For an entire moment, Li Yu was completely and utterly dumbfounded.
The big scoundrel actually dared to write such shameless words on all of the white walls in the estate? This made Li Yu so embarrassed he immediately wanted to dive back into the fish tank. One second, his thoughts jumped to weird slogans from the modern world. The next second, an image of the confession wall from high school appeared in his head.
Perhaps bystanders couldn’t understand clearly why these two sentences would be connected together, but Li Yu knew. That day, he criticized Jing-wang for mistaking him for a concubine. Jing-wang was using this method to explain belatedly that he had no concubine; that the reason why he acted so rudely was only because he liked Li Yu.
Like…… like……
Li Yu chewed on this word repeatedly, suddenly feeling an ache in his heart.
If he and Jing-wang were normal people, perhaps he’d feel a bit touched at this moment. Putting aside whether he’d accept or not, most people generally enjoyed receiving love confessions. Not to mention, it was done in such a grand and passionate manner that practically shouted Jing-wang’s affections to the entire world.
However, Li Yu didn’t actually feel happy. Instead, his mood became even worse. He knew well enough that Jing-wang didn’t have any concubines. The reason why Li Yu didn’t want to see Jing-wang again was because he felt humiliated after being treated as such a casual person by Jing-wang.
Yet now, Jing-wang was using this kind of method to tell him, he wasn’t just messing around, that he liked Li Yu.
Like. Li Yu knew that this word was a mix between like and love that ancient people used.
For Jing-wang to feel genuine feelings towards him, to Li Yu, this was even worse than messing around.
Li Yu was very aware that he was Jing-wang’s pet fish. Jing-wang liked “Li-gongzi.” But that was only the result of a series of coincidences that occurred because fish needed to do missions.
This kind of feeling was calculated. There were no other options. If Li Yu let it continue to develop, what will the System’s next mission be? According to the system’s logic, it’d be something that required a relationship even closer than “wind, flower, snow, and moon.” If he wanted to complete the mission, perhaps he’d need to do something that would make Jing-wang misunderstand even more.
Then in the end, perhaps it’d be like a lot of the transmigration novels. Perhaps in the end, he’d conveniently get together with Jing-wang.
But he didn’t want it to be like this. His feelings were his most precious thing. Being pushed in a certain direction by the System wasn’t a very good feeling. In certain matters, he can yield but in terms of feelings, he definitely can’t just make do. Being pushed or being calculated were both not okay.
Perhaps because he’s been a pet fish for such a long time, he always felt an uncontrollable flow of care and concern towards Jing-wang. However, that was only the affection that a pet had towards its master. Not the equal and mutually exchanged love between two people.
He had no way of accepting Jing-wang’s feelings calmly, while handing over his own heart in return. Jing-wang didn’t actually know that Li-gongzi was fish, but he knew himself– fish and Li-gongzi were the same. Fish can’t love Jing-wang, Li-gongzi also can’t.
If he took advantage of the situation and accepted Jing-wang’s feelings despite not liking him like that, it would end up hurting them both.
As Li Yu pondered, a few servants moved next to the white wall closest in his view and started to examine the words on the wall.
Li Yu knew these words were written by Jing-wang. Jing-wang was very earnestly explaining himself to Li Yu. Because Li Yu refused to change into a human, Jing-wang couldn’t find his human form. He also couldn’t speak verbally. Therefore, he can only write what he wanted to say all over the place for Li Yu to read if he happened to look around. No matter how juvenile this was, it showed the affection that Jing-wang held for him. This was also why Li Yu inevitably felt somewhat sorrowful after learning that Jing-wang liked him.
During the days that he lived and interacted with Jing-wang, he has seen many different sides of Jing-wang. He knew that the other was a very good person. He treated both fish and human very well. The Jing-wang in the original novel was ruthless and cruel, however, towards the person he loved, he was full of passion and attentiveness. Li Yu knew how Jing-wang was, but he still couldn’t return the other’s feelings.
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.
Li Yu originally thought he only needed to continue being unresponsive, not appearing in human form, and not giving any hope at all, then Jing-wang would slowly forget him.
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The servants encouraged each other and very quickly started to carve Jing-wang’s words accordingly into the wall. After they finished carving, they painted it with a special ink that would never fade.
Li Yu who thought that the appearance of the servant meant they were going to wipe away the words: ???
Li Yu turned pale in fright. This big scoundrel. Do you know how to spell “shame” at all?
It’s already enough that the entire estate saw these words. Now it’s going to be passed down for generations upon generations……
Thinking about other people’s futures, Li Yu felt choked up. His eyes started to burn again.
Using the excuse that the servants carving on the wall was too noisy for him, Li Yu weakly jumped off the windowsill and scooted back into the fish tank. He wanted to go back to sleep again, but no matter what, he couldn’t fall asleep.
Clearly, even when he was completely furious, he was still able to fall asleep. Yet just carving a few simple words on the wall seemed like they were being carved directly into his heart, making him ache in waves. Upset, he wanted to sleep but felt an unrest.
