After Transmigrating As The Second Male Lead In Qn Old-School Angsty Romance - Chapter 15

Sun Zibai wandered along the way. Everyone who saw him retreated one after another. There were also quite a few lackeys who sidled up to flatter and fawn on him. In the past, under such circumstances, a large brigade of wastrel young masters centered around the heir would quickly form, then strut through Sucheng in a grand, ostentatious procession. But today was different. Sun Zibai impatiently told all of them to scram, scram, scram—do not disturb this lord’s refined mood.

After coming to this ancient era, this was the first time Sun Zibai had so clearly looked at all kinds of ancient buildings and the scene of an ancient marketplace. Unexpectedly, one flattering face after another came up before him and just happened to block his view. How annoying.

“Scram, scram, scram. All of you, get farther away from this heir.”

In Sucheng, Sun Zibai never needed to give anyone face.

Once the heir spoke, no one dared court misfortune. Even the most prominent young masters had to lower their heads and bow before Sun Zibai. Thus, it very quickly quieted down around Sun Zibai. Once it was quiet, he no longer attracted so much attention. Then, at some point, he unexpectedly ran into a good show.

“Meng Yuan, why must you do this? I have always regarded you as a confidant, as a brother. You know that. We can only be brothers.”

A cool voice carried three parts anger, three parts sorrow, three parts pain, and one part self-mockery.

Sun Zibai looked over and saw an elegant figure standing by the bridgehead, looking as if he had been left behind by the world. The man’s appearance could be considered handsome, but what drew the most attention was his pair of eyes full of emotion. They seemed to speak, and with the slightest lift of his brows or eyes, he could easily tug at another person’s heart.

Sure enough, the man called Meng Yuan panicked as soon as he heard this. Despite being tall and broad, his eyes reddened first.

“Shian, don’t say that. That distant look in your eyes is sharper than a knife. Looking at me like this is asking me to die. Blame me. It is all my fault for being unable to withstand my family’s pressure. If I had known it would make you this sad, I would rather have starved myself to death than compromised.”

The elegant man said seriously, “Meng Yuan, stop speaking nonsense. How can you gamble with your life out of anger? If you died, would you make me live in guilt for the rest of my life?”

“I’m sorry, Shian. In this life, I am the one who has wronged you. I am the one who failed you. You must accept this half of the jade pendant.”

Unexpectedly, when the elegant man saw the jade pendant, he was first shocked, then incredulous. Immediately afterward, his shock turned into anger, and hidden within that anger was restrained pain.

“Wang Mengyuan! This is your family’s ancestral jade pendant. It was the love token between your grandfather and grandmother back then. Did you not say you would give it to the person who would accompany you for the rest of your life? How can you tease me like this?”

“No, Shian, I am not teasing you. You are the one I love. Unfortunately, I am no longer worthy of growing old together with you. But only you are worthy of this jade pendant. If you refuse to accept it, what meaning is there in my life?”

The man was truly full of pain, and his face was full of guilt.

“Meng Yuan.” The elegant man’s expression softened. “You and I are connected in spirit, as if we are soulmates. But you and I are confidants, and also brothers. How can you give me something so precious?”

Yet the more clearly he refused, the more agitated Wang Mengyuan became.

“You were always like this before. If not for you always worrying about this and that, this thing would have been yours long ago, and we would not have reached this point today.”

“Stop talking. I will accept it.”

The elegant man called Shian looked pained, but in the end, he still could not bear it and accepted half of the jade pendant. The other half was being clutched tightly in Wang Mengyuan’s hand.

This was enough. With this, he would be content.

“Master, that is a pair of unfortunate mandarin ducks cruelly separated by their families.”

Seeing that his heir had been staring over there the whole time, Sun Hong leaned over and offered his summary.

Sun Zibai withdrew his gaze and glanced at him. “Who said that?”

“Isn’t it obvious?” Sun Hong pointed at that pained, lovestruck man. Even after the other person had walked far away, he still stood there in a daze, gazing at his beloved’s gradually disappearing back. “That is the legitimate son of the Wang family. He is getting married in ten days. I heard he is marrying Miss Zhou.”

“Everyone says they are well-matched in status and that it is a good marriage. Who knew he actually liked that young master just now?”

