Jian Suiying went home for dinner on Friday evening and once again quarreled with his father.
He never enjoyed going back there, for whenever he did, he always had to witness the family of three being all happy and filial. He gets full from it without even eating. Unfortunately for him, his father makes him come back at least once a month. He figured that his father might be afraid of people gossiping about him supposedly ignoring his ex-wife’s son in favor of his other. If given the choice, he truly hoped that his father would just ignore him. Just how many grievances could he save if that happened?
It was alright to have a meal together though, where they chatted about trivial matters. After dinner, his father called him to his study and asked him a lot of questions about his recent investment projects.
His father has a relatively large share in his company, so he could hardly hide anything in the company that his father wanted to know.
His father thought that he diverted too much money. Real estate and non-performing creditors’ rights are transactions with a long investment return period, so there is a risk of interruption in the capital chain. Jian Suiying felt that everything was under control, however. He had been in business for so long now that he was not stupid enough to make mistakes.
Whenever they had disagreements, father and son would end up raising their voices. In the end, of course, they broke up in discord. The same occurred today
When Jian Suiying went downstairs, he was holding his breath in anger. He didn’t pay attention to what he was stepping on, so when he came down the stairs, he accidentally hit a large porcelain vase.
He remembered that they didn’t have this vase the last time he was around. He was so angry that he kicked the bottle over. Fortunately, there was a thick carpet on the floor and the bottle was safe when it fell.
He looked around and cursed the people in the room who stared at him, “Who put this sh*t here?!”
The two servants just looked at each other and dared not speak.
Jian Suilin and his mother’s facial expressions suddenly changed.
Jian Suiying actually already knew that it was Zhao Yan’s doing at first sight. He was aware of her tastes. He sneered and said sarcastically, “You think you live here, so you take this as your home and get to call the shots? Who’s surname is in the name of this house? Does it belong to anyone? Think it over. Don’t stuff junk in other people’s houses. Next time I see something like this, I’ll throw it out immediately.” After speaking, without even looking at Zhao Yan and Jian Suilin, he swaggered away.
Zhao Yan was trembling, her face frighteningly white, and her eyes were filled with sorrow and resentment. Jian Suilin put his arm around his mother’s shoulder and slowly comforted her. His gaze fell on the porcelain vase lying on the ground. His eyes darkened like it was a bottomless pit.
As Jian Suiying drove back, his speed was obviously unstable due to his mood. Only after driving for over three kilometers did his grumpy mood rescind. He still felt off, so he parked his car by the roadside, opened the window and smoked a cigarette.
After he stopped, he suddenly didn’t want to go back home, so he took out his phone, stared at the screen for a long time, and then sent Li Yu a message. “What are you up to?”
After a while, the other replied, “I’m surfing the net.”
Jian Suiying asked, “What are you doing there then?”
“Planning to watch a movie.”
Even with just a few meaningless words, it still unexpectedly calmed Jian Suiying down. He thought of his jade-like face and his long and flexible fingers when he tied his tie last time. He felt that there was a small flame burning in his chest, which made him feel comfortable.
He forwarded a link to Li Yu via email. It was a two-minute video sent to him by a netizen from one of the popular gay forums. It was high-quality and exciting.
After sending the link, he texted Li Yu to check it, saying it was something fun.
The video had a pure-sounding title, but Li Yu thought it wouldn’t be good when someone like Jian Suiying sent it to him. He turned the volume down before opening it just in case. Sure enough, it was gay p*rn. Li Yu was stunned and hurriedly closed the site, feeling guilty.
Soon, Jian Suiying texted him again, “Doesn’t that guy look like you?”
Li Yu knew that Jian Suiying was provoking him again, so he replied, “I feel like it’s actually you. He’s got good waist strength.” After replying, he couldn’t help but think of Jian Suiying’s foul expression after reading it, and he laughed.
Jian Suiying scowled and quickly replied, “F*ck you!”
He threw his phone on the car seat and was really insulted. Li Yu was getting bolder and becoming more and more of a jerk.
He started the car again, ready to go home. Soon after driving out, Li Yu called. Jian Suiying didn’t want to answer the phone at first, but he couldn’t help but answer. After all, it was very rare for Li Yu to be the one to call first.
“Hey.” Jian Suiying sounded like he still wasn’t in a good mood apparently.
Li Yu asked, “What were you trying to say when you sent me that?”
