Ever Since I Take Home An Adonis Who Has Lost His BusinessCh2 - (6-10)

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(6)

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Early the next morning, I peeked through the door of his room and saw the male god’s body completely wrapped in quilts.

The tall BOSS that was curled up like a big Mandarin Bun… flCyzO

So cute.

While he was still asleep, I put on a thick brown coat and stuffed my hands into its warm pockets. First things first, put money into the bank! The dew on the grass outside hadn’t dried up yet, just like how the *automatic deposit machine had not yet been emptied.

[T/N: basically an ATM]

My brother needs to go to college this year. He had always been eager to learn and was very talented so it won’t be difficult for him to get into a good university.

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Sighing heavily, I watched my warm breath drift out into the cold air. After checking my balance, I felt extremely depressed. It was time to find a flexible part-time job and start feeding the male god while living side by side with him.

I bought meat buns and soy milk. The store downstairs had already been acquired by a real estate company. Now, the community was full of large chain stores and even the taste of their soy milk wasn’t as good as the previous small shop’s.

Hehe, the power of real estate hegemony.

When I returned home, the male god was sitting at the table  while typing. I quickly greeted him to have breakfast. After giving him his portion, I sat down in the chair beside him and relaxed into the seat cushion while listening to the news report on the TV. 0cPqn8

Taking a bite of my bun, I asked vaguely,“BOSS, what do we do now?”

The male god was also eating a steamed bun and looked particularly handsome. His perfect teeth bit cleanly through the thin flesh and the juicy meat inside gave off a shiny sheen.

“In two days, you will help me send a document to An.”

An was a business partner we have been working with for many years who possesses a thick stature. Every time they socialize, BOSS will always get pulled away by him to play cards or drink red wine. HkIL4w

I nodded, poured myself a bit of soy milk and asked, “Can I see what’s inside the document?”

“As long as you can understand it, you can.” The male god said straightforwardly.

“…”

… Is it really alright to despise my IQ this straightforwardly? 2U5d8b

I bit the bun as hard as I could to vent my frustrations, then noticed that the male god was still wearing my “cropped trousers” and a lightbulb went off in my head.

“Before work, let’s go shopping?”

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The male god glanced down at his trousers and bare ankles, then stared at me with suspicion.

I quickly covered up my naughty smile and said worriedly to him, “If we don’t buy new clothes, when the water gets cut off and we run out of food, BOSS, are you really going to run around here streaking. . .?” JT04qv

The word “streaking” was too irritating for the male god so he nodded wordlessly.

I controlled my facial expression and threw the remaining piece of bun into my mouth meaningfully.

Hehe.

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“BOSS, what I said was cucumbers ah. How did you bring a zucchini over instead?”

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“The cucumber is rather smooth here, there are no bumps.”

The male god nodded good temperedly and put the zucchini back in its original place, then went to see the fruits.

The supermarket’s vegetable stall auntie and I are close. Immediately after seeing me, her large, bean-like eyes began to pick out every small detail.

“Xiao Kang, why didn’t you come in your boxers today? You don’t look like yourself, I’m not used to it!”* N1ULI9

[T/N: 人模狗樣 was used here. It translates literally “people molded like dogs” and is an idiom for saying “you don’t look like yourself” in a joking way]

This Auntie makes me sound so lame! It’s winter right now, who wears boxers in the winter! Not to mention, they weren’t even boxers, they were athletic shorts! I could feel myself getting more and more flustered.

“It’s different today, someone is buying food with me.”

Auntie grinned, revealing a golden tooth, “You have a girlfriend accompanying you?” X5GWh7

The air conditioning of the vegetable stall was very strong. I pulled up the zipper of my coat, stroked my chin, and hesitated before revealing:

“They’re the type of person who used to be a high-ranking official in a company. The kind that you can only watch from afar and dare not approach.”

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Auntie thought over my words as she helped me wrap up the vegetables, then made a sound of surprise, “Oh! Like *a flower on Gaoling!”

