GTAS Arc. 2 Ch. 4

When Ji Yichen woke up, the sky outside the window was already bright, and there was no sign of Ji Linchen on the soft bed.

He sat up, his attractive phoenix eyes still a bit swollen and red. He rubbed his eyes and slowly cleared the dazed feeling from his mind after just waking up.

Since last night when he fell asleep, the system had already transmitted the original host’s memories, and that heart-wrenching pain once again occupied Ji Yichen’s heart.

It can only be said that the relationship between the original host and the scum attacker, Ji Yanzhi, was really complicated. From childhood promises of innocence, to the exacerbation of conflicts between the two families. When the original host saw Ji Yanzhi again, afraid of further exacerbating the rigid relationship between the two families, he did not reveal his identity. Instead, he bribed the people in the slave market, pretended to be a slave, and approached Ji Yanzhi, just to show his enduring affection.

However, after coming to the Ji family, the original host found that things were not quite as he had imagined. After all, reality is cruel. The original host found that apart from himself, Ji Yanzhi also kept many other slaves, and every night he would let someone go to his room, allowing him to vent.

Originally, on one occasion when it was the original host’s turn, he was determined to go. He wanted to face Ji Yanzhi and clarify his identity. If Ji Yanzhi could remember who he was and was willing to stop this behavior, and fulfill their original promise, then the original host would let go of his grievances and be together with Ji Yanzhi. But things didn’t go as planned. That day, the original host was too weak due to his physical condition and fell ill. Ji’s family received inhuman treatment, and the original host finally fell ill.

As a result, Ji Yanzhi didn’t let him go that day. Instead, he missed his turn and let other captive slaves go instead, which made the host both anxious and angry, and his illness worsened.

During this time, there was a boy who was bought back together with the original host. This boy had already been ravaged by Ji Yanzhi. However, like Ji Yanzhi, people like him always lose interest after the first taste. He’s truly a beast in human skin!

This boy took great care of the original host, even sneaking medicine and warm steamed buns for the original host to eat. The boy’s meticulous care made the original host deeply grateful. When the original host’s illness had just improved, the boy said something to him.

“Shall we escape?”

It was this sentence that planted a seed in the original host’s heart. After so many days of hardship, his admiration for Ji Yanzhi had almost disappeared. At this point, the original host was already feeling disheartened and wanted to leave the Ji family.

When Yanzhi and the boy agreed to escape together from the back door at midnight, Yanzhi waited for a long time. Finally, the boy arrived, but he brought Yanzhi with him.

Afterward, Yanzhi was personally taken back by Yanzhi. Then came the scene that Yanzhi saw when he woke up.

The boy who had taken good care of Yanzhi took advantage of this opportunity to climb into Yanzhi’s bed again…

Yanzhi’s memories ended here. Sitting on the edge of the bed, Yanzhi absentmindedly pressed his hand against his chest, pressing hard…

“It seems the original host’s heart is dead…”

Seeing the man he had admired for decades and the person he owed gratitude to betraying him together, the entanglement of love and hate felt like a spider web tightening around him, finally wrapping the original host’s heart tightly, only to be eaten away by resentment and despair, leaving nothing behind…

Yanzhi felt that the strong heartbeat in his chest was no longer the original host’s, but his own. From now on, the endless hatred of the original host would be mercilessly avenged by him, Yanzhi…

As for the protagonist Yanzhi, the system only informed Yanzhi that Yanzhi would eventually become the king of this country, pacifying the turmoil and unifying the continent.

Yanzhi sneered. The position of king, a stud horse, really suited Yanzhi.

In any case, he needed to leave this room now. If he didn’t make an appearance in front of Yanzhi soon, Yanzhi would probably forget about him, this little cannon fodder slave, very quickly. As Yanzhi got out of bed, he saw neatly folded clothes on the chair at the foot of the bed, along with a note with dragons flying and phoenixes dancing [1]. He reached out and picked it up.

“Change your clothes and come find me.”

After reading it, Yanzhi raised an eyebrow. What’s this about? The new clothes were for him, but Yanzhi wanted him to go find him. Did Yanzhi think he was a radar? How could Yanzhi, in such a large household like the Yan Family, know where to find him? Ridiculous! Must be crazy!

Cursing Yanzhi’s ancestors in his mind, Yanzhi swiftly changed into the clothes.

“While in the study dealing with military confidential documents, Ji Linchen suddenly sneezed loudly.

“Achoo!”

Meanwhile, Lin Huai, who was standing by the window enjoying the scenery, casually asked, “Young Master Ji, did you catch a cold last night? You should be mindful of keeping warm as autumn approaches.”

Hearing this, Ji Linchen’s ears turned red with embarrassment. Indeed, he hadn’t covered himself with a blanket last night because that little guy kept snatching it away from him! Ji Linchen had no choice but to hug the little guy through the blanket to keep warm.

