If you want to survive after transmigrating, become the male protagonist's new mother.

Pei Yuening closed her eyes.

Egg floated up in front of him, its black body slowly expanding.

Dark magic surged from its body, enveloping Pei Yuening like mist, gently seeping into his skin, bones, and the depths of his consciousness.

Pei Yuening felt herself falling.

His consciousness pierced through layers of darkness, countless fragments flashing before his eyes, before finally coming to a stop.

Then, he slowly opened his eyes.

He stood in a warm halo of light.

The surrounding area is the old Duke's mansion, which is older than it is now. The paint on the corners of the walls has not been repaired, and the trees in the garden are shorter.

Pei Yuening took a deep breath: "Eggs?"

"exist."

The black slime's figure emerged from the void, and Pei Yuening naturally reached out to catch it and hugged it to his chest.

"Look over there," Egg said.

Pei Yuening looked in the direction he was pointing and saw a small figure squatting in the middle of the yard, about four or five years old, staring intently at a ladybug.

With just one glance, Pei Yuening's eyes widened suddenly.

"this……"

How could this be?!

Before he could react, Ye Jiyun walked over from the porch.

He crouched down behind the chubby boy in the aristocratic shirt and shorts, and reached out to pat his head: "Ningning, what are you looking at?"

"A bug," the little boy said softly, "Brother, it has some spots on its back."

The butler hesitated behind them, wondering whether to call them to have a meal, but Ye Jiyun just chuckled and squatted down to watch with him.

The screen changes.

It was still the same little boy, just a bit taller.

He lay on the bed, holding Ye Jiyun's arm tightly.

"Brother is telling a story...The Unicorn! I want to hear more!"

"Okay, okay, how about we call Aurora up to keep you company?"

"Um!"

The screen continues to jump.

The little boy seemed to have done something wrong, and was standing in the corridor with his head down.

Ye Jiyun stood in front of him, her expression not stern, but she kept a straight face and refused to speak.

Then the little boy quietly reached out and tugged at Ye Jiyun's sleeve, and looked up at him with his eyes as red as a rabbit's.

In the end, Ye Jiyun sighed, squatted down, and picked him up.

The image went from blurry to clear again.

The little boy fell on the garden path and scraped his knee, but he didn't cry.

He sat on the ground without saying a word, tears welling up in his eyes, but he wouldn't let them fall.

He just stood there, looking up at Ye Jiyun, who was still unaware of what was happening.

Ye Jiyun only realized he hadn't followed and turned around before rushing over.

The little boy then reached out and clung to Ye Jiyun's neck, obediently letting Ye Jiyun pick him up.

Pei Yuening began to tremble all over.

Ye Jiyun had mentioned some of these scenes to him... but it was only through a relay, and since he hadn't thought about it carefully at the time, he hadn't paid any attention.

The answer was obvious, but Pei Yuening still couldn't be sure.

Until the next scene.

The little boy squatted in front of the sink, crying uncontrollably.

Ye Jiyun rushed over, her face showing undisguised panic.

He rushed in, quickly hugged the person, and asked while wiping away tears, "What's wrong?"

The little boy turned around, revealing a face that looked exactly like Pei Yuening's when she was a child.

"Brother... Waaah... Maid sister... You washed away all the tadpoles I was raising in the tub!"

"..."

Tears instantly blurred Pei Yuening's vision, and scalding tears fell without warning.

Pei Yuening raised her hand to cover her mouth, her laughter and sobs stuck in her throat, turning into a suppressed, trembling whimper.

It's really him.

Ye Jiyun's younger brother has always been him.

Everything before his eyes was a fragment of his childhood belonging to another world, known only to him.

Now, because of his transmigration into the book, it has been shared with Ye Jiyun.

In the original work, Pei Yuening was not described in any way about his childhood, but he used to take it for granted that the younger brother Ye Jiyun mentioned was the original owner of this body.

Now he finally understands.

