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Chapter 1

Dexter Hoffman panicked.He straightened up and shouted in my face, "What the hell are you pretending for? I know that you're bluffing!"I frowned slightly and pretended to be shocked by his sudden proximity, stepping back. I hurriedly wrote, "You're really enthusiastic, but I'm not used to having people talk to me so closely before. You won't get mad at me, will you?"Dexter was speechless after reading that. His face turned purple.Mom hurriedly typed on her phone and showed it to me. "How did you turn out like this?"I wrote, "I had a high fever when I was living in the countryside, but I was too poor to afford treatment, and it damaged my voice and eardrums. That's what happened."But it's okay. I'm already used to it. I don't mind that I can't hear anymore because I'm finally home with my family."I thought that Dexter would reject me like they always do in those novels, but he doesn't dislike me after all. I'm so happy!"After I was done writing, I even lowered my head an

Chapter 2

At that, everyone's gaze toward Dexter changed.Mom set down her knife and fork and lowered her voice, speaking with obvious displeasure. "Keep your voice down, Dexter. What are you shouting for? Dante can't hear you. What's the point of you losing your temper with him?"Dexter flew into a rage and slammed his utensils on the table. "Mom! He's bluffing! He's faking it! He can hear us just fine! He's just doing this on purpose to disgust me!"Dad's face turned dark. "Watch your table manners, Dexter Hoffman. Who taught you to slam down your utensils like that?"Desiree added coldly, "That's enough, Dexter. Dante just came home for the first day. He's already pitiful enough. Can't you just not bully him any further?"I went with the flow and lowered my eyes. I wrote, "Actually, I've learned to lip-read a little. I can guess what people are saying at times. Dexter's mad that I ate his food, isn't he? I'm sorry. I'll just eat less next time."That triggered everyone's protectiveness

Chapter 3

Dad tapped on the "play" button with a grim expression on his face.In the video, the firecracker was exploding loudly in my room, but I remained motionless in my bed as though I never heard a thing. It wasn't until the thick smoke billowing from the burning rug filled my nose and mouth that I suddenly opened my eyes, coughed violently, and rolled off the bed.At once, the disapproving looks on everyone's faces turned into that of shock and anger as they glared at Dexter."Dexter Hoffman!" Dad roared, slamming his hand down on the coffee table. "You set off a firecracker in Dante's room in the middle of the night? Did you know that you nearly set the house on fire as well? You nearly killed him!"Mom pulled me into her arms again, feeling heartbroken for me as I continued coughing up the smoke from my lungs. She then pointed at Dexter and chided, "Dante can't hear a thing! He didn't even respond when you set off the firecracker next to his ear!"But if he never woke up because of

Chapter 4

It was my medical report from before I'd returned to the Hoffman household. In the past, I had been so eager to reunite with my family that I was completely unguarded against anyone."You're neither deaf nor mute!" Dexter screamed with a finger in my face. His voice was shrill as he continued, "This is the medical report I had someone retrieve from the hospital in the countryside! "Take a good look at this, everyone! It says that his hearing and speaking abilities are completely normal!"At once, the living room plunged to a freezing point.Dad, who had held out his hand to me, froze on the spot, and his brows furrowed deeply. He grabbed the medical report from Dexter, flipped to the second page, and stared at the hearing test section that proved I was not hard of hearing.Mom also went over to look at the report. After reading the report, her face turned pale as she stared incredulously at me.Desiree was also frowning hard, looking at me silently with a complex emotion in her

Chapter 5

Dexter took advantage of my momentary lapse in attention and cornered me against the couch. Then, he turned the megaphone to its highest volume setting and pointed it directly at my ear."Quit playing the traumatized victim card, Dante Hoffman!"His deafening voice exploded in the otherwise silent living room, making my eardrums ache and my head buzz non-stop.He then continued yelling and screaming in my ear while reaching out and grabbing me by my shoulders, shaking me violently until my teeth chattered."I don't care anymore! You'd better open that damn mouth of yours and speak today, you damn liar! Speak up! Speak the hell up!"I was shaken so hard that I began to feel dizzy, but I forced myself not to fight back.Then, my lips curled into a smirk. It was time.I suddenly released my grip, and the notebook I'd always held tightly in my hands fell to the floor with a soft thud.I widened my eyes at him and gasped, my eyes filled with utter shock and disbelief.Just as Mom a

