[title cont. ‘That’s when the rest of your life begins.’]
786
After returning to the country, Jiang Ran updated me on my mother’s financial situation.
After my father’s death, my mother had received a whooping 500,000 yuan in accident insurance coverage.
I was stunned.
She had never mentioned this sum of money to me before.
Not only that, if she had used this money to pay off the loan sharks, I wouldn’t have had to beg everyone around me just to scrounge enough together.
787
Jiang Ran’s gaze silently fell on the paper in my hands.
“I remember you mentioning that your father abused her at home, and she had always used this reason to extort money from you, right?”
“Yeah.” I nodded. Unfortunately, at that time, I was so intent on cutting ties with my family that I wasn’t clear on the specifics.
By the time my mother called, my father was already out cold.
It was she who had called me to go back and collect the corpse and pay the debt.
Once I thought of this, something more serious occurred to me.
Domestic violence doesn’t fall under the category of accident insurance.
Jiang Ran pulled out a separate document and put it in front of me.
By the time I turned to the second page, this thick pile of stuff had already started to blur before my eyes.
Jiang Ran’s voice was very gentle. “Sorry. Although she’s your mother, I have evidence to suspect that she was involved in insurance fraud and even used your money to… keep a lover.”
788
I turned my head to stare at Jiang Ran, unable to make sense of his words.
His gaze hung down slightly, as if he could see through all of what I was feeling. His other hand was resting on my back, like he was stroking the fur of an animal.
I felt like my strength was being drained out of me.
The money I had lowered myself to beg for, the words that I had crunched out day and night…
Was actually being used… in this way?
Jiang Ran handed me a tissue.
But I held it in and didn’t cry, leaning against him for a time.
789
Jiang Ran accompanied me on a trip home.
Truth be told, I really didn’t want him to meet the parents in such a way.
This would be the first and the last time.
The villages welcomed me like they were receiving an international superstar.
In a pure black business attire and wearing a mask, Jiang Ran walked by my side.
791
When he saw my mother, he took that stack of materials and listed out the whole spiel to her.
Sure enough, my mother’s expression instantly changed.
But she still insisted on holding on to her pride. “Who are you? You’re intruding on a personal matter between Little Yao and I.”
Jiang Ran responded calmly, “I’m Mr. Mo’s specially-appointed lawyer.”
Wha, what even.
Although I was very moved, this was Jiang Ran! And whose lawyer would wear a mask when discussing business?
Rattling off like a train like this, are you really intending to act out any persona you want just based on your skill as a film emperor?
Jiang Ran continued to yatter on, “In view of the above actions, if you continue to extort and demand excessive medical expenses from our company’s artistes through unofficial channels, I will represent Mr. Mo and sue you…”
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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792
After resolving this business with my mother, Jiang Ran seemed somewhat reluctant to leave yet.
He and I walked a few laps around the paddy fields.
He suddenly asked me, “Your dad… does he have a grave?”
I froze when I heard this.
Jiang Ran looked at me, his eyebrows pulled together. “I want to see him.”
“There’s no grave, only a burial mound.”
I didn’t want to bring this up anymore, to be frank, but seeing how earnest Jiang Ran looked, I still brought him there in the end.
That area was remote and overgrown with weeds. I was afraid that his body with a net worth of several cities would be scratched, so I supported him all the way there.
793
He knelt before my father’s grave and took off his mask. To my astonishment, he took out an upper-grade pack of cigarettes from his shirt pocket, lighting three sticks and setting them on the mound.
I heard him murmur, “Although you went astray in the end, I’m still grateful that you gave Mo Shuyao a favourable environment to grow up in, letting me meet such an outstanding person.”
“……” I stood behind him in silence.
I didn’t expect that Jiang Ran would actually be this tolerant of my messed-up family.
When he got up, I was still dumbly rooted to the spot, complex feelings churning in my heart.
And so Jiang Ran stood right in front of me. He shifted the hair that was jabbing my eyes. “Don’t overthink it. Bid your farewells to your dad here. From now on, you’re mine.”
