#the fact we got CG leaks but no translations

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I miss the days when myself and the fandom at large would get super hyped for new DL releases.

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Rumors and Secrets: Li Zeyan | Victor.

[ The storm is approaching, the undercurrent is surging, and no one can predict its direction. ]

-  The truth behind chapter 18

Note:

R&S for this card (CG above)

Chapter SPOILERS up to chapter 25-28 (read at your own risk)

Contains 4 chapters

Translation isn’t 100% accurate (or include grammar errors)

Every part for LZ’s dialogue would be in “this setting”

Do not repost to any other site (reblog is fine)

Chapter 1

Page 1

At the corridor of the hospital, Li Zeyan stood in front of the window, frowned and hung up the phone. Finally, he looked back at the corridor and turned away without hesitation.

Inside the car, a long silence filled the air.

He noticed the sight he had cast at him from time to time since getting into the car, Li Zeyan slowly said: "Speak up."

"You have just been discharged from the hospital, so you should go home and rest first, company affairs..."

Li Zeyan didn't answer, just put his chin on his hand and turned his head to look out the window.

Page 2

Wei Qian (Goldman) wanted to say something, he hesitated for a while and chose to remain silent. He now recalled Li Zeyan, who had seen blood in the quarantine area that day, and still had lingering fears.

Outside the window was a light rain. In the rain, the car lights turned into a red fog, and everything became hazy through the rain curtain.

Li Zeyan couldn't help but remembered that a month ago, the day he last saw the girl, it seemed to have rained too.

When he stood in front of the girl with soaked body, his heart was filled with the joy of being lost and regained, and his determination to change the outcome this time.

Page 3

Fragmented pictures flooded all over the sky, Li Zeyan’s breathing gradually became chaotic.

He saw the bullet flying towards the girl with the strong wind; he saw that he stood in front of the girl without hesitation, and the blood leaking from the abdomen stained the girl's dress, he also saw himself shaking while lifting up the cold dagger...

The redness in front of his eyes kept expanding, and he clumsily tried to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes, but instead he stained her pale cheeks with the blood in his hands. The dazzling red light woke him.

For the last time, he hugged the girl tightly, 

"No matter where you are, I will find you."

Page 4

Enduring the pain of the soul being torn apart, he gritted his teeth, tried his best to open the cracks in time and space, and sent the girl in.

The fingertips of his right hand trembled slightly, although Li Zeyan already knew what he would do as he kept looking back in time. But in the past month, those deep memories have not faded with time, but tossed back and forth, tearing at him in every midnight dream, and finally staying on him forever along with the gun scar on his abdomen.

Li Zeyan rubbed his right hand tightly, his stern expression set off the line of his sharp jawline.

"President, we have arrived at Huarui"

Chapter 2

Page 1

As the dark night fell, no starlight was visible. Li Zeyan stood by the window, watching the city where the lights and shadows flickered below.

Here, he once told another person about his habits for the first time.

"When the whole city is under your feet, the anxiety in your heart will melt away"

Thinking of the girl's unexpected expression, Li Zeyan's mouth curled up with a faint smile, and his eyes softened.

However, the smile soon disappeared.

Page 2

In the corner soaked by the night, a black figure appeared.

The steady and slow footsteps, from far to near, seemed particularly clear in the quiet night.

Li Zeyan turned around with a grim expression, 

"I have been looking for you for a long time."

The time observer nodded, he stopped at the junction of light and shadow, half of his face was hidden in the shadow.

"Now the world line is collapsing one by one, we're running out of time."

Page 3

Li Zeyan did not answer. The sporadic lights outside the window stretched his shadow and blended into the darker night bit by bit.

Silence spread in the air, faintly, as if there were two invisible forces pulling and correcting the time.

The time observer pondered for a while before looking at Li Zeyan.

"We can tell you where she is now."

Li Zeyan finally passed a trace of surprise on his usual calm expression, and he paused for a second before saying in a low voice.

"Good."

Page 4

Surprised by his simple answer, the time observer couldn't help but speak:

"You should be aware of the consequences for doing this"

"I said, my purpose is only one."

Li Zeyan's tone revealed unquestionable firmness. The time observer happily approached Li Zeyan and stretched out his hand to him.

"However, other matters are my own decision"

Li Zeyan stood in place, unshakable determination in his eyes without responding. The time observer's expression became a little complicated, he turned around, and finally disappeared into the darkness with a faint sigh.

Page 5

As the night darkened, the lights underneath had dimmed from time to time, and the whole city seemed to fall asleep.

Li Zeyan was the only one left on the empty balcony.

Suddenly, a string of rapid bells broke the silence of the night. Li Zeyan frowned slightly and answered the phone. Before he spoke, he heard Wei Qian's panicked voice coming from his cell phone-

"President, something went wrong!"

"The Task Force has announced an Evolver list with your name on it!"

Chapter 3

Page 1

The car drove slowly to the main entrance of the company. Unlike Li Zeyan’s calmness, the driver and bodyguard watched the movement outside the car with vigilance.

Since Li Zeyan’s Evolver’s identity was exposed, there have often been people holding banners in the downstairs of HuaRui to protest. The fact that the president of Huarui was an Evolver caused a social sensation, and the company's market value was also affected. Fortunately, the rationality of most people and Li Zeyan's capital operation methods allowed Huarui to stabilize the situation.

Page 2

Li Zeyan got out of the car and walked towards the company, only to find that those who protested on weekdays were not standing in front of the door, but gathered around Huarui’s main entrance. Vaguely, Li Zeyan saw the figure of a boy. A trace of doubt arose in his heart, and he walked over with a clear and rapid pace.