However, as a distinguished general in front of others, how could he reveal such embarrassing matters about himself? Ji Linchen coughed lightly to cover it up, stood up from behind the desk, and walked over to Lin Huai with long strides, asking in a deep voice, “This is a trivial matter. You don’t need to worry about it. What are you looking at…”

Ji Linchen trailed off as he followed Lin Huai’s gaze outside, where he saw the little guy who had snatched the blanket from him last night walking on the open-air corridor in the exquisite suit Ji Linchen had prepared for him. The little guy seemed to be looking around as if searching for something.

Lin Huai knew that Ji Linchen had noticed and raised his eyebrows, saying loudly, “It seems that the Ji family is too big, and the little lion got lost…”

At this moment, Ji Yichen was unaware that he had been targeted by someone. He was slowly walking towards the flower-filled garden, following the memories of the original host. Just as he was about to enter, he heard someone calling out from behind.

“Yu Heng?!”

Ji Yichen furrowed his brows upon hearing the voice. He knew that there were only two people in the Ji family who knew his name and had the freedom to come and go as they pleased: one was Ji Yanzhi, and the other was the other slave boy who had betrayed the original host, Xiao Wu.

According to this boy’s own account, he had four older brothers, so his family couldn’t afford to keep so many children, and they sold him to the slave market for some money to support the family.

Having the privilege to move freely in the Ji family was a favor bestowed upon him by Ji Yanzhi after being favored. On the second day after being favored, he could move freely in the Ji family. Apart from Ji Linchen, no one dared to disobey Ji Yanzhi’s orders, as Ji Yanzhi might be the next head of the Ji family…

Because Ji Linchen was a general who went to war, he might die on the battlefield one day.

Ji Yichen stopped in his tracks and turned to look at Xiao Wu, who was walking towards him on the side path. He replied coldly, “You called me. Do you have something to say?”

Seeing Ji Yichen’s cold and distant demeanor, Xiao Wu immediately felt wronged, with tears welling up in his eyes. He looked flustered and choked up as he explained, “Yu Heng, I really didn’t go to find Second Young Master last night. It was the butler. The butler knew about our plan to escape a long time ago! It was the butler who told Second Young Master!”

Watching the performance of Xiao Wu, whose acting skills are comparable to a movie star, Yanzhi couldn’t help but sneer in his heart. What a performer! Since Xiao Wu wanted to act, he would play along with him…

Yanzhi also pretended to be shocked and replied, “Are you, are you telling the truth?! I, I thought you…”

Seeing Yanzhi falling for it, Xiao Wu quickly approached. Despite Yanzhi’s guarded expression, Xiao Wu reached out and tightly grabbed Yanzhi’s arm.

It seemed like Xiao Wu was asking for forgiveness, trembling hands and all. But Yanzhi understood that Xiao Wu was afraid of him entering the garden, so he exerted force on his arm, just pulling him closer. It was evident that Yanzhi was already inside.

“Yan Heng, don’t blame me. You haven’t served Young Master Ji before. You don’t know that Young Master Ji gets very angry every time. If you don’t comply, you’ll be tortured to death, just like last night…”

Looking at Xiao Wu’s shy appearance, Yanzhi couldn’t help but roll his eyes in his heart. Wow! He had seen many shameless people, but this was the first time he had seen someone this shameless!

So what if he was ‘done’ by that dog. shit Young Master Ji once! Was it necessary to flaunt it everywhere like he had found a treasure?! Ridiculous!

Just as Xiao Wu was proudly flaunting, Yanzhi unexpectedly broke free from his grasp and, before he could react, slapped him across the face.

“Smack!” The sound echoed in the open space.

Xiao Wu’s fair and delicate face instantly turned red, with a handprint appearing immediately. He covered his face in disbelief, looking at Yanzhi. He didn’t expect Yanzhi to dare to slap him!

“You, you dare to hit me!”

Seeing the fierceness in Xiao Wu’s eyes, Yanzhi coldly snorted and moved his wrist back and forth. Just one slap couldn’t possibly alleviate the resentment in his heart for the original owner. Just as fear replaced the fierceness in Xiao Wu’s eyes, Yanzhi’s hand was about to land on Xiao Wu’s face again.

As his hand was about to touch Xiao Wu’s face, Yanzhi caught a glimpse of a figure passing by the gate of the garden nearby, and he immediately stopped his movement.

Clearly, Xiao Wu also saw it. He stretched his neck and pressed his face against Yanzhi’s outstretched hand, then, with the other hand behind the figure, he slapped himself hard, then fell to the ground with a pitiful cry, crawling toward the figure’s feet as he cried.

Got it! Thank you for clarifying. Here’s the revised translation:

“S-Second Young Master Ji, save Xiao Wu!”

Ji Yichen raised his head and saw Ji Yanzhi’s cold face, his eyes filled with sharpness, obviously identifying him as the one who bullied Xiao Wu…

Tsk tsk, a scheming “bitch” and a playboy, what a combination, it’s really something!

[1] 龙飞凤舞 (lóng fēi fèng wǔ): Literally means “dragons flying and phoenixes dancing.” It describes elegant and graceful handwriting.