Translator: WhenEverIWantTo
During the short time waiting for the train, Xu Ze glanced at the little baby several times.
The train began to check tickets and the passengers in the queue slowly moved forward.
Taking the escalator and going downstairs, the ticket information was sent to his phone. Xu Ze dragged the luggage in one hand and held his phone in the other, comparing the numbers to find his section of the carriage.
After getting on the train, he looked for his seat from the back to the front. After finding it, Xu Ze sat on as he put his suitcase under the iron frame. He especially bought the seat against the window, so this way he doesn’t have to get up to let another person in later.
The train departed very soon. Compared to most of the travelers returning home, Xu Ze didn’t feel much of anything. For him, coming home for the New Year was almost like completing a task.
The train took more than an hour to arrive at Xu Ze’s hometown. When he got off the train, Xu Ze did not go to the bus station, but went outside and called a taxi. After buying the apartment, he still had a couple hundred thousands left of the money Yang Yan gave him. Xu Ze lived at Yang Yan’s place so Yang Yan took care of all the expenses. It could be said that Xu Ze spent very little time spending his money to buy things.
Getting into the car taking home, the scenery outside the car window was both familiar and unfamiliar to Xu Ze. Familiar because he had the original host’s memory, unfamiliar because it’s his first time coming to this city.
Xu Ze called his mother and said that he would be home soon. The voice over there was calm and flat, unable to hear any excitement. The original host’s mother was very restrained in her personal feelings. In the original host’s memory, it seemed that he had never seen his mother excited.
When the car arrived home, Xu Ze made payment with his phone. He quickly stood in front of a dark iron door. With his suitcase in his hand, he opened the door with a key. A woman was sitting in the living room. The woman turned her head when she heard the door open and saw her son appear. With the expression on her face at that time, those who didn’t know would think that she had nothing to do with Xu Ze.
Xu Ze entered the house and called the woman, “Mom!”
“You’re back?”It was only at this moment that the mother slowly got up. She looked at Xu Ze, with her eyes as indifferent as if she was looking at a stranger.
“En, Dad isn’t at home?” Xu Ze looked around the room and then asked.
“He went to your third uncle’s house. Your cousin got married so he went to help.” The mother replied.
Xu Ze nodded, the corner of his mouth smiled lightly: “I’ll go and put my luggage first.” After saying that, Xu Ze walked to his bedroom. After entering, he subconsciously wanted to close the door with his backhand but temporarily stopped himself. The sound of the TV came from the living room with his mother sitting and continuing to watch TV.
Putting his suitcase on the floor, Xu Ze didn’t take out the clothes inside immediately, but took his phone out and dialed a number.
On the other end of the phone, Yang Yan had been waiting for this call all this time. He knew that Xu Ze should arrive home at about this time. The wait was not actually long, but in his opinion, every minute seemed to feel infinitely long.
“I arrived home.” Xu Ze said in a low voice as soon as the phone was connected. It was in a low voice because he didn’t want his mother outside to hear him calling Yang Yan.
“Okay, remember to wear more. The temperature by your house is lower than here so try to put on a scarf when you go out…” After Yang Yan warned a few words, the voice suddenly stopped. He realized that he was talking too much. Xu Ze was not a child. He doesn’t need him to mention these.
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There was a period of silence on both sides at the same time. Xu Ze stood by the bedroom window and he looked out into the black void outside it.
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When he went back that day, Xu Ze called Yang Yan, but afterwards he didn’t take any initiative to contact Yang Yan. Yang Yan on the other hand wanted to hear Xu Ze’s voice every day. It’s just that he didn’t know what he should say to Xu Ze if he called. Should he ask Xu Ze what he ate? Or what he did?
And so, Yang Yan also worked hard to restrain the urge to contact Xu Ze.
In the blink of an eye, the Spring Festival arrived. Xu Ze’s family also bought the Spring Festival couplets. He stood on the stool with the Spring Festival couplets and stuck them on the door. After sticking them down, his body shook and he grabbed the wall in time to prevent himself from falling. However, because the movement range was a little big at that time, when Xu Ze returned to the house, his stomach felt a little uncomfortable.
His parents still didn’t know that he was pregnant with a child. Xu Ze had controlled his expression and didn’t let them find out.