The room was completely silent. Suddenly, a kacha sound was heard. The door latch moved and fell to the floor, extremely ear-piercing. Because Li-gongzi often entered and exited the room, Jing-wang didn’t allow people to lock the door. The door latch hung there only in appearance. Perhaps even the person opening the door never imagined that it’d be this easy to enter.
A figure quickly flashed in. According to the sound of the footsteps, it wasn’t Jing-wang. It also wasn’t Wang Xi……
Li Yu instantly became vigilant. The person who entered the room had his back to the crystal fish tank. They stood at the door looking all over several times. Li Yu temporarily forgot his issues and stared at this person in concentration.
This person made certain that they weren’t being followed, then let out a quiet breath of relief. Turning around, they slowly took a few steps forward.
Li Yu caught a glimpse of this person’s unparalleled face which had an appearance that stood out from the crowd.
This person– wasn’t this the little pampered wife from the original novel, Chu YanYu?!
Li Yu was stunned. Ever since the banquet at Jing estate, he has never seen this person again. He thought that this person was at the 3rd Prince or 6th Prince’s place, but this person was actually inside Jing Estate. How come Li Yu didn’t know about it?
Chu YanYu was wearing an outfit for Jing Estate servants. Although a bit plain and simple looking, it’s hard to hide his outstanding qualities. Li Yu didn’t believe that a person without any strength could wander from outside of the estate into the inner courtyard. In other words, Chu YanYu has been inside the estate all along.
Jing-wang was in charge of everything inside the Jing Estate. Chu YanYu’s presence couldn’t have been concealed from Jing-wang. Therefore, Jing-wang should have been the one who permitted Chu YanYu to stay. Just like– how Jing-wang allowed Li Yu to stay. However, back then when the 3rd Prince wanted to give this person away to Jing-wang, Jing-wang clearly refused outright. Did he take back that decision?
So much for “there’s no concubine.” Li Yu thought somewhat sourly. Although there was no concubine, there’s still a little pampered wife! Even Li Yu was kept completely in the dark about this, how truly outrageous.
Since he already had someone, then why still confess to Li Yu. Hmph. Fish hated scoundrels who stepped on two ships like this the most!
In his heart, Li Yu gave the bastard Jing-wang a huge X.
Chu YanYu walked in front of the crystal fish tank and curiously looked at the fish who was swimming around. Everyone in the estate said that Jing-wang was raising a koi. Chu YanYu once saw Jing-wang’s fish from far away, but never managed to get closer. He only remembered that this fish was black and dirty looking. Now he discovered that this fish was silver and white all over. There was even a layer of gold on its stomach and tail area, which swayed and shone in splendors as it swam. One look and it’s enough to tell that this was no ordinary fish.
With this appearance, it definitely can only be a Koi. Jing-wang loved and pampered this fish a lot. Looks like it wasn’t without reason.
Chu YanYu finished appreciating the fish’s appearance and attempted to pick up the jade boxes on the table. Opening them, he discovered that one box only held a red colored dry food. The other jade box held plenty of miniature sized desserts.
Chu YanYu closed the box holding the dessert and picked up the dry food for a whiff, concluding that it should be fish food. Brows furrowed faintly, Chu YanYu looked as if he didn’t like the smell of this fish food. Nevertheless, he still grabbed a handful and walked in front of the fish tank.
Li Yu thought Chu YanYu had free time so he came to feed fish. Yet Chu YanYu actually lowered his head, and said quietly: “You better behave. This is a rare opportunity for me……”
Li Yu: ???
Did Chu YanYu know that Li Yu could understand human language and was currently talking to him?
Li Yu was somewhat surprised. However, this should be impossible. He immediately recovered. Chu YanYu shouldn’t have known that he was a transmigrated fish. Instead, he only enjoyed talking to himself while no one was around.
But Li Yu really can understand everything. How very awkward.
Li Yu pretended he didn’t understand at all and lifelessly blew a bubble.
Chu YanYu didn’t suspect him and continued to say: “To be unable to meet his highness after entering the estate for this long is a result of my incompetence. Apparently, there’s already a Li-gongzi who was extremely favored. But I really can’t understand……”
The extremely favored Li-gongzi– Li Yu: ???
What can’t you understand?
Pausing, Chu YanYu lowered his eyes and smiled slightly: “I can’t understand, just where am I lacking in comparison to this Li-gongzi? I once saw him from afar. I don’t think my looks are any less, so why would his highness fancy him while viewing me as nonexistent? Luckily, I finally understood later.”
Chu YanYu chattered onward excitedly, almost like someone talking in their sleep: “The biggest difference between me and Li-gongzi is that he is the person helping his highness raise his fish. He only managed to get close to his highness because of the fish. If the same opportunity were given to me, I definitely wouldn’t be inferior to him.”
