Reborn with an Old Enemy on the Day of our MarriageCh21 - Couple’s Clothes

“Ah, ah, ah– the Boss–” Dong MingEn exclaimed.

Luo XingGuang rose to his feet. oncdjI

Then the two rushed towards the skating rink.

“Boss–”

Chrysanthemum Garden.

“Boss-”

The moment they stepped past the rink entrance, they both slipped on the ice. bLzKed

Zheng PingQing, who had just stood up with Lin Qian: “….”

Looking at the two idiots floundering on the ice like a bunch of fish thrown ashore, Lin Qian tilted his head and asked: “Is this the legendary 'Rescue of Grandpa Calabash' coming to life?

Zheng PingQing: “….”

Right now, this Grandpa really wanted to bash his grandchildren with a calabash!

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After making sure that Lin Qian wasn’t hurt, Zheng PingQing slowly led him to the edge of the rink, while Dong MingEn and Luo XingGuang were still flopping around on the side.

Dong MingEn stretched out a hand and cried out tragically: “Boss, pull, pull me–”

Zheng PingQing: = =

Zheng PingQing grabbed both of them and dragged them up, looking very disgusted while doing so. “You’re making Grandpa’s life very difficult.” ldbU3K

Lin Qian: “Haha–”

Dong MingEn whispered towards Luo XingGuang: “Is he laughing at us?”

Luo XingGuang analyzed Lin Qian’s shaking shoulders and replied, indignant. “Yes.”

“Boss, your clothes are wet.” Dong MingEn exclaimed. 6siNHf

Zheng PingQing immediately looked towards Lin Qian. “Your clothes are wet.”

Dong MingEn: “…” No, Boss, how can you care about other people when you’re in a much worse situation!

Zheng PingQing’s first thought when they fell was to protect Lin Qian as much as possible. But Lin Qian still ended up on the ice afterward, making his clothes wet. It wasn’t as bad as Zheng PingQing’s clothes, though.

Lin Qian was about to say that he could just go home and change, but Zheng PingQing leaned over and placed a hand on his shoulder. “Let’s go and buy some clothes.” OLfspb

Dong MingEn wanted to stop them, saying: “Boss…”

Zheng PingQing pinned him with a scornful look to shut him up and said: “Concentrate on studying more instead of spending all your time blindly thinking of such foolish thoughts.”

Chrysanthemum Garden.

Dong MingEn and Lou XingGuang watched the two leave, shoulder to shoulder, looking disheveled.

Lou XingGuang couldn’t help but say: “Why…why do I feel that the Boss and Lin Qian….” 04bEMn

Dong MingEn, on the other hand, wasn’t capable of properly digesting such a scene. “The Boss doesn’t really want to be friends with Lin Qian…does he?”

Nearby, Gou XinDou had finished his fries. He got up and patted the salt off his hands, sighing: “Boss Zheng becoming like this…in the end, was it due to a loss of morality, or the distortion of human nature?”

……

Since the skating rink was in a shopping mall, Lin Qian and Zheng PingQing didn’t have to go very far to find clothes and simply went inside the nearest men’s clothing store. r NFy3

Both of them were natural hangers- as long as the clothes didn’t look too exotic, they could pull off any type of clothing. In theory, they should be able to buy something random and leave quickly.

However, Zheng PingQing had other plans.

Lin Qian looked at the two sets of clothes in from of him. “Ermmm…you….”

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As he changed clothes, Lin Qian finally had a thought. “We’re not going to wear this to Huo Rui’s birthday party…are we?”

“Obviously.” Zheng PingQing scoffed. “I want the whole world to know that we’re together.”

Let’s see if those blind classmates of theirs can still doubt his’ and Lin Qian’s true love. YNjaUE

Lin Qian sent him a pained look. The way Zheng PingQing said it, Lin Qian felt like this wasn’t a couples outfit but instead a triad uniform…

“The whole world, let alone the people in our grade, won’t be thrilled,” Lin Qian gave him a reality check.

The clerk happened to pass by as the two of them left the changing rooms. Her eyes widened when she saw them, and she couldn’t help but say: “Oh my goodness, so handsome.”

Zheng PingQing was also quite satisfied with how they looked. He chose a fashion brand that was still quite niche, but would eventually become popular all over the world in the future. The clothes they were wearing were simple and chic, enhancing their own unique temperaments. 2xjzAo

Especially Lin Qian, who looked more delicate. He appeared even more refined, and it enhanced his deep, dark, and penetrating eyes.

With a slightly menacing smile, Zheng PingQing said: “Let’s steal Huo YeRui’s limelight tonight and make him livid.”

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The clerk continued to praise the two as they were paying. “You two brothers have such a good relationship, even buying matching clothes.”

