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Chapter 1376: Love Triangle (4)
Translator: Exodus Tales
Editor: Exodus Tales
When Long Yuetian looked at Zhai Zhongshen, she suddenly no longer knew what to say.
Was she going to go back on her words? Was she going to state that they were merely planning to marry for a mutually beneficial relationship? Saying such a thing did not appear appropriate for the occasion.
Pain flashed through Cheng Yi’s heart.
“Yuetian, are you together… With the Second Master of the Zhai family?” Cheng Yi asked. His face appeared to be in pain.
The bitter taste of loss flooded his heart.
If they were dating, he couldn’t do anything.
After all, he had no intentions to ruin someone else’s relationship.
However, if this was just wishful thinking on Zhai Zhongshen’s part, then he wouldn’t give up easily. Even if his love rival was Zhai Zhongshen, he was still willing to compete against him for Long Yuetian’s love.
Everyone looked at Long Yuetian and waited for her response.
Long Yuetian took a deep breath and said: “I indeed have intentions to marry the Second Master of the Zhai family. I think this way because it’s beneficial for both families if we get married. On top of this, I also believe we should be able to get along harmoniously if we get married.”
Long Yuetian decided to tell the truth.
Cheng Yi was relieved to hear that Long Yuetian did not like Zhai Zhongshen romantically.
However, at the same time, he was presented with a more serious problem. If Long Yuetian decided to be with Zhai Zhongshen because he was suitable, what could he do?
When Long Xiao heard his daughter’s response, he did not look happy. Instead, a solemn expression appeared on his face.
He said to his daughter sincerely: “Yuetian, even though I constantly urge you to get into a relationship or get married, and even though I asked you to consider the other person’s family background and status, everything is based on the premise that you like the other person. You need to like them romantically. Just because they’re suitable, doesn’t mean they’re the best match for you. You don’t need to pick someone to support the Long family or the Long Heng Group.”
Then, Long Xiao turned to apologize to Zhai Zhongshen: “Second Master of the Zhai family, I apologize for my daughter. She was young and ignorant to make such a deal with you. However, I do not approve of such a deal. After all, I only have one daughter. I want her to live a happy life in the future. I hope you can forgive my daughter’s impulsiveness.”
Even though his words were spoken firmly, Long Xiao still felt incredibly nervous.
After all, this was the Second Master of the Zhai family. He was no ordinary individual. If they made him mad, the Long family and the Long Heng Group could potentially suffer terrible consequences.
However, Zhai Zhongshen was not angry. Instead, he merely answered: “It’s alright. It’s my problem that I failed to make Yuetian fall in love with me.”
Long Xiao was massively relieved to hear this response from the Second Master of the Zhai family. At the same time, he gained a better impression of this man.
Long Yuetian did not dare to look into Zhai Zhongshen’s eyes.
She felt quite annoyed with herself. Why did she agree to his suggestion just to go back on her words afterward?
Long Yuetian wanted to slap herself in the face to wake herself up.
Upon sensing Long Yuetian’s nervousness and discomfort, Zhai Zhongshen said: “Mr. Long, Yuetian appears tired today. I will take my leave and let her rest up.”
“Okay, okay,” Long Xiao said as he hurriedly got up to send Zhai Zhongshen off.
“Rest well,” Zhai Zhongshen said to Long Yuetian before he left.
“Okay,” Long Yuetian answered. However, she still did not dare to look into his eyes.
Cheng Yi also believed it was not appropriate for him to stay any longer so he left with Zhai Zhongshen.
Despite realizing he had such a scary rival, Cheng Yi was not giving up. After all, he truly liked Long Yuetian. He wouldn’t give up until the very last moment.
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Chapter 1377: Karma
Translator: Exodus Tales
Editor: Exodus Tales
Jian Yiling visited the Qin Residence.
Even though she did not want to cross paths with Qin Chuan, she knew she had to make this trip.
As soon as Jian Yiling arrived, Qin Yufan opened the door.
When she saw her friend, Qin Yufan smiled bitterly: “I didn’t expect you to still be willing to come.”
After all that had happened, Qin Yufan assumed that Jian Yiling would no longer be willing to set foot in the Qin Residence.
“This is also your home,” Jian Yiling replied.
The conflict between her and Qin Chuan did not affect her friendship with Qin Yufan.
Qin Yufan smiled more warmly as she came forward to hug Jian Yiling: “Thank you.”
“You don’t need to thank me.”
Then, Qin Yufan gestured for Jian Yiling to walk in: “Qin Chuan is no longer staying here. He moved in with his mother.”
“I know,” Jian Yiling replied. This was why she came to visit.
