Category: Quickly Wear the Face of the Devil

T/N: Double update for FOD:XZX today! This is supposed to be for weeks 2 and 3 of December. I am keeping track of which stories I promised to update for the month of December, so even though I’m running late, I’ll make sure to have all the promised updates out by the end of the month. 😓💦

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Chapter 9.8 – Children Are Debt

With all sorts of feelings welling up in his heart, Xue Zi Xuan embraced the teenager, who was half lying on the sofa, and kissed him densely.

Zhou Yun Sheng was long accustomed to this kissing maniac’s occasional insane behavior. He simultaneously evaded the rain of kisses while skillfully assembling the parts in his hands.

If the assistant did not knock on the door and said that there was some matter to attend to, Zhou Yun Sheng was afraid that the other party would kiss off a layer of his face.

When the assistant entered the room, the boss was cupping the teenager’s cheeks in his hands and loudly kissing the tip of his nose, forehead, brows, etc. The youth’s fair, tender, and smooth face was damp from kisses. It was evident that the youth suffered greatly. Not only this, the boss even tugged down the teenager’s turtleneck sweater and bit down on the juncture of his lazy neck.

His iceberg of a boss became a perverted fool in a split second. The assistant somewhat could not accept the sight in front of him. He stood there dumbly holding onto the file and even forgot to close the door.

If it weren’t for the teenager pushing the boss away and saying impatiently, “go,” the assistant dared to wager that the boss would keep kissing the teenager until the end of time. He seemed exceedingly happy. His smile was pure and brilliant, like a carefree child without worries.

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Xue Zi Xuan let go of the youth with reluctance, still wishing to continue kissing him. He turned and read the documents the assistant brought in.

Seeing that the other party had no time to harass him, Zhou Yun Sheng sped up his actions and finally finished assembling the small half a foot tall robot. Xue Zi Xuan was very generous with him and gave him his credit card to use. He could buy whatever he wanted and there was no upper limit.

As people say, return a favor for a favor. Seeing that it was Xue Zi Xuan’s birthday soon, Zhou Yun Sheng used the remaining spare parts that he had leftover to make a small plaything for the other party.

Zhou Yun Sheng was still not sure what kind of feelings Xue Zi Xuan held for him, but he has confirmed that the other person would not hurt him, because no one would be willing to spend so much time and money on a heart donor.

After Xue Zi Xuan signed the documents and the assistant took the file back out, Zhou Yun Sheng placed the egg-shaped robot on the floor and waved to Xue Zi Xuan.

“Come and see if you like it.”

“What is this?” Xue Zi Xuan circled around the little robot.

“This is my early birthday gift to you. It’s a small robot for venting. If you feel too stressed or angry, you can kick it without restraint, it will not break.” Zhou Yun Sheng tapped the bright alloy shell of the robot. His smile was a bit strange. “Ah, that’s right, it is called the villain system.”

Although the function of the robot was rather compelling in its wackiness and the name was also very strange, Xue Zi Xuan still felt very happy. He hugged the teenager from behind, gently swayed side to side twice, smiled against the youth’s ear, and asked, “Can it be started up? Or is it simply for display?”

“It can be started up. I’ll demonstrate for you.” Zhou Yun Sheng kicked the villain system over and explained, “Its start up method is entirely dependant on shock. There is no start up switch on the exterior. If you kick it, it will move.”

Sure enough, the egg-like little robot grew short hands and feet. Chak chak. It took two steps; suddenly it knelt down and continuously kowtowed. In a funny electronic voice, it repeatedly said: “Master, I am wrong. Master, spare me!”

Xue Zi Xuan’s expression was subtle. There was no denying that this little robot’s assembly was extremely refined. Its shape was also very unique. However, the function was very sinister.

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Zhou Yun Sheng did not realize this point at all. He stepped forward and viciously kicked the robot again. The robot rolled with a clattering sound, and then it tenaciously crawled up and incessantly slapped itself: “Master, I am wrong. Master, spare me! Villain system will work like a horse and toil like an ox* for Master for all eternity…”

[*T/N: work like a horse and toil like an ox = to slave for somebody]

The real villain system that detected this scene: “…”

Xue Zi Xuan looked on, dumbfounded, until the teenager struggled free from his arms to go kick the robot again did he return to his senses. “Xiao Yi, this is the first birthday gift you gave me, I can’t bear it.” He picked up the little robot, feeling distressed.

The villain system did not appreciate the sentiment. It sincerely begged: “Requesting Master to kick me at the frequency of three meals a day, please! The villain system kowtows to the master!”

For a moment, Xue Zi Xuan didn’t know what to do. Holding the robot was no good, and kicking it was no good. In his heart, he thought that Xiao Yi was really naughty. Why did he give this robot such a cheap setting? But no matter how cheap it was, he still liked it very much.

Zhou Yun Sheng fell on the sofa. He clutched his stomach as he laughed, causing the villain system to issue warnings repeatedly, telling the host not to make personal attacks against the villain system.

But so what? The villain system had long unwittingly lost the advantageous position that allowed it to call the shots. In the future, it will lose even more control power.

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Chapter 9.7 – Children Are Debt

“En.” Xue Yan glanced at her. “You don’t look very good. Did your condition get worse?”

“It’s nothing. It’s always like this.” Xue Jing Yi forced a smile and waved her hand.

Xue Yan was just asking casually. Why would he care about her life or death? Then he turned to look at the teenager who was sitting next to Xue Zi Xuan and just minding his own business. Xue Yan smiled and asked, “And this must be your dear younger brother?”

He deliberately emphasized the three words “dear younger brother,” as if disdainful and even disgusted.

Zhou Yun Sheng opened the toolbox and fiddled with the parts inside. He found it beneath his dignity to deal with prejudiced people.

Seeing the interaction between the two, Xue Zi Xuan suddenly calmed down in a split second. He brought the teenager into his arms. While stooping down to help him take off his shoes, he said with laughter: “As great uncle said, Xiao Yi is my family.”

Xue Yan raised his eyebrows and declined to comment. He tapped the document pouch on the table and said: “If you have the intention then give me a call, I’ll be waiting.”

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“Okay, I’ll see great uncle out.” Xue Zi Xuan almost couldn’t wait to stand up and push him out. The two traveled to the door.

