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Didn’t Love You Enough 18

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Chapter 18 – Presage

Half a month later, in a clearing of the Lin Jia Village, Li Zheng* was making an announcement of the notice from the county seat, it was good news, telling families that they could go to the capital to reunite with those family members who were working in the palace during the mid-autumn festival.

[*T/N: This is my first time coming across this name in the raws. I think he’s the county head.]

When the villagers heard the news they were all abuzz with chatter.

“Da Zhuang, there is a letter for your family at the post. I brought it back for you.” Li Zheng called to the party of Lin Da Zhuang’s family. “Jia Wen, come and take a look. It’s your family’s ger who sent it. What a big package.”

Li Zheng has become affectionate towards Lin Da Zhuang’s family. This year, Lin Jia Wen passed the county level imperial exam*, and he was now a person with scholarly honor and glory. He didn’t have to kneel anymore in front of the county district magistrate**.

[*T/N: Previously, he was a 童生 tong sheng, which meant that he was only a candidate for the exam, and now he is a 秀才 xiu cai, which means he has actually passed the county level imperial exam.]

[**T/N: 县太爷 xian tai ye, doesn’t seem to be an actual title of a government post, but “county district magistrate” is my best approximation in English. 县 xian = “county,” and 太爷 tai ye = “(respectful term of address for) one’s grandfather / somebody’s father / older people / the head of the house (used by servants) / a district magistrate”]

Lin Jia Wen ignored Li Zheng’s fawning attitude. He received the proffered bundle and half-heartedly exchanged a few words.

Everyone in the village heard Li Zheng’s words and was curious about that package. Several people started to coax and said, “Lin xiu cai open it and let everyone see, ah. What good things did your family’s ger send back, ah?”

Of the ten people who had entered the palace, only the Lin* family’s unwed daughter, Lin Jiao Jiao, had sent something back. Lin Jiao Jiao’s mother was so pleased with herself. Every time she met someone she would say how good her family’s Jiao Jiao was, how she was working at some high-ranking niang niang’s* palace, how appreciated she was over there, and how she sent back quite a sum of money.

[*T/N: Presumably a different Lin family, not Lin Jia Bao’s family.]

[**T/N: 娘娘 niang niang – a respectful suffix or term of address for the empress or an imperial concubine]

The bundle that Lin Jia Bao sent back this time was so big. All the villagers were staring hard at it and guessing how much money he had sent back.

Lin Jia Wen ignored their coaxing and hurried back home with his father.

Zhang Hui Niang supported her daughter-in-law who was more than six months pregnant. “Is there some good news?”

Lin Jia Wen transmitted the news that Li Zheng had announced. Then very excitedly, he said, “Jia Bao sent something back!”

The whole family was excited when they heard, and hurriedly urged, “Quickly open it and see…”

Ever since Lin Jiao Jiao had sent something back to the village, they have all been hoping that Jia Bao could also send a letter to them. It’s been more than one year, nearly two years, since Jia Bao has entered the palace. They were worried all the time. Even an oral message would be enough to ease their minds.

The family could not wait to open the package. Inside was a stack of thick letters, an exquisite embroidered pouch, and there was also a bundle wrapped in a kerchief, which should be money.

Lin Jia Wen first unwrapped the stationery. He looked over it. Lin Jia Bao’s handwriting was relatively large. Then he began to read it out loud to everyone:

Dad, Mom, I am Jia Bao.

My days in the palace are very good. Currently, I am working at the Royal Snack Kitchen inside the empress’s palace, specializing in making snacks for the empress.

Lin momo, who is in charge of the Royal Snack Kitchen, is very kind to me. She taught me how to make snacks. Now, I can make several different types of desserts and pastries on my own, and they all taste pretty good. It’s a pity that you can’t eat them. But after I leave the palace, I can make it for you all to eat every day.

Every month I get one silver tael as salary, and there would often be rewards. When I leave the palace, I can open a dessert shop inside the county. In the future I will definitely be able to make a lot, a lot of money, and then I will buy a big house in the county. Our whole family will live together!

Dad, Mom, Big Sister, Big Brother-in-Law, Big Brother, Big Sister-in-Law, Second Sister, Little Brother, Little Sister, I really miss you all!

The empress is bestowing a favor this time. You must come see me during the mid-autumn festival. I was afraid that you would not have enough money for the journey, so I sent all the money and rewards that I collected. There’s also the money that you gave me when I entered the palace. I didn’t use it, and there are no expenses in the palace.

You definitely have to come see me. Jia Bao misses you all!

