Ch. 3 – Dragon Pearl

The next morning, Chi Zhao got up from his bed and stretched out happily. This bed was much more comfortable than the rigid dormitory bed he usually slept in. Perhaps this deal was actually worth it and dying wasn’t such a bad thing.

[Li Yihan has already had breakfast and it’s about time for him to leave for work. If you dawdle any longer, he’ll leave.]

After hearing this, Chi Zhao rushed down from the bed.

After washing and putting on clean clothes, he quickly ran downstairs. Li Yihan heard the movement and raised his head. Qi Yuan looked like he was anxiously looking around for something, his eyes as wide as saucers. When he saw Li Yihan, he was stunned. Then his expression gradually relaxed.

Li Yihan didn’t say anything. He just lowered his eyes again and tried to sort out his emotions.

Chi Zhao stood at the stairway entrance and licked his lips nervously. He walked over stiffly, pretending to be calm. Then he politely said, “Good morning Mr. Li.”

Li Yihan murmured, “em”. Zhang Bo brought out Qi Yuan’s breakfast. The food was the same as Li Yihan’s, the only difference was that Qi Yuan’s drink was milk, while Li Yihan’s was black coffee.

In half an hour, Qi Yuan would go to school. The school is half an hour’s drive from the house. Li Yihan, on the other hand, went directly to the company, which was in a different direction from him.

During the whole day, Chi Zhao could only see Li Yihan for a few minutes at breakfast. Li Yihan was busy as he was supposed to be leaving today. It was estimated that he would be back in a little less than a month.

The first rule that the system gave him would not be possible for a while, but he can make more efforts on the second and third rule.

Showing good intentions to others? This is his strong point! In university, Chi Zhao majored in preschool education. There were thirty girls in the class and only two boys, and the other boy, who was still in his sophomore year, couldn’t bear so many expectations and pressures, so he decisively switched departments.

As the only boy, he was the little angel of all the girls in the class. He did his job seriously and didn’t chat unnecessarily, so everyone liked him a lot.

However, for some unknown reason, they all regarded Chi Zhao like they would a friend’s younger brother. No one was interested in him as a potential partner.

Hey, such a sad thing…

Please don’t mention it.

In a word, he has been classmates with thirty girls for two years. Chi Zhao knows how to treat people well. Although there is a big difference between men and girls, in essence, we are all human beings.

With this in mind, Chi Zhao saw Li Yihan put down his knife. It looked as if he had finished eating. He picked up his mobile phone in his left hand and looked casually at it, his right hand moved to grab his coffee cup.

Chi Zhao blinked, reached out and moved the coffee cup a few centimeters away.

After seeing Chi Zhao’s small movements from the corner of his eye, Li Yihan raised his head unconsciously. Chi Zhao looked at him for two seconds, then he answered solemnly, “If you drink that immediately after eating, you will suffer from indigestion.”

Zhang Bo stood beside the table and saw Chi Zhao’s movements. He wanted to hold his forehead in frustration. Before, he only thought that Qi Yuan was a person who was slightly troublesome and especially fond of playing around. He did not think that he was so nosey. Li Yihan hated to be criticized by others. Qi Yuan had only seen Li Yihan a couple of times, so how could he already act this comfortable?

Zhang Bo felt really sad. After ten years of working in Li’s family, he had already used all kinds of fancy tricks to fix the Master’s bad habits. For the longest time he had willingly played the bad guy. So, it was unexpected that after more than ten years, the first person who could publicly call out the Master’s habits was this adopted son.

For a full three seconds, Li Yihan did not speak. Zhang Bo took a step forward to resolve the silent tension. He saw Li Yihan take his eyes off Qi Yuan’s face and let them fall on the cup of coffee that Qi Yuan had just moved.

“So,” he said in a low voice, “when can I drink it?”

“In five minutes.” Originally, when Chi Zhao had put forward this point, he was only doing it to show his good intentions to Li Yihan just as the system had instructed. However, after saying this he found that he had unintentionally increased the stay time for Li Yihan by five minutes, and he could not help laughing.

Qi Yuan’s appearance is originally beautiful and pure. Unfortunately, since the original had such too many bad personality traits, he looked gloomy, sensitive and not easy to approach. But now, with Chi Zhao’s soul in his body, when he laughs, two little tiger teeth appeared, making the young man look animated and lovely.

Li Yihan was infected by this bright smile, and his mood instantly improved. He nodded, “Okay, I’ll remember from now on.”

When Li Yihan was sixteen, his father died and the Li family, which should have inherited by him, was gobbled up by various relatives. He and his mother almost fell to the point of homelessness. From then on, he was no longer an ordinary teenager. In six years, he grew up and took back the things that should have belonged to him one by one, and once again raised the Li family to prosperity.

At the age of 22, he was the master of the family. It’s been ten years now and he had never had anyone else around him. Additionally, he did not trust those outsiders and he himself wasn’t someone that craved human affection. Of course, this is what he had thought before.

After being alone for so long, he had forgotten what it feels like to have someone care for him. Today Qi Yuan helped him remember that feeling.