Xue Yan warned him in a tone that was neither too fast nor too slow: “I heard from Xue lao er* that you recently caused a great disturbance. You can play around with men, but don’t go overboard. When it’s time, you still need to look for an appropriate match** to carry on the ancestral line. That is what’s proper.”

[*T/N: lao er = second-eldest child in a family]

[**T/N: 门当户对 – the families are well matched in terms of social status]

Xue Zi Xuan gave him a steady glance, nodded his head, and said, “Great uncle, I have propriety.” He said this and handed Xue Yan over to Xue lao si*, who was waiting outside.

[*T/N: lao si = fourth-eldest child in a family]

Xue Zi Xuan watched the group of people walk into the elevator. He closed the door and chuckled. Xue Yan actually told him that the succession of the lineage was serious and proper? Was this really the arrogant Xue Yan of the last life, wild and unruly? He actually despised Xiao Yi? He actually felt that a person should live according to the rules?

Absurd. So ridiculous!

Xue Zi Xuan felt extremely ridiculous and relaxed at the same time. He walked back to the two-person sofa and sat down. He picked up the document pouch and tore it open.

Zhou Yun Sheng seized the opportunity to put his leg on his knee. He murmured with dissatisfaction: “Who the heck was that? So detestable.”

Xue Zi Xuan chuckled again. He squeezed the teenager’s soft feet and sighed.

“That’s Xue Yan, the patriarch of the Xue family.”

Zhou Yun Sheng nodded and stopped questioning. He continued to fiddle with the parts in the toolbox.

Xue Jing Yi sat opposite the two. She poured out the tea that had been drunk, and made a fresh pot of tea.

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Xue Zi Xuan did not look up. He picked up the phone and called Xiao Zhou: “Xue Jing Yi is here at my place. You bring Xiao Deng and come pick her up.”

“Brother, can I stay with you until you get off work? I haven’t seen you for a long time, and I really miss you. How about we take Xiao Yi to Pang Jia Yuan for dinner later?”

Xue Jing Yi put down the tea set. Tears of longing moistened her eyes. She couldn’t stand her brother’s cold treatment for much longer. Her heart really, really was about to be smashed into pieces.

Xue Zi Xuan looked through the documents page by page, occasionally pinching the naughty feet of the teenager who kept moving about. He was completely unmoved by the tears and pleading of the girl. These things, he has had enough of in his last life.

Her tears were venom, her weakness was a weapon, and even her pleading hid ulterior motives. In a while longer, he will send her far away. It was best not to meet again in this life.

Xiao Zhou and Xiao Deng quickly arrived and took the away the crying and staggering Xue Jing Yi. They sent her directly to the hospital.

Zhou Yun Sheng, who had been silently installing machinery, smiled.

Xue Zi Xuan looked at him with a half-pampering and half-helpless gaze. In the end, he fetched a blanket over to cover his legs. Then he continued to thumb through the documents. After a while later, he flung away the papers in his hand and laughed silently.

If it was just a vague premonition before, then after reading the documents, Xue Zi Xuan was one hundred percent certain that the person just now was not Xue Yan, or rather; it was not the Xue Yan who had been fighting with him for a lifetime. He couldn’t even settle the debts of a few hundred people, and he even had to seek cooperation from someone of the younger generation. This was not Xue Yan’s strength. Furthermore, the Xue family of this life was far from reaching the heights of the past life.

Translations by Vanilla Muse.

The Xue Yan just now was abundantly vicious, but his aura was insufficient. He was more conservative in his actions and lacked sharpness. The Xue family wouldn’t decline in the hands of that Xue Yan, but it was also impossible for him to take it a step further.

Regardless of whether it was the behavior pattern or personal temperament, he was a far cry from the business hegemon in his memories. They could never be the same person.

Realizing this, all of Xue Zi Xuan’s worries and fears disappeared in an instant. He was not curious about who this person was or where the Xue Yan of his previous life had gone. He only needed to make sure that this teenager was his teenager.

That was enough.

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Chapter 9.6 – Children Are Debt

The winding mountain road twisted and turned, and there were cars coming head on towards them from time to time.

Xue Jing Yi screamed out loud repeatedly in fright, and burst into cold sweat.

“Xiao Yi, drive slowly!” She tried to hold Zhou Yun Sheng’s hand on the control lever.

“If you want to fall off the cliff together, then go ahead and touch me casually.” Zhou Yun Sheng stared intently straightforward. The vehicle’s tail drifted and a sharp brake sound was subsequently heard.

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Xue Jing Yi was thrown hard against the door by inertia and half of her arm turned numb. She dared not touch the teenager again. Instead, she clutched her chest and wept: “Xiao Yi, you drive slowly. I beg you to drive slowly. My heart is not good, I will die, I will die!” Tears and snot mixed together on her face.

Zhou Yun Sheng stepped on the accelerator and assuredly said: “Relax, you can’t die.” You’re the child of fate in this world, how could you die so easily?

The speed soared up in a flash, making Xue Jing Yi cling tightly to the car seat, looking like she might suffocate at any moment. She closed her eyes and did not dare to look outside at the flying scenery. She kept crying harder and harder.

It wasn’t until this moment that she saw into the youth’s heart, but it was merely the tip of the iceberg.

She was filled with evil intentions towards the other person, but so was the other person. He had bad thought towards her, too.

However, for the sake of her brother, she could only think about it in her heart. On the surface, she still wanted to be intimate with him, but he could unscrupulously inflict damage and even push her to the brink of dying.

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What could she use to fight him with? He was too ruthless, ruthless in his heart, ruthless in his actions, and even more brilliant in his intelligence. At this moment, Xue Jing Yi had an unstoppable fear of Huang Yi.

At the same time, Zhou Yun Sheng also received a warning from the system: “It is detected that the host is hurting the child of fate, please stop at once, otherwise the system will implement a half-hour electric shock punishment.”

Half an hour of electric shock punishment? What the hell? Compared to punishment levels one through ten, an electric shock was just like tickling. At this moment, Zhou Yun Sheng sincerely thanked the system for his training. It made him suffer, but it also made him indomitable.

He ignored the system and repeatedly stepped on the gas pedal. The acute pain of electric shocks plunged into his limbs, causing him to laugh heartily and roar in excitement. He whistled as they passed over the mountain ridges, fast as lightning, almost scaring Xue Jing Yi to death in her seat.