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Chapter 10.3 – A World With Only Two People

Just like that, a spark of flame became a prairie fire and completely burned away Xue Zi Xuan’s rational. He caught the teenager by his slender ankle and pulled him from the sofa into his arms. He restrained the back of Zhou Yun Sheng’s head with one hand and circled the youth’s waist with the other. Then he kissed him deeply.

This was a wet kiss, and also a French kiss with tongue. The slippery tongue drilled into the mouth cavity and pried open the teeth, stunning Zhou Yun Sheng for a moment.

While the teenager was distracted, Xue Zi Xuan quickly deepened the kiss. He changed the angle to lick both the top and bottom of Zhou Yun Sheng’s mouth. Then he wrapped his tongue and lips, sucking carefully in a slow grinding motion.

[T/N: Don’t ask me about the logistics of their actions, I just translate what is on the page. ∑(O∆O)]

After the gentle temptation, he plundered wildly, swallowing the fluid in the teenager’s mouth and gradually taking away his breath little by little. When the teenager was about to faint, he suddenly withdrew his lips and tongue. He waited for the teenager to open his mouth to gasp for breath and abruptly attacked again.

Xue Zi Xuan’s wild and unrestrained kisses were driving Zhou Yun Sheng mad. He moaned sweetly, his body twisted lightly in struggle, and both of his hands were pressed against the other’s chest. It was like he wanted to push the other person away, and at the same time it was like he wanted to pull the other person close.

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Zhou Yun Sheng was kissed until his consciousness became fuzzy. A silver thread (of saliva) dripped slowly from the corner of his mouth, which he could not seem to close. He looked extremely debauched.

This was the person who Xue Zi Xuan had been pining after for two lifetimes. It was once a most beautiful, charming, and gentle dream that he had yearned for. At the same time, it was the most painful and intolerable wait.

When he could not have him, he could only choose to guard him silently, but now the person was in his arms. With his blushing cheeks and misty eyes, he looked so lovely and attractive. How could Xue Zi Xuan be willing to let go?

Xue Zi Xuan has never been a saint with high moral character. One way to look at it was that he lacked empathy and morality, but in fact he was a demon. He patiently guarded the youth, and drew him closer one step at a time.

When the teenager took the initiative to pounce forward, what could he do? Naturally, it could only be to accept with open arms.

He held the teenager in his arms and rolled onto the floor. He continued to intensely wind his lips and tongue around the other’s mouth, not giving the teen the time to clear his head, and even more, to not let him resist.

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He did not have any experience, whether it was in his last life or in this life. The only fantasies he had were of the youth. In those countless empty and painful dark nights, he relied on those rich, intense, and enticing emotions to numb his mind.

So even though he has never practiced it before, he knew how to arouse the youth’s lust, how to bring him pleasure, and how to seduce the other into depravation with him.

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Right at this moment, the door was pushed open and there was Xue Jing Yi standing at the doorway. Her hands went up to her mouth as she shrieked.

“Shit!” Xue Zi Xuan muttered. He quickly wrapped the teenager in his coat, turned his back, and pulled up his pants.

[T/N: “Shit!” was written in English in the raws. XD]

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Let Me Shoulder this Blame! 83

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Chapter 83 (32.5)

Esmond loosened his arms, got up, and walked out quickly to retrieve the meat that had already been roasted. A golden flame suddenly burst from the hollow of his palm.

“Has it become so beautiful?”

Before, Esmond’s flame was still a deep dark color that made people trembled. Su Shi blinked and looked at Esmond in surprise. Finally, from the bottom of his heart, he felt greatly comforted.

Looking at this evolutionary direction, the protagonist’s power was obviously getting closer and closer to the pope. As long as the problem with the pope was successfully resolved, Esmond would be able to become the new ruler of this continent.

Seeing the unreserved bright light in the Holy Paladin’s eyes, Esmond’s eyes felt faintly hot. He raised the corner of his lips, nodded, cut the roasted meat into small pieces, and handed it to him. “It’s very hot. Be careful.”

The enticing aroma overflowed, finally stirring up Su Shi’s appetite and making him feel hungry. He ate a few mouthfuls and his eyes lit up. “It’s delicious. I didn’t know your cooking skills were this good.”

“I only know how to roast meat. If you like it, I will learn other methods.”

Since childhood, Esmond has lived like a prince. At home, there was a first-rate specialized chef. Roasting meat was just a necessary skill for the wilderness.

Seeing Su Shi eat with relish, the cardinal’s gaze became even warmer. He smiled and answered with a warm voice.

Su Shi’s chest felt heavy and he did not continue this topic. He turned his head and looked out the window at the dark night.

“Did I sleep all day?”

“No—actually you didn’t sleep very long.”

Esmond spoke softly, rubbed his head, and the smile in his eyes faded away. His gaze fell outside the window, showing some anxiety, and he fell silent again.

