Translator: Ryn
Editor: Pluto
Gao Junfei was accustomed to Xie Qibao’s agitation, and also immune to his usual complaints. Thus, he asked without much regard, “What’s all this big fuss about? Didn’t you go eat lunch with a pretty girl? Yoohh, unless this big issue of yours is that you’ve fallen in love with this pretty girl huh…”
Xie Qibao cursed, “Who the f*ck is in love ah! That woman is a pervert!”
Gao Junfei became excited as soon as he heard the word ‘pervert’, “Eh? What pervert? How perverted was she? Did you get molested?”
Xie Qibao spewed out a mouthful of blood, almost fainting out of anger!
It was rare for Gao Junfei to be able to render Xie Qibao speechless. As if he’d gotten his revenge, he felt refreshed. “Okay, okay, what bigger problem is there compared to having to rush for reincarnation? We’ll talk back at the dorm ba!”
Before hanging up the phone, Xie Qibao asked anxiously, “Is Brother Qi in the dorm?”
Gao Junfei didn’t take his matter too seriously. He turned his head and only saw Ling Ke. Hence, he replied, “Nope.”
Ling Ke got up to pour a glass of water, casually asking, “Xie Qibao?”
Gao Junfei hung up the phone, and threw it to his desk. He smiled and said, “En, all this ruckus, who else could it be besides him?”
Ling Ke turned and walked into the bathroom. Soon, he heard the sound of the front door opening—Xie Qibao must’ve returned.
“Brother Gao!” As soon as Xie Qibao entered the room, he did not wait to catch his breath before firing away, “I just met a perverted woman! She asked me if I was the one who posted some ‘Qibao Hot Sale’ thread online, and even wanted me to steal Brother Qi’s things to sell to her. Toothbrush, cups, towels, underwear. She wants everything! She even gave me a big stack of cash!”
Gao Junfei excitedly exclaimed, “F*ck! For real?”
Xie Qibao pulled out the stack of money from his pocket. “Really ah! Look, look, look! She even gave me money!!”
Gao Junfei: “AHHH~! We’re gonna make a fortune!!!”
Inspired by Gao Junfei’s attitude, Xie Qibao’s courage to thieve also started bubbling up. He said excitedly, “How do we go about doing this? This matter, should we keep it an absolute secret from Brother Qi—”
Before he could finish his sentence, he saw the bathroom door opening, with Ling Ke strolling out from inside.
Gao Junfei: “…”
Xie Qibao: “…”
Right at that moment, the two were akin to little scheming miscreants having been caught red-handed by the Empress, having expressions that screamed defeat and dejectedness on their faces.
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.
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Presently, Xie Qibao’s mind was filled with only four questions. Who am I? Where am I? Why is Ling Ke here in the dorm room? Now that Ling Ke knows, will we still be able to hide this from Qi Feng?
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Ling Ke asked apprehensively, “Wait, is it possible that you two are really intending to steal Qi Feng’s things to sell?”
His words were like a bolt of holy light, which directly nipped Gao Junfei and Xie Qibao’s evil thoughts in the bud…
A short while later, Qi Feng also returned to the dorms. It wasn’t as if he went somewhere far—he had only gone to the convenience store downstairs to buy some water. Yet when he returned, he felt as if the atmosphere within the room wasn’t quite right.
Ling Ke was sitting in front of his laptop without saying a word. Xie Qibao had shrunk to one side like a quail, whereas Gao Junfei laid on his desk, clutching his head in vexation, seemingly forlorn.
Then, Qi Feng noticed the stack of money placed on his desk.
“What is this?” Qi Feng set down his bottled water. He cluelessly glanced around the room and finally turned towards Ling Ke, asking, “Whose money is this?”
Ling Ke shot a glance at the two behind him and faintly said, “You ask them ba.”
Qi Feng picked up the money and turned to look at them. “This money…”
As soon as these two words left his mouth, Xie Qibao immediately turned towards him, narrating everything that happened at noon. In contrast to his previous crafty appearance whilst planning a conspiracy alongside Gao Junfei, Xie Qibao spoke with a tone of delight and righteous indignation, outwardly displaying an upright, magnanimous exterior.
Gao Junfei’s heart was bleeding… Ah, he finally came across such a great opportunity to make a fortune, but why did this have to fall onto the hands of Xie Qibao, this idiot? At the time, why did he write ‘Qibao Hot Sale’ instead of ‘Junfei Hot Sale’ when he posted the thread? Could it be that he, Gao Junfei, did not have the good fortune to make big money in this lifetime? Or was it because he came across Xie Qibao, this black star?! He couldn’t accept this ah!
