The Reborn Villain Is Surrounded by the Female Leads! - Chapter 2:

Chapter 2: The Best Way to Edit a Text Message

From so many repeated deaths, Lin Ao had reached a conclusion.

First, learn to be a good person.

As long as he did good deeds and lived as an ordinary, decent person, he would not be so easily dragged into the affairs of those people.

Second, from now on, stay away from everyone in the protagonist group.

He would quietly live as a carefree rich young master and let them play their own games.

Third, avoid those women. Avoid those women. And still avoid those women.

He absolutely had to stay away from them. Every time “Lin Ao” had any interaction with them, a so-called protagonist would pop out of nowhere and then kill “Lin Ao.”

If he wanted to stay alive, he had to keep his distance from them.

Ideally, he would never have any contact with them in this lifetime.

The first step was to cancel his engagement with Gu Wanqing.

It seemed that casually agreeing to the cancellation that afternoon had been the right move.

Tomorrow he had to meet her again, talk things through carefully, finalize the matter, and then completely cut off all ties and contact.

Just as Lin Ao was thinking about what else he needed to pay attention to, a knock on the door interrupted his thoughts.

Knock, knock, knock.

“Young Master, Master and Madam are asking you to come downstairs for dinner.”

Lin Ao stood up and straightened his clothes. Starting tomorrow, a new life would begin.

He walked into the dining room. At the table sat a middle-aged man with a square face and a dignified, elegant middle-aged woman. They were his parents, Lin Dong and Li Wanyu.

Seeing his parents again made him feel momentarily dazed. Every time he died, he had no idea how heartbroken they must have been.

This time, he would fulfill his filial duties until 99, and live to 99 himself.

“Dad, Mom.”

Li Wanyu stood up, walked over, and took Lin Ao’s hands, guiding him to sit down.

“Oh, my good child. Uncle Zhang said you went out with Wanqing today, but when you came back, your face looked terrible. I told you to go to the hospital, but you refused. You little rascal, are you trying to worry your mother to death?”

Li Wanyu touched his forehead and arms anxiously, full of concern.

“Mom, I’m fine. Look at me now. Don’t I look perfectly fine?”

Lin Ao stood up and spun in a circle to prove that he was in good condition.

He truly was fine. He was free.

“If you’re fine, then sit down and eat.”

Although Lin Dong had not directly asked about Lin Ao’s condition, while Lin Ao spun around, his eyes scanned him at least 800 times.

“What did you and Wan’er talk about today? Was it about the engagement?”

Li Wanyu smiled warmly. Her child had grown up. Soon she would be holding a grandchild.

Lin Dong continued picking up food with a serious expression, but his ears were sharply attentive. In his heart, he was thinking the same thing as Li Wanyu.

“Yes, Mom. We had a great talk.”

Lin Ao lied. There was no way he would say that he had already agreed to cancel the engagement and planned to discuss it further tomorrow.

If he said it now, his parents would not believe him. They might even assume he had done something wrong to Gu Wanqing and drag him to the Gu Family to apologize.

“That’s good. That’s good. I’ve liked Wanqing since she was little. If you two can be together, I couldn’t be happier.”

Li Wanyu looked relieved. In her eyes, Gu Wanqing was beautiful, intelligent, gentle, and kind.

Simply the perfect daughter-in-law.

“After the engagement, don’t keep walking around with that cold face. You don’t even know how to smile at girls. Are you even a man?”

Lin Dong looked at Lin Ao seriously and sternly. He meant it. Aside from when Lin Ao was with him or Li Wanyu, he always wore a cold expression.

There were so many beautiful girls in the company, yet he could not even manage a single smile.

Sometimes, over work issues, he would even scold those pretty girls to the point of tears.

Whenever Lin Dong saw them crying so pitifully, he felt heartbroken. Working under his son was truly suffering.

Lin Ao was speechless. That was the old “Lin Ao,” a ruthless villain.

Now? Give me a beauty and see what happens. I won’t just smile. I’ll go all in.

“How can you talk about our child like that? Lin Ao is just introverted.”

Li Wanyu shot Lin Dong a look. Her son had simply been a bit shy since childhood. He spoke less, was more serious, and colder toward others.

“No. Lin Ao, you must change this in the future. Smile more. And stop going to the company so often. The company will still run without you.

Tomorrow, you are to ask Wanqing out on a date. That’s an order.”

The more Li Wanyu thought about it, the more uneasy she felt. If he kept acting like this after the engagement, who would want to marry such a block of wood?

Lin Dong rolled his eyes internally. Wasn’t he supposed to be introverted?

“Alright, alright. I understand, Mom.”

Lin Ao responded casually.

After all, in their minds, “Lin Ao” was cold, work-obsessed, and like an emotionless machine.

His easy agreement startled both Lin Dong and Li Wanyu. They had said the same thing many times before, telling him to stop going to the company and spend more time with Wanqing.

He had always found excuses or avoided the topic. He had never agreed so readily before.

Perhaps it was because the wedding date was approaching. The child had grown up and started thinking differently.

The reason Lin Ao agreed so quickly was simple.

He had already decided to become a carefree rich young master. The family was already wealthy. Why keep working so hard?

He would completely cut off those women from his life and then go out to find his own “white moonlight.”

Tomorrow would be the perfect chance to meet Gu Wanqing, make everything clear, and have her cancel the engagement. If that did not work, he would personally go to cancel it.

At worst, he would be scolded. That was still better than dying again.

After dinner, Lin Ao returned to his room.

Now there was only one problem left.

If he was no longer going to be a villain and instead become a good person, how exactly did one become a good person?

He had never learned.

The old “Lin Ao” did not understand warmth or human emotion. He only understood gains and losses in business, living like a machine.

After Xiao Fan snatched his bride, he had been forced into darkness and compelled to commit all kinds of evil deeds.

If asked to do something immoral right now, he could immediately think of hundreds of methods.

Forget it. No need to overthink. Things would work themselves out.

First, send a message to Gu Wanqing and arrange a meeting for tomorrow.

But how should he write it?

His usual messages were about business matters, or ordering subordinates to hunt down the protagonist group.

How did one even write an ordinary, everyday message?

After thinking for a long time, Lin Ao picked up his phone, found Gu Wanqing’s contact, and began typing.

“I am Lin Ao.

Time: Tomorrow at 8:00 in the morning.

Location: My home. (Address: XXXX Road, XXXX District, Jianghai City)

Topic: Discussion regarding engagement cancellation.

Objective: Successful cancellation of engagement.

Estimated discussion time: 1 hour.

Reply with 1 upon receipt.

Thank you.”

Lin Ao looked at the message with satisfaction. Everything was described clearly and in detail. It should be easy for a girl to understand.

At the end, he had even politely said thank you. He would never be this courteous to his company subordinates.

This was the first step toward being gentle and polite.

Okay. That’s it. He tapped send.

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At that moment, the gears of fate began to turn quietly.