Duan Corporation General HQ Office Building

Li Lili from Human Resources, rushed into the office carrying a stack of documents in her arms. When she reached her seat, she picked up her cell phone with excitement written all over her face. Then she opened up the Duan Dynasty Civil and Military Officials* chat group.

[*T/N: So the workers of this company started up a chat group to gossip about their bosses, which are members of the Duan family, and they jokingly equate the Duan family to members of the royal family. So the head of the Duan family, the father, would be the emperor, so on and so forth…]

Human Resources – Xiao Li: Shocking news! The emperor wants to dismiss the second prince from his post as vice director of marketing, and send him away to the borderlands*!

[*T/N: In the past, criminals were sent to the borders of the country to serve out their sentence. In this case the “borderland” would be a branch company of the Duan Corporation.]

This shocking news caused waves to go through every level of the corporation. Hundreds of workers were complete.

Logistics – Xiao Zhao: Are you serious? The borderlands are bitter and cold. I wonder if His Royal Highness’s delicate body can withstand the hardships. Heeheehee.

Finance – Xiao Qian: This news is so sudden. Xiao Li Zi*, don’t horse around with us!

[*T/N: Xiao Li Zi \= Xiao Li, which is a nickname for Li Lili. It’s a play on the whole imperial family theme. In the past, eunuchs were often referred to as “Xiao [Surname] Zi.” Xiao means small, and zi means son or child, but can also be a diminutive for small.]

Human Resources – Xiao Li: It’s true! It’s true! I just passed by Chairman Duan’s office, and I heard him passionately reprimanding Young Master Duan, saying that he would throw him to the borderlands to hone him!

Production – Xiao Sun: Yesh. With the second prince sent to the outskirts, wouldn’t this mean that there’s hope for the first princess to succeed the throne?

Logistics – Xiao Zhao: Pah! Pah! Pah! The emperor is still in the prime of his life. It’s still too early to talk about succession.

Marketing – Xiao Zhou: Speaking of, the first princess’s capabilities are out of the ordinary. The second prince is fickle and licentious. The emperor did this for the sake of the Duan Corporation!

Human Resources – Xiao Wu: In my opinion, the second prince is not that unbearable. He’s handsome and he has a good educational background.He’s not someone without potential. It’s just that he’s not interested in the company’s affairs. As for being fickle and licentious, at the very least he is better than the prince in the neighboring country.

Human Resources – Xiao Li: Xiao Wu’s not wrong. Her Royal Highness studied management, and His Royal Highness studied medicine. The Duan Corporation started out with the research of medicine, but nowadays it has expanded tremendously, so His Royal Highness would definitely lose out with studying medicine.

There were divergent opinions in the chat group. The news was soon to reach 99+. Almost all the staff members at the general headquarters knew one thing though, and that was Young Master Duan was about to the leave Duan Corporation HQ, and that he might not succeed the throne.

As for the protagonist who caused all these waves, at this moment his face was blank as he experienced something unimaginable. He looked at the middle-aged man in front of him, who was going red in the face. His gaze revealed a bit of unfamiliarity.

Duan Shu Tong felt that he might be dreaming, but what he saw was too real. At the same time it was so strange that he did not know how to cope with the current situation correctly.

Duan Sheng Ye took in all of this. It was precisely this unfilial and taciturn son who liked to argue for the sake of arguing that caused him to go red in the face.

He picked up a pen on the table and was just about to fling it at his son, when that infuriating and unfilial child suddenly fainted on the spot. He was shocked for a second and ran over without a second thought. He was just about to cry out in alarm when his son opened his eyes again.

To the outside world it seemed like only a second had passed, but within Duan Shu Tong’s mind he had already viewed all the memories of this body. It was like flower viewing from horseback*.

[*T/N: It means he saw all the memories and thus he has a superficial understanding from cursory observations, but he hasn’t slowed down or stopped to study the details yet.]

Summing up the original host’s experience of the past two decades, he had reason to suspect that he has transmigrated into the world of a book.

Duan Sheng Ye saw his son open his eyes and was silently relieved in his heart, but he rolled his eyes. “This brat is once again pretending to faint to scare lao zi*!”