Finally, for the sake of the child of fate’s safety, the system had to be cancelled hastily after ten minutes of electric shock.

Zhou Yun Sheng calmly drove the car to the Xue consortium; expertly opened the small bag that Xue Jing Yi carried with her, took out a quick-acting heart rescue pill, and stuffed it under her tongue.

“Was it fun? I’ll take you to drag racing next time.” He smiled like a devil.

Xue Jing Yi covered her chest and couldn’t move for a long time. Her legs were weak, her feet were weak, her whole body was weak, but her heart was pounding so strongly that it was about to jump out of her throat.

She opened her mouth with difficulty and asked, “Aren’t you afraid of being caught by the police?”

Zhou Yun Sheng raised his eyebrows in disapproval. The license plate number, windows, and paint of this car were all specially treated. From a monitor screen, only a black shadow could be captured, so he was not worried at all.

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“If you have no energy, then lie in the car. I will go to find Brother.”

Zhou Yun Sheng walked towards the stairs with a silver toolbox in hand.

How could Xue Jing Yi give up the opportunity to approach Xue Zi XUan. Even if she had to crawl, she would crawl out of the car. She opened the door of the car and followed the teenager on unsteady feet.

The two rode the elevator up to the first floor from the parking lot. Since Xue Jing Yi had participated in many piano competitions and was considered to be a semi-public figure, the front desk quickly recognized her identity and let them pass through directly.

The assistant was not there. There was no one guarding the door, so the two went directly to the office and found Xue Zi Xian and a man in a wheelchair drinking kung fu tea. An entire tea set was placed on the table.

Seeing Zhou Yun Sheng, who had came into the room first, Xue Zi Xuan’s expression froze for a moment but he quickly collected himself. He suppressed his fears and beckoned: “Xiao Yi, sit next to your brother.”

“Brother, I have come to see you too.” Xue Jing Yi followed closely behind, trying to remind her brother of her existence. When she saw the man sitting opposite Xue Zi Xuan, she shrank unconsciously and whispered: “Hello, great uncle.”

The man in the wheelchair was the current clan elder of the Xue family, Xue Yan. He was not very old, but his seniority was very high.

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Chapter 9.5 – Children Are Debt

Recently, Zhou Yun Sheng has been living exceedingly well, and he did not know what Xue Zi Xuan did in the background. At first, he thought that Father Xue and Mother Xue had hurried back to the country to deal with this “goblin*,” but they did not.

[*T/N: 小妖精 xiao yao jing – goblin / hussy / floozy]

Expect for having a bad attitude on the night when they got home, they treated him as a transparent person the next day. It was like by pretending that he did not exist then they did not have to deal with him*.

[*T/N: 眼不见为净 yan bu jian wei jing – idiom meaning “what remains unseen is deemed to be clean” or “what the eye doesn’t see, the heart doesn’t grieve over”]

Zhou Yun Sheng welcomed this kind of attitude. He also did not have the patience for them.

This time, Xue Jing Yi got really sick. She was laid up in bed for half a month before she could manage to get up from bed with much difficulty.

Nowadays, he would often see her standing in a place that was neither too far nor too near, and smiling brightly. It made his hair stand on end. Her smile was bright, but her eyes were cold. It was really creepy.

In addition, she was getting more and more clingy. It was not an exaggeration to describe her as “brazen faced,” absolutely shameless. No matter how maliciously Zhou Yun Sheng would speak to her, he was unable to drive her away.

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However, in the process of bullying Xue Jing Yi, he did not get nothing out of it. Whenever his actions got a little bit too excessive, such as secretly replacing Xue Jing Yi’s quick-acting heart rescue pills for vitamin pills, he would be severely punished by the system.

The intent to murder a child of fate was an unforgivable crime. No matter how much the system wanted to conserve energy and play possum, it still had no choice but to get to work.

Amidst the acute pain, Zhou Yun Sheng would return the fast-acting heart rescue pills back to their original place. Then he would wickedly tell the system that he was only making a harmless joke. On several occasions, he angered the system so much that it short-circuited. When it rebooted, the watch face would be a lot dimmer.

The system got weaker day by day, and Zhou Yun Sheng’s spiritual power was also pushing towards the core layer by layer.

On this day, Zhou Yun Sheng was lying beneath the bottom of a car and installing the last part. Xue Jing Yi had Xiao Deng put a small sofa in the corner of the garage, and right now she was curled up on it under a blanket.

With her chin resting in her hands, she looked at the fiery red supercar, which was as perfect as before. She could hardly believe that it was Huang Yi who took it apart and reassembled it again with his own two hands. She had thought that the car would be reduced to a pile of broken scrap metal.

“Done remodeling?” She asked softly.

Zhou Yun Sheng ignored her. He got out from under the car, took off his dirty work clothes, and got ready to enter the car to start it up. He adhered to Xue Zi Xuan’s approach and adopted a three “don’t” policy against Xue Jing Yi—don’t see, don’t hear, don’t speak.

[T/N: So basically “see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.” Lol.]

Xue Jing Yi pursed her lips and smiled, as if her twin brother was just throwing a little tantrum, and she was a generous, forgiving, and calm woman of virtue.

But soon, she could not maintain her tranquil surface, because that car unexpectedly began to move! Huang Yi, this country bumpkin, actually successfully modified the car!

Xue Jing Yi grew up in the wealthy Xue family ever since she was very young, so naturally she would have a wider berth of knowledge and experiences than normal people. So how could she not be aware that you would need high-precision techniques to convert a top-of-the-line concept car that has not yet been put into production?

Even when the specialist team from the manufacturing company came, they were not certain that it would be possible to remodel the car in two short months.

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But Huang Yi did it, which only showed that he was a genius, a bona fide genius.

Xue Jing Yi’s eyes were red with jealousy. She didn’t know why, but she couldn’t bear to put the word “genius” on Huang Yi’s head. It was as if he should be mediocre and should be suppressed by her. That was the correct path in life.

She lifted the blanket and walked slowly to the sports car. She asked curiously, “It really ignited. It seems that the engine is okay. What about the other parts? Would you like to give it a try?”

Go. Drive it out. It would be best if you drive it into a car accident. The dark thoughts could not stop once they surged.

