Translator:- Max
Warning:- Major major cliffhanger, I’d suggest you guys to wait for the next chapter before reading. Mentions of malicious drug use.
Now that he has saved enough money, he can repay the loan to Guan Han. Though he won’t have much savings left, at least he can still maintain his livelihood. In a few months, when Tang Yu gives up on pestering him, he will also resume filming, which will bring in new income.
Ying Nian feels that this was already very good, and the prospects were still very promising. At the very least, it was much better than the worst outcome one has ever imagined.
The place Guan Han decided was a Western restaurant that Ying Nian had been to before. The time was 11 in the morning. Ying Nian had no objection and went early to the appointment the next day.
Guan Han arrived just before or after him. Upon seeing him, he was surprised and said, “I thought I would arrive first, but unexpectedly, you arrived first.”
Ying Nian smiled and said, “I just arrived too. Did your business trip go smoothly? It feels like you’ve been gone for almost a month.”
“It’s alright, there were some troubles, but they’ve been resolved.” Guan Han said, taking a seat across from him and sighing. “But I still feel like I’m not suitable for this kind of work.”
“Then what kind of job do you think you are suited for?”
Guan Han looked at him and said, “To be honest, I don’t think I’m ready for work yet. My mind isn’t focused in that direction. If I could, I’d still just play games.”
“Perhaps you could become an excellent esports player.” Ying Nian thought for a moment. “Esports is quite popular now, isn’t it? Everyone really likes those professional players.”
“What’s the use if everyone likes it? My parents don’t like it, so it’ll all be in vain.” He shook his head helplessly, “Alright, enough about me. Let’s talk about you. How did you manage to gather enough money? As this amount wasn’t small either.”
“Didn’t I tell you before that I’m signing with Western Entertainment. With my signing bonus plus a few endorsement deals I secured after signing, I managed to gather enough.” Ying Nian explained as he took out a card from his wallet and placed it in his hand. “The PIN is your birthday. Take it.”
Guan Han frowned as he looked at the card in front of him. “In that case, won’t you have any spare money left?”
“I’ll continue acting in the future, so I can keep making money.”
“I remember you used to say you wanted to be a government official. But now, in order to pay me back, you’ve signed with Western Entertainment.” Guan Han sighed. “You’re always like this. Aren’t you going to regret it?”
Ying Nian smiled and shook his head. “Those were dreams from years ago, they are no longer suitable for me now. Guan Han, don’t even mention that there’s no celebrity who became a government official after quitting the circle. Just because of Tang Yu, I couldn’t do it either. At least Western Entertainment can protect me. In other places, as long as Tang Yu causes trouble, I won’t be able to stay as I want.”
“Does it have to end in a breakup?” Guan Han tried to persuade him. “You two have been together for so many years. Tang Yu was wrong, but you also know, he and those people were just playing around. He only likes you. Can’t you forgive him?”
“Are you trying to persuade me from Tang Yu’s point of view, as Tang Yu’s friend?” Ying Nian asked him.
“I’m standing from the perspective of being a friend to both of you.” Guan Han replied.
Ying Nian lowered his head and smiled and said. “Guan Han, I’m grateful that you were willing to lend me money when I needed it most, but I don’t want to hear these kinds of words anymore. Matters of the heart, like only the person drinking water would know if it's warm or cold. You’re not me, so you don’t understand my feelings. Please don’t say such things, okay?”
After hearing this, Guan Han sighed helplessly, called the waiter, and started ordering.
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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“Of course not, I’m just afraid of upsetting you.”
The two of them had a pleasant meal. Ying Nian stopped Guan Han, took the lead in paying the bill, then stood up and prepared to leave.
However, as they had only taken a few steps, they heard someone call out from behind, “Ying Nian, Guan Han.”
Ying Nian turned around, and upon seeing the person behind him, he felt annoyed. Guan Han, on the other hand, responded, “Mao ge.”
When Ying Nian saw this, he had no choice but to call out as well, “Mao ge.”
Chen Mao looked at them and walked up to the two of them. When his friends saw this, they also followed.
Chen Mao looked at Guan Han. “You came out to meet Ying Nian without telling Xiao Yu?”
