Love with a Rich Godfather 2
Tao Yuan went to the supermarket to buy vegetables, returned to his apartment not far from the school, and started cooking dinner.
When the meal was almost ready, the original owner's younger brother, who was in elementary school, came back from school.
"Brother, I'm back." Du Yi walked to the kitchen door and greeted Tao Yuan.
"Well, go put down your schoolbag, wash your hands and get ready for dinner." Tao Yuan didn't look back and continued to fry the vegetables in the pot.
This apartment was rented by the original owner's father after he was admitted to Dongjing University, paying for it in full for three years. So no matter how much the original owner worried about money, at least for the next year or two, he wouldn't be living on the streets with his half-brother.
Tao Yuan brought the food to the table and the two of them finished their dinner quietly. Du Yi offered to help wash the dishes, but Tao Yuan refused and told him to do his homework quickly.
Du Yi was just a boy under ten years old. He was a spoiled young master in the past. He had lived with the original owner for less than a year, but he seemed to have grown up a lot in an instant and became very sensible.
It wasn't because the original owner treated him badly; the original owner's personality was inherently cold towards everyone. Although she didn't have much to say to her half-brother, she never gave him a cold shoulder or scolded him.
After the original owner's mother passed away, his father remarried and fathered Du Yi with the original owner's stepmother. The stepmother had died in an accident two years prior. The original owner's father, a bit superstitious, believed he was unlucky for his wife, so he decided not to remarry. However, even though he wasn't planning to marry, he ended up killing himself. He went bankrupt due to business failure and was diagnosed with a terminal illness. He passed away without leaving anything behind for his two sons.
Before his father died, the original owner asked him to take care of his younger brother. The original owner promised to personally care for him and not leave him to be raised by anyone else. Only then did his father pass away peacefully. The original owner felt that his father had raised him to this age and treated him well, but he had passed away before he could repay his father's kindness. So, raising his half-brother on his behalf was his way of repaying his father's kindness.
But his younger brother, who looks like a healthy child, actually has a serious heart disease and always has to carry medicine with him.
The original owner had to figure out how to pay tuition, make ends meet, and buy medicine for her brother, which was incredibly stressful. Faced with Xu Shaoyan's seemingly caring, but actually provocative actions and words, the original owner was quite the saint, able to hold back from exposing him. But Tao Yuan wasn't like that. Anyone who dared to make things difficult for him would be retaliated with double.
Tao Yuan finished washing the dishes and cleaning, then walked into his room and closed the door. Lying down on the bed, he closed his eyes, opened the system, and looked at the bare peach blossom branch on which only a few buds had just emerged. He sighed, wondering how long it would take for this branch to be filled with peach blossoms.
Before traveling through time, Tao Yuan was an actor who had just graduated from a film and television academy in his original world. He was only two or three years older than the original owner.
He had just won the Best New Artist award and returned home after the award ceremony. He woke up suddenly in the middle of the night. He got up to drink a glass of water to calm his nerves, but he found that the peach tree in his backyard had bloomed with a gorgeous full of peach blossoms overnight, even though it was not the season for peach blossoms.
Puzzled, Tao Yuan walked into the yard, stood under the peach tree, and looked up, wondering if this peach tree, which had been planted for so many years, had never blossomed, had become a spirit? Otherwise, why would it suddenly blossom overnight?
He was wondering when a peach blossom suddenly fell and hit him on the forehead. Then his vision went black and he passed out. Before he completely lost consciousness, he was still thinking, how could he be knocked unconscious by a peach blossom...
When he woke up again, he was not in his own bed, nor in the hospital, but in a vague and formless space.
A voice told him that he had been struck by the Peach Blossom System and would henceforth be its master. As long as he allowed the peach blossom branch to bloom with peach blossoms, he would possess the Peach Blossom System forever, and even achieve immortality and cultivate to become an immortal.
The way to make the peach branches full of peach blossoms is to go to different worlds and develop a relationship. As long as the relationship is successful, a peach blossom will bloom.
Tao Yuan has no interest in immortality or becoming an immortal. He thinks that is a dream only held by ancient emperors. As a modern man, it is enough for him to do what he wants to do and live a peaceful life for a few decades. What is the fun of immortality?
But the Peach Blossom System told him that he had disappeared from his original world and could never return. If he did not go to a different world to complete his mission, he would have to stay in the system forever. However, in the system, he would be immortal and could choose whatever he wanted.
