Translator: Cheerydandan
T/N: Sorry for the late update since I said i"d get this done last week but I underestimated the size of this chapter. Still, the long awaited epilogue of Arc 1! And the start of Arc 2! I"d like to know your thoughts on Song Wenze after this… hehe.
Face-Slapping The Entertainment Circle Big Shot (1)
After the car accident, Xia Ming"s schizophrenia had been cured but his parents had to use the mental illness as an excuse to protect him. Ou Yichen on the other hand, was. .h.i.t into impotence that even famous doctors weren"t able to cure. As for Song Wenze, the impact on his head affected the nerves on his legs. He was paralyzed from the waist down and had to be in a wheelchair.
Ou Yichen continuously thought about treating his illness, he was in no mood to be with Song Wenze. While Song Wenze, after his injury, seemed to understand and had no difficulty in parting with his affections for Ou Yichen.
Chen Heng spent the last five years taking care of Song Wenze.
He didn"t like owing favors. Although he didn"t understand why Song Wenze protected him at that final moment, the fact was, Song Wenze still saved him.
The afternoon sun shone through the transparent gla.s.s brightly illuminating the white ward. The lilies perched on the windowsill were also white and fragrant. On this peaceful afternoon, Song Wenze sat on his wheelchair as the man slowly pushed it from behind.
The warm sunlight hit his face giving him a warm feeling. The youth faintly turned to look at the man beside him and said: "Brother, the sun is really warm today ah."
After learning that his legs were paralyzed, Song Wenze still remained extremely calm. Merely, after waking up, he had said to Chen Heng— Brother, will you abandon me? At that time, Chen Heng looked back at him gently knowing he wouldn"t be able to do it because in five years this body would die of stomach cancer.
The original host, Su Yi was only examined for terminal gastric cancer in his last three months. He didn"t do any chemotherapy but chose to find a beautiful place to travel to and finally died on the road.
"En, it"s been raining for several days. The sun finally came out." Chen Heng said softly.
He reached out to help the youth arrange his hair that was messed up by the wind. When he was about to pull back his hand, the youth suddenly held it. Chen Heng let the youth play with his fingers and asked patiently: "What do you want to eat today?"
"I want to eat brother"s soup."
"Okay. I"ll make it for you tonight. I"ll make your favorite mushroom rib soup[1]."
"Mm." Song Wenze[2] gave a light response, a satisfied smile forming at the corners of his lips.
He felt that this kind of life was actually good. He no longer had to worry that the man would abandon him. He even thanked the car crash. If it hadn"t been for the accident that nearly killed him, he wouldn"t have recognized his feelings.
From childhood to adulthood, he had been always jealous of Su Yi. He was jealous of his parents" love, jealous of his popularity, jealous of his kind and sincere character. The ugly jealousy turned him into a devil who tried to take everything away from Su Yi. So he pretended to be pure and innocent, and stole Su Yi"s parents" love, destroyed his relationship with his friends until finally, Su Yi was only left with him.
But he still didn"t feel satisfied.
Su Yi had a big heart, he continuously tolerated and took care of him. He always played the role of the competent elder brother. Sometimes, Song Wenze hopes that Su Yi would be angry at him, scold him and blame him rather than accommodating all his willfulness and bad temper like the sea.
When he heard that Su Yi got together with Ou Yichen, he began to envy Su Yi"s ability to be with people like Ou Yichen. So he stole Ou Yichen"s heart away with a few tricks. After taking Su Yi"s relationship away, Song Wenze thought he would be happy but he still couldn"t bear not seeing Su Yi.
He repeatedly fell out with Ou Yichen time and time again in order to go back to Su Yi. Then he deliberately showcased his relationship in front of him just to relish the other"s pained expression. Like a mischievous child, he wanted to challenge Su Yi"s psychological bottom line.
He had always thought it was jealousy.
But when he rushed reckless to Su Yi at the brink of their life and death, he suddenly realized the emotions that made him troubled and confused. It turns out, all of those was because of love. Because he was afraid that Su Yi would treat him coldly, because he was afraid of being abandoned, he stole everything from Su Yi. He stole everything until he was the only one left beside him.
Fortunately, he did not realize it too late. He was willing to spend the rest of his life with Su Yi trying to make up for the damages he did over the years.
For the past five years, the man has been meticulously taking care of him, even ma.s.saging his paralyzed legs. The man"s life had revolved around him. His legs had already recovered a year ago but he didn"t want to tell him because he enjoyed spending time with him.
Song Wenze thought that it wouldn"t be too late to still tell him after a while. They"re not blood related. When the time comes he"ll confess and move him with his heart. If Su Yi does not accept him, he"ll continue to hang around by his side. Su Yi was softhearted, eventually, he"ll accept him.
