The MC was adopted by the evil!adoptive parents to act as a decoy/body double for their biological son. The MC ostensibly didn’t know he was adopted and outsiders were also supposed to think MC was the biological child. What’s weird is, as far as I can tell, the adoptive parents are both ethnically Chinese whereas the MC is visibly mixed race. The POVs for multiple characters note that MC looks mixed and this is later confirmed (his father is European). If the intent was always to pass an adoptive child off as their biological child, it doesn’t really make sense that the adoptive parents would choose MC in the first place, since he’s clearly (at least partially) a different race. If this was ever explained, I missed it.

You Mian happened to be an orphan, although through story the reason why he was taken back and put into orphanage was a bit confusing, but this is where the You family finds him. They want to protect their own sickly child and send him abroad, while they bring You Mian instead, as a result of power struggle and ownership of the business they did a lot of things that deserve to be on social news, thus they were retaliated and You Mian was kidnapped several times. Basically being used as a shield and only when the danger passed by they took their biological child back.

I wish he could have immediately exposed that Bai Lin was a plagiarist.

• Blaming a child for a mix up at birth.
• Moral kidnapping. This is coercing someone due to the grace of birthing or raising them. The first is a choice and the latter is a responsibility.
• Concept of substitute lovers. The love feels tainted and insincere if the crush can be so easily replaced.

1. How/why did no-one question the You family for 2yrs?

• Why suddenly look for their biological son?
• How did they explain the mix up?
• Who supported Bai Lin's affluent experience abroad?

2. What are the real consequences for slander or cyber-bullying in China? I feel netizens have a herd mentality & I wish I saw that punished more.

MC, an orphan was adopted by evil parents to act as shield for their biological child they sent abroad. The mother initially liked and cared for him but under the father's influence came to dislike/hate him.

They brought their child back and went further with their abuse. MC 2 best friends for years dropped him for real young master. MC didn't understand and begged them multiple times but no result. When father asked MC to sign share transfer and act as foil for real young master in love show, MC reject and suddenly room catches fire. MC reborn and return to moments before he rejected to sign so basically reborn just minutes before his death.

Before reborn he came to know that he is in book (weird), comes to know the plot and everything about parents, child and friens.

He a bit scared so to change dying he signs as per plot and since the fire didn't occurr, thinks safe now and leaves the home after threatening the father a little.

Afterwards, he goes to love show, finds unexpected true love, becomes famous, exposes parents and child and happy ending.

During the show the friends realize truth and also that he doesn't want them anymore, try to get with him but failed and cry.

green tea dressed as white lotus. He hates MC talent and wants to ruin him. He shows himself as artist but all works he shows are MC practice works. The weird thing and plothole is his fans. He has fans as an actor but doesn't have any major work to his name. The thing is, the fans are crazy both in mind and number. Doesn't make sense at all but was necessary for plot. Hoped that it would have some reason but remained as plot hole. One character commented on it and said cause of parents and money but still doesn't make sense.

loves MC but is super selfish and loves himself more. Tries to justify exploiting MC as cost of staying with MC to himself. He might have mental problems due to his abusive parents and hence ruined his love life. Left MC for bai to get profits and also cause he realized MC just sees him as friend so wants to make MC hate him crazily to leave impression. At end tries to let go of his love but realizes that he cant. Left bai in middle cause realized MC doesn't want him anymore, not even hate (MC saw book plot and lets go of his friends who he begged before).

met bai abroad but is blind to realize the fact that bai is living lavishly there which is not possible without support until too late. Fell in love with bai paintings which are of MC in reality. Went to see MC after listening to bai and decided to use him as substitute since his paintings and he similar to bai (bai used MC paintings and copy MC). Regrets and tries to talk and apologize to MC and get him back but no luck lol.

Met MC in show but had bad opinion due to bai and acts badly. Once realized MC real personality thinks MC is interesting (not romantically) and still acts bad and annoying to get reactions. When discussed this with someone on his movie set that person said he likes MC and will regret doing this later so stop and act nicely but he thinks otherwise. Later realized he fell in love at first sight but too late cause MC fell in love with ML and regrets past actions (had no chance honestly since MC saw him with bai and against MC in plot)

He won't find any living relatives or parents. They are really dead. But he met three elderly people in his search for knowledge of his parents. It would've been nice to see more interaction between them but sadly they are each only mentioned about 1 time.