[T/N: this is a reference to the TV series Born to Be a Flower (高嶺之花) which translates literally to “a flower on a high peak.” I kept the last two characters in pinyin to shorten it and make it sound more natural in the last sentence of ch7 ] m4XF7A

I very much agreed with this one-of-a-kind description and nodded.

Feeling another chill, I pulled my zipper up to the highest point and shrunk my neck and half of my head into the thick coat. Why was it so cold? Could someone turn up the heat?

A person patted my shoulder from behind, and I looked back —

… A flower on Gaoling’s never misses a good opportunity to appear! yX45o

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Seeing that things have temporarily settled down, I snuck out to look for a job while the male god was working on his laptop.

Being his assistant was still my job but daily life is inseparable from the word “money.” Water bill, electricity, gas, telephone bill, and a lot of Internet access fees. Every time I receive a bill, I would impulsively feel like sealing up the mailbox with tape.

I went to the park and sat on a stone bench. Pulling out a recruitment magazine, I began scanning the jobs inside. The cold wind blew and the papers fluttered against my hands. The uncle across from me glanced in my direction from time to time, then went back to squinting at a certain page in the newspaper that was not suitable for children. OWcElX

With a pen, I slowly traced along the recruiting list.

Restaurant waiter, monthly salary of 8,000 yuan. Working hours are from 6am- 3pm.

What would I do about my male god’s breakfast and lunch? Crossed out.

Office clerk, with a monthly salary of 10,000 yuan. 9am-5pm. D25oGp

If BOSS needed me to deliver documents to clients then there would be no time for the CEOs who are usually active only at night and early in the morning.

Big red X.

The uncle sitting across from me lazily folded his newspaper over and over again until it was small enough to fit in his pocket. Then, he started greeting some old men wearing white tank tops and went to play chess.

“Ah chu!” XEjZGv

My small sneeze drifted into the winter air as the bitter wind stung my cheeks. I really don’t understand how those protagonists in idol dramas only need to write a novel “to make ends meet.” And they don’t even have to be a popular writer at that! The price of land was already so high, how could anyone who wasn’t a rich second generation or a *NEET make a living?

[TN: 啃老族 is an adult who’s still living with and depending on their parents, I thought neet was pretty close to that definition]

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While thinking darkly, I accidentally caught a glimpse of a humble job advertisement in the lower right corner.

……Hmm? lMErN6

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It was close to midnight when I quietly snuck back into my apartment with a sore back. Obviously, this new job wasn’t even considered physically demanding so how did I manage to become tired to this extent? This has nothing to do with not exercising regularly.

Noticing a faint light peeking out from under the door of the male god’s room, I lazily stretched my waist, stuffed the trinket I just bought into my pocket, and lightly knocked in high spirits.

The male god was sitting on the bed looking down at his laptop, his bangs slightly covered his eyes due to not being erected with hair gel. When he looked up and saw it was me, he blinked a few times – probably out of sleepiness – and asked faintly, “Where have you been?” pe0Mtg

I crawled to the male god’s side while pulling the quilt over my cold body along the way and thought for a long time before I came up with an excuse:

“Sleepwalking…?”

The male god nodded – it seemed that he didn’t care how I would answer – and continued to work on the plan for Chief An.

I didn’t dare get too close to him and eventually came out from under the quilt after I warmed up enough. I really didn’t want to go back to my room. Although physically exhausted, I was full of energy so I brought myself closer to the glowing screen of his laptop. Reading proved difficult as the only other light in the room was from a small yellow lamp but I blinked my dry eyes and kept on going. 9h4zPQ

But… this plan…

“BOSS, isn’t this a little…”

Unscrupulous? Immoral? Taking advantage of loopholes in the law?

I couldn’t find the right word for it. G4e9Wd

He suddenly stopped typing but didn’t look away from the screen. “It will be a lot faster this way, and you wouldn’t want to wait too long either, right?” He asked lightly.