“I wanted you to see the world and broaden your horizons.”
Li Yu snorted, “What do you mean by hiding from me these days then? You’re scared to see me?”
Jian Suiying internally cursed “F*ck”. “Me? Afraid of you? Li-er, are you not afraid of losing your life by speaking like that?”
Li Yu was too lazy to argue with him. “For the project in Qinhuangdao, I have the copy of the document you asked me to do. I will fax it to you tomorrow.”
“I won’t answer the fax, you send it yourself.”
“Since when did you stop answering the fax?”
“Just now.” Jian Suiying said as his mouth turned up.
Li Yu sighed, “I have class tomorrow, and I have training after class.”
“You can’t even skip class?”
Li Yu said helplessly, “Fine, I’ll be there at noon.”
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The next day, instead of going to work, Jian Suiying drove to the barber shop to have a haircut.
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He never went to have his hair cut this early in the morning, so the shop manager who usually did his hair was not yet around. Jian Suiying had no time to wait for him, thinking that maybe Li Yu would arrive at the company soon. He saw a beautiful guy in the salon, so he asked him to cut his hair for him.
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As a result, after cutting his hair, Jian Suiying looked silly. Who the hell was that stupid head in the mirror?
Jian Dashao soon got pissed off and cursed at the boy. All the employees knew that Jian Dashao should never be provoked, so they all stood in a row and apologized to him. The boy got even more terrified and even started to cry.
Fortunately, the manager finally arrived. At first glance, Jian Suiying’s face looked green. He immediately stepped in and asked Jian Suiying to sit down again and that he’ll fix it for him. Jian Dashao’s hair was only a few centimeters long at that point, so no matter how much the manager tried to remedy it, it was pointless. Jian Suiying finally said angrily, “Just cut it short, cut a whole inch.”
After pondering about it, the manager had to agree that it was all they could do at that point.
Jian Suiying looked at his naturally good-looking hair and felt regret and anger. His face was now ugly.
Fortunately, he still looked very handsome after cutting the extra inch. However, Jian Suiying, a meticulous gay, wasn’t satisfied with his current looks.
The boy apologized tearfully to him and soon left. Jian Suiying spared him a glance, but he still thought the boy was quite delicious, so he was too lazy to scold him more.
When Vince, the manager, sent him to the door, Jian Suiying asked him, “Is that boy new?”
He has known Vince for at least seven years. He is famous in the fashion circle in Beijing. Because of his extensive connections, he often acted as a pimp for the rich princelings. He was also the one who introduced Jian Suiying to several ‘friends’. As soon as he looked over, he knew what Jian Suiying was thinking. “He’s a newcomer. If you didn’t ask for him specifically, we wouldn’t dare let him touch your hair. He’s quite good, but I don’t know any more details. Shall I ask about it for you, Jian Shao?”
Jian Suiying nodded casually, “Well if he wants to, he can play around with me for about a couple of months.”
“No problem. I’ll let you know soon. Bless you, Jian Shao.”
He was initially going to just get his hair trimmed. It was to better help him achieve the effect that Li Yu really couldn’t scare him on their next encounter. But in the end, he was very unlucky this early in the morning and he almost turned bald.
The surprised looks directed at him from his subordinates made him feel that he really acted stupidly. When he reached his office, he sulked for a long time and blamed Li Yu for his mood that morning. He planned to run in on Li Yu when the boy arrived, but now he wouldn’t be able to do so, for he did such a stupid thing because of him.
Li Yu didn’t come over until lunch break, and he was wearing sports attire. As soon as he entered Jian Suiying’s office, he noticed the hair and burst into laughter.
Jian Suiying was so pissed off that he almost flipped the table. “Why, you don’t like my hairstyle?”
Li Yu didn’t dare say what he truly thought, so he had to hold back his smile.
Jian Suiying got even angrier at this. He immediately tried to find faults with him. Seeing his clothes, he found something to be angry about. Pointing a finger at him, he scolded, “How many times have I told you not to come to the company dressed like that? You’re embarrassing me.”
Li Yu threw the document on the table and looked at his clothes, “I said I have training in the afternoon, but you just had to make me come over. I had to leave immediately, and I had no time to change my clothes when I returned, so I had to wear them now.”
“Aren’t you just hitting sandbags? You can’t get a bit late?”