One day, however, Su Yi suddenly disappeared from his life.
Song Wenze went mad and searched for him all over the world. Finally, he had found a thin and emaciated[3] Chen Heng in a quiet little town.
Looking at the shabbily dressed youth who appeared to have lost his soul, Chen Heng"s heart was calm.
At last, he can finally leave this world.
The youth looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar man in front of him. The blood on his face drained and his lips slightly parted. It took a while for him to call out in a soft and hoa.r.s.e voice: "Brother, I finally found you."
With great effort, Chen Heng slowly managed to show a somewhat illusory smile: "You"re here."
"En." Song Wenze stared at the man, not daring to blink, for fear that if he did, the man might disappear like a bubble.
He had been searching for so long and had so much to say to him. But, now, in front of the skeletal[4] man, he couldn"t say a word.
Inside the bottom of his heart, he already had a guess but he didn"t dare think of it. He can only stay in place, hiding like an ostrich[5], and continue deceiving himself.
"ze." Chen Heng"s mouth moved and called out the youth"s name.
Song Wenze stared vacantly and did not dare approach Chen Heng, "En?" At this moment, the youth"s complexion turned deathly pale, he looked like he was on the verge of a collapse. The mask he wore on his face finally showed a crack exposing his inner fragility.
Chen Heng suddenly wanted to tell him that he was not Su Yi.
However, he could not. Otherwise, the world will collapse.
But Chen Heng was pleased with the youth"s fragile appearance so he let himself speak in the weak tone of the original host: "I am dying." The tragic end of the original host was partly because of his personality and the other because of Song Wenze. Now, Song Wenze was showing a sad and painful expression. He wasn"t sure if it really was genuine.
"Brother, you"re lying to me, aren"t you?" The youth"s eyes were red and he vigorously shook his head.
Chen Heng didn"t care whether Song Wenze was sincerely sad or not. He only continued to speak slowly: "Seeing you….before I die….I"m….happy."
Before he knew it, the youth"s tears already started to flow down his face. Dragging his heavy legs, step by step, he walked over to Chen Heng, crouched down and looked up at him, "Brother, don"t leave me, okay? I made a mistake before but I"ll change."
Slowly, a finger stroked across the corner of the youth"s eyes. The fingertip was wet. Chen Heng was somewhat surprised thinking that Song Wenze actually cried.
"I…have never blamed you."
He originally wanted to say something more but the original host"s body"s oil had already run out and the lamp had dried up[6]. Chen Heng slowly closed his mouth and silently shut his eyes.
"Brother!"
A heartbreaking roar shouted from Song Wenze"s throat. The youth knelt in front of the original host and wailed clutching the lifeless corpse in his arms. He cried so painfully calling out the name of the original host over and over again as tears and mucus covered his face.
Chen Heng floated in the air, watching the scene with the detached eyes of a bystander.
He saw Song Wenze press his lips on the original host"s lips, kissing him while also sobbing a confession: "Brother, I love you ah! I"m sorry I told you so late. Will you wake up and look at me? What would I do without you?"
Listening to youth"s sporadic confession, Chen Heng suddenly felt sorrowful.
Taking away everything from him, making him feel endless sorrow all in the name of love, such selfish and desperate love cannot be ignored. Even if the original host did not die, even if Song Wenze had realized his feelings, the damage has been done. Time cannot be reversed. It is doomed to be impossible between them.
It wasn"t known whether the original host was lucky or unlucky enough to be loved by such a person. But it is certain that his death, in another sense, was also a kind of a relief.
Before leaving the world, Chen Heng took one last glance at Song Wenze. He found that the youth"s eyes were lifeless, and the air was filled with a faint lingering sense of death.
Holding the body, he walked away step by step. The setting sun falling into the land framing the scene with a yellow halo locked into an eternal image.
Their story had come to an end.
Chen Heng kept his eyes closed as he let the system take him into the next world to start a new journey.
Inside a high-end gay nightclub.
Luxurious chandeliers lit up the hall like daylight. Smooth marble tiles covered with soft Persian carpets. Chen Heng wore a gaudy Hawaiian shirt with a thick gold necklace around his neck. He sloppily walked in.
"Mr. Chen please take a seat."
Dressed neatly in a suit, the manager bent slightly to bow to Chen Heng with a professional smile on his face.
Chen Heng grunted indifferently and sat on the sofa crossing his legs. With one hand on his lap and the other on the back of the sofa, he asked the club"s manager casually: "I heard you"ve got a new arrival. Someone called Su Jue?"
The manager was stunned but then he covered his face with a polite smile. "Mr. Chen, you are very well informed. Su Jue just came in the day before yesterday. He hasn"t even been formally introduced yet."
"En. I"ll take him."