Tao Yuan didn't know how long he'd been in the system. It could have been a short time, or it could have been a long time. He was bored beyond belief, feeling like he was going to mold. The system was empty except for the space that moved around and a bare peach branch.
The system told him that he could not activate any function of the system without going to a different world.
After looking at the bare peach branch for so long, Tao Yuan felt a pity for it, which made him sad. He figured, since staying in the system would only lead to boredom, he might as well follow the system's instructions and travel to a different world to complete the mission. Then, he could let the peach branch bloom with peach blossoms and leave this system space.
He thought that since he was a professional actor after all, he might as well treat each world as a filming, where he could participate in the performance and hone his acting skills. After thinking about it this way, Tao Yuan actually looked forward to going to different worlds to complete the mission.
It was getting dark. Tao Yuan got up from the bed, took a shower and changed his clothes. He told Du Yi that he could read or watch TV at home, but not to go out alone because he had to go out to work.
Du Yi agreed obediently and sent Tao Yuan out the door. He watched him get on the elevator before closing the door.
The original owner worked in an ancient teahouse, covering a large area with five or six courtyards of varying levels, specifically designed for guests to enjoy tea and listen to the guqin. The original owner's job there was to play the guqin for guests.
"Manager Wu." Tao Yuan was about to go to the locker room when he saw the manager here coming out of the lounge, so he greeted him.
"Here comes Qingyu." Manager Wu looked at Tao Yuan, thought for a moment and said, "Today is your last day playing the piano here. I know you're short of money right now, but you've offended Boss Zhang, so I can't let you stay here any longer. Otherwise, if he sees you still here next time, he might cause trouble for you again, and it will be difficult for us."
"I know. I won't make things difficult for you. After I finish playing today, I will find another place." Tao Yuan said.
Manager Wu nodded and said, "I'll give you a little more for this week's wages. Your father used to be a regular here, so for his sake, I'll personally give you a little extra tip."
"Thank you, Manager Wu. Let's just settle it as it is. I don't really like owing favors to others." Tao Yuan said, "Don't worry about me. I'll find a new job soon."
"You're just stubborn," Manager Wu said helplessly. "Look at you. Boss Zhang might be a bit of a jerk, but he just touched your hand. Just bear with it and it'll be fine. And you threw water in his face. Luckily it wasn't hot water, otherwise you'd be in big trouble."
"I think people who come to a teahouse to drink tea, no matter how dirty their hearts are, should at least behave properly on the surface. People like Boss Zhang should go to a hotel that's good for leisure, not come to a teahouse to spend money. A teahouse can't satisfy his desires."
"Boss Zhang is a well-known pervert. He doesn't come for tea often, usually with clients. But when he comes here, he's quite restrained." Manager Wu looked at his delicate features and his soft, watery skin and said, "I guess it's because you're so beautiful that he couldn't help himself. He didn't expect you to dare throw water at him. You only touched my hand, most people would tolerate it."
"I'm sorry, Manager Wu, for causing you trouble." Tao Yuan said this, but he knew in his heart that Boss Zhang did have sexual intentions towards the original owner, but he was deliberately trying to provoke him by touching him in a place like the teahouse. He did this because someone had instructed him to do so: Xu Shaoyan's boyfriend, Liu Xiujie.
"Things have already happened, there's no need to say these words. But you should change your temper in the future." Manager Wu sighed, shook his head and left.
Tao Yuan went to the locker room to change. After finishing his clothes, he stood in front of the dressing mirror to adjust his appearance. Looking at his reflection, Tao Yuan realized that such a pretty face would inevitably arouse the desires of those who were lecherous. The original owner had received numerous hints from people wanting to support him, and some had even approached his manager and directly offered to support him, but the original owner had vehemently refused.
The courtyard where the original owner played the piano was a bit cheaper than the other courtyards in this teahouse, so it was a large room that could seat a dozen or twenty tables of guests. High-end private rooms usually hired high-level pianists, and the prices were quite high.
The original owner's piano skills were decent, so he was able to enter this teahouse to play the piano. However, compared with a real master, his piano skills were still far behind.
Tao Yuan sat cross-legged in front of the screen. He was wearing an ancient costume with a white background and tight sleeves, painted in ink and wash. He looked very elegant, and his rosy face was set off to look even more graceful, making people unable to take their eyes off him.
