Hurry up, don’t make me wait too long.
Ren Xingliu accepted it so quickly that it instantly disrupted Ren Zhu’s tempo.
Feeling doubtful, Ren Zhu looked at her son, who was sitting in such a serious posture that faint composure was leaking out. The bullet of scolding that she was about to rain down on her son…almost shot out of her mouth instead of swallowing them back down.
It didn’t feel like Ren Xingliu had truly learned his lesson. Her son had long bankrupted the trust she had in him with his previous convictions, a bankruptcy that no reorganization plan could save.
All she could say was that at least her son wasn’t a total fool, since he knew to put on an act in this situation.
Mother knows her son the best.
Ren Zhu quickly deciphered Ren Xingliu’s ruse, however, since he showed a rare moment of willingness to work with her, she wouldn’t call him out yet. There would be plenty of opportunities to teach him a lesson in the future anyway.
See how long he could hold on to his act.
Once Ren Zhu quickly figured out the situation, she kept her calm composure, and even put on a somewhat motherly loving expression, barely passing thought. Her skin was smiling, but her flesh wasn’t smiling, “It’s so rare for you to be this sensible. I can rest assured now. Another thing…”
She gave a pause to consider her word choices and finally brought up the main topic of today, “This incident had stirred up too much trouble. The whole Ling City is spreading rumors about whether you have done something to the Pei Family’s child. The Pei Family has been demanding of me for an explanation these past two days, and I must give one to them. Therefore, I publicly announced that you already got a suitable marriage partner… Once you have rested enough, you will attend these blind dates. I have arranged a list of partners for you.”
After saying this, Ren Zhu felt somewhat upset inside.
Although this son of hers was nothing but trouble, she still gave birth to him. If things hadn’t escalated to this, she wouldn’t have taken such a drastic step.
She had a great understanding of Ren Xingliu’s dog-like temperament. This kid always behaved like the world revolved around him, otherwise, he wouldn’t have pursued Pei Xianzhi so vigorously without knowing the latter’s sexual orientation.
Now that his family was planning to arrange a marriage for him, it would be strange if he agreed.
Ren Zhu’s proposal to lock his credit cards and stop him from driving his cars was to create conditions to negotiate with him. Except she didn’t expect Ren Xingliu to master the way of pretending.
Well, if he had that ability, he might as well commit to the end.
Ren Xingliu really had that ability. After a moment of silence, as if pondering over something, he nodded. “That’s fine.”
After living through a chaotic time in his transmigration, he finally got through his head just how valuable an ordinary but cozy family was. Too bad, he wasn’t able to start his own family during his years of transmigration because he was so focused on surviving.
Then when he finally got to live in the peaceful era, he transmigrated back.
The current him held no interest in Pei Xianzhi, after all, it was a young infatuation from over a decade ago.
If he could choose, he would prefer someone he could live a good life with.
The family’s arrangement hit very far from the mark, but still hit on the target, because it fit with his intention.
Ren Xingliu couldn’t resist showing a smile of anticipation, as well as urged, “Then hurry up with the arrangement. Don’t make me wait too long.”
Ren Zhu: “…?”
Who are you, and what are you after?
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“Ren Zhu’s secretary replied back this morning, saying that she has accepted and will arrange for your cousin to meet with Ren Xingliu in the next two days.” Bai Guanghai flickered his cigarette ashes into the ashtray with a satisfied smile. “Doing such a favor for them, business negotiation with the Ren Family will be much easier.”
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The Bai Family had done well in business over the years and was considered to have head and face in Ling City, but compared to the Ren Family, they still have a way to go.
Bai Guanghai had always wanted to connect with the Ren Family online, but Ren Zhu was a very difficult person to deal with, and he hadn’t been able to find a breakthrough point.
Fortunately, even if Ren Zhu was like a brick house, she has a son who was like a straw house, seeking after the young master of the Pei Family and causing such a big scandal.
In order to give an explanation to the Pei Family, Ren Zhu could only scramble to arrange a partner for Ren Xingliu.
Bai Guanghai didn’t think of this in the beginning as it was Bai Yao’s suggestion of doing Ren Zhu a favor at a small price of sending Bai Juanqiu off.
Remembering this, Bai Guanghai’s tone took an appreciative turn, “You have outdone yourself this time. I believe you’ll accomplish much once you help with the family business.”