How could Zhou Yun Sheng not perceive her malicious intentions, so he replied casually, “I was just thinking of driving to Brother’s company. You want to come?”

When Xue Jing Yi heard that he was going to visit Xue Zi Xuan, she was entangled. She had not spoken to him for many days. If Huang Yi were present, he might at least give her a direct look.

“But you don’t have a driver’s license.” Her gaze wavered.

“That doesn’t matter. I had driving lessons with Brother for two months. The technology is very good.”

Zhou Yun Sheng was not bragging. He could even play around with mechs and starships; there was no need to mention this most primitive means of transportation.

Xue Jing Yi was still hesitating, but he stepped out of the car, pushed her directly into the passenger seat, fastened her seat belt, and whistled out of the garage.

In just a couple of seconds, Xue Jing Yi found that they were already on the way to the urban area. The scenery passed by so fast on both sides that it could not be seen clearly, and only glimpses of floating lights passed by.

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Chapter 9.4 – Children Are Debt

Xue Zi Xuan understood Xue Rui’s nature. He only valued the family property, power, and status. His wife and children all had to stand off to the side.

In the last life, in order to curry favor with Xue Yan, Xue Rui abandoned Xue Jing Yi. In this life, for the sake of the seat under his buttocks, he could give up on Xue Jing Yi once again.

Xue Zi Xuan knew. Xue Rui’s choice would not change.

Sure enough, Xue Rui remained silent for a long time, and finally said, “Zi Xuan, you grew up. Dad didn’t expect you to grow up so well. You are the pride of Dad.” Pretending to sigh, he waved his hand, “All right, you go back. Dad is tired and wants to stay here alone for a bit. The Xue family is yours sooner or later. No need to worry*.”

[*T/N: The word used here is 急 ji, which means “urgent, pressing, worried, or anxious,” so the last sentence can also be translated as “No need to be in such a hurry (to oust me from my seat).” But of course, Xue Rui is trying to make it sound like he is still in control, so I went with “No need to worry,” as if XR is the one trying to reassure XZX.]

Xue Zi Xuan nodded with an expressionless face. Then he pushed the door open and left.

Xiao Zhou, who was standing outside by the door, greeted him immediately and hesitantly said, “Young Master, do I still need to send…” The rest of the words were forcefully swallowed back, because the young man’s gaze was way too sharp and sinister, as if he wanted to hack Xiao Zhou into itty-bitty pieces.

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Xiao Zhou was cowardly, he nodded slightly, and then he escaped at flying speed.

When he closed the door, Xue Zi Xuan carelessly added, “There is one more thing I forgot to mention. Fu Bo and Xiao Wang know too much. It is best for Father to deal with it cleanly.”

He was a person who was able to contend with Xue Yan for a lifetime and not be completely beat down and suppressed. To handle these odds and ends, it was not necessary to do the job himself. Whoever tried to poke their head out, he’d just make them deal with the aftermath.

Xue Rui waved his hand and said that he knew. He lit up a cigarette and took a huge drag of the cancer stick. His eyes were filled with shadowed ruthlessness as he calculated.

He could not touch his son and Huang Yi, but he could still deal with a couple of small timers. If Fu Bo was faithful, then he could let him go, but Xiao Wang’s greed was too heavy, he could not leave this trouble alone.

Xue Zi Xuan finished dealing with Father Xue and turned to deal with Mother Xue. He went to Xue Jing Yi’s bedroom and found that she was not there.

“Brother, have you come to see me? Quickly, come over and sit down.” Xue Jing Yi patted her bedside, her expression one of joyous excitement. As long as her brother was willing to come see her, she could immediately fling Fu Bo to the furthest reaches of her mind.

Xue Zi Xuan pretended not to hear, turned a blind eye on her, and closed the door with his backhand. Then he went to Xue Li Dan Ni’s bedroom.

Xue Jing Yi’s bright smile slowly twisted, and finally froze into bitter resentment.

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When Xue Li Dan Ni finished visiting her daughter, she heard her husband and son arguing in the study, so she went down to find the little mongrel to settle the score. She went straight in without knocking on the door, and she was shocked when she saw the guest room that was changed beyond recognition.

The originally empty room now had two huge bookshelves full of mechanical books. The 1.5-meter single bed was replaced with a 2-meter double bed. A high low dual-use desk was placed next to the window. There were two laptops place on it, one closed and one opened.

At that moment, the little bastard that turned the Xue family upside down was staring attentively at the screen, and his fingers pitter-pattered rapidly on the keyboard.

This was a room full of life. It looked warm and comfortable, but it made Xue Li Dan Ni’s heart continually tighten. She walked to the bathroom door and glanced inside quickly. Sure enough, all the items inside were in pairs: couple water cups, couple towels, couple slippers, and couple toothbrushes… Anything that could be in a pair was in a pair.

She choked on her next breath. Her complexion became paler and paler, and her expression twisted in malevolence.

Zhou Yun Sheng knew that Xue Li Dan Ni had come in, but he didn’t want to bother with the other party. He now had absolutely no need to act with the Xue family.

Anyway, Xue Jing Yi’s body was still weak, and they had to let him eat well and drink well in the meanwhile. By the time Xue Jing Yi’s body recovered enough and was ready for surgery, he would probably be rid of the system by then.

What? You’re asking what if he doesn’t break away from the system in time? Silly. Then he would just irritate Xue Jing Yi again and continue to have her lie down. Was it not easy to pinch a sick seedling?

If Xue Li Dan Ni knew the real thoughts of the teenager, then it was estimated that she would blow up. Of course, she was close to exploding right now. She walked over to the desk, just as she was about to open her mouth to berate him angrily, her son came in.

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“Mother, Father has something to say to you.” Xue Zi Xuan walked in slowly.

“If there is anything to say then say it tomorrow!” Xue Li Dan Ni’s expression was livid.

“It’s a matter of life and death for the Xue family.” Xue Zi Xuan opened the door and made a gesture of ostracism.

Xue Li Dan Ni hesitated, looked at the little bastard, looked at her son, and then turned to leave. “I will come settle the score with you later!”

However, there was no so-called “later.”