The male god does business well and had always been a bright and upright person. I have seen his father and I know that his tutors were very strict on him as a child. His sense of right and wrong was very strong.

Some people in the company ran their mouths saying that BOSS was too serious and honest and would take several detours in the business community but when these words reached BOSS’s ears, he just smiled and didn’t say anything. As an adult, I wasn’t naive enough to think that BOSS never took shortcuts in business. Sometimes it’t necessary to play tricks but…

“But BOSS, if you choose a road that is too remote and rugged, you might get lost.” cfz21d

But however long it takes, I will wait. Male god, just don’t go too far, I’m scared I won’t be able to keep up.

The man finally turned his head and looked at me. After a long time, he closed the document and gave a long sigh.

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In the quiet night, the male god squinted without knowing what to think, his expression dignified.

BOSS has his own path he needs to walk and I, this small person, can’t do much for him. sg7KvZ

So, what was within my power?

I took the trinket that I just bought out of my pocket. The male god doesn’t need to use hair gel at home and the hair hanging in front of his forehead was close to covering his eyes.

In the blink of an eye, I reached towards him and inserted a brown bear hair clip into his hair.

With a “pa”, I pressed down. [TN: to clip it close] dBVYuC

The male god blinked and looked helplessly at the me who was about to laugh.

I really liked this ‘serious for eight hundred years with transcending Three Teachings’ male god who was feeling both a little helpless and a little overwhelmed towards my silly act.

[T/N: “正經八百、三觀超正” – not too confident that I translated this correctly but the gist is that our BOSS is very cultured and upright. Also, the Three Teachings refers to Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism]

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Delivery is a technical job.

As the sun set, I put on a straight black suit and carefully put the plan into my briefcase.

BOSS waved his hand in a casual manner from behind me. It seems like he didn’t intend to put too much pressure on this delivery.

When I was a few feet away from the male god, I boldly turned back and pointed weakly at my cheek. rVYbCN

Male god: “Rest assured, there is no dirt on your face.”

I nodded stiffly. It was so hard to ask for a lucky kiss this year ah…

I took a taxi to An company. During this busy hour when everyone was getting off work, the bus was as crowded as a can of sardines. If I showed up at the company all sweaty, it would certainly make a bad impression.

Chief An’s office was on the top floor and the large glass windows reflect the city traffic below. Naturally, we weren’t meeting for the first time. It took less than two hours which made me quite surprised. ZlF63h

When I entered the door, Chief An had been looking at the scenery outside the window with his hands clasped behind him. His honest back inexplicably carried the momentum of an emperor.

Since it was a cooperation between business partners, there was no need to have an attitude of asking for help. He didn’t move so I stood still and waited quietly.

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As a result, Chief An turned around and saw my unreadable look. The first thing he said was, “Assistant Kang, I heard that you’re living together with President Fang?”

… I forgot this person’s favorite form of entertainment was gossiping. 7Gucdo

While ignoring his curious eyes, I handed over the leather briefcase containing the papers. Chief An scanned over the file quickly and roughly, then touched his chin while observing me.

“Yes.” Back straight, I calmly looked back at him. Inwardly, I couldn’t help telling him to quickly get to the point, don’t ask strange questions. “There are just some details that he wanted to talk to Chief An about in person.”

Things went unexpectedly smoothly and I secretly set off firecrackers in my head to celebrate. Then, taking a post-it note from the briefcase, I wrote down my home phone number only because the male god said that using a mobile phone was “dangerous.”

“What BOSS means is don’t be discovered by the other side. Chief An, if you’re interested, you can contact him.” 7QUriP

An took the post-it note and studied it. As I was wondering what he was trying to see from it, he frowned at me:

“The “2” is the beginning of a home phone number. So you two really are living together?”

“…”

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Little corner:

I found Kang Yan’s thoughts and concerns for Boss really touching :’)

Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter 🙂 On a side note, most of you guys in the comments section seem to have no problems with how I inserted the translator notes within the chapter so I’ll just continue doing it like then ^-^ thank you for the feedback! 

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