Never has been.

Ye Jiyun's younger brother has always been him.

The scene before him was not over when the picture suddenly cut off.

Pei Yuening paused in her sobbing.

Everything became blurry, as if the entire memory had been submerged in water.

Pei Yuening's face, voice, and surroundings—everything was shrouded in a fog.

"Ryan...who do you think you are, to think you can..."

"Oli...I like you..."

"Get out... I don't want anything but Ollie..."

The blurry outlines melted into the dark background, and even the sound of people speaking became muffled and heavy. Pei Yuening couldn't see anything clearly.

I don't know how much time passed.

It felt like a moment, yet also like a long time, before the image finally became clear again.

But this time, it's the Duke's restaurant.

Ye Jiyun's brows furrowed slightly, and his eyes held the kind of cautious concern that was deeply etched in his mind when he first came into this world.

"Ningning, are you alright?"

"The housekeeper said you haven't left your room all day."

……

Pei Yuening was stunned.

Egg was surrounded by light, and all the images vanished in an instant; they returned to the black void.

"Master, do you understand now?" Egg turned around and looked up into Pei Yuening's eyes.

"I discovered long ago that Ye Jiyun's memories have a starting point."

"starting point……?"

"Yes, it was the day you came," Egg said. "The familiar and the master have a connection in their sea of ​​consciousness, so I, Gao Gao, and Juan Juan knew from the moment the contract was established that you were not from this world."

It slowly lowered its eyes: "We just tacitly avoid mentioning the moment you traveled through time, because we're afraid of reopening your wounds."

How could the taste of death be pleasant?

"But, Master," Egg said earnestly, "we all like you, not just because you can cook delicious food."

"Moreover, it's because, before you came, none of us had truly lived."

Pei Yuening's eyelashes trembled.

"We only came back to life because you came."

"We all know that it was because you came into this world that we went from being just a few lines of text on paper to being real, living beings."

"..."

"It really is like that..."

Pei Yuening stood there, muttering to herself. Those fragmented memories and images flooded back, those hazy past events and moments that suddenly became clear—

At this moment, everything is connected.

It really is.

Although he was a transmigrator, he did not take over anyone else's body, nor did he steal away anyone's family affection.

"Pei Yuening" shares the same name and surname with him, but is merely a string of characters.

A string of words, without any physical form.

All along, I've just been making assumptions.

The original work only constructed a world for people to live in, and the things Ollie said to him at the beginning were entirely because he transmigrated into the book at the wrong point.

The original owner had already planted the image of a crazy bully in him, and no one would easily believe it.

It wasn't until later, as they gradually got to know each other and became friends, that they saw their own differences and slowly began to open up to each other.

From the moment he opened his eyes, he became a part of this world.

Ye Jiyun's younger brother, the young master of the Duke's mansion, and Luo Ren's lover.

Yes, that's all.

……

Pei Yuening stood up straight.

Above the chaotic sea of ​​consciousness, Ye Jiyun's memory dome gently enveloped him.

At this moment, having figured everything out, Pei Yuening finally revealed a genuine smile.

"Egg," he called, then looked away and shook his head helplessly, "Let's go back."

Egg nodded: "Okay."

Dark magic surged back.

In the last instant before completely leaving Ye Jiyun's sea of ​​consciousness, Pei Yuening looked down at the gentle halo beneath her feet.

He was finally certain that he would not die again.

He won't be put on the gallows.

From now on, his life is his own, the people he loves are real, and everything he owns is tangible and real.

Every single person on this continent—Ye Jiyun, Luo Ren, Lin Huaijin, Qin Shuxing, He Shuming…

The NPCs in the book now have their own loves and hates, and their own freedom.

Even the two main characters in the original work, whose behavior was portrayed to the extreme.

Ollie, Ryan.

They are all my friends too.

No one will be led by the so-called "plot" anymore.

Because now, everyone is a living, breathing human being.