Translator:- Max
Ji Qingzhou removed his makeup, washed his face, and was then held by Chu Cheng as he applied Mother Chu’s toner to his face. Only then did they go downstairs to meet Father Chu and Mother Chu again.
Mother Chu was busily preparing to make dumplings. When she saw him coming down, she called out, “Xiao Zhou, come join us in making dumplings.”
Ji Qingzhou nodded and sat down next to Chu Cheng, watching as the three men of the Chu family rolled out the dough, while he and Mother Chu wrapped them together.
Seeing that he was wrapping them nicely, Mother Chu was very happy, and said, “In previous years, the three of them would roll out the dough, and I would be the only one making the dumplings. They finished rolling out the dough long before I finished wrapping them. This year, finally, someone is accompanying me to wrap these.”
Ji Qingzhou, upon hearing this, looked up at her and smiled, saying, “After my mom got sick, I’ve been making dumplings by myself. It’s quite rare to have so many people making dumplings together this year.”
“It’s all Xiao Cheng’s fault. If he had brought you back earlier, we could have made dumplings together sooner.”
Chu Cheng couldn’t help but feel wronged. It’s not like he didn’t want to bring him; it’s just that his partner didn’t dare to come. However, since it was his own mother who said these words, he could only nod helplessly and say, “Yes, yes, yes, it’s my fault, it’s my fault.”
“Do you think I said something wrong?” Mother Chu looked at her younger son.
Chu Cheng immediately placed the dumpling wrapper he had rolled out in front of her and complimented, “How could that be? What my mom says is always right. If my mom is wrong, it must be because my thinking isn’t upright enough!”
Mother Chu was very satisfied, “It’s good that you know.”
“Don’t worry, you are the leader of our family.”
Ji Qingzhou lowered his head and smiled, finding Chu Cheng’s family quite interesting.
When they finished making the dumplings, Ji Qingzhou also felt a bit tired. So, Chu Cheng took him to his room to rest. Ji Qingzhou had been to his room once before, but upon entering his bedroom this time, he couldn’t help but take a closer look.
“Do you like it?” Chu Cheng asked him.
Ji Qingzhou nodded, “Like it.”
“If you like it, we can stay here for a few more days.”
“Forget it. Your family will probably have relatives visiting in a few days and I haven’t visited any relatives in a long time, let alone your family’s relatives.”
“Alright.” Chu Cheng considered the lively atmosphere in his family during Chinese New Year. “We can see them in the future after we get married.”
Ji Qingzhou accidentally heard him say the words “get married” and was a little startled for a moment, but then he felt a little longing for it.
Chu Cheng saw him lowering his head and saying nothing, and asked him, “Have you thought about when we should get married?”
Ji Qingzhou raised his eyes and looked at him, “When do you want to do it?”
“I respect your opinion. When we get married, it may not have a significant impact on me, but being married might have a larger effect on your image.”
Ji Qingzhou thought for a moment. It seemed that among his peers, very few had gone public with their relationships, let alone talked about marriage. However, he wasn’t solely following a popularity-driven path, and as an actor, he didn’t think it would have too great an impact.
“Let’s wait for another two years.” Chu Cheng suddenly said. “In two more years, you’ll be 26, which might be relatively more suitable.”
“Okay.” Ji Qingzhou had no objection.
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He looked at Chu Cheng and suddenly remembered something——he had not confessed his true identity to Chu Cheng until now. They had already come this far, met both their parents, came out publicly, and even agreed to get married in two years. So, he should not have such secrets with Chu Cheng anymore.
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“Yes.” Chu Cheng opened the bedside drawer and rummaged through it, and sure enough he found a coin, “Here.”
Ji Qingzhou didn’t take the coin but instead looked at it nervously. “You choose, heads or tails?”
“Head.” Chu Cheng said.
“Then you try tossing it and see if it’s heads or tails.”
This was quite easy for Chu Cheng, as he had played this game a lot when he was a child and had already mastered the trick of tossing the coin to get the side he wanted. He tossed it up, and Ji Qingzhou’s gaze followed the coin’s movement, and he saw Chu Cheng catching it steadily, opening his covered right hand, and said proudly: “Heads.”
