Published at 30th of August 2019 10:58 pm

Chapter 2 - (6-10) edited

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Translator: Re

Editor: Mims

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(6)

Early the next morning, I peeked through the door of his room to see the male god’s body completely wrapped in quilts.

The tall BOSS that curled up like a big Mandarin Bun…

So cute.

While he was still asleep, I put on a thick brown coat and stuffed my hands into the warm pockets. First things first, put money into the bank! The dew on the grass outside hasn’t dried up yet, just like how the *automatic deposit machine has not yet emptied.

[T/N: basically an ATM]

My brother needs to go to college this year. He has always been eager to learn and very talented so it won’t be difficult for him to get into a good university.

Sighing heavily, I watched my warm breath float out into the cold air. After checking my balance, I felt extremely depressed. It’s time to find a flexible part-time job and start feeding the male god while living side by side with him.

I bought meat buns and soy milk. The downstairs store has already been acquired by a real estate company. The community is only full of large chain stores now, and the taste of their soy milk is not as good as the previous small shop.

Hehe, the power of evil real estate companies.

When I returned home, the male god was sitting at the table typing, and I quickly greeted him to have breakfast. After giving him his portion, I sat down in a chair next to him and relaxed into the seat cushion to listen to the news report on the T.V.

Taking a bite of my bun, I vaguely asked,“BOSS, what do we do now?”

The male god is also eating a steamed bun and looks particularly handsome. His perfect teeth bit cleanly through it’s thin skin, and the juicy meat inside gave off a shiny sheen.

“In two days, you will help me send a document to An.”

An is a business partner we have been working with for many years who possesses a thick stature. Every time they are socializing, BOSS is always pulled away by him to play cards and drink red wine.

I nodded, poured a bit of soy milk and asked, “Can I see what’s inside the document?”

The male god straightforwardly said, “As long as you can understand it, you can.”

“…”

… Is it really ok to despise my IQ this straightforwardly?

I bit the bun as hard as I could to vent my frustrations, and then noticed the male god was still wearing my “cropped trousers”, and a lightbulb went off in my head.

“Before work, let’s go shopping?”

The male god glanced down at his casual grey trousers and bare ankles, then stared at me with suspicion.

I quickly covered up my naughty smile and said worriedly to him, “If we don’t buy new clothes, when the water gets cut off and we run out of food, BOSS, are you really going to run around here streaking...?”

The word “streaking” was too irritating for the male god, so he nodded without saying anything.

I controlled my facial expression, and threw the remaining piece of bun into my mouth meaningfully.

Hehe.

“BOSS, what I said was cucumbers ah. How did you bring a zucchini over instead?”

“The cucumber is rather smooth here, there are no bumps.”

The male god nodded good temperedly, put the zucchini back in its original place, and went to see the fruits.

The supermarket’s vegetable stall auntie and I are close. Immediately after seeing me, her large, bean-like eyes began to pick out every small detail.

“Xiao Kang, why didn’t you come in your boxers today? You don’t look like yourself, I’m not used to it!”*

[T/N: 人模狗樣 was used here. It translates literally to “people molded like dogs” and is an idiom for saying “you don’t look like yourself” in a joking way. Thank you Lan Lan for helping with this part! ]

This Auntie makes me sound so lame! It’s winter now, who wears boxers in winter! Not to mention, they weren’t boxers at all, they were athletic shorts! I could feel myself getting more and more flustered.

“It’s different today, someone is buying food with me.”

Auntie grinned, revealing a golden tooth, “Is there a girlfriend to accompany you?”

The air conditioning of the vegetable stall was very strong. I pulled up the zipper on my coat, stroked my chin, and hesitated to reveal:

“It’s the type of person who used to be a high-ranking official in a company. The kind that you could only watch from afar and dare not approach.”

Auntie thought about my words as she helped me wrap up the vegetables, then made a sound of surprise, “Oh! Like *A flower of Gaoling!”

*[T/N: this is a reference to the TV series Born to Be a Flower (高嶺之花) which translates literally to “a flower on a high peak.” I kept the last two characters in pinyin to shorten it and make it sound more natural in the last sentence of ch7 ]

I very much agreed with this one-of-a-kind description and nodded.

Feeling another chill, I pulled my zipper up to the top position, and shrunk my neck and half of my head into the thick coat. Why is it so cold? Could someone turn up the heat?

A person patted my shoulder from behind, and I looked back —

… Gaoling’s flower never misses a good opportunity to appear!

(8)

Seeing that things have temporarily settled down, I snuck out to look for a job while the male god was working on his laptop.

Although my job is still his assistant, daily life is inseparable from the word “money”. Water bill, electricity, gas, telephone bill, a lot of Internet access fees, every time I receive a bill, I feel like impulsively sealing up the mailbox with tape.

I went to the park and sat on a stone bench. Pulling out a recruitment magazine, I started scanning the jobs inside. The cold wind blew and the papers fluttered against my hands. The uncle across from me glanced in my direction from time to time, then went back to squinting at a certain page in the newspaper that was not suitable for children.

With a pen, I slowly traced along the recruiting list.

Restaurant waiter, monthly salary of 8,000 yuan. Working hours are from 6am- 3pm.

What should I do for my male god’s breakfast and lunch? Crossed out.

Office clerk, with a monthly salary of 10,000 yuan. 9am-5pm.

If BOSS needed me to deliver documents to clients, the CEOs who are usually active at night and early in the morning would have no time.

Makes a big red cross.

The uncle across from me lazily folded his newspaper again and again, until it was small enough to fit in his pocket. Then he started greeting some old men wearing white tank tops and went to play chess.

“Ah chu!”

