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Chapter 6: Meeting The Male Lead From The Original Novel For The First Time
Translator: Exodus Tales
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At that time, although Qin Chuan did not have a prominent identity, he was still a special existence for Jian Yiling.
It was a pity that after he stopped being her private tutor, Jian Yiling had lost all contact with Qin Chuan.
However, Jian Yiling had never forgotten him.
When Jian Yiling saw Qin Chuan again, he was the same as she how she remembered him. However, he had grown more mature and his identity had changed too. He turned from a penniless boy to a corporate big shot.
However, Jian Yiling didn't care about those things. She only knew that she liked him and when she was abandoned by the rest of the world, he was the only one who stayed with her.
However, Qin Chuan had fallen in love with Mo Shiyun.
Compared to Jian Yiling who had been pampered and spoiled since a child, he got along better with Mo Shiyun who relied on her own efforts to achieve results. Both of them loved each other and became an ideal couple where the man was talented and the woman was beautiful.
And at that time, Jian Yiling had become completely paranoid. As she couldn't give up Qin Chuan, she decided to destroy him.
She would destroy what she couldn't get.
However, in the end, the only person she managed to ruin was herself.
Even if the Jian Yiling of right now knew that Qin Chuan was going to be the leader of the wealthiest individuals in Beijing, she had no interest in him.
Jian Yiling didn't want to get involved with Qin Chuan. When she got told that Qin Chuan was in her brother's study room, Jian Yiling hid in her room and didn't go out.
However, Jian Yiling could avoid him for a day, but she couldn't avoid him forever.
Soon, Jian Yuncheng came to Jian Yiling's study to come find her. He wanted her to go to his study room to talk.
Jian Yiling followed him and listened to him about the matters of finding her a private tutor.
That was the first time that Qin Chuan met Jian Yiling.
She was a relatively petite girl who wore a white sweater and slim black pants.
With long hair, pale skin, and large eyes, she had the usual good looks of the Jian family.
This was also the first time that Jian Yiling had officially met Qin Chuan. As he was the male lead, his attractiveness did not have to be questioned.
He also had a contradictory temperament. Although he was a poor student who needed to work to earn enough tuition, he also exuded a noble feeling.
Jian Yiling knew that this contradictory temperament was due to his special background. Although he was currently poor, he would become someone that the Jian family would look up to in the future.
Jian Yuncheng introduced him to Jian Yiling, "This is Qin Chuan. He will be your private tutor from today onwards. During the week that you're taking off from school, he'll be responsible for your studies. After that, when you return to school, he'll come over on the weekends and give you supplementary lessons. Qin Chuan graduated from the No.1 High School here in Hengyuan. And now, he's attending Hengyuan's best university. He has top marks for studies and great behavior at school. You need to learn well from him."
In fact, Qin Chuan could attend the best universities in the country with his college entrance exam marks.
However, his mother was always sick and his family didn't have the money.
In an attempt to save money and take care of his mother, Qin Chuan decided to stay in Hengyuan City.
"Got it," Jian Yiling answered simply.
Jian Yiling's attitude was rather rigid. For her, accepting a private tutor was her way of saying that she was willing to accept their good intentions.
However, her soft voice accompanied by her appearance stunned Qin Chuan. It made him think of her as obedient and understanding.
As Qin Chuan looked at her, he felt that Jian Yiling was quite different from what he had heard.
Since he was coming to become a private tutor for the Jian family, Qin Chuan had inquired about the family situation beforehand.
At the same time, he knew what had happened at Shenghua High School from the numerous posts on the online forum.
Everyone was saying that Jian Yiling has always been oppressive and overbearing. Apparently, she had pushed her brother Jian Yunnao down the stairs. Students in the school thus requested the school to expel Jian Yiling.
However, Qin Chuan knew of the influence the Jian family had in Hengyuan City. As long as the Jian family did not give up on Jian Yiling, the school would definitely not expel her.
Despite knowing that Jian Yiling was not easy to deal with, he still took the job from Jian Yuncheng. This was simply because of the price Jian Yuncheng had offered him and he desperately needed money.
As long as he could earn enough money for his living expenses and his mother's medical expenses, it didn't matter if the process was difficult. A troublesome and difficult student shouldn't be what he should consider.
However, after seeing the girl in person, Qin Chuan was surprised to find out that the girl did not appear to be as arrogant and unreasonable as the rumors had told.
He couldn't yet finalize whether it was because the rumors were wrong or the girl was just pretending to be obedient.
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Chapter 7: She Seems Very Timid
Translator: Exodus Tales
Editor: Exodus Tales
"Yiling will trouble you for a while then," Jian Yuncheng said to Qin Chuan. To which Qin Chuan replied, "Don't worry."
