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hey everyone,
it’s been a long while but wow so much has been going on in my life and it’s a little overwhelming right now. i’m working part time and i’m exhausted every night.
my tablet is broken at the moment and all my chapters are on there,, so I’m not able to post anything in the meantime :(( so sorry for the delay… i’ll get it fixed and post the chapter as soon as possible.
once again i’m really sorry for the long delay!
-ast! 🍁
Hey there! This chapter is the last 2 chapters of the arc combined as I was a fool and misread the chapter numbers so I decided to combine the last 2 chapters into 1. Please read the Note at the end as it is very important.
chapter 10
*Happy emoji*【001: Host congratulations for escaping the calamity and returning back to Zuo Residence!】
Rolling his eyes,【Lu Yue: You sound just like a retard!】
As if it did not hear its own host’s disdain,【001: Hehe! Now the target’s blackening value is left with 10, we’ll succeed soon! 】
【Lu Yue: The remaining value will not be easy to brush away!】
【001: No worries, I believe in you. Good luck!】
Zuo Sheng brought Lu Yue home, asked his men to call for a doctor to check Lu Yue’s condition and only after confirming that there was nothing wrong did he let the doctor go.
Although the wound on Lu Yue’s face was superficial, it looked very serious and when Zuo Sheng lightly touched it, Lu Yue took a sharp breath.
“Is it very painful?”
“Not…… Not painful.”
“Say the truth.” Lu Yue saw the ugly expression on the man’s face and lowered his head: “It’s a little painful.”
Zuo Sheng asked Housekeeper Wang to boil an egg and used a towel to wrap it, saying: “Don’t move, let me compress it for you.”
“No need, I can do it myself.” Not only Lu Yue, Housekeeper Wang also felt shocked, Zuo Sheng actually did all of this for a pet, just saying it out will shock people till their jaws drop.
Zuo Sheng pushed down Lu Yue’s rejecting hands, sternly saying: “You are not to flail around.”
Sure enough, Lu Yue stopped flailing around and sat tensely, feeling Zuo Sheng’s careful movements, he sat there obediently like a small white rabbit.
But, Lu Yue occasionally stole glances at the man in front, from his fierce and handsome facial features to his broad shoulders and strong chest, he couldn’t help but lament in his heart.
Clearly they’re both men, but why was Zuo Sheng so powerful? This man was shining from head to toe, if he could completely belong to himself, that would be good.
Lu Yue greedily thought.
“What are you thinking about?”
His chin was suddenly raised, Lu Yue was taken by surprise and met Zuo Sheng’s profound eyes, he flurriedly replied: “Nothing much.”
Perceiving that the youth’s moments of saying yes and meaning no[1] were increasing, Zuo Sheng thought it was little funny: “Say the truth.”
Truth? If he said the truth, he would be losing face, he definitely will not say.
Seeing Lu Yue’s resolute expression of not answering regardless of life or death, Zuo Sheng’s eyes flashed with a dim light a he proceeded to quickly kiss the youth’s lips. As he was scared of touching the youth’s wound, Zuo Sheng was very careful and not intense, and only tasted the two corners of the youth’s lips.
This way of kissing was too gentle, but the sensation was infinitely magnified, the touch of their lips had shocked both their hearts, the sound of their heartbeats had also became a signal of urgency.
When the kiss ended, Zuo Sheng’s bottom half was already stimulated, of course Lu Yue felt the changes of the man and had also reacted.
Lu Yue was momentary ashamed, he was so ashamed his whole face flushed red.
Zuo Sheng’s low laughter rang beside his ear: “Do you want it?”
Lu Yue saw his smiling look, how could he say anything, he uneasily moved backwards and wanted to go back into the blankets.
Zuo Sheng dragged him back and looked at his damp eyes, saying in a low voice: “Your eyes are beautiful.” Then he kissed the corners Lu Yue’s eyes.
Eyes? Lu Yue suddenly recalled Xu Shao’s words and felt his heart stifle with nervousness.
“Master Zuo really likes my eyes?”
“Of course.” Zuo Sheng immediately answered. But seeing Lu Yue’s head droop lower and lower, this reaction was brought out by thinking of what Xu Shao had said yesterday, he was thinking too much.
Turning his head: “Do you want to ask me about Du Xiuran?”
Upon hearing that name, Lu Yue’s body was stiff, yet he did not say anything.
Zuo Sheng heaved a sigh, with an expression of ‘there is nothing I can do’: “Alright. I originally did not want to tell you. Seeing you with your imagination running wild, I don’t have any energy left in me.”
Zuo Sheng had no choice but to resist the restlessness of his bottom half, stroking the soft hair of the youth and slowly saying: “I will only say this once, you need to listen well.”
Lu Yue heard what he said and cautiously lifted his eyes to look at Zuo Sheng, just like a lamb awaiting its court trial[2].
“He is the person I loved before, I really loved him.” The youth heard what Zuo Sheng just said and his whole body became numb.
“He also really loved me. However, his love was merely a pretence. You know, he was sent by Xu Shao to kill me, I had actually made a person that wanted to kill me my lover, say, don’t you think I’m really stupid?”
No, don’t say that. Zuo Sheng’s voice was very relaxed, but Lu Yue knew that the man’s heart must feel very uncomfortable. His lover was actually a planted agent, to anyone it must be a pitiful matter.
“My subordinate realised that there was something not right with him, but I still believed him, until he pierced my heart with a knife. But I narrowly escaped death[3], he had pierced it at a slanted angle and did not completely kill me.”
Heart!
Lu Yue thought of Zuo Sheng’s body at that time, covered in blood, his hand turned cold.
“Then nothing happened to you right?”
Zuo Sheng saw Lu Yue’s pale lips and reassured him by petting his head: “If something had happened to me, would I still be here?”
Lu Yue looked at his smiling face, instead his heart felt even more uncomfortable, he felt like his heart was about to split open. How lucky that person was, to attain Zuo Sheng’s love; yet he was so heartless, to actually hurt Zuo Sheng with his own hands.
“Do you know how I dealt with him in the end?” Zuo Sheng rubbed Lu Yue’s ear with his hand and asked in a low voice.
Lu Yue shook his head.
Zuo Sheng’s eyes were ice cold: “I had my men to chop him up and fed to dogs. Do you think I’m cruel?”
Zuo Sheng faintly looked at him, expecting to see a trace of fear in his eyes. It’s a pity that there wasn’t any.
The youth was looking at him with a look of pity and love, that kind of gaze would let one feel redeemed.
Lu Yue hugged the man, wanting to protect him by hugging Zuo Sheng’s tight waist, wailing: “Al…… Although killing is illegal, but, I would like to kill him too……”
“You loved him so much…… why was he willing to harm you?”
“I don’t like him at all, even though…… I know he was your former lover, but I really hate him……”
The youth stuttered out his words, feeling extremely sad.
“Why…… did you fall in love with that person? Why……. is the person you love not me?”
From where did Lu Yue see that he did not love him?
The youth that was earnestly crying didn’t notice the change in Zuo Sheng’s expression and continued to cry[4] on his shoulder: “I love you so much…… why can’t you just love me a little? I will never be like that person……”
The youth’s cries became more and more heart wrenching, his eyes were extremely red and swollen, just like a child that was not able to get candy, crying while praying pitifully.
【001: Ding! target’s blackening value -5, remaining blackening value 5!】
Zuo Sheng saw the person that was hugging him cry till he was gasping for breath, his heart shook vigorously. He could not remember how he fell for Du Xiuran in the past, but the youth in front of his eyes was the person he wanted to use his entire life to love.
The youth’s heart only contained him, the youth’s eyes only looked at him, and most importantly, the youth will not betray him under any circumstance.
Why didn’t you appear sooner? No, it’s not too late now.
