Edited by Elanor
Xie Tingyue was getting married, whether he wanted to or not.
The marriage was arranged by his Stepmother, Madam Lin, who had put in a lot of effort, in the name of her ‘care and compassion’ for him. She was worried that he would be upset so she had not given him time to digest the news. She had been quietly arranging the matter, waiting for tomorrow– the wedding day, and since it was already impossible to conceal it, she decided not to cover it up and did a big job of ‘breaking the pot and smashing it’.
The courtyard was filled with festive red decorations, and the firecrackers at the gate were building up a lively atmosphere at a high speed. The neighbors, the entire street, no.. almost half of the city knew that Xie Tingyue, the Son of Concubine raised by the Xie family as their legitimate son, was getting married!
To a man.
His husband, Chu Mu, the Eldest Son of the Head of the Chu family, came from a famous and noble family background. With a face like jade, elegant as bamboo, a cold temperament but also a gentleman. He was gentle and humble, and no matter what, the Xie family could not reach him even while wearing stilts. It was just that Chu Mu was terminally ill, unable to walk and might die anytime. So even if this was a disgraceful marriage, it was still made possible.
There was really nothing new. It was exactly the same as in the previous life.
His gaze slid through the window, the tree was blown bare by the cold wind. Xie Tingyue’s lips curled up with a sarcastic smile as he covered his face with one hand.
“Second Young Master? Second Young Master? Are you awake?”
A loud and gloating voice came, familiar to Madam Lin’s trusted confidant, Wang Momo.
Xie Tingyue: “I heard you, you can withdraw.”
But Wang Momo didn’t leave, with a click of her tongue, she continued to speak on the spot, “This old slave knows that the Second Young Master doesn’t like to listen, but there are still some things that have to be said. The Old Master has already promised the Chu family, he needs to save his face. This marriage has been scheduled, the day has come, and it’s impossible to back out. It’s no use for the Second Young Master to pretend to be dizzy or sick; it won’t work. Second Young Master, even if you hit the wall today and lose your breath, we still have to carry the coffin over.”
Xie Tingyue’s forehead twitched faintly.
“So you stop messing around. You’re tired, and we are also tired, but the result still cannot be changed. Why bother? You also blame Madam for not telling you, but she is also aggrieved ah. The marriage was agreed by the Master himself, and it was also arranged by the Master behind your back. If it weren’t for the Madam’s consideration, you wouldn’t have been able to live these peaceful days. It is a big wedding celebration, and the Second Young Master is a smart person, so it’s better not to touch your own misfortune and let everything go smoothly.”
Xie Tingyue suddenly removed his hand that was covering his face and looked at her coldly, “If I want things to go smoothly, can they go smoothly? I think everything is going just well, isn’t it?”
His eyes were pitch black, deep and bottomless, like the gloomy sea at night, seemingly calm, but in reality, thrilling waves were brewing deep within.
Even his voice was filled with alienation and coldness, giving him an aloof aura that kept people from approaching.
Wang Momo’s composure suddenly got stuck and she was startled.
This.. Second Young Master… How did he suddenly become like a different person? She thought anxiously.
But looking again, the Second Young Master was still the same Young Master, with the same good-looking and childish face. No matter how clever he looked, he was still just a child who had not grown up.
Wang Momo secretly sighed, for she was guilty of being an accomplice, and those ‘arrangements’… The Second Young Master couldn’t have known. He was just making a comment, definitely not something he noticed.
As the atmosphere fluctuated and got chillier, Wang Momo’s thoughts drifted to what would happen next, feeling that her heart could not stand too much excitement, she lost her interest, she shook her head and said, “This old slave have been ordered by the Madam to let you bring a few trustworthy and loyal servants. Second Young Master just needs to look at their face and think about it carefully. This old slave excuses herself.”
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The person she brought over was one of the dowry of his legitimate mother Madam Gan.
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By chance, Liu Ying went out with Xie Liangbei and encountered mountain bandits. Xie Liangbei was fine but Liu Ying died, causing great sadness for Madam Gan. Perhaps the heavens finally opened their eyes and pitied Madam Gan, who became pregnant and gave birth to a Son Xie Tingxing. Unfortunately, her health was already poor, and the forced birth was even more damaging to her body. She didn’t last long and passed away soon after.
At that time, Xie Tingyue was only a small child, and Xie Tingxing could not yet remember anything. Xie Tingxing was almost raised by Xie Tingyue.
In terms of status, Xie Tingxing was the legitimate son, while Xie Tingyue was born from a concubine raised by the legitimate wife. In fact, Xie Tingyue had all the love and upbringing of his biological mother and legitimate mother, and Xie Tingxing was a pitiful little Brother who only had his Elder Brother in his life.