Qin Yufan added: “He also transferred his shareholding in Qin’s Group to my name.”
When she spoke about her brother, the expression on Qin Yufan’s face was rather complicated.
She couldn’t understand what he was thinking.
When Qin Chuan started doing things against Jian Yiling, Qin Yufan knew that she hated him. She was angry and annoyed with him.
However, when he transferred his shareholdings to her, Qin Yufan became confused again.
Why were his actions so incomprehensible?
In addition, when she looked into Qin Chuan’s eyes that day, she sensed a lot of pain hidden in those eyes.
He was like a lonely soul, wandering aimlessly by himself in this world.
At that moment, Qin Yufan began to feel sorry for him.
In the end, despite his actions, he was still her brother. She really couldn’t bear to see him become like this even though she knew that this was the consequence of his actions.
It was as though Jian Yiling sensed Qin Yufan’s emotions. She said: “I don’t hate him.”
Jian Yiling did not know what kind of feelings she had towards Qin Chuan.
However, she knew she didn’t hold hatred towards him.
Perhaps, she used to have a deep hatred for him before she died in her previous life. But that was because she loved him deeply.
“By the way, Mo Shiyun actually went crazy,” Qin Yufan told Jian Yiling. “I didn’t know whether she was actually mentally ill in the first place. However, when she was diagnosed by the doctor, they actually said she was ill. Maybe Qin Chuan not helping her in times of need was the last straw that completely broke her mentally. My father wasn’t wrong. Qin Chuan is really a cold and calculating businessman…”
As she said this, Qin Yufan actually felt a little pity for Mo Shiyun.
But this was probably karma.
Jian Yiling did not comment on this.
After Qin Yufan chatted with Jian Yiling for a while, they decided to go to a beauty spa together.
Before leaving the house, Qin Yufan received a call from Qin Chuan’s mother.
After answering the call, Qin Yufan’s face turned ugly.
She said to Jian Yiling in a daze: “Qin Chuan is sick.”
“What kind of sickness?” Jian Yiling asked.
“Lung cancer.”
Lung cancer? But why?
In the original novel, Qin Chuan never had lung cancer.
“Which hospital is he staying at?” Jian Yiling asked.
“The affiliated hospital of Beijing University.”
“Take me there.”
“Okay.”
Qin Yufan immediately drove Jian Yiling to the hospital where Qin Chuan was staying.
In the VIP ward of the hospital, Jian Yiling and Qin Yufan met Qin Chuan who was lying on the hospital bed.
He was wearing a hospital gown and had an IV drip attached to his arm. It was obvious that he had lost some substantial weight.
Qin Chuan’s mother was excited and apprehensive when she saw Jian Yiling.
Obviously, she knew what her son had done. And thus, she could not beg Jian Yiling to save her son.
However, as his mother, she still wanted her son to be saved. And out of every doctor in the country, Jian Yiling was the most likely person to save her son.
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Chapter 1378: To Save or Not to Save
Translator: Exodus Tales
Editor: Exodus Tales
Qin Chuan also noticed Jian Yiling.
However, he quickly looked elsewhere.
The glimmer of hope in his eyes disappeared as he looked away.
When Qin Yufan looked at her hospitalized brother, she also felt saddened.
Even though she previously hated and resented him, when she saw his emaciated appearance, she still felt heartbroken for him.
They lived together in the Qin Residence for more than two years. She was a human being who had feelings. This meant she could no longer treat him as a stranger.
She really saw him as her brother.
“How did you get into this state?” Qin Yufan angrily asked.
Qin Chuan did not answer Qin Yufan’s question.
Qin Chuan’s mother’s eyes were red as she pleaded with Jian Yiling: “Miss Jian, I know I have no right to beg you for anything as you’ve helped us enough already. Furthermore, Qin Chuan really doesn’t deserve your forgiveness. However, if it’s possible, I’m still begging you to save him.”
Qin Yufan also took Jian Yiling’s hand and begged: “Yiling, just think of it as me owing you okay? The Qin Group is now in my hands. I can promise you that I won’t let him do bad things again.”
Jian Yiling stared at Qin Chuan for a long time.
Then, she turned around and left the ward.
When Qin Chuan’s mother and Qin Yufan saw this, they assumed Jian Yiling was rejecting them.
This was completely reasonable. After all, they didn’t expect her to forgive someone who had attempted to hurt her not too long ago.
However, after a while, Jian Yiling came back.
She was also accompanied by the director of the hospital and Qin Chuan’s attending doctor.
Jian Yiling was also holding Qin Chuan’s medical file.
When she read the file, her fingertips became eerily cold.
