Chapter 2 - The Reverse Transmigration Plan Begins!

Ch 2 The Reverse Transmigration Plan Begins!

The sky outside was already lit up, and with the dawn after a summer rain, it was a perfect time to take a lazy nap. Jin Yanliu had dazedly opened his eyes, staying like that for a while.

He could vaguely remember that Zhou Beiyang returned last night.

But he’s been drinking too much, to the point that he could no longer differentiate between dream and reality.

Hurriedly getting out of bed, the young man went into the living room and other bedrooms to look. It turned out that Zhou Beiyang wasn’t at home, but the formerly messy house had been organized till not a speck of dust could be seen. There was also porridge and two plates of side dishes waiting for him on the kitchen table.

When Jin Yanliu went into the bathroom to wash up, he saw that the toothpaste had already been squeezed for him and the clothes that he was to wear today neatly folded at the side.

Jin Yanliu stared numbly at those clothes for a long time.

Zhou Beiyang, the son that his previous stepmother had brought with her, was not blood brothers with him, yet they were even closer than true brothers.

His father, Jin Weinan, was one of the country’s most prominent business proprietors, and with this wealth and power came an illness that spread across all these influential men: promiscuity. Not to mention lovers, Jin Yanliu has already had two stepmothers. Zhou Beiyang’s mother, Zhou Hong, was the first, and when she first entered the Jin household with her son, Jin Yanliu had been 12, while Zhou Beiyang not yet 7.

Unfortunately, the marriage only lasted for 7 years.

The good thing was the divorce was on good terms, and the lovers didn’t become enemies/ The reason for this was mainly because of Jin Yanliu and Zhou Beiyang’s close relationship. Zhou Hong often compared her son to Jin Yanliu, saying that she preferred Jin Yanliu’s outgoing and bright personality. On the contrary, Jin Weinan thought his son was unsophisticated, preferring Zhou Beiyang, who had a similar demeanor to him in his younger years.

Due to the seven years of living together, the two stepbrothers maintained close ties, and with Zhou Beiyang entering the entertainment circle after his college graduation this summer, the two were bound to become even closer.

Zhou Beiyang took after his mother, in both looks and personality, a calm and gentle person.

At least, this is what Jin Yanliu always thought.

But then, <<Taking Turns to Dote on>> introduced him as a sick and dark psychopath with paranoid and fanatical deviations.

The young man couldn’t connect this description with Zhou Beiyang no matter how he tried.

In his impression, the only time where he felt a dark aura coming from Zhou Beiyang was when he was in a middle school group fight, and the Zhou Beiyang who saw his brother’s head bleeding picked up a brick and had the intent to take the perpetrator’s life.

But that’s all brotherly love!

The words on Zhou Beiyang’s lips were always ‘Big brother,’ calling that phrase with happiness.

No! Even if it’s not for himself, Jin Yanliu decided that he would stop the transmigrator no matter what! For the sake of his brother! How could he allow such an excellent young person to be tainted by that evil spirit of an imposter?!

His heart was burning in pain just by the thought of it.

He’ll definitely ruthlessly oppress this shameless imposter!

“Little Ai… Heyo, little Ai!”

Ding! “Dear!” Little Ai is here.

Jin Yanliu immediately asked, “That imposter, did he succeed in imprisoning Zhou Beiyang with those devil claws?”

“He hasn’t right now, but you never know. Anything can be possible, so that’s why we need to prevent it from happening.”

“He hasn’t succeeded as of now?”

“The novel hasn’t ended yet, nor do we know when it will end.” Little Ai continued, “But do you know the reason why even after 1,000,000 words, the novel still as not ended?”

“… Why?”

“Because there are so many men in this world that you can never finish eating all of them, so this novel will never end!”

“…”

Damn.

“You need to know that trading stocks require the appetite to do so. The strong male lead and the conquered big shots, if they are all the same, then the readers will get tired, so it is necessary to give the big shots different character designs. For example, some need to be bootlickers, some need to be as bright and reliable as sunshine, some need to be possessive and dominant, and others need to be wanted but cannot be gotten.”

Little Ai, who was very familiar with Jin Yanliu’s temper, said patiently with gentleness, “Zhou Beiyang definitely won’t escape because he is a character that readers want but cannot get. Besides, he is also the number 1 or number 2 in the text.”

“What?” Jin Yanliu furrowed his eyebrows.

“Have you ever taken a shower with Zhou Beiyang?” Little Ai was a little embarrassed. “And if you did, then… did you see…”

Startled, Jin Yanliu’s face flushed as he roared in anger, “Just say it! What should I do?!”

Little Ai’s voice had a sense of urgency that couldn’t be suppressed. “Of course it is to launch a counterattack! Before the imposter arrives, mess up the background story, and cut off all possibility of getting the big shots’ goodwill and affection!”

This… sounds reasonable.

But it isn’t enough.

His family, friends, career, money… he’ll leave none of it for that imposter! He’d rather destroy everything!

“Actually… there’s no need to be so ruthless…” Little Ai said casually.

Jin Yanliu was silent, his face dark.

He will begin this operation immediately.

“Do you still have the information on those men that the imposter lured to bed?”

“A lot, a bit too much, in fact.”

“…” Jin Yanliu signed a breath of relief. “Then let’s go one by one.”

Little Ai was fast, and he quickly organized all of the information on these big shots.

But it’s more than a bit too much, it’s too fu*king much!

“It’s no problem for the imposter to mesmerize 10,000 men in that harem novel,” Little Ai said, “Now you see why it’s important to stop this guy?!”