Xue Li Dan Ni entered the study, and soon after she exited with her face pale. Her footsteps were heavy, as if she had lost her soul. Was this man really the son she gave birth to after carrying him in her belly for ten months? How could he be so cruel? How could he be so ruthless!

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T/N: Made it! By the skin of my teeth. XD

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Chapter 9.3 – Children Are Debt

Concealing the depression in his eyes, Xue Zi Xuan helped the teenager change into the suit and smoothed out the corners. The clerk was shuffled away by Xue Zi Xuan several times, so in the end, the clerk could only stand aside and watch.

The clerk wondered who this person was? Young Master Xue’s little lover? He looked at Xue Zi Xuan’s eagerly attentive manner and clicked his tongue.

After changing clothes, the two attended the evening cocktail party. As long as someone asked, Xue Zi Xuan would calmly report the youngster’s life history. Moreover, no matter where they went, he would have an arm looped around the youth’s shoulders, and he would verbally express his feelings of love towards the boy.

The Xue Zi Xuan right now who was mingling and socializing with people in this dog eats dog and devil take the hindmost world, did not seem like a greenhorn new to the scene at all.

On the contrary, he was extremely capable and experience, efficient and unscrupulous. He made all the old foxes and cunning people within the circle feel frightened. They incessantly sighed in secret, lamenting that the younger generations would surely surpass them in time.

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Within a day, the upper circles of the imperial capital all knew that Xue Jing Yi was adopted from outside. The Xue family was kind, when they learned that her twin brother was orphaned with no one to rely on, they brought him back to foster.

When Xue Rui and Xue Li Dan Ni got the news after getting off the plane, their faces were green with anger.

Their son not only dismantled the operating room, dismissed Fu bo and Xiao Wang, but also introduced Huang Yi, this wilding, as a family member of the Xue family to outsider. What in the world did he want to do?

“Are you trying to rebel? Ah?” When Xue Rui came home, he could not even bother to eat. He called his son into the study and questioned him sharply.

“Sooner or later, the Xue family will belong to me. Is it necessary for me to rebel?”

Xue Zi Xuan lit a cigarette and took a drag without hesitation. He seemed to remember something. He laughed slowly and his eyes were full of ridicule.

“How long has it been since you started taking over the Xue family? You think the Xue family is yours now? Let me tell you, no matter how strong your wings are, you are still my son! The things you’ve done! Have you considered your younger sister’s life or death?”

Xue Zi Xuan glanced at Xue Rui, who was seething with anger, and said flatly, “Did not consider. Whether she lives or dies, that’s her life. What does it have to do with me? And what does it have to do with Xiao Yi?”

“You unfilial son! You can actually say such cold and ruthless words? Answer me, did you fall for that little mutt*?” Xue Rui was almost angered to the point of throwing up blood.

[*T/N: 杂种 za zhong – hybrid/ mixed breed/ bastard / son of a b*tch]

He never imagined that his clean-living and honest son would in the end give him a homosexual scandal. When he heard the assistant’s report in the car, he almost thought he was hallucinating.

But when he thought of Huang Yi’s delicate and bewitching face, and his son’s recent abnormalities, he felt that there was an eighty percent chance that this was true.

“Please be a bit more respectful, Father.” Xue Zi Xuan extinguished his cigarette. There was a trace of anger in his dark eyes. “If Xiao Yi is a mutt, then what is Xue Jing Yi? A small mutt?”

“Oh wow, your wings have gotten really strong, huh. F*cking scram! You don’t have to go to the company tomorrow! Let me tell you, no matter how strong your wings are, I can still break them! You have yet to be in power and you’re already treating your little sister like this. If you really become the head of the household, then I’m afraid even your mother and I would not have the right to speak.” At this point, Xue Rui shouted towards the door. “Xiao Zhou, Xiao Zhou, go send that little mongrel to the city and find a place to lock it up!”

Xue Zi Xuan glanced at him with a sinister look in his eyes. Calm and unhurried, he flung the document pouch in his hand onto the table. He said lightly, “Try it right now. See if you can break my wings.”

His gaze made Xue Rui feel cold all over. Xue Rui could not help but open the folder to read, and then he froze, his face gradually distorted.

Translations by Vanilla Muse.

Good. Indeed such a good son. It hasn’t even been two months since he took over the company, but he had already clearly grasped the state of affairs of the company. Within the document pouch was information of his tax evasion, illegal financing, business cheats, etc. Furthermore, there were detailed clauses of the main house, the third branch, and the fourth branch’s deficits.

With these documents in his hands, Xue Zi Xuan could sort out* whomever he wanted to. There were no misgivings from the start. What’s more, he could easily destroy the Xue consortium in the span of a day.

[*T/N: 收拾 shou shi – to sort someone out, or to put someone in their place, etc]

How could he? After all, he was the heir of the Xue family, there was no way he could be that ruthless. Xue Rui comforted himself like this.

Just as Xue Rui got his nerves settled, Xue Zi Xuan spoke: “Father, who do you think the Xue consortium belongs to now? If I want it, naturally it will flourish. If I don’t want it, it can collapse and fall apart in an instant. Leave the office and retire now, or let Xiao Yi off, what do you choose?”

These criminal evidences were announced to the public when Xue Yan attacked the Xue consortium in his last life. In this life, naturally he could easily get his hands on these documents.

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Chapter 9.2 – Children Are Debt

“Young Master, do you want to go see the young miss? Even in a coma, she was still calling your name.” Soon after Xiao Wang hung up the phone, he walked to the door of Huang Yi’s room to call Xue Zi Xuan.

“Do you also want to leave?” Xue Zi Xuan put down the file in his hand. His tone was very cold.

“No,” Xiao Wang shook his head. “Young Miss’s condition is really bad. You can ignore her, Young Master, but don’t upset her. She can’t bear it. I have to say, although you and the young miss are not related by blood, you still grew up together. Where you should place your affections, can outsiders compare?”

Xue Zi Xuan buried his head in the documents and seemed to have heard nothing. Xiao Wang sighed in his heart, and finally left the room unwillingly. At the last moment, right before he closed the door, he saw the young master twirl a strawberry in his fingers and fed it straight to the mouth of the young boy who was concentrating on playing with the computer.

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It turned out that the young master did not lack emotions, but rather, he had put all his emotions on one person, so in the eyes of irrelevant people, he would seem so cold and heartless. What was an irrelevant person? Including Xiao Wang, it must be the same for the young miss, the master, and the mistress.