“My coach is strict. And it’s not the matter of being late, it’s a matter of maintaining a proper attitude.” Li Yu glanced at him, “You asked me to send it in person. You read it quickly. After reading it, give me your comments, since I have to leave immediately.”
Jian Suiying got even more pissed off. “I begged for you to come to the company? Look at yourself. Your training is important, but your job isn’t? How much money do you get from a game, when you don’t know which is more important?”
Li Yu didn’t think he could communicate with him. In any case, he had to follow Jian Suiying. It’s a normal occurrence that he won’t agree with you, but do you dare to disagree with him? He shouldn’t speak so recklessly during this point, but Li Yu really wanted to ask Jian Suiying, who was even used to his horrible temper, how could he still live safely in the present.
Jian Suiying was disappointed to see that Li Yu was silent. He sat back on his chair and slowly turned over the document. He stared at the A4 papers for a long time.
Li Yu finally got impatient. “Can you hurry up?”
As for Jian Suiying, he was afraid that Li Yu would ignore him, so when he did, he took the opportunity and immediately said, “You didn’t write clearly, if you want this to be quick, I have to first understand what you wrote.”
Li Yu tutted, “Then read it first, call me back about it later. I really have to go now.”
“When you’re standing in front of your boss, you can only leave when they let you go. Isn’t this the rule?”
Li Yu figured out that Jian Suiying had him come over to spread bad luck. He didn’t know when he had even offended him. Did he still regret the last time, in the car?
At the thought of that experience, Li Yu was no longer calm.
He tried to warn himself not to think about it these days, but the more he felt down, the stronger his desire to bone happened.
Last night, he actually opened the site with the p*rn video that Jian Suiying sent him and watched it again. As he observed the boy’s waist, he couldn’t help but think about Jian Suiying. Jian Suiying’s appearance made Li Yu feel like there was a cat scratching at his heart.
Jian Suiying finally turned over the thin pages of paper and patted them on the table. “Rewrite it.”
Li Yu had already expected this. He furrowed his eyebrows and picked up the document to leave.
Then Jian Suiying stood up and said from across the table, “Hey, did I let you leave yet?”
Li Yu paused, then suddenly turned around and walked back. Jian Suiying was stunned at this, so Li Yu took advantage of it and walked around the table, held his neck and kissed him.
This was the first time Li Yu took the initiative, which greatly confused Jian Suiying, thinking that he was dreaming the whole thing up.
In the past, it was his audacity that made him take the initiative. Li Yu kissing him of his own volition was something he never considered. He was stunned for a few seconds, but he immediately recovered, taking hold of Li Yu’s waist and responding enthusiastically.
They didn’t stop until they could hardly breathe.
Jian Suiying’s breathing was harried, his lips were red and swollen, and he looked at Li Yu incredulously.
Li Yu smiled, “You called me all the way here for that, right?”
Jian Suiying stared at him with glassy eyes, then smiled, “you finally realized.”
Jian Suiying forcibly kissed him many times in the past. He was so aware of this, so instead of remembering that he was attacked by Jian Suiying, he might as well take the initiative to forget that idea and change it.
Jian Suiying slid his hands lower, moving from his waist and playfully slapping his butt. “When will this one here realize as well? You know, when you do, Jian-ge will love you and never scold you again.”
Li Yu suddenly put his arm around his waist and held it tightly, making their lower bodies move closer to each other. Li Yu was looking at him with a light smile, and the heat of his breath blew on Jian Suiying’s face. He said half-jokingly and half seriously, “Why don’t you give that up?”
Jian Suiying pinched his butt and smiled wickedly in return, “I don’t know how to write the word ‘death’.”
The two were tense when suddenly, there was a knock at the door.
Jian Suiying shouted, “Who is it?”
Secretary Liang’s voice came from outside the door. “Jian-zong, your cousin is here again.”
Hearing this, Jian Suiying’s spirits withered. He let go of Li Yu up, “Go and sit over there.”
Soon, Secretary Liang opened the door.
Jian Suiying saw that Xiao Lin-zi was there as well. The unfortunate boy behind him, who looked utterly dejected, was his worthless cousin Bai Xinyu. Jian Suiying felt a twinge of pain and thought to himself, what kind of guy even is he? If he always did what he wanted, he would end up giving the guy a big red envelope.
After Bai Xinyu came in with a dejected look, he stammered out “ge” in greeting.
