In my past life, my girlfriend’s first love, Derek Shaw, pretended to be rich. After I exposed him, he furiously drove his car straight at me. As I lay dying, my girlfriend’s sister knelt and begged my girlfriend to save me, but my girlfriend remained unmoved. “Ethan was the one who spread lies first! He should pay the price.” My girlfriend’s sister knelt for three days and three nights, until Derek finally dragged her away and tortured her to death. After being reborn, I am done being my girlfriend’s lapdog. After learning that Derek was impersonating a wealthy person, I immediately called my brother Alex. “Someone is impersonating me out there. Find someone to deal with him.” “Also, I want to change the arranged marriage partner from Lucy Anderson to her sister.” All these years I have poured massive resources into the Anderson family, but all I have raised are ungrateful wolves. I want to see how Lucy and her first love will act arrogant without me! “Ethan! You embarrassed me in front of everyone tonight. You’re going to regret this. Did you think you could expose me and get away with it? Did you ever see this coming?” “You’re just a nobody. Lucy doesn’t even care about you. Even if I run you over right here and leave you in the dirt, she’ll still protect me. You know it, don’t you?” Derek’s all too familiar words hit my ears. Before I could move, the blinding headlights were already upon me. I heard the engine roar, felt the crushing weight, and a sharp, white hot pain exploded through my body. That’s when I realized I’d been reborn. Reborn to the moment when Derek deliberately ran me over with his car. My shattered phone beside me had somehow dialed my girlfriend Lucy Anderson’s number. Her voice came through, cold with disgust. “Ethan, stop calling me. I know you’re just jealous of my relationship with Derek, so you’re making up reasons to drive us apart.” “Derek would never drive a car into you. That car costs tens of millions-it’s not worth totaling it just to hit you. No matter what you say this time, I won’t believe you anymore!” After she finished, she went silent, as if waiting for my response. But I didn’t explain or beg for help like I did in my past life, trying to make her believe Derek’s true nature. Instead, after watching Derek drive away, I struggled to reach out and hang up, using the phone’s last bit of battery to make another call. After it connected, I endured the pain throughout my body and said, “Alex, save me.” My ears were ringing. I couldn’t hear what he said in response, but I was certain Alex would come. I’m Alex’s most beloved brother, and one of the future heirs of the Yates family. The family’s protection of me is strict. Hiding my identity these years to date Lucy was already the limit of what they could tolerate. If they found out someone dared to hurt me, they would definitely torture that person until death seemed like mercy, making them pay back a hundred or thousand fold. I was dragging my body toward the edge of the road when I noticed Derek suddenly driving back. The car window rolled down. He stared at me with dark, sinister eyes. “Lucy said you’re not dead. Turns out it’s true.” My heart sank. If he hit me again, I really wouldn’t survive. Just as he was about to floor the gas pedal, at the moment of despair, A red car charged out from another direction and slammed hard into Derek’s Maybach. A woman got out of the car and ran toward me, calling anxiously, “Ethan, are you okay!” It was actually Lucy’s sister, Grace Anderson. Remembering how in my past life she begged people desperately to save me, and was humiliated to death by Derek at my hospital bedside, my heart filled with mixed emotions-mostly guilt and gratitude. I resolved that in this life, I would protect her and never let her get hurt again. Before I could think about why she appeared here, I pushed her away. “Don’t worry about me, just go!” But it was too late. Grace was suddenly grabbed by the hair from behind by Derek and yanked backward. Without even letting her speak, Derek kicked her directly. “Filthy bitch, where did you come from?” “Do you know who I am? How dare you get in my way! Do you have a death wish?!” Grace was kicked hard in the stomach, breaking into an instant cold sweat from the pain. Yet she mustered all her strength to bite down on his hand. Derek hissed, snatching up a rock to smash down on her. Watching Grace get beaten bloody, my heart tore. I shouted, “Stop! She’s Lucy’s sister! Don’t you think Lucy will make you pay for this?”
