In Another Life - Chapter 8

Chapter 8: Wisely Deceive the Marquis

Translator: Lao Xinxian

Proofread by Yin Jing

“My lord, thank you for your great kindness! I will spend my whole life in paying back your favor! How can I not take care of you? Sooner or later we will be a family, and what’s more, you have no son!”

Hearing his words, Wang Ping smiles from ear to ear. He speaks to other generals loudly, “If only I could have such a good son!”

The others all look at Heaven. How stupid the boy is! They think. Why not kneel down and acknowledge the Marquis as his adoptive father, then all of his property will be his! Some wink at Heaven secretly because of eagerness, and some even anxious to kick him, but Heaven pretends not to see them. You know nothing – a son-in-law is nearly half a son! His two daughters will both be mine, so there is no need for me to acknowledge him as my adoptive father!

Seeing that Heaven has no response, Wang Ping is quite disappointed. He picks his carry-on sword off and reaches out to Heaven, “Take my beloved treasure away. I’m a man of my word.”

“No, no. My lord, the beloved treasure I mentioned is not this precious sword! It has accompanied you for a long time, how can I take it away?”

Wang Ping eyes Heaven in puzzle, “Not my sword? So what it is, what has accompanied me for a long time except my sword? Are you interested in my armor?”

“Well, the thing is … My lord, I wanted to ask for it after I go to the capital city and win the fame. Now that you’d like to give it to me right now, I will accept it.” Heaven is sweating nervously – what if the old guy turns hostile?”

“Why do you drag your feet? Come on, what do you want? Don’t worry, now that I have promised you, no matter how precious the treasure is, I will never go back on my word!”

“Okay, I will tell you. I … I want your daughter!” The coming will always come, and Heaven just wonders whether the Marquis will react violently. He hopes that he won’t be killed immediately!

Wang Ping slaps the table with a slam, “Bloke, dare you say that again?”

What will be will be! Now Heaven also takes the plunge. He looks up and says solemnly, “My lord, I want to marry your darling daughter, and she has already promised me!” Well, he really dares not claim that they both have promised. He can just do it step by step. Anyhow, Ruyu is still young!

Other generals are taken aback. Their eyes fix on Heaven, who is also awaiting the final judgement.

“Ha-ha-ha-ha! I wondered why you had no response, so that’s because you want to be my son-in-law! And you have kept such a thing from me! Well, you have the guts. I really appreciate you. All right, I agree.” Other generals simultaneously sigh with relief.

Gosh, my father-in-law is so different! Not until now does Heaven feel sweaty.

Back to the Marquis’s Mansion. Ruyan and Ruyu are whispering.

“Sis, I saw something I shouldn’t see last night. A girl in our mansion was kissed by a bastard!” Ruyu looks at Ruyan cunningly.

“Ah…! How … how could that be! What did you see?” Ruyan felt guilty. There is a slight quaver in Ruyan’s voice. Actually, Ruyu’s word makes her feel guiltier.

“Humph, you can keep pretending to be innocent! Tell me the truth, or I shall tell our dad! Surely dad will take the bastard apart!” Ruyu smirks.

“Oh, my dear sister, please don’t do that, please!” Ruyan is no match for her sister. Within a round she has lost the argument.

“That’s ok, I can keep the secret, but you should promise me one thing.”

“All right, I promise, what is it!” Alas, Ruyan has been trapped by her sister!

“It is that … I’ll marry him too!”

“Ah! It’s too early for you to talk about marriage! Do … do you also have a crush on him?” Ruyan eyes Ruyu in disbelief.

“Yes, I do.” Says Ruyu shyly.

Ruyan’s face goes pale. Slowly she lowers her head, “My dear sister, if he agrees, I … I will quit!” The sisters have always been very close to each other. Conceivably, this is a hard decision for Ruyan, and she is even a bit heart-broken!

“What are you saying? Why should you quit? You are my dear sister! I mean, both of us marry him! Humph, that’s too good for him!” Ruyu doesn’t seem to care at all.

“Oh! What? What are you saying?” Ruyan is really surprised.

“What’s wrong? It is possible! There is no rule saying we can’t marry the same man.”

Ruyan flushes. Alas, her sister is always quick-witted! How did she conceive such an idea? But when she thinks further, she also finds it reasonable — it isn’t forbidden!

