Chen Yue Zhi Yao Vol 1 Chapter 4

“It’s just that our beds have been assigned. Is there a need to make it sound like we’re some newly married couple buying a house?” – Fan Tong

He’s clearly a guy. Flat as a board, that’s a chest no matter how I see it. Yue Tui, have you become blind? You made me all happy for nothing.

Though with someone coming out from the shower, at least now he knew the shower room is functional.

“Huh?”

Yue Tui was very surprised, seeing the youth. It almost seemed like he wanted to go inside to check if there was another person.

“…”

The youth’s appearance could be counted as fair and cute. His age shouldn’t be bigger than fourteen or fifteen. At the moment, he’s staring at them weirdly, as though they were acting very strangely.

“Hi, we’re your roommates. I’m Yue Tui.”

Yue Tui finally recovered from the shock and politely greeted him.

“I’m not Fan Tong.”

Until when does this curse plan to play with him.

“I’m Zhu Sha.”

The boy reported his name, watching Fan Tong like he’s some mutant. He didn’t seem to have an interest in finding out what to call him if he wasn’t Fan Tong though. His attention paused on Yue Tui for a fairly long time, apparently ignoring Fan Tong completely.

“The tour guide said we’d probably live in this room for a long time, so I guess we should decide on the bed arrangements first?”

Looks like he’s a roommate they can get along with. What good luck this is, Fan Tong felt.

“I can do either…”

Yue Tui didn’t have an opinion about sleeping on the top, middle, or bottom.

“I want the top bunk.”

Stop joking me! I want to sleep on the bottom!

“I’ll take the bottom bunk then.”

Zhu Sha on the bottom, Yue Tui in the middle, and Fan Tong on top. So, before Fan Tong could take back his words and correct them, the matter had already been settled.

Shouldn’t the top bunk be given to the person with an agile body? Hey, I have to climb to get up there while Yue Tui just has to jump once, you know? Maybe I could discuss this with Yue Tui some more… but it looks even more difficult to get into the middle bunk…

As for jumping to the top bunk in one leap, even if he could do it, he shouldn’t. Who would know if the city was being shoddy with their materials? What’d happen if the whole thing collapsed once he jumped on it? Can they ask the government for another one?

Finished with the bed issue, Zhu Sha then took his luggage from the corner and onto his bed, getting ready to put on his clothes. Only after he was done did Fan Tong notice that he had a pale green tassel.

To Fan Tong, a white tassel with absolutely no money, even a pale green tassel was very admirable. Yue Tui could instantly become a pale green once he finds out the how to, but Fan Tong couldn’t.

“I don’t like to be bothered when I’m sleeping, so don’t call me even if I’ll be late. Otherwise, prepare to take responsibility for it.”

Getting up is it? Understood, understood.

“How about you two?”

Zhu Sha widened his eyes, asking them if they had any taboos or anything to make note of when living together.

“I… think I’m good generally. I can’t think of anything right now.”

With Yue Tui’s personality, it’d be quite difficult to make him mad. As for “I don’t like to be hit,” “I don’t like to be killed,” “I don’t like to be provoked,” and other universal dislikes everyone agrees on, there’s no need to specially mention them.

“I speak normally.”

He really wasn’t trying to be weird to catch his roommate’s attention.

“So?”

Zhu Sha ultimately posed his suspicions.

“I just wanted to say, don’t mind the things I say.”

That puzzled Zhu Sha even more, slightly infuriating him.

“Why do I need to mind? Is everything you say incredibly important?”

I’m sorry. Actually, everything I say is garbage. I apologize to the whole world.

Oh, right! Maybe Zhu Sha would understand how to read the Eastern City’s words! Then I can explain to him!

Suddenly realizing this point, he took out the explanation paper from his waistband and handed it to him.

Speaking of which, he’s already written the note for so long and yet never thought of showing it to Mi Zhong… Is this some sort of subconscious filtering?

