The male supporting character was actually myself.

A moment later, the car roared away and disappeared around the street corner.

On the balcony, two plump cats, one black and one orange, were licking each other's fur, snuggling together and gazing out in the sunset.

Donghe City.

Dressed in a suit and tie with his hair neatly combed back, Yang Qingwei fiddled with a pen in his left hand while listening intently to something with his phone tucked between his right cheek and shoulder.

"Knock knock!" There was a knock on the door.

The assistant leaned in halfway and whispered, "Mr. Yang, the banquet is about to begin."

He nodded in acknowledgment, and after the other person left, he lowered his voice and replied, "First, find out exactly where he is!"

After that, don't make any rash moves. Keep a close eye on me until I return to the capital.

Something's fishy about this. Be careful not to fall into the old man's trap!

The other person said something, and his expression showed a hint of anger. He replied fiercely, "I've told you countless times, I threw it in myself!"

That thing had long since liquefied completely, leaving not even bone fragments behind!

What about now?

Ha, I bet the old man found some imposter to fill in. How would I know what they're up to!

Remember, don't show anything unusual.

Even if you know he's an imposter, even if he returns to the Ye family, you must treat him the same as before. Otherwise, even a fool would know what's going on!

After hanging up the phone, Yang Qingwei looked out the window at the setting sun, which had already disappeared behind the mountains, leaving only half the sky with orange twilight. He felt a little unsettled.

Ye Xingluo is definitely dead!

This was the premise for him and Ye Xingchen to work together and check each other. Once they confirmed it was that guy, they took advantage of his inattention when he got out of the car and smashed him on the head with a stick, almost knocking him unconscious...

Did Ye Xinglu struggle?

I vaguely remember hearing his incoherent and weak cursing, and then he called for help. I was so nervous at the time that I hit him a few more times before he finally shut up.

Then they stuffed him into a car and drove him to a nearby chemical plant. The guards there had already been sent away, and without anyone noticing, Ye Xingluo, a living person, was thrown in and struggled for a couple of moments before being completely liquefied...

Every step was calculated and confirmed with absolute precision; Ye Xingluo was already dead!

Who is the person who has suddenly returned to the Ye family?

Why does she look exactly like him?

"Damn it! Why am I scaring myself like this?" Yang Qingwei suddenly felt a chill run down his spine and his hair stood on end. He shook his head to banish the unrealistic thoughts from his mind and comforted himself, "It must be that old guy's doing."

Yes, it must be him!

"Find someone who resembles the eldest grandson, groom him, and have him help me regain control of the Ye Group?"

He strolled to the door, straightened his tie in front of the full-length mirror, gave a cold smile revealing his gleaming white teeth, and said in a low, sinister voice, "I'm not afraid of the real thing, why would I be afraid of a fake?"

I'd like to see how many 'grandsons' who look so alike the old man can find!

Chapter 8 Rewind

The night grew deeper.

The nightlife of Donghe City is slowly unfolding in a dazzling display.

As the spokesperson for the Ye Group's project department, Yang Qingwei's visit to a small city to discuss acquiring land and building a high-end residential community was naturally welcomed by all parties.

The Yip Group is incredibly wealthy and now wants to venture into the real estate industry, so it needs to make a strong debut. This leaves much room for negotiation at each stage.

Yang Qingwei naturally became a distinguished guest, and the festivities, from the banquet to the entertainment, lasted until well past midnight before he returned to his hotel.

After taking a shower, he hummed a little tune, wondering what new tricks the beautiful girl he had brought to bed would come up with. He simply wrapped a loose bath towel around his waist and walked out.

"Buzz!" As soon as the bathroom door was opened, there seemed to be a very faint sound in the air.

The bath towel fell to the ground. Yang Qingwei looked down in astonishment and saw a line of blood slowly appearing on his body from bottom to top!

"Mr. Yang, you're done washing... Ah! Help!" The pretty girl rushed over excitedly, but the next second her eyes widened and she screamed, her legs went weak and she collapsed to the ground, unable to get up.

Everything happened in an instant.

"Thump!" Yang Qingwei's body, split in two, fell to the ground, blood gushing out and staining the bathroom red.

Ji Jiangchen sat in the coffee shop across from the hotel, a slight smile playing on her lips as she took a sip of coffee.

Meanwhile, far away in the capital, the little white cat suddenly perked up, "Oh no, host!"

[Execution error: Code 7411. The mission world has completed its first rewind, and time has moved forward ten seconds.]

Note: After three rewinds, the mission world will enter Hard mode.

After using up three rewind chances in Hard Mode, the host will have all medals sealed away, leave the mission world and return to the first mission world, starting everything from scratch, but with all difficulty levels set to Hard Mode.

Please cherish the opportunity to rewind and avoid making multiple mistakes.

rewind?!

Jiang Chen paused for a moment and asked, "Xiao Bai, what happened?"

"I... I don't know either!" The fluffy ball raised its paw slightly, its fur standing on end in surprise, its face full of confusion and question marks. "Is the main system malfunctioning?"

