The Correct Way of Face-Slapping in Transmigration Chapter 20 47 Feb 15, 2020

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Hi, Lumina here.. Sorry for the long absence, I have been very busy for last month, hopefully I can make it scheduled for this month.. And here we are in the beginning of a new Arc… Here you go~~ Enjoy~~

Translated by Lumina

Edited / Proofread by Daed and Vex

“Energy is being collected… Energy collection is complete. Congratulations to the master for completing the first world~.” At the bank of the pitch-black Styx River, Jing Tian leaped onto Gu Yunxi.

“Energy is being collected… Energy collection is complete. Congratulations to the master for completing the first world~.” At the bank of the pitch-black Styx River, Jing Tian suddenly leaped onto jumped to Gu Yunxi.

“Jing Tian, I'm going to sleep.” Qin Mo's influence on him was too great. Leaving that man was more painful than he had imagined, he couldn't continue transmigrating across worlds like this.

“Yes, master.” Jing Tian obediently lay down beside Gu Yunxi and licked his paw, silently, staring at his master's gorgeous face and drooling unconsciously.

Even though he had been with Gu Yunxi for hundreds of years, he would still fall for his unparalleled appearance. Three thousand big worlds, three thousand small worlds, worlds in all sorts of directions… There are thousands of them, but it probably would be difficult to find anyone who could really surpass Gu Yunxi.

This slumber lasted for a hundred years. When Gu Yunxi woke up again, he still remembered the figure of the domineering man, but his feelings for him had faded by much as the years passed. He smiled wryly, time is indeed the cure for all injuries related to love.

“Master, the energy collected in the last world was much more than we expected.” Seeing him awake, Jing Tian hurriedly reported the situation.

“Can you analyze the reason?” Gu Yunxi rubbed his brow. He has always attached an importance to energy, but at the moment he was more concerned about what happened to Qin Mo after he left even though he didn't have the courage to face the answer. He subconsciously caressed his waist and pulled a miserable smile. The man was still waiting for them to meet in the afterlife, but what afterlife did he have?

“… No.” Jing Tian shook his head. “The biggest possibility is that because of master's doing, Du Xi's adoptive parents didn't have a good end. It could be said that they were abused for Du Xi's sake. Although Du Xi didn't ask for it, he must have borne resentment for them in his heart.”

This was Jing Tian's guess. There was another possibility, but he didn't want to say it. Master finally woke up, he didn't want to hurt the owner's heart again.

Jing Tian was grateful to that man from the bottom of his heart. It was he who helped Master form human emotions and experience the beauty of love, but they were destined to have no happy ending.

Master's soul is an existence that is rejected by Heaven, and his true form is a netherworld flower that was formed from an accumulation of resentment. He will never enter the Santu River*, so how could his soul reincarnate? It may be cruel to say this but no matter how deep Qin Mo's feelings for his master was, the master will inevitably forget him or he would even fall in love with others.

*(Three-Way River. This is the mythological boundary between the realm of the living and the realm of the dead (according to baidu). It got its name because it will play the dead individual's past actions in life and split it into slow, normal, and fast paced streams/flow: )

“Master, that man lived for a long time. He lived until he was ninety years old before he died. After his death, he ordered his subordinates to bury you together.” Jing Tian watched Gu Yunxi fall into silence. Knowing that he was thinking of that man again, he couldn't help but say the ending he saw; what he didn't say was that after Gu Yunxi's death, the man never took a step out of the house that they had lived in , he confined himself to that narrow area.

“Is that so?” Gu Yunxi looked towards the endless dark void within the River Styx. He raised his brows and squinted his eyes, smiling in relief. He adjusted his mindset and commanded, “Jing Tian, let's go to the next world.”

“We have arrived in the new world, may Master please begin merging with the soul.”

When he awoke, Gu Yunxi found himself sitting on the edge of the rooftop of a multi-story building. His weak body was swaying in the wind. He was dressed in a blood-red long coat and he reeked of alcohol. It was a strange sight underneath the silent moonlight.

He slowly got up and carefully backed away from the edge. When he finally retreated to a safe area, he heaved a sigh of relief as he accepted the soul fusion.

This process was extremely painful. He gritted his teeth and persevered through the tearing pain. He looked up and silently observed his surroundings. It was about 2 o'clock in the morning, and he was the only person on the empty rooftop. Shredded newspapers were scattered everywhere on the ground, and a dozen empty wine bottles were at his feet.

“Jing Tian, give me the original self's memory and the world data.”

“Yes, transference of the original self's memory is completed; the world data is being sorted out. The world data has been transmitted, may Master please accept it. “

Gu Yunxi took a moment and quickly absorbed the information sent by Jing Tian.

The original self's name was Zhou Xiran. He was 21 years old this year, a third-rate star. He was a child star and has been in the industry for more than ten years. He has good acting skills and appeared in several major movies. However, he had always been in an awkward position since the movies were always a hit, but the actor wasn't.

Zhou Xiran was from a single-parent family. He grew up in a poor family, so he especially envied the glamorous life of the entertainment circle. When he was ten years old, he entered the circle through a youth talent show.

A few years later, due to his small fame and lack of a strong supporter, not many directors hired him for a position. Zhou Xiran's schedule was often entirely free. He was also accustomed to spending a lot of money, so soon he started running out of money. Therefore, in order to earn some money, and appear in movies, he took the advice of his agent and accepted the sponsorship of a gold lord.