“Now the opportunity has arrived.” Chu YanYu smiled warmly and said: “Li-gongzi has become overly spoiled and left without saying goodbye. It’s a nice scheme of “loosening the reins to hold on tighter” to make his highness even more enamored with him. However, he’s not the only person in this estate who can raise a fish and feed a fish– for example, there’s me.”
“I can completely replace him. Also, I definitely will do everything better than him.” Chu YanYu threw the food in front of Li Yu. For a second, his beautiful, faintly smiling face twisted somewhat as his expression gradually turned cold.
Li Yu: “……”
All of the scales on Li Yu’s body felt like they were rising. He felt like Chu YanYu seemed to have gone crazy or was possessed, just not very normal looking. According to Chu YanYu’s words, he didn’t seem to have lived well inside the Jing Estate and was completely ignored by Jing-wang. Unable to be summoned, he came over in an attempt to dig Li-gongzi’s wall!
Pei! What are you digging at? Making it seem like he and the big scoundrel had something between them.
So you came to curry favor from this fish in order to cling to Jing-wang later on!
The fish food that Chu YanYu threw down followed the water current and landed in front of Li Yu. Chu YanYu used an ice cold expression to look at the fish.
Li Yu unconsciously moved back. People had many sides to them. How did the proud and lofty, little pampered wife from the novel bloom into a black lotus!
Li Yu felt Chu YanYu was very dangerous. Of course he wouldn’t eat the food that Chu YanYu gave him.
The fish food fell past the fish’s mouth, but the fish didn’t take a bite.
Chu YanYu’s expression instantly turned malevolent.
He really didn’t spend his days inside the Jing Estate very well. After entering the estate, he received corporal punishment and practically lost half his life. There was no doctor to treat him. The other people in QingXi Courtyard only cared about themselves and were not concerned if he lived or died. Chu YanYu secretly sent letters to the 6th Prince. The first few times were all failures. In the end, the 6th Prince finally replied, wanting him to continue to stay by Jing-wang’s side and try to gain Jing-wang’s trust again.
Chu YanYu rubbed the letter that the 6th Prince gave him over and over again, feelings like knives were twisting in his heart.
His true love, the 6th Prince, still had high expectations for him. Yet he can’t even see Jing-wang’s face. How can he help the 6th Prince?
Chu YanYu thought day in and night out, almost like he was half crazed.
Since he had already reached such a state, even if he had to abandon all dignity, it didn’t matter what he had to do, he needed to obtain Jing-wang’s affections!
Chu YanYu already didn’t have any more money on him. He had no choice but to use a method that he disdained the most. After maintaining an ambiguous relationship with a guard for a few days and getting plenty of benefits out of it, he finally received an opportunity to enter the inner courtyard.
He heard that Jing-wang’s new favorite, Li-gongzi, has been throwing a tantrum recently and ran away from the estate. Chu YanYu decided to seize this time to take down Jing-wang at once.
According to Chu YanYu’s assumptions, Li-gongzi only enjoyed Jing-wang’s favor because he was the closest in proximity, using the fact that he was raising the fish. If he, Chu YanYu, can also raise the fish, then there’d be no need for Li-gongzi at all.
But now that he was actually here, this fish refused to eat the fish food he dropped?
No matter. Chu YanYu gave a cold smile. Right in front of the fish, he poured a bag of brown colored powder into a tea cup and gave it a swirl.
Li Yu: “……”
Little pampered wife, are you sure you want to drug Jing-wang?
But that’s a teacup used by fish to wander around. Jing-wang doesn’t even drink from that!
How stupid can Chu YanYu be!? How on earth did Jing-Wang fall so hard for him in the original novel!??
My theory is that he didn’t because (spoiler-ish? It doesn’t fit the overarching plot?).
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i actually feel a bit bad for chanyu…..
Ikrrr idk if he does anything bad in the future but now hes just being manipulated and used by his lover and didnt do any bad things in particular i genuinely feel so bad for him 😭😭
💀LOL Can’t Chu YanYu see that cup is literally not for drinking??😂
Teacup…isn’t Fish the size of about an arm length – Jing Wang’s arm length to be precise – therefore, ya sure it is a teacup and not a bowl? Pretty sure teacup is the size of a hand not arm. scratching my head
was kind of hoping he’d turn infront of him to slap him, hahaha
I get that CYY is acting out of devotion and love for the 6th prince, but he should really ask himself if a man who’s willing to callously send his lover to the bed of another man for his own ambition is really worth loving.
I never really liked Chan Yu in the first place but doesn’t mean I don’t feel any pity towards him. He’s blindly devoted to the 6th prince that he doesn’t even realize he’s been used all along. And now he’s slowly losing his sanity. I feel bad for him but at the same time, you should just fck off.
Chu YanYu* my bad.
With how devoted to the 6th prince Chu Yanyu seems to be, I really wonder if he even liked Jing-wang in the original novel? Jing-wang fell for him at first sight and sacrificed a lot of things to be with him, but that doesn’t prove Chu Yanyu grew to love him eventually.