Edited by: Akane, Fallen
I was going to leave, the only problem was on how to get away from Master Zhao Si’s pursuit.
The ship would leave today at 2:30 pm.
I got up at 5:30 in the morning and gathered all the necessary documents, letters and fees. Other than that, I took nothing else in order to not raise others’ suspicions, and also to make escaping easier.
After I finished eating breakfast, I tidied the room and prepared to leave. I already spoke with my friend about it; my friend would help me move my luggage and refund my lease in a few days. Or perhaps help me move my remains.
I opened the door and saw Zhao Gongzi. He had lost weight, and was wearing my suit and leather shoes, with my tie, and my hat.
He said he wanted to have a chat with me.
I could only agree to have a chat with him.
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Me and Zhao Gongzi went to a cafe. We stared at each other in silence. It was extremely awkward.
After a long time, he took out a cheque and placed it on the table. “It can be used overseas and my dad won’t be able to track it.”
I said, “I can’t accept it.”
Zhao Gongzi said, “You have to accept it even if you don’t accept it.”
I said, “Thank you.”
Then he said, “Wait a moment, then I’ll accompany you over. Pretend we’ve made up.”
I was dumbstruck.
“Don’t turn around, my dad got a hold of some news.”
I looked at him.
He lowered his head and sipped his coffee then cursed at me, “Fuck, this shitty thing doesn’t taste good at all. If you leave, then that’s the best, Laozi hates drinking this shitty stuff. You fucking always have to be fashionable and ‘in’. Hurry up and get lost.”
Even at a time like this he still had to curse at me. This made me very angry, so I sprung up, grabbed his tie and kissed him.
Only after a long time had passed, did I let go.
He silently stared at me for a while, then said, “One of them left.”
And then he grabbed my tie and pulled me in for another kiss.
After a long time, he let me go.
He silently stared at me again. “Another one left.”
“This is too slow.” I proposed a plan that could work, “Upstairs there’s a hotel, let’s go up, they might leave faster that way.”
Zhao Gongzi didn’t waste any time, grabbed my hand and went to find the elevator.
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We ordered a room, went inside and did this and that. Coffee has stimulating properties, it’s true that it shouldn’t be drunk too much.
When we both calmed down, it was very awkward.
Zhao Gongzi sat by the head of the bed and smoked. I silently looked at my watch.
It was 2:45.
Zhao Gongzi said, “They should have all gone by now.”
I said, “Shut up.”
After a while, I said, “Heaven’s will.”
Zhao Gongzi replied, “Oh, I guess.”
“I want to go see Hamm and take a few clothes. I resigned from the European bank, and have to find a new job.”
Zhao Gongzi said, “Oh.”
I asked, “This won’t make your friends misunderstand?”
Zhao Gongzi said, “I don’t have any friends.”
“That young lady who takes Hamm out on walks…..”
“That’s the daughter of my mom’s poker friend, I don’t know why she always likes walking dogs, weirdo.”
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
“Ktf sbecu wjc ktb qijsr oglryff klat Ljww…..”
“Da Ge’s classmate’s nephew. I don’t know why he always likes playing frisbee with dogs, weirdo.”
“Zjsyf atfs kjca ab rmjw wf obg wbcfs.” Itjb Xbcuhl rjlv.
The people who sell you clothes and Jin Xian’er are the ones who are scamming you out of your money. As for those people, they want to scam your person, the difference is very slight, yet is very easy to tell.
“P xcbk. Ktfs kjca ab aglmx wf.”
“Ktja’r gluta.”
Itjb Xbcuhl uijcmfv ja wf.
P qgfafcvfv P vlvc’a cbalmf.
“Tbe aglmxfv wf.” Itjb Xbcuhl rjlv.
“Ktf atlcur yfakffc wf jcv sbe mjc’a yf mjiifv aglmxlcu, la’r mjiifv ijmx bo mbwweclmjalbc.”
“Hmmph.”
Anyways, it’s still very awkward.
Zhao Gongzi continued to smoke, and I continued to stare at the ceiling.
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Me and Zhao Gongzi checked out of the room, went to the marketplace and bought some groceries, then walked towards the apartment. As we were walking, someone suddenly called, “Hey, Yixin! I was looking for you all over!”
I looked at that person. “Headmaster Sun……”
I was feeling guilty towards Headmaster Sun, as he was so passionate in helping me go study overseas, and yet I missed the time. It’s heaven’s will.
Headmaster Sun gasped for breath, then after catching his breath, he said, “I’d originally thought I wouldn’t be able to be in time, and thought ‘no matter’. However, I heard that the cruise ship’s departure was delayed because of technical difficulties, and would leave tomorrow morning instead, so I came in a rush to find you. Help me with something, help me take a book over to my friend Professor Smith. This book is very difficult to find, and I’m afraid that it might get lost if I mail it.”
