I’m back, bitches!
Hope you guys loved that last cliffhanger as much as I did :D. Normally, I’d post this chapter later in the week but you guys have waited so long already, I figured I’d drop it a few days early. Next few chapters won’t be split, either.
Enjoy!
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035
Offense And Defense
Concerned that the other party might refuse direct inquiry for safety reasons, Chen Zhan found a reason that could barely get by.
The receptionist shook her head, almost without considering said: “Sorry, we are not at liberty to provide customer information.” With a standard occupational smile, she finished the surface work: “But you can leave the wallet here and we will help find the owner.”
Faced with an impeccable answer, Chen Zhan fumbled in his pocket a little embarrassedly, and said after a moment: “Well, there is no wallet at all, just want to find someone.”
Like any young man who made a mistake and got caught. Gritting his teeth and making the final sophistry: “Actually, I am his twin brother.”
The receptionist looked at him with ridiculous eyes: “How is it possible? You don’t look alike at all.”
The atmosphere suddenly stiffened.
At the last pair of smiling eyes, thinking of the guest’s advice last night, the receptionist panicked and wanted to say something to make up.
Chen Zhan’s smile disappeared at this moment: “Don’t worry, it’s a commercial competition. I just want to make sure whether he has come to this city to participate in the bidding.”
After the tension at the front desk eased, he said again: “I hope this is the end of the matter.”
The front desk’s vision was a bit erratic. Chen Zhan followed her gaze and shrugged and said: “Of course you can also call to inform, but leaking guest information is a mistake in duty. If he does investigate it……”
The rest was unfinished, but the meaning was implied.
When he left, the front desk picked up the phone several times and then put it down. In the end, the gentleman from last night was not contacted. 1
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[System: Your feelings were deceived. 】
Chen Zhan sees things fairly; even if Yin Ronglan is at fault, he is not without responsibility. The other party’s hesitated and stopped him several times. Especially after the meeting in the bar and Wang Cheng, Yin Ronglan slowly led the topic, as if he wanted to expose the truth.
What did you think at the time?
As he thought back, the system had already helped to give the answer: [You’re a good person, how can you be a thief. 】2
However, this understanding dissipated a lot after recalling that Yin Ronglan said that he was going to sleep at the train station last night. Chen Zhan returned to the room with the same smile on his face: “Awake?”
Yin Ronglan had washed up, and his forehead had strands of broken hair wet with water. When it is hanging down, it gives the illusion of a young college student. Seeing the food in his hand, he nodded.
Chen Zhan took out the seafood noodles in the bag: “Eat while it’s hot.”
The subtle warmth spread across his chest, which is different from waking up at home and facing the cold ceiling. This is another life.
While he was eating, Chen Zhan sat down by the bed and mentioned the dog that had been taken home by chance: “Where did you put it in foster care?”
This matter naturally handed to his assistant, Yin Ronglan said: “Thank you. A friend took care of him.”
Chen Zhan thoughtfully, suddenly suggested: “It’s too tiring to take the train; give me your ID number and I’ll buy a plane ticket for you.”
Yin Ronglan has special planes coming and going, so he doesn’t want him to spend the money. He was subdued: “It’s not cost-effective to refund now.”
Chen Zhan didn’t force it.
After Yin Ronglan had eaten, he was about to say something to him when he heard a small rustle. He looked up and saw Chen Zhan leaning back with legs crossed, with a small book on his knees, writing like flying. Now he was shocked: “What are you writing?”
Chen Zhan calmly stopped writing, and silently smiled with meaning: “Manuscript.”
Because he used to record things anytime and anywhere, Yin Ronglan didn’t think much.
The auction will be this afternoon. The painting donated by the founder of Fenghe Group is very valuable for collection, and it is also the purpose of Yin Ronglan’s trip. It’s impossible to enter and leave the club directly at the moment and can only get a proxy to do it.
It happened that Chen Zhan proposed to go to the leisure area. Thinking that there were not many people in the morning, Yin Ronglan got up and walked out with him.
There are really few people after arriving.