Zhu Sha looked at it and seemed to understand the words. Fan Tong felt somewhat relieved.

But this short jiffy of relief soon transformed into sadness. Zhu Sha gave the paper back to him, replying with only four words.

“I don’t believe you.”

…We’re all going to be roommates sleeping under the same roof. Do you have to be this way? In order to get along with someone for a long period of time, one must first nurture a sense of trust in others, right?

“Just what is written on there?”

Even now, Yue Tui couldn’t understand the words completely, so he asked again out of curiosity.

“A bunch of far-fetched occurrences that have a very low chance of actually happening.”

Even if you don’t believe me, you could still at least clarify it for Yue Tui, couldn’t you, little boy?

“Huh? Fan Tong, so you wanted to show me a story?”

The direction’s completely skewed now! Do you think I’m a novelist? Why is it so hard to create empathy between humans–

Fan Tong held his knees against the wall, fully shot down by the chain of attacks.

“Fan Tong… are you alright?”

“I’m fine.”

Even when he didn’t want to push himself and wanted to be honest, he couldn’t speak his true feelings. This curse really lived up to its name: a curse.

“We’ll be living together for a long time. You should know that too, so we should treat one another with honesty. Don’t randomly play jokes on your roommates.”

Zhu Sha crossed his arms, reprimanding him with dissatisfaction. Fan Tong has truly, become speechless.

“Fan Tong’s not doing it on purpose… I think.”

Yue Tui forced a smile to help him. Since he’s planning on helping him, shouldn’t he at least say it with more confidence? It doesn’t sound very persuasive this way.

“I want to grab lunch. Are you guys going?”

The public rations? No thanks.

“We only eat dinner…”

That’s how they lived for the past few days. Their stomachs felt empty twenty-four-seven, but if they ate the public pass outs, not only would their life not be anymore fulfilled, but their minds would become more drained.

“Why are you guys so unhealthy? You should be eating three meals a day, with an extra snack on the day you have more time.”

Zhu Sha expanded his eyes, as if they were freaks.

“…Excuse me for asking, but, don’t you find the food gross?”

“Food is food. They all taste the same.”

Hearing Zhu Sha say that, in a certain sense, Fan Tong thought he was worth commending.

“If you’re picky with food, your body might become underdeveloped.”

Patching those words, Zhu Sha caused Fan Tong’s face to fully collapse.

Little boy, have you forgotten that you’re already dead? Do you think you’re still alive and still possess a normal body? What development. You wouldn’t grow anymore… right?

“Yue Tui, New Residents should still grow right…”

Said it wrong again. No matter. Hurry and disagree with me, Yue Tui.

“How did you know?”

Who would’ve guessed that Yue Tui’s reaction would completely differ from his expectations?

“If you have enough money to exchange, little kids can grow up and seniors can become younger. The Eastern City has shufa that does this. It’s just really expensive.”

So it be. That still has nothing to do with eating correct foods though. Also, when did Yue Tui become more knowledgeable about the city than him…?

Looking at this, had Fan Tong hit a bargain? He didn’t need to become older or younger. He’s at the perfect age.

“Otherwise, if an adult changes bodies too much, they have a danger of becoming old.”

The words Yue Tui amended brought him from heaven to hell.

“But, that’s only a probability, so you don’t have to be too worried…”

Don’t you understand? That for all things unfortunate, no matter how big a difference the numerator and denominator has with one another in that probability, I would still come across it? 

***

After living in the dorms for a week, Fan Tong learned more about the New Residents and gained a deeper understanding of Zhu Sha.

It seemed Western faces were really quite rare in the Eastern City. Going in and out this past week, he didn’t see more than five people with gold or red colored hair. As for most of the city’s residents, they held a certain disdain towards New Residents who were Westerners. They’d find them an eyesore, and harassment would more or less happen as well. Once, when Yue Tui walked on the street, for example, some people purposely bumped into him. No matter the tassel color, each group contained an abundant amount of people with such immaturity.

