Book I: The President’s Million Dollar Bride_Chapter 1.1

“Doctor, from the wounded victims in the multiple car accident just a moment ago, is there someone who was called Zhangda diao [1] … cough …. named Zhang Chenfei?”

Jiao Qi is currently sweating profusely as he ran without stopping earlier towards the center of the hospital. The suit coat in his hand has been crumpled but he was totally unaware of it.

“… in the emergency room. Are you a family member? Pay the deposit first.” The doctor on duty answered while turning over the record sheet.

“President Jiao!” Taking advantage of the person in the consultation desk who was snoring loudly, Secretary Yu Yuan called out to his president while gasping for his own breath. His plump body wiggles while running three steps after another to chase after Jiao Qi.

He originally followed the president to a dinner party, but he just shook hands with the client when they received a phone call from the hospital telling them that Jiao Qi’s legal husband, Zhang Chenfei, met a car accident.

He had followed Jiao Qi for three years, and this is the first time Yu Yuan saw him panicked as his face turned pale. Disregarding work, he grabbed his coat and left hurriedly.

He had no alternative but to apologize to the client. Carrying his weight of 180 pounds, he ran out as well to catch up with his boss. With a speed of 180 mph, he drove all the way to the hospital.

Jiao Qi threw a card to his secretary, turned around and walked to the emergency room.

Yu Yuan, with his small plump body, deeply gasped for breath before walking over to the doctor on duty and then smiled, revealing two deep small dimples: “Where can I make the payment?”

Upon entering the emergency room, Jiao Qi saw a dozen beds inside. Looking at those blue sheets made people dizzy. He sucked in a deep breath and tried to locate his family’s husband in the chaotic crowd.

Science and technology are continuously progressing and society is also developing. Nowadays, same-sex marriage is legal and he has been married to Zhang Chenfei for seven years. The past seven years had been calm and very sweet without great winds and high waves.

Jiao Qi would have never thought that the "car accident" would happen to his husband and will become the reason to make him “comply with his rules” every day.

A chain of car collision occurred on the viaduct that resulted to more than 20 casualties who were put together inside this emergency room.

“Ah–it hurts!”

“Quick! This one should be on surgery right away!”

“Doctor, you quickly save him, wu wu wuu…….”

The other patients were either surrounded by doctors or surrounded by their families, and only his family’s husband sat alone.

The tall body was tucked in a less than a meter wide bed with his head dangling. A gauze was wrapped around his head which made him look somewhat pitiful.

There were no missing arms and legs and seeing this, Jiao Qi who had been clenching his cold fingers relaxed a little.

“Are you okay?” He draped the suit in his hand over Zhang Chenfei’s body whose shirt had lost its two buttons. He was about to turn around to call the doctor but he was suddenly caught on the wrist.

Zhang Chenfei looked up and several bruises could be seen on his face. The gauze on his forehead was oozing with bright red color but it did not, in the slightest, decreased the handsomeness of his face.

In those deep black eyes of Jiao Qi reflected Zhang’s clear, handsome and indifferent face who suddenly sneered at him: “What’s wrong, seeing that I met with an accident made you very happy?”

“Hey! Zhangda diao! What the f*** do you mean??!” Jiao Qi shook the hand that was holding him and trembled. When he heard of his accident, he was so scared to death. How could this person say such hurtful words?

Zhang Chenfei lifted up his lips and smiled very abnormally, as if he was a perverted murderer in certain crime films. In some film and television works, this is what they call “charming evil smile”.

Zhang Chenfei pressed Jiao Qi into his bosom and pinched his chin with one hand. With a deep, magnetic voice, he slowly said: “You are my wife. As long as you are obedient, the money that your father owes will eventually be paid in full. Remember my name, Dior Zhang.”

Ha???

“Zhangda diao, have you badly knocked your brains off?” Jiao Qi blinked. “My dad has money, okay? He just bought two acres of land in the city the day before yesterday. When did he owe you money?”

Cupping the big head wrapped in gauze in his hands, Jiao Qi felt heartbroken. His family’s husband was definitely injured in the car crash earlier. He had to hurry and call the doctor to conduct a brain CT. Jiao Qi struggled to go down but Zhang Chenfei caught him tight.

“Let me go.”

“You can’t escape from the palm of my hands!”

” … ”

“Uh … Mr. Zhang?

The two traffic police uncles stood by the bedside. Looking at the two tangled husbands, they do not know if they should speak aloud or not.

Regarding the chain of rear-end collisions, Zhang's car has the best performance and Zhang Chenfei suffered the lightest injuries, therefore, he needs to be investigated first.

Jiao Qi turned his head around to see the traffic police looking up at the lights. Jiao Qi was like a fish that had been electrocuted and bounced off the floor. He coughed and fixed his necktie in order: "Sorry, what’s the matter?"

“Ah, we are investigating whether or not there is a violation in the high beam of the emergency room….” The traffic police who insisted on looking up at the lights was hit by an elbow on his side. “The things is, we found a driving recorder in Mr. Zhang's car, but we need brain power authorization to examine it.”

With the rapid development of science and technology, people now use smart brain [2] instead of mobile phones. Smart brain consists of two parts. The first one is a microchip that is implanted into the brain and is connected to the neurons, and the other is a peripheral similar to a wrist watch.

When Zhang Chenfei heard this, he casually and swiftly removed the black gold strap on his wrist. His smart brain peripheral had already been wiped clean in the car accident. The display is now pitch-black and the electric power is nearly depleted.

“This…” The two traffic policemen turned anxious.

“It’s alright, I give my permission.” Jiao Qi exposed his own silver peripheral.

At this moment, the doctor came over to check Zhang Chenfei’s case. Jiao Qi immediately pulled the doctor away to get a clear explanation of Zhang Chenfei’s condition.

Notes: [1] Zhang is the surname of our male lead here. ‘Da’ means ‘big’. ‘Diao’ is a colloquial term in Mandarin that means ‘cool/extraordinary’ or ‘cock/penis’. ‘Diao’ also means ‘to fuck’ in Cantonese. As we go along, ‘diao’ will be used differently (sometimes it refers to the Mandarin meaning and sometimes, its Cantonese meaning) but Jiao Qi’s form of address to Zhang Chenfei which is Zhangda diao literally means ‘Zhang big cock’. But of course, I will not be using the translated phrase because it will be distracting on my part… so I will retain the pinyin for it. I have only skimmed through the story but I think there’s a reason why Jiao Qi calls his husband like that and we will eventually get to that part. [2] Smart Brain – The literal translation from the raw is Wisdom Brain or Knowledge Brain, but, it was mentioned that this thing replaced the smartphones that we have now. Hence, I used smart brain … hahahahahahaha! *cough* … well, it would be easier for me to translate this way considering the logic behind…. *wink* As you may all know, this could also be referred to as AI (Artificial Intelligence). In this novel, smart brain is made up of two parts. First, there is a microchip implanted to the brain that is also connected to the neurons. Second, there is a peripheral linked to the smart brain in the form of a bracelet or wrist watch. Translator says:

To improve my Chinese comprehension, I decided to pick some more danmei novels to translate. As a result, chapter releases will become slower but there will be more novels to read! No worries because as I get more experience, my speed in translating will definitely get faster. [ I hope… 🙂 ]

By the way, each chapter of this novel will be split into two parts because the chapters are longer compared to “” and doing this will also make it easier for me to edit and proofread.