Because they relied on each other, the two Brothers had a very good relationship. Xie Tingyue’s biggest wish was to raise his Younger Brother well and not let him grow crooked. Xie Tingxing’s wish was to grow up well and strive to become stronger, so that no one could easily bully his Brother.
If only the story had ended here, even if the journey of growing up was more arduous, but by supporting each other, they could always get through, unfortunately, things in the world don’t always go according to people’s wishes.
A few years later, Xie Liangbei renewed his relationship with Madam Lin. This relationship sequel was simply incredible, bringing in a Son and a Daughter, all of whom were Xie Liangbei’s own children.
It was said that many years ago, when Xie Liangbei went out to gain experience, he had a close physical relationship with Madam Lin and agreed to marry her. Unexpectedly, a sudden flood came, and Xie Liangbei, who had returned, couldn’t find the Lin family, and since he couldn’t find her, he naturally gave up and, following his parents’ advice, married Madam Gan.
But the fate between people could not be explained. A few years later, after a series of twists and turns, Xie Liangbei met Madam Lin again. The pain of missing each other was difficult to withstand, and naturally they had an intimate relationship again. However, Xie Liangbei already had a wife and could not make any promises, so Xie Liangbei ran away.
After Madam Gan’s death… Madam Lin came to the door with her children.
Madam Lin was very clever. She didn’t take her children and stand in front of Xie’s residence to make a scene. Instead, she rented a courtyard and met Xie Liangbei ‘by chance’. She was extremely gentle and considerate, and then ‘appropriately’ let Xie Liangbei discover the pair of children, whom she had raised all on her own with great difficulty and who grew up very well. Indicating that she had no intention of reaching out to the other party to climb ranks, only wishing to ‘get some attention’ and be satisfied.
With a warm and soft jade in his arms and beautiful children– a lively Son and an obedient Daughter, calling him Daddy, how could Xie Liangbei not feel smug and macho, so of course he had to marry Madam Lin.
So the Xie family’s back courtyard changed.
Xie Tingyue endured the transformation of Eldest Young Master to Second Young Master, and day after day, he struggled with his Stepmother to save his Aunt Gan’s dowry and protect himself and Xie Tingxing’s small life, but the result was still— he couldn’t protect it.
The atmosphere in the back courtyard created by Madam Gan and Liu Ying was quite beautiful, without any flashes of swords or knives like those in the storybooks. Xie Tingyue considered himself smart and although he had not experienced the back palace drama, he understood some of it. Unfortunately, what he learned from the books was shallow, and never experienced being held at the edge of a knife. He was like a dish on someone else’s table, clearly arranged by Madam Lin.
This marriage, he didn’t make a mess of it, hadn’t done anything shameful, but was stirred up by Madam Lin.
Because deep down in her heart, she didn’t really like him marrying Chu Mu.
She didn’t like it, on the contrary, he really wanted to do it.
“What a fool…”
Xie Tingyue couldn’t help but sigh when he thought of all the things from his previous life.
His eyes slid across the round table in the center of the room, and his gaze paused.
At some point later, a bowl of sweet soup would be placed here for him to drink, and on the way to be sent off to the groom, he would encounter an accident, he would be affected by the drug and would do something extremely shameful.
Due to Chu Mu’s illness, the Chu family would not be willing to welcome a sexually promiscuous person into the door no matter how low the conditions were. So this marriage would naturally come to an end.
He couldn’t marry Chu Mu, and his reputation plummeted. Xie Liangbei was furious and took away Madam Gan’s dowry shop from him, letting Madam Lin take care of it. No matter how hard he tried and how reasonable he was, no one sided with him and could only watch the dowry being transferred to Madam Lin’s hands.
Xie Tingxing couldn’t ignore the commotion and jumped up and down for him and got into Madam Lin’s way. Suddenly, he fell into the water and became seriously ill. Afterwards, he just died….
Xing’er.
Thinking of his Younger Brother, Xie Tingyue couldn’t help but have tears in his eyes, and immediately he had an impulse to run to the academy.
Alive! Xie Tingxing is alive! Something that he never dared to dream about in his previous life!
Unfortunately, it’s not possible for him to run away.
Not to mention that the whole house was like a tight cage today, he couldn’t escape from it at all. Let’s just say that he had to overcome the current difficulty in order to have many more opportunities in the future.
Xie Tingxing was still young and had an impulsive personality, he didn’t know about this marriage, which would save him a lot of discomfort. After everything went smoothly, he would have a good conversation with his Younger Brother.
The key question was how to live now.
Being reborn, he finally had a chance for a new life, but why didn’t he come back a few days earlier? It happened to be the day before the wedding, so he didn’t have time to prepare for anything.