Zuo Sheng didn’t contain his desire, he pulled over the person that had cried till his eyes were red and swollen, his hot lips fiercely pressing down on the alluring person’s petal like lips.
Lu Yue didn’t refuse as he normally would, instead had swung his waist in perfect harmony. It was like he was trying burn himself, even if he hurts himself, he wanted to integrate himself with this person.
Zuo Sheng’s crimson eyes, fierce movements, at their climax he whispered by the youth’s ear: “I love you.”
Lu Yue was so emotional and excited that he started to cry.
【Lu Yue: Zuo Sheng this person when he is gentle, he really is someone that can take people’s lives[5].】
【001: Don’t make that expression of enjoyment.】
【Lu Yue: It’s a pity, I would soon have to say bye bye[6] to him.】
【001: What, are you unwilling?】
【Lu Yue: Just a little.】
001: This really is unlike what Lu Goblin would usually say.
Since that night, Zuo Sheng’s attitude towards Lu Yue had completely changed, they would exercise[7] once every day, then bring Lu Yue out to validate his existence as Zuo Sheng’s wife[8] and show Lu Yue his sincere love, the days went by just like a drop of water[9], it was those kind of sweet days, Zuo Sheng’s blackening value had only dropped by 3, there were 2 remaining points.
【Lu Yue: At the end of A level worlds do I still need to die?】
【001: Yes, no matter which world, when host completes his mission he will leave the world, the body will die.】
【Lu Yue: Then after I die, wouldn’t Zuo Sheng be sad for a long time.】
【001: That’s for sure, he loves you so much.】
Mumbling,【Lu Yue: He loves me?】
001 felt that these few days, hid host did not seem like himself, he unexpectedly used this kind of language. Weird, it is very weird.
【Lu Yue: Right, how is Xu Shao doing?】
【001: Xu Shao was rescued three days ago but he didn’t leave the area, he’s still in this city.】
【Lu Yue: Help me monitor him, he’s been left miserable by Zuo Sheng, it’s very likely that he’ll wait for a chance to retaliate】
【001: Alright, I will definitely monitor him well.】
At night, Zuo Sheng came back and asked Wang Housekeeper: “Where is he?”
Wang Housekeeper replied: “Young Master Lin just finished eating and went to sleep.”
Zuo Sheng heard what Wang Housekeeper said and went directly to the bedroom, the bedroom was illuminated with a dim light, a slender youth was lying on the spacious bed.
Zuo Sheng saw the youth sleeping serenely, his tired heart suddenly relaxed. He walked over and bowed down to gently kiss Lu Yue’s forehead, it was a gentle kiss but the dreaming youth seemingly felt something and dazedly opened his eyes.
“Master Zuo?”
Zuo Sheng smiled at him: “Sorry, I woke you up.”
“It’s nothing, why did you come back so late?”
“I am settling some things.”
Xu Shao had been saved and hasn’t been caught. But Zuo Sheng was not planning to tell Lu Yue this information.
“If there’s nothing wrong with your condition in the coming days, try not to go out as much as possible, be good and stay home, okay?”
Lu Yue nervously asked: “Is there something wrong?”
Zuo Sheng patted his head: “There’s nothing, don’t think too much about it.”
Lu Yue replied: “Then that’s good, I won’t go out unnecessarily.” Impossible. Lu Yue secretly added on in his heart.
“Then sleep.” Following that, Zuo Sheng brought the youth into his arms and closed his eyes.
The author wants to say:
Yesterday I wanted to publish two (chapters), but in the end I didn’t. Forgive my turtle speed……
Also, there’s still one chapter till the end (of this arc), we’re about to enter the second world. Happy (∩_∩)
hey everyone,, the next chapter of black-bellied male lead will be delayed due to my oncoming national exams and extra work and revision. so sorry for the recent inactivity as well :”(
i’ll (hopefully) be able to complete the translations and publish the chapter by the end of this week, concluding the arc! see you soon.
-ast 🍁
When Yan Bin carried the youth back, the youth had not said a word. He was quiet, his eyelids slightly drooping, huddling up while closing his eyes and not moving at all; completely different compared to that day when he viciously splashed water all over his face.
Yan Bin looked at him and felt his heart tighten.
“Big Brother, where are we going now?”
Thinking of the cold-blooded Zuo Sheng, Yan Bin said in a low voice: “Now I’ll bring people back to the North District, then immediately contact a doctor.” If Zuo Sheng did not want this person, he wants him.
“Xiao Ze there’s no need to be scared, I’ll protect you.”
【Ding! Affection scale +10, current affection degree 70!】
【001: Great Host! The male lead is currently finding you! His blackening value dropped by 50 so suddenly!】
【Lu Yue: This is very normal, next I’ll wait for him to find me.】
The original plan was for Zuo Sheng’s men to save himself, but Yan Bin had saved him. But no worries, let Zuo Sheng panic for a few days before saying anything, who knows, the end result may be even better.
Confirming his idea, Lu Yue was very relaxed when being taken back to the North District by Yan Bin.
When Yan Bin called for a doctor, Lu Yue hurriedly asked 001: 【Hurry and adjust my body data, make me look a little more miserable. 】
【001: Alrightie! Adjustment of body data successful! 】
“What is his condition?” Yan Bin stood at the side and asked.
The doctor replied: “The wound on his face is rather serious and would need a few days to heal. Also, the patient’s mental state now is not good, he’s overly sad, perhaps he suffered a huge stimulation, but don’t worry, just talking it out with someone would be fine.”
Sternly, Yan Bin questioned: “Then why did he faint?”
“It should be because he is overly exhausted and adding on that he did not eat anything so fainting is normal. I’ve already injected him with a little bit of nourishment fluid, wait for him to wake up and eat a little and it will be fine.
“Alright, send off the doctor.” Yan Bin told the several men in black behind him.
“Yes, Boss.”
After the doctor left, another man told Yan Bin: “Boss, I heard the people on Zuo Sheng’s side are finding this person, should we send him over.“
“No need.”
“But in a few days, he will be able find us.”
“Then we shall talk when the time comes, you should leave first.”
“Yes.”
Yan Bin looked at the person on the sickbed, he was so pale, so thin, it would anyone feel distressed and take pity on him. That wretched Xu Shao, he actually dared to let his men make a move on Xiao Ze! Plus, that Zuo Sheng, wasn’t he coming, why would he send Lin Ze out as a bait?
Could it be that from the start this was a facade planned to confuse Xu Shao?
Alright, since you, Zuo Sheng doesn’t love him, then I, Yan Bin will love him instead.
When Lu Yue heard the affection scale rise again, he finally couldn’t resist the tug of the corner of his mouth.
【Lu Yue: When is Zuo Sheng able to find me?】
【001: A conservative estimate would be tomorrow.】
【Lu Yue: So that would mean I will still need to stay with this guy for one night?】
【001: Yep!】
【Lu Yue: I miss my man……】
【001: Host be good, there’s still me by your side.】
Lu Yue felt that 001 should not try raising people’s spirits.
In the evening, to refrain Yan Bin from thinking that he was lying dead, Lu Yue finally opened his eyes.
“You’re awake?” Yan Bin just entered and saw the youth on the bed had opened his eyes, his heart finally felt a little at ease.
Lu Yue saw Yan Bin looking shocked: “How are you here?”
Yan Bin gave a bitter laugh: “I was the one that saved you, did you forget?”
Lu Yue had just recalled, he was kidnapped by Xu Shao, at the end it indeed was Yan Bin that saved him.
“Thank you.”
“No worries.” Yan Bin saw his dry and chapped lips and passed a cup of water to him: “Drink first, I let someone grab some food.”
“The person that kidnapped me, in the end did he get caught?” Lu Yue asked carefully while taking small sips of the water.
Yan Bin saw a flicker in his eyes and replied: “Of course he was caught, don’t worry, Zuo Sheng will not let him off.”
