Qing Ge [Rebirth] Chapter 1
Translator: Foreverhungry
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Summary (for those who skipped it even though I said not to): Lin Qing Ge had been weak since young. Even just walking a few steps would cause him to pant. In the Lin family, he was treated like he was non-existent. His birth mother had died early, his father was not fond of him and his stepmother didn’t love him. At home, even his half-siblings all eyed him for his wealth. Who told him to be the lawful eldest son ah. He even had the right to contend for any inheritance in the future.
When Lin Qing Ge was eighteen, he came out of the closet. It was all because of that poor (literally) guy Liu Yang who whispered sweet nothings to him every day, saying things like he wanted to protect him. Ling Qing Ge coming out had caused his old man to sever their relationship in a fit of anger. The child that his mother had given financial aid to, who proclaimed himself to be his big brother, protected him in every way possible and would not let him leave. However, Lin Qing Ge could not see the goodwill in his intentions and left with Liu Yang.
In the end, he was sucked dry of his wealth. After pushing the poor lad up onto the chairperson’s seat, he had collapsed in his apartment. He had even needed that brother of his to send him on his last journey. He never thought, however, that after being reborn, he would return to the time where he had just been chased out of his family and hospitalized. This time, he would cling onto that cheap (easily-gained) brother and never let go!
Qing Ge [Rebirth] - Chapter 1: Returning To The Starting Point (回到原点)
“Lin Qing Ge, since you are willing to shame your family because of a man, then you don’t need to come back to the Lin family anymore. From now onwards, you are no longer part of the Lin family. I disown you as my son.”
Lin Qing Ge lay on the hospital bed and thought back to this morning when his father had reprimanded him. He couldn’t help but sneer. Back when this man decided to marry his mother, it was because of the wealth she possessed. Now, seeing that her maternal family [1] had declined, he began coveting all her a.s.sets. Just a few months after his mother’s pa.s.sing, he had even impatiently welcomed that woman into the family. It was truly despicable.
[1] 娘家 - The Wife’s original family before she was married, I couldn’t use a better word for it so I used ‘maternal family’
However, Lin Qing Ge looked up and saw the arrangements of his surroundings and sighed in his heart. Even after living once, his body was still like this. The father of his had only given him a slap, but he had fainted and got sent to the hospital.
He remembered. When he had been sent here in his past life, Lin Cheng Yu had truly hardened his heart and severed their relationship. The people from that family had never come again, only sending a steward to pack his belongings and delivering it to him.
Lin Qing Ge reached out and touched the bangle on his arm. As a male, wearing a bangle may look strange, but this bangle was different. It was something that he had worn since he was young till now. It was the only memento his mother had left to him and was also his life’s only bargaining chip.
His mother’s family was a little mysterious. Even though now they had slowly declined, but when she had first married into the Lin family, they had still prepared a huge dowry for her. This bangle was part of it.
The bangle was a simple dimensional s.p.a.ce. That’s right, he wasn’t joking. When his mother had told him about it on her deathbed, he was surprised. He was a normal twentieth-century youth who believed in science. At first, after suddenly being told that this s.p.a.ce did exist, he could not bring himself to believe a word of it. Unfortunately, reality did not allow him to deny this reality. After dripping blood onto it to make it recognize him as its owner, the s.p.a.ce opened.
Even though the s.p.a.ce within the bangle was only fifty square feet, there was no place that was safer than within the s.p.a.ce. The only reason he was poor in his past life was because he was dumb. He had trusted that Liu Yang’s sweet nothings and flattery, which caused him to end up to be poor to that extent. He had even troubled Jing-ge [2] to help him clean up afterward. In the end, Jing-ge had even helped him take revenge by destroying Liu Yang’s reputation and standing.
