Who are you and why are you fooling me into eating shit? (Part One)
Ding Shi: [Young Master Ren, guess what I had just heard from this party I went to?]
Ding Shi: [Someone said that you’re going on a blind date in a few days. Hahahah, death from laughing!]
Ding Shi: [There’s a small project manager who even came to me, wanting me to hook you up with his cousin back at home. Tsk, rest assured that I cursed that guy away. How dare some A-Mao and A-Gou have the thought to breathe in your presence.]
Ding Shi: [Other people might not have the insight, but not me. You must be trying to get the Empress Dowager off your back. But if you are to accept the blind date, I’ll eat shit on stream.]
As soon as Ren Xingliu sat down and pulled out his phone, he saw a long series of messages sent by his childhood friend. He scanned through it and calmly replied with one hand.
Ren Xingliu: [I’m on a blind date right now. We can talk later.]
Ren Xingliu: [If someone is trying to get you to hook up with me, don’t be so quick to refuse. Introduce them to me if they have a good character.]
After he sent his messages, he didn’t know if Ding Shi had seen his response or what, but his friend didn’t reply right away. A few minutes later, the messages popped up once more.
Ding Shi: [???]
Ding Shi: [Who are you and why are you fooling me into eating shit?]
Ren Xingliu: “…”
The other side must be questioning his identity, because he soon received a follow-up phone call.
After confirming the one on the other end of the phone was indeed Ren Xingliu, Ding Shi’s life view clearly took a hit, and his speech became somewhat incoherent.
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“Young Master Ren, no way you would go this far, you must be pulling my legs. Even if you need to explain yourself to the Pei Family, there’s no need for that. Besides, Pei Xianzhi is not saying anything. You need to stay strong. I doubt Empress Dowager will come at you that hard…”
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“…What?” Ding Shi felt even more choked up. “A-Xing, are you that eager to see me eat shit?”
Ren Xingliu: “…”
No, not at all!
But if Ding Shi insisted on eating shit, he wouldn’t stop him either.
It was impossible to explain this, and Ren Xingliu was too lazy to try. He only said, “Since there’s nothing else, I’m hanging up.”
“Wait.” Ding Shi just couldn’t wrap his head around this. “Hear me out, Xing-bao, even if you really want to settle, it doesn’t need to be like this. With your qualifications, you don’t have to pick just anyone…”
Halfway through his sentence, he heard Ren Xingliu let out a sigh then say in a serious tone, “You just don’t get it. A boy’s reputation is very important. I advise you to live cleanly and honestly in the future.”
Ding Shi: “???”
He wanted to ask Ren Xingliu what he meant by that, but the other person ended the call.
“Tsk.” Ren Xingliu put down his phone, looking disappointed.
What he told Ding Shi was exactly the status quo he was facing. The reputation left by himself as Young Master Ren before his transmigration was very poor.
Given the Ren Family’s background, it was indeed not difficult for his family to find a partner for him, but to find a well-matched one from a family in the same social status was a different question.
Asking for the same gender alone had screened out all of the influential families in Ling City.
It wasn’t like there weren’t many sons in influential families who have a preference for men, but they were still in line to inherit their family empire. Goofing around with men was fine, but not marrying a man.
His mother also understood this aspect. There was no family background requirement, because for her, as long as she could find someone with a clean background and good character for Ren Xingliu, it was enough.
The problem lies with Ren Xingliu’s notorious reputation, and the recent incident involving Pei Xianzhi. No one with upright characters would want to get involved with him.
Anyone who was willing to go on a blind date with him was undoubtedly after the Ren Family.
Ren Xingliu fought on the battlefield and mingled with the imperial court during his time in the Sheng Dynasty. He didn’t mind the mutual benefit, but it couldn’t all be for that, right?
Like some guy actually came up and opened the door to see the mountains. Their families would do business together after their marriage, and they could keep enjoying fun on their own. The guy even believed in his own eyesight, promising that he could introduce lovers to Ren Xingliu after marriage.
Ren Xingliu: “??”
Public morals were really degenerating daily, and people’s hearts aren’t old anymore!
In the Sheng Dynasty, this aspiration would have earned this guy the title of high-ranking minister of internal affairs, specifically responsible for arranging an emperor’s imperial harem.
