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As Xu Xingling approached, he realized that it was indeed Han Tianlin. Beside him was his most recent lover, a newly debuted model with a beautiful face, breathtaking figure, and a gentle disposition.. If you are not reading this on readerfeeder.blogspot.com, this is stolen work.

It wasn’t a surprise to find Han Tianlin out and about like this. Sometimes when the time can be spared, taking a beautiful woman out to shop and have dinner was also a kind of relaxation.. If you are not reading this on readerfeeder.blogspot.com, this is stolen work.

Suddenly, an uninvited figure emerged out of nowhere. “Eldest Young Master!”. If you are not reading this on readerfeeder.blogspot.com, this is stolen work.

It was a familiar, if unwelcomed, face coupled with a disgusting personality. Of course, who else could it be besides Xu XIngling?. If you are not reading this on readerfeeder.blogspot.com, this is stolen work.

Every time Xu Xingling appears, Han Tianlin will undoubtedly be uncomfortable since Xingling really looks too much like Gu Xichen and has also become Han Yubai’s current favorite because of this. However, even if Xu XIngling persevered for another 20 years, his temperament would still not be even remotely comparable to Gu Xichen’s.. If you are not reading this on readerfeeder.blogspot.com, this is stolen work.

Thus, every time Han Tianlin spotted Xu Xingling, all he sees is a fake, off-brand product that is eye-catching but cheap.. If you are not reading this on readerfeeder.blogspot.com, this is stolen work.

“Why is it you again?” Han Tianlin asked rhetorically with a frown. None of his admirers had ever been as annoying as Xu Xingling. “Didn’t I order you to follow Yu Bai? You still have the audacity to be finding me if you aren’t serving him well?”

Xu Xingling turned a deaf ear to those words. He instead smiled and said, “Eldest Young Master, I just wanted to come say hello.” This time, it’s really fate and a coincidence to meet Eldest Young Master here. 

“Are you currently on a date with a beauty?” Xingling turned his gaze to the woman beside Han Tianlin and his mood turned sour. His jealousy was blatant. “It turns out that Eldest Young Master favors this sort of woman…” Her figure was voluptuous, with a full bosom, bubble butt, and thin waist—the typical straight-man aesthetic. Tsk, tsk.

“My preferences are not of your concern.” Han Tianlin was really impatient with Xingling and moved to walk past him with the beauty led on his arm.

“Eld-Eldest- Eldest Young Master!...” Xu Xingling acted on impulse and ran after Tianlin. “Don’t go so soon! It’s really not easy to see you…”

Han Tianlin didn’t give him the time of day and only walked away faster, a sneer on his face.

“Eldest Young Master- I broke up with Second Young Master!” Out of desperation, Xu Xingling shouted the only topic that he could think of that would attract Han Tianlin’s attention.

Sure enough, Xingling was right, and Han Tianlin paused. “Broke up?” Tianlin turned around and directed a mocking gaze at Xingling. “You dare to use the term ‘break up’? Who do you think you are?”

Xingling couldn’t help but drop his smile when he saw the contempt in Tianlin’s eyes. Nonetheless, he still gazed back at Tianlin eagerly, unwilling to look away. “Eldest Young Master…”

Tianlin was over it. “Listen to me well. You are merely a piece of meat I shoved into Yu Bai’s bed. He’s tired of you and doesn’t want you anymore. Get out of my sight.” He frown. “Don’t even think of appearing before me again. Are we clear?” Tianlin turned around again and left.

Xingling’s face was full of sadness. He could do nothing but reluctantly watch Tianlin’s back as he walked away from him.

“Xingling, are you okay?” Qian Xiaozhen peaked out from his hiding spot from where he had obviously been listening in. He held a hand to his heart that was still stuttering out of fear. “You really didn’t lie to me. He really did ask you to serve Second Young Master. He’s so ruthless.”

Tianlin truly deserved to be the Young Master of a wealthy family. His aura was just too powerful.

“...” Xingling took out a tissue from his bag and wiped at his teary eyes. His mood was low yet again. His whole person felt like he was spinning and tilting.

“Xiaozhen, what should I do?”

“Be strong.” Qian Xiaozhen patted Xingling on the shoulder. “It must feel terrible watching him go around, dating beautiful women.”

Xingling shook his head in denial. “That’s not accurate. I’m not upset because he’s seeing beautiful women, I’m sad because he doesn’t want me and never has.” He’s not upset, he’s just jealous. Very, very, crazily jealous!

“...”

The rest of the afternoon, Xu XIngling invited his friend to a restaurant for a meal, and then the friends parted ways. XIaozhen was off to see his own man.

“Bye! My boyfriend is waiting for me outside. I’ll just walk myself, no need to accompany me. You be safe on the road home!”

“Okay, you be careful as well.” Xu Xingling smiled reluctantly. He didn’t really want to accompany Xiaozhen to see his boyfriend anyway, but when Xingling is lovesick, he really can’t think of how to spend his time.

When Xiaozhen finally left, Xu Xingling wrapped his arms around himself and stood outside in the cold wind for a while. It was late autumn and the evenings were often very cold, but Xingling didn’t want to head back to his apartment yet didn’t have anywhere else to go.

He considered it for a while, and then finally took out his phone and dialed Li Dong’s number. Xingling frantically called over and over for a while, but eventually gave up. Xingling assumed that he had been blocked.

HIs assumption was right, as Li Dong had been very annoyed by the constant buzzing sound. He didn’t hesitate to block Xingling’s number immediately.

But Xingling refused to give up and refused to believe that he truly had been completely blocked. He resorted to texting Li Dong.

“Second Young Master, please come take care of me? It’s so cold and I’m so sad ‧º·(˚ ˃̣̣̥⌓˂̣̣̥ )‧º·” 

While waiting and hoping for Li Dong’s reply, Xu Xingling ended up staying on that cold street corner late into the night. He refused to go home because he was so close to the city center now, and the city center must be the closest place to Li Dong. If he goes home, he goes away from the city center and away from Li Dong.

“Second Young Master, I’m so sad I might be dying. Please, I can’t take it if you treat me like this.”

Still no reply.

“Please, have mercy on me. I really just want to see you (／。＼). Whatever you want me to do I’ll do! Just keep me around like a dog! I promise to be obedient and won’t interfere if you go out with others.”

There were three messages sent consecutively, and Li Dong was extremely pissed off by all of them. The headache he got from reading them he swears was no less than the heartache Xingling was claiming to be going through from being dumped.

Li Dong chucked his phone somewhere. He didn’t want to keep reading and torturing his common sense and morality.

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translator notes:

there's really no excuse for me leaving you guys high and dry for so long, my apologies. i just got overwhelmed with my mom's health issues, school, work (i finally got a job, yay!), social anxiety, and life in general. i'm just going to update this novel intermittently now and whenever i feel like i want to translate. i've got too much pressure already and i'm not going to make myself hate this novel by making it an obligation instead of a hobby.

thanks for reading. please support me with a kofi if you can.

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