He’s not someone without potential. It’s just that he’s not interested in the company’s affairs. As for being fickle and licentious, at the very least he is better than the prince in the neighboring country.

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Human Resources – Xiao Li: Xiao Wu’s not wrong. Her Royal Highness studied management, and His Royal Highness studied medicine. The Duan Corporation started out with the research of medicine, but nowadays it has expanded tremendously, so His Royal Highness would definitely lose out with studying medicine.

There were divergent opinions in the chat group. The news was soon to reach 99+. Almost all the staff members at the general headquarters knew one thing though, and that was Young Master Duan was about to the leave Duan Corporation HQ, and that he might not succeed the throne.

As for the protagonist who caused all these waves, at this moment his face was blank as he experienced something unimaginable. He looked at the middle-aged man in front of him, who was going red in the face. His gaze revealed a bit of unfamiliarity.

Duan Shu Tong felt that he might be dreaming, but what he saw was too real. At the same time it was so strange that he did not know how to cope with the current situation correctly.

Duan Sheng Ye took in all of this. It was precisely this unfilial and taciturn son who liked to argue for the sake of arguing that caused him to go red in the face.

Translations by Vanilla Muse.

He picked up a pen on the table and was just about to fling it at his son, when that infuriating and unfilial child suddenly fainted on the spot. He was shocked for a second and ran over without a second thought. He was just about to cry out in alarm when his son opened his eyes again.

To the outside world it seemed like only a second had passed, but within Duan Shu Tong’s mind he had already viewed all the memories of this body. It was like flower viewing from horseback*.

[*T/N: It means he saw all the memories and thus he has a superficial understanding from cursory observations, but he hasn’t slowed down or stopped to study the details yet.]

Summing up the original host’s experience of the past two decades, he had reason to suspect that he has transmigrated into the world of a book.

Duan Sheng Ye saw his son open his eyes and was silently relieved in his heart, but he rolled his eyes. “This brat is once again pretending to faint to scare lao zi*!”

[*T/N: 老子 lao zi is used as a pronoun and means “I, your father” usually said arrogantly or out of anger. In this case, the speaker is actually the father. Haha. I don’t actually see that often in stories.]

But his tone still became milder. “Whether you agree or disagree, tomorrow you’re leaving Yan City! I already alerted the people over there. You’re going to start from the grassroots level and work your way up. You can pick the department yourself.”

Duan Shu Tong figured out the situation and slowly got up from the floor.

He was clearly aware that this was something that happened in the original work, but the original host did not follow his father’s arrangements.

Duan Shu Tong did not know why he would transmigrate into this world after his death, but he didn’t want to be like the original host and fight with two other men over one woman.

He quickly made a decision. “Okay, I’ll go. But-”

Father Duan glared at him. “But, what but?!”

“My driver’s license was temporarily suspended, so I can’t drive myself over there.” Duan Shu Tong thickened his skin to bargain. “How about arranging a driver…”

The original host was fined for drunk driving, and somehow bafflingly became a hot topic on the Internet. A lot of netizens were roasting this fu er dai* for being egotistic and reckless, and not abiding by traffic regulations.

[*T/N: 富二代 fu er dai – children of entrepreneurs who became wealthy under Deng Xiao Ping’s economic reforms in the 1980s]

It was because of that incident that Father Duan became this angry—so shameful!

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“The company has no idlers!” Duan Father disapproved of his arrogant extravagance, but also did not have the heart to tell him to take the train there. He could only wave his hand, and said, “It just so happens that the Xi family’s xiao shu* is also going over there for an inspection. I will give him a heads up. You can ride along with him, and also learn well from him!”

[*T/N: 小叔 xiao shu – husband’s younger brother / brother-in-law]

The Xi family and Duan family could be considered long time family friends. The current head of the Xi family was of the same generation as Duan Father. Duan Shu Tong naturally had to call him uncle.

Duan Shu Tong thought for a moment. He remembered that the third male lead, the one that never got married for life, was precisely surnamed Xi. Furthermore, for someone to make Duan Father express his admiration for, except for the third male lead, there could be no one else.