My small sneeze drifted into the winter air as bitter wind stung my cheeks. I really don’t understand how the protagonist in idol dramas only need to write a novel “to make ends meet.” And they don’t even have to be a popular writer at that! The price of property is so high, how are the second generation of the rich and old people really able to make a living?

With such a dark thought, I accidentally caught a glimpse of a humble job advertisement in the lower right corner.

……Hmm?

(9)

It was close to midnight when I quietly snuck back into my apartment with a sore back. Obviously this new job wasn’t even considered physically demanding, so how did I become tired to this extent? This has nothing to do with not exercising regularly.

Noticing a faint light peeking out from under the door of the male god’s room, I lazily stretched my waist, stuffed the trinket I just bought into my pocket, and lightly knocked in high spirits.

The male god was sitting on the bed looking down at his laptop, his bangs slightly covered his eyes due to not being erected with hair gel. He looked up and saw it was me, blinked a couple times – probably from sleepiness – and asked faintly, “Where have you been?”

I crawled to the male god’s side, pulling the quilt over my cold body along the way, and thought for a long time before I came up with a sentence:

“Sleepwalking…?”

The male god nodded, seeming to not care about how I answered, and continued to work on the plan book for Chief An.

I didn’t dare get too close to him and eventually came out from under the quilt after I warmed up enough. I really didn’t want to go back to my room. Although physically exhausted, I was full of energy so I brought myself closer to the glowing screen of his laptop. Reading proved difficult as the only other light in the room was from a small yellow lamp, I blinked my dry eyes and kept on.

But…This plan book…

“BOSS, isn’t this a little…”

Unscrupulous? Immoral? Taking advantage of loopholes in the law?

I couldn’t find the right word to say.

He suddenly stopped typing, but he did not look away from the screen. “It will be a lot faster this way, and you wouldn’t want to wait too long either, right?” he asked lightly.

The male god does business well, and is always a bright and upright person. I have seen his father, and I know that his tutors were very strict on him as a child. His sense of right and wrong is very strong.

Some people in the company ran their mouths saying that BOSS is too serious and honest, and will take several detours in the business community. When these words reached BOSS’s ears, he just smiled and did not say anything. As an adult, I am not naive enough to think that BOSS never takes shortcuts in business. Sometimes it is necessary to play tricks, however…

“But BOSS, if you choose a road that is too remote and rugged, you might get lost.”

But however long it will take, I will wait. Male god, just don’t go too far, I am afraid that I can’t keep up.

The man finally turned his head and looked at me. After a long time, he closed the document and gave a long sigh.

In the quiet night, the male god squinted without knowing what to think, his expression dignified.

BOSS has his own path he needs to walk and I, this small person, cannot do much for him.

So, what would be within my power?

I took the trinket that I just bought out of my pocket. The male god doesn’t need to use hair gel at home, and the hair hanging in front of his forehead is close to covering his eyes.

In the blink of an eye, I reached up towards him, and inserted a brown bear hair clip into his hair.

“Pa”, pressed down. [T/N: he pressed on the hairpin to clip it close]

The male god blinked, and looked helplessly at me who was about to start laughing at him.

I really like this *serious for eight hundred years with transcending Three Teachings male god who, towards my silly action, was feeling both a little helpless and a little bit overwhelmed.

[T/N: “正經八百、三觀超正” – I’m not confident that I translated this correctly but the gist is that our BOSS is very cultured and upright :> Also, the Three Teachings refers to Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism]

(10)

Delivery is a technical job.

As the sun set, I put on a straight black suit and carefully put the plan into the briefcase.

BOSS waved his hand in a casual manner behind me. It seems that he didn’t intend to put too much pressure on the delivery.

When I was a few feet away from the male god, I boldly turned back and pointed weakly at my cheek.

Male god: “Rest assured, there is no dirt on your face.”

I nodded stiffly, it was so hard to ask for a lucky kiss this year ah…

I took a taxi to the An company. During this busy hour when everyone is getting off work, the bus was as crowded as a can of sardines. If I showed up at the company all sweaty, it would make a bad impression.

An’s office is on the top floor, and the large glass windows reflect the city traffic below. We naturally were not meeting for the first time, and it took less than two hours which made me quite surprised.

When I entered the door, Chief An was looking at the scenery outside the window with his hands clasped behind him. His honest back inexplicably carried the momentum of an emperor.

Since it is a cooperation between partners, there is no need to have an attitude of asking for help. He didn’t move, I stood still and waited quietly.

As a result, Chief An turned around and saw that my look was unpredictable. The first sentence he said was,“Assistant Kang, I heard that you are living together with President Fang?”

[T/N: this sentence made me realize that for nine whole mini chapters, we didn’t even know BOSS’s name… xD ]

…I forgot this person’s favorite method of entertainment was gossiping.

Automatically ignored his curious eyes, I handed over the leather bag containing the papers. Chief An scanned over the file quickly and roughly, then held his chin to observe me.

“Yes.” Back straight, I calmly looked at him. In my heart I couldn’t help but tell him to get to the point quickly, don’t ask strange questions. “There are just some details that I wanted to talk to Chief An about in person.”

Things went unexpectedly smooth, and I secretly set off firecrackers in my mind to celebrate. Taking a post-it note from the briefcase, I wrote down my home phone number only because the male god said that using a mobile phone is “dangerous.”

“BOSS’s meaning is don’t be discovered by the other side. Chief An, if you’re interested, you can contact him.”

An took the post-it note and studied it. As I was wondering what he was trying to see from it, he frowned at me:

“The “2” is the beginning of a home phone number. So you two really are living together?”

“…”

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Little corner:

I found Kang Yan’s thoughts and concerns for Boss really touching :’)

Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter 🙂 On a side note, most of you guys in the comments section seem to have no problems with how I inserted the translator notes within the chapter so I’ll just continue doing it like then ^-^ thank you for the feedback!

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