On the other side, Ji Ling saw that the two big villains had finally left, and lay belly up on the sofa like a fish, feeling like he’d been drained dry.
Ji Ling: [System, is there anything you want to say about today’s happenings? 】
The system said mundanely in an everyday tone. [No.】
Ji ling: [You really don’t have anything? 】
System: [Really. 】
Ji Ling: [Oh, so what can you do besides coming out to watch the show? :) ]
System: […]
Successfully slapping Ning Yu’s face was a huge blow to Ji Ling, and he went into hopeless mode.
According to the plot last life, after failing to slap Ning Yu in the face, he incurred ridicule from his companions, abuse from netizens and personal attacks. That led him to became more and more resentful towards Ning Yu, and blame Ning Yu as the cause of everything. Under the suggestion of his lackeys, he kidnapped Ning Yu using despicable means and was just about to assault him, when ‘unfortunately,’ Brandon, the hero, rescued the beauty.
Now all these plot lines were gone.
Carlos had offered to help him kill Ning Yu, but he could only refuse...
Rhodes, his dog, hadn’t answered his calls since the last incident.
Even if he insisted on it, his heart was still unwilling. He should’ve been the one getting his face slapped by Ning Yu...
Ji Ling could only hold onto his last hope. He believed Carlos would release the video to frame him after returning home, thereby irritating Jing Sui. In the end, he waited several days, and nothing. It was as if the incident had never happened to begin with…
What excuse did he have left to give NingYu trouble?!
Why couldn’t there just be hatred for no reason?!
Ji Ling watched Jing Sui's news online everyday, sighing and feeling depressed. Without him, the vicious male supporting character, how would the feelings of the gong and shou develop? How could he put Ning Yu and Jing Sui together? How could he give Brandon the chance to enact hero saves the beauty?
Now that I think about it, I’m just a straight male who’s never even talked about love. How could I have agreed to do such a difficult task?
Living is a difficult thing.
Woe is me.
After probing Carlos last time, Wen Yan’s mood became heavier and heavier. It seemed that Carlos' target this time was indeed Ji Ling. So he has also discovered how good the boy is? Carlos is so good at hiding his true face, and he’s already won Ji Ling's trust. I'm afraid it’ll be difficult for me to stop him from taking advantage of Ji Ling.
Just remembering that Ji Ling’s heart only had Emperor Sui, and that there was also that reborn Carlos beside him eyeing him, Wen Yan’s heart was pained with envy and anxiety.
He couldn't stop himself from visiting Ji Ling, but every time he saw him look secretly at Jing Sui’s picture and become sad, melancholy, and troubled…
Wen Yan became even more worried.
………………
Ji Ling was depressed at home for several days. In the end, he finally grasped upon the truth. Everyone was unreliable in this world, he could only rely on himself!
In order go back home, he had to pull himself together!
Seeing the days pass by one after another, the next plot point, ‘The Palace Banquet,’ was quickly approaching. Ji Ling decided he could no longer just stay at home. He had to go out and see if there were opportunities to salvage the situation.
As an arrogant and domineering rich kid, he had to have a lackey with him when he went out to play, so he could show off his fame and status.
It was a pity that Rhodes was pretty much written off. It was no use placing any hope on him, so it’d be better to find another candidate.
Fortunately, there were many lackeys willing to curry favor with him. Ji Ling opened his contact list, and carefully looked over it for half a day. He picked out the baddest rich kid with the worst reputation, Deng Dong, Earl Deng Yi’s youngest son.
This guy acted in poor taste and always played promiscuously with men and women. Even among the extravagant and depraved aristocrats, he belonged to the kind that was looked down upon the most. His behavior was obscene and lacked any class. If it wasn’t for his father, the earl, who was smart enough to play it carefully, he would’ve been cleaned up long ago.
Ji Ling had never contacted him before, and subconsciously stayed away from this kind of person. Pretending to act like a rich kid was already hard enough on him. He was afraid that he wouldn’t be able to hold on if he interacted with rich kids that had no bottom line like Deng Dong.
But now he had no other options. The usual group of rich kids headed by Rhodes all avoided him. It was probably due to Carlos’ warning. That was why he could only take a chance and seek out this sorry excuse for a rich kid… Besides, he was going to do bad things. Maybe he could rely on this kind of person.
Ji Ling tested the waters and sent a message. Deng Dong responded immediately as expected, acting beyond happy. They set a meeting time on the spot. Ji Ling, who had to decide between a rock and a hard place, acted like he didn’t care at all. He told Deng Dong to decide the meeting spot, and so they met at a location in the Outer Suburb district.
