Winning the Male Lead - Hiraeth Translation

Le Tian woke up from his beautiful sleep and immediately asked the system, “Is Shen Lixing awake?”

System: “He’s awake and gone to the company.”

Le Tian: “As expected from my uncle! Even if the sky falls, he still goes to work as usual. So dedicated.”

System: “He went to take back your shares.”

Le Tian choked, grabbed the quilt in agony, realized that Shen Lixing’s disguise as the young master was about to be exposed.

His glory and wealth!

Being the young master wasn’t so easy after all.

Le Tian, wrapped in his pajamas, walked upstairs and told the system, “In the next world, I’ll make sure to hold the power.”

System: “Compared to this, shouldn’t you be more worried about your punishment?”

Le Tian yawned and lazily waved to the passing servant to greet them, “Completing the mission won’t be easy, but I’ll manage.”

As he reached the second floor and tried to open his room door, only to find that the door was locked.

“!!!”

Le Tian, incredulous, said, “Shen Lixing is not implying that I should leave, is he?”

System: “No, he’s stating this clearly.”

It seemed like Shen Lixing was truly angry and didn’t even want to see him, not giving Le Tian any chance at all.

Le Tian sighed, “What a scumbag. He kissed me last night and now he wants to drive me away today. Sob.”

System: “…” Didn’t you say it was an accidental contact yesterday?

Le Tian was now very upset. He could get new clothes from the cloakroom, but his ID and wallet were in the bedroom.

Unable to do anything, Le Tian had to find and ask the servant for the room key.

Unfortunately, the servant politely refused his request, “Mr. Shen ordered us to not to comply with any of the young master’s demands in the future.”

Le Tian’s expression froze.

Too ruthless!

Scumbag!

System: “Shen Lixing, well done!”

Le Tian’s shoulders drooped, and his whole body was filled with despair. He didn’t have much hope as he headed towards the wardrobe. As expected, the cloackroom was also locked.

Seriously?! Am I being thrown out with nothing left!

Le Tian pounded the wall with grief and anger.

The system gleefully thought, “This is good.”

Le Tian: “Stop laughing. I can hear you.”

System: “I’m not laughing out loud.”

Le Tian didn’t know what to do next, given his current situation. After thinking for a moment, he decided to focus on solving his survival problem.

Luckily, Le Tian had a friend, Xu Tao, in this world who he had a decent relationship with. Xu Tao is also a young master.

Since Le Tian didn’t have his phone, he had to run downstairs to make a call.

There was no one watching beside the house phone, and Le Tian was worried that Shen Lixing might go further and cut the phone line.

He made the call and Xu Tao answered quickly, “Hello?”

Le Tian: “Hey, Xu Tao, it’s me.”

Xu Tao’s voice on the other end immediately rose up, “Le Tian!”

“Yeah, can you come over to my place?” Le Tian asked.

Xu Tao quickly agreed, “Sure, I’ll be right there.” Without asking anything.

Satisfied, Le Tian hung up, “Looks like my reputation in social circle is still good.”

The system said ruthlessly, “It’s because you are the young master of the Shen family.”

In other words, as soon as Young Master Shen’s vest fell off, he is nothing in the eyes of those people.

Le Tian said indifferently: “It’s okay, I can deceive one person at least.”

It didn’t take long for Xu Tao to hurried over Shen Residence. In just over half an hour, he called Shen Le Tian,

“Le Tian, I’m at the gate of your house. Should I come in or you come out?”

“You come in.” Le Tian said.

Shen Residence had such a large gate that Le Tian would have to run to cross the garden that could make Le Tian break his leg.

Xu Tao sounded hesitant over the phone,

“I told the security guards I was looking for you, and they… won’t let me in.”

Shen Lixing! This is too much! Le Tian felt a deep anger.

He was still in his pajamas and slippers. What did Shen Lixing mean? Even if he told Le Tian to leave, he should at least ensure that Le Tian had the objective support to do so.

Le Tian looked down at his fluffy slippers and mournfully said to the system,

“As a prince, I’ve never walked such a long distance before. My baby dainty feet will definitely get blisters later on.”

The system said mercilessly, “You can choose to continue to cling here. Isn’t being shameless your forte?”

Le Tian said, “Who said I’m leaving here?”

System: “?”

Le Tian: “I want to go out to eat something, buy some clothes to wear. What are you thinking about? Shen Lixing hasn’t drive me away.”

system：”…” I underestimated Le Tian’s shamelessness!

Le Tian painstakingly dragged his feeble legs towards the distant gate.

“Shen Le Tian is so lazy. He doesn’t usually exercise, so he gasps after taking two steps.” Le Tian would walk for a while and then sit down to rest, and also complain to the system.

System: “Heh.”

It didn’t even want to talk to Le Tian. What a 24K pure waste, it just couldn’t understand how such waste could cause the collapse of so many worlds.

Le Tian: “Are you now thinking about how I caused the collapse of so many worlds again?”

The system used silence to conceal its embarrassment at being seen through by the waste.

Le Tian: “Are you using silence now to conceal your embarrassment at being seen through by me?”

System: “Fuck you.”

Le Tian: “…”

System: “Did you just hallucinate and seem to hear me cursing at you?”

Le Tian: “Yes, and the content of the curse was outrageous.”

The system chuckled, using the sound effect of a silver bell-like laugh, which gave Le Tian goosebumps and made him get up and rush again.