Looking around, he saw an acquaintance. The boy and a girl with a very good figure were playing billiards, and his pupils trembled unnaturally. However, the reaction was extremely quick, and his gaze swept over and fixed on Yin Ronglan again, pretending to be arrogant: “The money is sent, why are you still here?”
The girl’s family background can only be regarded as rich, and she doesn’t know Yin Ronglan. She held his arm and asked who this man was.
“It’s a poor ghost.” The boy raised his chin: “Don’t bother.”
Chen Zhan took out the little book that he had not put away and began to record.
The weird behavior attracted attention. When the young man looked over, Chen Zhan naturally said: “Just start a new article, I need to hurry up to write a manuscript.” After speaking, he smiled and said: “By the way, exercise shorthand ability.”
“Boring.” After commenting, the young man turned and left with the girl.
Chen Zhan said quietly: “Same hands and feet.” 3
Hurrying to the door, he almost staggered. The young man looked back at him and strode forward.
The middle-aged man standing not far away had a lot of cooperation with Yin Ronglan. After seeing this scene, his eyes flickered slightly, and he took the initiative to walk over: “The kid is not sensible, don’t care about it.”
Yin Ronglan shook his head, helplessly sighing.
The corners of the mouth of the person who came to talk to him twitched…… what is this pretentious attitude of forbearing strength!
At this time, Chen Zhan’s gaze was attracted by the scene of chess playing ahead, and he walked over to see.
Yin Ronglan then spoke and said in a low voice: “I may not be able to go to the auction, and I need someone to take things for me.”
The visitor was stunned, but quickly asked: “How much?”
Yin Ronglan gestured a number: “Within this price. ”
The man nodded and, after a brief hesitation, curiosity eventually got the better of him: “Are you pretending to be poor?”
Silence answered.
The visitor decided to look at him for a few seconds and patted his shoulder: “Have fun.”
Because there was still an auction to participate in, Chen Zhan didn’t watch for long. He predicted the ending and turned and walked back to Yin Ronglan: “Go to the club together?”
Yin Ronglan shook his head: “I heard that an invitation letter is needed.”
Chen Zhan didn’t say much, waiting for the elevator before taking out the small book.
He didn’t know how long the auction in the afternoon will take. The original lunch break was cancelled for writing, and Yin Ronglan leaned on the bedside and napped for a while.
To avoid the sound of the keyboard affecting his rest, Chen Zhan took his computer to sit at the door and type——
As soon as I returned from Country H, I started a new round of plans non-stop.
If he doesn’t believe in destiny, I’ll start with the human heart. In the Bible, God used six days to create the world, and I would also use six days to destroy their feelings. On the first day, I deliberately invited my fox and dog friends4 to a meal at the place where he was eating, and when people passed by the box, we talked loudly: “So and so never repeats the same tie color, and the shirt is changed a few times a day. Isn’t it too particular?”.
I continued my schemes. By the fifth day, I’d created opportunities to pass by every day and spray perfume secretly while he was not prepared.
The goal is to let the goddess smell other people’s perfume on Lin Chiang.
Texting the president has also become a daily routine. Every night at ten o’clock, ambiguous and misleading texting attacks arrive on time: “Dear, miss me?”, “Baby, love me again”, “You choose her, do you still want me and your child?”……
I firmly believe that doubt is the best weapon to destroy love…… Suddenly paying attention to the appearance, the smell of perfume, the phone vibrates frequently at night, all kinds of superposition will only make the partner suspicious.
It should be so, but just waiting for the seventh day of success, I was suddenly arrested. The cause was that I was negligent when sending text messages and used my own mobile phone number, which led to my discovery. The police repeatedly asked me to apologize to the victim, but I refused on the spot.
No apologies, I just hate that the plan is not thorough enough. After the detention day has passed, there will definitely be a comeback.
……The writing time was longer than expected. To avoid being late, Chen Zhan didn’t have time to read the readers’ feedback after posting the article and went back to the guest room and changed his coat to start off.
The slight movement seemed to disturb Yin Ronglan. He raised his eyes suddenly, and his clarity was restored in an instant. When he saw Chen Zhan, his eyes relaxed again.