Although the destroyed crystal core has been restored, it would still leave wounds on the soul. This sleep could not have been just for a few hours.

Su Shi frowned, somewhat puzzled. “But—the sun has set…”

“The sun has not set.”

Outside was a canvas of darkness, and Esmond seemed to be worrying about something. He interrupted Su Shi in a low voice. After a while, he continued on, “This morning, the sun did not rise again.”

Su Shi’s heart abruptly sank.

He was supposed to self-destruct with the pope at the end of forty-eight hours. It must be because of his delay, and that’s why this kind of unforeseen event happened.

“Is it because of the pope? Did his power grow to this degree?”

Esmond touched his nose. There was some guilty conscience in his eyes. He gave an unclear sound of response.

“Let’s go quickly. He’s been coveting this continent for a long time. We must stop him as soon as possible.”

Seeing that the plot line was going to have problems again, Su Shi was full of worries. He propped himself up and put on the black robe. Then he tugged on the protagonist to go out and save the world.

He had only taken one step, but his hand was gently pulled.

“Wait, Ivan…”

Esmond pulled him back, raised his arms around the Holy Paladin’s warm and pliable body, and suddenly leaned forward.

His eyes fell quietly on the face of the young man, his tender gaze penetrated deeply. His expression seemed to be tangled. His mouth opened and closed, wanting to say something but then hesitating.

Su Shi was in the midst of worrying and did not have the mood or inclination to play tug of war with him. He pulled Esmond forward by the shoulders, lifted his head up, and took the initiative to kiss him.

“I like you too. Okay, okay, let’s go quickly. If we continue to tarry it will be too late.”

Esmond’s raised hand froze in midair. His expression froze. The gold Miscanthus sinensis in the hollow of his palm clearly extinguished. Caught off guard, a pleasantly surprised warmth suddenly overflowed from his chest.

“No, I just–”

The cardinal who suddenly received a confession was almost overwhelmed by it and deeply flattered*. His heart thumped nonstop. After a moment, he finally returned to his senses, and promptly pulled back the Holy Paladin who was about to run off.

[*T/N: The phrase used here is 受宠若惊 which means to be overwhelmed by favor from a superior. It’s a humble expression.]

“I just wanted to say, you are a wanted man now, you need to change your appearance before going out…”

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The Big Landlord 114.1

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Chapter 114.1 – Disfigure

Lin Xin was not a simple hedonistic son of rich parents. He was lecherous by nature, frequently loitering around brothels, but he was someone with capabilities and ambition.

The Lin family was not the same as the An family. They did not make a fortune by being landlords. They were real businessmen. They started their enterprise by selling sackcloth. Their main business was selling sackcloth, supplemented by selling silk. But their business was not very big. Not until Lin Xin took over the Lin family did their business vitality gradually improved.

In recent years, the Lin family’s sackcloth became famous, and even their silk business was gaining more traction.

How could a man like Lin Xin, who was business-minded and very savvy, fail to see what An Ke Xin and Zheng Bi were thinking?

At first, he did not want to fall out with An Ke Xin and her mother, because he knew that the status of the young master of the An family had changed (to a wang fei), so he did not dare to offend An Zi Ran. At the start he was somewhat exercising forbearance.

But his forbearance was taken as weakness by An Ke Xin and her mother.

So the two became more and more arrogant. Even that b*tch, Zheng Bi, would often go to the Lin family to strut around. Furthermore, she acted like she was the master of the house, always bossing around the servants of the Lin family.

If it were just this, then whatever.

The most unbearable thing for Lin Xin was that An Ke Xin would go to the accounts office everyday and forcefully take away a large sum of money. In less than half a month, she spent nearly five thousand silvers. His father and mother had tried to dissuade her, but An Ke Xin vituperated them instead. Such an unfilial b*tch. If he were not worried about the An family, then he would’ve divorced her long ago.

Lin Xin was not a good person. He has done a lot of bad things. He had also came in contact with all sorts of people before. To deal with such a cheap woman like An Ke Xin, he had plenty of methods to bring her to heel.

As for the An family’s young master, Lin Xin still had misgivings, but he knew that An Ke Xin and her mother were not close with An Zi Ran. He had this investigated prior. An Zi Ran did not like this mother and daughter pair at all, so the probability of him standing up for them was not high. And this was why the thing that happened after came to be.

Lin Xin deliberately married a prostitute to humiliate An Ke Xin.

Not only that, he also spent every night at the concubine’s room. Ever since then, he never took a single step into An Ke Xin’s room. A month later, the concubine became pregnant.

An Ke Xin went crazy as he expected.

There was no movement in the belly of the main wife yet, but the concubine was pregnant first, and the other party was also a prostitute. What kind of place was Lin Xin putting her in?