Although he had just experienced a little of that long-forgotten warmth, Li Yihan still did not completely trust Qi Yuan. He has not forgotten the survey information sent by his staff. While a person may or may not change, he and Qi Yuan had no real personal relationship, and their lives had no real overlap.

Li Yihan’s current thoughts were complex. However, Chi Zhao didn’t notice Li Yihan’s complicated feelings, he was just happy to go to school. After death, he realized how nice it is to go to school. Qi Yuan was a freshman who was meant to be learning new things, so for Chi Zhao, who was already a college veteran, Qi Yuan’s classes should be fairly easy.

Upon entering the classroom, half of the people there were his classmates, but none of them bothered to greet Chi Zhao. So, he silently found an empty seat and sat down.

The system had said that the main goal of this novice world is to teach Chi Zhao how to play his part successfully. The system has taught him all it can, and the rest needs to be practiced by Chi Zhao himself. As long as he does not make any major mistakes, the system will not disturb him.

Right now, it’s only October. They had started school in August, so It’s normal that they can’t recognize their classmates. Chi Zhao’s mood is very calm, he didn’t have any worries that others might think that he’s not the real Qi Yuan.

He took out his textbook and began reading. Suddenly, a man sat beside him. He put his arm on the back of the chair, behind Chi Zhao, and looked at him provocatively. “Qi Yuan, the day before yesterday was a pretty fun. The upperclassmen liked you very much. He asked me if you’re going to The Dragon Pearl tonight. I promised him that you would.”

This person is Zhou Tian, a classmate of Qi Yuan, and also a person who introduces him to various entertainment clubs. The Dragon Pearl is a well-known gay nightclub. Just by its name alone one can tell it’s an extremely immoral place [1] .

The people who go there are all there for a special type of fun, and most of them are men. If Qi Yuan goes there, it goes without saying that he’d be the one being played with.

Chi Zhao frowned at Zhou Tian. “I’m not going. Last time I only went because you pushed me to go.”

Zhou Tian didn’t expect him to say that. His face suddenly turned ugly. “Qi Yuan, are you messing with me right now? I’ve already promised senior, but now you’re saying you can’t go. Just what is it that you want me to tell them, huh?”

“I didn’t tell you I’d go so I don’t know why you made any promises. Besides, I’ll never go to those places again. You don’t have to look for me in the future.”

The system lived in Chi Zhao’s mind, watching Chi Zhao dealing with all kinds of people was like watching a play. Usually, it only has to sit on a bench, cut a piece of melon [2] , and eat while watching.

But when it heard Chi Zhao saying this, the system suddenly yelled in a hurry.

[You can’t say that! You still have to go, or how will you give Li Yihan a green cap? This Zhou Tian guy is also one of Li Yihan’s green hats. His family has a little money, and you need to rely on his network to meet some of the other green hats.]

“But I don’t want to go… Just where is that place? It’s too dirty, and too evil!”

System: “…”

After half a day of hesitation, the system compromised.

[You don’t have to go now, but you still have to go in the future, so you must maintain friendly relations with Zhou Tian.]

Chi Zhao agreed. He turned his head and looked at Zhou Tian, whose face was already cloudy. “What about this, you give me the contact information of the senior and I’ll call him myself?”

Zhou Tian frowned, and gave a sneer in his heart. So Qi Yuan was this type of person. How can you say that you don’t want to go? Here you are saying such magnificent words, but in reality, you just want to get the contact information of senior, so you can contact him personally.

Although his heart was sneering, his face relaxed. “Okay, but you’ll have to be the one to tell him that you’re not going.”

He rattled off the upperclassman’s cell phone number to Chi Zhao, who input the digits one by one using the keyboard of his cell phone. Before calling, he first turned to Zhou Tian and said, “Oh Yeah, what’s the name of this guy again?”

Zhou Tian: “…”

Hearing the name of the student, Chi Zhao wrote it down in his heart and then pressed the call button. There was a quick answer. Just after hearing a hello from the other side, Chi Zhao quickly spoke, “Hello Mr. Duan, I’m Qi Yuan. I’m just calling to tell you that I won’t be going tonight, and please don’t invite me again. Bye-bye.”

Chi Zhao said these words so quickly that he didn’t give the other party any time to interrupt at. When he finished, he directly hung up the phone.

After putting down the mobile phone, Chi Zhao calmly opened his book, and lightly browsed the content. Zhou Tian sat beside him, just staring at him with a shocked expression.

After a while, he finally reacted. He knocked the book out of Chi Zhao’s hand and glared at him angrily. “Qi Yuan, what’s wrong with you?!”

Chi Zhao was stunned and did not understand why he was acting like this.

Zhou Tian suddenly stood up and pointed to Chi Zhao and glared, “Now you can only wait for death!”

[1] I don’t know why it’s immoral sounding, I tried to look it up but the character also mean “dragon ball” so the results were all about the cartoon.

[2] melon eaters, or eating melon, meaning people who like to watch drama unfold even though they themselves aren’t directly involved in it.