their old age, or to treat his younger brother's illness?

After sending out the carefully crafted message from the family of three, Chen Qiqi felt a little regretful.

What if I end up with Wei Jiangchen and we become a couple? Wouldn't all his money be mine? I've had enough of giving in to my younger brother at home all these years, that burden. And now I'm going to have to use my new family's money to support him after we get married?

Chen Qiqi doesn't want to be Voldemort!

Watching her parents, overjoyed and discussing setting off as soon as possible to meet their relatives, she made up her mind—after marrying Wei Jiangchen, she must keep a tight grip on his wallet and not let these three shameless bloodsuckers get a single penny.

While Jiang Chen was dealing with Chen Yang's family, far away in the depths of the mountains, in a crooked and almost dilapidated mud-brick house, a thin, slovenly man of about fifty years old was fast asleep.

"Uncle! Wake up!" A man in his thirties pushed open the dilapidated wooden door that was practically useless, pulled the other man out of the garbage heap, and shouted excitedly, "Uncle Niu Dan, you're going to strike it rich!"

Niu Dan, who spends his days aimlessly and can't even distinguish between day and night, opened his eyes when he heard the words "get rich quick." When he saw that the person who came was the village's notorious good-for-nothing, a kid who talks big but doesn't keep his mouth shut, he waved his hand and lay back down. "Get rich quick my ass! If there was such a good thing as getting rich quick, why would you come to me?"

The village in the mountains remains poor even after many years.

Unlike a decade or so ago, there are fewer women now and the bride price is higher. You can't even marry a divorced woman without 300,000 to 500,000 yuan. Three out of every five men in the village are bachelors. None of them care if the other is dressed in tattered, messy, or dirty clothes. They don't have wives and are too lazy to work. They either sunbathe or drink their homemade cheap wine and brag in groups of three or five.

Erhunzi was considered a "capable person" among the bachelors, occasionally sharing news he heard on his cheap smartphone.

Because he is not very literate and only knows the basics of watching short videos, he overheard people gossiping when he went to town to get his phone repaired today. After finding out more and reading the news online, Erhunzi rushed back to find Niudan without even having lunch.

"I'm serious!" He pulled the other man up again and shouted at the top of his lungs, "Didn't you buy a kid more than ten years ago? That boy even ran off with your wife, and I know where he is!"

At the mention of this, Niu Dan was no longer sleepy.

He sat up abruptly, his cloudy eyes wide open. "How did you know? Where is that bastard? He dared to steal my wife away! If I find him, I'll break his legs!"

"Shut up!" Erhunzi pulled out a handful of sunflower seeds from his pocket and slowly cracked them open, grinning to reveal a mouthful of yellow teeth. "Uncle Niu Dan, you're in luck, you're going to make a fortune! That kid we bought back then is now a college graduate and a famous internet celebrity. Do you know what an internet celebrity is?"

Niu Dan twirled his teeth and glanced at him sideways. "Aren't they just those women on your phone who expose their shoulders, heads, and thighs, wiggling around and acting sexy so that any grown man can look at them?"

The baby I bought is a boy!

Even if he wiggled his butt naked, nobody would want to watch, right?

"You're so ignorant, Uncle Niu Dan. Those slutty women can't compare to Wei Jiangchen." Er Hunzi patiently explained, "That kid you bought and then ran away, he changed his name to Wei Jiangchen. He's a huge internet celebrity, the kind who makes tens of millions in a single live stream! Tens of millions in one stream, Uncle, do you know how much money tens of millions is? It could crush the entire village!"

He's been making a fuss online about finding his biological parents, bringing up the fact that he was abducted.

Now many people in town know about it. I heard from others that Wei Jiangchen got sick after running away from our village and became confused. She can't remember things from before, and doesn't even know how she ended up in the city.

Later, when she became seriously ill, she was taken in by an orphanage.

"Uncle, he doesn't remember running away from your house! He only remembers being abducted by human traffickers. Isn't that perfect? ​​You can go find him to reunite with your family. Everyone in the village can testify for you—the child was well-fed and cared for at home, and more importantly, you can find your aunt through him!"

The child they bought back then not only failed to carry on the family line, but also ran off with his wife. Niu Dan was often laughed at by the villagers for this.

What's there for a bachelor who's about to die to be afraid of?

Go find him! If he can provide money and support you properly and acknowledge you as his father, everything will be fine; if he doesn't provide money, doesn't acknowledge his ancestors, and doesn't return his wife, then this old man is willing to fight him to the death, at least he can vent all the pent-up frustration he's accumulated over the years!

Chapter Twenty-Five: All Three Parties Gather, Waiting for the Dogs to Fight

"As expected of the host I chose, you are a master of time management! Whether it's the Chen family who sold the original owner's adoptive parents or the bachelor in the mountains who bought the original owner and then abused him, they are all coming here under your careful arrangement. If nothing unexpected happens, these two groups will be able to meet by tomorrow morning. It'll be quite a show to watch as they fight like dogs!"

The little dumpling, its face slightly flushed, squatted on the desk, earnestly showering the desk with compliments.

Even if you win without effort, you still need to go through the necessary process of showing loyalty.

Jiang Chen: ...

That was a good compliment, but don't do it again next time.

"It's not just those two groups, there's a third group too." He casually flipped through a book in his hand and said nonchalantly, "Don't forget about the original owner's biological father who abandoned her at the orphanage when she was just born."

Fluffy dumpling: (?°?°?)

Oh right, they abandoned it after it was only a day or two old. The original owner's biological parents were such awful people! It was their own child; they shouldn't have thrown it away no matter what!

Could it be that……

The little white cat tilted its head and instantly conjured up melodramatic scenarios like cheating, seducing innocent girls, and then abandoning them.

"Huh?" Then it realized what it meant and asked, "Only his biological father? What about his biological mother? I've only been able to find some clues by working backwards from the original owner's body data, but the time span is too long. Has the host figured everything out yet?"

Jiang Chen nodded expressionlessly, "The original owner's biological mother... has passed away. She died in the hospital when she gave birth to him."

As the male supporting character chosen by the virus to inevitably suffer many misfortunes, the original owner had a very pitiful background.

His mother, Yu Liyun, came from a well-off family. She was beautiful and talented in singing and dancing from a young age. After graduating from high school, she was admitted to the Film Academy and originally had a bright future.