Xiao Wang’s grievances did not affect Xue Zi Xuan in the slightest. The next day, when Xue Zi Xuan learned that Xue Rui and Xue Li Dan Ni were on their way back after receiving a phone call from Xiao Wang, he straightforwardly wrote a check and dismissed Xiao Wang.

Xiao Wang, who had always felt lucky in his heart, was blindsided as he carried his luggage and left. Working for the Xue family, not only did he get a high monthly salary and bonuses, he could also easily have access to all kinds of luxury cars from the garage. The working conditions were extremely good. It was precisely because of this job that he could afford to buy a house in the heart of the city, marry the goddess of his dreams, and offer his son the best school.

As the saying went, from frugality to extravagance was easy, but it was hard to become frugal after being accustomed to luxury. He was just a lousy driver without a diploma and without any capabilities. Where was he going to find a better job to support his family?

Thinking up to here, Xiao Wang was finally struck with red-hot remorse, but he quickly smiled again. He could still anonymously strike the Xue family fiercely with a crime of murder. Xue Rui for the sake of his daughter, Xue Zi Xuan for the sake of Huang Yi, both sides would have to pay up money. They had to. He didn’t have to worry about his source of livelihood for the future anymore. Perhaps he could even make a fortune.

In the end, Xue Zi Xuan was just an ignorant child and unreliable when it came to handling affairs. As an elder in the family, how could he, Xiao Wang, be driven away so easily? Was Xue Zi Xuan not afraid of provoking his anger?

Xiao Wang thought about this again and again for a long time. His heart, spleen, lung, and kidney, he felt comfortable and at ease all over. Like so, he took large strides down the mountain path.

At the same time, Xue Zi Xuan was bringing Zhou Yun Sheng to a high-class clothing store to try on some formal attire.

“Young Master Xue, please wait a moment, I will go get the clothes.” The clerk served two cups of hot tea and looked over the youth’s excessively delicate face.

Xue Zi Xuan bowed his head and stooped to help the teenager take off his shoes. He knew that the youth was lazy, if he could sit, he would not stand. And it was not enough to have some place to sit. He would also kick off his shoes and rest his two long, straight legs on the seats in the most comfortable position.

Sure enough, Zhou Yun Sheng bent his legs very tacitly, curled up on the sofa, and shifted his butt left and right. In the end, he still felt the most comfortable when nestling within the young man’s embrace. He straightforwardly pushed one of Xue Zi Xuan’s arm aside and directly leaned against his chest. He held a tablet computer in his hands and played on it very happily.

Xue Zi Xuan chuckled lowly and twisted the hair by the side of Zhou Yun Sheng’s cheek again and again. His lips pressed against his powder white cheek, as if he would kiss him at any time.

The intimate posture of the two attracted the attention of not only the staff but also the customers. They were all people from the same social circle of life, and most of them knew each other.

But they have only ever seen Xue Zi Xuan as a lone operator, the proud and aloof piano emperor. When have they ever seen him so tender and affectionate?

Translations by Vanilla Muse.

Everyone examined the pair for a long time, but they didn’t dare to go up and say hello for fear of making a mistake. At this moment, the clerk came out with two suits of the same style and color, and led the two to the fitting room with a smile.

Zhou Yun Sheng put away the tablet and asked, “Are you really going to take me to the banquet? Let me warn you first, I don’t know anything and I might embarrass you.”

What did Xue Zi Xuan want to do? Zhou Yun Sheng was already too lazy to look into it. He’ll just let nature take its course.

“It doesn’t matter, you can do whatever you like. I don’t feel embarrassed.”

Xue Zi Xuan had already made inquiries and he knew that Xue Yan was not in China at the moment, so he had the courage to take the boy out. But he didn’t like this kind of state very much. He wanted to openly possess the teenager, instead of being sneaky and hiding like this, as if he had stolen someone’s treasure.

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Chapter 9.1 – Children Are Debt*

[*T/N: There is a saying in Chinese that if your children are unruly, disobedient, bad, etc, then they are heaven’s instrument sent to collect the debt that you accumulated in your past life. In other words, karma.]

Fu Bo walked out of the room in tears. Xiao Wang, Xiao Zhou, and Xiao Deng went to help him with his luggage. Xue Jing Yi stared blankly at the scene. Her vacant expression was one of helpless confusion, as if she had yet to figure out the situation.

It wasn’t until Fu Bo walked all the way to the front door and told her to take care of her health in a voice choked with emotion did Xue Jing Yi jump as if she had been electrocuted. She shouted, “Fu Bo, you’re really leaving?”

She thought her brother’s words were just from a fit of anger. Fu Bo was not a servant. He was their family. He took care of them since they were little and raised them!

However, the so-called “care” was only taking care of her. As for Young Master Xue who suffered from mysophobia and a deficiency of emotions, he always avoided people, so his sentiments were not deep at all.

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“I don’t want Fu Bo to go! Brother, you’re kidding, right! You let Fu Bo stay!” With tears gleaming in her eyes, she threw herself at Xue Zi Xuan, but he pushed her away in disgust. Then he repeatedly wiped his hands with napkins, as if he had just touched something dirty.

Zhou Yun Sheng held his bowl and ate unselfconsciously, as if there were no one else present.

Xue Jing Yi couldn’t get up for a long time. She simply curled up on the floor and wept, crying and begging. Fu Bo and the others hurried into the dining room. Each of them offered her words of comfort and tried to lift her up, but they were afraid of breaking her and sweated anxiously.

It could be seen that Xue Jing Yi, the adopted daughter, was the treasure of the Xue family. On the contrary, Xue Zi Xuan, this biological son, seemed like a child picked up from outside.

No matter how great the disturbance Xue Zi Xuan caused, it was like it didn’t matter. But if Xue Jing Yi gave a single cry of pain then everyone would revolve around her.

This treatment, such a norm for the son of fate. Zhou Yun Sheng picked up a piece of twice-cooked pork and pondered sourly in secret. Xue Zi Xuan also continued to eat gracefully. He turned a blind eye to the group of people crouching at his feet. He definitely did not listen to the miserable crying of the girl.

