Transmigrated into the Film Emperor’s Death-Seeking Fiance

Translator: Daed
Editor: Lynn

Yan Qing Chi stared at him for a while, admitting it in a frank manner, “A little.”

Jiang Mo Chen had thought that Yan Qing Chi wouldn’t reply or that he would return the question to him. He hadn’t expected for the other man to actually admit it just like that. For some time, he only felt there was a little joy jumping in his heart1. He unwittingly smiled, his mood and words becoming gentle and soft. He asked, “Want to go to my place tonight?”

‘My place’ referred to that hotel under the Jiang family’s banner that they had gone to before.

Yan Qing Chi tutted twice, “Jiang Mo Chen, eat your fill and be warm before considering lust. You haven’t even eaten your food. How can you already be speeding on the ‘highway’?”

Jiang Mo Chen pondered over it, saying in a light tone, “Most likely because I’m already full just by looking at you.”

Yan Qing Chi raised an eyebrow.

Jiang Mo Chen picked up a spare rib (with his chopsticks) for him. With a warm tone, his eyes carrying some mirth in them, he gave him a hard-to-come-by compliment, “A feast for the eyes.”

Yan Qing Chi couldn’t hold it in; he cracked up. He nodded his head, very pleased. He expressed, with hardly any modesty, “You have very good taste.”

Jiang Mo Chen actually played along with him, agreeing, “Of course.”

It was most likely due to the feelings of their oncoming separation; on this night, Jiang Mo Chen was especially tender. He even liked to kiss Yan Qing Chi more than usual. Yan Qing Chi thought that he was rather clingy tonight. He also thought that it was fortunate that that scene where Meng Luo showed his back to He Yu had already been shot. Otherwise, if they had waited to shoot that scene tomorrow, then perhaps the entire movie crew would be stunned once he shed his shirt.

When he thought of this, he couldn’t help laughing out loud.

And then he felt Jiang Mo Chen give a fierce thrust. He (YQC) lifted his head up to look at the other man, “What are you thinking about? To be so distracted.”

Yan Qing Chi reached out and wrapped his arms around his neck2, “I’m thinking of you.”

Jiang Mo Chen did not believe him, “I’m right here, and you still need to think about me?”

Yan Qing Chi pressed his (JMC) head down, slightly raised his own (head), and kissed his mouth. In a gentle voice, he said, “I’m thinking of you for the future.”

Jiang Mo Chen was silenced at once3. Then, he lowered his head and kissed him fiercely.

This time, their drive on the mountain road was slow and long-lasting. When they stopped the car and returned once more to the base of the mountain, they unexpectedly weren’t that sleepy.

However, Jiang Mo Chen still had scenes to film tomorrow morning. Thus, he could only hug Yan Qing Chi from behind, helping him massage his waist and not doing anything else. He looked at Yan Qing Chi, and suddenly realized, “Why do you always sleep with your back facing me?”4

“Habit.” Yan Qing Chi answered him.

“Turn over then.”5

Yan Qing Chi thought about it, turned around, and placed his (JMC) hand on the other side of his (YQC) waist while he was at it.

Jiang Mo Chen chuckled. As he helped him massage his waist, he remarked, “You’re quite conscious.”6

Yan Qing Chi smiled slightly, not speaking.

Jiang Mo Chen looked at him. “Sleep,” he said, “I have to go back to the set first tomorrow since I have to film my scenes. You can sleep for a while longer.”

Yan Qing Chi grunted—not because he wanted to sleep for a while longer, but because he habitually avoided causing suspicion of his relationship with Jiang Mo Chen at the set. When he thought of this, he thought about how he would leave the movie crew in a week. At that time, even if he wanted to ‘avoid causing suspicion’, he had nothing to ‘avoid causing suspicion’ about.

And so Yan Qing Chi moved forward a little, getting up close to Jiang Mo Chen. He reached out and hugged him. “Don’t massage anymore,” he said, “sleep. You have to wake up early tomorrow morning.”

This was the first time that Jiang Mo Chen was proactively hugged by him before they slept. In the past, he was always the one who hugged Yan Qing Chi before sleeping or unwittingly after he fell asleep. Yan Qing Chi, on the other hand, would only have his back to him as he slept quietly.