[2] Jing-ge: Calling someone ‘ge’ is like calling someone elder brother, but they need not be blood-related. In this situation, the MC refers to him as ‘ge’ as a sign of closeness and intimacy (Not to be confused with Qing Ge, that’s his name)
Jing-ge was the child that his mother supported financially. His full name was Duan Yu Jing. His parents had both pa.s.sed away in a car accident, leaving only the fifteen year old him and his six year old younger brother behind. That younger brother was not even someone his mother had given birth to. It was his father’s illegitimate child. However, Duan Yu Jing had raised him since he was young and did not bother with such matters. He put his utmost effort into bringing up his younger brother and pushing his career forward to repay his grat.i.tude. Afterwards, he had even used up his family a.s.sets to contend with the Lin family
The bangle, the s.p.a.ce, Jing-ge. Lin Qing Ge couldn’t help but suspect that his mother had truly predicted that this would happen one day. It had been said that someone from his mother’s family could predict the future and evade disasters. Otherwise, how else could his mother leaving him so many escape routes be explained? There was a saying: ‘If parents love their child, they will prepare for them far and deep into their future’ [3]. It was a shame that his mother had loved the wrong person. Lin Cheng Yu was not a husband worth entrusting herself to.
[3] (T/L: I’m not good with quotes, if someone is willing to help me translate this ‘父母之爱子，而为之计深远’)
Lin Qing Ge began to reminisce his past life’s memories that were related to Duan Yu Jing. Qing Ge had first met the fifteen year old him when he was ten. After that, on every festive holiday, Duan Yu Jing would send him simple greeting cards, properly writing some festive greetings. During their second meeting, he was eighteen. After being discharged, as he was preparing to go look for Liu Yang, he had almost fainted on the street. Duan Yu Jing had found him and confessed to him, telling him that he wanted to take him away. He had refused, deadly insistent on following Liu Yang. Their third meeting was at the moment where he was suspended between the line of life and death. It was Duan Yu Jing who had sent him to the hospital and had personally taken care of him. He had even sought revenge for him. He began by violently retaliating against Liu Yang. After this, he provoked the Lin family. His company was severely affected and his years of hard work had all gone down the drain.
Just as Lin Qing Ge was reminiscing, the door opened and a well-dressed middle-aged man came in. Lin Qing Ge, who was leaning against the bedside, sneered at him and asked, “Do you need something?”
“Eldest Young Master, these are the things that the Old Master had ordered me to deliver to you. The things in your room have been properly packed. The Old Master also said, ‘In the future, you are not the Lin family’s Eldest Young Master anymore. You better behave.’” The man finished speaking and just left. Even though he did not bear a face of contempt, he was also not considerably polite.
At the doorway, there lay only a single piece of luggage. Lin Qing Ge let out a sigh. Fortunately, he had moved his family fortune into the s.p.a.ce in advance. Right now, his bangle carried the 5 million that his mother had left him. This was his life-saving money. He would not use it unless he really had no other choice.
There was also another card. It was the livelihood money the Lin family, or you could say his father, had given him over the years. Even though it went without saying that his father would not meet him, but he would not treat him unfairly over the matter of money. Every month there would be 20 thousand added in. As his condition usually wasn’t good, he did not often go out. Thus the money he had saved up over the years amounted to over 2 million.
Doing some calculations, Lin Qing Ge could be considered a small millionaire. Thankfully, this money was all stored in his account. Therefore he didn’t need to be afraid that the Lin family would cheat it off him. It would be enough for him to survive for this period of time.
After that, there were also his mother’s remnants and jewelry. Every item had carried with it a long history. When he was in a tight stop, selling these items had let him not worry about food and shelter.
He was very grateful to his mother. Even though his memories were not clear, but the number of escape routes she gave him were numerous.
This time, he had kept it a secret from Liu Yang that he had come out of the closet. In his previous life, he was both extremely reckless and deeply in love with his lover. He thought about sweeping away everything that was blocking him from confessing and being with his lover, but in the end, he found out that they were not meant to be.
But it was fortunate. This time around, Liu Yang and he were merely people from school who were a little more involved than the norm. They were not considered to be intimate, furthermore, they had zero intentions of taking that step. Especially now that the high school exams had pa.s.sed. Liu Yang likely would not have time to look for him. He would definitely be busy currying favor with that Miss Xu.
Lin Qing Ge sighed, he did not know where to go right now. With this weak chicken-like body of his, he did not know whether he would faint at some random place immediately after walking out of here. He could only stay hospitalized. Ling Cheng Yu had already paid for his hospitalization fees anyway, it would be a waste not to take advantage of it.