How could the arrogant An Ke Xin swallow this insult? So she did something radical.

An Ke Xin took advantage of the time when Lin Xin was not around to put the abortion drug that Zheng Bi had secretly procured into the concubine’s food. The concubine was very cautious, but she never expected that An Ke Xin would be so vicious, that she would openly and without fear poison the fetus in her stomach. The concubine ended up miscarrying.

Lin Xin was furious when he knew about this incident. He didn’t need to think too much to know who was the culprit. He immediately ran to An Ke Xin and threatened to divorce her on the grounds that she had committed two of the seven divorce clauses, which was ‘unfilial to parents’ and ‘jealousy.’ Any one of the two was enough to give him reason to divorce her.

How could An Ke Xin be willing? She gave up all her future prospects to marry Lin Xin, this damn fatty. Not only did she get nothing, but she also gained a bad reputation. If she did not dig up a large sum of money from the Lin family, she would never give up.

Thus the two sides came to a head.

An Ke Xin tore up the divorce paper that Lin Xin gave her right on the spot, and she refused to leave the Lin family.

When Zheng Bi found out about the matter, she went over to make a ruckus everyday. But Lin Xin’s father and mother weren’t doormats either, particularly Lin Xin’s mother, she was not someone easy to deal with. In Tong Tai County, she was a renowned shrewd with a poisonous tongue. So whenever someone passed by the Lin family’s front door they would hear the sound of quarreling coming from inside.

At first it was just quarreling with words, later on it evolved into physical tiffs. But how could An Ke Xin and her mother be opponents for the entire Lin family? As a result of the physical fights, both body and face sustained wounds.

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This Alpha’s Pheromones 9

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Chapter 9 – Don’t Like Him

Mr. Tony watched Qiu Jin leave with a foolish look on his face. He muttered: “Help me, my knees are weak.”

“My knees are weak too. Do you think I’m going into estrus?”

“You’re a beta!”

“So what if I’m a beta! Seeing Qiu Jin like this, even an alpha will go into heat!”

“Seriously, no wonder he is the sexiest alpha in the entertainment industry. How can anyone compare to him?”

“He has fallen from first place right now, but who can say what fate has planned. I don’t care, I want to put my man back in first place!”

“Oh, that’s right, did you take a picture just then? Quickly, tell the whole world, such a perfect head was styled by me!”

When Qiu Jin returned home, he sent Xiang Xi an apology message, but a red exclamation mark appeared. The other party had deleted his contact.

He went online to search and found a dozen soliloquies by Qiu Jin. The messages ranged from genuine and sincere ones, to lowbrow ones, to ones stamped with fury, but the other party did not reply back to a single one.

Since the other person did not want to see him, Qiu Jin could not be bothered to show warm feelings while being met with cold rebuke*, and got ready to watch all the previous seasons of “Four Seasons Food.” He had just finished watching two seasons when he received a call from his agent, Yang Chi.

[*T/N: 热脸贴冷屁股 – literal meaning is “to stick a hot face on a cold butt,” but figuratively it means “to be snubbed despite showing good intentions.”]

“I’m not dreaming, am I? You’re actually a hot topic now!”

Qiu Jin was very self-aware: “Are there people cursing me out again?”

“Not to curse you, but to praise you!”

Yang Chi sent him a link. Qiu Jin clicked into it and saw that it was shot at the barbershop.

“I ran into QJ at the barbers while getting a haircut. Oh my god, this is too handsome!!”

A nine-grid layout showed off his good looks without a gap in coverage.

Passer-bys began to lap at his beauty.

[F*ck, laozi’s pheromones are leaking!]

[Where did this handsome guy descend from?! Oooooo, I dig this!!]

[Especially those cold and clear eyes, they look as if they don’t care about anything, and they seem to be able to see into people’s hearts!]

[Oooooo, I want to be his earring, I want to be his tear mole!]

Haters started to splash dirty water.

[The garbage came out to hop around again?]

[Sigh. He once stripped to sell flesh, and now he’s trying to be cold and aloof again? Who the f*ck believes?!]

[Right now he’s all reserved, but once he sees Xiang Xi, he’ll be all sticky like brown sugar. I have never seen such a lowly person like him.]

As for the real fans… the real fans have started crying.

[I’m f*cking crying here. Our cub has finally become a refreshing mountain breeze again!]

[Wu wu wu, God knows how long we Qiu fans have waited for this day!]

[You are free to like whom you like. But I still want to say we are really distressed for you. Child, don’t be so lowly. Don’t like Xiang Xi anymore, all right? Loving yourself is most important.]

Seeing this, Qiu Jin’s movements were stagnant.