He looked at the person in his arms who hugged him and rested against his lower jaw. He gazed at the latter whose eyes were closed, quietly and warmly nestled in his embrace. For some time, he didn’t know what he was feeling. He only felt that his mind was particularly tranquil, and his heart was completely soft. 7 He reached out to turn off the lights, lightly hugging Yan Qing Chi, and grunting.

Jiang Mo Chen woke up the next morning at around 6 AM. Yan Qing Chi was a light sleeper. As soon as he moved, Yan Qing Chi furrowed his brow, on his way to waking up. Jiang Mo Chen was somewhat at a loss at how he was able to be so perceptive even in his sleep. He could only say in a warm voice, “It’s still early. Rest well, there’s no rush to get up.”

Only then did Yan Qing Chi respond vaguely. His forehead smoothed out and he continued to sleep.

Jiang Mo Chen looked at him, somewhat curious. In the very beginning, when he was going to get married to Yan Qing Chi, he had looked over his profile before. The profile illustrated that Yan Qing Chi was a male who couldn’t be any more normal. Moreover, he (YQC) was kind of stupid and troublesome. Only, at that time, he (JMC) simply wanted to get married and the Yan family was the most suitable candidate: they had the childhood engagement made by their elders and the family had just so happened to move back. That was why he went to meet Yan Mother and Yan Father, requesting to switch Yan Qing Xi with Yan Qing Chi.

But, as they interacted with each other in this period of time after they got married, Jiang Mo Chen could clearly see the vast contrast between the personality of the person by his side and the one illustrated by the profile. And it wasn’t just his personality, but many aspects: his overly acute reaction speed, adept lock-picking experience, remarkable stamina, and his vigilance even when he was fast asleep. These bits and pieces made him unable to connect this Yan Qing Chi to the one he had seen from the profile.

Jiang Mo Chen felt that perhaps this was his true nature. The information that they had gathered on him was nothing more than his disguise. Or perhaps, he had some other reason, which was why he had two such different sides8. Yet no matter what reason there was, to him, he thought the current Yan Qing Chi was very good. So, this was enough.

Everyone had things that they were curious about; Jiang Mo Chen naturally had his. Yet everyone also had their own secrets. He didn’t want to pry into Yan Qing Chi’s secret for his own curiosity’s sake. Perhaps after they became even more familiar with one another, even more intimate, Yan Qing Chi would tell him the reason why he had two such different sides to him; and perhaps when they had been together for a long time, he would mention it amidst conversation and laughter, treating it as a trifle of daily life between them and a topic to tease about. But not now; not now when they are currently trying to come close to each other, but haven’t reached the bottoms of each other’s hearts yet.9

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Jiang Mo Chen has begun to take note of the small details in their interactions/relationship~~and begun to take the initiative to approach Yan Qing Chi~~This is the sign of love, CEO Jiang!

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Footnotes

一时间, 只觉得自己的心里有小小的喜悦在跳动 燕清池伸手勾住他的脖颈江默宸一瞬间没了话I don’t know if anyone cares, but he speaks in a more casual manner here: “你干嘛每次都背对着我睡？” Or rather, to be more accurate, I guess you can say that it’s not “proper”? “转过来呗。” JMC speaks in a more casual manner here too.“你还挺自觉。” 自觉 (zìjué) – conscious / aware / on one’s own initiative / conscientious. JMC is commenting that YQC is quite aware of what he should do and does it on his own initiative.I honestly have no idea if I translated that correctly: 心下格外宁静，心头一片柔软. Literally, “underneath his heart”, it’s especially tranquil. “At the head of his heart”, it’s an expanse of soft and tenderness.The raw was “两副面孔” which is more like “two faces”. 或许等以后他们更加熟悉，更加亲密，燕清池会自己把他为什么会有如此不相同的两副面孔的原因告诉他；也或许等以后他们在一起的时间长了，他会把这件事在谈笑中带出来，把它当做两个人之间普通的生活琐事进行调侃。但还不是现在，不是他们正在试图走近对方，却还没有抵达对方心底的现在。