Rong Qing didn’t know how he returned to his mansion.
In any case, he’s back.
When he returned, the first thing he did was bury himself completely into his blankets.
…..
Fck!
Why was it so hot in the blankets!
Violently throwing it off, he grabbed some silk sheets instead, then rolled into a cocoon.
He still felt hot like he was on fire.
He could feel his breath was steaming and his skin boiled like in a heatwave. Pushing aside his hair, he even thought his head felt a bit dizzy.
Maybe he was drunk.
Rong Qing thought.
If not, then why would he be thinking nonstop about what Lin Ji had said?
Taking a deep breath, Rong Qing pressed his face deep into his body pillow’s shark lines.
Aaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Someone stop my head ahhhh!!
Don’t think about sleeping Lin Ji! Don’t think about Lin Ji sleeping!
And boyfriend, husband, top, everything stop! Stop it!!
Don’t forget the mysterious seal in the back!
As soon as he thought about the mysterious seal, Rong Qing wilted. The heat on his body also decreased by half. He was just thinking about finding something to distract himself from the chaotic thoughts in his head when his phone rang.
When he saw who it was, he laughed.
Gao Jiaxuan.
“What? Are you looking for da… looking for me for something?”
Sorry sorry. He almost blurted out daddy by accident.
[No reason. It’s just Xiao Ziqi called me.]
Gao Jiaxuan had been staring at the pig’s brain in front of him for a long time. Let’s be honest, can this thing… really be eaten?
“So what did he say that shocked you so much, you came to find me?” Rong Qing hit the nail on the head.
[…… nothing really. Just continued to try to trick me, that’s all.]
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Gao Jiaxuan wanted to sigh just thinking about it. He really wanted to return to that day and yell at himself. He was really extremely dumb to fall for something like that. What the heck was he thinking about?
[… pal, please take good care of yourself.]
Ebcu Hlcu ila j mjcvif obg tlw.
Kb yf ajgufafv ys atf ktlaf ibaer. If. Qtja j agjulm wjc.
[What take care? I already blocked him.]
Xjb Aljzejc ofia uibbws. Coafg j ktlif, tf rjlv, ecjyif ab tbiv yjmx.
[Today, I asked him about the car.]
Ebcu Hlcu lcrajcais uba fzmlafv: “Tbe jrxfv? Lbk vlv sbe jrx?”
Obbxr ilxf Xjb Aljzejc tjv wbgf qbafcalji atjc Vbcu Wljc!
Song Xian that idiot still treated the white lotus with revered fear. He completely didn’t try to deal with the white lotus head on. However, Gao Jiaxuan wasn’t the same! He was a warrior!
Hearing Rong Qing’s tone full of gossip, Gao Jiaxuan swore, if it wasn’t for the fact that it wasn’t good to let too many people know about this, he definitely wouldn’t have come to talk about it to Rong Qing!
Fighting with himself for a while, he still ended up saying it gloomily.
[I asked him, did he know how much the car cost.]
“Ahahahahahahaha” Rong Qing almost fell off the bed laughing.
This way of asking! Too crafty!
Gao Jiaxuan heard him laughing this hard, his face felt flushed like it was on fire.
[What are you laughing about? Do you want to listen or not? If not then forget it!]
“Hey! No no no! Continue. Keep talking.” Rong Qing hastily stopped him while wiping away his tears.
Can he miss this gossip? Definitely not!
Right now, he completely forgot the romantic atmosphere before. The basic nature of man was to be a gossip king.
Gao Jiaxuan huffed and then said unhappily.
[When I asked, he clearly got stumped for a second. Then after a while, he finally answered, that car was worth about 10 million. As soon as I heard he knew, I blocked him.]
Since he knew the car was about 10 million, that means he really came to trick Gao Jiaxuan. When he thought this, Gao Jiaxuan grinded his teeth. He scooped up a bite of pig’s brain, closed his eyes, and ate it down.
After he swallowed, he abruptly opened his eyes.
How tasty!
Rong Qing heard what he said and almost died of laughter: “I gotta say then, you should be more careful in the future.” Pausing for a moment, he added: “To be honest, you should investigate everyone who tries to get close to you like this.”