Of course Yue Tui noticed these feelings of contempt from the general public as well. But this wasn’t an issue that he could solve simply by dying his hair, or rather, he didn’t do anything wrong, so he shouldn’t have to lower himself to such methods just to gain respect. That’d only make the egocentric people feel even more pleased with themselves.

Luckily, their roommate Zhu Sha wasn’t the type that thought “Since Westerners are not of my race, those with a Western face that are more talented than me should all die.” He believed that since everyone is a part of the Eastern City, they should all get along. Although the highly biased groups considered anyone who familiarized themselves with Westerners as traitors, Zhu Sha didn’t seem to care.

After seven days of observation, Fan Tong more or less had an impression of Zhu Sha: has no taste buds, maintains extremely proper meal habits and manners, takes showers twice a day, is serious, and is determined.

Zhu Sha appeared to be the kind of person that persisted in doing his part–even though school was closed, he still studied and did homework at home. He organized his notes and skimmed through the books in an effort to be ahead. Unless Yue Tui needed the desk to practice calligraphy, he would be there using it the whole day.

Zhu Sha came to the Eastern City before they did, so naturally, he’d have attended more classes. As for the two of them who had only attended one class, they had never even learned the basics. They wouldn’t understand anything if they tried to look ahead in their books, and there was nothing to review. It was quite hopeless. At least Yue Tui could still practice his calligraphy and learn some written characters, but Fan Tong truly had nothing to do.

They weren’t the only ones who thought about mingling and making more connections with the other students, as many others also understood the importance of networking. Some people purely loved liveliness and hated feeling alone, while a number of people didn’t care about the differences between Westerners and Easterners. Say, just today, the classmates from room 448 and 449 kindly invited them to a chat tonight.

Yue Tui didn’t mind this type of thing, and Zhu Sha thought that leaving the book to socialize was a bit valuable as well. Although Fan Tong wasn’t very good at making conversation, it would be standoffish of him if he refused when the other two agreed. Hence, he joined the excitement and decided to go.

The chosen location was room 448, apparently because it was comparably larger. Upon hearing this point, Fan Tong suddenly realized they’d have to cramp nine people in this room… Is that really possible? Wouldn’t it be too cramped? Don’t they think they’re pushing it a little?

Not to mention, they said room 448 belonged to a few girls. Sticking three girls with six guys together, wouldn’t the girls feel awkward? Are they that open? Does this count as socializing?

If they were pretty girls, that’d be really nice. But due to the curse, Fan Tong wouldn’t have the opportunity to flirt with them. His fate as a single man would have to continue.

“On manners, should we prepare some presents?”

Yue Tui troubled over this question.

You’re too kind, aren’t you? We’re completely broke. What would you have to give to them? Do you have some sort of souvenir from your past life?

“If I have to give presents, then I’m not going.”

Zhu Sha was very practical. See that–he knows how to save and cut costs.

“But if we accepted an invitation, we should at least give them something…”

You’re not a young master any more, you know. Please hurry and forget about the things you learned in your past life.

“Give them what?”

Good comeback.

“…Forget it. Pretend this didn’t happen.”

Yue Tui finally noticed the problems with reality and finally quit. And so, that evening, the three of them punctually knocked on the door of room 448.

Cute girl A received the door. She grinned a wide smile upon seeing them. Counting the number of people inside, Fan Tong presumed that the guys from room 449 had already arrived.

Going in, they genially greeted each person. Because it was inconvenient for Fan Tong to talk, Yue Tui thoughtfully introduced him instead. He only smiled and nodded his head.

The room was fairly wide. Everyone found a place to sit, and it wasn’t even to the point where they had to sit on the middle or upper bunks. Yue Tui, who had his seat assigned to the lower bunk of the bed, felt a little embarrassed. Zhu Sha, who was assigned to the same lower bunk, openly took the seat without the discomfort of sitting on a bed where a girl slept.

