As long as he could eat his fill, he could survive until the end of time.
Going into the midsummer, when the days were scorching hot.
The modern city constructed from steel and cement seemed to turn into a large steamer, and the rising heat in the air was dry and stuffy.
The established villa area in the old part of Ling City was shaded by trees, and occasionally, one or two cicadas would buzz, startling the drowsy afternoon awake.
Ren Zhu walked through the vestibule with a grave expression and arrived outside of the living room. A servant promptly pushed open the door, bringing out shockingly cold air that smacked her in the face.
The huge temperature difference between outdoor and indoor made Ren Zhu’s hair stand up in an instant, and her body nearly shivered uncontrollably.
Ren Zhu: “!”
When she stepped into the living room and saw the situation inside, her gloomy face suddenly dropped a few degrees.
Without her knowing, there was an addition of a lazy couch next to the simple, sandalwood furniture. Ren Xingliu was spread out on it like a salted fish who had lost all his hopes and dreams.
His left hand was in a plaster cast, suspended in front of him by the gauze.
In a normal setting, his injury should encourage pity.
But Ren Xingliu’s behavior made it impossible for people to feel the slightest bit of sympathy.
There was a small table placed on his right side, with a fruit tray and refreshments on it, all within an arm’s reach.
When Ren Zhu entered, she happened to see him using his working right hand to pick up a watermelon with a toothpick and eat it in one bite. His eyes squinted in joy.
Then, like a horse not stopping its hoof, he pulled out his phone that was charging on the side and scrolled down the screen single handedly, despite his handicap.
It was not wrong to call this resilient.
Ren Zhu: “…”
Upon a closer look, one could still see a faint dark circle beneath Ren Xingliu’s eyes, making his already pale face due to the injury look even more haggard.
Based on Ren Zhu’s understanding of her son, this fatigue was mostly the result of staying up late.
However, Ren Xingliu himself clearly didn’t care, and there was even a faint smile on the corner of his lips. At first glance, there was a faint trace of peace and tranquility.
Peace and tranquility?
When those two adjectives flashed through her head, Ren Zhu couldn’t resist huffing coldly.
These words have no association with her useless son.
The Ren Family could be considered as one of the tops in Ling City’s business world. As Mr. Ren’s only child, Ren Zhu didn’t get married, and gave birth to Ren Xingliu alone.
When Ren Xingliu was a child, Ren Zhu was busy with work, so this young master spent the majority of his childhood with Mr. Ren. Because the old man had spent little time with the family during his earlier years, he paid back his overflowing affection towards his grandson in double, doting Ren Xingliu to death.
By the time Ren Zhu realized this, Ren Xingliu had already gone astray, becoming silk pants notorious in the whole Ling City.
Or how the young people would say it nowadays, no matter how much of a pain they are in the second-generation ancestor circle, it is still a far cry from Ren Xingliu’s firm C-spot.
His constant provoking of cats and teasing of dogs, and troubles would always follow. The only reason why he wasn’t dead already was because of how filthy rich the Ren Family was.
But even if the Ren Family could follow behind Ren Xingliu and help wipe his butt, they couldn’t stop Ren Xingliu from getting himself killed.
—A few days ago, out of eating vinegar, this brat competed with another, under dog-like friends’ instigation. What happened next was street racing, then a car crash, which he fainted on the spot.
While Ren Xingliu was dead to the world, he was sent to the hospital. The result showed a mild bone fracture in his left arm, with the rest being minor injuries. However, for some reason, he remained unconscious.
This lasted for three whole days. Just as Ren Zhu was about to seek consultation with a renowned doctor, Ren Xingliu finally woke up.
Everything went accordingly after he woke up, and soon, he was discharged from the hospital and went home to recuperate.
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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At the sight of Ren Zhu, a large smile instantly appeared on his face. “Mother!”
Ren Zhu, however, wasn’t moved by this filial piety, instead, her rage increased. “You can still smile at this time?”
“…What?” Ren Xingliu’s smile froze on his face, and before he could react, Ren Zhu was already showering down with scoldings.
“You think you have matured? Liking the same gender wasn’t enough, you had to drag the Pei Family’s kid with you, and to cause a disaster like this!