Duan Shu Tong said that he did not mind. As long as he got a car ride there, then it was fine.

“Scram, rascal.” Duan Father couldn’t bear to look at his stupid son again.

Duan Shu Tong left the office building. In June, the hot wind made one dizzy. He stood outside the office building for a minute. After he more or less digested the original host’s memories he got ready to leave.

The young security guard at the security kiosk watched him get in a taxi, and then immediately pulled out his cell phone. He happily typed in the chat group.

Security – Xiao Zheng: First-hand news! The second prince is gone!

Leaving the office building during work hours. If this wasn’t being dismiss, then what else could it be? After all, the marketing department did not have any outside assignments at the moment.

In the chat group, there were fireworks (of celebration), and there were also some who remained mum.

But in general, Duan Shu Tong’s dismissal was undoubtedly a cardiac stimulant for the company employees. Every one of them was a hardworking social animal. It was fine for them to charge and break through enemy lines for a capable boss, but for them to work for an incapable person like Duan Shu Tong, that really did not feel good.

It was said that Duan Shu Tong had nothing to do in the marketing department every day, and he liked to flirt with girls on his phone.

In the last six months, apparently the prodigal son returned and took a fancy to a young woman, chasing after her every day, as  if he had met his true love, and he even got into a fight with the young woman’s other pursuer.

Of course, rumors were only rumors, and the specifics of the matter had yet to be verified.

There was a wave in the chat group, and Duan Shu Tong’s mind was in chaotic confusion.

He thought that he would be reduced to ash at this point, but he didn’t expect that the heavens would give him preferential treatment and allow him to be reborn anew.

Was this a reward for the people he had saved in his previous life?

“Youngster, where are you going?” The taxi driver asked him. He had a bit of an accent.

Duan Shu Tong drew out from his memories and was about to report his original address, when his cell phone rang all of a sudden. He picked up the call.

A few seconds later, he frowned slightly and said to the taxi driver: “Go to the second hospital.”

It was currently work hours and there were no cars on the road. The taxi driver took shortcuts and rapidly drove Duan Shu Tong to the hospital.

He found the hospital ward that the nurse on the phone told him about. He pushed open the door and entered. Just then, the nurse was adjusting the intravenous infusion speed for the patient.

Hearing him come in, the nurse looked up and her eyes instantly lit up. Such a highly attractive handsome guy was really rare!

“Are you perhaps Mr. Duan?” The nurse politely said, “This lady suddenly fainted on the road and was taken to the hospital. The recent contact on her phone was you, so…”

It wasn’t that she didn’t try to look for contact information for the patient’s relatives on her phone, but regretfully, she couldn’t find any.

Duan Shu Tong bowed his head, “Thank you. Is there a fee to pay?”

Under the nurse’s instructions, he turned and left the ward. He couldn’t help but think that he really was the second male lead. The female lead had an accident, and he was somehow immediately notified, so that he could rush over to guard her.

If the original host of the body were still present, then he would definitely stay by her side with a distressed heart.

Duan Shu Tong did not intend to do this. Helping the female lead, Pei Ruo Wei, pay for the hospital fee was already done. As for accompanying the female lead, let the male lead do it… No, no, no. That’s no good right now.

The male lead had a fiancée. He did not want to be the one that broke up other people’s relationships.

Then that left only the third male lead.

In the original story, after the male lead and female lead got married, the third male lead made it clear that he would never marry for life. This kind of deep love made Duan Shu Tong could not help but be biased towards him.

Just as he was about to give the third male lead a call, he received an incoming call.

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The call was from Cen Ning, the assistant at the third male lead’s side.

“Assistant Cen.” Duan Shu Tong responded politely.

Cen Ning, who thought that he would hear Duan Shu Tong’s dissatisfied rant, was confused.

Duan Shu Tong was about to be sent away to the borderlands. Wasn’t he angry?

Cen Ning was after all a person who has weathered many storms, so with a smile, he said, “Just now President Xi received a call from Chairman Duan. He said that tomorrow Young Master Duan would be riding with us. Right now, President Xi is in a meeting and can’t personally give you a call, so he wanted me to ask you, when are we leaving tomorrow? Where should we go to pick you up?”