Jian Suiying looked at him angrily and said, “You coming over here never meant anything good. Tell me what happened this time.”
Bai Xinyu hesitated and glanced at Li Yu.
Jian Suiying also glanced at Li Yu and decided to save his cousin some face. He said to Li Yu, “Go back first.”
Li Yu got up and looked at Jian Suilin, who nodded at him in greeting.
After Li Yu left, Bai Xinyu stammered out the story, observing Jian Suiying’s face as he spoke, preparing to run if his ge jumped up from his chair.
Jian Suiying’s facial expressions turned uglier by the minute, and by the story ended, he was so pissed that his fists were clenched.
It turned out that his cousin lost over three million yuan in gambling, so his father beat him hard and told him that he would let his son get killed because of it. Jian Suiying’s aunt was soft-hearted, and because her husband was angry, she could not persuade him, so she asked Bai Xinyu to come to Jian Suiying instead.
Bai Xinyu’s gambling problem can be traced back to high school. Over the years, their family no longer knew how much debt they paid in his stead. His aunt and her husband were truly heartbroken for their son.
How can’t Jian Suiying look down on him? He has no ability to earn money but knows how to spend it. His aunt has a bad heart and shouldn’t be angered to death.
Jian Suiying slapped the table and scolded his cousin, “Your father doesn’t care anymore that you come to me instead. One of these days, we’ll find out that your body has already been cut up by the criminal underworld and fed to their dogs. You motherf*cking asked for it at this point!”
Bai Xinyu was about to cry. “Ge, please help me. This is definitely the last time this happens to me. I will never dare to do it again. Will you please go and persuade my father, or can you lend me some—”
“Bullsh*t, the day your idiot self repents is the day the sun rises from the west. You…” Jian Suiying was so angry that his body trembled and could hardly say anything more.
Out of all her brothers and sisters, his mother had the best relationship with his aunt, Bai Xinyu’s mother. After his mother died, this aunt took care of him. For him, his aunt was just like his second mother. She was such a gentle, kind and reasonable woman that the only flaw in her life was to spoil her only son to the point that said son was wasting his life.
Bai Xinyu sniffed. His eyes were red, “Ge, please help me. If you don’t help me, I’ll get killed by them. I really don’t dare do that again.”
Jian Suiying said roughly, “Help you? Even I wish you were dead now! Aunt and uncle worked hard to earn that much money, only for you to waste it!”
Bai Xinyu sobbed, “Ge, please help me. I also want to make money.”
Jian Suiying got so angry that he was too lazy to fight. When they were young, he helped his aunt and uncle educate his cousin, because Bai Xinyu was very spoiled at that time. He was not afraid of his parents at all, but he was terrified of Jian Suiying because he could beat him up at any time with his fists.
As a result, now that they’ve grown up, whenever his aunt and uncle can’t manage their own son, they could only let Jian Suiying handle it.
Jian Suiying looked at this worthless cousin and it gave him a headache. He thought that while he wasn’t any better than Jian Suilin, comparing him to Bai Xinyu, Xiao Lin-zi isn’t so hateful.
Remembering Xiao Lin-zi, he asked, “Why did you follow him here?”
Jian Suilin replied, “I ran into him earlier.”
Jian Suiying looked back at Bai Xinyu and said, “Then leave us, Xiao Lin-zi.”
Bai Xinyu turned to Jian Suilin in a panic. He grew terrified by the thought that Jian Suiying would beat him up as soon as Xiao Lin-zi left.
Of course, Jian Suilin didn’t want to offend Jian Suiying, but before he left, he patted Bai Xinyu on the shoulder.
Jian Suiying stood up and approached his cousin step by step.
Bai Xinyu jumped up from the sofa.
Jian Suiying quickly rushed forward and pressed Bai Xinyu against the wall as he grabbed the other’s collar, his harsh gaze looking like it could cut skin.
Bai Xinyu was so frightened that he begged for mercy. “Ge, ge…”
Jian Suiying grabbed his chin, “Bai Xinyu, you listen to me. You should start burning incense and worshipping Buddha. You were born into such a good family. If not for my aunt, I would never care about you. I don’t care whether you act sincerely or not with me, but this is the last time you act so stupidly. If you do it another time, I will let you die. If you get killed, I won’t give a f*ck about you. Understand?”