“You non-picky eater, Pei Xianzhi never said anything about liking men, but now it’s spreading like wildfire. The Pei Family is demanding an explanation. How am I to explain this to the Pei Family?
You really have tossed what faces the Ren Family has this time…”
In the midst of Ren Zhu’s furious scolding, Ren Xingliu recalled what he should have remembered. But retrospectively, those were already forgotten memories.
Oops.
But it was not because of his slow reaction, here was the crazy thing.
This matter started more than a decade ago…oh wait, according to his current timeline, it was only a few days ago.
As well-known silk pants in Ling City, Ren Xingliu could get wind if he demanded it and rain if he wished for it from a young age. Even when he came out of the closet, his family only symbolically obstructed him, but when that failed, they let him be.
With his good appearance, and the power of money bestowed upon him by his family, even with his infamous bad temper, he was never short of suitors.
Why else would it be said that Young Master Ren was super spoiled. Then if that wasn’t the cherry on top, he somehow took a fancy on another influential family’s young master, the Pei Family’s Pei Xianzhi.
Not caring whether Pei Xianzhi was interested in men or not, he pulled out his usual silk-pants manner and pursued the other person like a windy fire for a great deal of time.
That wasn’t the end of it. A few days ago, while taking part in a banquet, he actually fought for Rei Xianzhi’s affection with another love rival. Egging on by his pack of dog-like friends, the two dumbasses went street racing on the spot.
Because Pei Xianzhi was also spectating, Ren Xingliu was eager to show off. In a moment of impulse, he lost control and collided with the greenified belt.
The people present had their souls shocked out of their bodies.
As for Ren Xingliu, he literally encountered what it meant to have his soul go flying.
—He transmigrated.
–
The whole thing was very surreal. Apart from the experienced Jinjiang readers, no one would believe this story.
During Ren Xingliu’s three-day unconsciousness after the car crash, he didn’t fall into a simple coma, instead, his soul was transmigrated into a non-existence dynasty, as in this dynasty didn’t appear in any of history texts.
He had been pampered and spoiled since childhood, rejecting fruits unless they were imported, refusing to wear unbranded clothes, and rotating the sports cars he drove to school.
The only time he had experienced hardship in his life was during his military training at university.
It was tragic enough for this kind of fearless second-generation ancestor to transmigrate to an ancient time without air conditioning or internet, but he was dumped into the period where the world is in chaos.
This was the first time in Ren Xingliu’s twenty years of life that he experienced how it felt to exhaust all his strength just to stay alive.
He was at death’s door a handful of times.
However, human potential could be limitless. Young Master Ren not only managed to survive, but he also found his place in the chaotic world.
Later, by chance, Ren Xingliu joined the insurrectionary army and picked up the art of fighting. Utilizing his modern knowledge, he breached five passes and slayed six generals. Slowly, he even made a name for himself, going as far as earning a title, the god of War.
After more than ten years of chaos, he finally assisted the leaders of the insurrectionary army in pacifying the country, starting the dynasty as Sheng.
As one of the founding generals of the Sheng Dynasty, Ren Xingliu was naturally conferred the rank of marquis and became a high-ranking minister.
What he didn’t expect was that only after a few peaceful days, on his way to the palace in his horse carriage, he got into a head-on collision. In this traffic accident, he transmigrated once more, returning to the modern time—
It happened to be the third day after his car accident that started his transmigration.
The moment Ren Xingliu opened his eyes on the hospital bed and smelled the whiff of disinfectant, he burst into tears uncontrollably—they were tears of joy.
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Although he was already living below one person, and above ten thousand people, when it came to quality of life, even the Emperor of the Sheng Dynasty might not be able to live a life that was better than an average civilian in the modern era.
Not to mention various appliances that improve people’s quality of life. The internet alone made Ren Xingliu miss his modern life immensely.
In the Sheng Dynasty, there were times when he clashed with other ministers. The only means of communication were either done face-to-face or via sending letters. But by the time the other party replied in a letter, he had almost forgotten what he was angry about.
And this really pissed him off.
Not to mention other forms of entertainment such as movies, video games, and traveling.
As for the power that he had gained in the Sheng Dynasty after fighting for his life, he wasn’t the least bit attached to it.