Ji Qingzhou quietly stared at the front of the coin for a while, then raised his head and said to Chu Cheng, “I actually have a secret.”
Although Chu Cheng guessed that Ji Qingzhou had his reasons for asking him to do this, he didn’t expect to hear those words.
“What secret do you have?”
“A very big secret.”
Chu Cheng was a little alarmed now, “And is it related to you?”
Ji Qingzhou nodded.
Chu Cheng was puzzled, “What secret could you possibly have that I don’t know? Although we’re not together 365 days a year, I know basically everything about you. What secrets can you hide? This too, a big secret?”
Ji Qingzhou sat down on the bed with Chu Cheng, taking the coin from his hand. “I think I should tell you, but at the same time, I feel like maybe nothing even if I don’t tell you. Although I’ve concealed it from you, it’s somewhat justifiable. It’s not as bad as black fantasy.”
“The more you talk, the more I don’t understand.” Chu Cheng said doubtfully.
Ji Qingzhou looked at him and said, “But I still don’t want to keep anything from you. You’ve been so good to me, and I don’t want to hide anything from you. So, I’m leaving the decision up to you. I was thinking, if you can toss the side you mentioned, then I’ll tell you now. If you can’t, then I’ll wait a bit and tell you when our relationship is even more stable.”
Chu Cheng laughed when he heard this, “Isn’t our relationship stable enough?”
“It will always become more stable as time accumulates.”
“That’s true. So, what’s the secret you want to tell me now?”
Ji Qingzhou gazed at him, holding the coin in his hand, and after a long pause, he whispered, “Actually, I’m not the Ji Qingzhou you see now.”
Chu Cheng was a bit puzzled. He looked at Ji Qingzhou, genuinely baffled, and asked, “What do you mean?”
“Do you know what transmigration is?”
Chu Cheng nodded and said, “You’re not suggesting that you’ve transmigrated here, are you?”
Ji Qingzhou nodded and said, “I’m not the Ji Qingzhou from this time and place. Although I have the same name, I didn’t grow up here. I inexplicably ended up here through transmigration.”
Chu Cheng was getting a bit confused and felt the need to sort things out. “Could you first tell me when you transmigrated here? The one who I spent time with before was you, right?”
Most likely, it was him. He couldn’t have been so blind that he couldn’t recognize whether the person in front of him was the one he liked or not. The one whom he confessed and proposed to, should be the Ji Qingzhou before him.
“If you mean the one who took your money in the beginning and agreed to be kept by you, that’s not me; if you mean the one who went home and lived with you, that’s me.”
“So when did you transmigrate here?” After Chu Cheng asked, he thought of the answer almost instantly, “On that day, when we had an appointment, when you came down from the bay window!”
Ji Qingzhou smiled and said, “You are really a little too smart.”
“I was wondering why you changed so much after coming down from the windowsill, why you stopped paying attention to Fang Yaoxuan and no longer looked so wronged. So, this was the reason.” Chu Cheng found it somewhat magical. “You really did transmigrate?”
“Do you think I would lie to you about something like this?”
That was true. He knew that Ji Qingzhou had never lied to him, especially about something like this.
But, “This feels so much like fantasy.”
“So that’s why I’ve been hesitating to tell you. I was afraid that if I did, you wouldn’t be able to accept it. But not telling you means keeping you in the dark.”
Chu Cheng looked at him, pondered for a moment, and suddenly asked, “Wait, if that’s the case, then wouldn’t it mean that you have never liked Fang Yaoxuan?”
Ji Qingzhou nodded and said, “The original person did like him, but I didn’t.”
“You told me before that you hadn’t liked anyone else, and that you hadn’t held hands with anyone before?”
“When I transmigrated, I had just graduated from college. While I was in school, I was busy studying. The teacher said that puppy love is forbidden, so I also stayed away from puppy love.”
Chu Cheng burst out laughing instantly and said in disbelief, “So I am your first love?”