Bai Xinyu shook all over and he looked at Jian Suiying tearfully.
Jian Suiying let go of him and said, “Leave.”
“Ge, what are you going to do…”
“I’ll talk to your father.”
“But my father seems to have no money…”
Jian Suiying fiercely glared at him, “Whose fault is it that your father has no money, should I simply give you money?”
Bai Xinyu immediately went silent.
“Leave.”
Bai Xinyu didn’t dare to stay any longer and quickly fled.
Jian Suiying was so angry that he circled around the room several times before he calmed down.
In recent years, if he hadn’t influenced his aunt and uncle to invest and do business themselves, their money wouldn’t have been enough for their son to simply toss around.
He was the oldest and most promising among his cousins, both on his father’s and his mother’s sides. When the older members of the family bring up the topic of their young ones, it is inevitable for them to use him as an example, and when something goes wrong, it is also inevitable to go to him for help.
He himself was very impatient and too lazy to care about others. But he was raised as the future head of their family when he was young. Even though he was very rebellious in many behaviors and had different ideas, he unexpectedly grasped the concepts of family prosperity and decline, honor and disgrace, and he was conscious of inheriting the family fortune and continuing the bloodline.
So even if he hates Bai Xinyu, he wouldn’t ignore him. Even if he hates Zhao Yan, he would train Jian Suilin well for his future. For him, he wouldn’t neglect his relatives. He can beat up and beat some sense into them when the doors are closed, but he can’t let outsiders do that to his family.
Jian Suiying finally sat down on the sofa, smoked and ultimately forgot to eat lunch.
As Bai Xinyu walked out of the company, he was stopped by someone from behind him.
When he looked back, it was Jian Suilin.
Jian Suilin walked up and smiled gently, “Yu-ge, are you all right?”
Bai Xinyu nodded and sighed. He still felt embarrassed and so he didn’t want to say more.
Jian Suilin held his shoulder and said, “Yu-ge, you must be hungry. I’ll treat you to lunch, let’s have a good chat.”
Bai Xinyu just looked at him blankly and was half pushed out by the younger with doubts in his mind.
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Jian Suiying was tired from the events of the day, and when he got home, it was already past eight o’clock.
When he went to see his aunt and uncle in the afternoon, he felt that he hadn’t seen them for two months, and they seemed to look much older. He was also feeling quite unhappy.
They didn’t know Bai Xinyu’s whereabouts. When it reached dinnertime, he once again didn’t go home to eat, so Jian Suiying accompanied them for dinner. At the thought of Bai Xinyu, Jian Suiying got pissed off again and angrily thought that if he was not his cousin, he would be the first to beat him up to the point of death.
As he leaned on his sofa to rest, he couldn’t help but think of Li Yu again. He took out his phone and dialed a number. It took a long time for the phone to be answered, and he could Li Yu’s harsh panting.
Jian Suiying asked, “What are you doing? Are you still training?”
“Yes, we haven’t finished up yet.” Li Yu replied in between gasps, “What’s the matter?”
“Where are you?”
Li Yu asked, “Why, do you want to come here?”
“I want to see the excitement of it. I haven’t seen people boxing live before.”
“If you come over now, we’d already be finished.”
“Tell me where you are then, I’ll go now.”
Li Yu gave him an address. Jane Suiying suddenly felt spirited. He grabbed his coat and went out. The thought of seeing Li Yu soon made him feel energetic again.
TL Note:
(This is a longer chapter, so chapter 8 will only have 2 parts)
Here’s another reminder that both the gong and shou in this story are scumbags, so we’d see more moments where Jian-da is being a resident A-hole to his stepfamily :’)
On Jian-da’s hair, we haven’t reached this scene in the manhua yet (as of this chapter’s upload date), so I couldn’t show any references to how drastic the haircut was. When that chapter releases, I’ll update this chapter with a screengrab! (and I’ll also mention it on the TL note on a future update). Though I’m sure Jian-da would still look handsome.
If you’re curious on what happens to Bai Xinyu, you can learn more about it on his own novel, “Little White Poplar” (I believe the Eng TL is “My Little Poplar”?). The events in this novel and that one aren’t that connected, so either novels can be read as a stand-alone and not affect the reading experience much, especially since this novel was published first.
Why does it looks like Jian Suilin is scheming behind Suiying’s back s if he want to see his brother’s downfall? TT