Bai Yao was also very proud of himself, but verbally, he forged humbleness, “I was just lucky to find out about the Ren Family’s urgent need. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have taken the risk of getting you to send trash like Bai Juanqiu off to the Ren Family.”
“That was luck indeed, but your cleverness also deserves some credit. However…” Sending a meaningful look to his son, Bao Guanghai brought up the cons, “Are you not afraid that Ren Xingliu will take a fancy to him?”
He knew his own son very well. Even if Ren Xingliu was a rascal, he has a yacht named the Ren Family behind him. Bai Yao would definitely not want Bai Juanqiu to have the opportunity to climb to a higher status through this. For Bai Yao to still suggest sending Bai Juanqiu’s information to the Ren Family, it meant he was absolutely certain that Ren Xingliu would never like his cousin.
Bai Yao sneered, “What is there to fear? Even if that Ren guy found him appealing, that’s on him, and isn’t that good for the family?”
He tried to make it look like it was for the big picture, but that didn’t stop him from hiding his true intention. Even so, it didn’t take long for him to take joy in calamity and rejoice in the disaster, “But that doesn’t change the fact that Ren Xingliu has a high eye level and low hands. Although he is a bag made of woven straw, his eyes are on the top of his head… Father, you know this as well. The whole thing only happened because he wanted Pei Xianzhi. Compared to Pei Xianzhi who is as high as heaven, Bai Juanqiu’s background is like dirt. Based on Ren Xingliu’s nature, he will only see it as Bai Juanqiu going after someone way out of his league. What I fear isn’t Ren Xingliu having the hots for Bai Juanqiu, but the young master to kick his ass right there and then.”
When he said the last part, there was a hint of excitement about the drama that was to come.
This was really what gave birth to Bai Yao’s idea. He went to the same university as Ren Xingliu, and with some years of intentional engagement, he managed to infiltrate these rich kids’ circle, and had the privilege to witness the way Ren Xingliu conducted things.
He knew very well that there was zero chance for Ren Xingliu to fall for someone like Bai Juanqiu. The proposal to push Bai Juanqiu to the Ren Family was not only to get Ren Zhu’s good graces, but also to make Bai Juanqiu look bad.
Bai Guanghai shook his head at the sight and sighed, “You are good at anything but keeping your cool. You’re lucky that your cousin is very incapable. If he is anyone else, you won’t be able to win this open and veiled strife.”
Bai Yao curled his lips, looking without the care in the world. “How’s that relevant? That useless trash wouldn’t dare to act anyway.”
Bai Guanghai glared at him but didn’t refute this time.
Bai Juanqiu was his younger brother’s only child. His younger brother and sister-in-law passed away in an accident. After that, Bai Juanqiu was placed under his care. That kid had long been raised into a schlub, having to grow up looking at his complexion.
Bai Yao had been giving his cousin a hard time over the years, and Bai Guanghai’s deliberate condonation naturally had something to do with it. He wanted Bai Juanqiu to be deathly afraid of the Bai Family, making it easier for him to keep his nephew under his thumb for a lifetime.
The only thing he didn’t take into account was even after clipping Bai Juanqiu’s wings off in everything, his academic performance stayed above average, enough to get him an admission to a good university.
But that was insignificant. This person was one hundred percent a book fool. Even after graduating with a good diploma, he couldn’t land a decent job. He ended up working for a startup company with only a few dozen employees.
He didn’t even get in based on his own abilities. Bai Guanghai investigated behind the scenes and found out that the owner of this small startup company was Bai Juanqiu’s senior high school classmate. Maybe this friend took pity on Bai Juanqiu and hired him.
After two years had passed, the company was doing quite well for itself. Bai Juanqiu, however, didn’t make much progress in his career. He was working as that classmate’s assistant. This might as well be a dead-end job that he was stuck with for the rest of his life.
At the thought of that, Bai Guanghai smiled with satisfaction. Being trash could be good, because there was always a time when trash came in handy.
He wasn’t as naive as Bai Yao, not taking the impossibility of Ren Xingliu taking an interest in Bai Juanqiu at face value. These rich young masters only know how to play with flowers. He couldn’t leave out of account that Ren Xingliu’s taste might suddenly change.