It appeared their conversation could start.

But, why are there only eight people?

“Excuse us, Bi Rou went out for a moment. She’ll be back soon.”

Cute girl B explained with a smile. The reason was quite normal. Fan Tong that if the person was him in this situation, the explanation would probably be, “Sorry, Fan Tong just died. He should be back soon from regenerating in the Pool” or something…

“Bi Rou?”

Yue Tui was dazed for a second and quietly mumbled this name under his breath. No one noticed, so no one asked him about it.

Although someone was missing, it was alright to start chatting a little. When there are many people talking at the same time, each person’s focus would naturally veer off course. In such a situation, no one really noticed whether Fan Tong talked or not. Fan Tong felt a bit relieved.

The guys from room 449 protested that cute girl A’s smile was much brighter when she greeted Fan Tong and his two roommates. But that’s the way of the world. Compared to the plain faces of the guys from room 449, the three of them from room 444 could be considered quite handsome and outstanding. It’s a woman’s right to be more excited towards good-looking men. Fan Tong admitted his appearance wasn’t half bad, either. It wasn’t purely because of Yue Tui and Zhu Sha that they were so warmly welcomed.

But this mouth. Haah. Haaaaaaaaaah.

The first topic they found was about school life and the teachers. The two cute girls were both white tassels, while two of the guys were whites and one was pale green. This also meant their chance of taking the same classes was also very high.

“Everyone was killed by that Wushu Combat teacher, right?”

That Wushu Combat teacher made perfect complaint material.

“Yeah! The whole class ganging up on a new student–that’s too immoral!”

“Once I polish my skills, I’m going to battle him!”

Even Zhu Sha became angry. Was everyone taught by that Tractor Teacher for Wushu Combat?

Yue Tui didn’t have the courage to say anything since he didn’t die. After all, some things are better left unsaid, or they’ll only enrage the people further.

“That person is rotten! How could he have New Residents kill off fellow New Residents!”

“Yeah, yeah!”

While they talked with each other enthusiastically, Fan Tong was more interested in knowing if they participated in the kills when other new students joined the class…

“I’m back–“

At this time, the door flung open, accompanied by a sweet voice. Of course, the person was the girl called Bi Rou. Everyone looked in the door’s direction.

The girl was actually a Westerner as well.

She was probably a bit older than Yue Tui. Bi Rou owned a mane of luscious golden hair, fine white skin, and beautifully-defined facial features. These all emitted the characteristics of a Western person. Whether considering her face or body, they were all undoubtedly very charismatic. After coming to this world Fan Tong saw a beautiful woman up close for the first time.

Alright, the first time actually belonged to Ling Shi, but that incident was closely linked with the memories of his first death. He really didn’t want to recall those memories.

“Did I come back too late? Everyone should’ve heard already, right? I’m Bi Rou. It’s very nice to meet you all–“

No matter how late a beautiful girl is, she will be forgiven. While everyone thought she was going to reintroduce herself, she rushed up to Yue Tui and grasped his hands, her eyes sparkling.

“Wah! It’s a Westerner like me! From the time I came to this place, this is the first time I spoke with another Westerner!”

Judging by her face’s slightly pink tint, she must have been very happy to see someone of her own race in a different land.

On the contrary, Yue Tui’s reaction wasn’t as animated. He was dazed from the beginning, and only smiled after a while. He flawlessly removed his hands from her grasp as well.

“What’s your name?”

Although Yue Tui’s attitude wasn’t as passionate as hers, she didn’t feel rejected.

“…Yue Tui.”

Yue Tui paused for a little before answering her question. This time, Bi Rou was stunned.

“What is it?”

“No… It’s just that your name has the character ”. It’s very uncommon in the Eastern City…”

After quickly explaining, she found herself a place to sit.

“What was everyone chatting about? Let’s continue!”