When Li Zeyan saw the boy, his clothes had been torn and his face was red and swollen. Although there were tears in his eyes, he stubbornly held his mouth and refused to let them fall.

The crowd separated by the bodyguards as Li Zeyan appears, crowd of protests become chaotic at the sight of him, and kept insulting him and the little boy, who turned out to be an Evolver.

Page 3

Li Zeyan glanced at the crowd behind him. Those people seemed to be suppressed, their voices gradually lowering. The scene fell into silence under the coercion of the man.

Li Zeyan looked at the boy in front of him. With a stubborn look in the boy's eyes, a figure in the memory of a stubborn look overlapped with him, Li Zeyan actually chuckled slightly.

"Where do you live, I will take you back."

The boy was stunned, his small face wrinkled, as if he was about to cry. Li Zeyan approached him two steps, stretched out his right hand, "Let's go."

Page 4

Li Zeyan led the boy into the car, and the boy was secretly wiping tears along the way. Li Zeyan noticed, but he didn't say anything, just silently handed the boy a tissue.

Did she cry like this when she was young?

Li Zeyan thought in his heart, but soon he denied his idea. That girl, whether she stood in front of him when she was a child or many times later, she did not like to cry in front of him.

"A dummy", Li Zeyan said silently in his heart.

Page 5

Li Zeyan didn't notice that, inadvertently, the corners of his mouth raised a warm arc.

He looked out the window with a trace of nostalgia in his eyes.

Would everything be different if she returned here?

Chapter 4

Page 1

Li Zeyan sent the boy home, and the boy's parents received him gratefully.

During the conversation, Li Zeyan learned that they had lost their jobs not long ago because of their identity as Evolver. Although the future looks difficult, there is not too much panic and worry on their faces.

"One day, we will make those people regret it!" The boy's father clenched his fists, his eyes confident and firm.

This almost blind optimism, he seems to have seen it in another person. Thinking of this, Li Zeyan's eyes softened a bit.

Page 2

"I can give you a chance."

Looking at the two people who were surprised, Li Zeyan spoke again after a while, with a serious tone.

"But I am not a philanthropist. If you want to work at Huarui, you must let me see your value."

Many emotions flashed in Li Zeyan's eyes, he thought of the girl in a certain proposal meeting.

She once proved to him that Evolver has a light that cannot be concealed.

Page 3

Soon, Huarui’s hiring of Evolver became more and more widespread. For a time, resumes flew over like snowflakes. Many Evolver hoped to get a job here. Li Zeyan looked through their resumes and found out that many of them have rare talents, but they have lost the opportunity to show their talents because of their status.

Thinking of this, Li Zeyan's eyes gradually saw the potential, and an idea gradually became clear in his heart...

The news that Huarui's market value was rising suddenly popped up on the phone. Li Zeyan glanced lightly, and then crossed it off without thinking.

Page 4

His gaze slowly swept over the cargo ship docked on the shore. The people on the ship are busy with their own affairs in an orderly manner, and this has become a stronghold for the Evolvers.

Suddenly, Li Zeyan's eyes flashed. Not far away, the boy who was sent home by himself a few months ago was aiming with a gun. Li Zeyan strode towards him, the boy turned around and made a shooting action at Li Zeyan, with the sound of a simulated gunshot in his mouth.

Between the sparks and the flint, Li Zeyan's mind flashed a picture. He firmly pulled the trigger, and the cold muzzle was aimed at a man with burn marks on his face.

Page 5

He also saw the girl he hadn't seen for a long time, and he had left the chaotic scene by holding her with a gun.

His throat seemed to be strangled instantly, and pieces of memory poured into Li Zeyan's mind like a tide. He stood in place, the tip of his right finger trembling unconsciously.

Seeing Li Zeyan, the boy stopped in panic. "I’m sorry..."

Floating thoughts are dragged back, Li Zeyan adam's apple moved. A moment of complexity flashed through his eyes, but he immediately returned to his usual state.

Page 6

Li Zeyan walked to the boy, looked down at him, and stretched out his hand.

"Give it to me."

The boy hesitated and handed the gun to Li Zeyan.

"It’s just a toy gun..."

Li Zeyan frowned looking at the toy in his hand.

"Why you're not at school?"

Page 7

The boy snorted, "People in school don’t want to stay with me, and so do teachers."

Li Zeyan's eyes shows a hint of complications, and after thinking about it for a moment, he said:

"That can't be a reason for you to escape. You go to school first, and I will take care of other things."

The boy nodded obediently. Perhaps he sensed that his tone was too harsh, Li Zeyan hesitated, then reached out and touched the boy's head, his voice softened a lot.

"Go ahead."

The boy did not leave immediately, but looked up at Li Zeyan, with gratitude and admiration in his eyes.

Page 8

"My mom and dad, including me, wants to say thank you very much to you. Everyone said that you are a good person!" He ran away after speaking.

Li Zeyan was slightly startled, staring at the boy's back, his lips pulled up a bitter smile like a mockery. The scenes of pointing the gun at the girl and the sudden drop of the head in his hand gradually overlapped in front of him, and strong feeling of fear rushed towards him.

He almost hurt her in another way.

Li Zeyan put his hand in his pocket, turned around, and looked at the sea where the end was invisible.

The undulating emotions in his eyes surging like an undercurrent.

Page 9

After a few seconds of silence, Li Zeyan spoke confidently, as if to someone who was not present, or as if to himself-

"Everything is not over yet."

"I will win that bet with you."