When he turned eighteen, Duan Shu Tong moved out of the Duan family mansion to live in his own house*, but he had a lot of houses under his name. Today he’ll live here; tomorrow he’ll live there. Really don’t know which house he was going to live in tonight.

[*T/N: The Chinese word is a bit ambiguous. It could also mean an apartment or a condo. Or even a single room, although that’s doubtful for the original DST.]

Cen Ning spoke pleasant words, but Duan Shu Tong knew the truth. Xi Duan* simply would not bother to communicate with Duan Shu Tong personally. As for inquiring about these details, there was a ninety percent chance that it was Cen Ning who came up with the idea. How could Xi Duan care about such trivial matters?”

[*T/N: His name might be the same pinyin as DST’s surname, but the character, tone, and meaning are different.]

Said it was a family friend, but in fact, Duan Shu Tong had never spoken to this legendary deity.

“We’ll leave according to your schedule. Just pick me up at the Duan family house.” He was an idler, so there was no need to waste other people’s time.

Cen Ning’s smiling expression became even more concentrated. “Seven o’ clock in the morning, is that okay?” Duan Shu Tong wasn’t such an insensible person after all.

“Okay.” Duan Shu Tong paused. “I want to trouble you with something.”

“Say it.”

With a heart full of good intention, Duan Shu Tong asked, “Does Uncle Xi like Miss Pei?”

Cen Ning: ???

Young Master Duan had a tussle with Young Master Li, and now he wants to do battle with President Xi?

[T/N: The word battle was in English in the raws. XD]

No matter how shocked he was on the inside, he had to remain tranquil and calm as a spring breeze on the outside. “Why does Young Master Duan ask this?”

Duan Shu Tong wanted to withdraw from this lovechasing game, so he took the opening that Cen Ning gave him and said, “Aren’t I going to be stationed in the borderlands now? Miss Pei won’t have a good life following me. I can’t bear for her to suffer, and today my dad admonished me, so I’ve thought it through, I want to let go of her and pursue a career.”

Cen Ning: …

He held the cell phone and looked at his boss with a raised eyebrow. The phone was on speaker, and Xi Duan heard everything clearly.

The President Xi who was said to be in a meeting was actually just reading documents.

Actually, he was not very willing to travel together with strangers, but the Duan family and Xi family went way back, plus they cooperated together in business, so their relationship was pretty good.

Since Duan Sheng Ye was the one to ask, he could not ignore the request. Besides, it was a small matter to help out with.

Seeing Cen Ning’s awkward expression, Xi Duan wrote a few words on a blank sheet of paper to signal to him.

Cen Ning immediately regained his senses: “Young Master Duan, you just said you wanted to trouble me with something. What is it?”

The youth’s clear voice came through the speaker phone, somewhat distorted: “Miss Pei fainted. She is in the hospital now. If Uncle Xi has time, how about going to see her at the hospital?”

He presented the opportunity. Now it depended on whether the third male lead took it or not.

Xi Duan: …

Cen Ning’s heart thumped. “Why didn’t Young Master Duan go look for Young Master Li?” As soon as he finished asking, he couldn’t help but want ot punch himself in the mouth. Young Master Duan and Young Master Li were not in a good relationship.

But who knew that Duan Shu Tong would reply seriously: “Why should I look for him? He has a fiancée. Look for him so he can cheat?”

Cen Ning: Young Master Duan, when did you have suuch a sense of morals?

“Okay, I will tell President Xi about this.” He couldn’t even laugh. “Young Master Duan, see you tomorrow morning.”

After hanging up the phone, Cen Ning looked at his boss, waiting for his instructions.

Xi Duan tapped his pen against his forehead and thought for a while. “You go find time to take a look at the hospital. I’m not going.”

Cen Ning: …

He knew it! This project has fallen to him. He didn’t even have a girlfriend yet, but he still had to help his boss chase the girl.

He didn’t know what his boss was planning either. Could it be for the sake of getting rid of this honorary title of “emotionless robot?!”

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