Ren Xingliu felt that he wasn’t this mentally and physically exhausted dealing with those ministers in political intrigue compared to the past few days. Unfortunately, he couldn’t blame this on anyone.
—If only he had a better reputation, he wouldn’t have found himself in this farmland.
For the past few days, Ren Xingliu had lost faith in blind dates. He could foresee that given his current situation, if he must make a decision in haste, he would really have to bid farewell to a peaceful life.
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He truly wanted to live a peaceful life, but his trustworthiness was too poor. Ren Zhu only treated as he deliberately acted like a rascal, so she specially arranged one after another, all looking like ‘wanted to settle down and live a good life’ kind of dudes. She also threatened, if Ren Xingliu couldn’t pick one, she would have to use force, arranging his marriage with him having no say in the matter.
Speaking of the upcoming esteemed guest, Ren Xingliu got even madder. It was not because of how unreliable the man sounded, on the contrary, the information about this Bai Juanqiu person seemed to be more honest than everyone else before him.
He came from a clean background, followed the compasses and went with the set square in all aspects, living as an honest person to this day. There wasn’t even a single violation during school. It was just that he had a piteous past. He lost his parents when he was a child and was placed under his uncle’s care. It didn’t seem like his career was going great either.
What made Ren Xingliu angry wasn’t because this was below his standards, but someone with such a background to be on a blind date with him, was pretty much screaming out the motive much more obvious the prior dates.
Moreover, this person was introduced by the Bai Family. Ren Xingliu had some impression of the Bai Family and also knew Bai Yao, being in the same university. Even before his transmigration, he detested Bai Yao very much, being so oily at such a young age.
And now he was pushing his cousin over despite his background. Just what kind of person did Bai Yao take Ren Xingliu for?
This Bai Juanqiu was also too eager for quick benefit. All the blind date from before, they have their families as their backing at least, having the room for negotiation with the Ren Family if anything happened. With Bai Juanqiu’s background, if Ren Xingliu was still the same bastard self, wouldn’t the other person be asking to eat bitterness on his own accord?
Ren Xingliu greatly believed that these days, the young people’s attitudes are too impetuous!
In the end, he was still once the God of War, and his belief in serving the country and the people was deeply rooted in his heart. There was always a nudging conscience that he needed to give some contributions to improving social practice.
He had decided to start with Bai Juanqiu!
As Ren Xingliu was lamenting over everything, a tall shadow suddenly cast over his head. A slightly deep voice rang out, “Hello, may I ask if you’re Mr. Ren?”
It was a pleasant-sounding voice.
Ren Xingliu looked up and met a face that was looking downward. There was a sudden movement in his heart, and he couldn’t resist sighing.
What an upright figure, and delicate facial features. The person looked even more outstanding than in the photo. It was no wonder someone with such a poor background would dare to have a blind date with his notorious self.
At the same time, he raised his head, Bai Juanqiu also raised his eyebrows slightly.
Bai Juanqiu had never seen Ren Xingliu before. Since he just wanted to go through the motions, he didn’t even bother to take a look at Ren Xingliu’s photo. He didn’t expect this young master to have such an outstanding appearance.
Bai Juanqiu wasn’t someone who would be easily bewitched by the leather bag. But right now, he had to admit that having a good enough appearance could indeed impair someone’s judgment.
For example, right now, he felt that Ren Xingliu wasn’t as useless as rumored. At least, he got a good face.
Thank you for the chapter 😍 ❤️ ❤️
Hehe a scheming ml vs a salted fish mc~ what a combo 🤭
Thanks for translation – as always it’s a pleasure to read.
I noticed two minor things to correct:
goofy around with men is fine -> shouldn’t it be goofing around?
leader bag -> did you mean leather bag?
Fixed, thanks!
Thank you for the chapter!
First meeting! ヾ(#Őฺ∀Őฺ#)ﾉ
Thank You for the new chapter (◞ꈍ∇ꈍ)◞⋆*✚ ♡
Another chapter!
Also, dear translator, may I ask if you have a fixed upload schedule?
Wednesday and Friday at 8pm est. Extra release on Saturday.
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i like it! thanks!
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Hey, please don’t post spoiler in the comment, even the minor ones. I’m fine with speculation or even mockery to my translation, but no spoiler.
Ohhh ok! I just have sudden urges sometimes for spoilers thank you for telling 😅👌