Chapter 4
ARC 1: WHITE LOTUS EX-GIRLFRIEND (1)
In the western restaurant, an accordionist calmly plays an exotic folk tune.
The candlelight was slightly dim, the veil curtain was hazy, and the night was just right.
The man loosened his tie and glanced at the waiter somewhat unnaturally.
His body was tall, had a bright and handsome face, and the impeccable western-style clothes emphasized his ascetic beauty. His expression was calm and serene, but his eyes leaked out his affection.
The woman on the opposite side causally pulled at her hair. She wore a mauve colored chiffon dress, and her skin color had a glossy l.u.s.ter.
She flipped through the menu, and the beautiful Oxford accent was like a freshly bloomed gardenia.
As the waiter noted the order down, and he secretly took in the extraordinary beauty of the female customer.
"Just these." The man responded with a smile.
"How did such a workaholic have time to accompany me to eat? Young master Yan, have you done something shameful behind my back, en?" The woman raised her phoenix eyes, and her slightly flirtatious expression could bewitch people. It didn't seem excessively enchanting or even vulgar, but it also has the capital to attract the bees and b.u.t.terflies like crazy.
When one looks at a beauty under the lamplight, they become more charming the longer one stares at them.
The self-restrained man couldn't help but reach out to grab her wrist. Placing a kiss on it, he looked up and gazed deeply at her, "Yeah, my girlfriend is so gorgeous. Every day I'm thinking about taking liberties with her every day. What do I do?"
Young master Yan had extreme mysophobia that could make one's hair stand up in anger. He never had a girlfriend and hated women approaching so much that friends even joked that he was impotent.
He also thought that when the time came, he would choose to go on a blind date, obey his parents' arrangements and marry a virtuous wife.
It was supposed to be that way, and it was this way at first.
Who would have thought that the G.o.d of love would suddenly barge in? Everything was so inconceivable, but it hit the spot.
She was like the night when she walked with that beautiful posture.
The vast stars in the cloudless night glitter brilliantly, and the most exquisite light and dark all come together in her graceful bearing and in her eyes.
Consequently, he fell into the enemy's hands.
If love was a sweet poisonous wine, he believes there was no cure for him.
The girl on the other side smiled: "We don't meet for half a month and young master Yan becomes a rogue."
She ignored his lost expression as she seamlessly retracted her hand.
The two finished their meal quietly. The smoothened her hair as she happily enjoyed the meal and dessert. Her little cat-like style of eating to her fill tickled his heart.
Suddenly, the woman's movements paused.
A s.h.i.+ning silver ring was revealed in the cake.
"This is…"
The man picked out the ring, carefully wiped it with a serviette, and then got up from his seat. Kneeling down on one knee, he held up the ring in his hands and spoke sincerely: "Linlang, I love you, marry me!"
He grew up tall and handsome, and his decent manners showed his extraordinary origin and status. However, in front of his beloved, he was as nervous as an inexperienced boy.
There was a low exclamation in the restaurant, and the women secretly made remarks on how romantic it was.
However — —
"My apologies, young master Yan. I don't think we're suitable."
There was a deathly silence.
"Let's break up."
She smiled faintly, and the red lips that captivated him spat out ruthless words.
After speaking, she stood up, picked up her bag, and left in a leisurely manner.
The crowd was dumbstruck. There was a proposal and then a breakup. What was this turn of events?
It was as if a bag of cold water was poured down from the top of his head, and this man who stood on the tip of the pyramid and could call the wind and summon the rain was smashed silly.
He quickly chased after her to the door. Grabbing the other person's wrist,
All of a sudden, the woman turned around and smiled.
There was a poppy-like seduction spreading at the corners of her eyes and eyebrows, and it was beautiful but deadly.
"Do you think I'd like the b.a.s.t.a.r.d who defiled me? I was just with you for revenge."
"What do you mean defile, what revenge, I, I don't understand."
Yan Zheng's forehead was sweating as he hurriedly explained: "Believe me, I have never thought of defiling you, I'm sincere to you!" She was beautiful, n.o.ble, and fascinating. She made him feel a rush of excitement and a desire to take good care of her. How could he be bad to her?
"Things have gotten to this point and you still want to renege on your debt?" The girl shook her head in disappointment. Leaning close to him, she whispered, "Did you forget that night last year at the Hilton?"
Yan Zheng was still a little bit dazed.
In the non-smiling eyes of the other party, he vaguely recalled the strange woman lying next to him one morning. What did he do then? She kicked her off the bed, insulted her for being shameless, threw thousands of dollars on her back, and told her to get lost.
He couldn't remember what the woman looked like. The only thing he remembered was her teary eyes and trembling body.
The blood on his face disappeared instantly.
He lifted up his head almost unbelievably.
"You…"
"Correct, I came here to play with you on purpose, and now it looks like I'm satisfied with the result."
The girl reached out to touch the other's cold cheeks and smiled sweetly as she pierced a knife in his heart. "It's so ridiculous. How could I fall in love with a rapist? Do you overestimate yourself?"
Leaning close to his ear, she whispered softly like a lover, "I've been itching to use a sharp knife to slice your flesh piece by piece..."
