Hiiiii,
Happy holidays ~
I want to finish translating this novel by the end of the year, so I'll try to have more regular updates. For now, since I do both the translating and editing, I'll publish two chapters a week, Tuesday and Friday.
I'm really sorry if you wanted to read more, but translating it's like a full time job. It takes me an entire day to translate and edit, so bear with me for now.
If I made any mistakes or typos please call it out for me!!! I'll fix it as soon as possible!
Monnie xx ~~~
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In the end, Qi Yan didn't accept Xu Lan's proposal about the music concert. Although the tickets for the VIP seats for Moonlight orchestra's performance were difficult to get, Qi Yan doesn't have a great interest towards concerts and only has a slight interest towards Xue Zimu, he decided not to disrupt his work plan. So he quickly rejected, drawing an unsatisfied full stop on this get-together
Qi Yan refused easily there, but Xue Zimu didn't have such great treatment. On the next day, he barely didn't make a slip under Xue Li and Yao Yue's offensive of sugar-coated bullets. He pretended that he truly and whole-heartedly wanted to marry Qi Yan, and besides, he remembered that he was the Xue Family's child. But he didn't expect that after dealing with Xue Li and Yao Yue, there was still Xue Lin.
Yao Yue let him and Xue Lin go to the music concert together. Xue Zimu thought that halfway, Xue Lin would start quarrelling with him by herself, and the strengthening of bonds that Xue Li and Yao Yue hoped for would definitely be impossible. In reality, it could be considered God's blessing for not deepening his disgust.
Thinking it like this, Xue Zimu didn't have the right to refuse today. After pretending to be shy, this matter was still set by Xue Li and Yao Yue. What was done cannot be undone, so Xue Zimu simply thought the one who would be angry was be Xue Lin and, agreed since Yao Yue insisted on it. He detested the Xue Family, but he 100 per cent understand their impudence, thus no matter what they do he would be too lazy to be mad.
Surely enough, Xue Zimu heard quarrelling and smashing sounds from Xue Lin's side. He guessed that was Xue Lin unsatisfied with whatever Yao Yue said, and for a moment felt these crackling sounds sweet-sounding.
Xue Lin's rude and domineering nature could absolutely not avoid offending others. Even if the Xue Family was stronger than an average family, and they could support Xue Lin's arrogance up to a certain extent, there's no guarantee that it wouldn't be like kicking an iron plate.
Xue Zimu wasn't clear what happened to the Xue Family after, but he knew that Xue Lin didn't follow Yao Yue's idea to find a wealthy and influential son-in-law. Instead, she married an upstart who had nothing but money. After marriage, they shouldn't have lived smoothly since that upstart took a fancy to a money-squandering den in the entertainment circle, not only flaunting money but also often 'set an example' by contributing to racy scandals. His wife became the object of long-term ridicule and pity by the gossiping masses.
Recalling that Xue Lin didn't live well in the past, Xue Zimu's mood suddenly became a bit more joyful. He abruptly felt that avenging the Xue Family wouldn't be too difficult. The so-called righteous was doomed to destruction, Xue Yu crashed into someone whilst speeding and made him take the blame whilst he was safe and sound. Afterwards, he didn't learn his lesson and became more courageous. And the next time he pushed a bigger basket, the scapegoat wouldn't be so easy to find. Besides, Yao Yue could use such a method to clear up her son, so it could be presumed that Yao Yue and Xue Li did many lawless things before. Xue Zimu doesn't believe that they could always be unpunished by the law.
If he wasn't coerced to bear the blame by Yao Yue in the past, then maybe he would've lived to see the day the Xue Family went bankrupt and downhill.
With such a mood, Xue Lin's expression was ugly the next day when she saw Yao Yue warning her to go with him to the music concert, Xue Zimu was rather relaxed. He thought about it a lot now. Although he has no choice but to stay with the disgusting Xue Family, looking at the other side's unwillingness yet must be kind and affectionate to him, it worked off some of his anger.
Xue Zimu knew he was a fox borrowing a tiger's fierceness, the one that can genuinely earn the Xue Family's respect was the Qi Family. Hence, as soon as the car smoothly advanced on the road, Xue Zimu ignored Xue Lin's radiating low pressure, and kept on thinking about what to do and how to take advantage of the Qi Family's kindness.
He doesn't have any talent in business, though he knew the developing trend from his past life, it may not be useful for the Qi Family's business. So Xue Zimu thought about it back and forth, except for the possibility for the Qi Family to turn their noses at his income from writing, there were some useful information about the Jing City's upcoming planning and films that have became dark horses in the industry.
The Qi Family's industry included real estate and urban planning. They valued the real estate industry most, so this kind of news would be valuable, but making the Qi Family believe him would be another thing. As for those films, it seemed like the Qi Family has not developed in this industry, maybe because the profit wasn't worthwhile. However, Xue Zimu felt that he could invest in advance, though he was still poor, in two or three years a few million wouldn't be any problem.
