âWhatever happened, the past is in the past,â Chu Ge said firmly.
Yan Jin wasnât surprised.
Chu Ge was right. The past was in the past.
Xiao Yu watched them speak in riddles, but he didnât interfere.
âYou rarely come visit us anymore. Letâs go out and grab lunch together for the occasion,â Yan Jin suggested.
âI canât. I need to get back to the hospital. I was out for the last three days, so Iâm really busy now.â Chu Ge sounded happier than ever before.
âWell, your loss,â Yan Jin replied.
After sending Chu Ge off, Xiao Yu came back and saw Yan Jin browsing the web on his computer.
Xiao Yu wrapped himself around Yan Jin and snuggled his head against Yan Jinâs neck. âWhat are you looking at?â Xiao Yu glanced at the screen. To his surprise, it was neither financial reports nor the stock market.
It was some entertainment tabloid.
âWoah!â Xiao Yu was surprised. âThis isnât like you.â
âWhat am I normally like then?â Yan Jin laughed.
âUh⌠youâd do something like bankrupting SI.â
Yan Jin laughed again. âYouâre quite correct.â
âWhatâs with this tabloid thenâŚ?â Xiao Yu narrowed his eyes.
âIn order to maintain a happy union, I need to know what my love is doing.â
Xiao Yu gave him a blank look. Then, he realized what this was.
He suddenly understood why this webpage looked so familiar. He had been on it two days ago. A few days ago, he had sent his computer for repair. In the meantime, he had been using Yan Jinâs computer instead.
âAhhhh, how did you find this in the browser history? I was even in incognito modeâŚâ
He would have been okay if this had happened some other time, but he remembered that during that computer session, he had come across an analysis of which top-ranked chairman was the most powerful in bed. He had even registered an anonymous account to exaggerate Yan Jinâs aptitude.
He definitely wouldnât have jumped in if he thought he would get caught! . He gave the employee lists of the other departments to Xiao Yu to handle and imposed a limit. No more than fifty percent could remain.
However, SI had hundreds of employees. Xiao Yu didnât think he knew everyone in the design department, much less other departments. He didnât recognize the majority of the names. He went through their pictures and removed a few people who had been laughing at him when he had been fired from SI. The remainder were randomly chosen.
Before, no one in SI would have imagined that their fate would be determined by that disgraced chief designer.
To many, it seemed that Xiao Yu had finally brought the hammer down on SIâs design department. Although the signature of termination was Yan Jinâs, most thought Xiao Yu was behind this.
Thus, after the acquisition was complete, Xiao Yu was surrounded by worshippers every time he went to the former SI office.
Anyway, soon Xiao Yu didnât have the time to care about such small things. With the acquisition of SI, YL increased preparations to venture onto the international market. Xiao Yu dove into the work wholeheartedly.
Towards the end of the year, Aunt Fang unexpectedly fainted on the street and was sent to the hospital by a passerby. The doctors found she had a brain tumor. Fortunately, it was benign. Despite this, due to its late discovery, they almost werenât able to save her. After being transferred to Private Hospital No. 1, specialists finally managed to save her life, dispelling her longtime aversion to hospitals. At least, she was willing to cooperate to get treatment now. Xiao Yu visited her a few times and found her in good spirits.
At the hospital, Xiao Yu unexpectedly came across Xiao Zihao and learned that he had completed his studies overseas and returned home. Xiao Yu had always been concerned about his little brother, so he was happy that Xiao Zihao had found a job in manufacturing.
With the end of the war against the Nan Family, other lives also traveled a happy path.
Nan Wei and Liu Ye had always been like brothers. Now that Liu Ye didnât have to hide overseas, he had moved in with Nan Wei without too many issues. They made up for lost time and happily spent it together, occasionally taking vacations.
After Qiao Yutang was discharged, she opened a flower shop. It didnât have many customers, but its simplicity satisfied her. In fact, she seemed to give away more flowers than she sold. Every New Year, she would send Faye to deliver some flowers to Xiao Yu. Each time he received them, Xiao Yu worried that her shop was not far from bankruptcy. However, considering who her boyfriend was, he neednât have worried.