Lu Yue’s gaze dimmed, it really was arranged by Zuo Sheng.
Yan Bin saw Lu Yue’s inwardly dispirited look and felt anger bubble in his abdomen: “Are you still thinking of Zuo Sheng?
Lowly, Lu Yue replied: “No.”
The youth obviously didn’t know how to lie, his hands clutching the bed sheets, gaze unconsciously darting to look outside.
“Then do you still love him now?” Yan Bin questioned intensely.
Lu Yue retorted: “This does not concern you.” The youth’s tone was rather cold, it was completely a tone used when talking to strangers.
Yan Bin was angered till he laughed: “I was the one that saved you, is this how you’re going to talk to me?”
Lu Yue stubbornly looked at him: “I didn’t let you save me.” Lu Yue didn’t want to speak to Yan Bin in such a tone as well, but he just could not control himself, it was as if his heart had a mythical animal that could shoot flames, as if it could erupt at any moment.
He knew he was wrong, but he didn’t know how to control his mood. Once he thought of the man that he deeply loved abandoning him, he just wanted to carelessly vent his feelings. He wanted to cry, but he could not cry in front of Yan Bin.
After some time, Lu Yue said: “I’m sorry, I want some silence alone.”
Yan Bin saw the youth’s appearance, and thought of how the doctor had entrusted him with taking care of the youth and relaxed his tone: “You should rest well, I’ll go settle some stuff.”
Zuo Sheng had received news of Lu Yue on the morning of the second day.
“Where did you say he was?”
Zhao Xun replied: “This subordinate said that there were people saying they saw Young Master Lin being taken away by Yan Bin.”
“Yan Bin?” Zuo Sheng’s eyes contained hidden anger, “follow me now, bring people along.”
Quickly, Zuo Sheng arrived at where Lu Yue was at, he never expected Yan Bin would hide Lu Yue here. Thinking of the incident at Zuo Residence, Zuo Sheng became exceptionally angry.
If Yan Bin had dared to do anything, he would not care for their former friendship.
The main door was kicked open suddenly, Yan Bin looked at the oppressive man walking in front, smiled and said: “Brother Zuo, why did you come?”
Zuo Sheng faced him, his gaze cold: “I am here to bring him back.”
Although he did not want to set himself against Zuo Sheng, Yan Bin could not help but ask: “He is here, but didn’t you treat him as a bait? If it wasn’t for me saving him in time yesterday, Xiao Ze would have already died!”
When Zuo Sheng heard that sentence his pupil shrunk, but his face turned even colder: “I know.”
Yan Bin rebuked: “You know? You know and you still did this? Since you don’t care about his life, then why not give him to me! At least I will not send him to his death!”
Zuo Sheng looked at the emotional Yan Bin and replied: “He is mine, I will never give him to you. In addition, I do care about him.”
Zuo Sheng did not want to continue conversing with him, the youth that longs for him is still inside, he was just itching to see him.
【001: Host, host, your man is already at the door! 】
Lu Yue who has been lying dead for the whole day flipped his body, 【His speed is rather fast! Right, hurry and make me look a little pathetic, the more pathetic the better, make the palm print on my face a little clearer. 】
【001: It’s done, Great Host!】
When Zuo Sheng pushed open the door and saw the person lying on the bed, his heart suddenly started to hurt again.
【Ding! Blackening value -5, remaining blackening value 10!】
Currently, Lu Yue was leaning on the pillow with his eyes closed, the sunlight from the outside illuminated his face, his swollen cheeks were still bruised, it was completely imaginable how fiercely he was slapped.
Zuo Sheng’s eyes flashed with a little anger, but he saw the sudden tremble of the youth’s eyelash, it seemed like he was about to awaken.
Zuo Sheng’s breath tightened, his heartbeat unnaturally sped up, he stared closely at the other party’s actions until he saw those hazy limpid eyes.
Lu Yue had first started to focus on what’s in front of his eyes, when he saw the man standing next to his bed against the light, his eyes violently trembled.
Is this…… Master Zuo?
There’s no way, why would Master Zuo be here, it must be because his eyesight had deteriorated.
The image of the youth who smiled bitterly while hanging his head had pricked Zuo Sheng’s heart, he softly walked over and crouched in front of the youth, staring at his shocked eyes.
“Master…… Master Zuo? Why would you……”
Zuo Sheng smiled gently: “You were lost, of course I am here to find you.”
His hot breaths were exhaled next to his ear, shocking the youth till he repeatedly retreated back: “I…… I don’t want to go back.”
Zuo Sheng halted his smile and asked him fixedly: “Oh, and why is that so?”
The man had asked him in this manner, Lu Yue truly did not know how to answer, he really wanted to ask Zuo Sheng why didn’t he save him? Did Zuo Sheng really regard him as a bait? Does Zuo Sheng even love him?
But he doesn’t dare to ask.
Zuo Sheng didn’t tolerate Lu Yue evading him and stared fixedly at his eyes: “Do you hate me?” Of course, Zuo Sheng knew the youth wouldn’t hate him, the reason why he had asked the question was to let him speak his mind, to not suppress his sadness in his abdomen.
Hate him?
Of course he does not hate, he just felt very hurt and wronged.
Zuo Sheng’s voice was low, as if he was gently coaxing him, letting Lu Yue feel like throwing himself into Zuo Sheng’s arms and cry loudly.
In fact, Lu Yue had been holding back the redness of his eyes.
Zuo Sheng slowly sad: “Before you left yesterday, I had placed a taping device on you. I already knew about Xu Shao’s plans.”
Lu Yue heard the man’s sudden words and was temporarily stunned, not knowing how to react. He looked dazedly at Zuo Sheng, as if silently denouncing him, asking him why did he do that.
Zuo Sheng kissed his cheek and continued on: “I wanted to test you, to check if you really love me, so I didn’t let my men come and save you in time, but that wasn’t making you the bait. I’ve caused you harm, I’m sorry.”
Saying that, he kissed the corner of Lu Yue’s mouth, but this time he tasted the salty tears. Looking at Lu Yue, he had already pulled on Zuo Sheng’s lapel and cried till he started to tremble.
“Master…… Master Zuo, I…… I thought you didn’t want me anymore; I was so scared……”
Lu Yue’s crying had made him look very grieved, Zuo Sheng’s heart had also felt like it was being pulled out, his regret was even more intense.
“Don’t cry, I will never not want you.”
Lu Yue heard up till here and wormed into Zuo Sheng’s chest, his two arms tightly hugging the man’s waist, “Master Zuo……”
That call “Master Zuo”, made Zuo Sheng feel his body heating up. He patted the head of the youth in his arms, warmly saying: “Let’s go.”
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The author wants to say:
There’s hope for a new chapter tonight. Hurry comment and save (the book). The days of lying as a corpse were really hard…… Cries for mercy
Translator’s Notes:
[1] Alrightie – 好哒 this is a rather cute way to say alright, something like okie!
[2] overly sad – 伤心过度 translates to overly broken hearted but I’m sure the doctor wouldn’t be able to prescribe that…
[3] boss – 大哥 translates to big brother, or in mafia terms boss, thought I should point that out.
[4] . – Raws used a full stop but the subordinate was asking a question.
[5] wasn’t he coming – 不是他的人来着吗 hmm I don’t really understand this sentence, not sure if he was referring to Zuo Sheng himself or his men that were at the scene.
[6] conservative – 保守 hmm this translation seems a little weird but I have no other ways to translate this phrase, it translates to guard or keep.
[7] Yep – 是滴 this is another cute way to say yes, something like yessu!
[8] should not try raising people’s spirits – 撩起人来也是不要不要的 to be honest I’m just really confused at what this sentence is trying to say and so is MTL
[9] No worries – 不客气 translates to you’re welcome but I thought that’s really formal for Yan Bin so no worries is less formal!