Zheng PingQing: …No, no, no, there’s not a speck of brotherhood here! lwi Et

As they left the store, Lin Qian chuckled, patting Zheng PingQing on the shoulder. “Let’s go, brother.”

Zheng PingQing was reluctant to let the misconception be, muttering: “That shop assistant isn’t very competent.”

“Yes, yes.” Lin Qian humored him, then said: “Let’s go have dinner first. I don’t think I’ll be able to eat later when faced with Huo YeRui.”

Then, Zheng PingQing’s phone rang. The caller ID displayed no name, but Zheng PingQing’s face changed when he saw the string of numbers on the screen. g6QwrA

Zheng PingQing firmly ended the call. Lin Qian then asked: “Who was it?”

Zheng PingQing replied in a light tone. “A scammer.”

Soon after, Zheng PingQing’s phone rang again. When he quickly hung up, a text message soon followed.

Zheng PingQing opened the text message while Lin Qian watched with a raised brow. 9Or13E

Zheng PingQing’s hand that gripped the phone tightened. After a while, he put his phone away and turned to Lin Qian. “What do you want to eat?”

Lin Qian thought for a bit, then said: “I suddenly remembered, I had an appointment with Xu Yao.”

In his heart, Zheng PingQing began to curse Xu Yao thoroughly.

With a laugh, Lin Qian said: “Hey, hey. Having a boyfriend doesn’t mean I don’t have any friends.” D31INx

Zheng PingQing reached out and lightly touched Lin Qian’s ear. “Then, I’ll see you tonight.”

Lin Qian nodded. “See you tonight.”

After the two separated, Lin Qian called Xu Yao. “Dog, let’s go to that birthday party together.”

Xu Yao wailed on the other end of the call: “Ahhhh, didn’t you say you had something on? I was going to meet up with Jiang TingJun.” PBgDMU

Lin Qian replied: “Don’t tell me you forgot who accompanied you to the toilet all day long during primary school?”

Xu Yao’s childhood secrets were forcefully dragged out of hiding and were subsequently brought to light. With no other choice, Xu Yao could only reply: “Come to Jiang TingJung’s place then. We can all go together.”

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……

Zheng PingQing stood outside a noodle restaurant named ‘Little Pea.’ After standing there for a long time, he finally opened the door and stepped inside. tZrg4M

The restaurant was pretty small, and only had two rows of tables. It wasn’t quite dinnertime yet, so there weren’t many customers.

Chen ShiYi sat at the innermost table on the right row, two cups of water in front of her.

Zheng PingQing thought that he would feel a sense of unfamiliarity towards her. Including his past life, Zheng PingQing hadn’t seen Chen ShiYi in years.

But the truth was, the feelings that bubbled over felt very familiar. pm0UBz

It was the exact feelings that he had when he was seventeen.

Chen Shiyi was dressed elegantly. Although she had a plain face, she still retained her strikingly beautiful temperament and was unmarred by the many hard years that was to be caused by Lin Qian and him.

Hearing Zheng PingQing greet the clerk near the door, Chen ShiYi looked up.

“PingQing.” Chen ShiYi stood up and waved towards him. Zheng PingQing’s posture remained relaxed. Although his eyes turned slightly timid, he didn’t tremble at the sight of her. Qkc7ZS

Zheng PingQing was a little surprised. He didn’t expect that one day he would be able to restrain himself in front of this woman, sitting quietly instead of going crazy.

“What’s the matter?” Zheng PingQing asked in an indifferent tone, lowering his head, not looking at her.

He knew that Chen ShiYi was watching him.

He didn’t know why Chen ShiYi returned to the city, or why she called him out. whDX6T

In Zheng PingQing’s last life, he and Chen ShiYi met only once during the summer vacation. After that, he and Lin Qian fought, and fought, until they finally landed into big trouble after assembly. After that, Chen ShiYi became heartbroken, and their relationship completely disintegrated. They had never peacefully met each other ever again.

“PingQing.” After a long silence, Chen ShiYi finally spoke, her tone resolute. “I’m sorry for what I said to you during the summer vacation.”

Zheng PingQing’s head lifted and looked at her, his eyes burning.

“I went back and thought long and hard about what I said. I realized that my words weren’t right…” Chen ShiYi bitterly smiled. “It wasn’t fair on you.” XrITFd

Zheng PingQing was somewhat terrified. In his last life, he had waited a long time for Chen ShiYi to apologize to him, for her to admit her wrongs. It was only after Chen ShiYi and Lin YaZhi divorced that he had stopped waiting.

He never would’ve imagined that he would hear Chen ShiYi’s apology at seventeen.

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For Chen ShiYi, it had only been two months since summer vacation. But to Zheng PingQing, it had been more than ten years. He thought he had long forgotten those irreversible words that caused so much fighting between him and Lin Qian. But now, he discovered that he still remembered what Chen ShiYi had said to him in perfect clarity–

“PingQing, I beg you, can you, can you….not trouble Lin Qian anymore…” o4lmAQ


“He’s such a poor child. He didn’t have a mother growing up, and his relationship with YaZhi isn’t great. He often stays out late. Can you stop…please….”