Qin Chuan’s current condition had reached the point where he had to regularly take painkillers.
Qin Chuan’s attending doctor was a middle-aged man. However, respectfully said to Jian Yiling: “Our hospital won’t be able to perform this surgery. The lesion is located at the intersection of the blood vessels and trachea. This means this operation will be very difficult. However, I believe you’ve performed a similar operation on an elderly gentleman in the past.”
Jian Yiling was the only person who could perform this operation with a high success rate in their country.
Qin Chuan’s mother and Qin Yufan looked at Jian Yiling nervously.
After a long pause, Jian Yiling said: “Please all go out for a while. I want to speak to him alone.”
No one knew what Jian Yiling wanted.
However, even though they were nervous, they still listened to her words and let her talk to Qin Chuan alone.
After everyone else left, the door of the room was closed.
Jian Yiling walked over to Qin Chuan’s bedside.
Qin Chuan himself did not know what Jian Yiling wanted to talk about.
“When did you learn about your condition?”
Qin Chuan’s condition did not come about suddenly. It would have taken a while to develop to this extent.
However, not long ago, he still insisted on fighting them.
Therefore, as he was dealing with them, he missed the opportunity to get the best treatment for his lung cancer.
“Does it matter?” Qin Chuan asked Jian Yiling rhetorically.
“It matters,” Jian Yiling replied. “Because it’s very likely that I caused you to become this way.”
As she changed her own ending, the butterfly effect ended up changing Mo Shiyun and Qin Chuan’s ending.
Jian Yiling did not care about Mo Shiyun’s ending. After all, she brought it upon herself.
However, Qin Chuan was different.
“Three months ago.” Qin Chuan answered.
“Why?”
Even though he knew he had cancer, he still decided to fight against them.
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Chapter 1379: Don’t Want You to Become the Person I Once Was
Translator: Exodus Tales
Editor: Exodus Tales
“Why? Do you know why you did those things in the past then?” Qin Chuan asked Jian Yiling rhetorically.
Qin Chuan was now experiencing Jian Yiling’s ending in the original novel.
He was experiencing what she previously experienced.
“I didn’t have a choice whereas you do,” Jian Yiling replied.
“I don’t have a choice either,” Qin Chuan said.
Qin Chuan knew Jian Yiling understood what he was feeling. In fact, she was probably the only person in this world who could relate to what he did.
However, in this life, she decided to be sensible, calm, and rational. She no longer had any attachment to him and she did not care about him either.
“I will do everything I can to save you,” Jian Yiling said.
“Why would you want to save me?” Qin Chuan asked. The dead look in his eyes flickered momentarily because of Jian Yiling’s words.
“I don’t want you to become the person I once was.”
“Is it because of sympathy?”
“No.”
“Then why?” Qin Chuan asked. He wanted to know the answer to this question.
However, Jian Yiling did not know the answer to this question either.
When Qin Chuan did not receive a reply, in his heart, he arrived at an answer. Why was he expecting anything anyway?
Qin Chuan smiled bitterly and said: “Yiling, it’s not your fault. You don’t need to feel bad for me.”
“Maybe I’m just helping because of your mother and Yufan,” Jian Yiling said. “You should cherish them. They’re your family.”
If there was anything that made his current life happier than the last, it would be the presence of his mother and sister.
He had the affection that he did not have in his last life.
After a moment of silence, Qin Chuan asked Jian Yiling: “If Zhai Yunsheng did not exist, would you fall in love with me again?”
“No,” Jian Yiling answered without a moment’s hesitation.
Her response was decisive and firm. She didn’t leave any leeway or room for imagination.
When Qin Chuan heard this, he began to laugh. However, his laugh was more bitter than crying.
Then, he slowly closed his eyes and there was silence in the ward.
“Rest well, I will arrange your surgery as soon as possible.”
Without giving Qin Chuan an option to refuse, Jian Yiling turned around and left the ward.
When she left the room, Qin Chuan’s mother and Qin Yufan hurriedly gathered around Jian Yiling. Both of them looked at her nervously but they didn’t know what to ask.
“I will perform the operation on him,” Jian Yiling said to them.
Qin Chuan’s mother instantly wanted to kneel down in front of Jian Yiling.
However, Jian Yiling stopped her: “There’s no need to thank me. I just hope he’ll be willing to accept the surgery.”
After saying that, Jian Yiling walked away with the hospital director and Qin Chuan’s attending doctor.
Qin Chuan’s mother immediately entered the ward and attempted to persuade her son to accept Jian Yiling’s surgery. She did not want him to give up hope in life.
Even though Qin Chuan did not reject his mother, his gaze remained like a pool of stagnant water.