Chapter 6

The next day at breakfast, Dexter kicked me violently under the table when Mom and Dad weren't watching. He lowered his voice and demanded menacingly, "What the hell are you playing at? You were never sick to begin with, were you? You were just fucking around with me!"I looked up and answered him loudly and sincerely, "You're right, Dexter! I did think that the pancakes today were a bit too sweet. Maybe next time we should ask Fiona not to put too much icing sugar on them!"My sudden loud voice startled Mom and Dad, who were just walking into the dining room. Mom immediately told the housekeeper, Fiona Bowen, "Heard that? Don't put too much powdered sugar on the pancakes next time. Dante isn't used to foods that are too sweet."Dexter turned purple with rage. He held a hand to his chest and staggered backward.He was currently being hailed as a "miracle maker" and "the most selfless brother in the world" by our parents, and they praised him constantly in front of their friends and

Chapter 7

The villa was quiet at 10:00 pm that night. Mom and Dad were fast asleep, and there was only a faint light in the hallway.I pushed open the door leading into the study on the second floor.The main lights in the study weren't turned on. There was only a desk lamp shining on the table.Desiree was sitting on the leather chair behind the desk, toying with a pen between her fingers. When she saw me enter, she pointed to the chair opposite her and gestured for me to sit down."This is the 100th time you've tried coming home, isn't it?"My pupils constricted at once. I felt all the blood freezing in my body as I held the arms of the chair in a death grip until my knuckles turned white.How did she know? Surely nobody else would find out about something as absurd and ridiculous as my rebirth, would they?When Desiree saw my alarmed expression, she sighed and pushed a thick notebook toward me."Don't panic. I'm not your enemy. To be precise, we're actually in the same boat," she said

Chapter 8

"Then what should we do now?" I asked, finally calming down as I looked at Desiree. "My life will still be in danger as long as Dexter's system is around."A murderous glint appeared in her eyes. "Easy. The system is only bound to him because it values his fortune and status."As long as we ruin Dexter's reputation in this family and strip him of all his glory, making him fall from grace, the system will detect that he is no longer of any value and forcibly detach from him. When that happens, we'll be able to manipulate him with ease. After all, he's just a worthless piece of trash."I inhaled deeply and nodded."Alright. Let's work together and defeat him."…Dexter's life had become much harder ever since my passive attitude of slacking off caused the bug in his system. The depletion of the system's energy also meant that Dexter constantly suffered from its backlash.Over the past few days, he would always find himself in tons of unlucky and inconvenient situations, such as ch

Chapter 9

I remained completely calm and walked straight up to the microphone. Then, I cleared my throat and spoke, my voice booming loudly and clearly throughout the hall."You've got quite a way with your words, Dexter. It's really a pity that you're not in the national debate team. They would've loved to have you."You say that I stole the signet ring, but what proof do you have? Are we all supposed to just take your word for it?"Dexter straightened up and retorted loudly, "If you never stole the ring, do you dare to let us thoroughly search you or your room for it now?""That's too much of a hassle," I said, interrupting him before turning to Desiree. "Des, since something's been stolen from the house, let's call the police. While we're at it, we should also show everyone the surveillance footage."Dexter's face turned deathly pale the moment he heard me mention the surveillance footage. His eyes flickered as he said, "We never installed a surveillance camera in the hallway! Stop bluff

Chapter 10

The guests around us retreated in fright as Mom and Dad watched Dexter on the floor in shock."Has he gone mad?" someone muttered.It was clear that the pain from the forced detachment was extreme and excruciating. Dexter's features contorted, his once handsome face withered rapidly, and clumps of his hair also fell out.His prized "fortune-stealing" system was completely stripped away from him, and it aged him instantly by a dozen years, leaving him looking like a dejected, disheveled person."Dante Hoffman! I'm going to kill you! This is all your fault!" Dexter screamed at the top of his lungs.In the final moment before the system was completely stripped from him, he went totally mad. He suddenly grabbed a kitchen knife from somewhere, leaped up from the ground, and lunged at me like a madman.I stood still without dodging.Desiree reacted quickly, grabbing Dexter's wrist and twisting it forcefully, dislocating his arm with a loud, sickening crack. The kitchen knife then clat

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