He put his hand on the edge of the bed to brace and was about to stand up when his hand suddenly hit something.
Looking down, Xie Tingyue saw a book.
《The Great Power of Economy》
The edges of the page were rolled with a light yellow color, and the cover was pure blue. The four characters were painted with iron and silver hooks, seemingly filled with magnificent mountains and rivers, open and incomparable.
Xie Tingyue’s eyelashes suddenly trembled.
In the last moments of his previous life, only this book was by his side, and he flipped through it countless times….
It was rather useful.
Suddenly thinking of a direction that could be leveraged, Xie Tingyue held the book in his arms, confidence rippling in his eyes.
“Enter.”
Quickly, footsteps came from outside the corridor, and a sturdy young man walked in, “Second Young Master.”
Xie Tingyue looked at the young man and smiled, “I recognize you. You are Brother Dong, and you are the nanny’s Nephew, right?
Brother Dong was a bit excited, “Young Master, you actually still remember this little one?”
“When I was a child, I used to play with my Younger Brother. You were slightly older by two years, you never went crazy with us, either staring at the rockery stones or staring at the corner of the tree branches. I know, you were worried that we might be careless and hurt ourselves.”
“Young Master… ” Brother Dong couldn’t help but choke as he suppressed his sobs. “The days are difficult, so you have to endure it. Young Master Xing has enough people there, and we promise to serve you well. We won’t let you get hurt. Young Master, please let me stay to serve you.”
After speaking, he plopped and knelt down.
Xie Tingyue quickly called him to stand up.
At this time in his previous life, he had felt that Madam Lin was causing some mischief and he was very worried, so he arranged for all the people he trusted to go to Xie Tingxing’s side. He couldn’t figure out why Madam Lin didn’t have much reaction at the time, and only then did he understand that Madam Lin should be very satisfied with his cooperation, because it happened to fulfill her plan.
If you send out everyone around you, wouldn’t that make you blind and deaf, without knowing what’s going on ahead?
Now she had issued a death order to bring this person back to him, but it was only a temporary appeasement and restraint. If she wanted him to die, he would die tomorrow, and nothing could go wrong today.
Stupid, he was really so stupid!
Fortunately, he had been reborn.
Xie Tingyue took a deep breath. This time, if he didn’t kill Madam Lin, he wouldn’t be surnamed Xie!
“Brother Dong, help me with a few things.” He looked at Brother Dong with a solemn expression, “I can only trust you in this family.”
Brother Dong felt that today’s Young Master was very different. He has obviously gained vitality and energy, and was less depressed. Having a fighting spirit was a good thing, and the Young Master has always been intelligent—— “Young Master, just give me your orders.”
His unquestionable trusting gaze and crisp response put Xie Tingyue in a good mood, he narrowed his eyes and smiled, “Come over here.”
After a brief whisper and face-to-face order, Brother Dong’s eyes brightened, “I’ll take care of it now. Young Master, please wait.”
Brother Dong blew out like a breeze, and Xie Tingyue sat at the table, poured and drank a cup of cool tea, calmly thinking about what was going to happen next.
First, it was his Younger Brother. He remembered the day of the accident very well. As long as the marriage was properly finalized, he would then pay attention to before and after that day and not let his Younger Brother go near any water’s edge.
The second thing was the sweet soup that would be put on his table shortly afterwards; it could not be drunk, but it must be touched to let others know that he had consumed it.
The last, and the most important thing was that he wanted to get married and let this matter go smoothly first. Chu Mu… Do you want to get married?
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Zaki~ Heyooo!! it’s me again..umnn..here’s another novel for you to enjoy. I really love this one, albeit reading through MTL, it got me hooked. As queries has arisen that this novel is currently translated, the chapters in NU was not correct, so I dipped my hands again, (with much eye-rolling from Elanor, and she made me promise not to take pick-ups without discussing it with her..again) and as I always mentioned, although my translations are not 100% accurate, Ela and I will bring out a better translation for everyone… Stay with me again, lovely readers.. Thank you all for your support.
I’m curious as to how did MC die in his previous life..
Ah, his situation sounds so complicated and sad… :< Hope everything will go well in this life! This story looks interesting, so count me in, haha! Ｏ(≧∇≦)Ｏ Thank You for translating! (｡･ω･｡)ﾉ♡
Thank god I let this pile up a bit, this first chapter got me HOOKED
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Thank you – I probably would have found the other translation and hurt my brain trying to get through it. Also, little brother sounds like a handful 😊 but Dong seems to know what to watch for.
ngl this actually didn’t mention mc’s life before rebirth so I’m guessing we’ll see bits and pieces of his previous life, I won’t lie I’ll be hooked on this topic xD
still a bit confuse, but its interesting so I will continue. thankyou for your hardwork^