Xue Zimu through about the future development plans seriously, and the driver who had been driving extremely steadily suddenly made a stop. Xue Zimu sat in the front and wore his seat belt, so he only flung forward a bit. In the back, Xue Lin immediately bumped against the back of the chair in front of her. Although she wasn't seriously hurt, her overstocked anger was ignited.
"What the hell? Can't you drive!" Xue Lin scolded the driver right in the face.
The driver hastily apologised: "I'm really sorry, Miss. Just now a cat rushed crossed the front of the car, I had no choice but to stop, I'm sorry."
Xue Lin's angry didn't come down, instead got more mad: "Cat? Cat is more important or am I more important? If I was injured, then you should leave this job!"
The driver had to repeatedly apologise. Xue Lin glanced at Xue Zimu in the front, looked at his icy yet glamorous profile, and felt her heart stopped. She stopped continue to find the driver's faults and detestably said: "I knew nothing good would come when going out with some people, really is a bearer of bad-luck!" Then urgently said to the driver; "Enough. Drive, don't make me late."
The driver promptly followed but didn't know if it was Xue Lin's words, this time they encountered a really troublesome thing— the car would not start.
"What's the matter?" Xue Lin frowned even more.
The driver tried several times, his forehead exuding sweating, but the car just roared a few times and didn't move. He could only reply with cold sweat: "Mi, miss, the car can't start, look at this......"
"Suddenly broke?" Xue Lin became more irritated, "It's all mom's fault, insisting me to come with this bearer of bad luck!" Pushing the blame on to Xue Zimu's head without hesitation, and seeing that the driver got out of the car and checked, Xue Lin's tone was impatient: "Enough, call someone to change to another car and pick me up, don't delay me going to the concert." After speaking, she unhappily got out go the car and closed the door with a bang.
Xue Zimu remained unmoving in the front passenger seat.
Xue Lin stood outside for a little while and became more impatient. She recalled that Yao Yue warned her to form a good relationship with Xue Zimu yesterday, so the other would bring herself into the Qi Family's circle to find a good husband for the future. Xue Lin felt jittery and wronged, but still need to depend on the guy she couldn't look up to. If it wasn't for that perverted Qi Yan, the huge boat of the Qi Family wouldn't turn to let this country bumpkin sit. Xue Lin thought this, and couldn't help but to feel that even if she didn't want to marry Qi Yan herself, she was unwilling for Xue Zimu to take such a big advantage.
Why does Qi Yan have such shortcomings, Xue Lin complained in her heart. If not, how good would it be if she married him!
Xue Lin felt anger, and couldn't stop herself from kicking the stones beside her. She was only venting and didn't expect to hear a loud and abrupt sound. Something suddenly came out of the grass. Xue Lin immediately cried out in fear, taking two steps back in a hurry, and discovered it was a dirty cat.
It was probably hit by a stone that Xue Lin kicked, and the cat was frightened, so it leapt out. Its movements were very fast, but it was easy to see that its movements are a bit unnatural, it seemed that its front leg was injured.
Looking at this dirty, thin and crippled cat, Xue Lin impulsively vent out her oppressed mood and raised her foot in its direction to kick it, "Stinking cat, running out to scare people, how sickening!"
When Xue Zimu heard the cat's startled cry, he turned to face Xue Lin and saw that the crippled cat couldn't completely dodge Xue Lin's attack. It was kicked a little distance away and even rolled a bit.
This was a kitten and very thin. Even if Xue Lin was a weak little girl, this foot still caused it a lot of harm.
Xue Zimu's pupils contracted and straightaway got out of the car, ran towards the cat. Just now, he seemed to see the scene where Xue Lin pushed him down the stairs, similar how this cat was treated. He had fallen from a high distance and rolled uncontrollably a few times, and after receiving severe pain he lied on the ground. Xue Lin was initially alarmed, but seeing that he wasn't killed and only had his right leg broken, she recovered her consistent and arrogant appearance.
Just like now.
"Ze, making my shoes dirty, honestly." Xue Xin complained, and saw that Xue Zimu had suddenly come out, she was stunned: "What are you doing?"
Xue Zimu restrained the urge to rush up and give her a kick, and didn't pay her any attention. He directly walked to the cat and squat down. He wanted to pick it up and examine it but was worried the other would resist and add more injuries. Consequently, he could only feel him out, slowly extending his hand to stroke its back.
The kitten faintly raised its head to look at him, and made a threatening sound from his mouth, but didn't attack.
Definitions:
Crackling sounds: The original term is an onomatopoeia: pitter-patter, but this is also another interpretation of the phrase!
Kicking an iron plate: Like kicking an iron plate and hurting yourself instead, where the there party is worse than you think (rejected and frustrated)
Money-squandering den: Like a brothel or gambling place
Fox borrowing a tiger's fierceness: Bully people by flaunting one's powerful connections
Weak: The author used little energy', meaning that Xue Lin wasn't strong, so I just used weak instead
Ze: The sound of clicking one's tongue