I’m Actually a Bigshot

“I, too, remember it now.” Looking at the scene on the screen where she and Qin Guan were chasing each other, Mu Rong let out a bitter smile, “I always wanted to break up with that bastard because of the difference in our mindsets, but I didn’t know how to go about it because I was foolishly thinking about my old feelings.”

 

“That was until one night, when that bastard called me secretly to say goodbye.” The reason he gave for breaking up with him was that his wife had suddenly returned from abroad and she had hired a bunch of paparazzi and detectives to find out about his affair!

 

“I thought I was smart, but I didn’t think I’d be cheated by a bastard who had a wife, and that bastard planned to make me a mistress for the rest of my life! Bleh!” The more Mu Rong thought about it, the angrier she became.

 

The lost memories of Mu Rong and Qin Guan slowly surfaced.

 

Mu Rong was the “mistress” in an extramarital affair that she didn’t even realize she was having.
Qin Guan was the detective that Mrs.
Liu had hired to investigate the affair.

 

So when Mu Rong ran out of the community in a rage, she met Qin Guan who was holding a bottle of white wine and preparing to sober up1.

 

The two people, who were both in a terrible state, ran into each other, and it was plain misfortune.

 

“You’re really such a drunkard, even when you’re out at work.” First she met that bastard Liu, and then she met him, a drunkard.

 

“Mr.
Qin, how much did you drink that day?” Su Qingxing yawned, although he had rested for quite a while, he was still feeling a bit tired for some reason.

 

“Two catties2.” Qin Guan narrowed his small eyes, “Fifty-two percent alcohol content!”

 

“Were you going to drink yourself to death?!” Mu Rong glared fiercely at Qin Guan, this amount of white wine was enough to give someone alcohol poisoning!

 

“It’s better than getting scammed! If it were me, I would have beaten that bastard up.”

 

“How do you know I didn’t do anything?” Mu Rong lifted her chin, “Why do you think I went to that bastard that day? I specifically picked these shoes with the longest and sharpest heel, and once I walked into his door, I kicked him in the nuts3!!”

 

Everyone subconsciously took a look at the pair of high heels on Mu Rong’s feet, which could be considered to be a “fierce weapon” and could make even a ghost cry.
Qin Guan, who was an adult male, even took a step backwards in fear.

 

“I was probably too angry at the time, so I did move a lot harder.” Mu Rong4 sighed, “After I found out that the bastard had passed out, I helped call an ambulance and then I collided with you, a drunkard, when I was running out.”

 

“And then ……”

 

Mu Rong’s gaze went to the large screen in front of her.
Qin Guan, dazed from drunkenness, and Mu Rong, who was full of anger and desperate to vent it, pushed back and forth, both of them unconsciously mouthing angry words, arguing just as they had when they first met in the cinema hall.

 

Mu Rong used the bag in her hand to shake off the bottle Qin Guan was clutching, while Qin Guan pushed Mu Rong backwards as he’d been doing previously.

 

But at that moment, an accident happened!

 

Mu Rong’s high heels stepped on the wine bottle that had rolled to the ground, and after suddenly twisting her foot, her body fell straight backwards!

 

Situated behind Mu Rong was an iron fence set up outside the community to protect the flower garden.
In the darkness, the spiked fence was somewhat indistinguishable from its surroundings.
It was these same small, seemingly unnoticeable fixtures that …… pierced Mu Rong straight through the back of her head the moment she fell!

 

“What a ridiculous result.” Mu Rong couldn’t bear to look directly at her own scene of death, and her body was in a bit of a trance as she walked to the wall of the cinema hall, barely managing not to fall down due to the support of the wall.

 

And Qin Guan was still staring blankly at the curtain in front of him.

 

Even though the Qin Guan on the screen was already drunk and unconscious, he knew at this time that something was wrong.
But the most helpless thing was that even if he knew that something big had happened, Qin Guan didn’t know exactly what he should do.
He didn’t dare to move Mu Rong’s body at will.

 

The two people had just chased each other all the way and had long since run away to a place far away from the community gate.

 

The first thing Qin Guan did was to call an ambulance and even the police, but he still didn’t know what he should do next.