He had no idea that no matter how down and out, how many wrong things he did, there were still people who liked him and were willing to support him unconditionally.

Idols and fans have always mutually accomplished things. He drew energy from fans to continue to work hard, and he would give back his heart to his fans.

Qiu Jin replied to that comment, saying: “Okay, don’t like him anymore.”

[Heavens!!! He replied to me!!!]

[Laozi can’t hold back the tears anymore. Don’t like him anymore. Brother must be getting better and better!]

[Who are you acting for, huh?]

[Hater, shut up! How about you scram?!]

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Chapter 10.2 – A World With Only Two People

Xue Li Dan Ni realized that she had let her tongue slip. How could she talk about this bloody topic in front of her daughter? She promptly looked left and right, trying to deceive her daughter.

But Xue Jing Yi was determined to figure it out. She clutched the back of Xue Mother’s hand tightly and with gritted teeth she asked: “Mom, tell me, please you must tell me the truth. You guys brought Huang Yi back, is it to, is it to change my heart?”

The last three words were said very lightly, but they were also very heavy words, which made Xue Li Dan Ni tremble involuntarily.

Her daughter has already guessed the situation. Xue Li Dan Ni could only confess the truth, including how she and her husband had looked for the teenager, how they intended to deal with his identity, how their son obstructed them, and finally how they settled the matter by leaving it unsettled.

After she finished talking, she covered her eyes with her hands and dared not look at her daughter’s expression. She didn’t want her to face this evil.

Yes. She had to admit that it was murder.

It was a sin.

She also had to admit that after being forced to give up by her son, what she felt was relief and not anger.

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“Jing Yi, your dad and I will find another suitable heart for you. Back then we were muddleheaded. How could we think of doing this kind of thing? He, he is your only blood-related relative in this world after all…”

The more Xue Li Dan Ni talked, the more she felt guilty.

Humans were precisely like this.

When their hearts were blinded, they would dare to do anything. But after putting in all of their effort to complete their goal and they reflect back on their actions, they could not find relief.

In the end, Xue Li Dan Ni was not Xue Rui, she could not be completely ruthless. When she thought about how she had once intended to murder the teenager, all the anger and resentment in her heart slowly dissipated instead. Forget it, just take it as she owed him, and now they have settled the debt.

Thinking of it like she, she quickly calmed down, picked up the key her son had left on the coffee table, and really planned to move to the mountainside.

Seeing her daughter’s still blank look, she reassured: “Jing Yi, don’t be afraid. I’ve already discussed it with your father. This time, we will find a heart for you through the proper channels. I will never do anything illegal. Don’t put such a heavy psychological burden on yourself. Didn’t we end up not doing anything (to him)? Just look at Huang Yi. He eats well, dresses well, lives well, and he also has your brother to care for him. It could be considered as our Xue family compensating him. You don’t have to go to Switzerland. You can move to the Royal Court with me. The conditions there are no worse than here.”

Xue Jing Yi perfunctorily responded with “en, en, ah, ah,” but in actually she wasn’t listening anymore. There was only one thought in her mind—as it turned out, her hope for survival had always been close at hand; so Huang Yi’s heart actually belonged to her!

Zhou Yun Sheng returned to the room and saw the handsome young man sitting on the sofa looking through some documents.

He asked curiously: “You did something to Aunt Xue and Xue Jing Yi? When they looked at me, their expressions were terrible, as if they were going to eat me.”

“Come here.” Xue Zi Xuan spread his arms and chuckled. “Don’t worry about them.”

Zhou Yun Sheng obediently walked over, shucked off his slippers, and curled up in Xue Zi Xuan’s arms. He found a snug place to sit and picked at the threads on the sofa for a bit.

Finally he pulled out a twelve-by-twelve Rubik’s cube and fiddled with it in concentration. As a matter of fact, he didn’t care about the Xue family’s lousy happenings.

Xue Zi Xuan tightened his hold around the youth’s waist and said plainly: “I plan to move my father and mother to live elsewhere, and send Xue Jing Yi to Switzerland for treatment. Only we will live here in the future. Do you think that’s good?”

“A world with only two people? Of course it’s good.” Zhou Yun Sheng nodded absently.

Little did he know that his joking words caused Xue Zi Xuan to be in a good mood, which led to the young man taking him by the jaw and kissing him.

The two often kissed, but only on the cheek, forehead, etc. Kissing on the lips or a wet kiss with tongue, like lovers, Xue Zi Xuan still did not dared to be rash. Thus, Zhou Yun Sheng accepted it very frankly, and even took the initiative to lean his head to facilitate the young man’s movements.

After kissing for a long while, the young man continued to process the documents and the youth continued to play with the Rubik’s cube.