High nobles like Ji Ling usually lived in Central Imperial City, but there were many other districts besides that one on Empire Star. ‘Outer Suburb district’ referred to the urban area furthest out.
The closer to Central Imperial City, the better the location in the city. There were residents on Empire Star from all classes and walks of life. The further out the district, the lower the status of the residents. The most peripheral cities were usually inhabited by ordinary civilians living on Empire Star. Although they were all powerful evolutionists and billionaires in their native star domains, they could only live up to the standards of “Outer Suburb” when they came to Empire Star. In the eyes of the nobles, they were inferior people who couldn’t get rid of their origins.
Last time, Ji Ling concentrated solely on his mission, and spared thought to nothing else, so this was the first time he’d been to the outer suburb.
Compared to the luxury of Central Imperial City, things here looked much more average. Most of the people coming and going on the streets were ordinary civilians hustling about. Ji Ling revealed a curious expression.
Although Deng Dong was full of everything bad, he was very respectful towards Ji Ling and couldn’t wait to praise him to the heavens.
A high aristocrat like Ji Ling was someone he had wanted to win favor with, but would never have had the chance to under normal circumstances. He had always been envious of Rhodes and the others who could come and go with Ji Ling, a big shot that was so high above. Deng Dong was tickled pink by the fact that Ji Ling thought of him this time. He exhausted all efforts and swore to cling to him [and hug this golden thigh].
Deng Dong led Ji Ling to a building that looked rather obscure. He said mysteriously, “Young Master Ji, don’t judge this place by how bad it looks outside. You’ll certainly be satisfied with what’s on the inside, hee hee.”
Ji Ling looked at him, puzzled.
Deng Dong chuckled, "Last night, several new slaves from the Swosar Galaxy arrived. They’ll be auctioned tonight."
Ji Ling heard the word, ‘slave,’ and his eyebrow twitched in understanding.
No matter how unfair the current state of the empire was, it was still a highly civilized interstellar empire, after all… on the surface, at least, it was a fair and democratic nation. Ancient feudal systems didn’t exist anymore, let alone slavery. The fact that people could even bash noble netizens like Ji Ling showed that there was some equality on the surface. There was at least sufficient freedom of speech.
But how could the ugly and dirty desires of nobles be satisfied under that kind of system?
The truth was, although the empire didn’t allow slavery, slaves themselves did exist and were secretly circulated between some nobles. Countless people were forced into becoming aristocrats’ playthings and didn’t have enough power to resist. That so called ‘fairness’ was just in name.
This evening's auction was obviously a gray zone beyond the law.
Ji Ling didn’t want to attend, and had some regrets about finding Deng Dong. However, just leaving like this would also be OOC, so he had to follow helplessly.
He thought to himself, Next time, I’m definitely not looking for this guy.
He and Deng Dong arrived at the auction hall and sat in the VIP section on the second floor. Since doing this kind of thing was both conflicting and revolting to him, he was slightly absent-minded.
As he was starting to feel a bit impatient, Ji Ling coincidentally swept his eyes over the hall on the first floor. He spotted a man standing in the corner, and his eyes immediately opened wide with shock!
He actually met Ning Yu here?! How was that possible?!
But so what if they met… He had no reason to make trouble for him…
Ji Ling’s mood dropped, when he suddenly heard a cry of surprise from beside him. Deng Dong was leaning over the railing and had obviously discovered Ning Yu. His expression was even more exaggerated: "Isn't that Ning Yu?"
Deng Dong looked at Ning Yu's upstanding appearance. His dark hair and green eyes were bold and prominent, his tall and slender legs were powerful, and the clean and gentle yet sharp air around him was captivating. He compared that to himself, and turned jealous beyond belief, sourly saying, “Tch, what star of tomorrow? What national idol? He’s just a lowly civilian in the end. So what if he grew up to be strong and handsome. Let’s see how much fun he can give me, and how he can service this young master.”
It’d definitely be very exciting to have such a fine and unyielding pretty boy under me, and torture him hard, right? Deng Dong thought that, but didn’t dare make a move, even though Ning Yu was a civilian. He wasn’t qualified and didn’t have the public backing to go against him. That was one of Marshal Brandon’s men.
Just as he was feeling this was regretful, he turned to find Ji Ling looking at himself with burning eyes. Deng Dong immediately jumped in fright!
Did…Did I say something wrong?
Ji Ling looked at Deng Dong deeply, and slapped him on the shoulder. With meaning, he said admiringly and emotionally, "You’re exactly right. That’s very true.”
Deng Dong trembled with fear: "?"