Derek paused, but seeing her face, he smiled wickedly. He actually slapped her to the ground, then started removing his belt. “So what if she’s Lucy’s sister? She should be grateful I’ve taken an interest in her.” “Besides, the Anderson family owes everything they have today to me. If I insist this woman is your doing, who do you think Lucy will believe-you or me? She’ll kill you herself, and this will have nothing to do with me!” My heart raced with anxiety, but with both my legs crushed, I couldn’t move. I could only reveal my true identity. “Enough! I’m the real heir to the Yates family. She’s under my protection. If you dare hurt her, I’ll use every connection my family has to make your life a living hell!” Derek laughed heartily. “Your lies sound pretty convincing, but Alex has already personally acknowledged me as his brother! How dare you try to impersonate me?” I was shocked, having no knowledge of this matter. My parents were devoted to each other and had no other illegitimate children. My brother Alex had personally promised he would only acknowledge me as his brother in this lifetime. Where did this imposter come from? Before I could figure it out, Derek’s face turned sinister as he approached me and raised his foot to kick me down. Beyond the wilderness road was a river. If I rolled down, I’d surely die. Just as I struggled to prop myself up to try to save myself, Grace lunged at him from behind, gripping Derek’s leg tightly. “Ethan, run! I’ll hold him off!” She bit down hard on Derek. This completely enraged him, and he was about to attack both of us when the sound of a helicopter tore through the sky. The Yates family had arrived! The secretary rushed down from the helicopter and rescued Grace and me. Derek was knocked unconscious and dragged away. Grace fainted from the shock. I hurriedly had people take her to the hospital for treatment, while I only had my fractured bones briefly stabilized. I sat outside the emergency room waiting for ages, until Grace was safely sent to a ward. Only then did my anxious heart settle. I immediately called Alex to let him know I was safe. Learning I was injured, Alex slammed his desk in fury. “Who did this to you? If I didn’t have urgent matters to handle, I would have flown there with the secretary myself to break his limbs and make him wish he were dead!” I didn’t want him to make a big scene out of this. I just said, “Alex, about the arranged marriage with the Anderson family next month-I want to change the person.” Alex was surprised. “You’re not marrying Lucy anymore? You’ve devoted yourself to her for three years. I thought you’d marry no one but her.” “Yeah, I don’t want that woman anymore. I want Grace.” “Also, all the resources I’ve invested in Lucy over these years-I want them all back!” I treated Lucy like the love of my life, but she treated me like a lapdog, letting her friends humiliate me. Whether in my past life or this one, she firmly protected that Derek. I’m completely disappointed in her. Alex’s voice was low. “I understand. We’ll do as you say.” “I have matters to attend to, so I’m recalling the secretary. I’ll leave bodyguards to protect you. Rest and recover well at the hospital.” “Also, don’t think you can hide your injuries from me. I’ll have people investigate thoroughly. For every finger someone hurts you with, I’ll chop off ten of theirs!” Before I could respond, he hung up. I’d wanted to ask about Derek, but it seemed I’d have to wait until next time. I turned to head to the ward to check on Grace when I heard hurried footsteps in the hallway. Looking up, I saw Lucy’s furious face. She raised her hand and gave me a resounding slap, saying furiously, “Ethan, have you lost your mind? You actually hired people to bully Derek. He’s the heir to the Yates family. Haven’t you heard how protective his brother is? You’re not far from death!” My face was slapped to the side, but I smiled mockingly. “He’s from the Yates family? Then why is his last name Shaw?” Lucy said, “What do you know? He’s the late-born son of the parents, the Yates family’s key protected person. What’s strange about having him hide his identity and keep a low profile for safety?” “I’ve been friends with him since childhood. I only just learned of his identity, so how would you know, you country bumpkin social climber?” At that moment, I saw Derek-who had originally been locked in a warehouse and beaten black and blue by people the secretary had found-actually following behind the head of the bodyguard team. Lucy looked at me with glee, thinking I was finished. I was puzzled about why he had been released when I saw the head bodyguard walking straight toward me. I thought he was going to stand in front of me to protect me, but he suddenly grabbed the baton from his waist and struck me viciously. “Who do you think you are, bullying someone under my family’s protection? You must be tired of living. I’ll teach you a lesson right now!” I was hit so hard that my forehead bled. My vision turned red, my head buzzed, and I nearly passed out. But his eyes as he looked at me were actually bloodshot, as if he were truly protecting his master behind him. I was utterly shocked. “Have you lost your mind? Don’t you recognize me? I am the heir to this family!”