Wts, Jiang Ran, your mouth is too smooth, isn’t it.
It felt like something had suddenly prodded my heart.
794
After returning to Beijing, to avoid suspicion, I bought a small apartment across the district where Jiang Ran stayed.
Although it wasn’t a big terrace house with a sea view, at least, after drifting north for nine years, I finally drifted to a place that belonged to myself.
However, I still mooched off Jiang Ran and stayed in his place during the renovations.
In all honesty, I was a poor, fat otaku. The most valuable items I owned were…
That collection of clay girls in my flat.
Back in the day, they were a shimmering light that guided me to my dreams amidst hunger and cold. But now…
There was no way that I could explain them to Jiang Ran.
I’m not even allowed to wear my Luo Tianyi pyjamas anymore. Would he then be sending my beautiful girls back to the furnace to be deconstructed??
795
Sure enough, Jiang Ran’s eyes were as precise as if there were radars installed in them, homing in straight to my bookshelf.
“Mo Shuyao, who are all these young ladies on your bookshelf?”
His eyes were narrowed slightly, and his gaze swept across me from head to toe, raising goosebumps all over my body.
“…These are keepsakes I made during my pottery class in university.” After a few seconds of silence, I thought of a super dope excuse.
Jiang Ran didn’t let up. “Aren’t you a filmmaking student? You studied pottery too?”
“……”
Half a minute later, I squeezed out a word. “Elective.”
Jiang Ran huffed out a soft note of laughter.
796
?? Who was the one who claimed that men were lying bastards?
I, Mo Shuyao, am not.
I’m a 24k-pure gold stalwart man, cheating neither the young nor the old and honest with all.
[head held high, chest puffed up.jpg]
797
Jiang Ran took one of them and ‘carefully’ played with it in his hand.
“Hey!!” Just when I thought that Devil Jiang was coming online, he placed her back to the bookshelf.
“Since these clay products have such meaning to you, I’m willing to accept them,” he spoke lightly. “However, when we get back, you must listen to me.”
I was beyond ecstatic. “Okay, sure! Anything you want, I’ll do it.”
Jiang Ran glanced at me askew. “Exercise; you’ve to clock in every day and you’re not allowed to laze off.”
“……” My smile instantly froze.
798
Devil Jiang’s house had its own gym. This time, I really couldn’t escape.
I was like a little yellow chicken; he towed me to the treadmill, fiddling with my poor, short legs.
“Jiang Ran, save me… I’m going to die.”
He blocked my way out, holding a dumbbell with one hand while the other was supported on the treadmill. He unhurriedly said, “The speed is only set at 6, it’s already very slow.”
“But I…”
“No buts.” His sweaty face leaned over. “You said that you’d listen to me.”
Bloody hell??
Is it too late to sell my wives in exchange for a day of rest?
799
After running for thirty minutes thereabout, I was really about to ascend to heaven.
I was aching so much that I didn’t want to live, howling mournfully to the sky, “I can’t do it anymore, Jiang Ran, you bastard! Let me down, I’m going to implode from the lactic acid already…”
He still framed the machine. “It’s okay. I can massage it away for you.”
“……”
Morality in the world is decaying day by day! Even lactic acid is helping Jiang Ran to gay me.
Hard. Life is too hard.
800
Eventually, I finished running. The sweaty me only wanted to slip off to take a shower.
Jiang Ran caught hold of me again. “Do another set of planks first.”
I was petrified to the spot. I hurriedly yelled, “No way, I’ve got a back injury!”
“I know. Don’t worry, I’ll take care of you.”
I was rendered speechless. Jiang Ran leisurely spoke, “You can do the plank over me, I’ll support your waist.”
!!!
I was so shocked that my soul almost flew out of my body.
The hell are you trying to pull, Jiang Ran??
801
Before I could give it more thought, he had already hoisted me up by the waist and set me in place.
I was propped over Jiang Ran in an extremely contorted position.
He lightly knocked my waist with the back of his hand. “Keep your weight down and relax a little.”