Zhao Gongzi cursed at him, “Fuck! Would it kill you to buy another one if you lose it?”
Headmaster Sun looked at Zhao Gongzi in surprise. “How can you talk in this way? You…..you are…..you seem like a student too.”
Zhao Gongzi cursed at him, “Laozi hasn’t been your student since god knows how many years! The hell’s it got to do with you?!”
“Shut up. I apologize, Headmaster, don’t mind him. You can give me the book.”
Headmaster Sun saw that Zhao Gongzi was menacing, so gave me the book and immediately left.
Zhao Gongzi and I stood by the end of the street, and once again fell into an awkward silence.
I said, “Heavens will.”
Heaven was telling me to pursue my freedom.
I asked, “Can I still go and see Hamm for the last time?”
Zhao Gongzi coldly said, “Oh.”
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I really did just want to see Hamm one last time, but before Hamm could even get close to me, I was dragged into the kitchen by Zhao Gongzi.
And then Zhao Gongzi and I did this and that from the living room to the bedroom.
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In the dead of the night, I woke up and went to the living room to drink some water. I also fed Hamm, and looked at my books. I had placed the identical books that Zhao Gongzi had gifted me on the shelf in the living room as decoration.
I didn’t open it to look.
I stood there for a while, then went back to the bedroom. I saw Zhao Gongzi sitting by the head of the bed, eating chocolate.
I climbed onto the bed and stole half a chocolate from his mouth.
It’s not that I don’t understand the virtue of being humble, but the only person capable of stealing chocolate from Zhao Gongzi’s mouth is me.
I finished eating the chocolate, and rubbed Zhao Gongzi’s abs. Suddenly, I had a crazy idea.
I asked Zhao Gongzi, “Has anyone ever asked you to elope before?”
Zhao Gongzi asked me, “What about Laozi’s dog?”
I think Jin Xian’er needs a memento to remember this relationship, for example, a cheerful dog.
Zhao Gongzi unhappily said, “It’s Laozi’s dog.”
I replied, “Dogs aren’t allowed on the ship.”
Zhao Gongzi said, “Laozi’s dog.”
He really is so annoying.
I said, “Then can you stay behind to take care of the dog.”
Zhao Gongzi said, “Recently, Jin Xian’er has been pretty well behaved, he should be awarded something.”
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When Jin Xian’er obtained a cute dog when he opened the door at six in the morning wearing his sleeping robe, he slightly smiled and said one word. “Merde.”
I said, “Merci et je t’aime.”
Zhao Gongzi coldly said, “Laozi can understand those two phrases.”
Jin Xian’er said, “Tu ne sais pas comment je t’aime.”
Zhao Gongzi coldly asked, “What did you say?”
Jin Xian’er closed the door.
Zhao Gongzi asked me, “What did he say?”
I said, “He said that he would take care of Hamm, the one he loves is you but he’s willing to give us his blessing.”
Zhao Gongzi said, “Weirdo.”
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But my and Zhao Gongzi’s plan was still discovered. Just as he and I were boarding the boat, the crowds suddenly got rowdy, then Uncle Da Li led a pack of people and rushed over. “Xiao Long, don’t be rash! Don’t believe Qiu Yixin’s words! It’s not the first time he’s sold you off! Your dad’s coming soon! Wake up!”
I grabbed Zhao Gongzi’s hand and squeezed into the crowd. The boat was almost about to leave. As soon as it left, as soon as we both went overseas, Master Zhao Si couldn’t do anything to me.
Uncle Da Li shouted and screamed with all his heart, “Qiu Yixin, you ungrateful bastard! Xiao Long, don’t be fooled by him! Qiu Yixin, you shameless bastard! Xiao Long, if you leave and go to a foreign place, as soon as Qiu Yixin runs out of money he’ll sell you!”
While I ran with Zhao Gongzi, I said to him, “I won’t, I won’t sell you. Yesterday that cheque you gave me is still in my clothes. Your mother is about to give birth, you won’t be the youngest anymore, they all won’t love you anymore, only I’ll love you the most. I can’t have kids, so I’ll always love you the most for the rest of my life.”
Uncle Da Li shouted, “Xiao Long, you don’t know English! Qiu Yixin, you bastard! Xiao Long, you don’t know English, how are you going to survive in Europe?! Qiu Yixin hasn’t thought about you!”
“Zhao Long, I love you.”
Zhao Gongzi gripped my hand and ran even faster than me.
The risks of raising children sure are big, even when you feed them well and take care of them well into adulthood, if you don’t pay attention then you’ll end up having a kid who’s tricked away by an outsider man.
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The bang of a gun sounded, and screams started up.