[10] incident at Zuo Residence – that one time where Zuo Sheng asked Lin Ze to serve Yan Bin.
Notes:
This chapter was 2.9k Chinese characters to 2.1k English words, a rather short one but still took me a long time.
Are there too many Translator’s Notes? Would you guys prefer if I noted only the important ones or is what I’m doing now alright?
Our 001 is really cute hehe. Also, while translating this chapter I just felt really bad and pitied Yan Bin. He’s such a nice person and yet this is the treatment he gets :”( Is this what everyone calls the second male lead syndrome?
When Lu Yue awoke, he realised he was in an abandoned warehouse and had been tied to a pillar. After all, this is the East District, the difficulty of avoiding Zuo Sheng’s knowledge of bringing someone back to the West District was too large and there was no point in bringing him back.
“Brother Shao, the boy is awake!”
A rough voice sounded, reminding Lu Yue of a pig being slaughtered. Looking at the person again, it was as if both his hearing and sight have been polluted once again.
Although he was discontented in his heart, he still needed to continue acting
【Lu Yue: Give me a pain protective screen later.】
Gleefully,【001: Alright, Great Host!】
Continuing,【001: Right, Great Host, when you were tied and taken away just now, Yan Bin saw the situation, do you think he’ll come and save you?】
【Lu Yue: If he wants to save me then he needs to wait till I’m done acting then come.】
Xu Shao saw the confused youth and smiled coldly: “When I wondered why Zuo Sheng would even look at you, turns out it was because you had these set of eyes!”
Lu Yue saw Xu Shao smiling disgustingly, although in his heart he was scared, but on the surface he remained stubborn: “Who on earth are you? Why did you kidnap me?”
When Xu Shao saw Lu Yue, he immediately knew that Lu Yue was not an ordinary person to Zuo Sheng, and he was more certain of his plan.
He remarked: “Don’t be afraid, I’m not here to specifically harm you, I just want you to do me a favour.”
Lu Yue stared vigilantly at him: “I don’t recognise you and you don’t particularly look like a good person, so why should I help you?”
“Why, this kid is rather strong-willed, he dared to talk to our Brother Shao like this! You must be tired of living!”
Xu Shao blocked off the subordinate that was shouting and walked closer towards Lu Yue, looking at his beautiful face, he smiled: “You are now in our hands, if you want to continue living then you better be obedient and listen to us.”
Lu Yue saw the killing intent in his eyes, although he hated them, he’s not stupid. He does not want to pay with his life here, he promised Zuo Sheng to go back.
Thinking till this point, Lu Yue unwillingly nodded his head: “Say it then, what do you want me to do?”
At the moment, Zuo Sheng was sitting in his office listening to their every word, the people he arranged had already surrounded the area and as long as he commanded them to, they could rush in and wipe out Xu Shao’s men.
But, now is not the time, he still has some answers he wanted to know.
Do not betray me, Lin Ze.
Only hearing Xu Shao’s every word: “I want you to help me kill Zuo Sheng.”
Lu Yue’s eyes widened, from Xu Shao’s eyes he saw killing intent, turns out he was not joking around!
His lips trembled: “Don’t think about it! I don’t care what hatred you and Zuo Sheng have, in any case I will not help you!”
Xu Shao never expected him to be so agitated, he couldn’t help but knit his brows: “You’d better think about it carefully before speaking. Zuo Sheng merely treats you as a pet that he owns, you’re willing to be treated like a pet? This is giving you a chance, as long as you find an opportunity to kill him you’ll be able to get back your freedom, I can give you a large sum of money and you can continue to go back to school.”
Xu Shao thought that those lures would be enough to move Lin Ze, but he never thought that the other party would not appreciate his kindness: “I will not betray him, don’t speak about it again!”
Xu Shao was angered till he laughed: “What are you doing? He is neither a relative nor a friend, are you willing to die for him? It can’t be that you fell for him right?”
Lu Yue’s gaze was unyielding, and said earnestly: “I did fall for him, so I will not betray him.”
Xu Shao froze for a moment, because the youth’s eyes were extremely resolute and earnest, in no way telling a lie. Xu Shao’s laughter grew in volume: “You actually fell for him? You fool!”
There was a burst of laughter in the room, on the other side, Zuo Sheng’s eyebrow furrowed even deeper, his whole body emitting a low pressure. Lin Ze has said that he loved him again.
Lin Ze said he will not betray him.
“Master Zuo, do we rush in now?”
“……Wait.”
“You love him, but he does not love you! You idiot!”
Lu Yue glared at him with hatred: “Stop trying to sow discord, Master Zuo loves me!”
Xu Shao was amused by his foolish look and continued coldly: “You think he loves you? He’s only playing with you! You’re merely a pet that he owns and in his life he has only loved Du Xiuran, it is a pity, that person had also betrayed him! You just look a little like that person and you actually believed Zuo Sheng would love you? Truly a fool’s dream!”
Lu Yue obviously did not believe him, so Xu Shao took his phone and dug for Du Xiuran’s picture, baring it directly to Lu Yue’s eyes.
Lu Yue saw the man in the picture, truly their eyes were exactly the same. Lu Yue suddenly felt that his heart was a little painful.
Afraid he wouldn’t believe, Xu Shao even showed a picture of both Du Xiuran and Zuo Sheng together. “Look, this was 5 years ago when they were together, how is it, I didn’t lie to you.”
Lu Yue looked at the familiar man, embracing another person and smiling so happily, it was exactly the same as the Zuo Sheng he saw that year.
Lu Yue was silent and did not speak. He felt that he could not speak, his throat was so dry that it hurts to open his mouth.
On the other side, Zuo Sheng heard up till then and almost wanted to go over and tear Xu Shao’s mouth into pieces, listening to Xu Shao say these things in front of Lin Ze, he had a terrified feeling, he does not want Lin Ze to hear these things.
Seeing that Lin Ze was not talking, Xu Shao thought he had succeeded, his tone softened a little and advised: “So, there is no need for you to give up your life for someone that was just playing around with you, hm? I’ll give you time, you should think about it carefully-“
“I will not agree.”
Xu Shao that had been interrupted froze: “What did you say?”
“I will not betray him, I love him.”
Xu Shao’s face had contorted to an ugly look, the people beside him chimed in: “Brother Shao, looks like this boy will give up only at the sight of the gallows, we should give him a little lesson, see if he’ll agree!”
“Precisely! Let’s hit him first before we say anything else!”
Lu Yue lowered his head, he was not in the slightest bit afraid of what those men were saying but his eyelash trembled, giving the impression that he was about to cry.
At the moment Lu Yue was not actually sad, he was just ridiculing Zuo Sheng.
【Lu Yue: A man that can’t protect his shou is a bad gong.】
【001: So?】
【Lu Yue: I want to switch to a different man.】
Righteously,【001: No, you can’t change.】
【Lu Yue: Why?】
Earnestly,【001: Because you love him.】
【Lu Yue: …….】
Following that, Lu Yue was caught off guard and suffered a slap to the face, the sound of the slap was clearly heard in Zuo Sheng’s ear and his eyes were red enough to scare anyone to death.
“Move immediately.” Without hesitating, Zuo Sheng immediately gave the command. Continuing, he asked the people he brought along to start the car and go to the warehouse.
Lu Yue was slapped in the face and kicked in the stomach in a row, it was all done by Xu Shao.
【Lu Yue: I feel like my face is swelling up.】
Asking considerately,【001: Do you need to exchange a medicine to reduce the swelling?】
【Lu Yue: I don’t need it at the moment, if this wound was healed before Zuo Sheng sees it, I would be receiving a huge loss. I want him to realise what heartache and regret tastes like. 】
Just as Xu Shao was about to get people to hit Lu Yue, a person suddenly rushed in from the outside, nervously saying: “Brother Shao, it’s not good! There are people rushing in from the outside!”