“But this Young Master Wang is really something. He is already about to marry, yet he is still pestering someone else in full view of everyone. He is not a good thing either.”

“That elegant young master is truly unlucky to have encountered someone like him.”

Sun Zibai neither agreed nor disagreed. With his twenty years of experience identifying green tea, he only felt that the smell of tea was overflowing everywhere.

“Which family’s young master is that?”

Sun Hong became somewhat vigilant. Could his master have taken a liking to that person? But that person had another man in his heart, and just now, he had even accepted another person’s love token!

Wait, Qin Mo was also like this. What kind of strange hobby had his heir developed recently?

Could his heir have some sort of cuckold fetish?

Although Sun Hong felt uneasy, he still answered honestly, “I’m not too sure. He hasn’t really shown his face in front of you before, Master. Presumably, he is not some young master from a major family.”

Sun Zibai had only asked casually. “Let’s go, let’s go. We’ll go to Misty Rain Tower for tea. This heir is tired from walking.”

“Very good!”

Sun Hong immediately beamed with joy and went ahead to clear the way.

Misty Rain Tower had opened recently. One could drink tea, compose poetry, and listen to music there. It was very popular. The shopkeeper was someone with good judgment. As soon as he saw the luxurious clothing of Sun Zibai and his servant, along with their arrogant bearing, he immediately determined that they were people who could not be offended. Thus, he accompanied them with a smile and led them to a private room on the second floor.

The environment here was not only elegant and quiet, but once the window was opened, one could see the lively street below. The flow of people coming and going was all within sight.

Sun Zibai was satisfied and directly had Sun Hong give a reward. The shopkeeper was so happy he could not close his mouth. He immediately had a waiter specifically stand outside the private room, ready to obey orders at any time.

“Master, this Misty Rain Tower really is quite nice. In the future, have the shopkeeper reserve this private room for you.”

Sun Zibai gave a sound of agreement. Sun Hong hurriedly served him tea. As Sun Zibai’s personal servant, he had always served him very attentively.

Unexpectedly, just as he raised the tea before Sun Zibai, he suddenly let out a startled cry. The tea almost spilled onto Sun Zibai’s sleeve.

“So jumpy. Since when did you become so careless?”

“Master, quickly look below. Is that not the one we saw that night? That… that…”

Sun Hong was so shocked he stammered. Sun Zibai followed his line of sight and looked downstairs. He saw a familiar figure just walking out of a medical hall across the street.

“It’s him.”

The young man in blue-green clothes beside the banished-immortal man that night. He had also shot an arrow and saved him.

“Why is he here? Could it be that the whole group of life-taking Kings of Hell from that night are all in Sucheng?”

Sun Hong had been terribly frightened that night. Whenever he thought of those people killing without blinking, and the scene of that sinister liquid being sprinkled and corpses instantly turning into water, it was simply a nightmare. Those people did not put his heir in their eyes at all. Every time Sun Hong thought about it, he felt extremely afraid and broke out in a cold sweat.

“Oh no, oh no. We didn’t have Commander Hu follow us today. What if…”

Before he could finish, Sun Zibai knocked him on the forehead.

“Look at that useless appearance of yours. What is there to fear in broad daylight?”

“Besides, didn’t you see that he went to the medical hall to get medicine?” Sun Zibai looked at the figure gradually disappearing. Only then did Sun Hong see that the young man was carrying many large and small packages of medicine in his hands.

“Master, what do we do now? Should we have someone follow him?”

Sun Zibai raised a brow. “You’ll follow him?”

Sun Hong immediately wilted. With his half-baked skills, if he followed, would he not be discovered easily? Moreover, during the time they had been talking, the young man in blue-green clothes had already disappeared at the end of the street. It was far too late.

Fine. So that was what his heir meant.

“I’m truly stupid.”

Sun Zibai hummed. “Good that you know.”

Sun Hong: …

“Go call in the waiter at the door.”

Sun Hong did as instructed. Sun Zibai merely told the waiter to go to the medical hall opposite and ask about the situation of the young man in blue-green clothes just now. Once he had asked clearly, he was to come back and report.

The waiter was clever and immediately went to handle it.

