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Chapter 4




Translated by boilpoil Edited by boilpoil
Right after he finished eating and was going to pack up the dishes his phone rings. It’s his mother.
He picks up the phone.
“Hello, mom? What’s up?”
“Are you up yet?” She asks.
“…” Yo, it’s way past one already. The question is so deep; what were you expecting?
“I’m up.”
“That’s good. Ask Yanxi if he can come home for a meal tonight.”
“Tonight?” Liu Yu’an repeats as he looks towards Shao Yanxi, who is currently leaning on his chair and closed his eyes, resting instead of working.
“Yeah.” She says.
“I’ll ask him. Yanxi, mom wants us home for a family meal tonight, do you have time?”
“I do.”
“Alright. Mom, Yanxi said he’s free tonight; we’ll come by.”
“You’re together right now?” Her gossip spirit fires up, “did Yanxi not go to work today?”
While her son is an actor, he’s as good as unemployed anyway. Not Shao Yanxi, however, who is said to be working 366/7 days every year.
“… Of course he did. I’m at his company.”
Liu Yu’an feels like his mother might be trying to imply something or maybe he’s thinking too much.
She doesn’t leave him much time to think, though, and continues, “Yòuyòu, there’s something mommy wants to tell you.
Now that you’re married to Yanxi, you should really cut those messy relationships behind you and be with Yanxi. Both your daddy and I think Yanxi is a good partner.
Oh, and, your work. Zuozuo can pay the penalty for you to cancel the contract. If you really want to act, go to Zhao Xian’s company or make your own, but stop going to that little nameless company, ok?”
If Shao Yanxi gets irritated…
Liu Yu’an gives it a thought and agrees, “right, I’ll go cancel it myself.”
“Right,” she answers before continuing with a worried tone, “Yòuyòu, Yanxi is definitely not like that little idol you like. If you dare to betray him, with Yanxi’s character not just you, but our entire family will go down. Definitely cut yourself off from that little idol, ok?”
That Shao Yanxi sent his own father and half-siblings into prison is well-known in respectable society, and everyone is wary.
Including his own parents.
“I know. Don’t worry.” Liu Yu’an answers.
He came to this world to soothe him anyway, of course he would do no such thing.
Afterwards, his mother goes on about all sorts of trivialities and Liu Yu’an patiently answers them all.
After the phone call has ended, he walks out of the private resting room.
Shao Yanxi sees that he finally comes out, and says, “I’m going to take a rest,” so you go home.
Liu Yu’an ‘mm’s and points towards the room, “sure, go.”
Then, he says, “I also want to take a rest. I saw there’s both a bed and a sofa inside, so I can sleep on the sofa.”
Shao Yanxi “…”
Liu Yu’an insisted, so Shao Yanxi conceded.
And let him sleep on the sofa.
Liu Yu’an is woken up by a phone call.
Shao Yanxi is already working when he wakes up. He takes his phone to look, and the contact reads ‘ Xiao- He .’
This person…
Liu Yu’an recalls that this person is the protagonist Bottom, Yue Zhun’s assistant. The original cannon fodder bribed him to have him deliver news on Yue Zhun to him.
The cannon fodder really did… go to all sorts of lengths to win Yue Zhun over, huh.
Right. He should take the chance to tell Xiao-He not to deliver Yu Zhun’s news anymore.
He picks up the call, and Xiao-He’s concerned voice quickly transmits over, “An-ge, what’s happened? Why didn’t you reply to any of the WeChat messages?”
“I didn’t see them.”
“You didn’t? No wonder…” He murmurs a bit then continues, “uh, An-ge, Yue-ge got hospitalised yesterday,” then his survival instincts kick in and says, “I wanted to tell you yesterday, but Yue-ge was always by my side so I didn’t have a chance. Then it was too late that I thought you might be sleeping so I sent a message and you didn’t see them… Yue-ge is at Heng’an Hospital, are you coming?”
Heng’an Hospital.
Isn’t that a hospital under Shao Yanxi?
So the original ‘Liu Yu’an’ abandoned Shao Yanxi on his wedding to go to Yue Zhun who is actually hospitalised in one of Shao Yanxi’s hospitals.
Liu Yu’an really can’t help but lament how tragic it was for Shao Yanxi.
“Xiao-he,” Liu Yu’an says sternly, “our contract terminates today, and you no longer have to report on Yue Zhun to me.”
“An-ge, what’s wrong?” Xiao-He is shocked and a bit worked up, “is it something I did wrong?”
Liu Yu’an paid really well, so he didn’t want to lose this job.”
“Nothing, it’s not you,” Liu Yu’an replies, “Xiao-He, this is the end of it. I will send you the last payment later; this whole thing never happened between us, understood?”