“He constantly quarrels with his father at home. I don’t want him to fight in school too…”

Back then, at the tender age of seventeen, Zheng PingQing’s limbs had turned ice-cold. He looked at Chen ShiYi with a blank expression, as if he was looking at a complete stranger.

Lin Qian didn’t have a mother growing up, and he has a bad relationship with his dad, so he was very pitiful. xzeMIP

The young Zheng PingQing wanted to ask her, does your own son still have his mother? Does he have a good relationship with his dad?

Lin Qian always fought with his father at home. But your own son didn’t even have anyone to fight with at home.

Why don’t you see me as pitiful? Why are you trying to persuade your own son to be friends with your stepson?

After those words, Chen ShiYi had continued to talk. But the young Zheng PingQing could no longer hear past the blood roaring in his ears. He stood up, smashed the table in front of him, then destroyed anything he could lay his hands on. meMFAv

Chen ShiYi couldn’t stop him and could only watch him in horror, her eyes reflecting the same unfamiliarity that he had felt.

 

 

When he was young, Chen ShiYi had often brought Zheng PingQing to ‘Little Pea.’ She used to help him cut his meat with this strange looking fork. She would often say: “Sorry, mom is too busy to cook for you today.” bFYSjq

The little Zheng, mouth covered in oil, would reply: “These ribs are better than the food mom cooks anyway.”

“Hey- you dare say that!” Chen ShiYi would then eat half of his ribs, causing her own mouth to be filled with oil. Then as they both laughed, she would order another set of ribs, saying: “Your father made a lot of money, so you can have anything you want to eat in the future.”

That little Zheng PingQing never could’ve imagined that one day, he wouldn’t have a mother, that he would no longer be able to eat the bland food cooked by her.

He had been so angry, so impulsive. And all these emotions had been thrust upon Lin Qian. VlYdBE

But fortunately, Zheng PingQing could now start all over again. He had eventually learned to love someone, and the person he gave all his love to, thankfully loved him back.

……

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“Come on, you stand next to Ah Qian, and I’ll stand next to you.” Xu Yao told Jian TingJun, pushing him to the middle. He then attempted to hide in Jian TingJun’s other side. ST6eq2

Jiang TingJun fiercely retorted: “I don’t want to. You’re the one best friends with Ah Qian; you stand together.”

Xu Yao refused to back down. “Haven’t you always said that you wanted to take this position from me? Well, I’m giving it to you now.”

Jiang TingJun refused the offer. “No, don’t give it to me, you keep it.”

Lin Qian: = = ukONL

Lin Qian: “There’s no need for you two to act like this.”

“Of course we do!” Xu Yao snorted. “Who would’ve imagined that you would have such impure thoughts? Actually grooming yourself behind my back! I hate you, and I don’t want to be the ugly duckling next to you, being nothing but a foil.”

Lin Qian: “…I just changed my clothes.”

Xu Yao turned to Jiang TingJun, swearing. “Such a big ego, actually hinting that he was born handsome, not relying on any sort of primping!” 8BQA4D

Lin Qian: “…”

Lin Qian entered the buffet restaurant Huo YeRui’s party was to be held in and immediately attracted numerous gazes.

The girls’ eyes were like spotlights, all chasing after his figure.

Xu Yao quickly leaned over and grabbed Lin Qian’s arm. “No, no, I have to follow you, or I won’t even get the chance to be in a girl’s line of sight.” d69j1g

Lin Qian was speechless. “I thought you didn’t want to be an ugly duckling?”

And Xu Yao, this flexible person, replied: “Quack–”


The author has something to say:

The party is about to start, with protagonist Lin Qian taking the stage. ZDs7p1

Huo YeRui: ???????????


God, the drama. So Zheng PingQing’s mother is with Lin Qian’s father. Sad what his mum said to him. It must have been a big blow on the young Zheng PingQing. I’m glad he can finally move on from this, and I’m glad he has Lin Qian.

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Translator's Note

It’s a famous Chinese story/cartoon where basically 7 calabash brothers try to rescue their grandpa who got kidnapped by a monster. They go one by one and fail + get caught by the monsters one by one. Basically, they’re just struggling really hard to ice skate and save their grandpa ZPQ?

Translator's Note

That plant gourd bottles are made of

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30 comments

  1. Its literally-“you marry the father. I’ll date the son”

  2. I didnt expect that ZPQ and LQ were step brothers. Im glad that they have a chance to start all over.

    Thank you for the chapter!

  3. Holy fuck their personal live are such a mess! I’m honestly amazed they even got together at all!

    Xu Yao is my favourite person now! His “quack” killed me!