After a mere few seconds of propping myself up, I began to shake.
Jiang Ran’s eyebrows knit slightly. “Try to hold on for a while.”
“Mm…” My face flushed, I squeezed out a word.
Actually, I was a little worried that if I couldn’t hold myself up, wouldn’t I just crumble straight into Jiang Ran?
As if reading my mind, he calmly said, “It’s fine, Teacher Mo is so fleshy, you wouldn’t be able to hurt me.”
Har?
Jiang Ran, what the heck did you just say??
802
Hell is empty and Jiang Ran is here.
803
A demonic melody suddenly started to play in my head.
[Dalabengba; a really fun song btw, go check it out – vid, lyrics]
A long, long time ago, a devil suddenly appeared leading golden wingmen. He was insatiable and gayed me non-stop.
Laozi was in crisis, feeling sweat bead all over his head. The devil rushed in and shouted:
“Don’t doubt your sixth sense, I want to gay you bent, my seaside villa doesn’t come for free.”
Laozi was horrified, hastily asking him for his name. The devil thought about it, and he said:
“I’m Jiang • number 1 actor under the skies, through-and-through scoundrel with a black belly • Ran.”
Say that again. I’m Jiang • number 1 actor under the skies, through-and-through scoundrel with a black belly • Ran~ ♪
804
It was only a pity that I couldn’t last to the end of the song.
With a thud, a meatball sack fell onto Jiang Ran’s body with unerring accuracy.
He drew in a low, sharp inhale.
“S-Sorry…” I was completely spent; I could barely even muster the strength to crawl up.
Yet he seemed to take exception to it, hugging my body and lowering me straight to the floor.
Then, he caged me between his arms.
!!!
I felt the very real sensation of the friction between my back and the floor. My skin prickled all over.
805
“I’ll give you a demonstration.”
Jiang Ran’s gaze hung down, locking onto my eyes.
My eyes fluttered at his gaze. I twisted my head away, trying to avoid it.
“You’re not allowed to hide. Look at me.”
He held my nape with one hand and set my head straight.
I was so electrified by his gaze that my body was tingling inside out.
“Aren’t you doing, doing a plank…”
I mumbled softly.
Instead, Jiang Ran pressed down. “I’ve changed my mind again.”
In the fleeting moment that I had yet to react, his lips had already descended.
Mmm!!
A shiver ran through my body.
His other pig trotter started to roam around my waist.
My feelings for Jiang Ran had changed a long time ago. With him teasing me like this, I was really unable to hold up.
When we broke apart, my vision was slightly blurred.
“Jiang Ran…” I instinctively called his name.
He kissed my earlobe, and he murmured, “I’m here.”
Wow. We knew his mother was horrible but I didn’t think she was that horrible. Poor teacher Mo. :((
Thanks for the chapter ~
Wow I expected the mom to be bad but not that bad. Glad I got some sweet dogfood at the end to offset that awful trash.
Hell is empty and Jiang Ran is here 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 there goes my tea…
‘Hell is empty and Jiang Ran is here.’
Thanks for the chapters. Laughing here…
gosh. couldn’t hold out camping. now ive got to wait for the last 3 chapters. 😭😭😭 hilarious story. reminds me of ISMM 👌🏽 recommend 💯
Can you spill what is ISMM? (｡･ω･｡)
I ship my adversary and me. but its on hiatus at the moment 😐
His mom is garbage.
I know he’s doing it for MSY’s sake (and his own…), but there’s no way someone could force me to exercise if really didn’t want to.
thanks for the chapters ♡♡♡
Thank you for the chapter 🤍
” Even lactic acid is helping Jiang Ran to gay me.”
” Hell is empty and Jiang Ran is here.” 😂😂😂 I’m dead…. can’t stop laughing even after dying 🤣🤣🤣
“I’ll give you a demonstration.”
Kyaaah ♡(> ਊ <)♡
Aah. The sweetness of the last lines 😍
I don’t like that he always called our MC a fatty, 1,78 for 68 IS faaaaar from being fat, it’s just mean 😡😡