Within half a minute, Zhou Yun Sheng solved the Rubik’s cube. He jumped off the sofa, dragged his toolbox over, and prepared to assemble a Transformer. He half lay on the sofa. While tightening the screws he straightened out his legs and placed them in Xue Zi Xuan’s arms.

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Perhaps he was enthusiastic, he began to hum. His feet swayed from side to side, following the melody.

This was a pain for Xue Zi Xuan, because the place where the teenager’s heels were pressed was precisely his most sensitive and fragile crotch.

“Xiao Yi, don’t make trouble.” He reminded in a suppressed voice.

Zhou Yun Sheng turned a deaf ear on him. He felt that the soles of his feet were somewhat uncomfortable and even lightly rubbed them twice.

Just like that, a spark of flame became a prairie fire and completely burned away Xue Zi Xuan’s rational.

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Let Me Shoulder this Blame! 82

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Chapter 82 (32.4)

Su Shi could not stay.

“Okay, okay, it’s fine. I’m not sad, not at all…”

For the first time, Esmond saw the young Holy Paladin showing such intense emotions. Tears slipped down the beautiful face, splashing silently on the back of his hand, causing Esmond’s chest to express unspeakable pain.

Even when faced with the threat of death, the youth remained unmoved and chilled. But right now, the body in his arms was weak, trembling, and choked with sobs.

As Su Shi’s arms tightened, the cardinal felt flustered and confused for the first time. He hastily stroked the other’s back soothingly, his tone becoming increasingly soft.

“I will do what you want to do. I will fulfill your wishes. I will pretend as if you’re still here. Don’t worry. I—I won’t be sad…”

His voice was hoarse, but he persisted in saying the last line out loud.

After a long silence, he spoke softly, his tone almost cautious.

“If I’m not sad… Is it possible that you will come back one day?”

Su Shi’s breathing stuttered. His chest hurt so much that he could not speak.

Pressed against the other’s shoulder, he was silent for a long time. Su Shi suddenly raised his hand and used force to pull Esmond. He pressed the other completely onto the bed. He sniffled.

“Go to sleep.”

All of a sudden, they progressed to sharing the same bed*. Esmond’s heart palpitated for half a day. His eyes vaguely expressed a bit of brightness, but then gradually dimmed down.

[*T/N: 同床共枕 tong chuan gong zhen – means “to share the bed,” but figuratively it means “to be married.”]

His gaze was pleasantly warm. He rubbed the Holy Paladin’s short hair. As if he did not feel unhappy due to the other person’s near offensive tone, he just spoke softly, “Okay.”

The warm temperature of Esmond’s fingertips touched Su Shi’s closed eyelids, making his heart tremble with warmth, and almost making the tears that he suppressed with great difficulty pour out again.

Su Shi took a deep breath to hold back the tears, but when he spoke, his voice was hoarse and trembling. “Quickly go to sleep. We’re together. I’m not hungry…”

“Okay, we’re together.”

After stroking the youth’s face, Esmond got up slightly, took off his clothes, and lay down again, holding the person gently in his arms.

However, sleepiness fled Su Shi.

He was still not sure whether the law imposed on him by the god of light could resist the highest will from the main plane.

It would be forty-eight hours soon, and if the law fails, he would never see the sun rise again the next day.

Su Shi burrowed back into the other person’s arms, closed his eyes, and sighed very softly.

“It doesn’t matter, it will be fine.”

The arms around him tightened firmly. The words in his ears were gentle and firm as he took him into his arms again. “You’re already very tired, sleep for a bit, I will guard you…”

Sleepiness once again came over him like a tide. His awareness became fuzzy. The voice by his ear seemed to be coming from a very distant place.

Su Shi closed his eyes. His body gradually relaxed, and his breathing also became smooth and long.

He could not resist the soul deep exhaustion.

Looking at the young man’s quietly sleeping face, Esmond’s eyes dimmed and his arms slowly tightened.

“If the sky no longer brightens, if dawn never comes, does that mean you won’t leave…”

He himself thought the idea was ridiculous. He shook his head and smiled bitterly. He sighed very softly, closed his eyes, and hugged the other person close.

Even if there were a god, he would not fulfill his crazy prayer.

……

Su Shi woke up from a deep sleep.

He clearly felt like he had slept for a long time, but the scene before his eyes was still dark, as if not much time had passed.

He vaguely felt that something was wrong. Su Shi frowned slightly before moving his body. The person holding him immediately tightened his arms and looked down at him. “You’re awake?”

His tone was very soft, but there was invisible tension in his eyes.

Only when Su Shi finally opened his eyes fully, did Esmond finally let out a breath of air. Esmond rubbed Su Shi’s head with a smile. “Are you hungry?”