More than a decade of chaotic warfare had exhausted Ren Xingliu mentally and physically. He just wanted to retire as early as possible and become a wealthy and honorable salted fish.
In fact, he was actually on his way to the palace to submit his resignation to the Emperor.
Then he got into a road accident. Well, it was better this way anyway, saving himself the trouble of dealing with imperial procedures.
Ren Xingliu was very pleased with this outcome.
–
After transmigrating back, in others’ eyes, Ren Xingliu had been unconscious for three short days, but in reality, he lived through more than a decade.
If it wasn’t for waking up and finding that he was still holding one half of the tiger tally that had come back with him, Ren Xingliu might have thought what he went through was merely a long dream.
In the past chaotic ten years, it could be said that he had experienced the hardships of life and achieved supreme enlightenment.
On the spot, Ren Xingliu decided that once he was discharged and returned home, the first thing he would do was paralyze as a salted fish and play on his phone!
Staying up the whole night to play on his phone!
Even if he could only move one hand, it wasn’t going to stop him from playing on his phone!
Also set the air conditioning to the lowest setting. The most annoying thing about living in ancient times was having no ability to control the temperature of the internal space, that or it took ten days at least to send a message.
The scorching summer was just too unbearable.
Modern technology was YYDS!
The trace of peace and tranquility that Ren Zhu saw on Ren Xingliu’s face wasn’t an illusion. As a retired God of War, Ren Xingliu was more than just at peace, serenity more like.
As for the large smile on his face at the sight of Ren Zhu, it was indeed a genuine expression from the bottom of his heart. After all, for him, he had been separated from Ren Zhu for more than a decade, not knowing if he could stay alive long enough to see his mother again, so, it was natural for him to be over the moon.
Unfortunately, in Ren Zhu’s eyes, she interpreted the bright smile into a completely different message.
This brat had caused such a big disaster. Not only did he not learn from it, but he could also still smile in front of her!
This was simply having no scruple and no respect for heavenly justice.
That was it. No matter what, she could no longer indulge him.
Ren Zhu once again reinforced her decision before coming.
Thinking of the bitterness that this wastrel of a son was about to eat, Ren Zhu finally found peace. After she scolded him enough, she wasn’t in the mood to waste anymore breath on him, so she concluded, “Have you learned from your misconduct?”
This was a question she asked offhandedly, without the expectation of Ren Xingliu repenting. This young master was used to acting like a despot, wouldn’t shed a tear until he saw the coffin.
To her great surprise, just as she asked that, she received Ren Xingliu’s response, “Yes, I have.”
Ren Zhu: “?”
She wondered if she had hallucinated that and looked up, only to see that Ren Xingliu had sat straight up at some point, showing a very…sincere expression?
This was an expression that had never appeared on her lousy son’s face.
Ren Zhu was in a trace for a moment, then she furrowed her brows and asked with uncertainty, “What was that?”
“I said yes, I have learned from my misconduct.” Ren Xingliu compiled and repeated.
Before his transmigration journey, he would absolutely not say words like these. Because before, he was still a wild-spirited youth, having not been battered by society, so he would turn his nose on anything. With his reputation as high as heaven, there was no reason for him to yield and admit his wrongdoing.
But the current him was a brand new him.
Now, he was finally free from the chaotic world, why else could he not look open from?
Besides, he was indeed at fault in this matter, so he was readily admitted to it.
Putting more thoughts into it, he nodded wholeheartedly, “I won’t do it ever again.”
He was just too tired. From now on, he only wanted to be a simple salted fish.
His words were in good faith, but instead of being pleased, Ren Zhu was instantly on the alert.
This brat got a new trick up his sleeve?!!
In just a moment, Ren Zhu got it now.
Presumably, Ren Xingliu must have caught wind of it in advance. Knowing that he had gone overboard this time, he had to sell obedience in order to get through this calamity, since his usual method wouldn’t work.
Unfortunately, Ren Zhu wasn’t going to buy this.
Ren Zhu was clear minded inside, but on the outside, she wasn’t going to tear Ren Xingliu’s facade. She only gave him a look and said, “Since that’s the case, then reflect properly. After today, I’ll lock your credit card, and you’re also forbidden from driving…if you can make it through graduation without any more trouble, I’ll lift these bans.”
Ren Xingliu was in his fourth year of university this year, so there was one more year to go before his graduation.