The white lotus was actually very easy to investigate. He was also part of Gao Jiaxuan’s company. With a little research, anyone could find out how he hooked up with several people in the past. It was only Gao Jiaxuan and Song Xian, these two idiots….
Wait a second.
Hugging his body pillow, he abruptly sat up. Rong Qing suddenly realized something.
It looked like, from what he gathered, Song Xian and Gao Jiaxuan both got rid of their romance induced idiocracy after he interacted with them? Before this happened, even if they didn’t think about it, people beside them should have reminded them as well?
Rong Qing asked promptly: “Got a question for you. The thing with you and Xiao Ziqi, no one ever tried to advise you against it and say there’s something wrong with him?” That shouldn’t be!
Gao Jiaxuan was, bite by bite, enjoying his food happily when he suddenly heard what Rong Qing asked. He reluctantly refocused his thoughts.
[There was. My assistant reminded me, but I don’t know why… At that time I only felt that Xiao Ziqi was really honest and that he didn’t seem like that kind of person.]
When he said this, he felt a bit guilty. He even almost fired the assistant.
If this was the case, then there was someone who ‘reminded’ them. Rong Qing thought.
But he wasn’t too sure, was this kind of romance induced idiocracy part of the fact that this was a world inside a book? Or… because of something else?
After thinking for a while, Rong Qing decided to hang up on Gao Jiaxuan. Did he really think Rong Qing couldn’t hear him chewing happily on the other side?
Making a call to the all-purpose assistant He Qian, Rong Qing got straight to the point: “Did you ever investigate Xiao Ziqi?”
Just about to start the showerhead, He Qian somewhat helplessly put it back and to pick up the phone.
“Miao~”
Sweet Pea took the chance to struggle free from his binding and nimbly escaped out of the bathroom. Looking at the caller ID, He Qian grudgingly answered the call and immediately heard Rong Qing asking that.
[I can send you a copy of Xiao Ziqi’s information right now.]
He Qian rolled down his sleeves. Looked like today wasn’t a good day to give Sweet Pea a bath. Maybe he’ll wait until he has free time and bring him to the pet beauty salon.
“No need. Investigate one more thing about him for me.” Rong Qing expressed, it’s better for the all-purpose assistant He to do the work for him.
[Go on.]
Switching to bluetooth earphones, He Qian picked up a can of cat food and opened it, full of smiles as he went to tease Sweet Pea who was hiding under the cardboard box. Except this time, maybe it’s because he was really tortured; he even had his nails cut just now. No matter how good the canned food smelled, Sweet Pea remained curled up under the cardboard box, only revealing his eyes, refusing to leave, dead or alive.
“From now on, pay attention to all the fairly outstanding men that Xiao Ziqi comes in contact with.” Rong Qing thought for a second, then added: “Like how he came in contact with me before.”
[What you mean is, people who become interested in him?]
He Qian was no doubt the all-purpose assistant. He immediately found the hidden meaning in Rong Qing’s words. Except, he was a little confused. Didn’t CEO Rong stop liking Xiao Ziqi? What was Lin Ji to him anyways?
“That’s right. I feel like there’s something wrong with him. So pay close attention.” Rong Qing nodded his head, then thought some more, before adding: “If you do this well, I’ll give your family Sweet Pea a bonus, a big one.”
He’s already transmigrated over this long. How could he not know He Qian’s achilles’ heel. Other than money, it’s his cat. Actually, the money was mainly used to raise his cat.
Upon hearing those words, He Qian narrowed his eyes and slightly smiled.
[Then I’ll thank CEO Rong for Sweet Pea ahead of time.]
Such a small matter, he definitely wouldn’t let this bonus slip away.
Hanging up the phone, He Qian placed the can of catfood in front of the cardboard box.
“Sweet Pea, there’s a bonus again. When I get the bonus, I’ll bring you to a cat playground to play, okay?”
Inside the cardboard box, the pure white, short legged, small cat raised his chin and daintily meowed. His big round eyes seemed to say, for the sake of the cat playground, I’ll forgive you this time.
After bringing Rong Qing home, Lin Ji immediately called a taxi and rushed to the garden villa at the center of town.
When Lin Yue opened the door for him, he felt a bit surprised whilst cursing: “Don’t you know what time it is right now? It’s almost midnight! I, your big brother, am old and no longer have a nightlife! Why are you even calling me in the middle of the night!?”