On the other side, Ji Ling saw that the two big villains had finally left, and lay belly up on the sofa like a fish, feeling like he’d been drained dry.
Ji Ling: [System, is there anything you want to say about today’s happenings? 】
The system said mundanely in an everyday tone. [No.】
Ji ling: [You really don’t have anything? 】
System: [Really. 】
Ji Ling: [Oh, so what can you do besides coming out to watch the show? :) ]
System: […]
Successfully slapping Ning Yu’s face was a huge blow to Ji Ling, and he went into hopeless mode.
According to the plot last life, after failing to slap Ning Yu in the face, he incurred ridicule from his companions, abuse from netizens and personal attacks. That led him to became more and more resentful towards Ning Yu, and blame Ning Yu as the cause of everything. Under the suggestion of his lackeys, he kidnapped Ning Yu using despicable means and was just about to assault him, when ‘unfortunately,’ Brandon, the hero, rescued the beauty.
Now all these plot lines were gone.
Carlos had offered to help him kill Ning Yu, but he could only refuse...
Rhodes, his dog, hadn’t answered his calls since the last incident.
Even if he insisted on it, his heart was still unwilling. He should’ve been the one getting his face slapped by Ning Yu...
Ji Ling could only hold onto his last hope. He believed Carlos would release the video to frame him after returning home, thereby irritating Jing Sui. In the end, he waited several days, and nothing. It was as if the incident had never happened to begin with…
What excuse did he have left to give NingYu trouble?!
Why couldn’t there just be hatred for no reason?!
Ji Ling watched Jing Sui's news online everyday, sighing and feeling depressed. Without him, the vicious male supporting character, how would the feelings of the gong and shou develop? How could he put Ning Yu and Jing Sui together? How could he give Brandon the chance to enact hero saves the beauty?
Now that I think about it, I’m just a straight male who’s never even talked about love. How could I have agreed to do such a difficult task?
Living is a difficult thing.
Woe is me.
After probing Carlos last time, Wen Yan’s mood became heavier and heavier. It seemed that Carlos' target this time was indeed Ji Ling. So he has also discovered how good the boy is? Carlos is so good at hiding his true face, and he’s already won Ji Ling's trust. I'm afraid it’ll be difficult for me to stop him from taking advantage of Ji Ling.
Just remembering that Ji Ling’s heart only had Emperor Sui, and that there was also that reborn Carlos beside him eyeing him, Wen Yan’s heart was pained with envy and anxiety.
He couldn't stop himself from visiting Ji Ling, but every time he saw him look secretly at Jing Sui’s picture and become sad, melancholy, and troubled…
Wen Yan became even more worried.
………………
Ji Ling was depressed at home for several days. In the end, he finally grasped upon the truth. Everyone was unreliable in this world, he could only rely on himself!
In order go back home, he had to pull himself together!
Seeing the days pass by one after another, the next plot point, ‘The Palace Banquet,’ was quickly approaching. Ji Ling decided he could no longer just stay at home. He had to go out and see if there were opportunities to salvage the situation.
As an arrogant and domineering rich kid, he had to have a lackey with him when he went out to play, so he could show off his fame and status.
It was a pity that Rhodes was pretty much written off. It was no use placing any hope on him, so it’d be better to find another candidate.
Fortunately, there were many lackeys willing to curry favor with him. Ji Ling opened his contact list, and carefully looked over it for half a day. He picked out the baddest rich kid with the worst reputation, Deng Dong, Earl Deng Yi’s youngest son.
This guy acted in poor taste and always played promiscuously with men and women. Even among the extravagant and depraved aristocrats, he belonged to the kind that was looked down upon the most. His behavior was obscene and lacked any class. If it wasn’t for his father, the earl, who was smart enough to play it carefully, he would’ve been cleaned up long ago.
Ji Ling had never contacted him before, and subconsciously stayed away from this kind of person. Pretending to act like a rich kid was already hard enough on him. He was afraid that he wouldn’t be able to hold on if he interacted with rich kids that had no bottom line like Deng Dong.
But now he had no other options. The usual group of rich kids headed by Rhodes all avoided him. It was probably due to Carlos’ warning. That was why he could only take a chance and seek out this sorry excuse for a rich kid… Besides, he was going to do bad things. Maybe he could rely on this kind of person.
Ji Ling tested the waters and sent a message. Deng Dong responded immediately as expected, acting beyond happy. They set a meeting time on the spot. Ji Ling, who had to decide between a rock and a hard place, acted like he didn’t care at all. He told Deng Dong to decide the meeting spot, and so they met at a location in the Outer Suburb district.
