Who Would Fall in Love After Being Reborn?

TL: Etude Translations

Under the dense night sky, a car slowly stopped at the entrance. A middle-aged man with a beer belly alighted, and a similarly rotund man emerged from the hotel to greet him.

The two hadn’t yet met when, from a distance of ten meters, they began to loudly exchange pleasantries and opened their arms for an enthusiastic hug. However, their large bellies prevented them from embracing, resulting in a hearty laugh instead.

Seeing this, Jiang Qin expressionlessly returned to his seat on the sofa.

A sudden breeze stirred on this summer night, rustling the decorative trees at the entrance of Kebin Hotel and fluttering the red national flag and the hotel’s banner.

Jiang Qin lounged lazily on the brightly lit lobby sofa, boredly playing Snake on his phone. The hotel’s front desk staff had already refilled his tea three times and brought a plate of snacks, ensuring a feeling of being at home.

“Sir, please have some tea.”

“Thank you.”

“Are you waiting for someone? The air conditioning in the lobby might be a bit cold. Do you need a blanket?”

Jiang Qin waved his hand, declining the offer: “No need to trouble yourself. I’ll just sit here for a while before heading back to my room.”

The staff nodded, thinking he had heard the same thing three times already, yet there was no sign of him leaving. Instead, he continuously gazed outside, seemingly in anticipation.

But he knew this guest was staying in a suite and didn’t dare say much, so he returned to the front desk.

Half an hour later, Jiang Qin’s Snake game ended as the snake crashed into a wall, cutting short its brief life. His gaze then drifted outside, noticing that the shops across from the hotel’s main entrance had closed.

Is it already ten o’clock?

He glanced at the time, thinking the little rich lady probably wouldn’t return tonight.

She could at least call if she’s not coming back, he thought, flipping his phone in his hand and feeling somewhat empty.

Should he call to confirm her absence so he could go to sleep? After all, he had to catch a flight the next evening and couldn’t afford to stay up too late, lest he lack energy the next day.

Jiang Qin pondered for a long time, holding his phone, but ultimately decided not to call.

Asking would imply he was waiting for the little rich lady to sleep, suggesting an intimacy as if he couldn’t sleep without her, which seemed too ambiguous.

And ambiguity often marks the first step towards the collapse of friendship.

Just then, the elevator in the leisure area opened, and Lu Feiyu, not sleeping in the middle of the night, appeared in the hotel’s slippers.

“Boss, why haven’t you gone back? That expensive room is a waste if not used properly.”

“I should be asking you the same. Why the hell are you down here again?”

Lu Feiyu pointed towards the front desk: “I came to ask how to use the massage bathtub in the bathroom. We’re leaving tomorrow, and the boss lady has no relatives in Shenzhen or Guangzhou, so this might be our last chance to experience it.”

“Such ambition, Feiyu,” Jiang Qin said, raising his thumb.

“Thank you, boss.”

While they were talking, a black sedan slowly stopped in front of Kebin Hotel.

The car door opened, and a demure-looking little rich lady stepped out, waving goodbye to her aunt.

Under the night sky, Feng Nanshu’s eyebrows and eyes were enchanting, her delicate face already stunningly beautiful, appeared even softer and more charming at the dimly lit hotel entrance, like a finely crafted porcelain doll.

Qin Jingqiu hugged her reluctantly, reminding her to take care of herself and to call if anything happened, then watched her walk towards Kebin Hotel under the night sky.

Soon, Qin Jingqiu’s expression turned puzzled as she saw her niece suddenly start running, losing her usual demureness for a more lively and spirited demeanor, her little leather shoes clattering audibly even from inside the car.

The next second, a young man appeared at the hotel entrance, yawning continuously as if extremely tired.

The two met at the entrance, exchanged a few words, and then walked into the lobby together.

Witnessing this scene, the second lady of the Feng family couldn’t help but show a mixed expression of relief and melancholy.

Since childhood, Nan’s biggest fear was being left behind. For her, not being abandoned was the best thing in the world. But how could she not cling to someone who waited for her until late at night?

Qin Jingqiu suddenly felt as if she were watching her daughter get married, observing the wedding car fade into the distance, her feelings complex.

“Why are you coming back so late?” Jiang Qin asked her with a stern face.

“I went out to eat with my aunt and talked about a lot of things,” Feng Nanshu obediently replied.

“What did you talk about?”

“About you.”

“Does your aunt know I brought you here? Did she say anything about sending someone to chop me up or something?”