“An-ge…” He still seems like he wants to say something, but he stops himself when he hears how firmly Liu Yu’an seems to be, and says, “alright, I understand.”
Liu Yu’an smiles, and says, “good. I believe you know what you can and can’t say.”
“Mhm, I know. Don’t worry.”
Then, Liu Yu’an heads back outside.
Shao Yanxi is still working. He glances over once before looking back at his work.
“Yanxi, I’ll go get a cup of coffee, do you want one?”
“Extra sugar, thanks,” Shao Yanxi replies without looking up.
“Mm,” Liu Yu’an walks outside to the common area and happens to run into a conversation.
“I really do pity the boss.”
“Yeah, I know, he’s so good to him, and spoils him to no end but that guy doesn’t even care. He keeps making CPs with Yue Zhun and is even doing it himself.”
Liu Yu’an could feel his blood pressure rising just hearing it.
“Himself? What’s that about?”
“It was just busted yesterday, that Yuni’anle account famous for those CP videos belong to him. It even ended up in Trending for a bit before getting pulled.”
“Wait, let me see.”
“I’ll send you the link. Seriously, fuck that guy. Our poor boss, uwuwu, I’m going to work hard for his sake.”
“Kuhum…” Liu Yu’an interrupts them.
Other than the boss, assistant He and Liu Yu’an who came by today it’s all ladies. So, a man clearing his throat would mean…
The two of them are spooked as they open the door.
Then, their faces go pale as soon as they see it’s Liu Yu’an.
Their voices are trembling, “An, An-shao…”
Even if they aren’t badmouthing him Liu Yu’an’d already be messing with them every day. Anyone who slightly incurred his displeasure would mean immediate dismissal as he talks shit about them to the boss. Now that they did badmouth him and he’d heard them… They grow despondent.
Looks like they can start packing now.
They’d quit the job themselves——At least, it’s slightly more dignified that way.
But, if they’re getting dismissed anyway, they are suddenly emboldened and no longer maintaining the façade with Liu Yu’an. The lady in a white suit with big curly bangs smirks and puts her cup onto the table with a clank and tells Liu Yu’an, “if you’re firing us anyway, there’s nothing to fear. We were right, weren’t we, and you’re the account owner yourself, aren’t you?
Do you know what separates humans from animals?
Humans know morals, ethics and responsibility beyond their primal instincts… And you? The boss is extremely good to you, he’d move manager Xu, his seven-year colleague right away from HQ just because of one word from you. Since he left the boss had to work from 8 to midnight all 365 days of the year,”
It is quite evident how displeased she is with ‘Liu Yu’an,’ and is not placing the tiniest of blame on Shao Yanxi for moving that manager away,
“And you? You’d use the money he earned with his sweat and toil to buy yachts and planes and even keep sugar babies. Liu Yu’an, you really are the worst of scums.”
“Qing-jie, that’s insulting to scums. They’re all better than him as a person,” after the curly bangs lady, the one with the round face and short hair glares at him fiercely and says in turn.
Liu Yu’an “…”
He’s used to transmigrating as cannon fodders so… Whatever ridiculous things the cannon fodder did he’d have to take them all.
Before another round of scolding is about to start Liu Yu’an quickly says, “you wouldn’t lose your jobs, so you should get back to work… And it’s a bad idea to badmouth someone behind their backs.”
True, the original cannon fodder probably deserves every single word, but he’s not in the mood for listening.
Most importantly, they seem to be loyal workers for Shao Yanxi. It would make no sense to fire them.
The ladies “…”
They look at each other, nonplussed…
Liu Yu’an is the worst of the worst, but he is also a man of his word. If he said they’re not losing their jobs then they wouldn’t lose their jobs.
But they’ve scolded him to such an extent, he… Could he be masochistic?
Is he being so despicable to the boss because the boss treats him well? They’re incompatible?
If that’s the case, they should probably get a word in another day so the boss stops treating Liu Yu’an so well.
Meanwhile, Liu Yu’an has no idea how big of a trap he just dug for himself.
As the two of them are still dazed standing at the door, he says, “your boss wants me to get some coffee for him, is there still anything else?”
They look at each other then back at Liu Yu’an, and says, “no” and quickly leaves.
Back at their seats, the one with short hair sends a message in the group chat.
Period:[@FriedChicken It’s Liu Yu’an alright, but I suspect someone transmigrated into him]
The joke is 100% correct, however.
Period:[Just now I was badmouthing him with someone else in the commons and he heard it, but he didn’t blame us and even said he wouldn’t have us fired!!!]
Period:[Weird]
FriedChicken:[Yeah, right? He really is weird today, someone must have transmigrated into him, definitely!!!]
MoneyMoney:[The curiosity is killing me]
Period:[It really might kill you. If it’s some kind of second personality or irregular condition…]
OffWork:[Emm]
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