In the evening, a family of three sat at the dinner table for New Year’s Eve dinner. It originally should have been a happy event, yet there were not many smiles on their faces. The parents were used to being serious and they seemed to be emotionally restrained at all times. The food was delicious, but Xu Ze didn’t have much appetite. After eating a little, he said he was full.
Xu Ze went back to his room. Someone was setting off fireworks outside the window so the night sky was lit up from time to time. The beautiful fireworks were blooming. That kind of beauty was extremely beautiful, yet it was also fleeting.
Outside his room, his parents sat together to watch the Spring Festival Gala. There was laughter and celebration on the TV. Xu Ze listened to those sounds yet he could not feel any joy. He put his hand on his belly. The baby inside seemed to be asleep since there was no movement.
It’s quite strange to think that he, a man, was actually pregnant. Xu Ze slowly exposed a smile.
It seemed that more and more people were setting off fireworks. There were sounds of fireworks exploding everywhere. Since it was not early nor was Xu Ze feeling sleepy, Xu Ze walked out of the room.
He notified his parents, “I am going outside to watch the fireworks.”
The parents nodded and their gazes returned to the TV. Even if there were people in this room, it seemed deserted and cold. Xu Ze had no expectations or feelings for this place in his heart.
Walking to the door, Xu Ze changed his shoes. When he opened the door, Xu Ze seemed to remember something. He turned around and went back to his room, where he found a scarf for his neck. As soon as the scarf was put on, his whole neck seemed to warm up immediately.
Opening the door and walking out, Xu Ze took the elevator downstairs.
There were many pedestrians on the street, especially children. The children were running around and making noise. When he got outside, it seemed that the atmosphere of the festival instantly became stronger. A child was holding a firework that was burning. They were holding them in their hands as they watched the burning fireworks. Xu Ze walked forward slowly.
He had no destination in mind, just walking around casually.
Walking to the edge of a square, there were happy voices everywhere. Those voices slowly infected Xu Ze, making Xu Ze’s face to also begin to have a smile.
There were children running around Xu Ze. A child ran into Xu Ze, which Xu Ze then consoled the other party. The child said sorry, turned their head and ran away. The lively figures of the children shuttled through the crowd.
In a few months, the baby in his womb should be born. He should also be as lively as these children. As for him, of course, he couldn’t accompany the child, nor would he accompany a certain person.
After standing by the square for more than half an hour, Xu Ze turned around and walked back.
All the way back, what he saw was people coming out of their homes. Xu Ze was walking in the opposite direction from several people .
When he arrived downstairs of the home, Xu Ze stopped for a moment.
Just as he was walking forward, Xu Ze suddenly noticed a tall, upright figure standing under a street lamp. If Xu Ze hadn’t glanced over there by chance, he probably wouldn’t have spotted that person at all.
Xu Ze was stunned for a moment. Looking closer, his eyes indeed did not see wrong. It was really Yang Yan. This person actually came to him instead of accompanying his family at home on New Year’s Eve.
Xu Ze stood on the spot. The person under the street light knew that Xu Ze saw him, but he didn’t move immediately/ He just looked at Xu Ze from a distance. The two stared at each other across the crowd.
Later, it was Xu Ze who moved first. He walked to the front of Yang Yan. When he got closer, he could see the other party’s face more clearly. Yang Yan’s eyes were deep and dark, staring at Xu Ze with a torching gaze.
Xu Ze’s heart suddenly fluctuated a little, because of the matter that Yang Yan came to see him this late night.
“Happy New Year, Yang Yan!” Xu Ze didn’t ask why Yang Yan came. He knew that reason. He didn’t know when it started, but this person liked him and he seemed to even like him very much.
Xu Ze’s peach blossom eyes were filled with a mesmerizing smile. Yang Yan stared intently without looking away.
After a good while, Yang Yan’s low voice came out: “Happy New Year!”
It’s just a few simple words, yet Yang Yan suddenly felt its weight.
There was a child running by while laughing and smiling. Both of their eyes went over. Yang Yan’s eyes were pulled back first. He looked down at the abdomen covered by Xu Ze’s down jacket. This time of next year, he thought, between them there would be one more baby. As soon as this thought came together, Yang Yan couldn’t help stepping forward. He reached out to hold Xu Ze’s hand. Xu Ze’s hand was placed in the pocket of his clothes, so it was quite warm. This warmth continued up his arm and into his cold lonely heart, which seemed to also warm up in an instant.
