After Transmigrating As The Second Male Lead In Qn Old-School Angsty Romance - Chapter 7

Sun Zibai was a wastrel heir—the kind who looked down on everyone.

So he tugged at the corner of his mouth, leaned back, and sat without the slightest proper posture, acting like a grand lord. Then, living up to his “great reputation” for lust, he narrowed his eyes and cast a somewhat improper gaze at this exceptionally handsome young master.

“Do not be rude to my young master!”

The servant beside Bai Ziyu once again rebuked him with a dark expression. There was even disgust in his eyes toward the heir of a regional marquis.

How could Sun Hong endure that? Their heir was a favored son of Heaven. How dare a servant scold him?

“Who exactly is being rude? My family’s heir is—”

“Enough.” Sun Zibai unconcernedly made Sun Hong shut up. “Hurry and offer the young master a seat.”

Sun Hong choked, his face and neck flushing from holding in his anger.

Fine. Who told his heir to love beauties? He was always the most tolerant toward beauties.

Bai Ziyu was not angry either. He merely glanced faintly at his servant, and that person immediately shut his mouth in grievance. However, he still did not give Sun Zibai and his servant a pleasant expression.

Bai Ziyu sat down opposite Sun Zibai. It was as if he did not see Sun Zibai’s rude gaze. Presumably, he had often encountered such things on normal days. It was just that very few people dared to be as blatant as Sun Zibai.

“My discipline is lacking. I have made the heir laugh.”

Sun Zibai neither agreed nor disagreed. Without Bai Ziyu’s indulgence, where would this servant have gotten such confidence?

“May I know the young master’s name?”

“My surname is Bai. My given name is Yu.”

Bai Ziyu spoke faintly, his tone unhurried. Sun Zibai directly and rudely clapped his hands.

“Bai Yu. A good name, a good name indeed. Truly, the person is just like the name. Is the young master not exactly like a piece of white jade?”

His eyes shone. Bai Ziyu remained calm and composed.

“The heir overpraises me.”

Meanwhile, the servant beside him was nearly angered to death, and the guards standing outside also darkened their faces.

Sun Zibai acted as if he did not see it and continued behaving improperly.

“Young Master Bai comes from the capital. Is it that Bai family from the capital? What brings you to Sucheng?”

“I was passing through this place and came in to rest my feet, while also buying some food for the road.”

He had tacitly acknowledged his identity as a member of the Bai family of the capital.

The four great families of the capital: the Xiao family, the Bai family, the Su family, and the Wen family.

All four great families were century-old aristocratic families with deep foundations and powerful influence. The breadth of their involvement almost covered the entire Great Yao. Their relationships were also deeply intertwined, so moving one part would affect the whole. Therefore, even the imperial family was extremely wary of them. However, the four great families also restrained one another and had maintained close relations with the imperial family from ancient times until now.

Because of this, the four great families were both the existences the imperial family feared most, and the existences they had no choice but to rely on and suppress.

It would not be an exaggeration to say that even if the dynasty changed, these four great families might not necessarily perish.

The Bai Ziyu before him was a son of the Bai family, one of the four great families.

Bai Ziyu had come out this time partly for the family’s businesses in the southwest, and partly to search for a doctor for his birth father along the way.

That was right. Like the male protagonist shou, he had also been born from a man. However, his circumstances were completely different from Qin Mo’s.

Bai Ziyu was born into nobility and was gifted and intelligent. Since childhood, he had been highly valued by his family. Because of his outstanding talent and appearance, as well as his extraordinary wisdom, the Bai family also intended to cultivate him as the future family head.

Therefore, it would not be an exaggeration to say that his nobility was something even ordinary imperial princes could not compare to.

In the original text, the description of him was almost like that of a white moonlight existence. He was one of the Twin Absolutes of the Capital, skilled at playing the qin and working with ink.

It was said that listening to one piece of his music was like bathing in a spring breeze. Countless people had become infatuated because of his qin music, and even a dying person could sit up and applaud.

And yet, such a favored son of Heaven eventually blackened because of fighting over a man. All his learning and talent were used to compete for a man. After all kinds of schemes and calculations, not only did he push himself into eternal ruin, he nearly caused the entire Bai family to be destroyed along with him.

It was absurd.

Sun Zibai had no intention of interfering with his marriage fate. He simply hoped that Xiao Yiyan and Qin Mo could last forever, and that lovers could finally become a married couple.

To put it simply, he wanted them locked together permanently.

In the original novel, Xiao Yiyan broke into the marquis residence on the night of Sun Zibai and Qin Mo’s wedding. As a result, not only was he beaten half to death, Sun Zibai also forced himself on the person Xiao Yiyan loved right in front of him. Both his body and mind suffered an enormous blow.