“Harem?!”

“It’s called trading stocks, trading stocks,” Little Ai said hurriedly.

… Forget it, there isn’t much of a difference between the two anyway.

Jin Yanliu glanced over the information of these bigshots, from the chaebol and the peasant workers to the migrant workers who just entered the city, there was a lot of variety, and if these men had anything in common, it was their handsomeness.

Looks like the imposter wasn’t the type to take just anyone to bed, he was one that cared for pretty faces.

But there were too many records and too many people, Jin Yanliu didn’t know where to start.

“How about Little Ai give you a suggestion?”

“Go ahead.”

Little Ai began, “Not sure if you were paying attention, but in <<Taking Turns to Dote on>>, there was a drama that spanned 500,000 words worth of plot.”

Of course Jin Yanliu knew about this.

The drama was so melodramatic, so explosive that basically everyone in the country knew of this bl drama.

This show spanning 500,000 words worth of plot was called <<Into the Devil>>, adapted from the famous <<A Salted Fish’s* Image Cannot Collapse>>, a cultivation novel with many side stories. One internet user summarized it as “The devil’s follower and the seasoned female master,” “the big brother Daoist immortal and his evil little brother,” “The ascetic senior monk’s little silk underwear.”

*TL Note: Salted Fish, 咸鱼, an internet slang, refers to people who don’t do anything and don’t want to do anything either.

In the first season, 12 th chapter, the “big brother Daoist immortal and his evil little brother” led the show, with the imposter being the young brother, Mu Huaying.

This drama adopted a production model of filming and broadcasting at the same time. It became popular right after it was broadcasted. Mu Huaying also gained a number of fans. And the infamous little black room play in <<Taking Turns to Dote on>>, which happened half a month after the broadcast of this drama, had also originated here. A psychologically distorted fan kidnapped him, and after that, a dozen chapters of indescribable content ensued.

After being imprisoned by the perverted fan for more than ten days, he was rescued by one of the protagonists. The two of them staged an “I was dirtied, I am filthy**” and “No, no! You are very clean” melodramatic scene. After that, they lost control of themselves, and boom! Another dozen indescribable chapters followed.

**TL note: I’m interpreting this to be saying that he was dirtied by the fan.

In the end, there’s a reason for how can the author write over 1,000,000 words.

The imposter who had been in an indescribable situation far too many times, had a temperament change. Men changed him, making him a little ‘dark and degenerate.’ The porter of the crew, the investor of the drama production, his personal bodyguard, and the such couldn’t help but fall in love with him, thus starting his “Little White Flower’s*** path of degenerating into an evil character.”

***TL note: Demonstrating purity and innocence.

The stock trading or harem, it’s all stupidly unclear! “So your suggestion is…” “You can go shoot that drama early, walking in the steps of that imposter, giving him nowhere to go. You can go meet those men early on, and—cut off any possibility of them developing feelings for the imposter!”

This is really a good idea.

“Exactly! And as Little Ai said before, Little Ai will help you. Believe that with Little Ai’s help, we can prevent the events in that are foretold to happen, and you can undergo your reverse transmigration without a worry!”

But this was just preventing the imposter from going on that harem route and didn’t give much satisfaction nor release. He needs to let the imposter know that his, Jin Yanliu’s life, wasn’t something easy to obtain.

“Is there a villain in the novel?”

In a novel that exceeds 1,000,000 words, it couldn’t be filled with just papapa**** , right? Heartthrobs usually lead a very smooth career.

****TL note: This is slang for sex.

Yes, this novel is a face slapping novel, with the male lead known as the face slapping devil, suppressing the bunch of villains. He could pick a few from the pile of villains, grooming them into people who have actual ability, and when the time comes, they can go reverse face slap that imposter! Jin Yanliu thought in glee.

With these plans, everything suddenly feels very exciting!

Little Ai spoke, “… Alright.”

Little Ai immediately began to compile the information on those villains.

Jin Yanliu furrowed his eyebrows, selecting amongst the compiled data 3 villains with the most scenes and the best combat ability.

Villain number 1: Internet name called “Liu Yeluo,” an anti-fan with explosive strength who lives with his life’s duty to stain “Jin Yanliu” black.

Villain number 2: The ambitious male idol Lu Yao, Jin Yanliu’s greatest rival within the entertainment industry. They were rivals before, rivals currently, and it turns out they will be rivals in the future as well!

Villain number 3: A violent and cold-blooded big shot Zhou Sili, who was disabled and has never enjoyed the warmth of the world.

After drafting out the plan, Jin Yanliu gave Fatty Xiao a call.

“Do you know where to buy calendars? The kind that you can peel off one sheet after the other?”

Fatty Xiao was taken back and said, “I’ll go take a look.”

“Help me buy one, I need it right now,” Jin Yanliu said.

Half an hour later, Fatty Xiao brought the old-fashioned calendar he just bought at the market to Jin Yanliu. He didn’t know why Jin Yanliu would ask him to buy something so out of date like a physical calendar; nowadays, no one uses these anymore.

He also didn’t know why Jin Yanliu would rip the pages off from both sides of the calendar, leaving only around a hundred pages, putting the calendar at a visible place by his bedside.

After hanging it, Jin Yanliu stood in front of the calendar for a long time.

The 168 th page, 168 days and nights.

It’s enough.

Enough for him to retaliate, and enough to explode like fireworks, briefly and brilliantly.

TN note: The calendar he is using is different from western calendars. It looks something like this —> credits to google.