Then again, he felt that even if the young master fell for his nephew, it wouldn’t have mattered. At most, it would be a temporary infatuation. Ren Zhu was under pressure from the Pei Family and had to make a show. Once everything died down, no way could Bai Juanqiu be a part of the Ren Family with his background.
On the contrary, the Bai Family could take this opportunity to ask for more favors from the Ren Family.
Therefore, by sending Bai Juanqiu on a blind date with Ren Xingliu, it would be profitable for the Bai Family regardless of the result.
At this time, a servant came to report, “Young Master Juanqiu is here.”
Bai Guanghai extinguished his cigarette in the ashtray. “Let him in.”
After a while, a tall young man walked in.
Bai Juanqiu inherited his mother’s appearance, with handsome facial features and naturally good skin, which was a rare sight. If it wasn’t for that, he wouldn’t have been selected, no matter how starving Ren Family was.
He was acting as usual, not showing any emotion on his face. After entering, he nodded towards Bai Guanghai and greeted, “Uncle, you need me for something?”
Bai Yao felt pissed at the sight of him and frowned. “All you do is pull a dead face every day. Don’t you care about the bad luck?”
Bai Guanghai didn’t mind as much. When Bai Juanqiu was a child, he carried some degree of sharpness, but a blade still needed maintenance and resources to stay sharp.
Now no part of his edges could be used to cut, this sword was nothing but plastic.
Over the years, which of the Bai Family’s orders did he dare to disobey?
This time as well. Bai Guanghai didn’t bother with conventional greetings and jumped straight to the point, “Yes, I need you for a happy occasion.”
“You’re not young anymore, and it’s not easy to live a life alone; it’s time to consider the big event in your life. As your elder, I took care of that for you. It was very fortunate that I have some reputation in Ling City and was able to secure a good opportunity for you…”
Bai Juanqiu had a vague premonition inside and said, “I don’t have such a plan yet.”
Bai Guanghai glanced at him. “What plan can you have? Me planning for you will be enough.”
He gave Bai Yao an eye signal, which Bai Yao received. He took over the conversation at the right time and explained the Ren Family’s situation once more. At the end, he showed a charitable face and said, “Cousin, my family treats you very well. If my father didn’t pull some strings, you would never have the chance to touch Ren Xingliu’s heel in your lifetime with his background, let alone being on a blind date with him.”
Even if Bai Juanqiu was accustomed to this kind of oppression, this news still caused ripples of emotions on his face.
He didn’t think this father-son pair could be so shameless.
Bai Guanghai would sweat over all of his accompaniments, so his uncle would hold him back by the elbow at every chance. He came to the Bai Family at a young age, with no familiar faces in sight. Without the ability to fight back, he could only exercise forbearance, feigning civility.
At first, he thought as long as he could leave the Bai Family once he grew up and achieved nothing in his life, Bai Guanghai would be at ease and curb some of his arrogance.
Now it seemed that Bai Guanghai felt so much at ease with him, that he would regard him as a disposable tool.
The Ren Family was naturally very well-known, but second to the pampered son’s reputation.
Bai Juanqiu had no connection with Ling City’s wealthy kids, even with the help of eight bamboo poles. Even so, he heard of this young master’s remarkable achievements.
For someone like that, if it wasn’t for the Ren Family behind him, why would anyone hang out with him? To climb to the Ren Family, the Bai Family was willing to use Bai Juanqiu as a ‘meeting gift’.
Without even asking about his sexual orientation.
Thus, Bai Juanqiu’s face turned grave. “I’m not interested in men.”
He wasn’t interested in women either.
“It doesn’t matter whether you’re interested in men or not. The important thing is as long as Ren Xingliu is interested in men.” Bai Yao ridiculed, “Cousin, as human, you must know yourself. You need to understand that the Ren Family is not some ordinary family. If you are fortunate enough to catch Young Master Ren’s eyes, you can live easy to your thirties at least. Don’t be so high and mighty right now, opportunities like this are hard to come by.”
Bai Juanqiu gave him a glance and said with indifference, “If this is such a good opportunity, why don’t you offer yourself? You look like you really want it.”
Bai Yao hooted, “You!!”
