Chapter 5.5
Zhang Shu Lin had only seen Zhu Zi Yu from afar before this. Because of that face that was so handsome it gave off a feeling of ferocity, he’d originally thought that the other man was a tyrannical, hostile, and unsympathetic person, he must be difficult to get along with. But after coming into contact with the real man, he finally realized that reality and his imagination was completely contrary.
As long as you didn’t provoke him, he wouldn’t bother with every little thing. His bright red lips, even when not smiling, always bore a slight smile, making anyone who looked at him feel very comfortable. He was a little tsundere, a little laid-back, and very carefree, incredibly charismatic.
If it wasn’t for the previous misunderstanding, Zhang Shu Lin would’ve been happy to become friends with the other man. But now, the feeling of shame was so overwhelming that he couldn’t lift his head around the other man. All of the Zhang family members felt the same way, they silently moved to the farthest corner of the fire, their faces still a little red with embarrassment.
All except Qin Ce, who sat firmly opposite Zhu Zi Yu, poking the fire with a stick from time to time, as if nothing had happened.
As it was getting late, Zhou Yun Sheng felt somewhat sleepy, he covered his mouth and yawned. Two drops of shiny tears were squeezed out of his eyes, hanging on his eyelashes. This scene reminded Qin Ce of a cat lying asleep by the fire in winter. So lazy and cute, if his hand hadn’t covered his mouth when he yawned, would he have exposed two small, sharp canine teeth?
He quickly glanced at the young man, then stared at the fire, lost in thought.
After his yawn, Zhou Yun Sheng also stared at the fire, thinking about none other than his lover, who was still MIA. He was once a protagonist, once a supporting role, but also once a cannon fodder. His identity could change at any time, he could be anyone. And they’d only been together for four lifetimes, how could he be confident that that man’s basic data couldn’t be altered? What if he became a completely different person from before?
For example, the protagonist shou?
Thinking of this, his body suddenly shuddered, and he fixed his gaze on Zhang Shu Lin. Touching upon the bright red sindoor on the other man’s wrist, his eyes wavered, struggling inside.
Zhang Shu Lin’s scalp numbed under his observation, Zhang Jia Rui also sensed something, tactfully reminding, “My big brother is already betrothed to brother Little Black.”
Qin Ce frowned fiercely, a strong urge to deny it rising in his heart. But Zhang Shu Lin was his life savior, he had promised to become the other’s husband to repay this kindness. A man’s promise was as heavy as a mountain, he couldn’t just break it. After several struggles in his heart, he didn’t say anything in the end, but his complexion was a little unsightly.
He couldn’t understand why he wanted to deny it in front of Zhu Zi Yu. This had nothing to do with the other man, right?
After hearing this, Zhou Yun Sheng just laughed contemptuously, leaving his previous wild imaginings behind.
Everyone quieted down again, but Qin Ce’s mood was no longer as idle as before. He resembled the fire that was crackling and burning brighter and brighter before him, unbearably anxious. He raised his head to sweep his eyes over the young man several times, then quickly looked away before he could notice. Finally, he simply picked up a piece of wood and shaved it with his dagger, throwing the bits into the fire, burning them to ashes.
It was as if this would burn away the troubles and confusion in his heart as well.
Time passed imperceptibly. Soon, it was the middle of the night, and Qin Ce’s complexion finally returned to normal. He said in a deep voice, “I, Jia Rui, and these brothers will keep vigil, you guys sleep.” He pointed to the Zhu family guards.
Zhu Fushun was tied into a rice dumpling, still unconscious.
“What is the meaning of this? You don’t take me for a man?” Zhou Yun Sheng drew a dagger from his boot and narrowed his eyes in a sneer.
Young master ah, you’re not a man, so don’t be so stubborn, okay? Hurry and sleep by nanny. Lu-shi spread bedding on some branches while giving her young master a meaningful look.
Tweety also wanted to say something, but hesitated.
Qin Ce still had the same expressionless face, he looked the youth up and down, his eyes slightly doubtful. You shouldn’t blame him for his lack of confidence in Zhou Yun Sheng. You should only blame Zhu Zi Yu’s small powerless body, and his arms and legs that were thin like bamboo poles. The Ger in this world were comparable to women, they naturally looked different than a Herculean man.