Fu Bo felt both angry and pained. He entreated, “Young Master, you want me to leave, I will leave right away, and I don’t even need the pension anymore. Just come over and see the young miss. Tell her not to be sad. Ever since childhood, the young miss listens to you the most. One word from you is equivalent to a hundred words from us. Look at her. She’s crying so much she can hardly breathe. How can it go on like this? Young Master, just take it as me begging you, please?”

Xiao Zhou shouted, “Quick, call Dr. Wu. Tell him to hurry up and come here!”

Xue Zi Xuan wiped the corner of his mouth with a napkin. He spoke each word clearly, one by one, “Fu Bo, you can go now.”

That short sentence completely suffocated Fu Bo, making him dumbstruck and unable to reply. He looked at Xue Zi Xuan steadily for half a day and then left in disappointment.

When he reached the doorway, he turned back and asked, “You Master, how did you become like this?”

Xue Zi Xuan heard but deliberately ignored him. He didn’t even spare Fu Bo a glance from the corner of his eye. How did he become like this? If it weren’t because of these people joining hands to murder his Huang Yi, if it weren’t for them delivering the teenager to the surgery table and attempting to dig out his heart, then Xue Zi Xuan would not become like this.

Originally, he could have become a person with robust feelings, he could have possessed an even more beautiful future, but everything was destroyed. These people destroyed it all!

Fortunately, he had another chance to start over. Thinking of this, a gentle and loving smile burst forth, and he lightly rubbed the hair of the teenager who was engrossed in eating.

Zhou Yun Sheng also raised his gaze and smiled, and his favorable impression of Xue Zi Xuan, this mental case, continued to rise.

Asides from her older brother, the person that Xue Jing Yi relied on the most was Fu Bo. Now, her brother hated her and Fu Bo was being driven away. She felt like she could not live on anymore. She couldn’t catch her breath. Her eyes rolled up and she fainted dead away. The dining room naturally became a mess of turmoil and chaos.

Translations by Vanilla Muse.

If it were like before, Zhou Yun Sheng would still pretend to be full of brotherly concern, but now he knew that he could get rid of the villain system sooner or later, he was reluctant to even put on a show. He casually ate two more mouthfuls of rice and then headed upstairs to play on the computer.

Xue Zi Xuan personally prepared a fruit platter with his own hands, cutting and arranging the fruit. It was beautifully prepared and ready to be taken upstairs for the youth to enjoy.

Xiao Wang and the others secretly shook their heads. They felt speechless from Xue Zi Xuan’s heartlessness and cold-bloodedness.

After the doctor’s critical care, Xue Jing Yi averted danger. She lied on an immensely huge and soft bed. She looked so weak and frail. Xiao Wang felt more and more distressed. He took out his cell phone to call Xue Rui and Xue Li Dan Ni, and recounted each and every one of the young master’s out of tune behavior.

At the end of the phone call, they were so furious that they each booked the earliest flight ticket and hurried back home.

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Chapter 8.9 – Can’t Expend You to Death

Only an empty room was left in the basement. The east wall was knocked down to connect to a few other rooms that, at the moment, contained miscellaneous bits and bobs. Several trenches for car repairs were dug into the ground, as if waiting to be transformed into a larger workshop.

It was evident whom this was for. It seems that the young master’s feelings for the youth was for real. He really did not intend to save the young miss! Xiao Wang ran out in a trance. He saw the wan and transparent girl standing under the sunlight, and his throat choked with emotion.

At first, he wanted to ask these workers if they had informed the master, mistress, or the housekeeper before dismantling the surgery room. And then a new thought struck him, according to the young master’s current temperament, how could he tolerate having other people interfere? Naturally, he made the decision alone.

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He waved his hand and let the workers leave. Fortunately, the young miss knew nothing. The hope for survival was clearly right in front of her, but to have it taken away by force, it would definitely lead to a feeling of despair.

The two returned to the main house to rest. Half an hour later, Xue Zi Xuan and Zhou Yun Sheng were finished at the garage and arrived at the front door, sticking close together like conjoined twins. They sat at the entrance to change their shoes.

After getting familiar with Xue Zi Xuan, Zhou Yun Sheng was unable to resist his own childish temperament. He picked up one of his slippers and flung it far out the door. Then he squinted his peach blossom eyes with impish laughter. Xue Zi Xuan loved this haughty style of his to death. He pulled the youth into his arms, rubbed the tip of his nose, and whispered into his ear*. He kissed the teenager’s cheeks repeatedly, and even brushed up against the side of his mouth several times.

[*T/N: 咬耳朵 yao er duo – colloquially it means “to whisper in somebody’s ear,” but if you translate it literally it means “to bite someone’s ear.” Not quite sure which one the author intended here.]

When Xue Zi Xuan was done fooling around, he let go of the boy, who was gasping for breath from laughing too much. Xue Zi Xuan went out to go fetch the slipper, and laughed all the way, rejoicing like a child.

Xue Jing Yi sat on the sofa and watched with cold eyes. Her fists clenched so tightly that her fingers bit into her flesh. Xiao Wang drove away Xiao Deng, who was assisting Fu Bo, and then quietly told Fu Bo about the dismantled operation room.

“What? He dismantled the operation room? Didn’t he say he just wanted to rebuild the garage?” Fu Bo was greatly alarmed and ran outside while still holding the spatula. He saw that the young miss was also in the living room, so he could only hold in his anger, and turn back around.

Half an hour later, Xue Zi Xuan and Zhou Yun Sheng finished cleaning up and came to the dining room.

Fu Bo stood at the door wanting to say something but then hesitating. Seeing that the young master didn’t even so much as glance at him, he finally could not hold back and said, “I heard from Xiao Wang that you had people… take down the room in the basement? Did the master and mistress agree to this?”

Translations by Vanilla Muse.

While helping the teenager remove the bones from the fish, Xue Zi Xuan said coldly, “This is my home, I don’t need to ask anyone if I want to dismantle something. Fu Bo, I have already warned you that there will be no next time, so you can leave.”

“Young Master, what do you mean?” Fu Bo was shocked.

Xue Jing Yi looked up at her brother, her expression one of disbelief. Fu Bo was like a member of their family, ah. How could her brother say something like this?

Xiao Deng, Xiao Zhou, and Xiao Wang who were eating in the kitchen all squeezed to the door to see what was going on. He even wanted to chase away Fu Bo; the young master really was more and more not like his old self.