 

Under the streetlights late at night, Qin Guan ended up just kneeling beside Mu Rong, holding the strange girl’s hand tightly, holding it tightly and crying bitterly in a low, painful voice ……

 

That suppressed cry belonging to a man lingered in the cinema hall.

 

Everyone, including Su Qingxing, was silent.
No one knew that on such a peaceful night, a matter that was so insignificant compared to life itself would be the cause of the ultimate tragedy.

 

“My consciousness at that time was really blurred.” In the silence, Qin Guan’s voice was a little dry, “I should have gone to get help, but even if I had gotten someone, would they really know what to do?”

 

“If I go, will this girl, whose name I don’t even know, spend the most painful time at the end of her life, alone5?” Qin Guan helplessly hugged his head and crouched down, “I just ended up grabbing her hand and holding it tightly, unable to say anything.”

 

The scene in the silver screen didn’t stop, Su Qingxing saw Qin Guan keep holding Mu Rong’s hand, waiting until the sound of an ambulance came from the distance.

 

At that moment, Qin Guan tried to stand up anxiously, but the moment he got up, his body swayed and fell back to the ground with a “boom”.
Qin Guan’s expression twitched with pain for a while, and then he finally closed his eyes beside Mu Rong ……

 

It was a noir, one couldn’t help but smile bitterly at such a story.

 

“I’m dead.” Qin Guan laughed helplessly and bitterly, “Either because I was struck by heaven and lightning for a drunk mistake, or because of alcohol poisoning from a drunk mistake ……”

 

“Hahahahahahahahahahaha!” A crazy, loud laugh came from the back.

 

Su Qingxing turned his head and saw Bai Hua laughing wildly to the point of convulsion before he spoke with a twisted smile, “You two, hahahahahahaha, you two were behaving so well, and as a result …… hahahahahaha, as a result… …”

 

“The result was that you actually killed her, it’s just too funny, isn’t it? hahahahaha” Bai Hua acted as if he had gone mad, “You actually killed her, you actually killed her, hahahahaha!”

 

Bai Hua was laughing so hard that he was almost in tears.

 

And at the back of the studio, the ghostly creature whose neck was still bleeding laughed just as much, his gaze forever fixed in Bai Hua’s direction.

 

When alive, it was an admirer without any dignity.

 

After death, too, the ghostly shadow would not leave.

 

“Do you think it’s funny?” Mu Rong leaned against the wall and suddenly said to Bai Hua with an odd smile, “Don’t you notice anything wrong?”

 

“Something wrong?” Bai Hua spread his hands, “Are you talking about how both of you died in a way that was so comical?”

 

“Yes, Qin Guan and I are both dead.” After going through so much, Mu Rong’s ability to adapt seemed to be much better, and at the moment, she was still able to look at Bai Hua with amusement, “I remember you said before …… that you were able to come back from the dead because you were the Bride of Death?”

 

The smile on Bai Hua’s face faded.

 

“But now it seems that we have all died once.” Mu Rong spread her hands, “In that case, there’s nothing special about you, Bai Hua, you’re just like us from beginning to end.”

 

Qin Guan looked at Mu Rong with a complicated expression.
Mu Rong, however, seemed to have recovered and even turned her head to smile at Su Qingxing.

 

“Just like you?!” Bai Hua seemed completely unable to accept this answer and said after a few rounds of dry laughter, “How can I be just like you guys? It was the God of Death himself who brought me back from the dead!”

 

“We too came back from the dead, didn’t we?” On the screen behind Mu Rong, police cars and ambulances surrounded the two dead people, and several young nurses approached their dead bodies, sobbing softly at the scene before them.

 

“So in the end, there’s nothing special about you at all, Bai Hua.” Mu Rong emphasized  once more.

 

“We’re not the same!” Bai Hua suddenly yelled, “We’re different!!!”

 

“We’re different ！！！！！”

 

Watching Bai Hua go crazy by himself, Su Qingxing carried Si Si and walked over to Mu Rong and Qin Guan’s side, asking softly, “Will you guys regret bringing up these things?”

 

The moment he first met Mu Rong and Qin Guan, Su Qingxing had already seen how the two of them had died.

 

So when Su Qingxing saw Mu Rong and Qin Guan confront each other over and over again, he was not surprised in the least.
He had only felt that although the two had lost their memories about their deaths, that feeling of being enemies in life and death had been preserved.