Sun Zibai once again fell into thought. That night, the person sitting in the wheelchair—he still had not found him in the plot. Presumably, he was not someone who had anything to do with the protagonist group. It was just unknown whether they were merely passing through Sucheng or lived in Sucheng to begin with. They did not look like simple people.

“Honored guests, you cannot do this.”

Just as Sun Zibai was thinking, the shopkeeper’s anxious voice suddenly came from outside the door. Immediately afterward came an arrogant, domineering scolding.

“What dogshit shopkeeper are you? How can you lack even this little bit of judgment? Open your dog eyes and look properly. Standing before you is our Qin family’s second young master. Do you know the Qin family? Half of all the restaurants and inns in Sucheng belong to the Qin family. What thing are you to dare block the way?”

The shopkeeper was indeed frightened. Everyone knew the Qin family was the richest family in Sucheng.

“But this private room already has honored guests. Second Young Master Qin, could you please let me arrange another room for you?”

At this time, a lazy and extremely disdainful voice sounded.

“Honored guests?”

“What honored guests would not even give this young master face?”

“Exactly. What honored guests are worthy of competing with our second young master for a private room?” The young servant was relying on his master’s power, speaking with his nose practically pointed at the sky.

“Do you know that nowadays, even that ancestor from the marquis residence whom everyone fears has to obediently call this young master Second Brother-in-law when he sees me?”

Tsk. Inside the private room, the corner of Sun Zibai’s mouth twitched.

Sun Hong immediately grew indignant. It was bad enough that someone dared fight his heir for a private room, but now he even dared pretend to be his heir’s second brother-in-law. What sort of thing was he!

“All who come are guests. Second Young Master Qin, please calm your anger. There must at least be first come, first served. Another day, I will definitely reserve this private room for you. What do you think?”

“What first come, first served? Get lost. We want this room.”

“Second Young Master, this, this…”

“Are you getting lost or not?”

…

The voices gradually drew closer, until the private room door was opened just like that.

The young servant relying on his master’s power had only just opened the door when Sun Hong kicked him out. When it came to relying on one’s master’s power, Sun Hong was the ancestor, all right?

The people outside seemed not to have expected this scene. Especially that Second Young Master Qin. After his stunned pause came fury.

“You’re courting death, courting death!” Qin Hanlin burned with rage. He could never have dreamed that there was still someone in Sucheng who would refuse to give the Qin family face, and even kick his servant right in front of him. Was this not slapping him in the face?

Qin Hanlin rushed in, about to beat someone, but just as one foot entered the private room before it even landed, a large foot kicked toward him head-on.

Qin Hanlin had no time to react. He only felt a dull pain in his chest. Accompanied by a scream, his body flew backward and crashed into the screen with a bang. The screen immediately toppled, and so did he.

Seeing this, the guests in the surrounding private rooms and the outer hall all gathered around. Watching a show was instinctive. It was the same in modern times and ancient times.

“Aiyo… Aiyo! Which dog thing that doesn’t know life from death is this? Are you blind? Do you not want to live—mmph…”

Qin Hanlin wailed and struggled on the ground. Hundreds of methods for torturing people had just surfaced in his mind, but as soon as he propped himself up, he was stepped back down by another foot. Then he saw a large foot planted on his chest. His face immediately turned purple from suffocation. When he raised his head and saw the owner of that large foot, Qin Hanlin was almost frightened to death.

Sun Zibai stepped on his chest with one foot and bent slightly from above, gazing down at him.

“Second Brother-in-law?”

“Heir… Heir, ah, this, this, this is truly the flood rushing into the Dragon King’s temple. Look, we are all family—mmph…”

Sun Zibai applied a little pressure and ground his foot down. Qin Hanlin almost coughed blood from being crushed.

“You think you’re worthy?”

“I, I…”

Bang. Sun Zibai disdainfully kicked him to the side. Then that foot stepped onto the nearby table. A true tyrant should be just like this.

Unexpectedly, Sun Hong immediately rushed over obsequiously and hugged his leg. Then he took out a handkerchief from his robe and began wiping his heir’s foot.

“Master, your foot is so precious. How could you kick such a filthy thing? If anything gets on it, these shoes can’t be kept anymore.”

“This lowly one will wipe it for you. It has to be wiped carefully.”

Sun Zibai: …You brat, you really have something.

Everyone: …

Qin Hanlin: His heart was ashes.