After Ren Zhu was done speaking, she calmly inspected Ren Xingliu’s expression, waiting for him to flip out and revealing his true face.
Young Master Ren’s hands and feet were enormous since childhood, squandering money freely and extravagantly. Locking his credit cards was no different from taking his life.
However, Ren Zhu was determined this time, and even if her son brought out Mr. Ren, it would be no use.
Even Ren Zhu’s sneer was locked and loaded. Then she saw Ren Xingliu was more than happy to nod. “Okay.”
It was just locking his credit cards; not like she was cutting off his food.
As long as he could eat his fill, have access to air conditioning and his phone, he could survive until the sky was desolate, and the earth was old.
Ren Xingliu reacted very calmly.
Ren Zhu: “?”
Who are you and what have you done with my son?
The author has something to say:
Friends, as I calculated with my fingers, it’s the day for me to open the pit.
The translator has something to add:
Teo: When I removed passwords on After I Flopped on My Crush, I received a notice that someone had made an epub of my novel. Feeling discouraged, I decided to translate a novel in a fun way; I must translate as literally as possible, so if someone made an epub of this novel without all the footnotes, they will be lost as heck. Avoid reading if you don’t like translator/ pop-out notes. You should already tell what kind of translation it will be from chapter one.
Also, there will be ko-fi goals for this project, being my only solo project right now. For more weekly releases, please check it out.
Update: Because one of my project was recently completed, I actually just met the ko-fi goal lol I’ll post an extra release this Saturday then!
Thank you for the first chapter! ❤
Oooh this story seems fun
Thnx ya for the chappiiee~
Thank you for the translation 😍
Hi, I know this is strange, but I find you in almost all the novels I read, and you always comment,
Thank you for your dedication to the translators.
☺️ And you don’t know, sometimes I want to comment more but I struggle in English, i’m a french woman… So sometimes I Just say “thank you” 😅
I know, my mother language is Spanish, sometimes I want to say something, but it’s not the same feeling in English and I don’t know how to translate that
Thank you for choosing this novel and I’m absolutely okay with footnotes (I didn’t know it called that funny)!! 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚
Thank you for the chapter <3
Btw some mistakes I found:
Ren Zhu walked through the vestibule with a grave expression and arrived outside of the living. –> living room.
Could get wind if he demanded it and rain if he wished for it for it from a young age –> rain if he wished for it from a young age.
Thanks, I fixed them!
np it’s just small mistakes I’ll help you look out for other mistakes in the future :>
I find the translators notes feature so fun lol 😆
Thanks for the translation ( ˘ ³˘)♥
I thought there was more pop-up notes then usual. Just goes to show that translating is more then just translating words. Translating the idioms is important too. It’s very interesting to see what a more literal translation looks like and the notes are definitely necessary for understanding. Thanks for your hard work!
As long as the TN’s are pop-up’s on the spot, and I don’t have to constantly scroll from where I’m reading, down to the bottom where the footnotes are, back to where I’m reading, and repeat; then I’m absolutely fine!
Wow, so many notes! Great job with explaining all of them! (♡ >ω< ♡) This novel has a fun vibe and I can’t wait to read more and see what our boy will do in the future! (｡･ω･｡)ﾉ♡ Thank You for sharing this title with us! ❤⃛ヾ(๑❛ ▿ ◠๑ )
PS. I think there should be Pei ‘he actually fought for Rei Xianzhi’s affection’
I’m sorry someone downloaded your hard work without permission. AFMC was an excellent read (both the raws and your translation) but that reader should’ve abided by your policy
Thanks for continuing to translate anyway. Since the footnotes are in traditional I’m having a bit of trouble with them (time to look at raws ig) but it is kinda funny to see idioms translated literally bc it sounds so much more natural in Chinese lol
Lame that someone stole all of your hard work and passed it off as their own. Scum of the earth! But thanks for the chapter and I love translator pop up notes!!
Such a fun time it’s gonna be! I love that he lived two lives and he’s now transmigrating back into his own body
Honestly this’ll help you keep it real. And make those reading in epub version be clueless as to why there’s not one bit of T/N to make it make sense XD
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ahhh i love this premise, the people that ripped ur translation suck 🥲🥲🥲