Afterward, he was thrown out of the marquis residence and humiliated thoroughly. When he was on the verge of death, Sun Zibai ordered someone to throw him outside the city and let wild dogs gnaw on him.

The original owner was certain he would die. Unexpectedly, Bai Ziyu happened to pass by and saw him.

A man covered in blood with only one breath left, yet whose eyes were filled with intense hatred and a fierce desire to live—this instantly touched Bai Ziyu, who had been pampered since childhood. Thus, he had the man carried into his carriage and brought him to the Bai family.

This was practically the turning point of Xiao Yiyan’s entire life, and also Bai Ziyu’s turning point.

After suffering such a huge blow, Xiao Yiyan’s personality changed drastically. He became silent and reserved, but his strength gradually began to show. He became ruthless, decisive, and this made Bai Ziyu increasingly curious and concerned about him. And so, Bai Ziyu fell in love.

As for Xiao Yiyan, after experiencing this blow in life, he also became much steadier and more restrained. Furthermore, he unexpectedly learned that he had connections to the Xiao family, the head of the four great families in the capital. After secretly investigating, he even discovered the mystery of his own birth.

From then on, Xiao Yiyan’s life took a completely different path.

Therefore, Bai Ziyu was very crucial. That was why Sun Zibai had made Sun Hong release the news that Divine Doctor Liao was in the marquis residence at the very first opportunity.

Even if this person had missed the news and had not come looking, Xiao Yiyan’s path was already destined to be different from the original.

Sun Zibai’s thoughts drifted for only a few seconds. Nothing showed on his face. He even openly and brazenly stared at the person opposite him.

Bai Ziyu was also quietly observing the other person’s reaction.

Just as the rumors said, this man was rude, arrogant, ignorant, and somewhat frivolous. But unexpectedly, he was also able to keep his composure. Since Bai Ziyu did not mention it, Sun Zibai actually pretended to be clueless and said nothing.

Bai Ziyu felt slightly displeased. Also, for some reason, he had a strange intuition. The instant he entered and this man raised his eyes to look over, in those frivolous and detestable eyes, something seemed to flash by. Yet when he looked again, he could no longer see anything.

Was it an illusion?

That fleeting strange feeling made Bai Ziyu somewhat concerned.

In this world, aside from that person, this was the second person who gave him such a feeling. How strange. The frivolous playboy before him and that person were clearly as different as heaven and earth. Why would they give him the same feeling?

“The heir does not seem curious about why I invited you here.”

In the end, Bai Ziyu was the one who lost patience and spoke first. It was truly uncomfortable being stared at by this person. He had never seen someone this shameless before, openly staring at him without even blushing.

Most importantly, Bai Ziyu was the one asking for help. If he behaved too forcefully, it might backfire. He had not originally intended to provoke this person, but he had spent two days here without finding even the slightest information about Divine Doctor Liao. The entire Pingnan Marquis Residence was also like an iron barrel. Even a powerful dragon could not suppress a local snake. Bai Ziyu could only come and meet this legendary heir of the Pingnan Marquis.

“Oh, right. Why did Young Master Bai seek this heir out?”

Bai Ziyu: …

“I heard that Miraculous-Hand Divine Doctor Liao is currently in the marquis residence. I wonder whether that is true?”

“It’s true.”

Sun Zibai nodded.

Bai Ziyu was slightly surprised inwardly, and inevitably felt some joy. However, none of it showed on his face.

“I have heard that this divine doctor appears and disappears without a trace. Ordinary people cannot find him at all, and even if they do, they may not necessarily gain his favor. Since the heir was able to invite him to your residence, you must have something extraordinary about you.”

He had heard that Divine Doctor Liao did not lack money and was not afraid of power. His personality was extremely strange. He could save someone for free, or he could ignore a dying person even for ten thousand taels of gold. Although Bai Ziyu was surprised that this useless heir before him could invite the man over, it was not impossible to understand. Presumably, he must have offered something that could move the divine doctor.

Unexpectedly, Sun Zibai waved his hand without caring.

“What is so difficult about that? Isn’t he just a rotten old man? If he refused to come, I simply had him tied up and brought over.”

Bai Ziyu: …

Crude.

“Young Master Bai came for that stinky old man?”

“Divine Doctor Liao is renowned throughout the world. Naturally, Bai would like to meet him. If I could request a medicine from him, that would be even better.”

He was not telling the truth, but Sun Zibai did not care at all.

“What is difficult about that? I’ll have someone tie him up and send him to you.”

Bai Ziyu: …

That fleeting strange feeling just now had indeed been an illusion, had it not? For the first time, Bai Ziyu felt hesitant about his own sharp perception.