Although the original owner's piano skills were not up to par, Tao Yuan had the system, so it was not difficult for him to play at the master level.
He plucked the strings with his fingers, and soon after the simple and melodious sound of the piano came out, it was like a sudden breeze blowing, and a clear spring was drawn into the heart. Those who were sitting in the room pretending to be elegant suddenly felt that they had finally learned to listen to the piano and had truly become elegant.
The old customers, who had previously been preoccupied with admiring the original owner's face, now closed their eyes, taking in the gentle trickle of music and the gentle breeze and bright moon. It was as if, in an instant, the restlessness in their hearts calmed, the stress and fatigue of the day slowly receded, and even the aroma of the tea on the table became more alluring.
Manager Wu personally came to the gate of the teahouse and welcomed the guests in. While chatting and laughing with them, he led them in. One of the guests suddenly stopped, and the others also stopped and looked at him in confusion.
"Mr. Chen?" Manager Wu called out in confusion.
Mr. Chen raised his hand to stop Manager Wu from speaking, carefully identifying the direction of the sound. His hearing was amazingly good, and he could often hear sounds from far away, so he was very sure that the melodious piano music that faintly reached his ears at this moment was not an illusion.
Mr. Chen didn't say anything, and suddenly walked towards the direction where the sound came from.
The others looked at each other, puzzled, and hurried to follow. Mr. Chen was the star of the night; they had finally managed to invite him, so of course they would go wherever he went.
"Mr. Chen..., Fufengyuan is coming this way. You, you are..., where are you going?" Before Manager Wu finished speaking, the distinguished guests had all left, and he had no choice but to quickly catch up with them.
The sound of the piano became clearer and clearer, and Mr. Chen couldn't help but quicken his pace.
After hearing the sound of the piano, the others finally understood why Mr. Chen insisted on coming this way. Mr. Chen was a well-known piano fanatic and had a good ear.
In order not to disturb others, they walked in quietly and sat down at an empty table.
Manager Wu quickly arranged for someone to serve tea, then stood back, ready to wait for them to finish listening before taking them to the private room that had been prepared.
These guys were all big bosses, with Mr. Chen being the oldest, almost fifty. While the others weren't much younger, their backgrounds and business ventures were far behind Mr. Chen's. So, they all worked together to invite Mr. Chen to come, simply to curry his favor.
They had started listening to the piano from the second half, and the gentle and continuous music still felt melodious and pleasant to them. These people were all people who truly understood the piano. Before entering, they had assumed that the person playing the piano must be a senior musician, and senior musicians were generally quite old.
After seeing Tao Yuan's fair and tender young face, they were surprised and couldn't help but sigh in their hearts that it was rare for someone so young to have such good piano skills.
Manager Wu was also very surprised, wondering when Du Qingyu's piano skills had improved so rapidly. He also wondered if he had been hiding his piano skills before because he couldn't play the piano after tonight, so he showed his true level.
After the song ended, Tao Yuan withdrew his hands, sat quietly for a few seconds, and then stood up and left through the door behind the screen.
The author has something to say: Readers who have read the final chapter of the previous article should know a little bit about the relationship between the top and the bottom. However, some readers have not read my previous quick-transmigration and don't know what the routine of my quick-transmigration is. In order to avoid confusion for readers, I will give some spoilers here that may not be explained until the sequel.
The peach blossom branch in the system is part of the receiving body, and the various powerful abilities in the system come from the attacking divine power (to put it bluntly, the system is the attacking divine power. Note that the system is not the attacking, it is the attacking divine power.)
Every time the bottom travels through time, it is not him who is looking for the top in each world, but a wisp of the top's soul keeps following the bottom to different worlds (so the top travels through time at the same time as the bottom, he does not arrive at a certain world before the bottom).
The top's divine power is used to protect the bottom, so he does not have a system for storing memories like the bottom.
When the attacker travels through time, he only has the original owner's memories, and it takes some time, and the guidance of the victim, before he can make the original owner's thoughts disappear and allow his own thoughts to take over.
So this is why the main task of the shou is to capture the gong. The gong and shou fall in love because they were originally lovers, but for some reason, they have no memory of their previous love.
I have explained it so clearly, if you still don’t understand, then there is nothing I can do (spreading hands)
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