CH 17.2

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They’re all so happy, Bai Zhi thought distractedly. His right hand, however, was suddenly tugged on by someone.

He turned his head. Du Huai’an looked at him and mouthed, gesturing to Bai Zhi for him to leave with him.

The two people quietly disappeared from the wedding. Du Huai’an pulled Bai Zhi and ran out of the church, running through the long streets, turning into long corridors, finally stopping in front of a very small building. 

Before Bai Zhi could understand what he was going to do, his eyes were suddenly covered. He was brought forwards, it was only till a few minutes after that both hands were put down.

Bai Zhi opened his eyes and instantly froze.

The room was filled with pictures of Pleasant Goat, a long table ran exactly through the room, various meats and dishes spread over it. Bai Zhi slowly went over and saw a small snowman toy standing at the end of the table. 

Its chubby body and small, round eyes were exactly the same as the ones Bai Zhi had molded at that time. 

It’s so ugly. Bai Zhi wanted to laugh a little, but the laugh did not come out.

Du Huai’an slowly walked up to him, slowly kneeling down on one knee under the gazes of people. 

“I’ll do it!” Bai Zhi looked at his big brother kneeling down for him. He was so scared that his IQ instantly went offline, he quickly kneeled on his two legs. He put both of his palms together and trembled as he said, “Big brother, you1, don’t kneel for me. I-I-I’m scared.”

After saying that to Du Huai’an, he prayed.

Du Huai’an who was about to say that they would both try it2: ……

“Get up,” Du Huai’an spoke. 

“I won’t,” Bai Zhi simply threw himself onto the floor. “I won’t!”

Du Huai’an was fed up and got up, lifting the man up.

“What are you doing!”

Bai Zhi’s eyes were fixed onto him, “Stay down.”

“No,” Du Huai’an sighed. “I, I want to stay with you.”

“You can’t!” Bai Zhi promptly spoke. “You only need to be yourself. You can start a happy, smooth life and make sure you don’t consider me.”

“How could I not consider……” Du Huai’an’s words suddenly got smaller. The light in his eyes changed, he suddenly pressed3 Bai Zhi.

“I understand.”

“What do you understand?”

“You think that I’m with you because I want to repay you and not because I like you,” Du Huai’an continued to speak. “You don’t want to keep a hold on me by using kindness and force me, right?” 

The atmosphere immediately sank into silence.

Bai Zhi thought about it and put up a deathbed struggle,“Yes. That’s right. That’s right, I don’t want to tie you down. I only want to be your right hand man. Du Huai’an, go fly free.”

His voice whimpered, “Don’t care about me, wuwuwuwu4.”

“Why are you so foolish,” Du Huai’an’s eyes were even more tender. Bai Zhi stiffened, his whole body producing cold sweat from the expression in his eyes. 

“I like you, it’s only natural that I consider you.”

Bai Zhi: “……Uncle.”

The system interrupted, “Don’t panic, it’s a small situation. You just need to wash yourself white5.”

“Then carry out a beautiful interaction with the villain?” Bai Zhi’s face was somewhat complicated. “Uncle, why do I feel that I haven’t come to be a little brother but come to be the villain’s boyfriend.”

“Didn’t you do all of this by yourself!” the system spoke. “You made him like you again.”

“I was following your instructions,” Bai Zhi was about to explain when he suddenly stopped. “Hold on, what do you mean ‘again’?”

The system suddenly covered its mouth, insisting on not speaking.

Bai Zhi froze on the spot for a long time, only when the man carried him to his seat to sit down did he react. 

He foolishly looked at Du Huai’an, but he saw him go on one knee again. The ring box in his hand immediately opened. Du Huai’an looked straight into Bai Zhi’s eyes, each and every word coming out from the bottom of his heart.

“Jiang Jiu, I genuinely like you.”

Du Huai’an slowly spoke, “And it has nothing to do with repaying you, nor any other purpose.”

“I might not be able to have you receive more blessings than Ke Yun, but——”

Du Huai’an spoke, “I wish to give you my entire body and mind, my entire heart, and all of my tender sentiments. I’ll give all of my life to you, and for all of the years to come, each and every second of it will be a bride price. Jiang Jiu, will you accept?”

The room was silent a few seconds later.

Bai Zhi: “……What?”6

The system who was happily peeking at the screen: “……”

Bai Zhi was somewhat uncalm, “Uncle, I……”

“Those words are nothing to hesitate about,” the system was speechless. “If you like him, accept it. If you don’t like him, drop it. Do you like him or not?”

Bai Zhi thought about it and nodded.

“Like.”

System: “Ah?”

Bai Zhi: “I like him.”

System: “Speak up, who do you like?”

“I like Du Huai’an.”

“Go tell him.”

Bai Zhi suddenly stood up, taking the ring in Du Huai’an’s hand. He immediately put it on his ring finger. When he finished, he poked Du Huai’an’s head, very loudly and clearly speaking.

“I like you, so I promise you.”

Du Huai’an instantly became excited and Bai Zhi was off in another world when he7, who had his heart full of him, embraced him.

“I’m honoured.”

When they returned later, the first thing Bai Zhi did was tell Father Jiang and Mother Jiang that they were together. The mother and father were surprised and spurted tea in Bai Zhi’s face.

“Weren’t you guys already together?”

Bai Zhi very calmly wiped his face dry, baffled, “No.”

Jiang Feng was silent for a long time then sighed, “All right, we do only have you as our son.”

After a while, he spoke again, “Do you guys plan on having children?”

Bai Zhi had not thought of this issue at all, but after looking at Jiang Feng’s expression, his heart was moved. He scratched his head, “We’ll just adopt one.”

When Du Huai’an heard about the matter, he immediately took care of it. In Jiang Jiu’s twenty-ninth year, the world of two became a family of three. 

Jiang Xiao Du8 was very introverted when she came back, speaking very little. Bai Zhi pulled her to eat, drink, and watch anime every day. He had finally removed his daughter’s fears and she smiled more. As the only girl in the family, Jiang Xiao Du added a very different atmosphere to the family. The two people’s elderly parents also particularly liked her, especially Jiang Feng who practically pampered Jiang Xiao Du into a little princess. 

The household had a satisfactory end. Jiang Xiao Du got married and started her career, then Du Huai’an passed away from illness. Bai Zhi joined him and shut his eyes, slightly smiling as he spoke to the system.

“Uncle, let’s go.”

“Now? You’re not gonna say bye to Xiao Du?”

“No,” Bai Zhi spoke. “There’s still someone waiting for me.”

“Who?”

The author has something to say:

Congratulations to Bai Zhi for gaining the title of ‘Young Atmosphere Destroyer Expert’ hhhh

Zenne: Ahhhh, it’s the end of this arc! The endings of these arcs are so short, I wish there was more to it. Welp, not much we can do about it, though. 

By the way, I’ll be uploading 2 (and maybe 3) chapters a week now since I’m on school break! My school break lasts for about 2 weeks but, I’m thinking of having this schedule permanently. (And obviously, I’ll go back to updating one chap each week when I get busy.)