CH 80

Chapter 080 - Yup. He never should have spent so much time with the bear child. (3)

Chu Qianli turned off the star chart, pulled up the chart that she had compiled and started talking slowly, “After a simple analysis of Big Brother’s star chart, we will be able to see two different paths and how things would develop differently on each path.

“One of them entails you leaving right now without looking back. You will achieve success on your own but, unfortunately, you will spend the rest of your life avoiding influences from your birth family. Your pain will not lessen. Quite the contrary, it will increase with time. “

Chu Qianli, smilling, clapped her hands and said, “Sometimes even you thought you had forgotten about it but your memories will come flooding back in the middle of the night like a nightmare that you can’t shake. Congratulations on your bad ending.”

He Shichen’s leaving would not change anything. He would miss Yu Shen and He Zhenghe dearly but knew that he had no rights to return to this home.

He Shichen felt an inexplicable anger when he saw how happy Chu Qianli was. He said unhappily, “You are so sure that I will feel guilty? Perhaps I don’t care about any of these at all!”

Chu Qianli knew that he was just being stubborn. She waved her hand and said, “You are welcome to give that a try. Those who feel bad will know who are the ones that feel bad. I am not making the decision for you. I am merely laying out the possible future in front of you.”

He Shichen went silence for a few second and then asked, “…… What is the other path?”

Chu Qianli said she saw two different paths but he could only think of the one.

Chu Qianli smiled and said, “Big Brother is one who only understands stakes between people so there is no point for me to try to convince you with emotions. The other path is to form an alliance based on benefits. You can’t figure out your role right now but I can help you achieve a psychology balance.”

“How so?”

“You have no idea how to act around me so we will just let money talk. I am just going to tell you the truth now. You will make a lot of money in the future and I want all of your income for the next 17 years. You will buy out the 17 years that our identities were swapped.” Chu Qianli added, “You can figure out how to make up for Mom and Dad but we are even after you pay me.

“The other path is you pay me to stay at this home. Granted, it won’t be an easy path. You will have to shoulder the burden of taking care of Mom and Dad in the future and to be responsible for the He clan. But you seem to be happy sacrificing yourself for the clan. We don’t know whether this path will lead to a happy ending but it is for sure better than a bad ending.”

He Shichen thought about it some and asked, “You mean to say that no matter how our parents split the inheritance, you want all of my income for the next 17 years?”

Chu Qianli nodded, “That’s correct.”

He Shichen asked cautiously, “Why 17 years? One’s trauma from childhood will stay with them for life. It would make more sense to ask for a certain percentage of my future income. I might make more money during my old age than in my youth.”

“Oh, we can split hair like that?” Chu Qianli’s eyes widened in surprise. “We can do that too.”

He Shichen said calmly, “Well, you said it an alliance of benefits. For sure we need to have it all sorted out at the very beginning. I don’t want you to say that I am taking advantage of you in the future.”

Chu Qianli couldn't help but grumbled, “Yeah, that make sense, but 17 years benefits me more……”

He Shichen didn’t hear her grumbling. He was already drafting a contract on his cellphone. He quickly handed it over to Chu Qianli and said in a very business-manner. “Take a look and see if there’s anything that you want to add.”

Chu Qianli looked at the detailed contract and exclaimed, “I always know the kind of person that you are but, being able to be so decisive on this, do you really have no idea how much money you will make in the future?”

“It doesn’t matter,” said He Shichen. “It’s my freedom that I am buying.”

He Shichen couldn’t come up with any idea to save himself. If he wanted to have a clear conscience in the future, he will need to pay for the smudge that he was born with.

Chu Qianli was right. He was in pain and he needed a way to find a balance.

He Shichen started sending money over after the two had confirmed the contract.

He Shichen, “This is what I have currently. The others need to stay in the account for operational purposes. I can’t give you those right now.”

“Oh, just whatever you see fit will be fine.” Chu Qianli waved her hand in a generous manner. She looked happily at the amount and said, “Not bad. You sure are the money-printing machine!”

He Shichen, “?”

He Shichen couldn’t shake the feeling that something was off but Chu Qianli said to buy it off with money and he didn’t have rebuttal for that. Truth be told, he already started feeling better. His worries and anxiety for days were gone.

Standing up, He Shichen felt much relaxed. He urged her, “Alright, now that things are settled, you should head back inside the house.”

Chu Qianli, “Nope. I am not going.”

He Shichen looked surprised, “…… Hadn’t I paid you already?”

Chu Qianli nodded openly, “Yeah, but I never said I am going inside the house after you’ve paid me.”

He Shichen, “?”

Chu Qianli, “Big Brother, I really am here for the celestial phenomenon not for you. There is an astronomical phenomenon tonight.”

He Shichen, “? ? ?”

He Shichen couldn't help but roared when he saw that she was still parked there. “Go back inside! It’s already 3 AM!!”*

Chu Qianli had already put her phone away and started looking at the sky seriously. “Alright, alright. Stop rushing. It will be starting in 2 minutes……”

Seeing how stubborn she was, He Shichen stayed next to her impatiently.

Two minutes later, He Shichen looked at the sky that was same as before and was speechless. “Whatever happened to the astronomical phenomenon that you were talking about?”

The night sky was the same as always.

Chu Qianli, too, was gravely disappointed. She tsked disgruntledly and complained. “The stars in the city is simply subpar! They are not as bright as they are in our village!”

She was able to watch the stars with her naked eyes back in the village but she couldn’t see anything in the city.

He Shichen, “……” Was he supposed to apologize to her for the stars in the city?

Without being able to observe the astronomical phenomenon, the two returned to the house fruitlessly.

He Shichen carried his suitcase back to the second floor. Standing outside his bedroom, he said abruptly, “Oh right, I have a question.”

Chu Qianli was alarmed. “What is it? Are you regretting about our deal now?”

“…… No.” He Shichen asked hesitantly, “Why did you say that I will have to take care of our parents by myself?”

Chu Qianli was taken aback a little.

He Shichen was an observant person. He asked, “What will you be doing?”

Now that He Shichen was no longer in his emotional state, his intelligence had regained the high ground. He immediately felt that something was off.

Chu Qianli said languidly, “I will be the bum, of course. Our parents should be happy that someone as lazy as I am won’t be causing them any trouble. How could they expect me to take care of them?”

He Shichen, “……”

He Shichen went inside his room and slammed the door shut behind him. Yup, he never should have spent so much time with the bear child.

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Translator’s rambling:

* Instantly back to being a concerned brother. LOL

He Shichen: “I’ve paid for the right to be your controlling brother!!” =D

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This TL is a very literally person so please help me understand the part where Chu Qianli said “all of He Shichen’s income in the next 17 years.” How is that possible for anyone to hand over every dime that they make? B.F. Skinner said that if you are alive, you will need to spend money… Okay, he didn’t exactly say that, but you get the idea.

I mean, he will need money, even if he is to live a humble life. Technically, their term was “every dime that he made”. There was no mentioning of “minus basic expenses.” So was he supposed to live off of his parents for basic expenses? Right now they are in high school and they probably get allowances from their parents. Say the parents even pay for their colleges, but 17 years will put He Shichen in his 30s…… How does 0 income work? O.O

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And… any thoughts on why she said He Shichen will have to take care of their parents by himself??

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Sorry, Golialo, the “resolution” did not go the sappy way that you had hoped. =D

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Now that bro had been “taken care of”. We are going to follow Chu Qianli’s astrological path for a while now. Yay!