"This…."
Chen Heng frowned, "What"s the matter?"
"Well, Su Jue had just arrived and we still haven"t had the time to find someone to teach him. I"m afraid he doesn"t understand the rules and may ruin your mood."
Chen Heng waved a hand, "I came for him today."
Seeing that the greasy-haired manager was still hesistating, Chen Heng directly gave a price, "How about this much?"
"Okay." The manager readily agreed. "Please wait a moment Mr. Chen, I"ll call for him."
Chen Heng smiled, "Okay."
Once the manager left, the man"s smile faded, and his eyes flashed a dark glint.
The host of the second world was named Chen Mu. He was a rogue upstart with no quality. He was once a local ruffian who became rich overnight through a demolition[7]. Although he was rich, his temperament was not able to keep up. The original host"s taste was vulgar. A suit worth ten thousands of dollars when worn by him only felt like it was worth a few bucks. Along with a big gold chain, the only thing missing was carving the words "This daddy[8] has money" on his face.
How can such a social scoundrel like him be treated like a b.i.t.c.h?
It turns out that the original host saw Su Jue, the heir of the Su group, at a party once and fell for him at first sight. But the original host was only a nouveau riche with a few dollars in his hand, not even worth mentioning to big and powerful companies like the Su group. So the original host can only hide his love for Su Jue. And from time to time he could only take a picture of Su Jue to satiate his hunger.
However, an unexpected storm came to the Su Group, Su Shi Long was found to have misappropriated the public funds. He was also involved in a commercial fraud. In that time, the Su Group"s reputation was badly damaged. Their stocks fell which eventually caused Su Shi Long to die of a sudden heart attack. Next, the Su Group changed ownership but still eventually went bankrupt. Su Jue changed from a proud son of heaven to a penniless man without two sticks to rub together[9]. His former friends even avoided him like the plague. Su Jue, dest.i.tute and desperate, was deceived into joining the club.
Of course, who would cheat a poor man without reason? The original host, who always thought about Su Jue, deliberately set him up so that it would make sense to redeem himself.
Afterwards, the original host got what he wanted and tricked Su Jue into his hands. In order to make Su Jue happy, he even bottomed for him. He provided a lot of good things to Su Jue[10]. But Su Jue was young and arrogant, how could he be willing to be together with this vulgar upstart? So when a large-scale auditions for a TV Station was held, Su Jue signed up his name and pleaded for the original host to spend money to support him.
The original owner enthusiastically agreed. Using the original host"s money to support and promote himself and coupled with Su Jue"s good looking qualities, Su Jue easily pa.s.sed the audition and made his debut smoothly.
His first project was about a vicious and black-bellied second male lead. He was also a lucky man that the role of the second male lead caused him to be popular and suddenly became an idol for thousands of girls.
After becoming popular and trending, all kinds of resources were given to Su Jue. It was also during this time that he met Meng Changfeng, the CEO of the Meng group. Meng Changfeng was handsome, dashing and affectionate. He soon captured Su Jue"s heart and Su Jue broke up with the original host giving him a large breakup fee.
The original owner did not believe those facts and decided that Su Jue was forced by Meng Changgfeng. He targeted Meng Changfeng everywhere. But how could an upstart be Meng Changsheng"s oppontent? Finally, he lost a fortune due to Meng Changfeng"s machinations.
Chen Heng thought for a while. He thought that he had transmigrated a little early this time. Probably, it was because he destroyed the ending of the last world, it also imperceptibly influenced the next world.
The plot of this world has not yet begun. If he forcibly changed the plot from the beginning, it would most likely arouse the system"s awareness. Only when the plot develops to the established routine for a period of time, can he wait for another opportunity to take action.
"Mr. Chen, I"ve brought him."
The polite voice of the manager came into his ears. Chen Heng returned to his senses, opened his eyelids and looked at the other party.
[1] Pork Rib soup with mushrooms
[2] Originally Su Yi but I think it was a typo
[3] Lit. reduced to shadow… so you can imagine how Chen Heng looked :
[4] Idiom. As thin as a match
[5] Line actually says, be an ostrich and stay so I"m guessing this means hiding since ostriches burrow their head in the ground and stay.
[6] Reached the limit I guess
[7] Demolition and relocation of houses.
[8]Originally Laozi has money. Laozi is an arrogant way of saying I. Literal translation: ‘I, your father" so as advised it became daddy XD
[9] Basically nothing. He can"t even make a fire.
[10] 好吃好喝地供着苏珏 served Su Jue who loved to eat and drink
T/N: Thoughts??? I"m excited for Arc 2! I like the premise of it. I feel bad for Song Wenze though, in another novel he could have been the ML. I think the next update would be late since I"m gonna be swamped with exams and school work.
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