One Word Changed, Characters in Chaos

She deliberately took a walk in the vicinity.

Everywhere here bore the traces of her past life, but the changes of over a decade had also erased the traces of her past life.

The sense of shock from revisiting the old place even conjured up a new melody in Lin Yun’s mind.

Seeing that it was about time,

Lin Yun then headed to the Ye Family’s banquet.

Just as she arrived at the entrance to the Ye residence,

Lin Yun met Ye Xiao.

With just one glance, Lin Yun roughly guessed Ye Xiao’s identity.

The true daughter of the Ye Family,

A ruthless person capable of outmaneuvering Ye Bingtong.

Lin Yun was about to say something,

when suddenly, a scream echoed in her mind.

[Ah!!!]

The voice rang directly in her head, causing Lin Yun’s body to shudder involuntarily.

She looked around somewhat warily.

What’s going on?

Just now, no one was talking.

Whose voice was that?

[Lin Yun! That’s Lin Yun, isn’t it? Why has Lin Yun suddenly come here!] Ye Xiao continued to be shocked in her mind.

Lin Yun grew even more bewildered.

“Excuse me…” Lin Yun couldn’t help wanting to ask.

“Lin Yun, I know you,” Ye Xiao replied with a smile, “I am Ye Xiao.”

Lin Yun was stunned.

This voice was exactly the same as the one that had just sounded in her mind.

What she had just heard, was it Ye Xiao’s inner voice?

How… how could that be?

[When I read the book, Lin Yun was my favorite character.] Ye Xiao gazed at Lin Yun, feeling sentimental.

Lin Yun was confused.

Reading a book?

Character?

[Sophisticated, yet not worldly; clearly aware that Ye Bingtong excels at scheming, but stubbornly insisted on contesting her with real talent. In the end, she lost precisely because of her naivety.]

Ye Xiao sighed.

Lin Yun felt even more bewildered.

This Ye Xiao…

What is she talking about?

That she would lose to Ye Bingtong?

Ye Xiao looked at Lin Yun, a trace of pity flashing in her eyes.

[Lin Yun’s heart was filled with music; how could she know about those complicated matters. In the book, Ye Bingtong bribed the people around Lin Yun and stole her unpublished scores. Then, she released the scores early, claiming them as her own work. Lin Yun, unable to tolerate this, exposed Ye Bingtong publicly as soon as she found out. Unexpectedly, Ye Bingtong was prepared; she not only denied everything but also slandered Lin Yun for being jealous of her talent.]

[Immersed in music, the last thing Lin Yun could accept was being questioned in this area. The pieces she had painstakingly written were stolen and boldly slandered, and when Lin Yun sought to vindicate herself, all the evidence had already been destroyed by her assistant. In the end, she was deemed the plagiarist, and her previous fame was also attributed to plagiarism.]

[Lin Yun was proud and dignified, and being a Chinese person abroad, there were always those who disapproved of her. Ye Bingtong collaborated with those people, producing some seemingly convincing evidence that branded Lin Yun as a plagiarist.]

[Actually, all this evidence was hardly compelling. If Lin Yun had been calm enough, she would have been able to slowly prove her innocence. But under the combined pressures, her illness relapsed, and in the end, like that time in her childhood, she chose not to face it, but rather, she gave up on life altogether.]

Ye Xiao sighed.

Lin Yun was a genuine musical prodigy.

Yet, she stood on the opposite side of the female protagonist.

Therefore,

for the female protagonist’s glorious life,

they had to find ways to make Lin Yun a sacrificial offering.

Of course,

the story was not written like that in the book.

The book’s narrative

was that Lin Yun was temperamental, and she liked the assistant, so she forcibly kept him by her side. The assistant had long been unable to stand the capricious Lin Yun, and only after meeting Ye Bingtong did he understand what true affection was. Thus, he took Lin Yun’s scores for Ye Bingtong. Moreover, according to the book, the assistant was also talented, and those manuscripts he took were actually his original ideas, which Lin Yun had claimed as her own.