After walking for a while, Le Tian suddenly said,

“You know I am a synthetic gene spectrum person, right?”

The system had a familiar ominous premonition once again.

“Actually, strictly speaking, I don’t have a mother,” Le Tian sighed. “If you have to say, my maternal genes come from an elephant.”

System: “Damn elephant, fucking bitch”, Le Tian gave a thumbs up.

The system felt hopeless. It was wrong. It shouldn’t have challenged the shameless limits of this person, because he—simply, had, no, limits!

After walking for over half an hour, Le Tian finally reached the gate. He looked at the security guards at the gate with resentment, and the security guard smiled awkwardly and watched as Le Tian walked out of the gate with a pained expression and drooping shoulders.

Outside the gate, Xu Tao was leaning against a bright red sports car. He was wearing a trendy T-shirt with casual pants, tall and graceful. When he saw Le Tian come out, he happily waved at him, basking in the sunlight, a handsome young man himself.

Le Tian sighed, “Too bad, still not as handsome as me,” and waved back at Xu Tao.

Xu Tao walked over in three steps and looked Le Tian up and down, “Pajama fashion today?”

Le Tian: “…” Buddy, you are really short-sighted.

After getting into Xu Tao’s car, Le Tian asked him to drive directly to the shopping mall in the city center.

“Is this car newly bought?” Le Tian smelled the unique leather scent of a new car.

Xu Tao nodded, “Yeah, I bought one to drive for fun.”

Le Tian asked, “Do you like red?”

“Of course, red is windier,” Xu Tao said in a carefree manner.

Le Tian, with arms crossed, said quietly, “I have a red yacht, 99% new, on discount. Do you want it?”

Xu Tao: “…”

Le Tian turned to look at Xu Tao, his big round eyes full of anticipation,

“We’re friends, so I’ll give you a 15% discount.”

Xu Tao refused, “I don’t know how to drive a yacht.”

Le Tian lectured, “You can learn.”

Xu Tao remained silent for a while, “…I’ll think about it.”

Le Tian nodded in satisfaction, “Then I’ll keep it for you first.”

Xu Tao thought to himself, if anyone else wants it, Len Tian better sell it to someone else quickly!

Once inside the shopping mall, Le Tian went straight to solve the clothing problem, so he went to a clothing store, picked out an outfit, tried it on, then came out to take a look in the mirror and smiled, “Not too much to say, I’m in love (with myself) again.”

The system poured cold water and said, “This is Shen Le Tian’s face. What does it have to do with you?”

Le Tian said, “You’re wrong, the most important thing about a person is not the face, but the temperament that radiates from within, I call this aura an irresistible handsomeness from the depths of the soul.”

System: “Ha, the temperament of an elephant.”

Ignoring the System, Le Tian called over Xu Tao who was standing nearby and imperiously said, “Pay the bill.”

Xu Tao looked puzzled and pointed to himself, “Me? Pay?”

“I didn’t bring any money.” Le Tian said confidently.

Xu Tao chuckled and teasing, “It’s rare.”

And Xu Tao handed his card to the salesperson to swipe it.

Shen Le Tian was the most extravagant young master in their circle, whenever they went out together, Shen Le Tian would often foot the entire bill for the group. In Shen Le Tian’s words, if anyone dared to grab the bill, they would be disrespecting him, Shen Le Tian.

Le Tian also had memories of Shen Le Tian’s passionate spending on these friends and dogs, so now he felt no psychological pressure for letting Xu Tao pay.

When the salesperson came to have Xu Tao sign the bill, Le Tian whispered beside him,

“You’ll get used to it.”

Xu Tao didn’t understand, “Get used to what?”

“Nothing,” Le Tian smiled.

For the next hour, Xu Tao was subjected to merciless plundering.

Le Tian didn’t lose his ability to spend money at all. He picked the most expensive ones from suits, shirts, watches, and leather shoes without batting an eye. He bought at least seven or eight bags’ worth, with Xu Tao trailing behind carrying bags and swiping his card, feeling as if he had become a sucker, being taken advantage of.

“Hey, I’m tired, let’s find a place to rest,” Le Tian said to Xu Tao, who looked sluggish.

Their usual spot, the city’s top private restaurant, is the place where Shen Lixing exposed Le Tian’s actual background.

Le Tian: Fall from where you rise!

Today, Le Tian wasn’t paying for himself, so he didn’t arrogantly book the whole restaurant, he only requested a private room, showing consideration for Xu Tao.

The restaurant manager was initially reluctant to provide the private room, showing obvious hesitation, as it was clear that they had received instructions from Shen Lixing’s side.

All Le Tian’s privileges in the city had completely vanished.

As Xu Tao and Le Tian sat in the private room, Xu Tao, feeling puzzled, said, “I feel like something is off.”

Even an oblivious person like Xu Tao had a clue about the strange behavior of the Shen family’s security, Le Tian’s atypical behavior, and the embarrassed look of the restaurant manager… Xu Tao added,

“Did you fall out with your uncle again?”

“How is it possible? My relationship with my uncle is like this,” Le Tian gave a thumbs up.

Suddenly, the system remembered when Le Tian called it the “this” of the system, and Le Tian also gave a thumbs up.

System: “What does ‘this’ mean?”

Le Tian was surprised, “Isn’t ‘this’ just a thumbs up? Don’t you recognize a thumbs up?”

System: “…” I really had the urge to hit people, now.