"Then let's start today. You'll have to work quite hard this week."
"That is fine."
Working hard wasn't a problem. If he did private tutoring every day, this meant that he could get a generous pay daily.
And Jian Yuncheng had promised him that he would pay the tuition fees at the end of every day.
This would be able to solve the problems that he had with paying the medical expenses of his mother's hospitalization.
If he were to be completely honest, Jian Yiling taking a break from school was timely assistance for Qin Chuan.
Afterward, Qin Chuan went with Jian Yiling to her study room.
Jian Yiling's study room was more like a little girl. The Jian family only had one daughter, so of course, they had raised her like a little princess. The study room was delicate and filled with the color pink.
Jian Yiling certainly did not like this pink theme. It didn't fit her inner temperament at all.
However, Jian Yiling didn't have time to modify the layout and style of her room. She had more important things to do.
As soon as Qin Chuan entered Jian Yiling's study room, he felt the vibe of a young immature girl.
It seemed like she was indeed the little princess of the Jian family. But according to the words he had heard from the forum, they had called her a devil.
Qin Chuan did not have any interest in this little girl. It didn't matter to him whether she was a devil or a princess, she was just a task that he needed to complete.
Qin Chuan took out the test paper Jian Yiling did for her last monthly exam.
Jian Yiling only just started at high school. The results of her first monthly exam were incredibly poor.
Out of Chinese, Mathematics, English, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geography, Politics, and History, she had failed six units and passed the remaining three with low grades.
Her academic performance could be described as 'tragic'.
Qin Chuan asked Jian Yiling to re-correct the wrong questions on the test paper.
"I'll correct them myself first. If there are any mistakes, you can point them out for me," Jian Yiling said as she tried to avoid as much contact with Qin Chuan as possible.
Jian Yiling was still not used to communicating with people so she spoke slower than normal people.
When Qin Chuan saw Jian Yiling insisting to do it that way, he did not force her to do it some other way. He sat down on the sofa next to her and waited for Jian Yiling to finish the questions.
Jian Yiling took advantage of Qin Chuan not paying attention to place the test paper underneath something. She took out her phone and started typing.
If Qin Chuan were to walk over right now, he would see that all the words that Jian Yiling was typing were English.
After a while, Qin Chuan came over to check how Jian Yiling was progressing with correcting the mistakes.
When Qin Chuan came over, Jian Yiling hid her phone and acted seemingly focused on the problem.
Qin Chuan glanced over the question that Jian Yiling was answering.
He found out that although Jian Yiling had only corrected one question, she did it right.
There were no problems with her problem-solving procedure either.
The progress was a bit slow, so Qin Chuan decided to explain the questions whilst Jian Yiling corrected her questions.
As Qin Chuan approached, Jian Yiling carefully swiped her phone from under the test paper onto her thigh.
Qin Chuan didn't see Jian Yiling's phone. He only saw her cowering.
It seemed like she was very timid?
Qin Chuan didn't think too much into it and began to explain a question to Jian Yiling.
Qin Chuan spoke incredibly well. He explained a complicated topic into simple words making it easy to understand. When he talked about key points, Qin Chuan took a pen and paper from Jian Yiling and wrote it down so it would be convenient for her to review later.
While he was holding the pen and paper, Qin Chuan accidentally touched Jian Yiling's hands. Jian Yiling had immediately avoided him.
Her reaction was akin to a frightened little rabbit.
At that moment, Qin Chuan felt as though he had bullied a little girl.
However, Jian Yiling only reacted that way because she was afraid to have contact with strangers. Especially if the stranger was Qin Chuan. That sort of reaction was instinctive to her.
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Chapter 8: Returning to the Old Jian Residence (1)
Translator: Exodus Tales
Editor: Exodus Tales
At night, after Jian Shuxing returned from the company, he took Jian Yiling to the old Jian Residence.
Jian Yiling's grandparents had heard about what had happened in the past two days, so they wanted Jian Shuxing to bring Jian Yiling over.
Jian Yunnao's situation was quite serious as it affected his future. Jian Shuxing didn't want to hide it from his parents.
The grandparents of the Jian family lived alone in the old Jian Residence. Their children had all become independent.
However, when anything happened, everyone would still go back to the old Jian Residence.
Whenever it was Chinese New Year or other festivities, they would all go to accompany their grandparents.
It took half an hour's drive to get to the old Jian Residence.
When they arrived at the door, the black iron gates opened automatically and the car drove into the courtyard.
The old Jian Residence has a typical medieval-styled European building.
In the old Jian Residence, the grandparents had been waiting for a long time already.
Although Grandpa Jian had retired, he remained imposing.