High nobles like Ji Ling usually lived in Central Imperial City, but there were many other districts besides that one on Empire Star. ‘Outer Suburb district’ referred to the urban area furthest out.
The closer to Central Imperial City, the better the location in the city. There were residents on Empire Star from all classes and walks of life. The further out the district, the lower the status of the residents. The most peripheral cities were usually inhabited by ordinary civilians living on Empire Star. Although they were all powerful evolutionists and billionaires in their native star domains, they could only live up to the standards of “Outer Suburb” when they came to Empire Star. In the eyes of the nobles, they were inferior people who couldn’t get rid of their origins.
Last time, Ji Ling concentrated solely on his mission, and spared thought to nothing else, so this was the first time he’d been to the outer suburb.
Compared to the luxury of Central Imperial City, things here looked much more average. Most of the people coming and going on the streets were ordinary civilians hustling about. Ji Ling revealed a curious expression.
Although Deng Dong was full of everything bad, he was very respectful towards Ji Ling and couldn’t wait to praise him to the heavens.
A high aristocrat like Ji Ling was someone he had wanted to win favor with, but would never have had the chance to under normal circumstances. He had always been envious of Rhodes and the others who could come and go with Ji Ling, a big shot that was so high above. Deng Dong was tickled pink by the fact that Ji Ling thought of him this time. He exhausted all efforts and swore to cling to him [and hug this golden thigh].
Deng Dong led Ji Ling to a building that looked rather obscure. He said mysteriously, “Young Master Ji, don’t judge this place by how bad it looks outside. You’ll certainly be satisfied with what’s on the inside, hee hee.”
Ji Ling looked at him, puzzled.
Deng Dong chuckled, "Last night, several new slaves from the Swosar Galaxy arrived. They’ll be auctioned tonight."
Ji Ling heard the word, ‘slave,’ and his eyebrow twitched in understanding.
No matter how unfair the current state of the empire was, it was still a highly civilized interstellar empire, after all… on the surface, at least, it was a fair and democratic nation. Ancient feudal systems didn’t exist anymore, let alone slavery. The fact that people could even bash noble netizens like Ji Ling showed that there was some equality on the surface. There was at least sufficient freedom of speech.
But how could the ugly and dirty desires of nobles be satisfied under that kind of system?
The truth was, although the empire didn’t allow slavery, slaves themselves did exist and were secretly circulated between some nobles. Countless people were forced into becoming aristocrats’ playthings and didn’t have enough power to resist. That so called ‘fairness’ was just in name.
This evening's auction was obviously a gray zone beyond the law.
Ji Ling didn’t want to attend, and had some regrets about finding Deng Dong. However, just leaving like this would also be OOC, so he had to follow helplessly.
He thought to himself, Next time, I’m definitely not looking for this guy.
He and Deng Dong arrived at the auction hall and sat in the VIP section on the second floor. Since doing this kind of thing was both conflicting and revolting to him, he was slightly absent-minded.
As he was starting to feel a bit impatient, Ji Ling coincidentally swept his eyes over the hall on the first floor. He spotted a man standing in the corner, and his eyes immediately opened wide with shock!
He actually met Ning Yu here?! How was that possible?!
But so what if they met… He had no reason to make trouble for him…
Ji Ling’s mood dropped, when he suddenly heard a cry of surprise from beside him. Deng Dong was leaning over the railing and had obviously discovered Ning Yu. His expression was even more exaggerated: "Isn't that Ning Yu?"
Deng Dong looked at Ning Yu's upstanding appearance. His dark hair and green eyes were bold and prominent, his tall and slender legs were powerful, and the clean and gentle yet sharp air around him was captivating. He compared that to himself, and turned jealous beyond belief, sourly saying, “Tch, what star of tomorrow? What national idol? He’s just a lowly civilian in the end. So what if he grew up to be strong and handsome. Let’s see how much fun he can give me, and how he can service this young master.”
It’d definitely be very exciting to have such a fine and unyielding pretty boy under me, and torture him hard, right? Deng Dong thought that, but didn’t dare make a move, even though Ning Yu was a civilian. He wasn’t qualified and didn’t have the public backing to go against him. That was one of Marshal Brandon’s men.
Just as he was feeling this was regretful, he turned to find Ji Ling looking at himself with burning eyes. Deng Dong immediately jumped in fright!
Did…Did I say something wrong?
Ji Ling looked at Deng Dong deeply, and slapped him on the shoulder. With meaning, he said admiringly and emotionally, "You’re exactly right. That’s very true.”
Deng Dong trembled with fear: "?"