When Qin Yufan saw this, she raised her hand and slapped Qin Chuan in the face.
“Slap–”
In theory, Qin Chuan would not feel the pain as he took painkillers.
However, this slap inflicted a sharp stab of pain into his heart.
Qin Yufan scolded Qin Chuan: “What are you doing now? Why are you upset? In the past, I liked Zhai Yunsheng and he didn’t like me back. Right now, I like Jian Yichen and he doesn’t like me back either! What can be done? You can’t get everything you want in life. According to you, should I give up my life if I can’t get them to like me? Should I die several times for it?”
“Even though I don’t know what happened between you and Yiling, I know that as long as someone’s alive, there will be hope in the world! Only those who are alive can feel happiness and sadness! Only those who are alive can possess something and lose something!”
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Chapter 1380: Will A Sheng Be Jealous?
Translator: Exodus Tales
Editor: Exodus Tales
After yelling at Qin Chuan, Qin Yufan left the ward and sat down on a bench in the corridor. She couldn’t help but start crying.
Jian Yichen came to the hospital to pick up Jian Yiling. When he walked through the corridor, he noticed Qin Yufan crying.
After hesitating for a moment, Jian Yichen walked up and handed her a pack of tissues.
Qin Yufan saw the tissues and looked up at Jian Yichen.
Jian Yichen did not know how to comfort Qin Yufan. And thus, he could only silently sit down beside her.
Qin Yufan’s sobs slowed down after a while. Then, she laughed bitterly and said: “Jian Yichen, continue on with your own business. I’m fine.”
As she said this, Qin Yufan had already dried the tears at the corners of her eyes. Once again, she put on a strong appearance.
After all, she knew Jian Yichen did not like her. She did not want to show her vulnerable side in front of a person who did not love her.
Even though Jian Yichen knew Qin Yufan was holding back her grief and saying that she was fine when she wasn’t, he also understood that he couldn’t do anything else. And thus, he got up and left.
As Qin Yufan watched Jian Yichen leave, tears welled up in her eyes again.
She still liked him. But as always, her love was destined to be fruitless.
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While in the hospital, Jian Yiling decided she would take Qin Chuan as one of her patients.
However, she hadn’t told Zhai Yunsheng about this.
Would A Sheng agree to this?
Maybe he would become jealous.
Yes, he often said he would easily become jealous.
Hmm… Maybe she could make him something sweet to counter the jealous feeling?
As soon as Jian Yiling entered the kitchen, her left and right protectors, Jian Yunnao and Jian Yujie appeared.
Jian Yujie: “Yiling, what are you planning to do?”
Jian Yunnao: “We agreed that you shouldn’t cook.”
As a pregnant woman, it was best to avoid fumes and soot.
“I’m just making a dessert.”
“Ahh, that’s alright then. We will help out,” Jian Yunnao offered.
“Okay,” Jian Yiling answered.
When Zhai Yunsheng returned home, Jian Yiling came out of the kitchen wearing a small apron. She was carrying a tray of carefully prepared desserts in her hands.
Each dessert looked exquisite. They were rich in colors and looked very appetizing.
Even though Zhai Yunsheng did not enjoy desserts, he made an exception for Jian Yiling’s cooking.
“Eat first. Then, I have something to tell you.”
Zhai Yunsheng was just about to make a move. However, he immediately stopped when he heard Jian Yiling’s words.
“Speak first.”
A bad feeling arose in Zhai Yunsheng’s heart.
When they heard this, Jian Yunnao and Jian Yujie also became curious.
What did their sister do? Was there a reason why she was making desserts?
Did she do something which would possibly displease Zhai Yunsheng?
Regardless of what she did, Yiling would definitely be in the right. If Zhai Yunsheng dared to lose his temper, then the two of them… Would grab onto his legs and tell Yiling to run away.
Then, they would ask Yiheng to help them.
Under the watchful gaze of Zhai Yunsheng, Jian Yunnao, and Jian Yujie, Jian Yiling became a little nervous.
“I went to see Qin Chuan today,” Jian Yiling said. Her eyes stared at Zhai Yunsheng’s face and attempted to note any change in his facial expression.
What did Yiling do?! Jian Yunnao and Jian Yujie immediately became nervous.
Why did she go and see Qin Chuan today?
Did Qin Chuan do something to her? It must be Qin Chuan’s problem then!
“Yiling, did Qin Chuan trick you into seeing him?” Jian Yujie hurriedly asked.
“Yeah, did he do something bad again? I will settle this matter with him!” Jian Yunnao growled as he rolled up his sleeves.
“No, I went on my own accord,” Jian Yiling replied.
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