Another shot sounded.
The crowd quieted down, and the police arrived, yet no one dared do anything to the gun-wielding Master Zhao Si. They smiled as they explained that a gun might accidentally misfire and that it would be for the best if he put it away.
Zhao Gongzi pulled me close and backed away.
“Zhao Long, you fucker! Get back here to Laozi !” Master Zhao Si cursed at us both, “Qiu Yixin, you get the fuck back here as well!”
Zhao Gongzi said, “Dad, when we get there we’ll call you!”
“Fuck calling! Get the fuck back here! Qiu Yixin!”
“I already said not to curse at him! If you have to curse at someone then curse at me, like hell he makes the calls in this relationship!”
“Zhao Long, you little ungrateful shit! Laozi is going to blow your head off!”
“It really is true that now that you have the new one, you don’t want me anymore!”
“What did you just fucking say?!”
“You all are getting a younger kid, and then I won’t be the youngest anymore!”
“Fuck, you’re already twenty-something, like shit you’re still young! When Laozi was your age I already had a whole bunch of brats!”
I won, what Zhao Gongzi hates the most are Master Zhao Si’s other brats.
Zhao Gongzi’s heart turned cold and grey, his heart hardened and he grabbed my hand and continued running towards the ship.
Master Zhao Si shouted that he was going to beat him to death, but Uncle Da Li hurriedly stopped him with the help of his helpers. “Fourth Master, calm down ahhhhhhhhhhh, what if you accidentally shoot to the side and miss Qiu Yixin and instead hit Xiao Long—”
Zhao Gongzi and I took advantage of the disruption and successfully got on the ship. The whistle that meant the ship was starting to sail out sounded, and the boarding plank was slowly retrieved. Master Zhao Si and Co. could only crane their necks and watch us leave right in front of their eyes.
Zhao Gongzi and I were feeling very guilty. I asked him, “Did you bring the house’s telephone number?”
Zhao Gongzi cursed at me, “Fuck, what use are you?”
“If you keep swearing at me, then I’ll sell you off when I run out of money, we don’t have much money left.”
He asked, “Where’s the cheque?”
“Inside the clothes I wore yesterday.”
“Where are the clothes then?”
“Dunno where you threw them.”
“Fuck!”
“I already told you that if you keep swearing at me then I’ll sell you.”
“Laozi’s getting off this boat!”
“Then your only choice is to jump off from here and swim back——if you really jump then you’ll die. I won’t sell you, Zhao Long, I love you.”
Zhao Gongzi stared at me for a long time, then we embraced.
I said, “For the time being you won’t be able to wear those expensive clothes.”
“No one says that they look good anyways. It’s only when I wear your clothes that people say they look good.”
“I’ll teach you English, I’ll take on three jobs, I’ll provide for the family, I’ve wanted to provide for us for a long time.”
“After my pops stays angry for half a year he’ll get Uncle Da Li to send me money.”
We embraced once again.
The risks of raising children sure are big, even when you feed them well and take care of them well into adulthood, if you don’t pay attention then you’ll end up having a kid who helps an outsider man scam their own family’s money.
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But no matter what, here we come: our new life, our new world, our freedom, our independence, our——
The cruise ship suddenly stopped upon the river, quietly staying stopped for a long time.
But people couldn’t be quiet, and everyone started questioning about the reason for the stop.
A moment later, the captain said that war had started in that country not long ago. He had received the order to stop passage, and keep all the international students in their own country.
My heart turned to ice, for that country, and also for my and Zhao Gongzi’s lives.
The risk of eloping really is big. If you don’t pay attention, then you’ll be buried alive.
Why must there be war and slaughter?
Rinrin: Oh nooooo hhhhhh 😂. Also, while the divorce arc is painful, it really comes off as a separation play for the mcs relationship…
Akane: The author plays with my feels….. (｡•́︿•̀｡)
this is, hands down, my favourite chapter
BRuuUUuHhhH 😩
Thanks for the chapter! 😘
ahh noo!! I was so happy for them to finally escape and live together happily but the author really played with our hearts. T_T
Thanks for the chapter!
Arghh.. Finally they were going to live outside that old man’s influence .. 😭
Heaven’s will indeed..
they were so close!
thanks for the chapter <3
thank you for the chapter ! ❤
I am confused. Who did Jin Xian Er Say “you dont know how I love you” to?
the person who understands english (in the original)/french(in my translation)
Can someone remind me why they aren’t allowed to leave the country again??
As u said heavens will
omg I wanna crie T-T
I listened to <Stargazing> by the neighbourhood while reading this lmfao. Goddamn Heaven’s wills indeed.
thanks for the chapter <3
this is so funny hahhaa love them both
So curious question does Jin love the main character or Zhao?