Xu Shao’s face sunk: “Whose men?”
“It’s Zuo Sheng’s men.”
“Zuo Sheng’s men? How many are there?”
“A lot, they’ve surrounded the area.”
The people in the warehouse were slightly panicked: “Brother Shao, we should hurriedly retreat!”
“That’s right, Brother Shao, the more I think about it I feel like this is a trap, Zuo Sheng is just waiting for us to run in!”
The more he thought, the more he thought it was wrong, suddenly someone pointed at Lu Yue’s collar: “Brother Shao, look, there is a tapping device on him! This is definitely Zuo Sheng’s trap!”
Xu Shao’s face darkened, his gaze towards Lin Ze had also became shaded. Taking large strides and removing □□ from the collar, crushing it with his foot, ruthlessly saying: “Very well, you deceived me, you two stay behind and do this kid, the others follow me and rush out!”
Zuo Sheng’s movements are seriously too slow, why isn’t he here to save me yet? Lu Yue saw the approaching Knife and ridiculed soundlessly.
Just then, there were two sudden shots of a gun and the two men had fallen.
“Xiao Ze, are you alright?” Lu Yue heard that form of address and simply didn’t know what expression to show.
Yan Bin saw that Lu Yue was not speaking and the wound on his face was rather serious, he hurriedly untied the ropes: “It’s alright now, Xiao Ze! I’m here to save you!” While comforting, he was also berating Zuo Sheng in his heart, clearly his men were all outside but did not come in and save the person inside, this shows that he’s just playing around with Xiao Ze’s life!
Lu Yue was stiff and did not say anything, his whole body had no strength, but more importantly was that he had been shocked by Xu Shao’s previous words. Zuo Sheng didn’t love him, Zuo Sheng even used him as bait for this situation, which situation was more sorrowful?
Actually, it was both the same, in Zuo Sheng’s eyes was he really nothing?
Yan Bin took advantage of the chaotic situation outside, carried Lu Yue secretly and ran outside.
At the moment, Zuo Sheng’s face was very dark, the tapping device had been destroyed, Lu Yue’s situation was very serious, there was never a situation that had him so defeated!
When Zuo Sheng hurriedly arrived, Xu Shao and his men had all been suppressed, but he could not see Lu Yue.
“Where is he?”
Xu Shao saw the gloomy look on the man’s face and laughed drunkenly: “If you’re talking about your little pet, I’ve already arranged for my men to kill him, if you look for him carefully, you may not even be able to find his dead body…… Ah!”
Zuo Sheng stepped on Xu Shao’s stomach, his gaze cold enough to freeze people: “You’d better be lucky that isn’t the case, otherwise I will make you suffer a fate worse than death.”
Xu Shao was scared by Zuo Sheng’s gaze, he knew that Zuo Sheng was definitely not lying.
It’s just that, Zuo Sheng’s men had flipped the whole place a few times but still could not find Lu Yue’s body, in the end he could only let his men go to other places to find while he brings the others back.
Zuo Sheng walked calmly, but no one saw that in his heart, he was filled with regret and blamed himself, he was too doubtful and wanted to sound out the youth’s sincerity. It was true, Lin Ze did not disappoint him, his Lin Ze actually loved him like he said, even when threatened by someone, even when he assumed he did not love him, Lin Ze did not betray him.
That was the youth’s sincerity.
【Ding! Male lead’s blackening value -50, current blackening value 15!】
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The author wants to say:
Speaking truthfully, writing and reading books are completely different. En, there are times when what I think is different. Reading is so relaxing.
Translator’s Notes:
[1] Great Host – 大大 is actually translated to dad/uncle,, I thought it would be better to retain it as Great Host
[2] betray – 背板 I think the author made a typo here as the phrase translates to back panel.
[3] neither a relative nor a friend – 非亲非故 an idiom, figuratively translates to unrelated to one another in any way but I thought the literal meaning fit better.
[4] a fool’s dream – 痴人说梦 translates to lunatic ravings/pipe dream.
[5] baring – 赤/裸裸 translates to naked but I wasn’t really sure how it would fit into the sentence.
[6] give up only at the sight of the gallows – 不见棺材不落泪 translates to not shed a tear until one sees the coffin/refuse to be convinced until one is faced with grim reality/unrepentant. Not sure which one fits so I used the one I prefer hehe.
[7] shou/gong – 受/攻 pretty sure many would know but shou is the uke/bottom and gong is the seme/top
[8] □□ – originally in the text
[9] me – he uses 老子 which is an arrogant way to refer to oneself. Not sure if I should leave it as Laozi or me.
[10] do – 做 I’m assuming do as in fuck Lin Ze
[11] Xiao Ze – a nickname, as I mentioned in the previous chapter. I will not be making a note for this phrase anymore!
[12] fate worse than death – 生不如死 translates literally to death is better than living.
Notes:
Wow a long chapter as well! 3.1k Chinese characters to 2.1k English words.
This took a rather long time to translate as you can see from the long list of translator’s notes haa…
I have a twitter now! My user is @itsasts,, follow me for a spam of rts I guess?
Ever since Zuo Sheng pushed Xu Shao into a pit, the hatred in Xu Shao’s heart was not easy to calm. The people he sent out have yet to succeed, in fact, he even collected a large loss of people. In the end, Xu Shao could only send more people to watch Zuo Sheng attentively, therefrom investigate his traces.
It is fortunate that Xu Shao is a patient person as for all his efforts, his people managed to find a very interesting piece of information.
Today, Knife reported his routine trace on Zuo Sheng’s whereabouts as per schedule.
“Today he left at 7a.m. to a gambling city; he returned to Zuo residence at 3p.m., the lights go out at 10p.m.”
Listening up till here, ridicule flickered cross Xu Shao’s face momentarily: “Since when did Zuo Sheng become so home-loving?” For two weeks he had been spending most of his time at home, it was too different from his past behaviour.
The man called Knife met his gaze: “This subordinate heard he keeps a male pet at home, Zuo Sheng seems to be rather fond of his appearance.”
Xu Shao sneered: “Oh? Is it that Zuo Sheng likes him or treats him in a more special way?”
Knife lowered his head: “I’m afraid I’m not sure.”
“Well if you don’t know then go investigate! Do you need me to tell you to do so? You useless waste of space!”
“Yes, this subordinate will do so right away!”
【001: Great Host, I found out that Xu Shao is investigating you! Do you think he would use you to threaten Zuo Sheng now that he knows you’re favoured?】
Lu Yue side eyed 001 【Lu Yue: Mister, as of now Zuo Sheng has not fully loved me yet. It is very hard to predict if a cold-blooded person that has been hurt before would completely give up on me. Actually, Xu Shao wouldn’t be so foolish to think of this idea, and of course I won’t be surprised if he tried to bribe me. 】
Suddenly coming to a realisation, 【001: Oh, I got it, he wants to play the same trick again? 】
After his system finally got his point, Lu Yue felt extremely gratified, it was like seeing his idiot son have his ideas straightened out.
【001: But, your man is so smart, surely he wouldn’t be tricked? Plus, you’re always at Zuo residence, Xu Shao’s men have no way to enter.】
【Lu Yue: Then we have to create a chance for him.】
Reverting back to a sweet and naive young woman, 【001: Why? 】
【Lu Yue: Currently, Zuo Sheng does not completely trust me, to have him love and trust me completely, I’d need a particular medicine. That medicine would be Xu Shao.】
001 showed a look of incomprehension at what Lu Yue said, and Lu Yue’s gaze expressed a look of familial love, 【Be good, carefully update for a while 】
001 felt like it had been stripped naked and looked down on.
Before, Xu Shao could not get close to Zuo Sheng and could only send people undercover. In these few years, the only person that got the closest to killing Zuo Sheng was also the one that died the most cruelly. But who could say that this method was ineffective?