Chen Zhan was taken aback: ” Wake you up?”
Yin Ronglan shook his head: “It’s not good to take a long nap.”
Chen Zhan left the key card for the other party to travel: “Are you sure not to go together?”
Yin Ronglan stared at the invitation letter in his hand. Turning his face away: “I’m not worthy.”
“……”
Witnessing the process of self-deprecation in order to shape the character, Chen Zhan’s expression was complicated, and he didn’t say a word.
It is completely different from the competitive auctions on TV. This auction has some entertainment in nature, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a dinner party.
Chen Zhan’s identity is not obvious among these people. He shuttled through the crowd, looking for someone he knew.
The young man who was noticed on the side was afraid and wanted to avoid it, but it was too late to dodge. Chen Zhan walked over and talked about irrelevant topics calmly, but the young father saw the purpose behind him and calmly introduced him to some people.
With the help of the elder, Chen Zhan turned into a business card harvester and soon had a good harvest.
After categorizing the business cards, he gave thanks seriously.
“It’s a small matter.”
The other party is old and experienced. He thinks that the friend who can make Yin Ronglan put down his body must have no bad character. Now it is a good deal to send a favor.
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After the update of “The Years I Persecuted the Shadow”, the first person to read the article was Lin Chiang.
Appearing in the article solely as a victim makes him physically and mentally happy.
Jiang Ying came with the cut fruit plate, took the mobile phone from him, read it again, and did not express her thoughts.
Lin Chiang sent the fruit to his mouth with a cynical smile: “I didn’t know yet how many schemes he’d played.” After a while sluggish tone: “Fortunately, you are not confused.”
“Those tricks are not on the table.”5 Jiang Ying smiled: “The article actually quite interesting.”
Lin Chiang brow quirked: “Is it not the usual routine?”
The theme that conveys that harming others will ultimately harm yourself.
Jiang Ying put the phone in front of him: “Read.”
“What do you read?”
Jiang Ying helplessly: “For someone who focuses only business like you, it’s normal if you don’t see it.” At the end, a reminder: “The first word in each paragraph are connected together.”
“One, day, say…”5 Because he had to turn the page, the ending sound was a bit long. After reading it, he was startled and said: “Within one day, apologize to me?”
Jiang Ying laughed, “I don’t know who caused his anger.”
At the same time, Chen Zhan, who was still at the auction, looked down at his watch and said to himself: “There are 21 hours, 9 minutes and 53 seconds left.”
The author has something to say: No Liability Theatre:
Chen Zhan: I gave you a chance.
Yin Ronglan: ……
Chen Zhan: Take it to death!
Yin Ronglan: ……
Footnotes
Footnotes
1. And the vest is slowly being lifted. ^
2. Literal translation of an idiom (technically, 2 idioms in 1). But it’s essentially trying to persuade someone back onto the right path- the system is saying CZ was more concerned with correcting YR’s views on life than listening to what he had to say. ^
3. He’s trying to act nonchalant but is so shaken up he can’t even walk straight. ^
4. good for nothing friends. I also define this term in my previous work, I Have a Heroine Aura, check it out if you’ve got time! ^
5. Can’t be shown to the public/carried out in front of others. In this context, it’s more like ‘can’t really harm anyone/accomplish anything’. ^
6. I ran into some trouble for how to translate this because in Chinese it’s the 1st character which may or may not align with a word in English. Changing it to letters would take some meaning out of his chapter (plus, how long would that chapter have to be???) Not to mention, the word order is completely different between the two languages. In the end, I decided to hybrid the literal translating and a more understandable edit to convey some meaning without changing too much. ^
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You think YR can save himself? Tell me any thoughts you might have!
-Choco
Chocolate Otaku 
Thank you for updating!!!!
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Anytime 🙂
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Thanks for the chapter!
I’ve been waiting for this moment for so long!!!!!
Good Luck Yin Ronglan.
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His acting skills were not up to par, he couldnt fool him long enough lmaooo
I like how each time they see ML acting poor, theyre like “oh its just a weird rich people hobby right? Have fun! I also used to pretend to be poor back in my days…” always cracks me up
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