Even if something went wrong and rewinding was necessary, there shouldn't be an error code, right?

What does this error code, which I've never seen before, mean?

The host is sitting here typing diligently, doing nothing else;

The male protagonist has washed up, eaten, taken his medicine, and gone to bed. Everything is normal.

What went wrong? Why did it suddenly rewind?

Just as Jiang Chen and the little white cat in Beijing were surprised after rewinding ten seconds, Ji Jiangchen in Donghe City naturally returned to ten seconds earlier, where he was slowly rubbing his temple with his right hand.

In their "vision," the Horcrux had already entered Yang Qingwei's room and searched the bathroom, preparing to take action.

Yang Qingwei hummed a song, feeling quite pleased with himself. He casually wrapped a bath towel loosely around his waist and was about to open the door and go out...

"Buzz buzz buzz!" Just as Ji Jiangchen was about to control the soul weapon to strike Yang Qingwei, his phone suddenly vibrated. He was distracted and looked down to see that the caller ID was Little White Cat.

Why did it suddenly decide to call itself?

After hesitating for a moment, Ji Jiangchen gave up this opportunity to kill and picked up his phone to answer the call.

"Host, where are you? Are you alright? The main system just suddenly notified me that the mission world has rewound!"

The fluffy dumpling's voice trembled with surprise, "Our mission has been successfully completed, so it's highly likely that the problem arose with the other you doing the mission, but I'm still very worried about you, host."

"Rewinding the mission world didn't cause you any side effects, did it?"

"Did you rewind just now?" Ji Jiangchen was taken aback and quickly asked, "Do you know why you rewound? Approximately how long?"

"I don't know why. The main system is showing an error code. The rewind time means that when I called you, the entire mission world's timeline went backward by ten seconds..."

The little white cat was still chattering away when he frowned slightly, already guessing the problem.

Ten seconds should be exactly the time it takes for me to find and kill Yang Qingwei.

The mission world had already been rewound once, meaning that I had already killed him before, which is why I went back ten seconds to return to the moment I was about to make my move.

Fortunately, when the phone rang, I carefully chose to answer it first, otherwise I would have wasted another chance to rewind.

The rule seems to be that each mission world can only be rewound three times, right?

Ji Jiangchen retrieved the soul weapon and abandoned the assassination attempt.

It seems that in the main system's judgment, although he is a different person, he still belongs to the same soul. Therefore, whether Ji Jiangchen takes action or hires a murderer to kill the main character, it will be attributed to Han Jiangchen.

If you kill someone you shouldn't have, the mission world will rewind.

"What a pity, I'm completely restricted." He couldn't help but shake his head with a wry smile, took another sip of coffee, casually pulled out a tissue, took out a pen from his shirt pocket, wrote an apology note in a flourish, and stuffed it into his system space.

"I'm sorry, my rash action cost you a rewind opportunity."

The little white cat was still confused and posted on the forum asking what the error code meant, whether it should appeal to get its rewind time back, etc.

Jiang Chen quickly realized what was happening.

The other self knows the rules and understands that Han Jiangchen cannot kill the main characters, so he is very likely to help to directly eliminate the target!

He hurriedly took out his phone and scrolled to the comments section of "I Picked Up a Big Black Cat at the Start," only to see that Ji Jiangchen had pinned one of his own posts.

Jiang Chen quickly scanned the system space and took out two pieces of paper.

The note on the white paper read: "I'll go and take care of Yang Qingwei, who's closest to me. Don't be shy."

Another napkin in the restaurant had an apology written on it.

"Is this just digging my own grave?" He was both amused and exasperated, so he found some paper and pen, wrote a reply, and put it into the system space.

Ji Jiangchen, who had already booked a room and was ready to rest, took a shower and glanced around. She found that the paper she had put in her space was gone, and instead, there was an extra folded piece of white paper.

He quickly took it out and opened it, saying, "It's okay, I forgive you. I'm older and have experienced more, so I won't hold it against you."

From now on, we two must act cautiously, otherwise it will be too troublesome if we run out of rewind chances.

For safety reasons, please remember my phone number but don't send me messages easily. It's safer to communicate via social media.

Now I'll tell you my plan. Don't worry about me; you have things you need to do..."

Jiang Chen wrote down everything he could remember from his later experiences, so that no matter how much his other self could remember, at least he could live with clarity for now.

"Be your own brother?" Ji Jiangchen was somewhat speechless. "My future self is really this shameless?!"

However, these experiences were quite exciting.

He skimmed through the text, his expression growing increasingly grave, especially his speculations about the unknown entity after returning to reality, which weighed heavily on his mind and filled him with unease.

"Do I need to find the bug in this mission world?" Ji Jiangchen rubbed his temples, feeling that he needed to plan a spontaneous trip.

If you can't find him/her in China, go abroad! I'm sure I'll find him/her no matter where I go in the world!

Chapter Nine: Cat CEO's Decision

When Ye Xingluo woke up, it was already broad daylight.

The old lady waited all night at Villa No. 16. Seeing that he was sleeping soundly, she couldn't bear to wake him. They didn't actually meet until early in the morning.