Chapter 61: CH 61

The road was paved with thick snow when Chen Miao Ping was off duty. And so after his shift, he exchanged the donations from Xue Yi into money. He then ordered Qian Tong and the others to buy food and clothes to dispense for tomorrow before heading back home on his horse carriage.

The room was still warm from the fireplace and blocked from the chill outside. A newly replaced decorated Narra table was quietly sitting with a crystal pendant laid out on top of it. Xie Yu Zhi sat on his chair, staring at the pendant for a very long time, feeling a weird kind of emotion. Even when Chen Miao Ping came into the room, he didn’t catch his attention.

Chen Miao Ping dusted off the snow from his body and took off that slightly damp outer jacket. He casually asked, 

“What are you looking at that is making you so focused?”

Xie Yu Zhi didn’t reply and leaned back on the chair, staring at him with an odd expression on his face. Chen Miao Ping could sense that the atmosphere was not quite right and he quickly glanced at the table. His pupils dilated and his expression was as if he saw a ghost —

How could this be possible? Wasn’t that the crystal pendant he sold to that chubby boy? And he had even thought to elevate the product, purposefully choosing a special golden thread to compliment the pendant, so it was very easy to recognize. 

It had only been a few days since Li Qin Wang’s estate was raided and all the items inside confiscated, and so these things should be in the national treasury. Why would it be here in Xie Yu Zhi’s hands???!

Knowing that the other had always thought of the crystal pendant that he gave as a token of love for their relationship, and now possibly knowing that he sold the same design to another person…… He didn’t dare think any further.

Chen Miao Ping was very calm on the surface, not letting anyone see anything wrong here. Bracing against Xie Yu Zhi’s stare, he casually walked by him and the desk to sit on the bed and take off his shoes and clothes, before lying down and covering himself with the bedsheets. He closed his eyes and pretended to sleep, trying to escape this terrible terrible situation.

Not even three seconds later, the bed creaked and he felt a heavy presence sit down. Chen Miao Ping thought to himself, did the heavens want to kill him today, and silently covered his face with the bedsheets, 

“I’m sleepy. If there’s anything you want to discuss, let’s do it another day.”

Xie Yu Zhi’s voice rang above his head with a fake happy tone, 

“Another day? Are you sure you wouldn’t be selling these things all over the streets another day?”

Chen Miao Ping thought, no way, after all his planning, he had only sold off one. Besides, these things, these crystal pendants, were not something he could just wish into existence. He only had a handful of those.

Seeing him keep his silence under the bedsheets, Xie Yu Zhi shuffled closer and reached out to pull the sheets down. His mouth curved up and he said in a low voice, 

“You certainly have your ways to earn money. Come on, tell me. How many of these have you sold?”

Chen Miao Ping’s eyes twitched and he quickly shook his head, 

“Not a lot.”

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Xie Yu Zhi continued to chase for an answer, 

“Not a lot is how many?”

Chen Miao Ping opened and lifted up his eyes, 

“You guess.”

Xie Yu Zhi: “6000 guan.”

Chen Miao Ping knocked his head back to take a swig of his wine, 

“An old friend, but he has already left.1“

Notes:

*1 Here Chen Miao Ping says the word for “to leave” but it, like many other words in the Chinese language, has other possible meanings and connotations, one of which is to have “passed away”/died. Chen Miao Ping says his old friend left (the system going away) but Xie Yu Zhi hears that word as his old friend has passed away (especially paired with Chen Miao Ping toasting away, as like a nod of respect and acknowledgement, hence why he’s shocked). 

TL Tidbits:

And we are officially done with volume 2, ending the story of Chen Miao Ping and Xie Yu Zhi (´ ▽｀).。ｏ♡ It is a bit sad to bid them farewell, just like Lu Qi and Huo Ming Chen, but more are on their way! Have you enjoyed Volume 2 as you have with Volume 1? (I can tell you Plum likes Volume 2 more than 1, although that might be their bias against Lu Qi… :p I didn’t say anything!)

And as stated in the notes of Chapter 57, Plum and I will be taking a break for the holidays (and for this behemoth of a volume, in terms of literally us diving in the deep end when we were just starting to swim (;*´Д`)ﾉ But in any case, it was a great learning experience for the both of us, and we will be back January 4th of the new year!!

Hope to see you rejoin us back on this journey to finish this novel  Next volume will be a fairly light hearted one! Here’s a small teaser: Did the system mess up this time?? Uh oh…. the story of a transmigrated Chen Yi and Fu Xiu Nian begins as a fated meeting in a tv program, trending for Chen Yi’s infamous personality and non-stop hate comments…

Haha not much to be spoiled further, but it will be a fun volume again, set in the modern era, about 2 celebrities as our main couple! (so hopefully it will a lot less difficult, and which as the volume before volume 4, it will drop us onto the opposite spectrum in emotions…)

In any case, I (and Plum) thank you all very much for going along this wild ride of Chen Miao Ping and his + our foray(s) into the historical genre! Thank you to all those who have read, liked, followed and commented! You were all a very big motivator in what we are doing, to keep us going (。’▽’。)♡ Acting as fuel for us to chug on forward haha  I really appreciate all the comments, likes and follows, and of everyone who’s coming along on this ride with us! 

Have a fantastic and warm holiday, a great end of the year to what seemed like a crazy year, and we hope you have a great new year!!! See you all Galactic Judges on Jan 4th! 

EDIT: In case you haven’t noticed, there was a double chapter release today! So don’t forget to read the chapter before if you missed it 

And also a bonus question for those who might be interested in some not very exciting trivia: Does the name of the first child who went to the school ring any bells? : )

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