And so the conversation they left hanging started again. During this period, Fan Tong didn’t participate, but rather sat quietly on the side thinking about various things.

Seeing more people, Fan Tong noticed that New Residents had quite a lot of young people. Young boys and girls in their teens weren’t rare, and there were even little children. This fact really induces sighs.

These people all died before being lured here. In their original world, they didn’t live long and their life had already left them.

Fan Tong didn’t know if his emotions now were that of sadness or pity.

Though, he might be pitying himself just a bit more. Just how did he die?! This is ridiculous!

***

He wasn’t sure if this counted as having a wish come true, but once Fan Tong thought of this matter, cute girl A opened her mouth, smiling innocently.

“How about we all share how we died in our original world?”

Fan Tong almost choked on his own spit. Yue Tui thought this topic was incredibly preposterous and turned his head towards Fan Tong.

“Isn’t this a very serious matter? How can we use this as such a carefree topic for chitchat…?”

Don’t ask me. Before that, please give me some time, so that I can make up a cause of death for myself…

Due to the fact that cute girl A and cute girl B held staggering interest towards this topic, and because the others didn’t seem to dislike the idea, everyone sat on their seats and began to talk, starting from the guys from room 449.

“I suffocated to death when I curled myself in my bed. The weather was too cold.”

It’s not that I wanted to say this, but fellow classmate, that’s a really dumb way to die.

“My greatest regret was that I couldn’t see the last episode to my favorite drama. When it was going to end the day after tomorrow too–“

The things you added just made it sound even sillier… Actually, could we have come from the same world? Or maybe your world has technology too?

“I died from eating too much crab.”

How can you die from eating too much crab? Please explain? Also, just how many crabs did you eat?

“I guess my last wish was to eat another one…”

How much do you like crab, really? Were you entering a crab eating contest?

“I think I wanted to find out what insecticide tasted like one day, so I died from drinking a bottle.”

Of course you would die from that. Did you think you’d be fine because you weren’t a bug? Well then, what flavor was it?

“I was very regretful when I was dying. If only I drank just half a bottle, I wouldn’t have died…”

Nah, I think you’d have died either way. And even if you didn’t die from drinking that, you’d probably try out other brands until you did die. Why are all of you so weird?

“It’s my turn now. My heart suddenly stopped, so I died.”

Cute girl A raised her right hand, blinking her eyes wittily.

Hm, why did I suddenly think your death had something to do with that god of the new world… No, forget it. Pretend I didn’t say anything.

“I think I was in a vegetative state since I was born, and finally died after sixteen years.”

Is that so. You’re very healthy now. I’m happy for you.

“Eh? Is it my turn? How did I die, is it? Well, that’s not very important. I’ve forgotten about it for a long time now, hahaha.”

Like that, Bi Rou quickly passed it on.

Miss, you were a bit too happy and positive when talking about your death, weren’t you? There wasn’t an ounce of sadness.

“I died when I tried to teleport and failed.”

Zhu Sha calmly verbalized. This cause of death sounds quite mysterious.

“How exactly did you die?”

“Well, the teleportation failed, so I couldn’t move my entire body to the other side. My body was chopped in half, and I died. This is purely an academic failure on my part, so I must cleanse myself of this stain and properly learn the skills of this world.”

Not wanting to repeat history is a very good idea… Eh? It’s my turn?

“I don’t know how I died…”

The “I forgot” reason had already been used by Bi Rou. She’s a beautiful girl, so no one complained even when she passed it on with that, but if Fan Tong said the same type of stage line, everyone’d hiss at him.

Good thing it didn’t flip this time. It should be fine this way, right?

“Fan Tong, you have no sincerity at all–“

“I know right–“

Hahahaha. I really don’t know…

“I was murdered.”

The last person to go was Yue Tui. When he plainly said the sentence, everyone gasped and responded with curious eyes.

Yue Tui didn’t want to say it originally, but he wanted to cooperate with the crowd when everyone said theirs. Now, everyone seemed to want to know more, making him wrinkle his brows.