But he spat viciously. “I think you’re the one on drugs! I’ve worked for the Yates for nearly ten years. I only know Mr. Derek. Who the hell are you to impersonate him?” Only then did Derek emerge from behind the bodyguard, staring at me coldly. I felt like he was looking at me like meat on a chopping board. He turned to Lucy and said, “Lucy, what do you think we should do about this? Tonight I just wanted to have a quiet drink with friends, but your boyfriend embarrassed me in front of everyone, saying I was impersonating the heir to the Yates family.” “Our family has always kept a low profile, so I held back again and again, even having someone politely escort him away in a luxury car.” “But he accused me of running him over with my car! Ruining my family’s reputation-how should we settle this account?” Everything he said twisted the facts, utterly absurd. But Lucy’s face went pale. She immediately grabbed my collar and yanked me off the wheelchair. Then she kicked my knee, making me fall heavily to my knees. She ordered people to press my head down and bang it against the floor. “Ethan, I never thought you were this kind of person. Apologize to Derek now! Keep kowtowing until he’s willing to forgive you!” I trembled with anger, struggling to get up. Alex always told me that unless it was for the person I loved, I shouldn’t kneel to anyone. From birth until now, I’d only knelt to my parents. This was a complete humiliation of my dignity! Seeing this, Lucy sneered and spoke arrogantly. “You still refuse? Let me tell you some inside information-the Yates family is going to have an arranged marriage with the Anderson family, and the marriage partner is me.” “People of our class could never be with a poor boy like you. Give up any thoughts of social climbing. Apologize to Derek now, and maybe for old times’ sake, I’ll ask him to spare your life!” My forehead veins bulged as I laughed mockingly. “Lucy, the Yates family won’t marry you under any circumstances. You’d better prepare to be kicked out of the Anderson family!” This seemed to ignite Lucy’s fury. She casually smashed a nearby vase and raised a sharp shard, about to stab it into my thigh. “Lowlife! How dare you talk to me like that?” “If you insist on being stubborn, I don’t mind completely crippling you. Let’s see if you can still be so arrogant!” I was held down, unable to move, and could only close my eyes in despair. But the expected pain didn’t come. When I opened my eyes, I found that Grace, who had appeared at some point, was shielding me. Her hospital gown was stained red with blood in large patches, but she still stood in front of me, opening her mouth weakly. “Don’t believe Derek’s words. He’s just an immoral thug and scoundrel! He’s not any heir to the Yates family at all.” “And if you want to hurt Ethan, you’ll have to kill me first!” Lucy looked in shock at the crisscrossing old and new wounds on Grace’s body, about to ask. But Derek reacted faster and spoke first. He hid the panic on his face, grabbed Grace, and slapped her, scolding her. “Shameless bitch! Still here spreading your poisonous lies?” “You think I don’t know? You threw yourself at my brother, and when he rejected you, you got so humiliated you decided to destroy us! You and Lucy are sisters-why are you so jealous she’s marrying into my family? Showing up here with Ethan, this pathetic nobody…Your game is too obvious!” Grace was slapped so hard she fell to the ground, blood spraying from her mouth. Her face went ghostly pale, and she could barely hold herself up. The bodyguard smiled wickedly and directly dragged her to a room on the side. My heart raced with anxiety as I tried to stop him, but Lucy suddenly raised the vase and smashed me to the ground. She said furiously, “No wonder, in the past life too… you two are definitely conspiring to deceive me!” I was shocked, suddenly realizing Lucy had also been reborn. No wonder in this life, even though I clearly hadn’t called her for help, she immediately insisted I was lying from the start on the phone! But as large amounts of blood flowed from my body, my head became dizzy and I couldn’t speak. I could only lie on the ground making weak struggling movements. Lucy took a deep breath and firmly gripped my hand. “Do you know the consequences of harming the heir to the Yates family?” “When he was born, a kidnapper tried to take him. The Yates family didn’t flinch. By that same afternoon, the thief’s limbs were shattered, his body was carved into eight pieces, and he was left in the wilderness to rot.” “In school, a classmate planted tacks in his path. The next day, that student’s legs were beaten into compound fractures.” “At university, a gold digger tried to play him but was caught cheating. She disappeared without a trace.” “So before you wish for the family’s full attention, you should be thanking me for my mercy.” With that, she picked up a sharp scalpel and stabbed it directly into my wrist, twisting it. I trembled with pain, gritting my teeth and saying with difficulty, “If my family finds out you’re treating me like this, you’ll be the first to die!” Derek sneered and then raised his foot to kick me hard in the stomach. “Ethan, you’re about to die and still daydreaming. You’d better worry about leaving here alive first! Today I’ll teach you the lesson your parents failed to teach you!” They took turns. One slashed the tendons in my hands, while the other rained punches and kicks down on me. Excruciating pain erupted from everywhere. I tried desperately to crawl back. But the head bodyguard pinned me down, his face twisted with viciousness as he slapped me and spat. “Still trying to run? For every hurt you caused Mr. Derek, I’ll pay you back tenfold. Now lie there and take your beating!” I was completely immobilized, unable to move an inch. I could only shut my eyes in utter helplessness and endure, silently waiting for my life to fade. Just as despair was about to swallow me whole, the hospital door crashed open. Alex burst in with a group of men. “What is the meaning of this?” he roared Then, his gaze landed on me.
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