Whilst he had white hair and a thin body, his bones were still sturdy. However, when he was young, he had not taken care of himself well, so when the weather was bad, his bones would hurt again.
Grandma Jian also had white hair, but she remained dignified and had a sense of nobility around her.
As soon as Jian Shuzhen entered the door holding Jian Yiling's hands, Grandma Jian came over and pulled Jian Yiling to her side.
"My precious child, were you scared?" Grandma Jian asked as she leaned over and comforted Jian Yiling.
"Mum, this time it was Yiling who did something wrong," Jiang Shuxing said whilst frowning. When his mother acted that way, it made it seem like Yiling was the one who was wronged.
Grandma Jian did not care at all, "Stop your nonsense. How much strength would Yiling have? To be able to push someone off the stairs? And besides, Yunnao is her brother, how could Yiling intentionally push him off? He fell off by himself accidentally when they were arguing. And he has to say that Yiling pushed him on purpose. Is this how you act like a father? Yiling isn't a bad child!"
Unlike her parents, Grandma Jian firmly believed in Jian Yiling.
Grandma Jian had given birth to three sons herself. She didn't have a daughter and she had always wanted one.
She didn't have any hope of having another child herself, so she could only count on her sons.
However, who would have thought that her three sons have birth to eight grandsons! Not one of them being a girl.
Grandma Jian was rather confused at that.
Finally, after the birth of Jian Yiling, there was a baby girl in the family. Grandma Jian had been incredibly delighted.
Naturally, she cared for her granddaughter more than the other grandchildren.
She frequently called Jian Yiling to come over to educate her herself.
Grandma Jian had so many grandchildren. However, the one who stayed with her the longest was Jian Yiling. Before Jian Yiling turned five, Grandma Jian brought her up half the time.
This was the child that she had brought up. She knew in her heart what Yiling would and would not do.
Grandma Jian felt that although the child was a bit arrogant and didn't have a great temper, she was not bad at heart. And it was due to this, that she would definitely not push her brother off the stairs!
As for the temper, what was wrong with that? She was the only daughter of the Jian family.
Jian Shuxing sighed, "Mother, you can not indulge and spoil Yiling like this. Yiling did something wrong. Wen Nuan and I are trying our best to teach her. When you do this, you put all our efforts into waste."
Grandma Jian refused to listen, "And? What's the matter? Are you saying that I don't teach well? Did I not bring up the three of you? And now that I'm old, do you think that I can't teach children?"
"Mother, that's not what I meant..." Jian Shuxing said as he tried to explain. How did he become the unfilial son all of a sudden when he was trying to explain?
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Chapter 9: Returning to the Old Jian Residence (2)
Translator: Exodus Tales
Editor: Exodus Tales
"Anyhow, Yiling didn't do anything wrong! I believe her! Also, fire the servant in your house. Since Yiling doesn't like her, why are you keeping her? You spend money for a servant to take care of her master, not to make the master upset!" Grandma Jian turned her head away. She spoke in a way where she was not going to change her mind at all.
Jian Yiling looked at the two people arguing in front of her. She stretched out her hand and pulled at Grandma Jian's sleeve.
Grandma Jian lowered her head to look at her.
"Don't argue, I am in the wrong."
Jian Yiling was indeed partly wrong. She shouldn't have argued with her brother because he made friends with someone of the opposite gender.
On this issue, the original Jian Yiling was indeed guilty of being narrow-minded and petty.
As for whether or not she pushed him, Jian Yiling didn't want to make a meaningless argument.
Insisting that she didn't do it in front of her grandparents, yet not being able to produce any evidence would only disappoint her parents and brothers even more. There would not be any positive effects.
"Yiling, you... " Grandma Jian said in surprise.
Hearing Jian Yiling sincerely say these words made Jian Shuxing's heart feel touched.
He could see that this time, she knew where she went wrong.
At that moment, Grandpa Jian who had remained silent ever since Jian Yiling entered the room spoke, "Yiling, come here."
Grandpa Jian waved at Jian Yiling.
After hesitating for a moment, Jian Yiling approached him carefully.
Grandpa Jian sat on the sofa and stretched out his hand to pat Jian Yiling's head. "I had originally wanted you to come over to ask how your father dealt with the situation. Given that you admitted your mistake by yourself, this makes grandpa very pleased."
Similar to Grandma Jian, Grandpa Jian had also pampered his only granddaughter a bit more. If there was anything his granddaughter wanted, nothing was stopping him from giving it to her.
However, Grandpa Jian was the head of the Jian family. And this time, the person who got severely affected was a child from the Jian family. It was necessary to sort out what was right and wrong.