“It’s so vague to only say you were murdered. What exactly happened?”

The one who asked was Bi Rou. Yue Tui was baffled for a moment again. He put on a grave expression and began to speak in a solemn tone.

“Do you want to know?”

He asked, watching everyone’s expressions. He slowly moved his hand to the pit of his torso.

“The first blade, cut me from here, to the side of my stomach.”

The room suddenly fell quiet. His pale right hand then shifted to the right side of his chest.

“The second blade, stabbed through here.”

Everyone’s faces gradually changed. The girls even turned a bit pale. Yue Tui still continued, as if he didn’t see these reactions.

“I was really weak at that time. I wanted to turn and run for help, but the third sliced off my two legs. He then used the sword and pierced the palm of my right hand, nailing me to the floor.”

His articulation didn’t carry any emotion, as though he wasn’t talking about himself.

“He then clenched my neck with his two hands, squeezing it tighter, inch by inch. He said to me, ‘If only you didn’t exist.’ I used my left hand, wanting to free his fingers from their grasp. I wanted to speak, but he didn’t let me. He said it was my fault I left an opening. It was my fault I gave him this opportunity, and death is the price I’d have to pay…”

At this time, cute girl A cried out in a loud wail, disrupting Yue Tui’s voice.

“I’m sorry! I didn’t know… Everyone looked so gentle and bright, and didn’t seem to have any tragic pasts. That’s why I thought it should be fine to ask about everyone’s cause of death… I’m so sorry!”

She unceasingly apologized. The people nearby patted her back and tried comforting her. Fan Tong really didn’t know what to say upon seeing such a situation. He never thought that was how Yue Tui died either.

Then this is considered a tragic death, right? Who was the one that killed him?

Perhaps the girl thought she hurt Yue Tui again, making him saying those things, but Fan Tong believed Yue Tui said it that way on purpose, although he didn’t know the reason why Yue Tui suddenly wanted to illustrate his death scene like a masochist.

“The one who should say sorry is me.”

When Yue Tui said those words, his tone was yet very plain.

“I shouldn’t have said those things that made everyone uncomfortable… let’s talk about something else.”

In other words, he didn’t plan on saying any more. In reality, it wasn’t fitting to continue with the room’s atmosphere now.

“Uhm… did you guys undergo any transmutations?”

The male from room 449 threw out a vocabulary term no one had heard before all of a sudden. The others asked him what it meant.

“Transmutations are when your soul undergoes some sort of qualitative change because of persistent desires or certain special circumstances during that period when you were being lured to Huan Shi, and you end up with a new supernatural power. Do you guys have any?”

This sort of sounds like a buy one get one free deal, and, once again, Fan Tong found himself never catching such luck.

“Aye, no wonder I felt my appetite became smaller!”

That’s not a supernatural power. That’s the public rations being too nasty.

“So it was like this. I was wondering when I got these strange new powers…”

Zhu Sha nodded his head, but he didn’t say what powers those were.

“I don’t feel stuffed no matter how much I eat. I wish I had a more useful power.”

The boy who started the conversation voiced. Hm… This power does sound pretty useless. Even if he really likes to eat, he still can’t eat anything good without money. He shouldn’t have an interest in eating much of those public rations, right?

No one else jumped into the conversation, so it seemed people who have transmutations aren’t that common. No wonder Mi Zhong didn’t explain that to him.

His longing to speak properly should be pretty apparent shouldn’t it, Fan Tong felt. It’d be something similar to “Please let me speak properly for five minutes before I die,” that sort of feeling. Then why couldn’t he have a power that allowed him to talk normally for an hour each day? The curse hadn’t been lifted. It was as if he died for nothing. Exactly the same as though he used all his savings to buy lottery tickets but none of them won anything, leaving him with only a pile of scrap paper.

The following subjects still revolved around school and the teachers, including that mysterious entrance exam for Shufa Xuan.