Did this person even know what Divine Doctor Liao represented? Bai Ziyu had originally prepared several sets of arguments, and had also prepared exchange conditions of sufficient value. In the end, this man simply waved his hand and was going to give the person to him just like that?

“Heir, you only need to tell me when the divine doctor will leave the marquis residence. Bai will personally go seek Divine Doctor Liao.”

“Why go through so much trouble? That old man is both smelly and stubborn. Young Master Bai does not need to give him any pleasant expression.”

After several rounds of such back-and-forth, Bai Ziyu was almost too tired to answer. This person seemed as if he could not understand human speech.

The more Sun Zibai spoke, the more outrageous he became. Fortunately, he had been paying attention to the person opposite him the entire time. It seemed he finally noticed that the other party’s expression had become somewhat unpleasant, and only then did he stop talking.

“Fine, fine. Originally, I wanted to keep him locked in the residence and raise him there. With so many people in the marquis residence, if anyone has a headache or fever, it would be convenient to have him take a look. Since Young Master Bai wants to see him, then I will release him tomorrow. May I ask where Young Master Bai is staying? I will have him go directly to you.”

Keep him locked in the residence? Have him look at headaches and fevers?

Even with Bai Ziyu’s excellent self-restraint, he was somewhat angered at this moment. What kind of fool locked a divine doctor at home to treat minor headaches and fevers? Was this something a normal person would do?

“Very well. Then many thanks to the heir.”

“This heir has always granted every request of beauties.”

Frivolous, foolish, and unaware of it.

This was Bai Ziyu’s evaluation of Sun Zibai after meeting him today.

The Pingnan Marquis had occupied the southwest for decades. The emperor had always regarded him as a thorn in his flesh. However, the southwest bordered many neighboring countries, many of which were warlike. The southwest could not be without the Pingnan Marquis, and Great Yao could not be without the four hundred thousand soldiers of the Sun family army. Thus, the emperor could only be wary of him while relying on him at the same time.

His heart was filled with suspicion, but on the surface, he showed favor.

Everyone in the capital knew that the Pingnan Marquis had no suitable successor. His two legitimate sons—one had been a hostage in the capital for thirty years, while the other had been mediocre and incompetent before dying young. Now, his only legitimate grandson and future Pingnan Marquis was also a useless wastrel who only knew how to eat, drink, and play. It was said that this young heir had looked down on everyone since childhood, learned nothing, bullied others with his power, and was a tyrant in Sucheng whom everyone avoided.

It was also said that he lusted after beauty and was frivolous and dissolute.

Ignorant and fearless.

In the future, the Pingnan Marquis Residence would surely decline in his hands.

It was not that no one had suspected this young heir was hiding his ability and deliberately deceiving the world. Bai Ziyu had never believed that the dignified Pingnan Marquis Residence could raise such a piece of trash.

Everyone said that the Pingnan Marquis himself was an ignorant, rough man with strong limbs and a simple mind. The reason he had become a regional marquis dominating the southwest back then was nothing more than good luck and the circumstances of the era. At the time, the new emperor had only just stabilized his throne, and with no other choice, he could only rely on an ignorant, uncultured brute. It was merely a coincidence that this brute controlled two hundred thousand troops, which created a marquis who made the imperial family wary.

Looking at it this way, it seemed reasonable that such a rough, ignorant person would produce a group of useless descendants.

That was what the world believed. The heir Bai Ziyu met today also seemed to prove that the world was not wrong.

But was that truly the case?

This meeting ultimately ended unhappily. Bai Ziyu’s face was dark, while Sun Zibai looked as if he had not had enough. When he left, his face was even full of regret. That expression made Bai Ziyu suspect that if he had not displayed the background of the Bai family of the capital, this person might very well have directly seized him and dragged him into the residence.

Sun Zibai left regretfully. Even after walking half a street away, he was still sighing. Sun Hong only felt that his heir had become even more unpredictable. Also, the heir’s change of affection was a little too fast.

“Master, if you really like that Young Master Bai, why not go to his family and try proposing marriage?”

He could more or less tell that this Young Master Bai from the capital seemed to have a very powerful background. Otherwise, his heir would not have endured so much.

Sun Zibai only looked at him and shook his head. “You don’t understand.”

Then explain it to me!

Sun Zibai led Sun Hong as they wandered aimlessly through the city. As they wandered, they somehow ended up in some obscure corner. Suddenly, they heard the sound of weapons clashing around the bend. In the next second, a black-clad person rapidly retreated into their line of sight.

Sun Zibai inwardly cursed his bad luck and turned to run.

Sun Hong, however, was greatly shocked and rushed behind him.

“Master, run quickly! This servant will hold them off for you!”

Sun Zibai staggered.

Now they were completely screwed.