No matter what, Xu Shao was prepared to start his plan from Lin Ze.
Then, Xu Shao immediately sent a few people to pay attention to Lin Ze’s whereabouts. Unfortunately, Lin Ze was always in Zuo residence and almost never left the residence. There was no way for Xu Shao’s people to enter the Zuo residence, which also meant that they had no way of reaching out to Lin Ze.
After hearing the news, Xu Shao was so angered he kicked the table.
On the other hand, Lu Yue was lying in Zuo Sheng’s embrace, his body full of love marks. It was obvious that they had just finished doing something.
Lu Yue carefully lifted his gaze, looking towards Zuo Sheng with endless amount of affection. This high and lofty man was sharing the same room as him. Lu Yue thought about this man belonging to him, he felt so lucky that tears almost fell.
Zuo Sheng saw his burning gaze and thought it was funny: “Why are you looking at me like this? Was it not enough?”
Lu Yue’s face flushed: “No… no…” These few days Zuo Sheng had been so gentle with him which was unlike himself, Lu Yue almost thought he was dreaming.
“Then do you have anything you want to say to me?” Zuo Sheng moved closer to Lu Yue’s eyes and realised he could see in Lu Yue’s limpid eyes, a clear reflection of himself.
“I want to go out for a while tomorrow.” Lu Yue nervously said, he was afraid Zuo Sheng wouldn’t agree, but tomorrow was an important day; he could not miss it.
Zuo Sheng heard what he said and did not speak, only using his eyes to quietly look at Lu Yue. Lu Yue thought Zuo Sheng was unhappy and hurriedly said: “I just want to go out for something, not run away, please believe me.” After saying that, Lu Yue even kissed the corner of Zuo Sheng’s lips with an innocent look.
Zuo Sheng was obviously happy to see Lu Yue curry favour with him, his mood could even be considered joyful, hence agreed saying: “Alright, then I’ll let you go tomorrow, I’ll arrange people to follow along.”
Lu Yue happily nodded his head, Zuo Sheng saying he’ll arrange men to follow him was within his expectations.
But the next day, 001 reminded Lu Yue that there was a satellite tapping device installed on his body, Lu Yue could not help but ridicule Zuo Sheng.
【Lu Yue：My man doesn’t believe me, my heart is heart really hurt!】
Ruthlessly refuting, 【001: Host’s body data is normal and does not show any signs of sadness. 】In other words, Host you should stop spewing nonsense.
Although Lu Yue has already been exposed, but he still did not change his expression. This Lu Goblin’s skin is abnormally thick.
Lu Yue was followed by six bodyguards, as what 001 said, these people are strong enough to face 10 people at once and they’ve followed Zuo Sheng for a long time, they were extremely loyal.
Looking at the tall figures behind him, Lu Yue could not help but suspect in his heart if Xu Shao’s men had the ability to take himself away. However, if a magnificent West District Boss did not even have this ability, isn’t it a little too inferior.
Lu Yue’s destination was a cemetery in the East District, the original host’s mother was buried here, and today is her death anniversary.
Actually, the original host had seen Zuo Sheng once. At that time, the original host’s mother had just found out she had contracted a serious illness and required a large sum of medical expenses. The original host had thought of several ways to get money but he was only 14 at that time and had no way to borrow money.
At that time, Zuo Sheng and Du Xiuran were affectionate. Zuo Sheng was out with Du Xiuran driving to have fun, Zuo Sheng was not paying attention and had hit a child, that child was Lin Ze.
That time, Lin Ze’s thigh had been scraped till blood came out and Zuo Sheng was also not such a cold-blooded person. When he saw that Lin Ze’s eyes resembled Du Xiuran’s, Zuo Sheng was ostentatious and gave Lin Ze a cheque for his medical bills, the cheque contained $200,000 in full.
Lin Ze relied on that $200,000 to extend his mother’s life, letting her live another 5 years.
Hence, in Lin Ze’s heart, Zuo Sheng was his benefactor.
Yes, Lu Yue had probed through the memories of the original host, the original host only felt gratitude towards Zuo Sheng, but now with Lu Yue here, it wasn’t only gratitude he felt, he completely fell for Zuo Sheng.
Sorting out his thoughts, Lu Yue was very satisfied with his interpretation of the situation. He knew Zuo Sheng already knew that they had an encounter before and also believes to a small extent that Lu Yue loves him, but he has not fully believed Lu Yue.
So, what Lu Yue wants to do now is to let Zuo Sheng fully believe him.
Looks like he needs to perform a crying show.
Lu Yue stood still in front of a stone tablet, at the centre of the stone tablet was a picture of a woman; his mother.
The youth standing there saw the woman in the picture smiling at him, his throat had a sour taste. Lu Yue called out lowly: “Mother……”
That voice held so much longing and sadness, the youth voice was very hoarse and had a depressing feel to it. Upon hearing the voice through the monitor, the man on the other side felt an obvious shock through his heart.
“Mother, it’s me Xiao Ze, I’ve come to see you.” The tears of the youth came out uncontrollably, on the other side, Zuo Sheng ineffably thought of the youth’s pitiful look when he cries which really makes anyone want to hug and console him.
“Mother, I really miss you. Do you miss me?”
The youth obviously did not receive an answer, but continued talking to the photograph: “Mother, you definitely don’t know but after you left, father sold me away……”
“He was really heartless, right?”
“But you need not worry, my luck was very good and met that person.” Speaking up to this point, the corner of the youth’s lips quirked up, his tone had also lightened up.
“His name is Zuo Sheng, he’s that person that helped us before.”
“He’s really powerful and has many people under his hand. Many people are scared of him, sometimes I am scared of him as well.”
“He’s changed a little from the past right? But that’s alright, I know that it’s definitely not his fault.”
“Mother, I love him.”
When the youth was done speaking, the flowers in his hand were placed gently in front of the woman and he proceeded to stand.
At this time 001 suddenly rang【Target’s blackening value -10! Current blackening value 65! 】
At the moment, Zuo Sheng’s heart had a large fluctuation. The youth’s crying voice, his voice emotionally professing his love for him left had left a large ripple in his heart. He had investigated Lin Ze’s affairs before and their only connection was that accident.
He never thought that Lin Ze would have kept himself in his heart for so long. The youth that carefully said that he loved him was serious.
Zuo Sheng’s pupil flashed and told the bodyguards: “Do not make any mistakes.”
When Zuo Sheng was just done speaking, Xu Shao could not help but start his movement.
Lu Yue looked at the people that had sprung out suddenly, his face revealed a shocked look but his heart was ridiculing: they are really a group of wastes, they took so long to come!
【001: Host are you not scared?】
【Lu Yue: Am I not being scared right now?】
001 decided not to talk anymore, as long as Lu Goblin was happy.
Xu Shao sent a lot of people, in less than half an hour, the 6 bodyguards were all knocked down.
When Lu Yue was made to faint and taken away, he quickly asked 001 to keep him awake.
Reminding him, 【001: Great Host, they purposely let you be taken away. 】
【Lu Yue: What’s the situation?】
【001: Xu Shao’s moves were long known by Zuo Sheng, there are still many of his men around. Host why didn’t he save you?】
Suddenly bursting into a smile, 【Lu Yue: He wanted Xu Shao to take me, at the same time to test me. 】
Stunned, 【001: He still doesn’t believe you? His blackening value just dropped! 】
【Lu Yue: It should be. Zuo Sheng hates betrayal the most, he’s not sure if I would betray him after Xu Shao’s capture, so there will be a knot in his heart.】
【001: Then what should we do?】
Sprouting a confident smile, 【Lu Yue: Of course, it’s better to die than submit. At this time, we need to steady our position. 】
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The author wants to say:
Hehe, we love this routine!
Translator’s Notes:
[1] got – The raws used ‘get’ in English but I changed it to fix the grammar.