Only Zhou Yun Sheng ate with relish. Of course he knew that there was something fishy about the underground room, or else, why would the Xue people be so nervous. But so what? He was not interested in this at all. Seeing the old thing (Fu Bo) get his due handed to him was good enough. Who told him to always look at Zhou Yun Sheng as if he was a dead person?

“Eat slowly, be careful, there might still be a bone that isn’t picked out yet.” Xue Zi Xuan rubbed the boy’s hair, and then he looked at Fu Bo again, and reiterated, “What I mean is that you have been dismissed. Leave tonight.”

“Master and Mistress…” Fu Bo was unwilling to give up.

“I will give them a call. You should know, sooner or later the master of the Xue family will be me. You don’t leave now; you still have to leave in the future. I don’t like other people criticizing me or giving me orders.”

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Fu Bo looked around and found that beneath the pressure of the young master, no one dared to open his mouth. Then he thought of Xue Rui, who was willing to capitulate to his son’s every whim (as long as he took over the family business), and in the end he agreed to leave while choked with sobs.

Seeing Fu Bo’s back disappearing around the corner, Xiao Wang buried his head deeply, and actually developed a fear of the boss.

It took Xue Zi Xuan just one month to complete the transition from music artist to master. He had the capability and he had the skills, and he also had the coldest heart in the world. The Xue family would definitely be his, and even more, it would become his sole dictatorship. At that time, Xiao Wang was afraid that even the master and the mistress would have no place left to speak.

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Chapter 8.8 – Can’t Expend You to Death

With a curl of his lips, Zhou Yun Sheng was about to try to chase Xue Jing Yi away when a luxury car drove into the garage. Xue Zi Xuan, wearing a silver-gray high-quality suit, stepped out of the car.

He saw the teenager looking like a messy kitten and he smiled, his eyes filled with love. When his eyes landed on Xue Jing Yi, his face turned cold for a moment.

“Where are Fu Bo and Xiao Deng? How come they’re not looking after her properly?”

Xiao Wang quickly jumped out of the car and said in a simpering manner, “Young Master, I will assist Young Miss back to her room.”

“Brother, you’re back. Was work hard today? I asked Fu Bo to make bird’s nest congee for you. It should be ready to eat now.” Xue Jing Yi smiled obediently, her eyes bright with anticipation.

Looking at her considerate and sensible, yet weak and pitiful appearance, Xiao Wang really felt that it was not worth it for her to be so good. He had planned to haul her out at first, but when he got in front of her he couldn’t bear to do so. When he sympathized with Xue Jing Yi, he never thought about how her survival was dependant on the murder of Huang Yi. Xue Jing Yi was sick, but what did that have to do with the teenager? Why should he pay the price of his life for her to live?

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“Young Master, how about you send the young miss back?” Xiao Wang had the intention of being peacemaker to improve the relationship between the brother and the sister. He remembered that they used to be very close before. He didn’t know when things became like this.

Seeing Xue Jing Yi’s longing and sad expression, Zhou Yun Sheng felt that her presence was extremely irksome. Zhou Yun Sheng walked over and tugged on Xue Zi Xuan’s clothes with his dirty fingertips. “Brother, stay and help me out. I still have two more parts to install and then it will be done. Wait a bit and then we’ll go together to eat congee.”

Zhou Yun Sheng remembered that tugging on Xue Zi Xuan’s clothes was Xue Jing Yi’s habitual action. She wished she could be a part of Xue Zi Xuan, hanging off of him all the time, and sticking close to him wherever he went. So he purposefully copied her to gross her out.

Xue Zi Xuan smiled immediately. He liked having the teenager depend on him, and he liked it even more when the youth acted possessive towards him. He took off his coat, flung off his tie, rolled up his sleeves, and said softly, “I have no knowledge on machinery. I can only hand you the tools. Don’t hate* me for being clumsy.”

“No matter who I hate*, I won’t hate you,” Zhou Yun Sheng replied. These lovey-dovey words were said precisely to annoy Xue Jing Yi.

[*T/N: 嫌弃 xian qi – I used “hate” because it’s shorter and flows better in English, while still fitting the context of both lines, but a more direct translation would be “don’t avoid me out of dislike” or “don’t turn your back on me” or “don’t ignore me.”]

The tip of Xue Jing Yi’s nose turned red, looking like she was about to cry. Seeing her like this made Xiao Wang feel distressed. He hurriedly tried to persuade in a cajoling voice, but when he saw the glare in her eyes, he seemed to have been intimidated. Xiao Wang followed her line of sight, and could not help sighing in his heart: they changed; really, completely, and truly changed.

You couldn’t blame them for being surprised. Xue Zi Xuan suffered from serious mysophobia and couldn’t even bear to touch strangers, let along something that was dirty. But right now, the teenager was hugging Xue Zi Xuan’s trimmed waist and laughing while rubbing his grease-stained face against the young man’s chest. Instead of retreating three day’s march*, and returning to his room at top speed to shower, he held the teen even closer, making it easier for the youth to rub against him.

[*T/N: retreating three day’s march – idiom for making a strategic withdrawal]

If that were all, it was still fine, but when faced with the teenager, Xue Zi Xuan treated him like a kindred spirit. When facing outsiders, even including his parents, his mysophobia was still just as grave as before, and his attitude was harsh enough to make one’s hair stand up on end.

If this singularly unique tolerance and doting love still couldn’t make Xiao Wang recognize reality, then his ten years of service to the Xue family would be for naught. Like this, the heart transfer surgery would most likely be cancelled right? But he would have to see if the young master could handle the master and mistress’s pressure.

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Thinking this way, Xiao Wang didn’t dare open his mouth anymore. Then he took Xue Jing Yi, whose countenance was exactly like that of a wandering soul, out of the garage. He had just arrived at the garage door when he saw a group of people coming out of the basement, covered in cement dust.

“Hey, what are you guys doing?” Xiao Wang stepped forward and asked.

“Mr. Xue hired us to restructure the basement,” one of them answered.

“The basement cannot be touched. Inside, there is…” the operating room! Realizing that the young miss was still there he swallowed back the last three words. Then he hurried into the basement to check.

No more.

All of the surgical equipment was gone.

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