Aunty Yuanjun was swarmed with calls, lawyers, police, restaurant owners, directors, et cetera. Because they were demanding hush-hush money for what Long Shen did last night in the restaurant. Aunty Yuanjun tried to call Long Shen, but he didn't answer.

Because right now, Long Shen was still looking at himself in the vanity.

Long Shen was handsome, very handsome in fact. His face was very similar to the overbearing Long Zhen, so he was often cast as a domineering male lead in romance drama. He was tall, with a broad shoulder and great strength.

He also had magnetic eyes that would hypnotize everyone.

But for now, he kept on fixing his hair because he wanted to look his best. He believed by looking his best, Tian Dong would come at him with a tail wagging behind his back. Nobody would be able to resist his charm. He was sure of it.

For the first time, Long Shen felt this sense of crisis. He was afraid that Tian Dong wouldn't accept him. No matter how handsome he was, he was worried that Tian Dong would just dismiss him and leave.

In order to assure himself, he cleared his doubt by saying, "I need to look good, and Tian Dong would return to me. And then… I can determine whether he and James Grind is the same person or not."

Long Shen used his car to drive to the shooting location. As expected, when he arrived there, he saw Tian Dong was busy talking with a security guard while writing down the detail of the shoot for his actor, just like what an assistant manager usually did.

Long Shen approached them and pushed the security guard, "You are coming with me," Long Shen said while dragging Tian Dong, who was stunned. The security guard was confused with Long Shen's behaviour because that young man said he was not here for Long Shen.

Long Shen dragged Tian Dong to his room on the eleventh floor and locked the door.

"We are finally alone," Long Shen said. He walked towards Tian Dong, who was still standing silly. After he stood in front of Tian Dong, he leaned and whispered, 'Now you can tell me everything, my beloved.'

Hearing that, Tian Dong immediately reacted by pushing Long Shen away from him. He went straight to the door, but when he wanted to leave, the door was locked. He glared at Long Shen, who teased him with the dangling key on his hand.

"You need to answer me first before leaving."

"What? What do you want?" Tian Dong glared at Long Shen.

"Why are you so hostile to me anyway? Aren't you my assistant manager? Why are you talking to your boss like that?" Long Shen said. He slowly approached Tian Dong, who again reacted by pushing Long Shen away.

"I'm not your assistant manager anymore," Tian Dong said.

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"I quit. I am Aaron Xu's assistant manager now," Tian Dong said. He looked at Long Shen, full of ridicule and continued, "You think this world revolves around you? I have my own life, and I choose not to have anything to do with you anymore."

[Pupa: Technically, this world does revolve around him.]

[Ssshh! I'm dramatic here! Don't ruin my concentration!]

"You… leave me?" Long Shen asked. He couldn't believe that Tian Dong really dared to quit as his assistant manager. "How much he paid you? I will pay more—"

"This is not about money," Tian Dong said. "Long Shen, I am not going to do anything with someone who doesn't appreciate me."

"But… you are supposed to be with me. We are supposed to be—"

"—Together?" Tian Dong snipped. He chuckled mirthlessly, and his mirthless chuckle turned into a tasteless laugh. He laughed at Long Shen, who still couldn't think straight.

"You are so funny, Long Shen. You beat me to near death. You slapped me, pushed me, and mocked me as ugly. Do you think I will return back to you with a tail-wagging behind my back? Do you think this is a rom-com where everything you do will be excused?"

"Is it because of that guy from last night? Did he tell you something?" Long Shen clenched his first. "I should have break his jaw…"

"IT'S NOT ABOUT ANYONE! IT'S ABOUT YOU, YOU PSYCHO!" Tian Dong yelled, full of frustration. "YOU ARE THE PROBLEM!"

"You abused me! Someone who just wants to help you! I am also a human with a heart, Long Shen! Not your ragdoll to vent your frustration!" Tian Dong yelled desperately. He was already fed up with Long Shen and his craziness.

"You said you love James Grind, but all you care about is his gorgeous appearance! Do you think James Grind will like that? Your love for him is just skin deep! You are a shallow scum!"

Long Shen watched how Tian Dong vented his frustration and hurt. Although Tian Dong didn't have the face of his Jamie, his facial expression, frustration, and hurt…

It was too similar to his Jamie.

But maybe, he was too late to realize it.

"… Jamie… is that really you?" Long Shen asked carefully, afraid to hear the truth.

"Have you ever think for once? You killed James Grind for thirteen cycles until you feel something is different in your fourteenth cycle, and then you fell in love with him."

"We've restarted that transmigration world few times, but I retained my memory as I transmigrated with you. Do you think I got that by coincidence?"

"And the fact that I know everything as Tian Dong. Do you think everything is by coincidence? Long Shen, I returned here because I want to help you."

Long Shen's face paled. He struggled to even swallow his saliva, "So you are…"

Tian Dong looked at Long Shen with a cold gaze, and he grinned, "I am someone else that you don't know, Long Shen. I am both Tian Dong and James Grind that you loved but abused to vent your irrational anger."

"My real name is Bai Yunyu. And I don't want to do anything with you."

[Pupa: Alert! Alert! The Host's real identity has been revealed! Commencing restart program in one hour!]

[Meh, I don't care. Who knows, I got lucky and skipped this world after the restart, then I went straight to the next world.]

It took a while for Long Shen to finally accept what he did was extremely toxic and wrong. He had to admit that he was too focused on James Grind and his gorgeousness. He forgot how he fell in love with James Grind in the fourteenth cycle of his transmigration because that James Grind was different from the previous 13 James Grinds.

So, Long Shen finally realized that he was not in love with James Grind. He fell in love with the transmigrator inside James Grind.

He fell in love with Bai Yunyu.

[Pupa: Ding! Ragemeter decreases to 50%.]

"I… I've fucked up real bad… I'm so—"

"I won't accept your cheap apology, you scum."

Long Shen wanted an apology, but he knew he didn't deserve it. What he could do right now was to accept his punishment no matter how painful it would be. Long Shen, with his body trembled and ghastly expression, asked Yunyu, "What can I do to get your forgiveness?"

Yunyu smiled, but his smile didn't reach his eyes. He stared coldly at Long Shen and replied with a ruthless request, "You can kill yourself a hundred times. Maybe I will forgive you after that."

"Ok."

Long Shen turned his back and immediately dashed to the window and jumped from the eleventh floor without hesitation.