[2] naked – 赤果果 a slang to censor the actual word for naked, 赤裸裸. Took me a long time to figure that out haha.
[3] Lu Goblin – 卢小妖精 not very sure what does this translate to,, could be coquettish young girl or goblin so help please!
[4] Xiao Ze – 小泽 is a nickname, directly translates to Little Ze.
[5] do not make any mistakes – 不准出岔子 not sure what this translates to again,, help!
Notes:
This chapter was 3k Chinese characters translated to 2.2k English words! Longest chapter yet.
Docs didn’t save my document and I had to retranslate more than half this chapter today, so sorry for the delay!
Yan Bin that had just been splashed with water and suffered Lu Yue’s antipathy hasn’t seemed to grasp the situation, it was as if he hadn’t anticipated Lu Yue’s reaction.
“Brother Zuo, I never thought your pet would have such an explosive anger, but I like it. Just say something and let me bring him away.”
Zuo Sheng also didn’t expect Lu Yue to be so agitated, that expression of humiliation and hatred was like a fire, the temperature high enough to startle people’s hearts.
Zuo Sheng stood up, called for Housekeeper Wang: “Bring the guest out.”
Housekeeper Wang bowed: “Yes, Master Zuo.”
Yan Bin hasn’t responded but widened his eyes and exclaimed: “Hey, Brother Zuo, why don’t you reply me?”
The footsteps of the man walking upstairs halted: “He’s mine.”
Yan Bin looked at the person that could actually say those kinds of words, his mouth opened as if an egg got shoved into it. Is that still Zuo Sheng? That tone clearly held extreme lust, my god, looks like that new pet is really disastrous.
【001: Host! Host! The blackening value dropped!】
【Lu Yue: Isn’t this a very normal thing? He never expected me to be an untamed horse, the type to not let anyone but him touch. In his eyes, I am a rare pet that is loyal to its master.】
001’s screen appeared three black lines, to be able to indifferently call himself a pet is seriously something to admire too.
Suddenly, 【001: Host! Host! Zuo Sheng is coming up, he’s about to reach the door! 】
【Lu Yue: Alright, in a moment there will be some scenes unsuitable for young children, you should return first! 】
Happily smiling, 【001: Then, Great Host good luck! I’ll withdraw first! 】
Zuo Sheng arrived at the door, reached out his hand to push the door but it didn’t open.
He actually locked the door? Looks like he really is angry.
Zuo Sheng’s brow minutely furrowed, pressing against the door: “Open the door.” After a few minutes, the room was still silent.
“I know that you’re inside, hurry and open the door.”
Zuo Sheng’s tone was laced with a little impatience, after all, a pet locking its door and refusing to see its owner would cause anyone to be unhappy.
Coincidentally, Wang Housekeeper came up and upon seeing this scene: “Master Zuo, do you want to take the spare keys?”
Zuo Sheng nodded: “Mn.”
Wang Housekeeper walked while shaking his head, daring to act rashly because of his own feelings towards Master Zuo, this Lin Ze’s courage is very big. Those people that came in the past, not one dared to be ostentatious towards Master Zuo. The only one that dared was also the one that died in the most miserable way.
Zuo Sheng received the key and opened the door, easily seeing the person huddled up inside the blanket, Zuo Sheng wasn’t sure why, but his previous unpleasant feeling dissipated by more than half.
Walking to the side of the bed, he realised Lu Yue had kept himself tightly wrapped under the covers. Is he trying to suffocate himself?
“Put your head out.”
After hearing his voice, the person in the blanket trembled. Just now using water to splash at Yan Bin had consumed all of his courage and now he doesn’t dare face Zuo Sheng. He had used such attitude towards Zuo Sheng’s good brother, Zuo Sheng should be really angry right?
Would he not want me anymore?
As if knowing what Lu Yue was thinking, Zuo Sheng patiently said: “Not to worry, Yan Bin has already left, I did not agree.”
The body in the blanket shook, tears that he was determined to hold back had all started to fall.
Then, a tear-stained face poked out of the blanket, Lu Yue miserably said: “Master Zuo… Don’t abandon me, I won’t be able to take it…”
The youth’s eyes were bright red, with his black irises staring intently at you it makes people associate him with a pet that has been abandoned by its owner, it makes people have a feeling of wanting to carefully embrace and comfort him.
Actually, Zuo Sheng had already done this. He carefully embraced Lu Yue, his hand wiping the tears in the corner of Lu Yue’s eye, a seldom seen warmth in his voice sounded: “Don’t cry anymore, are you a woman?”
Although Lu Yue was embarrassed to be called a woman, but now he was not in the right mind to think about it. The tender Zuo Sheng was a fatal □□ to Lu Yue, he just wanted to drown in it.
“I will not not want you.” As long as you do not betray me.
Lu Yue stared at him in a daze, he could still feel Zuo Sheng’s warmth at where he wiped his tears. Lu Yue wanted to stretch the corners of his mouth to a grin, but not knowing why, the tears still fell uncontrollably.
Zuo Sheng gently smiled: “If you use so much strength to cry, you should think about how you will call out in bed later, hm?”
“Master Zuo?” Lu Yue’s face turned red at an instant, his body subconsciously shrank back into the blanket, but in a second he was lifted out and carried by Zuo Sheng.
“Ah! Master… Master Zuo!”
“Don’t talk, I’m bringing you to shower.”
Lu Yue is very thin; it was inconceivable how light he was when being carried. Zuo Sheng took quick steps to the bathroom, as if peeling an eggshell, he swiftly unclothed Lu Yue. The youth’s skin was as fair as always, it’s just that when seen under the light, it has a very alluring lustre.
Thinking back to when Yan Bin actually fondled this body, Zuo Sheng’s face darkened. This was clearly a pet that he owned, yet he was actually touched by someone else.
Lu Yue saw that Zuo Sheng’s complexion had suddenly turned bad, he thought that Zuo Sheng was angry at what he has done, so he took the initiative to apologise first: “I’m sorry Master Zuo, I’ve troubled you.”
The youth’s careful expression and jittery body had pleased Zuo Sheng, the anger in his heart had been reduced by more than half. Leaning at the edge of the bathtub, Zuo Sheng pinched Lu Yue’s chin: “Now you know how to be scared? Wasn’t your courage very big just now?”
“It… was accidental, I just didn’t want to be touched by him…” Lu Yue’s head was bowed very low, but in his eyes, there was some grievances. Zuo Sheng’s command to “serve him” just now almost took his life.
Zuo Sheng raised his head: “Are you blaming me?”
Lu Yue unhappily remained silent, to say that I don’t blame you would be a lie, his heart now was a little panicky. He knew that to Zuo Sheng, he was nothing more than a pet, he had no qualifications to blame Zuo Sheng, but he really could not say the sentence “I actually did not mind”.
“What if I apologised to you?”
Apologise? Lu Yue thought he had heard wrongly, whipping his head towards Zuo Sheng. Zuo Sheng is going to apologise to me?
“It’s my fault, I’m sorry.” Zuo Sheng had never imagined himself apologising to a pet, although he was a little unwilling, occasionally letting down his attitude to coax a pet to be happy could be done.
Sure enough, after hearing that sentence Lu Yue immediately froze, after he felt his heart wash over with ecstasy. He thought, could it be that Master Zuo is starting to like me? Lu Yue even fantasized, did Zuo Sheng think of him as a sweetheart?
But Lu Yue’s thoughts only lasted for a few seconds, because in the next instant, his lips had been forcefully captured by someone, the aggressive exchange of breaths poured into his mouth, Lu Yue had been kissed to oblivion.
The air was filled with the shameful sound of saliva exchange, rationality out of their minds, □□ started to dominate their bodies. The end result was, Zuo Sheng pressing the youth down in the bathtub and rolling around for two rounds, continuing with it on the bed, even when Lu Yue had passed out, Zuo Sheng did not stop.