Seeing his look, Zhou Yun Sheng’s heart burned with rage, he threw the dagger into the air and performed a few beautiful tricks, enunciating each word, “Look, my martial arts are more than enough to slice you up.”
Although he’d lost his memory, Qin Ce nevertheless wanted to laugh at these words, only feeling that the other man was like a kitten baring its fangs and brandishing its claws, extremely cute. His heart was relentlessly stirred up, but his face was completely expressionless, he just nodded simply, “Okay, you and I will keep the first 2 hours, the others will form pairs and each keep 2 hours. Those who want to sleep should seize the time now.”
Zhou Yun Sheng grunted in agreement, the guards and Zhang Jia Rui huddled together to discuss and arrange the order, then laid down on the ground to sleep.
Zhou Yun Sheng took the initiative to sit near Qin Ce, he grabbed the stick from Qin Ce’s hand and dug at the fire. He took a few sweet potatoes out from his pack and threw them in, covering them with hot ash.
The parts of Qin Ce’s body that was near him were all frozen, not daring to move, resembling the poking stick. Zhou Yun Sheng touched his arm, after seeing his lack of reaction, he touched him again. That finally pulled his soul back.
“Do you want some?”
Qin Ce stared at the beef jerky in the young man’s hand, stretched out to his mouth, gulping. The spicy and rich meaty smell drilled into his nostrils, making him salivate, but what made him drool even more was the young man’s slender, neat and round, pink fingertips, slightly peeking out.
Which one should I eat? As he speculated, he took the beef jerky with a serious expression and mumbled out a thanks, his cheeks appearing dark red under the firelight.
Zhou Yun Sheng also slowly gnawed on a piece of beef jerky. He then took out a pot of wine, craning his neck to take a gulp. The young man’s already rosy lips were moistened by the wine, they looked even more dark red, like blood. His neck was raised in a very graceful arc, and his small Adam’s apple moved up and down as he swallowed, he looked extremely cute.
Qin Ce stared blankly, an ominous glint erupting out of his dark eyes, like a wolf observing prey, wanting to pounce on the prey and bite its throat, swallowing it whole.
Zhou Yun Sheng’s neck felt a little cold. Thinking that the wine had spilled, he casually wiped it, then turned to Qin Ce, only to see the other man repeatedly poking at the sweet potatoes with a stick. He gulped frequently; the action very noticeable.
He really is a chowhound. Sniggering, Zhou Yun Sheng passed over the wine pot and asked, “Would you like a drink?”
Qin Ce threw away the stick and nodded. He poured the wine into his mouth, then, seeing the young man turning over the roasted sweet potatoes, not paying any attention to him, he quickly put the bottle to his mouth and took a big gulp.
Delicious wine! He praised in his heart, then handed back the wine pot with a straight face, whispering, “Zhu Gongzi, that marinade recipe from before, can you give it to me?”
“You’re quite sharp, you knew to ask me for it in private.” Zhou Yun Sheng snorted out a laugh, then looked at Tweety. She was already soundly asleep, so he pulled the handkerchief out from her sleeve and handed it over.
The handkerchief was stained with Tweety’s perfume, making Qin Ce a little displeased. He waved it over the fire, waiting for the smell to be carried away by the heat, before carefully folding it into a small square and storing it in his pocket.
Sure enough, he was a chowhound, treating a marinade recipe like a treasure. Zhou Yun Sheng glanced at him, his lips twitching slightly.
More people took turns at night watch, whenever they heard movement, they quickly extinguished the fire. In this way, a few nights passed peacefully.
One night, the sound of a sword fight was heard from lower down the mountain, everyone was frightened.
“I’ll go down and take a look.” Qin Ce pinned the dagger to his waist and warned in a deep voice, “You guys stay here, don’t move, I’ll come back soon.”
“Don’t go! You’re alone, what if you run into the bandits?” Zhang Shu Lin rushed over to hug his arm.
Qin Ce seamlessly shook off his hold, then quickly glanced at the ice sculpture-like young man. At this moment, the young man also had on a worried expression.