“So, do any of you know what the entire passage says on the textbook? I only saw one line.”

Once cute girl B finished, Fan Tong promptly pointed to Yue Tui.

“The teacher said Yue Tui is a prodigy found only once in a thousand years.”

That Blind Teacher probably said a hundred years, but it’s a figure of speech for boasting. Adding on a few years doesn’t hurt.

And Yue Tui’s widened eyes seemed to be saying: Fan Tong, why did you betray me?

“You can see them all, Yue Tui? What did it say?”

Yue Tui broke a pained smile, then pointed at Fan Tong.

“I don’t know how to read the Eastern City’s language. I had Fan Tong translate it, but I’ve already forgotten the contents. You should ask Fan Tong.”

Just wonderful! You know I can’t speak properly! Fan Tong gaped at him, frightened.

If you didn’t point to me, then wouldn’t everything have been fine? Yue Tui’s eyes appeared to carry a chilly breeze with them.

“Fan Tong, what does the entire passage say, on that textbook?”

Ugh, if a super pretty boy said he forgot, the girls could still forgive him. But if he, whose level of beauty can’t beat that bishounen youth, also said he forgot, then they’d definitely jeer at him…

“…See one line, you’re expelled. See two lines, you’re awful. See three lines, no medicine can heal. See no lines, go commit suicide.”

…He can no longer understand the logic behind this curse.

Everybody’s faces looked a little horrible. Cute girl B also looked entirely bewildered.

“But, that wasn’t how the first line went. Did I read it wrong?”

“Fan Tong, stop lying to everyone!”

Zhu Sha’s opinion of him turned for the worse again. By the way, apparently Zhu Sha could see two lines.

It was becoming late, so everyone returned to their own rooms, saying they should chat again the next time they meet.

He thought, then, that it’d be nice if he could invite Luo Shi to these meetings.

But that’s probably impossible, isn’t it. Those commoners would all become speechless once they saw “Lord Luo Shi”.

◎ Fan Tong’s Afterword

There doesn’t seem to be many problems with our new living situation. No need to worry too much about me. Although Zhu Sha is a bit strict, we actually get along quite well in the dorms.

Everyone keeps calling me Fan Tong, Fan Tong. It feels very heart-warming. But, I didn’t neglect the fact that their eyes secretly oozed a strange sort of smile every time they called me… Despicable. I need to seriously curse those who dare to make fun of my name in their hearts. It’s at times like this that I am so glad Yue Tui doesn’t understand the Eastern City’s language.

Only after hearing these things today did I realize that I didn’t really try to understand Yue Tui before.

Or rather, I didn’t really care about his past. Well, I keep thinking that the past is past, you know? The present is more important. Hanging on to things that have already happened doesn’t seem to be of much help, and it’s not like he can change back into whoever he was back then again. And the one I know is the him right now, you know… Was that sentence like a tongue twister? I’m not that hard to understand, am I?

I always assumed he was an independent, self-determined young master, but it sounds like the situation is more complex than I thought. This past week, I’d sometimes find him suddenly waking up, screaming. Could he be seeing memories from his past life and constantly suffering from nightmares?

Zhu Sha didn’t ask any more about Yue Tui’s state of affairs after we went back to our rooms. I wanted to ask, but really, I didn’t know what I could ask.

Asking him about those things, forcing him to remember such painful memories, then comforting him after hurting his feelings; that sounds really excessive, doesn’t it?

Dragging on a few more days like so, Chen Yue Jie has finally arrived.

The day before Chen Yue Jie Mi Zhong showed up in front of me again, telling me that since I’m a debtor, the Eastern City has assigned me jobs to shed off some of the money I owe. The first one they assigned was an emergency job for tomorrow’s Chen Yue Jie. I’ll have to wake up at five in the morning to work.

…What is this! Can’t I even participate in a celebration like a regular person?!

Chapter end