He remembered that Jing-ge would arrive either tomorrow or the day after. Jing-ge was always monitoring him. When he knew that he was in trouble, he would always be the first one to provide aid. This was all knowledge from his previous life. If that wasn’t the case, how would he be able to live in such satisfactory conditions afterwards.
In a certain company in Qing City, a young man, who was dressed in clean and tidy clothes, sat behind an office table and listened to his subordinate’s report. The furnishings of the office he sat in was strict and precise, much like its owner.
“Chairman Duan, Young Master Lin is in trouble. Right now he’s in the hospital. I’ve heard that he had come out of the closet towards his family. causing Lin Cheng Yu to severe their relationship. As of now, the whole of Shanghai already knows about it.” The one speaking was Duan Lin, the bodyguard that Duan Yu Jing had sent to protect Lin Qing Ge. He was only responsible for protecting him from afar, so Lin Qing Ge was also unaware of his existence. Of course, that was the him of his past life. The Lin Qing Ge of this life still knew of it.
“How is Qing Ge?” Duan Yu Jing frowned. He did not understand why Lin Qing Ge suddenly came out of the closet. The Lin family had always been unwilling to accept his presence. Right now they had finally found their chance to send him away. Plus, Qing Ge’s body was not good. Duan Yu Jing didn’t know how many hardships he had to face staying there, however, if Qing Ge liked men, then did he have a chance?
“Nothing is wrong. Young Master Lin’s body is just a little weaker than the norm. I’ve left two people standing guard outside the hospital. During this period of time, other than the Lin family’s steward who visited once, there has been no other visitors,” Duan Lin replied.
“Go book the earliest plane ticket, I’m going over,” Duan Yu Jing decided. He refused to let Qing Ge wander around outside. Even if he excluded the fact that Auntie had subsidized him in the past and his thoughts about Qing Ge, he still would have done the same. As long as Qing Ge was willing, Qing City would be his home.
Duan Ling nodded and left to do as asked.
Duan Yu Jing still remembered the time when both his parents had gotten into an accident. The fifteen year old him brought his younger brother to stay in an orphanage. Those so-called relatives of his could not escape fast enough. It was Qing Ge’s mother who generously provided them with financial aid, gave him the capital he needed, and allowed him to finish his studies. It was because of this that he had the ability to start up the “Liu Jing” of today. It was the largest food company in the whole of Qing City and it even ranked among the best in the whole country. At that time, Auntie’s maternal family had quite the reputation too. It was only afterwards that it had started to slowly decline and eventually fell away from the people eyes. Auntie had only made him promise that in the future, if Qing Ge got into trouble, he had to help him.
“Yu Jing, you are going to Shanghai to fetch that Little Master?” The one speaking was Yu Jing’s good friend of many years. It was also someone who understood him the best, Shen Ning Yu.
Duan Yu Jing and Shen Ning Yu had been good friends for many years. Shen Ning Yu was the Shen family’s second young master. This Shen family was the dragon head of the entertainment circle. Shen Ning Yu’s elder brother, Shen Ming Yu, was Xing Ji Entertainment’s Director. However, Shen Ning Yu did not enter the circle. Instead, he decided to follow him and establish this company
“That’s right. Qing Ge and the Lin family have severed their relationship. I’m going over to bring him back, I will take care of him in the future, as this was what I promised Auntie in the past. That’s why for the next few days, I’ll have to trouble you with taking care of the company. Also, help me take care of Xiao Chen for a while too,” Duan Yu Jing spoke.
Xiao Chen, also known as Duan Yu Chen, was Duan Yu Jing’s half younger brother. Ever since he was born, he lived with Duan Yu Jing’s mother, as his birth mother’s location was unknown. The brothers both knew that. When their parents got into the accident and departed from the world, they were both still young. Thus they always relied on each other, becoming even closer than those supposed biological siblings.
Duan Yu Chen was only in his second year of Middle School. Because their family had encountered an unforeseen event, he was very sensible. He understood that it was hard on his brother, so he was usually very obedient. Usually, when Duan Yu Jing would go on business trips, he would send him over to Shen Ning Yu’s place for a few days. There was only the two of them at home so he could not feel at ease leaving his younger brother alone at home.
“Just relax. Go ahead and look for your Qing Ge. I will look after Xiao Chen properly,” Shen Ning Yu laughed.