“I’ll be fine, trust me.” He said this sentence, then stealthily entered the forest.
Zhang Shu Lin’s worried eyes were red, his parents and his younger brother and sisters comforted him until he slowly relaxed. On the other hand, Zhou Yun Sheng went to the cave entrance and stared out at the torchlight lower down the mountain.
In this forest, the foodie loyal dog gong would go out and bump into his subordinate, then recovery his memory. He remembered that he was the heir to Shen Wei Marquisate, and he was also appointed by the emperor to be the commander of the Zhong Army. In the capital, he commanded the left behind Zhong Wei, Shen Ce Wei, Guang Yang Wei, Ying Tian Wei, and Yang Wei, MuMa Qianhu. Outside, he commanded the Zhili Yangzhou Wei, and Zhou Wei, Gao You Wei, Huai’an Wei, Zhen Hai Wei, Chu Zhou Wei, Tai Cang Wei and other regional armies. He could be called the most powerful man in the world, his father, Marquis Shen Wei, was only a decoration in his presence.
The leading cause of his accident was the sudden death of Chu Yun Country’s emperor.
This Chu Yun Emperor was not the child of the current Empress Dowager, he’d never earned the Empress Dowager’s love. The Empress Dowager had a son, but he was frivolous, ruthless, unfilial, and knew no brotherly love. The former emperor had hated him. As soon as he became an adult, he was sent far away to Shu Prefecture, and was not allowed to return to the capital. After the former emperor died, the Empress Dowager saw that the new emperor had firmly secured the throne, so she pulled the bow without shooting. While she stayed in the Shen Palace, not inquiring about the outside world in order to relax the emperor’s vigilance, she bribed the imperial kitchen to poison the emperor’s food.
When the poison penetrated too deep into his bones to be removed, the emperor finally noticed it. He immediately sent word to his close friend since childhood, Qin Ce, who was stationed at the border, asking him to return to the capital to help the young crown prince ascend the throne.
As soon as the secret letter reached Qin Ce, the emperor died. The Empress Dowager hid his death from the public, only reporting that the emperor was seriously ill. Then she wrote a letter to her son in Shu Prefecture, ordering him to immediately come back to the capital. She was only waiting for him to arrive in the capital and enter the palace to greet the emperor, then she could announce the emperor’s death and prepare a fake imperial edict to have her son steal the throne.
So, Qin Ce, who held massive military power and the ability to change heaven and earth, became a thorn in the Empress Dowager’s side and had to be eliminated. Qin Ce was ambushed countless times along the way, but when he was nearing the capital, he was betrayed by a subordinate. He was plotted against, and picked up by Zhang Shu Lin.
The subordinate he would soon meet was his childhood friend, they had a strong friendship. After meeting him, the subordinate immediately took him to receive medical treatment, and they used silver needles to dispel the congestion in his brain and restore his memories.
After Qin Ce restored his memories, in order to confuse the Empress Dowager, he didn’t change his identity immediately, but continued to hide in Qing Min County, planning everything in secret. He would send his men to intercept the Empress Dowager’s son, while he personally sneaked into the imperial palace to rescue the young crown prince.
While Zhang Shu Lin was still fretful with worry at the top of the mountain, Qin Ce had already spurred his horse towards the capital.
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T/N:
Zhong– Center
MuMa Qianhu– Only thing I could find out was that this was the troop in charge of guarding the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum
So will he recover his other memories?
Just saying, it’d be really fun if this time around he recovered the wrong memories.
truth, for example his earliest memory being du xu lang would be quite funny
This arc reminds me of Retirement Life so much
Just saying ……
It would be very funny and interesting if our MC lover (DXL Data) was actually Zhang Jia Rui.
Omg, the child (?) Was also cute 😂
Zang Shulin is also transmigrated right???
yes
Then Qin Ce… how are you going to free yourself from Shulin?
Thanks for the chapter!
The world’s protagonist doesn’t seem too bad?
the protagonist doesn’t seem to be too ”bad” this time around
finally, one that didn’t blindly shot at everyone and get the backfire from our baby.
someone smart? :O
Put this chapter into the table of content page too please. I think that you skipped it.