Consequently, his act of theft was whitewashed.

Ye Bingtong, who was completely unaware of all these matters, was naturally innocent.

And as for Lin Yun’s fate, it was entirely her own doing, and it had nothing to do with the female protagonist.

However,

the way it was written in the book contradicted itself.

It described Lin Yun as arrogant and rude, with music as her only concern, thereby offending many people. And yet, she was also in love with that assistant.

So,

arrogant, with only music in her heart. These adjectives seemed incongruous with being in love with the assistant beside her.

Not to mention, she was in love with the assistant while also taking his ideas for herself? Does that make sense?

In other words,

If that assistant was really so talented,

why, after Lin Yun’s downfall, has he never had any works again?

The contradictions in this book are simply too numerous to state.

Ye Xiao was complaining.

Lin Yun’s expression, however, became more and more vacant.

She… what did she hear?

She would be slandered for plagiarism.

She would be stripped of all her glory.

And then,

she would choose to escape again.

This time,

she had nowhere to flee to, so did she simply choose to escape to another world?

And… he…

He would betray her too, wouldn’t he?

Lin Yun thought of the man who had always followed her, a pang of pain in her heart.

She bit her lower lip, hesitatingly looking at Ye Xiao, wanting to speak but stopping herself.

She didn’t know what the situation with this Ye Xiao really was.

She said “in the book”?

What book?

Has she been living in a book all along, just a character in it?

Could it be that her future had already been set out?

Her very existence was merely to make Ye Bingtong stand out, to take her to greater heights?

Even though she was usually aloof, now faced with such incomprehensible circumstances,

Lin Yun’s chest involuntarily began to heave.

If all of this were true,

what was the meaning of her coming back this time?

Just to experience the pain of betrayal once more?

Just to willingly endure Ye Bingtong’s abuse?

Lin Yun stared blankly at Ye Xiao.

Ye Xiao grew a bit nervous from being stared at.

[Why is this great beauty staring at me continuously. Is it because my hair is a mess? Ah, so annoying, big brother didn’t even tell me Lin Yun was coming, I would have put on light makeup if I knew. ]

[When you meet a jerk guy, it’s fine to go bare-faced, but when meeting a great beauty, you definitely should wear makeup as a sign of respect!]

Lin Yun, seeing Ye Xiao’s furrowed brows, suddenly let a smile appear on her lips.

She said lightly, “Ye Xiao, I know you too.”

Thinking that maybe she was too blunt in speaking,

Lin Yun hesitated for a moment and then added, “You are very good-looking.”

Ye Xiao’s eyes brightened.

[Specifically, where am I good-looking? I’d like to hear more praises from a great beauty.]

Lin Yun was taken aback for a moment and genuinely began to rack her brain for words of praise.

“Xiaoxiao, bring Xiaoyun in,” Ye Mingcheng had already called out.

They had long heard Ye Xiao’s inner thoughts.

But they also wanted to listen to the situation, so they didn’t interrupt.

Only now did they step forward to call someone in.

“Okay,” Ye Xiao responded, took Lin Yun by the hand, and led her into the Ye Family’s house.

Lin Yun was taken aback, glancing strangely at the hand Ye Xiao used to grab hers.

She did not like being physically close to strangers.

She habitually kept her distance from everyone.

That was her way of protecting herself.

But this time,

when Ye Xiao reached out to her,

she unexpectedly felt no resistance.

As if,

it was supposed to be this way.

The Ye Family welcomed Lin Yun warmly.

Lin Yun was somewhat at a loss with this warmth and hesitated for a moment before choosing to sit next to Ye Xiao among all the people present.

She was naturally very sensitive to emotions.

For some reason, among so many people, only Ye Xiao gave her an extra sense of security.

Seeing Lin Yun shift closer to her, Ye Xiao felt very proud.

[This is the mutual admiration between beauties.]

Since the moment they met, this had been who knows how many times Ye Xiao commented in her heart that she was a beauty.

Lin Yun’s face involuntarily reddened slightly.