After listening to Xie Qibao, Qi Feng’s expression turned solemn. He counted the money in his hands, and said, “There’s only ¥900 here.”
“Uhh,” Perhaps feeling somewhat guilty over losing his head because of a pretty face earlier, Xie Qibao said with embarrassment, “Just now, I took one of the banknotes…to pay for lunch, I’ll return the money to you now ba.”
“No need.” Qi Feng shook his head. He took out a new ¥100 banknote from his wallet to replace the one with Catherine’s written phone number, and then handed the ¥900 back to Xie Qibao. “Thank you for telling me about this. However, regardless of whether or not you’re gonna be helping her, this money was given to you by her. I do not have the right to confiscate this, so you hold on to it, okay?”
“Brother Qi…” Xie Qibao was moved to the point of tears from Qi Feng’s words. If Ling Ke’s previous words served as a reminder, then these words from Qi Feng were a redemption of his soul, making him rejoice over the fact that he did not do anything despicable. His sense of morality that had spiralled to the bottom rebounded back within that split second. He insisted, “No, I can’t take this money.”
Qi Feng: “Take it.”
Xie Qibao: “I can’t take it!”
Seeing them push and pull, Gao Junfei almost had his eyes bulging out, the words ‘If you guys don’t want it, then give it to me’ clearly written on his face.
Ling Ke quietly observed them both, before saying, “Since neither of you want it, then just contribute this money to our dorm room funds and leave it under Gao Junfei’s care.”
Since it wasn’t his own money, Xie Qibao didn’t feel comfortable taking it. Xie Qibao thought it through and felt it made sense, hence he obediently handed the money over to Gao Junfei.
Gao Junfei sighed in resignation, and joked in a self-depreciating manner, “You guys are so stupid. Even if the girl wanted Qi Feng’s things, we can just randomly give her whatever ah. For example, if she wanted underwear, we can give her Xie Qibao’s underwear and tell her it is Qi Feng’s ah. It’s not as if she’ll know.”
Xie Qibao roared, “WTF, Gao Junfei, you pervert! Why is it my underwear, and not your underwear?”
Gao Junfei smiled wickedly and said, “My underwear is fine too. I will buy a dozen and change one every day. Since she said she would pay for every item with an amount more than the one she gave you, then I’d earn at least ¥7000 in a week ah, haha!”
This time, even Qi Feng couldn’t hold back from bursting out in laughter. He teased, “You pervert.”
Xie Qibao babbled on the side, “Don’t forget that Brother Qi usually wears branded underwear from Bedford, CK and the like ah. One pair costs at least ¥200-¥300. You say you wanna buy a dozen, but can you even afford it?”
Gao Junfei burst out a string of curses, and then waved his hand, “Rich people, rich people. Really can’t compete.”
After the fuss died down, and with all grudges eliminated, the atmosphere surrounding the room considerably eased.
Qi Feng returned to his desk. He subsequently sat down and stared blankly at the banknote with the phone number written on.
Ling Ke swept him a glance, seemingly still amused from Gao Junfei’s earlier joke. He commented meaningfully, “I didn’t expect you to have this kind of … pursuer.”
Qi Feng smiled bitterly. “You think I want this?”
Ling Ke asked, “Then how do you plan on settling this matter?”
“First, I need to find out who this person is…” Qi Feng pulled out his phone and keyed in the phone number written on the banknote. Sure enough, this number was neither recognised on his phone contacts nor registered on his WeChat.
Apart from the name “Catherine” which was obviously a randomly made up English name, Qi Feng didn’t have a single clue as to who she could be.
This feeling of having a ‘faceless enemy lurking in the dark’ gave Qi Feng immense discomfort. Especially when the other person had asked his roommate to steal his personal belongings. Disregarding what she planned to do with his things, her conduct in using money to bribe, and in turn drive a wedge between him and his roommates made Qi Feng feel extremely angry.
It was true that he rarely got angry, especially towards girls. However this time, the other’s behaviour has completely stepped past his bottom line, making him unable to endure and to take this matter seriously.
“I want to lure her out. What do you think?” Qi Feng looked towards Ling Ke.
Ling Ke wasn’t someone who liked meddling in others’ affairs. While he was very concerned about this matter, he wouldn’t interfere or get himself involved if Qi Feng didn’t intend to confide in him. But now that Qi Feng had taken the initiative to discuss this, he opened his mouth and asked, “What’s the reason?”