“Are you happy?” Ji Qingzhou asked him.
Chu Cheng nodded and said honestly: “I’m very happy.”
Ji Qingzhou was his first love, and unexpectedly, he was Ji Qingzhou’s first love as well. This feeling was truly delightful.
“So, do you believe what I said?” Ji Qingzhou was still a bit apprehensive.
Chu Cheng looked at him and said seriously, “Rationally speaking, I think this isn’t very scientific. But I believe you. So, since you’ve told me this, I’m willing to believe. After all, there’s no benefit to you in telling such a lie, and the world itself holds many unknowns. Much of what we see is just the tip of the iceberg. Perhaps there really is another time and space, and I just don’t know about it.”
Ji Qingzhou, upon hearing this, finally felt relieved and warmly said, “Thank you.”
“Of course, the main thing is that, once I accept this setting, I become your first love, and you’ve only ever liked me from start to finish. That fact is really quite enticing.”
“I’ve only ever liked you.” Ji Qingzhou said bluntly.
Chu Cheng was caught off guard and was given candy by him. He felt a sweetness in his heart. He reached out and hugged the person into his arms, “By chance, I’ve also only ever liked you.”
“Do you have any more questions to ask now?” Ji Qingzhou asked him.
Chu Cheng looked down at him for a long time before asking, “Was it tough for you?”
Ji Qingzhou didn’t quite understand. He raised his eyes and looked directly at him, and heard Chu Cheng ask, “Was it tough for you to suddenly arrive in this world alone without any relatives or friends?”
Upon hearing this, Ji Qingzhou felt sad for a moment, not expecting Chu Cheng to ask this question. But he also realised that the one who would ask such a question was the Chu Cheng he loved. He reached out to hug Chu Cheng and whispered, “At the beginning, it was hard sometimes, but later on, it wasn’t. I’m actually quite lucky. I met you right after I arrived here, and you’ve been very good to me. So, in the beginning, I was somewhat dependent on you.”
As Chu Cheng listened to him, he felt that his mentality was very good. Their initial encounter was actually not very good. Thinking about it now, Ji Qingzhou must have been very depressed at that time. He had suddenly inexplicably arrived in a foreign world, been told that he was being kept by him, had no money, and couldn’t repay the debt the original person owed him. Thus, he had no choice but to stay together with him. At that time, he had been dissatisfied with the original owner and had persistently tried to bring him onto the expressway.
Chu Cheng chuckled and said, “No wonder you were so unwilling to drive with me back then.” He looked at Ji Qingzhou and asked, “During that time, did you ever consider telling me that you weren’t ‘Ji Qingzhou’ and simply leaving?”
“Even if I had told you back then, would you have believed me?” Ji Qingzhou asked him, “You’d probably have thought I was stopping you from playing.”
“That’s true.” Chu Cheng said with a smile. After all, his acceptance of this situation now was based on his trust in Ji Qingzhou. At that time, let alone trust, they didn’t even have the most basic goodwill between them.
He gazed at Ji Qingzhou, leaned forward, kissed him, and said tenderly and cherishingly: “Perhaps this is fate. You were destined to meet me, and I was destined to meet you. So, even if we’re not from the same time and space, we still found each other. This might be what they call a perfect match made in heaven in legends.”
Ji Qingzhou chuckled and said, “How come you’re so good with words?”
“In all sincerity, it just came from the heart.” Chu Cheng said, “This kind of situation should only happen in novels, but it happened to the two of us. Doesn’t that mean we’re naturally meant to be a couple.”
Ji Qingzhou smiled and said nothing.
Chu Cheng kissed him, pressed his forehead against his and said, “So we will definitely grow old together.”
Ji Qingzhou nodded, “Okay.”
“It’s a pity that you will never see your parents again.”
“My parents divorced a long time ago and have both remarried. While I do miss them, they’ve moved on to their new families, and I believe they’ll be fine in the future.” Ji Qingzhou comforted Chu Cheng and also comforted himself.