“I’m still good…”

Su Shi was a little dazed. He propped up his body and sat up.

Esmond loosened his arms, got up, and walked out quickly to retrieve the meat that had already been roasted. A golden flame suddenly burst from the hollow of his palm.

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ML 2 and ML 3 Happy Ending! 11

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Chapter 11 – Breakfast Delivery

Duan Shu Tong walked towards the back seat of the car.

Xi Duan lowered the window. His face had no expression. He was always like this. People who knew him were used to it.

“Uncle Xi, you brought me over yesterday and had Brother Liu help drive me to buy things. I don’t have anything to thank you with. This morning, I had extra congee and dim sum, so I put them in a thermos bucket. Find some time to eat and pad your stomachs.”

As Duan Shu Tong said this, he passed over three insulated containers.

Not eating in the morning was really harmful to the body. Looking at these three people, their complexions were not very good.

He had bought the insulation containers yesterday at the supermarket. When he returned home, he used hot water to disinfect and clean them.

It was not that Xi Duan did not let Cen Ning and Xiao Liu eat, but they just had to finish taking care of their work before taking time out to eat. Xiao Liu was the driver, so once he delivered them to their destination, he could eat freely.

But the concern in the youth’s eyes made people unable to refuse. He put down the file in his hands, reached out, and took the thermoses. His expression was milder. “Thank you. Hair cut?”

Duan Shu Tong nodded with a smile. “It’s better to have it short for research and development.” He waved. “Be careful on the road.”

As the car moved further away, Xiao Liu glanced at Duan Shu Tong from the rearview mirror and couldn’t help saying a fair sentence: “Young Master Duan doesn’t seem to be as bad as people say.”

Xi Duan might look hard to get close to, but he was not harsh on his employees. Xiao Liu has been with him for a long time and could chat casually.

Cen Ning teased: “He won you over with one breakfast meal?”

Xiao Liu was not afraid at all and smiled. “That is not the case. I went shopping with Young Master Duan yesterday. I feel like he will take care of people.”

He had seen many sons of rich families, but he had never met one like Young Master Duan.

Which young master would think of delivering breakfast early in the morning? And he had packaged three portions in warming containers.

“Haha. He is indeed easier to get along with than the rumors say.” Cen Ning responded with a smile. “And he changed his hairstyle. It looks quite different from before.”

Xi Duan’s cold tone broke the chatty atmosphere. “Assistant Cen, you said that you have some classmates at the Spring and Autumn Hall. Take the time to ask about the situation. If Duan… if he has any difficulties, pay attention to it.”

The meaning of these words, clearly he intended to support Young Master Duan, ah.

Cen Ning knew that the Duan family and the Xi family had a good relationship, but he never thought that his family’s emotionless President Xi would actively say that he would help.

The relationship network in a county was comparatively close. It was very easy for people within a company to gather together to seek warmth.

Young Master Duan, such a big Buddha, has fallen abruptly from the sky. It didn’t matter if the management level cupped him in their palms like a tender jewel, but there was fear of him getting bullied.

Young Master Duan was a novice to the workplace, it was quite possible that he would be swindled by some old fox and still help the other party count the money*.

[*T/N: You get swindled and also help the other person count the money, means you got super duper duped.]

In any case, the sky was high and the emperor was far away*. How could Chairman Duan manage so much?

[*T/N: “the sky was high and the emperor was far away” – idiom meaning “remote places are beyond the reach of the central government.” More precisely, in this case, Chairman Duan is far away in Yan City and won’t be able to help Duan Shu Tong.]

“Rest assured, President Xi. I will contact them.”

After two hours of busy work in the morning, he returned to the temporary office. When Xi Duan got off the car, he paused for a few seconds, and in the end he took the thermos inside the office with him.

There were only two insulated containers left. While they were working, Xiao Liu had already eaten one of them, and he ate it very cleanly.

According to him, the congee was cooked just right and it was super appetizing.

When they got to the office, Cen Ning took one of the insulated containers and went out to eat with all smiles.

Xi Duan opened the lid of the container while answering the phone.

The performance of the thermos was good. After two hours, the congee was still hot and the temperature was just right for eating.

The white congee was dotted with greens and lean meat. It was soft and fragrant on the tongue. The empty and desolate stomach enthusiastically welcomed the incoming infrequent visitor, and the joyful emotions spread to the brain.

Xi Duan’s cold expression softened instantly.

The image of the youth’s concerned eyes flashed in his head and he felt that the congee was even more fragrant.

[Vanilla Muse: The way to a person’s heart is through their stomach! XD ]

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Didn’t Love You Enough 17

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Chapter 17 – One Year

For a time this good news spread in the palace, and the palace servants rushed to tell each other. They were grateful to the emperor, the empress, and the crown prince’s benevolence.

