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Chapter 36.2 – Hoodwinked
An Zi Ran was very surprised. What surprised him even more was that Fu Wu Tian did not go to the main entrance.
In the cool and bleak courtyard, the lofty and straight body of the man was hidden by the darkness. With Fu Wu Tian’s back towards the moonlight, An Zi Ran couldn’t see his face. Only a pair of glowing eyes stared at him.
“I heard from Qian An that you wanted to see me.”
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Fu Wu Tian said leisurely. There seemed to be a slight smile in his eyes. He has already smiled twice in a row at An Zi Ran. If his subordinate knew about this he would definitely be very surprised, because Fu Wu Tian has never had a lot of expressions, but unexpectedly* he wasn’t a taciturn man of few words, so you could say he was a very contradictory person.
[*T/N: 出乎意料 chu hu yi liao: beyond expectation (idiom); unexpected]
An Zi Ran fixedly looked at him. “Wang ye is so interested, climbing over the wall* in the middle of the night to come pay a visit.”
[*T/N: 翻墙 fan qiang: lit. to climb over the wall / fig. to breach the Great Firewall of China]
Fu Wu Tian calmly said, “Not over the wall, I came openly through the front door.” He paused, and then added, “The doorman is dozing off.”
An Zi Ran: “…”
The doorman will be fired tomorrow.
[T/N: I bet he knocked out the doorman]
“You want to talk here?” Fu Wu Tian said, but he had an indifferent expression.
An Zi Ran hesitated a bit, but still invited him to the study. From the main hall there was still a short distance to go. Besides, they were two men, even if people saw the two of them alone there would not be any gossip. He turned around and did not see the flash of light in Fu Wu Tian’s eyes.
There weren’t any particularly nice decorations in the study. The things most abundant in there were books. Simple and elegant like its owner, but also has taste. Like a cup of tea, the fragrance is only evident after tasting it.
“Wang ye, please (come in)!”
An Zi Ran poured him a cup of hot water. There was no tea.
Fu Wu Tian did not dislike the light and tasteless water. He threw his head back and drank it down in one gulp. The movement was very forthright and confident, with the unique strength and charm of a man. If An Zi Ran was a woman, he might be attracted to him.
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“Wang ye, in order to avoid taking up too much of your time, I will just say it.” An Zi Ran said straight away, he did not want to beat around the bushes. “I promised to cooperate with you, but I never said I would substitute the bride. I ask that you rescind your choice and choose another candidate.”
Fu Wu Tian gently set the cup on the table and spat out two words from his mouth, “It’s late.”
An Zi Ran’s eyes sharpened and focused his attention. “What is late?”
Fu Wu Tian was perfectly composed* when he said, “This morning, I entered the palace to explain the situation to the emperor. I told him the person I want to marry is not An Yu Zhi, but the young master of the An family, An Zi Ran. The emperor has already agreed.”
[*T/N: 泰然自若 tai ran zi ruo: cool and collected (idiom); showing no sign of nerves / perfectly composed]
Although he said it lightly, it was not easy getting that slightly stubborn emperor to agree to let him marry a man. After all, there was no precedent in this dynasty, but that didn’t mean that he had no way. In the end, the emperor had no choice but to agree.
“You did this deliberately.”
The youth’s cold voice suddenly sounded out, and there was a hint of anger.
Fu Wu Tian raised his eyebrows and stared at the person in front of him. It seemed that this was the first time he realized that he was only a sixteen-year-old boy. Every time he met him, he acted like a mature adult so he could not see the youth and tenderness of this young man at all. He’d investigated An Zi Ran. The An Zi Ran from the reports was completely different from what he saw. It was like two different people.
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The An Zi Ran of before was a complete dross. The An Zi Ran of now seemed to be injected with the soul of an adult. Perhaps it was due to the shock of losing his parents, but that calmness and stability seemed to be something that was built upon throughout the years. The taste was even more fresh, clean, and distant. As if one needed to savor the taste slowly before they could distinguish the notes in the fragrance.
“This is the best way, isn’t it?” Fu Wu Tian said.
An Zi Ran’s expression was angry. “Making a big man like me marry you is your so-called best way?” In his opinion, it was a rotten idea.
Fu Wu Tian stared at the angry expression of the young man and did not mind. “Do you think I will marry the daughter of a concubine from your family? The imperial family’s reputation has to be taken into consideration. So after thinking it over, I feel that it can only be you.”
“I’m a man,” An Zi Ran said with a cold expression.
Fu Wu Tian nodded. “I can see that of the children born from the main wife only you and your younger brother are left. You will never let me marry your brother who is only four months old, will you?”
An Zi Ran once thought about it, but this idea could never be said out loud. However, he still insisted on not marrying. A big man wearing red wedding attire to get married out, this wasn’t even done in the twenty-first century. In the end, Fu Wu Tian retreated a step.