Following through the door and changing his shoes, Lin Ji paused when he heard what Lin Yue said. His gaze held a hint of doubt: “Brother-in-law can’t… do it anymore?”
Lin Yue was just about to reply that the nightlife he was talking about wasn’t about that, when he felt his waist tighten. Immediately after, he was nested like a little chick into the crook of a familiar arm. Lin Yue’s heart skipped as he suddenly remembered how much this man loved holding a grudge. He kind of wanted to explain, but was having second thoughts. As the older brother, he didn’t want to lose face in front of Lin Ji.
Thinking back and forth, in the end, he ground his teeth. It was just this once anyways. He probably won’t hold it against him right?
Of course the man guessed what he was thinking, but unfortunately, he was just that petty. Even if it’s just once. “Don’t listen to his nonsense. Our nightlife hasn’t started yet.”
The smiling man’s manner was very imposing and intimidating, however, Lin Ji was already used to it and very politely greeted him: “Brother-in-law, good evening. Sorry to bother you guys.”
The man gave a gentle smile, his aura did not decrease at all.
“Bothering is still bothering. However, since you’re the younger brother, it can’t be helped. Do you need your older brother for something?”
Although he didn’t like people bothering his and Lin Yue’s nightlife, Lin Ji has always been well behaved and sensible. When they first came out, Lin Ji was the first one to stand up for them. And plus, Lin Yue had a secret brother complex so he had a fairly good impression of Lin Ji.
Lin Ji nodded his head. After he changed into household slippers, he quietly followed and sat down in the living room: “En. I have something I wanted to ask big brother.”
Lin Yue huffed twice. Seeing Lin Ji’s expression, he couldn’t resist asking: “What? Is it the same person you were talking about last time?” These two brothers actually looked pretty alike. The expression they made when they had romance issues was exactly the same.
“I’ll go get the water. Don’t take off your slippers and get your feet cold.” The man behind him quietly warned. Lin Yue nodded his head, kissed the corner of his mouth, then waved him away.
Lin Ji’s gaze followed the two people, then steadily turned away.
“En. I have an issue.”
“Go ahead then. What kind of issue?” What was so important that this kid had to come to his house in person? What a rare occurrence. Lin Yue thought.
Lin Jin stared at him, lips moving a bit. He didn’t really know what he wanted to say, but his head kept replaying the scene of him holding Rong Qing’s hand. That was… a very strange feeling.
“En?” Lin Yue asked, confused: “Why aren’t you saying anything?”
Lin Ji opened and closed his mouth, but didn’t know what to say.
What did he want to say?
Did he want to tell his big brother that he held Rong Qing’s hand?
“Have a sip.” Handing over two cups of warm honey water, the man sat down next to Lin Yue on the sofa on the side with the armrest. His other hand naturally circled around Lin Yue and pulled him into his personal space.
Lin Ji saw what he did and abruptly felt his heart stir: “Brother-in-law… what did brother-in-law do to make you like him?”
Lin Yue froze, wordless for the moment.
Stinky brat, you came running over here in the middle of the night, just to ask this?
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Ahah Sweet Pea is very vivid as a character. Thank you for translating !
Thank you for the update ❤️💯
Ever since Sweat Pea first appearance I wish to see a He Qian x Sweat Pea story, “Help! I transmigrated as the assistant’s cat to help him find a work-life balance, but it’s not working!”
me too!!! me too!!! me too!!!! I desperately want a parallel story of assistant he and sweet pea!!
Ahh, I am up way too late because I couldn’t stop reading!
Were Lin Yue and his husband the stars of a previous novel by the author? Every time they turn up I get the vibe that we’re already supposed to be invested in seeing them being cute and happily domestic together.
I’m so invested in these side characters, if they don’t have a book about them, they need one! Assistant He and Sweet Pea need one and Lin Yue and his Husband need one, heck even Manger Gao and all the pervious MLs need their own books!
Thank you
Asking about brother-in-law in front of him…lmao… Thanks for the update 🤣❤️
Love the side characters in this novel. So vivid! Thank you
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The side characters in this are just fun. Even that white lotus is an interesting antagonist.
Reminds me of the one (a girl) from “My Husband With A Terminal Illness” (and absolute fav)