Chu Cheng hugged him and coaxed in a gentle tone, “Yes, perhaps in that world, you’re still you, and you’re still there, accompanying them.”
“It would be great if that were possible.”
“So, what’s more important is that you live your life well here.”
“I will.” Ji Qingzhou looked at him, “I have you, my mother here, and friends like senior brother, Anyi, and Ying Nian. I have family, love, and friendship, and that’s enough.”
Chu Cheng nodded and kissed Ji Qingzhou’s eyes. “When we get married in the future, you’ll have a new family, a family that belongs to you and is filled with happiness.”
Ji Qingzhou listened and imagined the scene of their future, with a smile in his eyes. He looked at Chu Cheng, hooked his neck and kissed him.
Chu Cheng pulled him into his arms and kissed him tenderly. He continued to kiss Ji Qingzhou until he was slightly out of breath. Then, he stopped and kissed his ear, whispering, “I will love you forever.”
Ji Qingzhou rested his head on his shoulder and let out a soft “En”. He thought that what Chu Cheng said was true. There were so many people in the world, why did he cross into this novel? There were so many characters in this book, why did he cross into Ji Qingzhou? There are so many names in the world, why were both of them named Ji Qingzhou?
Everything might just be destined. His marriage was not in the world he was in, which was why he crossed an entire time and space to stand in front of Chu Cheng, in front of the person he loved. He came to this world with confusion and disbelief, but he moved forward with joy and contentment. His love, although it came late and blossomed in an unexpected land, unexpectedly opened the most beautiful bud, filled with a rich fragrance.
This was probably what they call a match made in heaven.
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Tomorrow, I might be able to write about the wedding, I guess~
Translator’s note:- Since my other two books are ending, I’d like to ask you guys to recommend me any dropped(more than 3 months or otherwise stated by the translator) or untranslated or completed translated(as a rec, for me to read) with following preference of it being a fluffy, cute bl novel, no angst(especially not from main protagonists), no bad ending, no QT or UF(unless the main couple already know each other and love each), no survival or apocalypse genre and no e-sports since I have limited knowledge about them and all the terms so I probably won’t be able to translate them well and I think that’s it. oh oh oh and if you know any untranslated or translated book like ‘After marrying the evil god’ or ‘Mr. Melancholy wants to live peacefully’ where the ml and mc already are in a relationship just don’t know each other supernatural or any different type of identity. If you do please remember to comment. After when both books are done, I’ll post all my want-to-translate list with the top best and everyone can vote in the comments and I’ll do it as my indecisive self will probably go bald if that was up-on myself ahh.
If you are looking for anything else to translate, please check out A Race to (Be) the Top by the same author as another CG novel, You Boys Play Games Very Well! It hasn’t been translated in so long, and I was really looking forward to it… I don’t know how it ends though! ಥ_ಥ
suggestion: After My Ex-Boyfriend’s White Moonlight Proposed to Me (it hasn’t been updated since August 2022) but pretty close to the end. i havent read it myself bc i had been waiting for it to finish at the time
Gosh… Let me hunt down my list on Novel Updates. There are some amazing novels that have had their translations abandoned including a few on this site
Thank you so much for this translation!! Dropped novels I’d love to see finished: Violant of the Silver, The Pheromones Say We Have No Chance, Does Love Exist at First Sight in E-sports? (Only 2 chapters left!), I Ship My Adversary X Me (someone just added an MTL chapter but it makes no sense 😭)
Oh oh, I forget these need translators too: Strong Offense and Defense, Online Dating Boyfriend Is Actually an Alien, Support Is King [Holographic Game]
How about “Reborn into a Primitive Society to Raise Babies”? It sounds cute and fluffy
Could I request you to pick up The Infrastructure’s Guide? Up to where it was translated it seemed promising, but then the translator suddenly stopped. The Infrastructure’s Guide
Ohhh cool, I like it, so added to want to translate list which will be posted soon in a week or two for voting so stay tuned. I will try to make sure that I translate all the novels in my list one day so hope for the best!!
Yay, thank you!
Defs would recommend Mr Rong’s Lovelorn Diary!