“It was me who told him not to.” Ying Nian took the initiative to answer.
Chen Mao smiled briefly, but there was no smile in his words. “That’s just you being insensible. Why are you still angry with Xiao Yu?”
Ying Nian said coldly, “We’ve already broken up.”
“But that’s not what Xiaoyu said.”
Ying Nian didn’t want to talk nonsense with him, so he said, “Mao ge, I have something to do today, so I’ll be leaving first.”
“Don’t ah.” Chen Mao grabbed him. “It’s been a while since Mao ge has seen you. Give ge some face, Ge will treat you to a drink.”
“I don’t drink.” Ying Nian said.
“Then let ge invite you to sing.”
“Brother, I have something to do. I’m an artist, I have a schedule.” Ying Nian said calmly.
Chen Mao still wore a playful smile. “What’s so important about your schedule? Just cancel it. If you find it inconvenient to talk, give me your agent’s number, I’ll help you talk to them.”
Ying Nian’s words were meant to deceive him. Besides, since signing with Western Entertainment, he felt he had already troubled his agent enough. He couldn’t bring himself to let Chen Mao trouble her for such a trivial matter. So, he simply said, “Ge, please don’t make things difficult for me.”
“Xiao Nian, are you not going to give me face?”
Seeing him speak like this, Ying Nian knew that he wasn’t going to let him leave easily today.
Chen Mao was Tang Yu’s cousin and he was the person with the most say among Tang Yu’s circle of friends. He had a bad temper, was quite assertive, and came from a wealthy family. Everyone calls him Mao ge, and no one dares to go against him. Since Ying Nian couldn’t even afford to offend Tang Yu, let alone Chen Mao. Now that the situation was like this, he had no choice but to agree.
He could actually guess Chen Mao’s intentions. It was likely that Chen Mao intended to create an opportunity for Tang Yu. Ying Nian felt that since he couldn’t avoid it, he might as well just meet him. After all, it wouldn’t kill him. Meeting would probably just lead to another argument, but there was no avoiding it now and there was nothing he can do about it.
He and Guan Han followed Chen Mao and his friends into the car. Chen Mao sent a WeChat message to Tang Yu, asking him to come over.
Ying Nian went with them to a KTV, which was decorated in gold and jade glorious splendour and looked very showy. He followed them upstairs and entered the private room that Chen Mao often went to.
In no time, the KTV manager sent in a few young and pretty girls, who took advantage of every opportunity and sat themselves among the group. Ying Nian shifted to the side, taking a seat on the edge of the sofa, with Guan Han beside him. Guan Han leaned in and asked him in a low voice, “Are you okay?”
Ying Nian nodded but said nothing.
Chen Mao, holding a girl in his arms, looked at Ying Nian sitting on the sofa with a cold expression, seemingly indifferent. He found it ridiculous. What’s with the fake lofty attitude? Just a little pheasant coming out of the ravine, still not satisfied after hooking up with his cousin. And he still had the nerve to make a fuss.
Whenever Chen Mao thought about how Tang Yu got himself completely drunk because of Ying Nian a few days ago, he felt disgusted. His cousin was the same. Why would he do this for such a person? Ying Nian was nothing more than someone who looked good and should be just good enough in bed. It wasn’t worth getting real feelings for him.
When he thought of this, something suddenly occurred to him, he whispered something to the girl in his arms. When she heard this, she coquettishly hit him, saying, “You’re so naughty”, before turning and walking out. When she returned, she secretly handed Chen Mao a folded piece of paper.
The folded paper was very small, about the size of a coin. Chen Mao accepted it and put it into his pocket. Ying Nian and Guan Han didn’t see it because the girl was blocking their view.
Tang Yu arrived quickly. When he pushed open the door and saw Ying Nian, he could hardly believe it.
“Xiao Nian.” Tang Yu walked up to him with surprise, glanced at Guan Han, and sat down next to Ying Nian.
Ying Nian silently shifted to the side a little.
Chen Mao sneered darkly and reached out to pour wine for everyone, pushing them in front of each person one by one. “Come on, since everyone’s here, let’s have a toast.”
He said, taking the lead to raise his wine glass first. Ying Nian, seeing this, could only clink glasses with him and take a sip.