Yang Yan raised his eyes and looked at Xu Ze. There were pedestrians on the street, yet Yang Yan didn’t care and kissed Xu Ze’s lips.
Author has something to say:
Mini Theater: Yang Yan would be very excited even if he just thought about the fact that he would be able to spend the Spring Festival with his wife and child next year!!!
And then next year, Yang Yan only had a little baby in his arms. His wife ran away, hahahahaha. It was truly miserable.
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After the new year, the birth will come. I will arrange the plot at my own pace. Because he will run away after giving birth, and there will be no confinement at all. Why not, you guys take a guess! He’s not leaving though. Look at me making things up. Happy!
The author’s note is so funny right? God they’re such a good jokester! 🙂
A side note before the dream, I google [Quick Transmigration: He Likes Being A Father] and I don’t see any links to Chrysanthemum Garden at all, unless I literally also put that into the google search. I’m sad now. I hope that’s just me unable to see it, otherwise I might cry ah.
Dream from last week (March 26, 2022). No other dream this week.
First I was out in the streets. I walked by a game stand and I wanted to play. After I paid, I was teleported to a black colored room with a white door. I opened the door to see a spiraling staircase with more doors as it went down.
I walked down and down as I suddenly felt like something was chasing me from up the staircase. I tried to open the doors to see that some were locked while others had creatures inside. With one creature, I cut off its hand with the door and slammed it close.
Another door contained darkness. It was like a black goo that tried to spread everywhere. Unfortunately this wasn’t Goo from my previous dream. This creature was just pure darkness. I felt that it was trying to devour everything, including me.
Anyways, I had to run. It did kill the thing that was chasing me, but the darkness was now the one chasing me now. I tried to open doors to slow dark down with the monsters, which worked a little but not too much.
I began to just slide down by the railings until I reached the bottom. I opened the last door and a hallway greeted me. I rushed forward and saw three doors, one front, one left, and one right. I opened the right door and rushed in because the darkness was still chasing me.
After entering, there were a lot of doors to the left and a door at the end. None of the doors on the left could open so I went for the last door to find it’s also locked. The darkness was right behind so I dodged to the side. Then for no reason at all. There was an explosion and the door opened.
I went in and saw three clown puppets in the room. There was also a broken table. The thought of breaking their ankle came to my mind, like it was an instruction or something. I broke all three clown puppets’ ankles with a wooden table leg then a black hole opened.
The darkness burst in and I threw the stick at the darkness before jumping in. Then it was like a slide. I slid for a while until I reached the end.
I was laying down in a half slide tube and saw the game accountant standing over me. They congratulated me for my success. I was then told I had 1056 points to pick from the prize. I looked at the prize list with images. I saw those were mostly just toys like water guns, there was even a hello kitty one.
While I was undecided on the prize, one of my IRL friends appeared in my dream. They came up and told the game worker they wanted to play too. They paid and the POV changed to theirs in first person. If I had to summarize things, they were a pro. If what I did was a 2/10, they were definitely a 10/10.
First they rushed through everything like a pro. They opened every door on the spiral staircase doors with force. One had a secret room that she went through. This was of course while the darkness was chasing them.
When they reached the hallway with three doors, they went to the front door which was basically a turning hallway that led to the left door. After blazing through those, my friend went to the right rooms through a hidden passage. They opened all the doors and then did the same as me.
When they finished sliding down the slide, they were told they had 10000 points and the game workers were finally set free. Then my friend and I left in their car.
I don’t remember the rest, aka the other 2 thirds of my dream. I think I went to a magic academy and tamed a dragon, but I’m not too sure. I feel like I did some cool things.
Currently TLing Chapter: 30
Wow, what a cool atmospehre… And we can see that our XZ has a more and more feelings for his child~
Thank You for the new chapter ♡ฅ(ᐤˊ꒳ฅˋᐤ)
Baby baby baby!
Thank you for the chapter 🥰
LMAO UR NOTES AT THE END ARE ALWAYS SO PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE
this author is truly a gong abuser
Thank you for the chapter!