Chu Ge was the same as ever. Aside from losing his bachelorhood and showing off his new wife whenever possible, he still dutifully attended to patients. He still willingly helped out Yan Jin on occasion despite the inevitable verbal abuseâŚ
Other than these people, Xiao Yu didnât know how the rest of the Nan Family was doing. Yan Jin didnât tell him, and he didnât ask. As for his colleagues, not much had changed with Qin Xi, Shao Yue, and He Xinjia. Hmm, was that actually true? Xiao Yu wondered if he would be attending another wedding soon.
Xiao Yu eagerly awaited the future.
Xiao Yu left the sounds of the banquet behind him and came out to admire the illuminated nightscape.
He leaned against the railing and rested his head against it. Not too long after, he heard a pair of approaching footsteps.
âDo you like the view?â Yan Jin put his wine cup down on the railing and wrapped his arms around Xiao Yuâs waist.
âYeah, itâs not bad. It was getting too stuffy inside so I came out for a walk,â Xiao Yu said.
âIf youâre bored, you can head back first.â
âDonât want to. I want to stay here with you.â Xiao Yu grabbed Yan Jinâs hands and leaned back into Yan Jinâs chest.
âI still need to go back to appease our business partners. Iâm concerned about leaving you here alone in the cold.â
Xiao Yu curled his lip. âActually, it doesnât look that nice here. Itâs pretty similar to City S. Letâs go back.â
Yan Jin scratched his head awkwardly. Then, he said softly, âAfter finalizing this contract, weâll have a long period of free time. Just endure it for now, okay?â
âDoesnât this contract start our presence in Country M? What free time? Wonât we become even busier?â
âSuccessful people know how to find free time amid chaos,â Yan Jin said seriously.
âWho came up with that? You?â
âExactly.â Yan Jin adopted a confused look. âCanât I be counted as successful?â
Xiao Yu began to list, âYeahyeahyeah, youâre a winner in life. Youâre powerful and handsome, youâre worth over a hundred million yuan, you have your own company, you have a strong backgroundâŚâ
âMost importantly, I have someone to share everything and spend my life together with.â Yan Jin rubbed his head against Xiao Yuâs and kissed him. âThat is a critical requirement for a winner in life.â
Yan Jin normally seemed oppressive, but Xiao Yu never dared underestimate Yan Jinâs eloquence in romance. Every time he thought he was ready and immune to Yan Jinâs teasing, he was left with flaming cheeks.
Despite the cold night wind, Xiao Yu began to grow flustered from the heat.
To hide his red cheeks, Xiao Yu turned around, closed his eyes, and captured the lips that always left his heart racing. Yan Jin wasnât surprised at all.
As they were returning to the banquet hall, Xiao Yu suddenly said, âI just realized⌠Iâm probably also a winner in life.â
âYou became one a long time ago.â
On their clasped fingers, their rings glimmered.
Hi, translator here. I offer my heartfelt gratitude to both readers and staff for making this possible. In light of recent events, I feel very fortunate that both my full-time job and translation can be done from anywhere so this project has been able to proceed relatively seamlessly. Some special acknowledgements:
thepinkfleurdelis, editor: Iâve become very accustomed to the sense of security a good editor brings. Sometimes I catch myself thinking that youâll fix my errors later when Iâm writing elsewhere. *facepalm*
Kai, translation checker: Really enjoyed bouncing ideas off you to make sure the authorâs intent is fully communicated, especially with all those tricky idioms. If Iâm not mistaken, youâre the longest tenured out of us on the project team? Kudos for hanging in there all the way to the end.
iamfeiii, translator: I know I wasnât the easiest to work with as a newbie translator, really appreciate all your valuable feedback. Best wishes to you and your family.
Shoutout to Slumber, Tezuka, Rei, Twin.Fishes, Isalee, and Jury who worked on the project as well.
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krrizis: You brought me into the world of webnovel translation and kept me on top of things, which I know takes a lot of work. I didnât realize it at first, but Chaleuria tops webnovel translation groups in organization, largely due to your hard work!
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An eventful summer of 2020,