“But…! I’m afraid that he won’t agree.” Utterly confused, Ruyan has been standing on the same line unconsciously with Ruyu.

“Huh! He can’t be happier! He agreed last night, and even wanted to make the second step!” At the thought of last night, Ruyu flushes at once.

“Last night?”

“Yes, sis. I was also kissed by him last night.” Ruyu whispers shyly.

“Ah! He is a lady-killer! How dare him kiss my sister? Ruyu, what is the second step?”

……

The moment Heaven went back to his room, he suddenly shivered. My God, who is speaking ill of me behind my back?

In the canteen of the Marquis’ Mansion, Wang Ping smiles at his daughters, holding his glass. “Now I’m going to make an announcement.”

Seeing their father has not stopped laughing since entering the room, and there’s a strange look in his eyes, Ruyan and Ruyu’s dare not say too much. But when they see the Marquis’s smile, they know that he must win the wargame. None of them dare ask whether Heaven suffered a crushing defeat. Ruyu rejoins discontentedly, “Dad, congratulations to you on beating that unlucky guy!”

“Unlucky guy? Honey, be prudent, or no one will marry you! Humph, I didn’t win. I lost badly!”

“You lost! Hurray!” The two girls exclaim, high-fiving each other.

Wang Ping stares at them. Alas, daughters and dead fish are no keeping wares! Now they have already been biased towards an outsider!

“OK, stop jabbering! Now I have an announcement to make, I’m having a son! Ha-ha!” The Marquis burst out laughing. As a father having no son, he considers his son-in-law as his own son.

“You are looking for another wife? And you have already got a son?” asks Ruyan sadly.

“Do you forget our mum? Humph, I will no longer speak to you! Sis, let’s go!” Ruyu shows more anger.

“Eh-hem! What are you saying? Do you think I’m that kind of man?” A blush appears on the Marquis’s aged face.

The sisters look questioningly at their father, then Ruyu seems to realize something. “Oh, I got it. You must have taken a fancy to some fool and adopted him!”

“Hum, that’s my thought, not his.” Wang Ping purses his lips.

“Huh, who can be so audacious? I’ll fix him!” says Ruyu angrily.

“Ruyu, you can’t say that! You will be familiar with him in the future!” Deliberately, Wang Ping glances at his elder daughter. From his perspective, Heaven will soon become Ruyu’s brother-in-law, so of course, they will be familiar!

“No matter who he is, I won’t call him brother!” Ruyu loses her temper.

Ha! Wang Ping says in mind. Brother? You will call him brother-in-law! He sips his wine and says, “The tricky Heaven not only beat me but also fooled me into agreeing his condition, humph!” Leaving girls in suspense, he is amused by their expressions. Then he continues, “He said he would marry my daughter!”

The daughters look at their father nervously. Ruyu recklessly asks, “Do … do you agree?”

“Sure! I always mean what I say! Therefore, I agree with him at once!”

Heaven, you are too amazing! Knowing that the problem is easily solved, the sisters are overjoyed.

“But there is one thing I’m not happy with. He said my daughter has promised him. Humph, do you still remember your father? Who has promised him? Come out and tell me!” With that, he pulls a long face intentionally, and then empties the cup.

“It’s me.” Ruyan and Ruyu say simultaneously.

“Poof!” The poor Marquis spits out all the wine.

“Who? Who the hell it is? I didn’t catch it!” He looks at his two daughters.

“It’s us. We both promised.”

This time Marquis Wang Ping nearly collapses on the table. “Come immediately, call that bloke over! No, tie him up and send him here! Damn it!”

“Wait!” The sisters shout at the same time.

With Marquis Wang Ping slapping the table in rage, all the food and drinks shake.

“How arbitrary you are! How dare you decide such an important thing all by yourselves! Marry that bloke together? Keep dreaming! No way! Do you still remember your old father? With the family rules left by your mother, I dare not have even a concubine! How dare he marry you two? You, Ruyu, why do you contend with your sister? And you, Ruyan, why don’t you make a concession? Don’t tie him up? It’s OK, only if one of you give up marrying him! Now you can make a decision, otherwise I will kill him and none of you can get him!” The Marquis is blue on the face.