“You can’t deny that this offspring came from the An family, so you have to take a certain responsibility.” Fu Wu Tian said seriously. “But for the sake of the friendship between your grandfather and my grandfather*, I can promise you, if it is really inappropriate, I will let you go. I will help you change your identity and you can start a new life again. How about it?”
[*T/N: ML refers to MC’s grandfather as 爷爷 ye ye and his own grandfather as 祖父 zu fu. The first one is more colloquial and the second one is more proper. Both terms refer to the paternal grandfather.]
Like the carrot and the stick.
An Zi Ran understood clearly. What Fu Wu Tian said made sense. Men and women were different. Once a woman lost her reputation, it was a lifelong thing, but a man’s reputation was more forgiving than a woman’s.
“I consent. Remember your promise.”
“Of course.”
Fu Wu Tian, who appeared so refreshing and straightforward at the moment, in the future he will give An Zi Ran the title of “the one who was hoodwinked to death by a rogue.” At that time he will finally understand what kind of person Fu Wu Tian really was, which was not human at all!
[T/N: Not human… but a beast! Bwahahahaha!]
Next Chapter: Getting Married
Thanks ? All that comments you made as you translate is just so funny, can’t stop laughing ? Keep it up *thumbs up*
You’re so fast! O.O Haha
I’m glad you enjoy my commentary. I try not to be too intrusive with my comments but sometimes I can’t help myself. XD
‘Not human but beast’ Hahahaha!
I can’t wait for Wang Ye to start courting him! Btw, why do you break down chapters? Like this one: 36.1, 36.2?
Fu Wu Tian is already starting to court our little An Zi Ran, he just doesn’t realize it yet. Bwahahaha. XD
I mentioned back in chapter 20.1 that I split longer chapters because it makes the translation process less daunting for me. Seeing pages and pages of Chinese text triggers my anxiety and makes me panic, but I enjoy the story so far and I don’t want to end up dropping the project, so I chose this method to make translating more manageable.
This prince really is a bad boy! Our MC doesn’t know that he’s already in his clutches.
Great chapter, thank you!
MC, you just got tricked into giving your consent… When the prince said he wanted to marry you and not your sister, he was completely telling the truth (for once). Talk about mixing the truth in with cleverly-coated words…
I see our mc as a megane/secretary like character. Naive, but super smart and serious.
I hope this doesn’t dissolve in to the typical stupid and spoiled bottom played around with by the “superior” possessive top situation.
Thanks for the great translation!!
I look forward to the wedding and seeing how people react ♥️
Yes, wedding season is just around the corner! ^-^
Thanks for the translation and hopefully you have had a good rest since. As above I like your comments ? I can’t wait for him to finally have the realisation of his hubby’s lack of humanity ?
Thank you, you’re so sweet! I did managed to get a night of good sleep since posting this chapter, and now I’m back with chapter 37, hope you enjoy it. ?
FWT is somewhat cute, smiles at his wifey~ ah, sorry, wangfei~~
I believe him, doorman might be lazy/tired
FWT I know you want to show off, but chill, it’s water not wine, not even tea!! o _ o
AKHHH that’s why he went to palace!!! sneaky! emperor must’ve agreed because this will end his family line!!! grrrr >:0
hoodwinked by the wolf!! ho ho hoho!!
typo: “..so call best ..”
Thanks
Couldn’t stop smiling while reading this XD Thank you for the updates~
I’m glad you like it. Their silly antics make me smile too ?
I’m stocking up on chapters so I will read after you translated the NSFW ( ͡ᵔ ͜ʖ ͡ᵔ)
Ahahaha ??? I get you
Me encantan jajaja
muchas gracias por la traducción!
Lol, poor An Zi Ran getting hoodwinked to death by that rogue! At least he’s handsome! ?
Thank god the sister run away. Otherwise wang ye will surely find a way to marry both of them.
The updating schedule has changed from Mondays? School took me away from my baby ????. Please continue your hard work and thank you so much.
Don’t worry, the regular updating schedule is still on Monday. This was a special update sponsored by readers through ko-fi, so it was posted outside of the regular schedule.
When’s the update schedule? Thank you for translating this awesome story
Howdy would you mind sharing which blog platform you’re working with? I’m going to start my own blog in the near future but I’m having a hard time deciding between BlogEngine/Wordpress/B2evolution and Drupal. The reason I ask is because your layout seems different then most blogs and I’m looking for something unique. P.S Apologies for getting off-topic but I had to ask!
I use wordpress
FWT is so tricky! And Zi Ran os sp naive, haha.
Thanks for the chapter!
LoL Cant wait for him to be whipped by Zi Ran
*snorts* ai! Poor MC you’re too naïve. Like a curious puppy you leapt into the trap.
Rereading this novel !! I really love your translations!!
Thank you for the chapter ♥️♥️
Aww, thank you (๑^ω^๑)