Chen Mao said dissatisfied. “Xiao Nian, are you only going to take one sip?”
Tang Yu defended Ying Nian and said, “Xiao Nian doesn’t like to drink.”
“So you’re not going to give gege face?”
Tang Yu himself knew that he could only see Ying Nian this time thanks to Chen Mao, so he had no choice but to persuade him, saying, “Xiao Nian, why don’t you take a few more sips? Everyone has already done it. It’s not appropriate for you to refuse.”
“If I do it, can I leave?” Ying Nian turned to ask him.
When Tang Yu heard this, he felt a little uncomfortable and said, “Do you really not want to see me?”
“Have I not made it clear enough?” Ying Nian asked him.
Tang Yu looked at him and didn’t know what to say for a moment.
“Ying Nian.” Chen Mao said coldly, “Whether you leave or not, everyone has already drunk this wine glass, and you’ll have to drink it too. It’s my rule.”
Ying Nian picked it up and drained the glass in one gulp, then stood up. “I drank the wine and everyone saw. Can I leave now?”
Tang Yu quickly stood up and grabbed him. “Let’s talk.”
“We have nothing to talk about. Our relationship is over. I’ve repaid what I owed you and the Tang family. Between us, it’s all settled, and have nothing to do with each other.”
“How can our relationship be all over?” Tang Yu said dissatisfied. “Even now, I still like you. You know that.”
Ying Nian chuckled. “But I don’t like you anymore, so I don’t want to talk to you.”
“You’re lying!” Tang Yu refused to believe him. “After all these years of our relationship, how could you just break up like that? How could you not like me? You’re just deceiving both me and yourself!”
Ying Nian found it ridiculous. “Do you have to argue about this in front of so many people?” He asked Tang Yu. “Why don’t you ask yourself first? After all these years of our relationship, how could you just cheat? You’ve already cheated, yet you still want to talk about liking me. Do you think this is fun?”
Tang Yu looked at him helplessly, “I just found a stage and put on a comedy.”
Ying Nian felt exhausted. “Tang Yu, I don’t want to argue with you. If it weren’t for your cousin, I wouldn’t even be here today. He asked me to come here, and I had no choice but to come. He asked me to see you, and I’ve seen you. So, can I leave now? Just let it be and give me a little respect, okay?”
Tang Yu looked at him, unable to say anything.
Ying Nian said, “Thank you.”
After saying that, Ying Nian turned to leave, but as soon as he took a step, Tang Yu grabbed his hand. Ying Nian shook him off, but Tang Yu hugged him from behind. “I respect you, but I can’t lose you either, Xiao Nian. I know I was wrong. Give me another chance. Can we start over?”
The author has something to say:
Ying Nian: Not good! Let go!
Yao Xiuyuan: Let go of him!
Tang Yu: Xiao Nian, love me once more.
Yao Xiuyuan: Believe it or not, I’ll splash you (with water) again!
Next chapter: Yao Xiuyuan, the hero saves the beauty.
Yao Xiuyuan: En, I like it~
Translator’s note:- I hateeeee Tang Yu and this Chen Mao sooo freaking disgusting and I don’t understand how that “goody good” Guan Han and Chen guy can say that, that trash can be forgiven, like dude you imagine if someone cheated on you, would you forgive them, NEVERRRR right so not Ying Nian either. My poor baby, he’s just trying to live and these leeches just won’t leave him alone uhhhh.
And can you guys please tell me in the comments if I should keep the drug warning or no?
I think keep it? Just to be safe..
Tang Yu and Chen Mao are just rotten to the core. As for Guan Han, I think he’s the sort of type who thinks of something like “oh we were close before, so I want you all to get along forever because we’re friends”. But life is never constant, things happened, couples broke up, friendship gone. Tang Yu definitely made grave mistake, but Guan Han just wishes Ying Nian to forgive him so they’ll still get along LOL, you wish…
Thanks for the chapter~~
Ok! I’ll heed your advice. I’ll wait for the next chapter.
Thanks for this one anyways. 😘
I would rather he would pull ‘then we open relationship on both ends’ just to disgust the scum trash that expects love, loyalty and commitment while he cheats due to “environment”
Maybe then it would go through the scums head what he had done