Yan Zheng suddenly pushed her away.
The woman giggled, "Young master Yan really isn't intimidated."
She turned to walked away, and her skirt flowed like a lotus.
The man grabbed her shoulder subconsciously, then slowly let go. He watched on as she disappeared around the street corner.
"Why is it like this..." he murmured.
s.p.a.ce-Time Headquarters Building.
"85, what the h.e.l.l are you trying to do?! A sweet pet story of "President's Pampered Wife Travelled with the Ball1" has been turned into a pile of s.h.i.+t! Do you have straw in your head?"
The woman's angry roar almost turned the whole building over.
The mission agents at the headquarters have long been able to keep calm in the face of the unexpected, but they really had a mind to burst out in laughter.
"Ze-ze{tsk tsk}, Sister Ji's skill is profound!"
"Always roaring, they'll grow old quickly!"
Some newcomers showed some dissatisfaction.
"This 85 is really rubbish, always dragging our female lead HQ's hind legs."
"Exactly, we're always getting complaints!"
"She thought herself an amazing veteran and forcefully occupied System 3 alone!"
These few pretty girls criticized her and were oblivious to how quiet their surroundings became.
Behind them, a girl with an angelic face smiled and said, "I don't know if I'm amazing, but since you're not afraid saying bad things about your predecessors at HQ, then you won't mind going to the minor character department to train yourself, right?"
She tilted her head, and tiny fragments of light fell in her eyes. "What do you say, Junwan?"
The newcomers sucked in a breath.
Junwan, the absolute trump card of the Female Lead Department, can be called the number one agent.
No. 85 dares to call her by name? What is the relations.h.i.+p between the two of them?
"Please pack up and go report in tomorrow." Junwan said faintly, and her expression easily shut everyone up.
Junwan led the person to a private area.
A black-colored thing suddenly rushed towards the woman's chest.
"Pa— —"
She dodged gracefully, and the other party splattered on the door.
"Wuuwuu[sobbing]... Master doesn't love me anymore. Forget it, I should just die..."
Mei Qiu was sticking out its little b.u.t.t and its paws covered its face as it wept.
"Hang yourself? Take poison? These are nothing new, how about being flushed down the toilet?" Linlang suggested with keen interest.
The cat trembled in horror. It must have met a fake owner!
"Hey, you two clowns, can you calm down a bit when you're in someone's else's home?"
The veins on Junwan's forehead were throbbing.
Linlang shrugged her shoulders and sat on the soft couch. Mei Qiu immediately wound its tail around her legs in a kiss up fas.h.i.+on and was exceedingly docile.
After handing her a gla.s.s of cherry juice, Junwan asked, "Just what did you do in that E-cla.s.s world?" The world story was only open to the agent, and everyone else could only see the acc.u.mulated points.
"Oh... I just rejected the male lead's proposal." Linlang spoke out these words.
The other party swept a skeptical glance over her, "There's nothing else apart from that?"
"Nothing."
Her face was calm, and she did not think she was the culprit that caused the male lead to stay unmarried his entire life and fear beautiful women.
"Then why did you refuse?" Junwan rubbed her temples from a headache, "Don't forget, you're the female lead. The main task is to fall in love with the male lead!"
Linlang uttered an "oh" sound. She hugged the anxious Mei Qiu up to her knees and fed it juice.
"President's Pampered Wife Travelled With The Ball" belongs to the lower E-cla.s.s world. It was a sadom.a.s.o.c.h.i.s.tic love story about a female lead that worked as a waiter in a hotel who was forced by a male lead drugged with an aphrodisiac. Then began the tiresome routine of "overbearing president falls in love with me".
It's just that... you want her to conceive the child of a rapist?
Heh, she wasn't kind enough to forgive such sc.u.m.
Linlang chuckled.
If it wasn't for the constraints of the law and time, a certain male lord would be lying in a cemetery.
What a pity.
The little cat lying on the girl's knees let out a ferocious sneeze and carefully looked at its smiling owner.
Junwan's face was grave. "Your current points are not enough to keep you in the female lead department. I reckon the headquarters will demote you to the female match department. The people there aren't good. You.. should prepare yourself mentally."
She was disturbed after speaking.
Changing departments meant that all points were cleared, and the former glory no longer existed.
Linlang lowered her head and said nothing for a long time.
She opened her mouth to comfort her when the depressed person suddenly said: "Let's go eat drunken fairy duck later. The second person can get it half off today!"
Following her pointed finger, she saw a leaflet appear on the coffee table.
Junwan: "..."
She knew this guy was heartless!
"Mei Qiu you should go too! " Linlang added.
"Wuuwuu,[sobbing] Master, you treat me so well!"
"No, what I mean is you should just watch from the sidelines."
"..."
1 Traveled with the ball (带球跑 — dài qiú pǎo): an internet term for when a female lead in novels runs off while she's pregnant because of some misunderstanding. This is actually a basketball reference (aka traveling). I guess the ball is the pregnant belly.↩
mtlwaifu says: The chapters are slightly longer than the other ongoing translation project, so I'll tentatively post 1 chappie a week untiI get the hang of this author's style. I'm not sure what day to release yet.