“Enough, both of you, harsh.” Bai Guanghai glared at Bai Yao then turned to Bai Juanqiu with a grave expression. “Juanqiu, what A-Yao said it’s not the most pleasant to hear, but he is right, you can’t make food by being aloof. I did this for you out of consideration. In your current situation, to get an opportunity like this is already hard enough, so don’t be reserved. In the next two days, get ready. Once we hammer out the details, I’ll tell you the time and place of the meeting. Remember to be on your best behavior.”
Bai Juanqiu scoffed.
He naturally didn’t expect Bai Guanghai to consider his wishes. It was just that he was no longer the young and incompetent child from before for a long time now.
It was just that he hadn’t ripped Bai Guanghai’s skin off of his face yet. The first reason, it wasn’t his last resolve yet; the second reason, now was not the right time.
But if Bai Guanghai continued to press forward step by step and back him into the corner, he could only flash his claws ahead of time…as long as the matter at hand was done.
Before that, it was best to hold it in.
Luckily, he would be dealing with a brainless rich second-generation. It shouldn’t be a hassle.
In a few moments, Bai Juanqiu had made up his mind. He raised his head and looked at this father-son pair with A smile but not really a smile. He said, “Alright, I’ll go meet with him.”
Bai Yao smiled and mocked, “I thought you would have more backbone.”
However, Bai Guanghai frowned instead.
Just a moment ago, for a split second, he felt that there was a change with Bai Juanqiu’s aura. Just like…when he first came to the Bai Family, carrying a razor-sharp air around him.
It might be nothing but a figment of his imagination. Bao Juanqiu was just a plastic knife right now, wasn’t that why he still obediently accepted this arrangement.
Bai Guanghai quickly put his worries away and gave Bai Juanqiu a smile. “That’s the spirit.”
The author has something to say:
Xingliu: Ah, I can’t wait!
The translator has something to add:
Teo: Thank you all for the encourage words. With all the positive feedback, I decided to add the original Chinese in the translator note (goodies for people that wants to pick up Chinese?). The format will sometime look like (ABC/XYZ), ABC is the original text, and XYZ is the word the translation note is for.
Do note, I read and use Traditional Chinese, and when I use original web feature/ Google web translation to translate Simplified Chinese into Traditional Chinese, some of the words might not be correct. Usually, my brain corrects the typo so I don’t bother correcting it. Like for example, JJWXC’s Traditional Chinese version changed 见面礼 to 見麵禮, but I know it should be 見面禮.
Also, please let me know if the note doesn’t read right. I went as far as creating excel formula to help me set up the coding for translation notes, but I have see mistakes like using the wrong note for a word.
Thank you for the chapter! ❤
btw some not really mistakes but I feel the sentence would make more sense:
working for a startup –> working for a startup company
small startup –> small startup company
some people might not understand just the word startup
A smile and not a smile –> a smile that’s not a smile
I feel this would make more sense
Thank you for the chapter <3
Thanks for the suggestion. I’m used to seeing a startup so I know what it is, but it makes sense that not everyone will say the same.
Lol it’s okay, tbh its easy to figure out and the clues are there but it is confusing to just say “starup” xD
*startup
starting to learn chinese is one of my goal life… no idea when i will start but at least i know i should go back to this novel later to enrich my vocabulary 🤌
I’m guessing I’ve read enough chinese novels to understand the literal translations of the sentences with footnotes 😂 and goodie, these two are like the perfect match for each other 😌
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I found this suggestion with original text amazing!!! I really love to read translation notes (it’s educational, I like it) and now I can not only know more about culture, but also about language more
Thank you for your translation and Happy April for everyone 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙
I really appreciate all the effort going into this translation!
The story seems really interesting as well, so I guess I’ll stick around XD
Thanks for the chapters <3
Ugh, the scum family appeared! (╬ಠ益ಠ) You will regret it later! 😤 I found those notes quite funny 😂 It’s interesting that some of them sounds familiar which made me think about how languages work in the world and how they could ‘move around’, which in turn caused a significant slowdown in reading, haha~ ｡( ^▽^ )ゞ
Thank You for the chapter ♡(ღ˘⌣˘ღ)
Ugh! Spending all that time trying to convince him that it’s “what’s best for him” and then mocking him for not having more backbone once he finally agreed to it?!? I would’ve punched him in his stupid f*cking face!