Qi Feng cautiously said, “Everyone has a certain level of self-esteem. The reason this girl dares to do this is because she’s relying on the fact that I have no idea who she is. However, once I meet and have a chat with her, I can try to convince her to give up her intentions towards me. If I’m unable to persuade her, at least we’ll know who to hold accountable if troubles arise in the future.”
Ling Ke agreed. “En, okay.”
“Then, can you lend me your phone?” Qi Feng asked Ling Ke.
“… What for?” Ling Ke instinctively reached out to cover his phone. “You want to use my phone to contact her?”
“En, I can’t use my own phone,” Qi Feng frowned and thought about it. “I’m guessing she knows my phone number. If this is so, the moment I contact her, she’ll immediately know that she has been exposed, and will definitely not come out to meet me.”
Indeed, no one would dare do this kind of thing openly.
“I don’t think it’s safe to use mine either. I’ve registered my number with the university’s network group. If she gets suspicious and searches around, she’ll realise it’s me and suspect you’ve used my phone as a pretence to sound her out. After all, the fact that she went to look for Xie Qibao shows that she probably knows you and I have a good relationship.” Ling Ke turned his head and glanced at Xie Qibao. “How about, we beat her at her own game…”
Ling Ke’s opinions sounded well thought out. Qi Feng nodded and turned to Xie Qibao, calling out, “DaBao, do me a favor.”
“Ah? What is it?” Xie Qibao moved his seat closer towards him, like a puppy being summoned by its owner.
“Lend me your phone. Next up, we’ll need you to help out with something as well…”
“Sure, sure…”
Ling Ke breathed a sigh of relief, quietly hiding his phone in his pocket. He had a mountain full of Qi Feng’s photos stored in his phone. Although it was unlikely that the other would rummage through his photo albums, it was still too risky ah.
Whilst listening to Qi Feng and Xie Qibao discussing their plans, Ling Ke was also hesitating as to whether he should deal with the photos stored in his phone, just in case…
In the end, they decided to let Xie Qibao send a text message to Catherine, asking her to meet, expressing that he had ‘thought things through and was willing to cooperate’.
Gao Junfei also joined in their discussion, suggesting that they send her a few photos to express sincerity, in order to make their farce seem more genuine.
“Take photos of what? Not underwear ba!” Xie Qibao looked skeptical.
“What’s wrong with underwear? How innocent of you. If she’s really that crazily in love with Qi Feng, believe it or not, she will definitely rush over immediately after seeing these photos” Gao Junfei countered.
Everyone else simultaneously face-palmed. Although Gao Junfei’s words weren’t wrong, the mere thought of it still made them feel disturbed.
However, if one couldn’t bear to use children as bait, then they wouldn’t be able to capture the wolf. If they wanted to lure her out, they must be ready to make some sacrifices.
Qi Feng said helplessly, “Just take some photos of my toothbrush, towel and such ba… as for underwear, it’s a bit too private, I really can’t bear to let others see.”
【A brief interlude】
Xie Qibao and Gao Junfei excitedly conspired for half a day, yet once they turned around, they realised that all their conspiracies were overheard by Qi Feng’s Empress.
Ling Ke: “What were you guys talking about?”
Xie Qibao: “…” This small one dare not, Empress, please spare me! QAQ
Gao Junfei: “…” Don’t, don’t tell Qi Feng ah… QAQ
Ling Ke,, you’re almost as bad as Catherine-
While I may agree, at least LingKe’s collection is public for grabs… unlike Catherine’s 😱😱😱 definitely give you the shivers
Ling Ke just has photos from the social circle right? I don’t really think it’s too bad, but that girl literally wanted to covertly get hold of his possessions, and replace them. I don’t really think Ling Ke did anything morally wrong lol o3o Or unless I’m missing something on this 3-3
Yeah, just like how a a loyal army having pictures of jk and taehyung
Like a fan to their idols right?
I don’t think so its normal to save pictures of a the person you admire…HIHI
Hahaha. These dumbs.
Thanks for the chapter!
Ling Ke as the empress 😍
Thanks for the chapter ❤
Hahaha That girl is definitely a pervert tf ee
Thank you for the update 😊
I want to know how they will get closer over this incident.
“Seeing them push and pull, Gao Junfei almost had his eyes bulging out, the words ‘If you guys don’t want it, then give it to me’ clearly written on his face.‘’
LOL this guy always makes me laugh 😂
Thank you for the chapter!
the businessman of 412 room being doomed because he didn’t use his name directly and agonizing because of it: you can do it, bro!
The businessman is really feeling the unfairness of the world.