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The author wants to say:
Today I ate hotpot, I feel great. Oh right, thank you to the cuties that commented and bookmarked (this story). Although this book is still laying as a corpse, but I believe, there will be a day where we ascend to the major list.
Alright Y(^o^)Y, this also comes with the premise of if I continue to work hard.
Translator Notes:
[1] disastrous – 不得了 used as an expression of wonderful, enough to shake the world.
[2] three black lines – this emoji! -_-|||
[3] brother – 兄弟 is used to refer Yan Bin as Zuo Sheng’s really close friend.
[4] □□ – originally in the text.
[5] I – this ‘I’ is used when emperors refer to themselves.
Notes:
This chapter was 2.1k Chinese characters translated to 1.5k English words. Next chapter is taking a lot of time to translate :”
My exams just started and I may not be able to post the next chapter on Monday; but I’ll try my best!!
As Lu Yue was walking down, Yan Bin’s sight swiftly swept over to him, his eyes never leaving Lu Yue’s body; as if he’d discovered a disastrous treasure
【Lu Yue: Quick help me see, how high is Yan Bin’s affection towards me?】
【001: 60.】
【Lu Yue: 60, we’ve just met and it’s already so high, very good, the next step will be easy to do.】
Lu Yue perceived an uncomfortable gaze, raised his head to look at Yan Bin before realising that the other’s eyes were glued to his body, and he didn’t know how to avoid it at all.
Being stared with this kind of look, anyone would be unhappy. But this seems to be a guest of Master Zuo so I can’t be disrespectful.
Lu Yue pursed his lips tightly, no longer paying attention to that impolite stare, directly walking towards Zuo Sheng.
“Master Zuo, let me pour the wine for you.”
“Mn.”
These few days Lu Yue has been doing these actions and Zuo Sheng has not said anything about it. In any case, if the pet could please its owner, there was nothing more for him to say.
Lu Yue got Zuo Sheng’s permission and smiled happily. His appearance was originally very beautiful, but today he seems to be more alluring than yesterday. Due to their close proximity, Zuo Sheng could clearly see the dark blue blood vessels hidden under his fair nape; which made him want to get a taste of the blood.
Just as Zuo Sheng became aware of his unrestrained thoughts, Yan Bin suddenly spoke up.
“Brother Zuo, is this your new pet? Could I borrow him for 2 days?”
Suddenly hearing Yan Bin’s words, Lu Yue’s hand shook as he was pouring the wine. He inwardly gritted his teeth, pet? He actually regarded me as a pet? What borrow for 2 days, that’s… too humiliating.
If he wasn’t Master Zuo’s guest, Lu Yue would’ve thrown a cup of tea at his face earlier on.
Zuo Sheng saw the faint indignation in Lu Yue’s eyes and suddenly felt that things have become interesting. From that day on, Lu Yue had always been obedient, just like a rabbit. The sudden anger really shocked him.
Zuo Sheng smirked: “Oh, you’ve taken a fancy to him?”
Zuo Sheng’s tone was very peaceful with no way of making out what his meaning was, at the moment Lu Yue’s heart was very tense.
Master Zuo… Master Zuo didn’t reject, does that mean he wants to send me away? This… can’t be right? Recalling he previous days. Master Zuo was always good to him and never lost his temper, I didn’t do anything wrong either. Could it be… he’s sick of me?
Thinking of that possibility, Lu Yue paled. He looked at Zuo Sheng, wanting to ask about it, but Zuo Sheng never glanced in his direction.
Noticing that Zuo Sheng did not reject, Yan Bin was hopeful, laughing: “I seemed to have fallen for him at first sight, just like a television drama, that’s right, it’s love at first sight. Brother Zuo, give him to me!”
Just now was to borrow for 2 days, now he requested for him. Zuo Sheng used one hand to play with the rim of his cup, his eyes dark.
With a smile yet not a smile, Zuo Sheng turned to Lu Yue; “I never expected you to be a person of high demand.”
A deathly pale face and flustered eyes: “Master Zuo…” don’t give me to someone else.
Zuo Sheng disregarded his begging eyes, but he didn’t agree to Yan Bin either; he commanded: “Help the guest pour wine.”
Lu Yue was very unwilling, seeing Yan Bin’s smiling face made him feel very annoyed, but Master Zuo’s command could not be violated.
Lu Yue took a deep breath, unwillingly walked to Yan Bin’s to pour the wine.
Yan Bin looked at the person within his reach, his lips happily hooking up. Of course, he could see the unwillingness in Lu Yue’s eyes and although he does not like to force people, he wasn’t sure why but upon seeing Lu Yue it was as if watching a new-born white rabbit timidly stretching its head out, simply too innocent and pitiful.
The more he looked, the more his heart itched; finally deciding to take action.
Lu Yue originally thought of quickly pouring the wine and leave Yan Bin’s side, but just as he put the pot of wine down, his whole body had been scooped into Yan Bin’s embrace, dammit!
Lu Yue panicked and struggled instantly, but Yan Bin’s arm continued to confine him without moving. Lu Yue immediately looked over at Zuo Sheng with pleading eyes: “Master Zuo, I…”
Zuo Sheng’s eyelid twitched.
“Serve him.”
That one sentence sent Lu Yue to hell.
Yan Bin smiled brightly: “Thanks, Brother Zuo!”
Lu Yue no longer looked at Zuo Sheng as he felt a layer of frost cover his heart, with one touch and it could break.
He stiffly sat on Yan Bin’s thigh, allowing Yan Bin to grope his body.
Yan Bin seemed to really like Lu Yue, one moment pinching his cheeks, another ruffling his hair. He even asked for Lu Yue’s name, repeatedly praising him for being cute.
Only Lu Yue knows in his heart how much he resented this stranger.
Zuo Sheng sitting on the opposite end watched his new pet with a composed face, as if looking at something insignificant. Just that the fingers holding the wine glass unconsciously tightened their grip.
You’ll just let him touch you?
Looking at Lu Yue’s expressionless face, Zuo Sheng suddenly felt very angry. It was as if he forgot who was the one that just gave out the command.
Just as Yan Bin put his right hand into Lu Yue’s pants, Lu Yue immediately opened his eyes, he could not tolerate it anymore and started struggling.
Yan Bin never expected Lu Yue to be so stirred up, he was practically struggling as if his life depended on it.
“Xiao Ze, what happened, did I hurt you?”
Who said I was Xiao Ze! Disgusting!
Lu Yue glared with his two red eyes, not caring if Yan Bin was Zuo Sheng’s guest, directly taking the leftover herbal tea and splashing it onto Yan Bin’s hateful face.
“You’re not allowed to continue touching me!”
After saying that, Lu Yue didn’t dare to look at Zuo Sheng’s face and rushed upstairs, locking the door to his room.
【Ding! Target’s blackening value -5, current blackening value 75!】
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The author wants to say:
Sorry, I had a writer’s block yesterday, didn’t continue (writing?). I’ll publish this first; we’ll see if I can publish a second chapter at night.
Translator Notes:
[1] disastrous – 不得了 used as an expression of wonderful, enough to shake the world.
[2] Xiao Ze – 小泽 a nickname for Lin Ze, directly translates to Little Ze
Notes:
I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter! It’s my first time translating so I was a little stressed. I really acknowledge translators that translate long stories now, this was about 1.7k Chinese characters translated to about 1.1k English words. I had shortened this chapter too since BLmybae had already translated this chapter, but I redid it as my source did not follow her chapters.
This took me a shorter time than expected, I took around 1 hour to read and translate briefly and another hour to fully translate it. Not bad for my first time I guess.
My exams start this week so hopefully I can keep up with translating and releasing one chapter per week.
If there’s any errors do comment them so that I can edit!
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