In this way, rumors about His Royal Highness gradually disappeared. Afterwards, gossip about the Xue family’s younger generation’s love affairs was spread around, and the people’s attention was diverted.

Lin Jia Bao has been in a state of excitement since he got the good news. At night, he would toss and turn in bed, thinking of this and that.

He didn’t know if Lin Jia Village would receive the news, and whether they would visit him or not. The road from Lin Jia Village to the imperial capital took more than half a month of travel. What about the long road? More than half a month’s journey, would there be a lot of problems? Was there enough money at home?

The more Lin Jia Bao thought, the more he could not sleep. He got up, walked out of his room, and arrived in front of Lin momo’s door. He knocked on the door. “Lin momo, are you asleep yet?”

“An Zhu, what is it, you haven’t slept yet?” Lin momo opened the door and saw Lin An Zhu. “Come in.”

“What’s the matter? Talk to momo.” Lin momo looked at Lin Jia Bao’s frowning face and asked with concern.

In the past two years in the palace, Lin Jia Bao has long regarded Lin momo as his elder. He told Lin momo all of the troubles in his head. “Momo, what do you think I should do?”

“Don’t worry, let momo think about it for you.” Lin momo’s family was a child of the empress’s maternal family, their home was right in the capital, so she didn’t have the same worries as Lin Jia Bao.

Lin momo thought about it and said. “How about this? You can write a letter home, and send some money back. Momo is acquainted with a gong gong in the imperial kitchen. I can have that gong gong help out, and send your letter to the relay station for post horses.”

“That’s great, momo, can you really help me send a letter back to my family?” Lin Jia Bao was a little worried.

“It’ll be fine. All the palace servants ask cai ban* for help. As long as you don’t take anything out of the palace that should not be taken out, otherwise you will be found out at the palace’s gate, and everyone will suffer. That’s why, normally cai ban only helps those who they’re familiar with.”

[*T/N: 采办 cai ban – I don’t know what this is supposed to be. Based on context clues it feels like this should be a noun or a job title, but all the dictionary gave me were verbs such as: “to buy on a considerable scale / to purchase / to procure / to stock up”]

“Then, thank you so much, momo. I’ll go and write the letter right now.” Lin Jia Bao went back quickly.

Back in his room, Lin Jia Bao spent most of the night writing away. He put his monthly salary and reward money into a purse that Yu Shuang jie jie embroidered for him. He thought about it, and then also put the money that his family had given him when he first left for the palace into the purse. There weren’t many places to use money within the palace, and his family definitely needed it more.

Early the next morning, Lin Jia Bao gave the prepared bundle wrapped in cloth to Lin momo, and also asked about some words that he didn’t know how to write. He had momo help him fill in the blanks.

After finishing these, Lin Jia Bao finally set down the stone in his heart, and began to count the days, waiting for the arrival of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Lin momo did not give these things to the cai ban, but to the crown prince’s shadow guard.

That very night, Lin Jia Bao’s bundle was already placed on Xuan Yuan Han Cheng’s desk.

Xuan Yuan Han Cheng looked at the letter and smiled. The first piece of paper was meant to be a written letter, but it looked more like a drawn picture.

On the paper, there was a small person who was making pastries. Jia Bao painted very carefully; even the patterns on the pastries were painted exactly the same. In the blanks spaces were the words: father, mother, big sister, big brother-in-law, big brother, big sister-in-law, second sister, little brother, little sister, I miss you all!

The second sheet of paper had more words, some of which were written by Lin momo. Xuan Yuan Han Cheng was thinking how he would have his treasure learn the characters well in the future. It seems that his treasure also had a natural gift in painting. In the future, he would have him learn that well too.

The general meaning of Lin Jia Bao’s letter was that his time in the palace was very good, now he was making snacks in the Royal Snack Kitchen of the empress’s palace, the momo in the palace was very kind to him, and the sisters in the palace took good care of him.

He told his family members to rest assured, that he was all right, and that he just missed his family. Now that he has learned how to make a lot of different snacks, he wanted to open a snack shop in the future and be self-sufficient. At the end, he also asked his family to visit him on the Mid-Autumn Festival.

After reading the letter, Xuan Yuan Han Cheng’s face turned black. His baby has already planned out his life after leaving the palace… this was not good!

Xuan Yuan Han Cheng thought that Lin Jia Bao was now fourteen, still a bit too small to eat. But if he kept him by his side and raised him for a year or two, then he could probably eat him, right? He already couldn’t wait…

Xuan Yuan Han Cheng instructed his shadow guard to send Lin Jia Bao’s family letter to the Pei County relay station as soon as possible. Secretly he began to make plans…

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