Jiang Qin was somewhat panicked. Whisking away someone’s little princess without a word and then blatantly loitering under their watch was as risky as leaving one’s ghost flame bike parked unattended downstairs.

The little rich lady pondered for a moment: “My aunt offered to give you ten million to leave me alone, but don’t worry, I’ve already refused on your behalf.”

Jiang Qin held his breath, realizing he had missed out on an unexpected fortune: “Feng Nanshu, that’s where you’re wrong. How could you send back the money that was practically delivered to my doorstep? I can’t earn that much even after half a year of hard work.”

“So, you want the money instead of me?” Feng Nanshu looked up at him with a slight lift of her face.

“Heh, your aunt is too naive. Only humans make choices, dogs want it all.”

Jiang Qin was irredeemably self-deprecating: “If I had been there, I would have taken the money first. The rest is up to me. Both money and friends are mine.”

Feng Nanshu suddenly pouted: “But what if you could only choose one?”

“Where did you learn these life-or-death questions? I refuse to answer.”

“Jiang Qin, were you really waiting for me to come back to sleep?”

“I just thought, since we’re leaving Shanghai soon and won’t have the money to stay in such a lavish hotel again, we should enjoy all it has to offer. That’s why I came to the front desk to ask how to use the massage bathtub in the bathroom.”

Feng Nanshu responded with a cold ‘oh’ and shoved her hands into Jiang Qin’s pajama pockets, playfully hitting him twice.

Witnessing this, Lu Feiyu finally realized, so that’s it. The boss can’t sleep without the boss lady around.

“Tsk, tsk, tsk, such a big boss needs the boss lady to lull him to sleep!”

Three minutes later, Jiang Qin, accompanied by the little rich lady, took the elevator to the top floor. Passing by his own room, the little rich lady naively glanced at it, then scampered over, sticking to Jiang Qin all the way to his room door, and confidently followed him inside.

When Jiang Qin asked why she followed him in, she feigned ignorance, saying she didn’t know. As a result, her socks were taken off, and her bare feet were playfully teased for a while.

The next morning, the sky outside was overcast, soon giving way to a light drizzle.

Feng Nanshu got up from the bed, sitting dazedly at the end, watching Jiang Qin make the final checks before checking out, her gaze lingering on him.

It wasn’t until Jiang Qin called her to get up that the befuddled little rich lady came back to reality, then changed out of her pajamas. However, she didn’t fasten her buttons or tie her shoelaces and instead ran to the living room, stretching out her arms for Jiang Qin to help her.

“Big brother, do the buttons.”

“I’m in a bad mood this morning, don’t call me big brother.”

Feng Nanshu murmured an ‘oh’, silently watching Jiang Qin fasten her buttons and tie her shoelaces, then grabbed her luggage and headed out. After assembling and doing a headcount in the lobby, the group of fifteen set off for the plane to Guangzhou.

In the following week, the people of Room 208 left behind their luxurious lives and got busy again.

The cultural environment in Guangzhou was vastly different from the north, with many people not even speaking Mandarin and popular trends being entirely different.

After checking into a hotel in Guangzhou, Jiang Qin led everyone to a nearby commercial area. They discovered many items popular in the mainland were not selling well here.

Conversely, things they had never seen before were in high demand.

For Room 208, this posed a significant challenge and obstacle for their business inspection model. However, for their tourism model, everything was new and exciting, with even a regular commercial street satisfying their curiosity.

At the end of July, the group left Guangzhou for Shenzhen to continue their exploration.

This city was slightly different from the others, lacking much history as it was still a fishing village before economic reforms. Once designated for development, the city had rapidly progressed, seemingly growing up amidst constant construction over a decade.

Shenzhen and Guangzhou, being close, shared similar cultures and environments but with a noticeably faster pace and greater openness to new things.

For Room 208’s business team, Shenzhen, with fewer universities, might not be the best place to promote Zhihu, but it was definitely a place where group buying could quickly take root.

Standing at the entrance of an urban village, Jiang Qin surveyed his surroundings, feeling slightly peculiar.

He had lived in this city for over a decade, and certain roads, buildings, and shops struck him with an overwhelming familiarity, as if a soul-striking pistol was hitting his spirit.

Like the thirty-story residential building in front of him and the Teochew beef hotpot restaurant downstairs, which made Jiang Qin hesitant to approach.

Having been conquered by this city in a previous life, he thought, this time he must conquer it to achieve even a bit of success.

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AN: Newlywed groom furiously typing on the wedding night, could I ask for a monthly ticket?

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