 

But what Su Qingxing did not expect was that the feeling between Mu Rong and Qin Guan was getting more and more cordial, and even though they often quarreled, they were always able to stand together at the most crucial moments.

 

These were two such special people.

 

They once did not know each other, yet they collided and even died together because of some chance events.

 

It made Su Qingxing unable to help but imagine that if Mu Rong and Qin Guan had been able to get to know each other earlier, wouldn’t this story have been able to come to a great and harmonious ending?

 

“No regrets.” Mu Rong laughed lightly, “If I hadn’t remembered this incident, I really wouldn’t have known that this guy Qin Guan was really a hopeless big drunk.
Now the next time I see him, would he still dare to target me!”

 

“And it’s not just that rotten drunkard’s fault either ……” Mu Rong said, and then went silent for a long time before she continued to talk to Su Qingxing–

 

“Brother Qingxing, if you meet someone you like in the future, don’t get easily fooled by their appearance, it’s best to pull out their heart6 and see if they really do love you wholeheartedly ……”

 

“Awoo!” Hearing Mu Rong say this, the snow wolf being held in Su Qingxing’s arms gave a low howl.

 

“I shouldn’t like anyone else.” Su Qingxing’s expression seemed a little confused, “I’ve been living alone for far too long, it’s hard to imagine what it would be like to have another person around me.”

 

“Don’t be discouraged, you’re only so old!” Mu Rong patted Su Qingxing’s shoulder and said half-jokingly, “Maybe you can find someone who is as well-behaved and single-minded as Si Si7.”

 

“Just like Si Si?” Su Qingxing thought carefully about the possibilities and finally came to the conclusion, “It feels a bit difficult, maybe it would be easier to just let Si Si turn into a human form8.”

 

“Awoo!” Si Si wagged his tail very energetically, wishing to gleefully howl loudly at the sky.

 

“If the target is not suitable, there is a good chance that a sinful bond will be formed between the two of you.” Qin Guan, who seemed to have recovered a bit by then, had a more normal tone as he spoke to Su Qingxing, “You might even end up like me.
Even if I die, there is no way to get rid of this sinful fate.”

 

“You say that again?!” Mu Rong half narrowed her eyes and clasped her arms in a very imposing manner, “Who are you calling a sinful fate? Ever seen such a beautiful sinful fate?”

 

“More like a headache!!” Qin Guan couldn’t help but hold his forehead, “I need alcohol to numb it.”

 

“How dare you!” Mu Rong’s eyes widened, “If you dare to drink again, I’ll sew your mouth shut, understand?!”

 

“……”

 

Mu Rong and Qin Guan finished speaking and looked at each other again in silence, their mood seemed to be somewhat complicated.

 

“I’m relieved to see you guys recover.” Su Qingxing said, turning to look at Bai Hua who was still going crazy on the other side9, “There is one more thing that must be resolved next.”

 

“Bai Hua.” Su Qingxing took a step closer to the teenager who was still wearing a white dress, “I think you must know one thing.”

 

The crimson blood on Bai Hua’s lips could not be wiped away at all, but it did gradually fade away with the passage of time and looked a bit hideous.

 

Bai Hua just watched as the teenager in school uniform took a step towards him, and he didn’t know if it was just an illusion, but he seemed to see a hint of dark blue in those ordinary black eyes.

 

“What do you want to say?” Bai Hua took an involuntary step backwards, “Are you trying to tell me that I’m not not the one who is the bride of Death, you are?”

 

“……”

 

Su Qingxing paused, then shook his head again and said, “No, I just want to tell you that if you die, then you die, and no one in this world can be resurrected from the dead.”

 

The moment Su Qingxing’s words fell, a blue paper lantern appeared in the middle of the studio.

 

With the blue lantern as the center of the circle, the cinema hall that Su Qingxing was in began to change.

 

The red carpet beneath their feet turned into a rough concrete floor.

 

The exquisitely decorated walls around them also turned into dirty concrete walls.

 

The big screen at the front disappeared, and there were many more cargo boxes around Su Qingxing and the others.
The originally quiet cinema hall instantly turned into a very dilapidated warehouse.

 

The door to the warehouse was closed, but a cold breeze blew in through the window high above, causing Mu Rong and the others, who had been indoors a few moments ago, to shiver.