Grandpa Jian's face finally calmed down and he said to his darling granddaughter, "I'll think of what happened to your brother as an event of the past. After all, investigating it further will not change the fact that your brother's hand is injured. However, there should be punishment. Everything that needs to be done afterward has to be done! Also, do not repeat this incidence. Do you understand?"
Jian Yiling nodded.
Grandpa Jian continued, "It doesn't matter if you're ruthless to outsiders as a child of the Jian family. But you absolutely must not hurt anyone in the family. Considering that you are young and that this is the first offense, we won't go on further about this matter."
Jian Yiling nodded again.
Jian Yiling didn't doubt at all that Grandpa Jian would punish her.
In the original novel, it was Grandpa Jian that ordered Jian Yiling to be kicked out of the Jian family.
However, Grandma Jian couldn't stand looking at this anymore. She stepped forward and pulled Jian Yiling away from Grandpa Jian.
"You old man! Why are you so fierce to her? Are you trying to scare her!"
Although Grandma Jian said that, she was still afraid of what Grandpa Jian could do.
Or else, she wouldn't have waited until Grandpa Jian had finished talking to come in and resolve the dispute.
Grandma Jian and Grandpa Jian have supported and loved each other for a long time. They knew a lot about each other and their temperaments.
For small things, she could do what she wanted and he would listen to her.
However, on serious matters, whatever Grandpa Jian said would be stuck to.
If she wasn't tactful, they wouldn't have remained together for this long.
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Chapter 10: Master Sheng From Beijing
Translator: Exodus Tales
Editor: Exodus Tales
Grandma Jian went up and comforted Jian Yiling again, "Okay, good girl. If you do something wrong, admit it, but never do it again! If someone makes you angry again, don't be so impulsive. If you don't know what to do, talk to grandma."
Grandma Jian consistently defended her granddaughter despite knowing that she was in the wrong.
She defended the Jian family, and especially Jian Yiling.
Jian Yiling and Jian Shuxing stayed back at the Old Jian Residence for dinner.
After the meal, everyone sat together and sipped tea.
At this time, Grandpa Jian asked about a recent event that was noteworthy that occurred in Hengyuan city.
"I heard that that man from Beijing has come to Hengyuan City?"
Although Grandpa Jian wasn't clear with his words, Jian Shuxing knew exactly who he was talking about. There were only a few people who were worthy to be mentioned by Grandpa Jian.
"Yes, he's here," Jian Shuxing had already confirmed the news.
The news was deliberately released by the Zhai family. It was done so that everyone in Hengyuan City would keep watch of this man.
"Then you should pay attention to it. Try to keep some distance from him. That man from the Zhai family is most troublesome. If something were to happen, it will be difficult to deal with." Even Grandpa Jian was worried about this matter.
"Don't worry dad. I know." Jian Shuxing said as he knew what was going on, "But Dad, I don't understand why the Zhai family is so nervous. Even though he is the only child of the Zhai family, he is an adult already. They shouldn't be..."
Jian Shuxing was rather confused on how the Zhai family treated their child.
Grandpa Jian signed, "This Master Sheng is not only the only child of the Zhai family. He also has a weak heart from birth. If something happens, he will die. His life was protected by the Zhai family from birth till now."
This information was revealed to Grandpa Jian by a good friend in Beijing. This wasn't a secret in Beijing.
Jian Shuzhen continued, "I don't know what relationship Master Sheng has with the Tianxing Group. I don't understand why he came all the way to Hengyuan City. I not only received the news from the Zhai family in Beijing, but I also received news from the Tianxing Group."
Grandpa Jian also knew the reason for that. "Tianxing Group's leader is no other than the second master of the Zhai family. He is the uncle of Master Sheng. In his early years, this second master was a ruthless character. He couldn't be disciplined and constantly caused trouble. In fact, he made quite of few enemies. When one of his enemies came to find him, his older brother died trying to save him. And thus, this caused him to completely correct his former misdeeds. He feels as though he owes his elder brother and so all these years, he hasn't married. Other than work, he takes care of his nephew. He has even announced to the public that his business empire is going to be left to his nephew."
Most people didn't know the reason behind all this. Grandpa Jian had only heard from his former friend.
It was because the second Master of the Zhai family felt that he owed his brother and his family, he never mentioned that he was from the Zhai family when he initially entered the business world. Everyone only knew that his surname was Zhai.
"I didn't expect the Tianxing Group to have such a relationship with the Zhai family."
This was indeed quite shocking. The Jian family's background or strength could not be compared to the Tianxing Group nor the Zhai family.
Jian Yiling was holding a teacup and took small sips as she listened to her father and grandpa talk.
Beijing and the surname was Sheng.
A name suddenly popped up in Jian Yiling's mind.
It was him! The villain of this book! He was the biggest threat to the male lead after he returned to Beijing!