  4. This is some Gossip Girl level shit O.O

    Thank you for the chapter <3 *quack*

  5. Yeahhh their personal lives were such a tangle, it’s no wonder they were always at each others’ throats. That must have been real tough to deal with the first time around :/

    Thankfully their portable brain holes, uh, I mean friends, are always willing to wash away my sadness. If it’s not mr Quack, I’m a shameless duck, then it’s them saying shit like this:

    “Boss Zheng becoming like this…in the end, was it due to a loss of morality, or the distortion of human nature?”

    Baby, don’t think about it too hard. You’ll hurt yourself.

    Thanks for the chapter (/^▽^)/

  6. They’re going to turn this matter into a “who wore the dress better” instead of a “wow, couple outfits” won’t they?

    Thank you for the update!

  7. It does show how a few seemingly small slights can create a huge rift.

    Thanks for the great translation ♥️

  8. Damn!! those few sentences ruined their lives totally…atleast they have a chance now…though their step brother relationship was totally unexpected

  9. Like: Mom…

    I’m sorry, but I’m not your mom anymore…

    Mother-in-law…

    Wait what.

  10. So, Pingqing’s mother and Qian’s father, huh? I could imagine the dog blood drama when both of them know that their children intended to marry with each other.

    Or, the most shockingly, what if Pingqing actually is not his father’s blood son, but Father Lin’s blood son? That’s why Pingqing’s mother desperately wanted Pingqing to get along with Qian.

    Father Lin: nervous Pingqing, I’m your father.

    Zeng Pingqing: flip the table I WON’T ACCEPT IT!

    Lin Qian: dumbfounded Is that mean we’re doing incest?

    Pingqing’s mother: Wait, what?

    And about the couple outfit… Pingqing, do you want your little brothers think that you become Qian’s follower/little brother, because that’s probably what they’re thinking when they see it; something like gangster uniform.

  11. Lin Qian was speechless. “I thought you didn’t want to be an ugly duckling?”

    And Xu Yao, this flexible person, replied: “Quack–”

    Shameless XY 😂😂😂

  12. Re: the mother. I kind of resent stories like this, where somehow every jerk turns into a kind person out of nowhere due to misunderstandings or whatever and everyone forgives everyone and lives together happily. What is this, Disney? Too unrealistic. Sometimes family members are just jerks, ya know

  13. What kind of mother is this… 😒 She cares more about the man she’s with than her own son… How could she say something like that!? 😡

    Poor Zheng PingQing… 🥺💔 It’s good that he has now someone who really cares about him!

    Thank you for the chapter~~!

  14. So technically, they are step brothers.

    I first thought that their fights are really just kids going on with their chinubyo grupie. That they just didn’t like each other like any other kids and just accidentally cause too much chain reaction.

    But as it turns out, there’s a root cause. And it actually came from the parents!

  15. I never thought ZPQ’s family situation to be that depressing. I knew he didn’t have a good relationship with his father, but I didn’t expect his relationship with his mother was bad too. I thought she was married with someone-whos-not-LQs-father, or perhaps dead (I just assume). Such poor parenting.

    Thankfully, he has Lin Qian by his side now. There’s also the stupidly-funny brothers they have. Lol. Without DME, XY, and co., this novel would (probably) be depressing to read, or not.

  16. Me siento molesta de cierto modo con ese tipo de madre (ni siquiera debería llamarla así) dejar de lado a tu hijo solamente por casarse con alguien más y cuidar al hijo de esa persona que hacerlo de manera igualitaria… huevos para esa señora pedorra. Pero bueno… se supone que estas heridas ya están sanadas, pero eso no justifica sus acciones mugre señoraaaa

  17. Oooh so that’s why they used to fight each other so much. That’s such a terrible thing to say to your son.

  18. Aww. That was horrible, felt so bad for ZPQ. No wonder he’s always targeting LQ before. I mean, usually, your parent/s should be your number 1 support but ZPQ didnt get the attention and affection when he needed it the most, and his mother said those words…dayum.

    But the quack tho!! Lmao

  19. Even now, as I reread this 2yrs later, I still can’t fully forgive ZPQ’s mom. Thank god, she’s not actually my mom so I don’t need to.

  20. Seems like those kids are getting it? They seem to be catching onto the fact that Zheng PingQing’s here of his own volition, at least

  21. Imagine at 17 you hear such words from your own biological mother. Putting myself on PingQing’s shoes, I will really flip everything while venting all the hurtful angry words. No wonder he is so extreme towards Lin Qian. 17 is rebellious age and you gave the exact reason that can trigger your son into becoming sociopath? So… tell me, are they stepbrothers now or not yet? Chen Shiyi is still in dating phase right? Since she isn’t in Lin Qian’s house before. And yet such bias words already been uttered towards PingQing?