 

Such was especially the case for Bai Hua, who was clad in only  a thin sleeveless dress.
Such a low temperature made him unable to resist hugging his arms tightly.

 

But it wasn’t just the temperature that made Bai Hua shiver, it was also this warehouse itself.

 

“This is ……”

 

Su Qingxing took a few steps to the side, making it possible for everyone to see the scene on the warehouse floor behind him.

 

On the dusty concrete floor, a very large and delicate spell formation was drawn in blood, with many mysterious and incomprehensible words on it.

 

There were two already cold corpses lying on the spell formation.

 

One of the corpses was Zhu Ting, and the wound on his neck was exactly the same as the one on the ghostly creature standing in the distance.

 

The other corpse …… was Bai Hua!

 

The teenager in the white shirt was simply lying in the center of the spell formation, his hand clutching what looked like a silver dagger that had been stabbed directly into Bai Hua’s heart!

 

Without a doubt, that was the blood sacrifice that Bai Hua was talking about!

 

“If you really came back from the dead, how could you have left a corpse behind?” Su Qingxing walked closer to the magic circle, “Senior Bai, you must have been in a lot of pain at that time, right?”

 

“……”

 

“Actually, Mu Rong should be well aware of this fact.” Su Qingxing continued, “If the God of Death really chose you, how could he bear to let you suffer this kind of pain?”

 

“Su Qingxing …… who exactly are you?” Bai Hua’s face was completely devoid of a smile, and even his confidence was beginning to disintegrate.

 

Bai Hua just looked at this senior Su in front of him.

 

The teenager who was so scared that his voice trembled at first, the teenager who couldn’t help but close his eyes in the long red corridor.

 

The teenager who gradually got a smile and slowly became confident after his reunion with Si Si.

 

The teenager who was locked in the office after Bai Hua conspired with Du Wei and disappeared as if he was out of the game.

 

These images gradually merged in Bai Hua’s mind, eventually transforming into this…… Su Qingxing who was standing by the blood sacrifice with a calm expression on his face.

 

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Ehehehehe this is one of my top favorite chapters! I really love Mu Rong so much! She’s tha queen!

Two-three more chapters and this particular arc will end…..

The next 34 or so chapters will be a torture to me, because the next two chapters are 5k+ chinese characters, and the ones after them are upto 12k characters each (so basically, thrice the length of the chapters I’ve translated previously).
Currently, I’ve got two options: Divide the chapters into (at most) three parts and post them one by one, or post the entire chapter at once.
The former will be fast but might give y’all nasty and unwarranted cliffhangers, and the latter will be slow but long and satisfying (pun very much intended).
Tell me in the comments which one you prefer.

 

1

I have never been drunk myself, so I’m not sure if drinking white wine is a way to sober up? That’s what all the translation sites made me believe, that Qin Guan was trying to sober up by drinking white wine, that is, he was using that to cure his drunkenness…..
I am assuming that it was written for comedy, like he is such an avid drinker that white wine is just a warm up for him, something he drinks to sober up….
准备以酒醒酒的秦观: basically, intending to use wine to sober up from the effects of wine….
if somebody has a better explanation, please let me know in the comments….

2

1 cattie = 0.5 – 0.6 liters.
he drank away more than a liter of white wine with 52% alcohol content…..
If he hadn’t died now, he’d have died of alcohol poisoning later…..

3

MY GODDESS PLEASE STEP ON ME WITH YOUR THIN HIGH HEE– AHem! You did not read this, and I certainly did not showcase my masochistic side.

4

Fun fact: Google docs keeps trying to change her name to My Rong and honestly? Same, docs, same(p≧w≦q)

5

Man this made me cry again…… I had only felt a bit teary when I had first read this, but I now that I’m translating this…..really feel like shedding tears…..

6

It’s not literal, more of a metaphor… like, check everything about a person before falling in love with them cuz once you fall in love you get those thick pink filters around your eyes that makes you believe that they can do no wrong……

7

Si Si: Yes, Yes! never fear when SiSi is here!

8

And hence I declare you husband and husband.
You may Kis– Ooow who threw empty walnut shells at me?! Atleast leave the walnuts inside!

9

I love the way they phrased it….
it’s like he’s a clownish creature clowning around, which he indeed is.