He was very lucky. He was kept by the Wei Family's family head, Wei Shimo.

Wei Shimo, the richest man in the country, is 35 years old and has had two failed marriages. His second wife gave birth to a son named Wei Ningqian, who had just turned two years old this year.

Zhou Xiran met Wei Shimo at the age of 19, just after this man ended his marriage with his second wife. During the time that he was being kept, Wei Shimo gave Zhou Xiran a lot of resources. Although it didn't make Zhou Xiran ultra famous, at least he climbed from an unknown 18th line to a third-class star position. He made much more money from acting than other professions.

In addition, Wei Shimo was an excellent gold lord with neither strong physiological desire nor special fetishes. He often called once a week or two, and their sex life was so bland without any passion.

Wei Shimo has kept Zhou Xiran for more than two years. Because they didn't meet frequently, even though they have a physical relationship, neither of them were familiar with the other. One could even say that they were still 'strangers.'

Zhou Xi ran joined the entertainment circle during his childhood, he didn't have much of an education and had very few friends. Thus, he was somewhat withdrawn and often ridiculed for his low academic qualifications and small brain capacity.

Wei Shimo was busy with his business. To him, Zhou Xiran was only an outlet eased his desires. Naturally, he would not bother to understand him. Just like this, the two maintained a physical relationship, and didn't interfere in each other's life. Their interactions could be considered harmonious.

It is widely rumored that Wei Shimo kept Zhou Xiran, a little-known actor, because he looked very much like this richest man's first love.

It is said that Wei Shimo had someone that he liked for a very long time when he was young, yet this person chose to be with Wei Shimo's good friend. The richest man's love was unrequited, thus he gave up on himself which led to two hasty and failed marriages.

Zhou Xiran had also heard such rumors, but he didn't care about being a substitute for others. On the contrary, he was very grateful to Wei Shimo. It was this man who had given him a place in the entertainment circle. What's more, their relationship was the root of it, a willing and clear relationship between a "gold lord" and their "kept one". One buys and the other sells.

Zhou Xiran was indeed vain and did not know how to control his spending, but he had never thought about using his looks to leech onto Wei Shimo. He had been in the entertainment circle for more than ten years, he had long known the rules of the game. He had always been very self-aware. Therefore, on the day Wei Shimo proposed to terminate the contract, he packed up his bedding and walked away smartly.

Without Wei Shimo, Zhou Xiran's career path was not so smooth. However, at least he had put in ten years of hard work, so he still was more or less known. Not to mention that he was extremely hard-working, so his career began to prosper.

However, everything came to an abrupt end here.

On this day, he went to meet his agent after filming a scene. After only one drink, he felt dizzy. When he woke up, there were three robust men lying beside him. His body was sore and full of sex traces. But before he could get back to his senses, several reporters barged into the room, and the room was soon filled with clicks and flashing lights. He was at a loss; he screamed and fell unconscious again.

On the same day, the passionate pictures of his sexual affair with the group of men made the headlines. All the major newspapers and online platforms criticized him, calling him a scumbag, the scum of the entertainment circle.

His reputation plummeted, and many of the original film opportunities and endorsements were canceled.

If this scandal wasn't handled very well, he would face a large loss of reputation. To make matters worse, when his mother learned about this matter, she couldn't stand the pointing and all kinds of foul language around her. In her anger, she suffered a stroke and needed expensive medical treatment to sustain her life in the hospital every day.

However, in order to quell the scandal, Zhou Xiran had already used all his savings to invite professional public relations teams and a water army to wash away the dirty water on his body. To his despair, an employee of the bank “accidentally” leaked his transfer record, and the online abuse became more rampant. “Zhou Xiran got out of the entertainment circle!” became a hot topic.

The company did not take any measures to save him, directly choosing to halt his activities. Zhou Xiran completely lost his financial resources and became penniless. His mother was still waiting for money to sustain her care in the hospital. For her sake, he asked Wei Shimo, but was blocked right outside the door by Wei Shimo's assistant.

In the end, Wei Shimo's first love came out to see him. He mocked Zhou Xiran that everything that happened to him was due to the latter overreaching his position, fantasizing about replacing his (First Love's) position in Wei Shimo's heart. He said that since Zhou Xiran was willing to stoop so low as to be kept by another, he probably didn't care about serving more people.

Only then did Zhou Xiran understand that the reason why he fell to such an extent, was all the doing of this man behind the scenes. He naturally hated this man. Tragically, even if he knew who his enemy was, he didn't have the power to retaliate and could only swallow a bitter fruit with hatred.

Just as he was walking along the street, muddled-headed, he received a phone call from the hospital. His mother had pulled out her life support and committed suicide. Zhou Xiran collapsed and wailed loudly, losing hope for his life in his extreme grief.

After burying his mother's bones, he drank until he was wasted, dressed in red, and bearing great hatred and vicious curses, he jumped from the roof of Wei Shimo's company building, ending his life at the age of 21.

The rooftop where Gu Yunxi had opened his eyes was the exact place where Zhou Xiran had committed suicide. Fortunately, he woke up in time.

After reading Zhou Xiran's memory, Gu Yunxi sighed in his heart. He had gone up against Heaven's favorite. No wonder he had such a humiliating ending.

Done for now, see you guys on Wednesday (maybe…)…..